Bulwark

Bul"wark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bulwarked (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bulwarking.] To fortify with, or as with, a rampart or wall; to secure by fortification; to protect.
Of some proud city, bulwarked round and armed With rising towers. Glover.

Bum

Bum (?), n. [Contr. fr. bottom in this sense.] The buttock. [Low] Shak.

Bum

Bum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bummed (; p. pr. & vb.n. Bumming ( [See Boom, v. i., to roar.] To make murmuring or humming sound. Jamieson.

Bum

Bum, n. A humming noise. Halliwell.

Bumbailiff

Bum"bail"iff (?), n. [A corruption of bound bailiff.] [Low, Eng.] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a.

Bumbard

Bum"bard (?). See Bombard. [Obs.]

Bumbarge

Bum"barge` (?), n. See Bumboat. Carlyle.

Bumbast

Bum"bast (?). See Bombast. [Obs.]

Bumbelo

Bum"be*lo (?), n.; pl. Bumbeloes (#). [It. bombola.] A glass used in subliming camphor. [Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo.]

Bumble

Bum"ble (?), n. [See Bump to boom.] (Zo\'94l.) The bittern. [Local, Eng.]

Bumble

Bum"ble, v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer.

Bumblebee

Bum"ble*bee` (?), n. [OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v.i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee.] (Zo\'94l.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. &hand; There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out.

Bumboat

Bum"boat` (?), n. [From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat.] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

Bumkin

Bum"kin (?), n. [Boom a beam + -kin. See Bumpkin.] (Naut.) A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) Onr from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen. [Written also boomkin.]

Bummalo

Bum"ma*lo (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; -- called also Bombay duck.

Bummer

Bum"mer (?), n. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger. [Slang, U.S.]

Bummery

Bum"me*ry (?), n. See Bottomery. [Obs.]
There was a scivener of Wapping brought to hearing for relief against a bummery bond. R. North.

Bump

Bump (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bumped (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Bumping.] [Cf. W. pwmp round mass, pwmpiaw to thump, bang, and E. bum, v.i., boom to roar.] To strike, as with or against anything large or solid; to thump; as, to bump the head against a wall.

Bump

Bump, v. i. To come in violent contact with something; to thump. "Bumping and jumping." Southey.

Bump

Bump (?), n. [From Bump to strike, to thump.]

1. A thump; a heavy blow.

2. A swelling or prominence, resulting from a bump or blow; a protuberance.

It had upon its brow A bump as big as a young cockerel's stone. Shak.

3. (Phren.) One of the protuberances on the cranium which are associated with distinct faculties or affections of the mind; as, the bump of "veneration;" the bump of "acquisitiveness." [Colloq.]

4. The act of striking the stern of the boat in advance with the prow of the boat following. [Eng.]

Bump

Bump, v. i. [See Boom to roar.] To make a loud, heavy, or hollow noise, as the bittern; to boom.
As a bittern bumps within a reed. Dryden.

Bump

Bump, n. The noise made by the bittern.

Bumper

Bum"per (?), n. [A corruption of bumbard, bombard, a large drinking vessel.]

1. A cup or glass filled to the brim, or till the liquor runs over, particularly in drinking a health or toast.

He frothed his bumpers to the brim. Tennyson.

2. A covered house at a theater, etc., in honor of some favorite performer. [Cant]

Bumper

Bump"er (?), n.

1. That which bumps or causes a bump.

2. Anything which resists or deadens a bump or shock; a buffer.

Bumpkin

Bump"kin (?), n. [The same word as bumkin, which Cotgrave defines thus: "Bumkin, Fr. chicambault, the luffe-block, a long and thick piece of wood, whereunto the fore-sayle and sprit-sayle are fastened, when a ship goes by the winde." Hence, a clumsy man may easily have been compared to such a block of wood; cf. OD. boomken a little tree. See Boom a pole.] An awkward, heavy country fellow; a clown; a country lout. "Bashful country bumpkins." W. Irving.

Bumptious

Bump"tious (?), a. Self-conceited; forward; pushing. [Colloq.] Halliwell.

Bumptiousness

Bump"tious*ness, n. Conceitedness. [Colloq.]

Bun, Bunn

Bun, Bunn (?), n. [Scot. bun, bunn, OE. bunne, bonne; fr. Celtic; cf. Ir. bunna, Gael. bonnach, or OF. bugne tumor, Prov. F. bugne a kind of pancake; akin to OHG. bungo bulb, MHG. bunge, Prov. E. bung heap, cluster, bunny a small swelling.] A slightly sweetened raised cake or bisquit with a glazing of sugar and milk on the top crust.

Bunch

Bunch (?), n. [Akin to OSw. & Dan. bunke heap, Icel. bunki heap, pile, bunga tumor, protuberance; cf. W. pwng cluster. Cf. Bunk.]

1. A protuberance; a hunch; a knob or lump; a hump.

They will carry . . . their treasures upon the bunches of camels. Isa. xxx. 6.

2. A collection, cluster, or tuft, properly of things of the same kind, growing or fastened together; as, a bunch of grapes; a bunch of keys.

3. (Mining) A small isolated mass of ore, as distinguished from a continuous vein. Page.

Bunch

Bunch, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buncheder> (p. pr. & vb.n. Bunchinger>.] To swell out into a bunch or protuberance; to be protuberant or round.
Bunching out into a large round knob at one end. Woodward.

Bunch

Bunch, v. t. To form into a bunch or bunches.

Bunch-backed

Bunch"-backed` (?), a. Having a bunch on the back; crooked. "Bunch-backed toad." Shak.

Bunchberry

Bunch"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) The dwarf cornel (Cornus Canadensis), which bears a dense cluster of bright red, edible berries.

Bunch grass

Bunch" grass` (?). (Bot.) A grass growing in bunches and affording pasture. In California, Atropis tenuifolia, Festuca scabrella, and several kinds of Stipa are favorite bunch grasses. In Utah, Eriocoma cuspidata is a good bunch grass.

Bunchiness

Bunch"i*ness (?), n. The quality or condition of being bunchy; knobbiness.

Bunchy

Bunch"y (?), a.

1. Swelling out in bunches.

An unshapen, bunchy spear, with bark unpiled. Phaer.

2. Growing in bunches, or resembling a bunch; having tufts; as, the bird's bunchy tail.

3. (Mining) Yielding irregularly; sometimes rich, sometimes poor; as, a bunchy mine. Page.

Buncombe, Bunkum

Bun"combe, Bun"kum (?), n. [Buncombe a country of North Carolina.] Speech-making for the gratification of constituents, or to gain public applause; flattering talk for a selfish purpose; anything said for mere show. [Cant or Slang, U.S.]
All that flourish about right of search was bunkum -- all that brag about hanging your Canada sheriff was bunkum . . . slavery speeches are all bunkum. Haliburton.
To speak for Buncombe, to speak for mere show, or popularly. &hand; "The phrase originated near the close of the debate on the famous 'Missouri Question,' in the 16th Congress. It was then used by Felix Walker -- a na\'8bve old mountaineer, who resided at Waynesville, in Haywood, the most western country of North Carolina, near the border of the adjacent country of Buncombe, which formed part of his district. The old man rose to speak, while the house was impatiently calling for the 'Question,' and several members gathered round him, begging him to desist. He preserved, however, for a while, declaring that the people of his district expected it, and that he was bound to 'make a speech for Buncombe.'" W. Darlington.

Bund

Bund (?), n. [G.] League; confederacy; esp. the confederation of German states.

Bund

Bund (?), n. [Hindi band.] An embankment against inundation. [India] S. Wells Williams.

Bunder

Bun"der (?), n. [Pers. bandar a landing place, pier.] A boat or raft used in the East Indies in the landing of passengers and goods.
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Bundesrath

Bun"des*rath` (?), n. [G., from bund (akin to E. bond) confederacy + rath council, prob. akin to E. read.] The federal council of the German Empire. In the Bundesrath and the Reichstag are vested the legislative functions. The federal council of Switzerland is also so called. &hand; The Bundesrath of the German empire is presided over by a chancellor, and is composed of sixty-two members, who represent the different states of the empire, being appointed for each session by their respective governments.
By this united congress, the highest tribunal of Switzerland, -- the Bundesrath -- is chosen, and the head of this is a president. J. P. Peters (Trans. M\'81ller's Pol. Hist. ).

Bundle

Bun"dle (?), n. [OE. bundel, AS. byndel; akin to D. bondel, bundel, G. b\'81ndel, dim. of bund bundle, fr. the root of E. bind. See Bind.] A number of things bound together, as by a cord or envelope, into a mass or package convenient for handling or conveyance; a loose package; a roll; as, a bundle of straw or of paper; a bundle of old clothes.
The fable of the rods, which, when united in a bundle, no strength could bend. Goldsmith.
Bundle pillar (Arch.), a column or pier, with others of small dimensions attached to it. Weale.

Bundle

Bun"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p.pos> Bundled (p. pr. & vb.n. Bundling (.]

1. To tie or bind in a bundle or roll.

2. To send off abruptly or without ceremony.

They unmercifully bundled me and my gallant second into our own hackney coach. T. Hook.
To bundle off, to send off in a hurry, or without ceremony. -- To bundle one's self up, to wrap one's self up warmly or cumbrously.

Bundle

Bun"dle, v. i.

1. To prepare for departure; to set off in a hurry or without ceremony.

2. To sleep on the same bed without undressing; -- applied to the custom of a man and woman, especially lovers, thus sleeping. Bartlett.

Van Corlear stopped occasionally in the villages to eat pumpkin pies, dance at country frolics, and bundle with the Yankee lasses. W. Irving.

Bung

Bung (?), n. [Cf. W. bwng orfice, bunghole, Ir. buinne tap, spout, OGael. buine.]

1. The large stopper of the orifice in the bilge of a cask.

2. The orifice in the bilge of a cask through which it is filled; bunghole.

3. A sharper or pickpocket. [Obs. & Low]

You filthy bung, away. Shak.

Bung

Bung, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bunged (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Bunging (#).] To stop, as the orifice in the bilge of a cask, with a bung; to close; -- with up. To bung up, to use up, as by bruising or over exertion; to exhaust or incapacitate for action. [Low]
He had bunged up his mouth that he should not have spoken these three years. Shelton (Trans. Don Quixote).

Bungalow

Bun"ga*low (?), n. [Bengalee b\'bengl\'be] A thatched or tiled house or cottage, of a single story, usually surrounded by a veranda. [India]

Bungarum

Bun"ga*rum (?), n. [Bungar, the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A venomous snake of India, of the genus Bungarus, allied to the cobras, but without a hood.

Bunghole

Bung"hole` (?), n. See Bung, n., 2. Shak.

Bungle

Bun"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bungled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Bungling (#).] [Prob. a diminutive from, akin to bang; cf. Prov. G. bungen to beat, bang, OSw. bunga. See Bang.] To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

Bungle

Bun"gle, v. t. To make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly; to botch; -- sometimes with up.
I always had an idea that it would be bungled. Byron.

Bungle

Bun"gle (?), n. A clumsy or awkward performance; a botch; a gross blunder.
Those errors and bungles which are committed. Cudworth.

Bungler

Bun"gler (?), n. A clumsy, awkward workman; one who bungles.
If to be a dunce or a bungler in any profession be shameful, how much more ignominious and infamous to a scholar to be such! Barrow.

Bungling

Bun"gling (?), a. Unskillful; awkward; clumsy; as, a bungling workman. Swift.
They make but bungling work. Dryden.

Bunglingly

Bun"gling*ly, adv. Clumsily; awkwardly.

Bungo

Bun"go (?), n. (Naut.) A kind of canoe used in Central and South America; also, a kind of boat used in the Southern United States. Bartlett.

Bunion

Bun"ion (?), n. (Med.) Same as Bunyon.

Bunk

Bunk (?), n. [Cf. OSw. bunke heap, also boaring, flooring. Cf. Bunch.]

1. A wooden case or box, which serves for a seat in the daytime and for a bed at night. [U.S.]

2. One of a series of berths or bed places in tiers.

3. A piece of wood placed on a lumberman's sled to sustain the end of heavy timbers. [Local, U.S.]

Bunk

Bunk, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bunked (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Bunking.] To go to bed in a bunk; -- sometimes with in. [Colloq. U.S.] Bartlett.

Bunker

Bun"ker (?), n. [Scot. bunker, bunkart, a bench, or low chest, serving for a seat. Cf. Bunk, Bank, Bench.]

1. A sort of chest or box, as in a window, the lid of which serves for a seat. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2. A large bin or similar receptacle; as, a coal bunker.

Bunko

Bun"ko (?), n. [Sf. Sp. banco bank, banca a sort of game at cards. Cf. Bank (in the commercial sense).] A kind of swindling game or scheme, by means of cards or by a sham lottery. [Written also bunco.] Bunko steerer, a person employed as a decoy in bunko. [Slang, U.S.]

Bunkum

Bun"kum (?), n. See Buncombe.

Bunn

Bunn (?), n. See Bun.

Bunnian

Bun"nian (?), n. See Bunyon.

Bunny

Bun"ny (?), n. (Mining) A great collection of ore without any vein coming into it or going out from it.

Bunny

Bun"ny, n. A pet name for a rabbit or a squirrel.

Bunodonta, Bunodonts

Bu`no*don"ta (?), Bu"no*donts (?), n. pl. [NL. bunodonta, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of the herbivorous mammals including the hogs and hippopotami; -- so called because the teeth are tuberculated.

Bunsen's battery, Bunsen's burner

Bun"sen's bat"ter*y (?), Bun"sen's burn`er (?). See under Battery, and Burner.

Bunt

Bunt (?), n. (Bot.) A fungus (Ustilago f\'d2tida) which affects the ear of cereals, filling the grains with a fetid dust; -- also called pepperbrand.

Bunt

Bunt, n. [Cf. Sw. bunt bundle, Dan. bundt, G. bund, E. bundle.] (Naut.) The middle part, cavity, or belly of a sail; the part of a furled sail which is at the center of the yard. Totten.

Bunt

Bunt, v. i. (Naut.) To swell out; as, the sail bunts.

Bunt

Bunt, v. t. & i. To strike or push with the horns or head; to butt; as, the ram bunted the boy.

Bunter

Bun"ter (?), n. A woman who picks up rags in the streets; hence, a low, vulgar woman. [Cant]
Her . . . daughters, like bunters in stuff gowns. Goldsmith.

Bunting

Bun"ting (?), n. [Scot. buntlin, corn-buntlin, OE. bunting, buntyle; of unknown origin.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the genus Emberiza, or of an allied genus, related to the finches and sparrows (family Fringillid\'91). &hand; Among European species are the common or corn bunting (Emberiza miliaria); the ortolan (E. hortulana); the cirl (E. cirlus); and the black-headed (Granitivora melanocephala). American species are the bay-winged or grass (Po\'94c\'91tes or Po\'d2cetes gramineus); the black-throated (Spiza Americana); the towhee bunting or chewink (Pipilo); the snow bunting (Plectrophanax nivalis); the rice bunting or bobolink, and others. See Ortolan, Chewick, Snow bunting, Lark bunting.

Bunting, Buntine

Bun"ting, Bun"tine (?), n. [Prov. E. bunting sifting flour, OE. bonten to sift, hence prob. the material used for that purpose.] A thin woolen stuff, used chiefly for flags, colors, and ships' signals.

Buntline

Bunt"line (?), n. [2d bunt + line.] (Naut.) One of the ropes toggled to the footrope of a sail, used to haul up to the yard the body of the sail when taking it in. Totten.

Bunyon, Bunion

Bun"yon, Bun"ion (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. bunny a small swelling, fr. OF. bugne, It. bugna, bugnone. See Bun.] (Med.) An enlargement and inflammation of a small membranous sac (one of the burs\'91 muscos\'91), usually occurring on the first joint of the great toe.

Buoy

Buoy (?), n. [D. boei buoy, fetter, fr. OF. boie, buie, chain, fetter, F. bou\'82e a buoy, from L. boia. "Boiae genus vinculorum tam ferreae quam ligneae." Festus. So called because chained to its place.] (Naut.) A float; esp. a floating object moored to the bottom, to mark a channel or to point out the position of something beneath the water, as an anchor, shoal, rock, etc. Anchor buoy, a buoy attached to, or marking the position of, an anchor. -- Bell buoy, a large buoy on which a bell is mounted, to be rung by the motion of the waves. -- Breeches buoy. See under Breeches. -- Cable buoy, an empty cask employed to buoy up the cable in rocky anchorage. -- Can buoy, a hollow buoy made of sheet or boiler iron, usually conical or pear-shaped. -- Life buoy, a float intended to support persons who have fallen into the water, until a boat can be dispatched to save them. -- Nut ∨ Nun buoy, a buoy large in the middle, and tapering nearly to a point at each end. -- To stream the buoy, to let the anchor buoy fall by the ship's side into the water, before letting go the anchor. -- Whistling buoy, a buoy fitted with a whistle that is blown by the action of the waves.

Buoy

Buoy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buoyed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Buoying.]

1. To keep from sinking in a fluid, as in water or air; to keep afloat; -- with up.

2. To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency.

Those old prejudices, which buoy up the ponderous mass of his nobility, wealth, and title. Burke.

3. To fix buoys to; to mark by a buoy or by buoys; as, to buoy an anchor; to buoy or buoy off a channel.

Not one rock near the surface was discovered which was not buoyed by this floating weed. Darwin.

Buoy

Buoy, v. i. To float; to rise like a buoy. "Rising merit will buoy up at last." Pope.

Buoyage

Buoy"age (?), n. Buoys, taken collectively; a series of buoys, as for the guidance of vessels into or out of port; the providing of buoys.

Buoyance

Buoy"ance (?), n. Buoyancy. [R.]

Buoyancy

Buoy"an*cy (?), n.; pl. Buoyancies (.

1. The property of floating on the surface of a liquid, or in a fluid, as in the atmosphere; specific lightness, which is inversely as the weight compared with that of an equal volume of water.

2. (Physics) The upward pressure exerted upon a floating body by a fluid, which is equal to the weight of the body; hence, also, the weight of a floating body, as measured by the volume of fluid displaced.

Such are buoyancies or displacements of the different classes of her majesty's ships. Eng. Cyc.

3. Cheerfulness; vivacity; liveliness; sprightliness; -- the opposite of heaviness; as, buoyancy of spirits.

Buoyant

Buoy"ant (?), a. [From Buoy, v. t. & i.]

1. Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. "Buoyant on the flood." Pope.

2. Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier.

The water under me was buoyant. Dryden.

3. Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- Buoy"ant*ly, adv.

Buprestidan

Bu*pres"ti*dan (?), n. [L. buprestis, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of a tribe of beetles, of the genus Buprestis and allied genera, usually with brilliant metallic colors. The larv\'91 are usually bores in timber, or beneath bark, and are often very destructive to trees.

Bur, Burr

Bur, Burr (?), n. [OE. burre burdock; cf. Dan. borre, OSw. borra, burdock, thistle; perh. akin to E. bristle (burr- for burz-), or perh. to F. bourre hair, wool, stuff; also, according to Cotgrave, "the downe, or hairie coat, wherewith divers herbes, fruits, and flowers, are covered," fr. L. burrae trifles, LL. reburrus rough.]

1. (Bot.) Any rough or prickly envelope of the seeds of plants, whether a pericarp, a persistent calyx, or an involucre, as of the chestnut and burdock. Also, any weed which bears burs.

Amongst rude burs and thistles. Milton.
Bur and brake and brier. Tennyson.

2. The thin ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal. See Burr, n., 2.

3. A ring of iron on a lance or spear. See Burr, n., 4.

4. The lobe of the ear. See Burr, n., 5.

5. The sweetbread.

6. A clinker; a partially vitrified brick.

7. (Mech.) (a) A small circular saw. (b) A triangular chisel. (c) A drill with a serrated head larger than the shank; -- used by dentists.

8. [Cf. Gael. borr, borra, a knob, bunch.] (Zo\'94l.) The round knob of an antler next to a deer's head. [Commonly written burr.] Bur oak (Bot.), a useful and ornamental species of oak (Quercus macrocarpa) with ovoid acorns inclosed in deep cups imbricated with pointed scales. It grows in the Middle and Western United States, and its wood is tough, close-grained, and durable. -- Bur reed (Bot.), a plant of the genus Sparganium, having long ribbonlike leaves.

Burbolt

Bur"bolt` (?), n. A birdbolt. [Obs.] Ford.

Burbot

Bur"bot (?), n. [F. barbote, fr. barbe beard. See 1st Barb.] (Zo\'94l.) A fresh-water fish of the genus Lota, having on the nose two very small barbels, and a larger one on the chin. [Written also burbolt.] &hand; The fish is also called an eelpout or ling, and is allied to the codfish. The Lota vulgaris is a common European species. An American species (L. maculosa) is found in New England, the Great Lakes, and farther north.

Burdelais

Bur`de*lais" (?), n. [F. bourdelais, prob. fr. bordelais. See Bordelais.] A sort of grape. Jonson.

Burden

Bur"den (?), n. [Written also burthen.] [OE. burden, burthen, birthen, birden, AS. byr&edh;en; akin to Icel. byr&edh;i, Dan. byrde, Sw. b\'94rda, G. b\'81rde, OHG. burdi, Goth. ba\'a3r, fr. the root of E. bear, AS. beran, Goth. bairan. \'fb92. See 1st Bear.]

1. That which is borne or carried; a load.

Plants with goodly burden bowing. Shak.

2. That which is borne with labor or difficulty; that which is grievous, wearisome, or oppressive.

Deaf, giddy, helpless, left alone, To all my friends a burden grown. Swift.

3. The capacity of a vessel, or the weight of cargo that she will carry; as, a ship of a hundred tons burden.

4. (Mining) The tops or heads of stream-work which lie over the stream of tin.

5. (Metal.) The proportion of ore and flux to fuel, in the charge of a blast furnace. Raymond.

6. A fixed quantity of certain commodities; as, a burden of gad steel, 120 pounds.

7. A birth. [Obs. & R.] Shak. Beast of burden, an animal employed in carrying burdens. -- Burden of proof [L. onus probandi] (Law), the duty of proving a particular position in a court of law, a failure in the performance of which duty calls for judgment against the party on whom the duty is imposed. Syn. -- Burden, Load. A burden is, in the literal sense, a weight to be borne; a load is something laid upon us to be carried. Hence, when used figuratively, there is usually a difference between the two words. Our burdens may be of such a nature that we feel bound to bear them cheerfully or without complaint. They may arise from the nature of our situation; they may be allotments of Providence; they may be the consequences of our errors. What is upon us, as a load, we commonly carry with greater reluctance or sense of oppression. Men often find the charge of their own families to be a burden; but if to this be added a load of care for others, the pressure is usually serve and irksome.

Burden

Bur"den, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burdened (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Burdening (#).]

1. To encumber with weight (literal or figurative); to lay a heavy load upon; to load.

I mean not that other men be eased, and ye burdened. 2 Cor. viii. 13.

2. To oppress with anything grievous or trying; to overload; as, to burden a nation with taxes.

My burdened heart would break. Shak.

3. To impose, as a load or burden; to lay or place as a burden (something heavy or objectionable). [R.]

It is absurd to burden this act on Cromwell. Coleridge.
Syn. -- To load; encumber; overload; oppress.
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Burden

Bur"den (?), n. [OE. burdoun the bass in music, F. bourdon; cf. LL. burdo drone, a long organ pipe, a staff, a mule. Prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Bourdon.]

1. The verse repeated in a song, or the return of the theme at the end of each stanza; the chorus; refrain. Hence: That which is often repeated or which is dwelt upon; the main topic; as, the burden of a prayer.

I would sing my song without a burden. Shak.

2. The drone of a bagpipe. Ruddiman.

Burden

Bur"den, n. [See Burdon.] A club. [Obs.] Spenser.

Burdener

Bur"den*er (?), n. One who loads; a oppressor.

Burdenous

Bur"den*ous (?), a. Burdensome. [Obs.] "Burdenous taxations." Shak.

Burdensome

Bur"den*some (?), a. Grievous to be borne; causing uneasiness or fatigue; oppressive.
The debt immense of endless gratitude So burdensome. Milton.
Syn. -- Heavy; weighty; cumbersome; onerous; grievous; oppressive; troublesome. -- Bur"den*some*ly, adv. -- Bur"den*some*ness, n.

Burdock

Bur"dock (?), n. [Bur + dock the plant.] (Bot.) A genus of coarse biennial herbs (Lappa), bearing small burs which adhere tenaciously to clothes, or to the fur or wool of animals. &hand; The common burdock is the Lappa officinalis.

Burdon

Bur"don (?), n. [See Bourdon.] A pilgrim's staff. [Written also burden.] Rom. of R.

Bureau

Bu"reau (?), n.; pl. E. Bureaus (#), F. Bureaux (#). [F. bureau a writing table, desk, office, OF., drugget, with which a writing table was often covered, equiv. to F. bure, and fr. OF. buire dark brown, the stuff being named from its color, fr. L. burrus red, fr. Gr. Fire, n., and cf. Borel, n.]

1. Originally, a desk or writing table with drawers for papers. Swift.

2. The place where such a bureau is used; an office where business requiring writing is transacted.

3. Hence: A department of public business requiring a force of clerks; the body of officials in a department who labor under the direction of a chief. &hand; On the continent of Europe, the highest departments, in most countries, have the name of bureaux; as, the Bureau of the Minister of Foreign Affairs. In England and America, the term is confined to inferior and subordinate departments; as, the "Pension Bureau," a subdepartment of the Department of the Interior. [Obs.] In Spanish, bureo denotes a court of justice for the trial of persons belonging to the king's household.

4. A chest of drawers for clothes, especially when made as an ornamental piece of furniture. [U.S.] Bureau system. See Bureaucracy. -- Bureau Veritas, an institution, in the interest of maritime underwriters, for the survey and rating of vessels all over the world. It was founded in Belgium in 1828, removed to Paris in 1830, and re\'89stablished in Brussels in 1870.

Bureaucracy

Bu*reau"cra*cy (?), n. [Bureau + Gr. bureaucratie.]

1. A system of carrying on the business of government by means of departments or bureaus, each under the control of a chief, in contradiction to a system in which the officers of government have an associated authority and responsibility; also, government conducted on this system.

2. Government officials, collectively.

Bureaucrat

Bu*reau"crat (?), n. An official of a bureau; esp. an official confirmed in a narrow and arbitrary routine. C. Kingsley.

Bureaucratic, Bureaucratical

Bu`reau*crat"ic (?), Bu`reau*crat"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. bureaucratique.] Of, relating to, or resembling, a bureaucracy.

Bureaucratist

Bu*reau"cra*tist (?), n. An advocate for , or supporter of, bureaucracy.

Burel

Bur"el (?), n. & a. Same as Borrel.

Burette

Bu*rette" (?), n. [F., can, cruet, dim. of buire flagon.] (Chem.) An apparatus for delivering measured quantities of liquid or for measuring the quantity of liquid or gas received or discharged. It consists essentially of a graduated glass tube, usually furnished with a small aperture and stopcock.

Bur fish

Bur" fish` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A spinose, plectognath fish of the Allantic coast of the United States (esp. Chilo mycterus geometricus) having the power of distending its body with water or air, so as to resemble a chestnut bur; -- called also ball fish, balloon fish, and swellfish.

Burg

Burg (?), n. [AS. burh, burg, cf. LL. burgus. See 1st Borough.]

1. A fortified town. [Obs.]

2. A borough. [Eng.] See 1st Borough.

Burgage

Burg"age (?), n. [From Burg: cf. F. bourgage, LL. burgagium.] (Eng. Law) A tenure by which houses or lands are held of the king or other lord of a borough or city; at a certain yearly rent, or by services relating to trade or handicraft. Burrill.

Burgall

Bur"gall (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small marine fish; -- also called cunner.

Burgamot

Bur"ga*mot (?), n. See Bergamot.

Burganet

Bur"ga*net (?), n. See Burgonet.

Burgee

Bur"gee (?), n.

1. A kind of small coat.

2. (Naut.) A swallow-tailed flag; a distinguishing pen

Burgeois

Bur*geois" (?), n. (Print.) See 1st Bourgeous.

Burgeois

Bur*geois" (?), n. A burgess; a citizen. See 2d Bourgeois. [R.] Addison.

Burgeon

Bur"geon (?), v. i. To bud. See Bourgeon.

Burgess

Bur"gess (?), n. [OE. burgeis, OF. burgeis, fr. burcfortified town, town, F. bourg village, fr. LL. burgus fort, city; from the German; cf. MHG. burc, G. burg. See 1st Borough, and cf. 2d Bourgeois.]

1. An inhabitant of a borough or walled town, or one who possesses a tenement therein; a citizen or freeman of a borough. Blackstone. &hand; "A burgess of a borough corresponds with a citizen of a city." Burrill.

2. One who represents a borough in Parliament.

3. A magistrate of a borough.

4. An inhabitant of a Scotch burgh qualified to vote for municipal officers. &hand; Before the Revolution, the representatives in the popular branch of the legislature of Virginia were called burgesses; they are now called delegates. Burgess oath. See Burgher, 2.

Burgess-ship

Bur"gess-ship (?), n. The state of privilege of a burgess. South.

Burggrave

Burg"grave (?), n. [G. burggraf; burg fortress + graf count: cf. D. burggraaf, F. burgrave. See Margrave.] (Gremany) Originally, one appointed to the command of a burg (fortress or castle); but the title afterward became hereditary, with a domain attached.

Burgh

Burgh (?), n. [OE. See Burg.] A borough or incorporated town, especially, one in Scotland. See Borough.

Burghal

Burgh"al (?), a. Belonging of a burgh.

Burghbote

Burgh"bote` (?), n. [Burgh + bote.] (Old Law) A contribution toward the building or repairing of castles or walls for the defense of a city or town.

Burghbrech

Burgh"brech` (?), n. [Burgh + F. br\'8ache, equiv. to E. breach.] (AS. Law) The offense of violating the pledge given by every inhabitant of a tithing to keep the peace; breach of the peace. Burrill.

Burgher

Burgh"er (?), n. [From burgh; akin to D. burger, G. b\'81rger, Dan. borger, Sw. borgare. See Burgh.]

1. A freeman of a burgh or borough, entitled to enjoy the privileges of the place; any inhabitant of a borough.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) A member of that party, among the Scotch seceders, which asserted the lawfulness of the burgess oath (in which burgesses profess "the true religion professed within the realm"), the opposite party being called antiburghers. &hand; These parties arose among the Presbyterians of Scotland, in 1747, and in 1820 reunited under the name of the "United Associate Synod of the Secession Church."

Burghermaster

Burgh"er*mas`ter (?), n. See Burgomaster.

Burghership

Burgh"er*ship (?), n. The state or privileges of a burgher.

Burghmaster

Burgh"mas`ter (?), n.

1. A burgomaster.

2. (Mining) An officer who directs and lays out the meres or boundaries for the workmen; -- called also bailiff, and barmaster. [Eng.]

Burghmote

Burgh"mote` (?), n. (AS. Law) [Burgh + mote meeting.] A court or meeting of a burgh or borough; a borough court held three times yearly.

Burglar

Bur"glar (?), n. [OE. burg town, F. bourg, fr. LL. burgus (of German origin) + OF. lere thief, fr. L. latro. See Borough, and Larceny.] (Law) One guilty of the crime of burglary. Burglar alarm, a device for giving alarm if a door or window is opened from without.

Burglarer

Bur"glar*er (?), n. A burglar. [Obs.]

Burglarious

Bur*gla"ri*ous (?), a. Pertaining to burglary; constituting the crime of burglary.
To come down a chimney is held a burglarious entry. Blackstone.

Burglariously

Bur*gla"ri*ous*ly, adv. With an intent to commit burglary; in the manner of a burglar. Blackstone.

Burglary

Bur"gla*ry (?), n.; pl. Burglaries (. [Fr. Burglar; cf. LL. burglaria.] (Law) Breaking and entering the dwelling house of another, in the nighttime, with intent to commit a felony therein, whether the felonious purpose be accomplished or not. Wharton. Burrill. &hand; By statute law in some of the United States, burglary includes the breaking with felonious intent into a house by day as well as by night, and into other buildings than dwelling houses. Various degrees of the crime are established.

Burgomaster

Bur"go*mas`ter (?), n. [D. burgemeester; burg borough + meester master; akin to G. burgemeister, b\'81rgermeister. See 1st Borough, and Master.]

1. A chief magistrate of a municipal town in Holland, Flanders, and Germany, corresponding to mayor in England and the United States; a burghmaster.

2. (Zo\'94l.) An aquatic bird, the glaucous gull (Larus glaucus), common in arctic regions.

Burgonet

Bur"go*net (?), n. [F. bouruignotte, because the Burgundians, F. Bouruignons, first used it.] A kind of helmet. [Written also burganet.] Shak.

Burgoo

Bur"goo (?), n. [Prov. E. burgood yeast, perh. fr. W. burym yeast + cawl cabbage, gruel.] A kind of oatmeal pudding, or thick gruel, used by seamen. [Written also burgout.]

Burgrass

Bur"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) Grass of the genus Cenchrus, growing in sand, and having burs for fruit.

Burgrave

Bur"grave (?), n. [F.] See Burggrave.

Burgundy

Bur"gun*dy (?), n.

1. An old province of France (in the eastern central part).

2. A richly flavored wine, mostly red, made in Burgundy, France. Burgundy pitch, a resinous substance prepared from the exudation of the Norway spruce (Abies excelsa) by melting in hot water and straining through cloth. The genuine Burgundy pitch, supposed to have been first prepared in Burgundy, is rare, but there are many imitations. It has a yellowish brown color, is translucent and hard, but viscous. It is used in medicinal plasters.

Burh

Burh (?), n. See Burg. [Obs.]

Burhel, Burrhel

Bur"hel, Burr"hel (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The wild Himalayan, or blue, sheep (Ovis burrhel).

Burial

Bur"i*al (?), n. [OE. buriel, buriels, grave, tomb, AS. byrgels, fr. byrgan to bury, and akin to OS. burgisli sepulcher.]

1. A grave; a tomb; a place of sepulture. [Obs.]

The erthe schook, and stoones weren cloven, and biriels weren opened. Wycliff [Matt. xxvii. 51, 52].

2. The act of burying; depositing a dead body in the earth, in a tomb or vault, or in the water, usually with attendant ceremonies; sepulture; interment. "To give a public burial." Shak.

Now to glorious burial slowly borne. Tennyson.
Burial case, a form of coffin, usually of iron, made to close air-tight, for the preservation of a dead body. -- Burial ground, a piece of ground selected and set apart for a place of buriials, and consecrated to such use by religious ceremonies. -- Burial place, any place where burials are made. -- Burial service. (a) The religious service performed at the interment of the dead; a funeral service. (b) That portion of a liturgy which is read at an interment; as, the English burial service. Syn. -- Sepulture; interment; inhumation.

Burier

Bur"i*er (?), n. One who, or that which, buries.
Till the buriers have buried it. Ezek. xxxix. 15.
And darkness be the burier of the dead. Shak.

Burin

Bu"rin (?), n. [F. burin, cf. It. burino, bulino; prob. from OHG. bora borer, bor\'d3n to bore, G. bohren. See 1st Bore.]

1. The cutting tool of an engraver on metal, used in line engraving. It is made of tempered steel, one end being ground off obliquely so as to produce a sharp point, and the other end inserted in a handle; a graver; also, the similarly shaped tool used by workers in marble.

2. The manner or style of execution of an engraver; as, a soft burin; a brilliant burin.

Burinist

Bu"rin*ist, n. One who works with the burin. For. Quart. Rev.

Burion

Bu"ri*on (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The red-breasted house sparrow of California (Carpodacus frontalis); -- called also crimson-fronted bullfinch. [Written also burrion.]

Burke

Burke (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burkeder> (; p. pr. & vb.n. Burkinger>.] [From one Burke of Edinburgh, who committed the crime in 1829.]

1. To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

2. To dispose of quietly or indirectly; to suppress; to smother; to shelve; as, to burke a parliamentary question.

The court could not burke an inquiry, supported by such a mass of a affidavits. C. Reade.

Burkism

Burk"ism (?), n. The practice of killing persons for the purpose of selling their bodies for dissection.

Burl

Burl (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burled (; p. pr. & vb. n. Burling.] [OE. burle stuffing, or a knot in cloth; cf. F. bourlet, bourrelet, OF. bourel, a wreath or a roll of cloth, linen, or leather, stuffed with flocks, etc., dim. of bourre. \'fb92. See Bur.] To dress or finish up (cloth); to pick knots, burs, loose threads, etc., from, as in finishing cloth. Burling iron, a peculiar kind of nippers or tweezers used in burling woolen cloth.

Burl

Burl, n.

1. A knot or lump in thread or cloth.

2. An overgrown knot, or an excrescence, on a tree; also, veneer made from such excrescences.

Burlap

Bur"lap (?), n. A coarse fabric, made of jute or hemp, used for bagging; also, a finer variety of similar material, used for curtains, etc. [Written also burlaps.]

Burler

Burl"er (?), n. One who burls or dresses cloth.

Burlesque

Bur*lesque" (?), a. [F. burlesque, fr. It. burlesco, fr. burla jest, mockery, perh. for burrula, dim. of L. burrae trifles. See Bur.] Tending to excite laughter or contempt by extravagant images, or by a contrast between the subject and the manner of treating it, as when a trifling subject is treated with mock gravity; jocular; ironical.
It is a dispute among the critics, whether burlesque poetry runs best in heroic verse, like that of the Dispensary, or in doggerel, like that of Hudibras. Addison.

Burlesque

Bur*lesque" (?), n.

1. Ludicrous representation; exaggerated parody; grotesque satire.

Burlesque is therefore of two kinds; the first represents mean persons in the accouterments of heroes, the other describes great persons acting and speaking like the basest among the people. Addison.

2. An ironical or satirical composition intended to excite laughter, or to ridicule anything.

The dull burlesque appeared with impudence, And pleased by novelty in spite of sense. Dryden.

3. A ludicrous imitation; a caricature; a travesty; a gross perversion.

Who is it that admires, and from the heart is attached to, national representative assemblies, but must turn with horror and disgust from such a profane burlesque and abominable perversion of that sacred institute? Burke.
Syn. -- Mockery; farce; travesty; mimicry.

Burlesque

Bur*lesque" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burlesqued (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Burlesquing (#).] To ridicule, or to make ludicrous by grotesque representation in action or in language.
They burlesqued the prophet Jeremiah's words, and turned the expression he used into ridicule. Stillingfleet.

Burlesque

Bur*lesque", v. i. To employ burlesque.

Burlesquer

Bur*les"quer (?), n. One who burlesques.
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Burletta

Bur*let"ta (?), n. [It., dim. of burla mockery. See Burlesque, a.] (Mus.) A comic operetta; a music farce. Byron.

Burliness

Bur"li*ness (?), n. Quality of being burly.

Burly

Bur"ly (?), a. [OE. burlich strong, excellent; perh. orig. fit for a lady's bower, hence handsome, manly, stout. Cf. Bower.]

1. Having a large, strong, or gross body; stout; lusty; -- now used chiefly of human beings, but formerly of animals, in the sense of stately or beautiful, and of inanimate things that were huge and bulky. "Burly sacks." Drayton.

In his latter days, with overliberal diet, [he was] somewhat corpulent and burly. Sir T. More.
Burly and big, and studious of his ease. Cowper.

2. Coarse and rough; boisterous.

It was the orator's own burly way of nonsense. Cowley.

Burman

Bur"man (?), n.; pl. Burmans (. ["The softened modern M'yan-ma, M'yan-ma [native name] is the source of the European corruption Burma." Balfour.], (Ethnol.) A member of the Burman family, one of the four great families Burmah; also, sometimes, any inhabitant of Burmah; a Burmese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Burmans or to Burmah.

Bur marigold

Bur" mar"i*gold (?). See Beggar's ticks.

Burmese

Bur`mese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Burmah, or its inhabitants. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or the natives of Burmah. Also (sing.), the language of the Burmans.

Burn

Burn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burned (Burnt (p. pr. & vb. n
. Burning.]
[OE. bernen, brennen, v.t., early confused with beornen, birnen, v.i., AS. b\'91rnan, bernan, v.t., birnan, v.i.; akin to OS. brinnan, OFries. barna, berna, OHG. brinnan, brennan, G. brennen, OD. bernen, D. branden, Dan. br\'91nde, Sw. br\'84nna, brinna, Icel. brenna, Goth. brinnan, brannjan (in comp.), and possibly to E. fervent.]

1. To consume with fire; to reduce to ashes by the action of heat or fire; -- frequently intensified by up: as, to burn up wood. "We'll burn his body in the holy place." Shak.

2. To injure by fire or heat; to change destructively some property or properties of, by undue exposure to fire or heat; to scorch; to scald; to blister; to singe; to char; to sear; as, to burn steel in forging; to burn one's face in the sun; the sun burns the grass.

3. To perfect or improve by fire or heat; to submit to the action of fire or heat for some economic purpose; to destroy or change some property or properties of, by exposure to fire or heat in due degree for obtaining a desired residuum, product, or effect; to bake; as, to burn clay in making bricks or pottery; to burn wood so as to produce charcoal; to burn limestone for the lime.

4. To make or produce, as an effect or result, by the application of fire or heat; as, to burn a hole; to burn charcoal; to burn letters into a block.

5. To consume, injure, or change the condition of, as if by action of fire or heat; to affect as fire or heat does; as, to burn the mouth with pepper.

This tyrant fever burns me up. Shak.
This dry sorrow burns up all my tears. Dryden.
When the cold north wind bloweth, . . . it devoureth the mountains, and burneth the wilderness, and consumeth the Ecclus. xliii. 20, 21.

6. (Surg.) To apply a cautery to; to cauterize.

7. (Chem.) To cause to combine with oxygen or other active agent, with evolution of heat; to consume; to oxidize; as, a man burns a certain amount of carbon at each respiration; to burn iron in oxygen. To burn, To burn together, as two surfaces of metal (Engin.), to fuse and unite them by pouring over them a quantity of the same metal in a liquid state. -- To burn a bowl (Game of Bowls), to displace it accidentally, the bowl so displaced being said to be burned. -- To burn daylight, to light candles before it is dark; to waste time; to perform superfluous actions. Shak. -- To burn one's fingers, to get one's self into unexpected trouble, as by interfering the concerns of others, speculation, etc. -- To burn out, to destroy or obliterate by burning. "Must you with hot irons burn out mine eyes?" Shak. -- To be burned out, to suffer loss by fire, as the burning of one's house, store, or shop, with the contents. -- To burn up, To burn down, to burn entirely.

Burn

Burn, v. i.

1. To be of fire; to flame. "The mount burned with fire." Deut. ix. 15.

2. To suffer from, or be scorched by, an excess of heat.

Your meat doth burn, quoth I. Shak.

3. To have a condition, quality, appearance, sensation, or emotion, as if on fire or excessively heated; to act or rage with destructive violence; to be in a state of lively emotion or strong desire; as, the face burns; to burn with fever.

Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way? Luke xxiv. 32.
The barge she sat in, like a burnished throne, Burned on the water. Shak.
Burning with high hope. Byron.
The groan still deepens, and the combat burns. Pope.
The parching air Burns frore, and cold performs the effect of fire. Milton.

4. (Chem.) To combine energetically, with evolution of heat; as, copper burns in chlorine.

5. In certain games, to approach near to a concealed object which is sought. [Colloq.] To burn out, to burn till the fuel is exhausted. -- To burn up, To burn down, to be entirely consumed.

Burn

Burn, n.

1. A hurt, injury, or effect caused by fire or excessive or intense heat.

2. The operation or result of burning or baking, as in brickmaking; as, they have a good burn.

3. A disease in vegetables. See Brand, n., 6.

Burn

Burn, n. [See 1st Bourn.] A small stream. [Scot.]

Burnable

Burn"a*ble (?), a. Combustible. Cotgrave.

Burned

Burned (?), p. p. & a. See Burnt.

Burned

Burned (?), p. p. Burnished. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Burner

Burn"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, burns or sets fire to anything.

2. The part of a lamp, gas fixture, etc., where the flame is produced. Bunsen's burner (Chem.), a kind of burner, invented by Professor Bunsen of Heidelberg, consisting of a straight tube, four or five inches in length, having small holes for the entrance of air at the bottom. Illuminating gas being also admitted at the bottom, a mixture of gas and air is formed which burns at the top with a feebly luminous but intensely hot flame. -- Argand burner, Rose burner, etc. See under Argand, Rose, etc.

Burnet

Bur"net (?), n. [OE. burnet burnet; also, brownish (the plant perh. being named from its color), fr. F. brunet, dim. of brun brown; cf. OF. brunete a sort of flower. See Brunette.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial herbs (Poterium); especially, P.Sanguisorba, the common, or garden, burnet. Burnet moth (Zo\'94l.), in England, a handsome moth (Zyg\'91na filipendula), with crimson spots on the wings. -- Burnet saxifrage. (Bot.) See Saxifrage. -- Canadian burnet, a marsh plant (Poterium Canadensis). -- Great burnet, Wild burnet, Poterium (or Sanguisorba) oficinalis.

Burnettize

Bur"nett*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnettized (; p. pr. & vb. n. Burnettizing.] (Manuf.) To subject (wood, fabrics, etc.) to a process of saturation in a solution of chloride of zinc, to prevent decay; -- a process invented by Sir William Burnett.

Burnie

Burn"ie (?), n. [See 4th Burn.] A small brook. [Scot.] Burns.

Burniebee

Bur"nie*bee` (?), n. The ladybird. [Prov. Eng.]

Burning

Burn"ing, a.

1. That burns; being on fire; excessively hot; fiery.

2. Consuming; intense; inflaming; exciting; vehement; powerful; as, burning zeal.

Like a young hound upon a burning scent. Dryden.
Burning bush (Bot.), an ornamental shrub (Euonymus atropurpureus), bearing a crimson berry.

Burning

Burn"ing, n. The act of consuming by fire or heat, or of subjecting to the effect of fire or heat; the state of being on fire or excessively heated. Burning fluid, any volatile illuminating oil, as the lighter petroleums (naphtha, benzine), or oil of turpentine (camphine), but esp. a mixture of the latter with alcohol. -- Burning glass, a conxex lens of considerable size, used for producing an intense heat by converging the sun's rays to a focus. -- Burning house (Metal.), the furnace in which tin ores are calcined, to sublime the sulphur and arsenic from the pyrites. Weale. -- Burning mirror, a concave mirror, or a combination of plane mirrors, used for the same purpose as a burning glass. Syn. -- Combustion; fire; conflagration; flame; blaze.

Burnish

Bur"nish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Burnished (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Burnishing.] [OE. burnischen, burnissen, burnen, OF. burnir, brunir, to make brown, polish, F. brunir, fr. F. brun brown, fr. OHG. br; cf. MHG. briunen to make brown, polish. See Brown, a.] To cause to shine; to make smooth and bright; to polish; specifically, to polish by rubbing with something hard and smooth; as, to burnish brass or paper.
The frame of burnished steel, that east a glare From far, and seemed to thaw the freezing air. Dryden.
Now the village windows blaze, Burnished by the setting sun. Cunningham.
Burnishing machine, a machine for smoothing and polishing by compression, as in making paper collars.

Burnish

Bur"nish, v. i. To shine forth; to brighten; to become smooth and glossy, as from swelling or filling out; hence, to grow large.
A slender poet must have time to grow, And spread and burnish as his brothers do. Dryden.
My thoughts began to burnish, sprout, and swell. Herbert.

Burnish

Bur"nish, n. The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.

Burnisher

Bur"nish*er (?), n.

1. One who burnishes.

2. A tool with a hard, smooth, rounded end or surface, as of steel, ivory, or agate, used in smoothing or polishing by rubbing. It has a variety of forms adapted to special uses.

Burnoose, Burnous

Bur"noose, Bur"nous (?), n. [Ar. burnus a kind of high-crowned cap: cf. F. bournous, burnous, Sp. al-bornoz, a sort of upper garment, with a hood attached.]

1. A cloaklike garment and hood woven in one piece, worn by Arabs.

2. A combination cloak and hood worn by women. [Variously written bournous, bernouse, bornous, etc.]

Burnstickle

Burn"stic`kle (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).

Burnt

Burnt (?), p. p. & a. Consumed with, or as with, fire; scorched or dried, as with fire or heat; baked or hardened in the fire or the sun. Burnt ear, a black, powdery fungus which destroys grain. See Smut. -- Burnt offering, something offered and burnt on an altar, as an atonement for sin; a sacrifice. The offerings of the Jews were a clean animal, as an ox, a calf, a goat, or a sheep; or some vegetable substance, as bread, or ears of wheat or barley. Called also burnt sacrifice. [2 Sam. xxiv. 22.]

Burr

Burr (?), n. [See Bur.] (Bot.)

1. A prickly seed vessel. See Bur, 1.

2. The thin edge or ridge left by a tool in cutting or shaping metal, as in turning, engraving, pressing, etc.; also, the rough neck left on a bullet in casting.

The graver, in plowing furrows in the surface of the copper, raises corresponding ridges or burrs. Tomlinson.

3. A thin flat piece of metal, formed from a sheet by punching; a small washer put on the end of a rivet before it is swaged down.

4. A broad iron ring on a tilting lance just below the gripe, to prevent the hand from slipping.

5. The lobe or lap of the ear.

6. [Probably of imitative origin.] A guttural pronounciation of the letter r, produced by trilling the extremity of the soft palate against the back part of the tongue; rotacism; -- often called the Newcastle, Northumberland, or Tweedside, burr.

7. The knot at the bottom of an antler. See Bur, n., 8.

Burr

Burr (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burred (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Burring.] To speak with burr; to make a hoarse or guttural murmur. Mrs. Browning.

Burrel

Bur"rel (?), n. [Cf. OF. burel reddish (cf. Borel, n.), or F. beurr\'82 butter pear, fr. beurre butter. Cf. Butter.] A sort of pear, called also the red butter pear, from its smooth, delicious, soft pulp.

Burrel

Bur"rel, n. Same as Borrel.

Burrel fly

Bur"rel fly` (?). [From its reddish color. See 1st Burrel.] (Zo\'94l.) The botfly or gadfly of cattle (Hypoderma bovis). See Gadfly.

Burrel shot

Bur"rel shot` (?). [Either from annoying the enemy like a burrel fly, or, less probably, fr. F. bourreler to sting, torture.] (Gun.) A mixture of shot, nails, stones, pieces of old iron, etc., fired from a cannon at short range, in an emergency. [R.]

Burring machine

Burr"ing ma*chine" (?). A machine for cleansing wool of burs, seeds, and other substances.

Burr millstone

Burr" mill"stone` (?). See Buhrstone.

Burro

Bur"ro (?), n. [Sp., an ass.] (Zo\'94l.) A donkey. [Southern U.S.]

Burrock

Bur"rock (?), n. [Perh. from AS. burg, burh, hill + -ock.] A small weir or dam in a river to direct the stream to gaps where fish traps are placed. Knight.

Burrow

Bur"row (?), n. [See 1st Borough.]

1. An incorporated town. See 1st Borough.

2. A shelter; esp. a hole in the ground made by certain animals, as rabbits, for shelter and habitation.

3. (Mining) A heap or heaps of rubbish or refuse.

4. A mound. See 3d Barrow, and Camp, n., 5.

Burrow

Bur"row, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burrowed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Burrowing.]

1. To excavate a hole to lodge in, as in the earth; to lodge in a hole excavated in the earth, as conies or rabbits.

2. To lodge, or take refuge, in any deep or concealed place; to hide.

Sir, this vermin of court reporters, when they are forced into day upon one point, are sure to burrow in another. Burke.
Burrowing owl (Zo\'94l.), a small owl of the western part of North America (Speotyto cunicularia), which lives in holes, often in company with the prairie dog.

Burrower

Bur"row*er (?), n. One who, or that which, burrows; an animal that makes a hole under ground and lives in it.

Burrstone

Burr"stone`, n. See Buhrstone.

Burry

Burr"y (?), a. Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.

Bursa

Bur"sa (?), n.; pl. Burs\'91 (. [L. See Burse.] (Anat.) Any sac or saclike cavity; especially, one of the synovial sacs, or small spaces, often lined with synovial membrane, interposed between tendons and bony prominences.

Bursal

Bur"sal (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a bursa or to burs\'91.

Bursar

Bur"sar (?), n. [LL. bursarius, fr. bursa purse. See Burse, and cf. Purser.]

1. A treasurer, or cash keeper; a purser; as, the bursar of a college, or of a monastery.

2. A student to whom a stipend or bursary is paid for his complete or partial support.

Bursarship

Bur"sar*ship, n. The office of a bursar.

Bursary

Bur"sa*ry (?), n.; pl. -ries (#). [LL. bursaria. See Bursar.]

1. The treasury of a college or monastery.

2. A scholarship or charitable foundation in a university, as in scotland; a sum given to enable a student to pursue his studies. "No woman of rank or fortune but would have a bursary in her gift." Southey.

Bursch

Bursch (?), n.; pl. Burschen (#). [G., ultimately fr. LL. bursa. See Burse.] A youth; especially, a student in a german university.

Burse

Burse (?), n. [LL. bursa, or F. bourse. See Bourse, and cf. Bursch, Purse.]

1. A purse; also, a vesicle; a pod; a hull. [Obs.] Holland.

2. A fund or foundation for the maintenance of needy scholars in their studies; also, the sum given to the beneficiaries. [Scot.]

3. (Eccl.) An ornamental case of hold the corporal when not in use. Shipley.

4. An exchange, for merchants and bankers, in the cities of continental Europe. Same as Bourse.

5. A kind of bazaar. [Obs.]

She says she went to the burse for patterns. Old Play.

Bursiculate

Bur*sic"u*late (?), a. [See Burse.] (Bot.) Bursiform.

Bursiform

Bur"si*form (?), a. [LL. bursa purse + -form.] Shaped like a purse.

Bursitis

Bur*si"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. E. bursa + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of a bursa.

Burst

Burst (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Burst; p. pr. & vb. n. Bursting. The past participle bursten is obsolete.] [OE. bersten, bresten, AS. berstan (pers. sing. berste, imp. sing. b\'91rst, imp. pl. burston, p.p. borsten); akin to D. bersten, G. bersten, OHG. brestan, OS. brestan, Icel. bresta, Sw. brista, Dan. briste. Cf. Brast, Break.]

1. To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring.

From the egg that soon Bursting with kindly rupture, forth disclosed Their callow young. Milton.
Often used figuratively, as of the heart, in reference to a surcharge of passion, grief, desire, etc.
No, no, my heart will burst, an if I speak: And I will speak, that so my heart may burst. Shak.

2. To exert force or pressure by which something is made suddenly to give way; to break through obstacles or limitations; hence, to appear suddenly and unexpecedly or unaccountably, or to depart in such manner; -- usually with some qualifying adverb or preposition, as forth, out, away, into, upon, through, etc.

Tears, such as angels weep, burst forth. Milton.
And now you burst (ah cruel!) from my arms. Pope.
A resolved villain Whose bowels suddenly burst out. Shak.
We were the first that ever burst Into that silent sea. Coleridge.
To burst upon him like an earthquake. Goldsmith.

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Burst (?), v. t.

1. To break or rend by violence, as by an overcharge or by strain or pressure, esp. from within; to force open suddenly; as, to burst a cannon; to burst a blood vessel; to burst open the doors.

My breast I'll burst with straining of my courage. Shak.

2. To break. [Obs.]

You will not pay for the glasses you have burst? Shak.
He burst his lance against the sand below. Fairfax (Tasso).

3. To produce as an effect of bursting; as, to burst a hole through the wall. Bursting charge. See under Charge.

Burst

Burst, n.

1. A sudden breaking forth; a violent rending; an explosion; as, a burst of thunder; a burst of applause; a burst of passion; a burst of inspiration.

Bursts of fox-hunting melody. W. Irving.

2. Any brief, violent evertion or effort; a spurt; as, a burst of speed.

3. A sudden opening, as of landscape; a stretch; an expanse. [R.] "A fine burst of country." Jane Austen.

4. A rupture of hernia; a breach.

Bursten

Burst"en (?), p. p. of Burst, v. i. [Obs.]

Burster

Burst"er (?), n. One that bursts.

Burstwort

Burst"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Herniaria glabra) supposed to be valuable for the cure of hernia or rupture.

Burt

Burt (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Birt. [Prov. Eng.]

Burthen

Bur"then (?), n. & v. t. See Burden. [Archaic]

Burton

Bur"ton (?), n. [Cf. OE. & Prov. E. bort to press or indent anything.] (Naut.) A peculiar tackle, formed of two or more blocks, or pulleys, the weight being suspended of a hook block in the bight of the running part.

Bury

Bur"y (?), n. [See 1st Borough.]

1. A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's; -- used as a termination of names of places; as, Canterbury, Shrewsbury.

2. A manor house; a castle. [Prov. Eng.]

To this very day, the chief house of a manor, or the lord's seat, is called bury, in some parts of England. Miege.

Bury

Bur"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buried (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Burying (#).] [OE. burien, birien, berien, AS. byrgan; akin to beorgan to protect, OHG. bergan, G. bergen, Icel. bjarga, Sw. berga, Dan. bierge, Goth. ba\'a1rgan. &root;95. Cf. Burrow.]

1. To cover out of sight, either by heaping something over, or by placing within something, as earth, etc.; to conceal by covering; to hide; as, to bury coals in ashes; to bury the face in the hands.

And all their confidence Under the weight of mountains buried deep. Milton.

2. Specifically: To cover out of sight, as the body of a deceased person, in a grave, a tomb, or the ocean; to deposit (a corpse) in its resting place, with funeral ceremonies; to inter; to inhume.

Lord, suffer me first to go and bury my father. Matt. viii. 21.
I'll bury thee in a triumphant grave. Shak.

3. To hide in oblivion; to put away finally; to abandon; as, to bury strife.

Give me a bowl of wine In this I bury all unkindness, Cassius. Shak.
Burying beetle (Zo\'94l.), the general name of many species of beetles, of the tribe Necrophaga; the sexton beetle; -- so called from their habit of burying small dead animals by digging away the earth beneath them. The larv\'91 feed upon decaying flesh, and are useful scavengers. -- To bury the hatchet, to lay aside the instruments of war, and make peace; -- a phrase used in allusion to the custom observed by the North American Indians, of burying a tomahawk when they conclude a peace. Syn. -- To intomb; inter; inhume; inurn; hide; cover; conceal; overwhelm; repress.

Burying ground, Burying place

Bur"y*ing ground`, Bur"y*ing place. The ground or place for burying the dead; burial place.

Bus

Bus (?), n. [Abbreviated from omnibus.] An omnibus. [Colloq.]

Busby

Bus"by (?), n.; pl. Busbies (. (Mil.) A military headdress or cap, used in the British army. It is of fur, with a bag, of the same color as the facings of the regiment, hanging from the top over the right shoulder.

Buscon

Bus"con (?), n. [Sp., a searcher, fr. buscar to search.] One who searches for ores; a prospector. [U.S.]

Bush

Bush (?), n. [OE. bosch, busch, buysch, bosk, busk; akin to D. bosch, OHG. busc, G. busch, Icel. b, b, Dan. busk, Sw. buske, and also to LL. boscus, buscus, Pr. bosc, It. bosco, Sp. & Pg. bosque, F. bois, OF. bos. Whether the LL. or G. form ibox a case. Cf. Ambush, Boscage, Bouquet, Box a case.]

1. A thicket, or place abounding in trees or shrubs; a wild forest. &hand; This was the original sense of the word, as in the Dutch bosch, a wood, and was so used by Chaucer. In this sense it is extensively used in the British colonies, especially at the Cape of Good Hope, and also in Australia and Canada; as, to live or settle in the bush.

2. A shrub; esp., a shrub with branches rising from or near the root; a thick shrub or a cluster of shrubs.

To bind a bush of thorns among sweet-smelling flowers. Gascoigne.

3. A shrub cut off, or a shrublike branch of a tree; as, bushes to support pea vines.

4. A shrub or branch, properly, a branch of ivy (as sacred to Bacchus), hung out at vintners' doors, or as a tavern sign; hence, a tavern sign, and symbolically, the tavern itself.

If it be true that good wine needs no bush, 't is true that a good play needs no epilogue. Shak.

5. (Hunting) The tail, or brush, of a fox. To beat about the bush, to approach anything in a round-about manner, instead of coming directly to it; -- a metaphor taken from hunting. -- Bush bean (Bot.), a variety of bean which is low and requires no support (Phaseolus vulgaris, variety nanus). See Bean, 1. -- Bush buck, ∨ Bush goat (Zo\'94l.), a beautiful South African antelope (Tragelaphus sylvaticus); -- so called because found mainly in wooden localities. The name is also applied to other species. -- Bush cat (Zo\'94l.), the serval. See Serval. -- Bush chat (Zo\'94l.), a bird of the genus Pratincola, of the Thrush family. -- Bush dog. (Zo\'94l.) See Potto. -- Bush hammer. See Bushhammer in the Vocabulary. -- Bush harrow (Agric.) See under Harrow. -- Bush hog (Zo\'94l.), a South African wild hog (Potamoch\'d2rus Africanus); -- called also bush pig, and water hog. -- Bush master (Zo\'94l.), a venomous snake (Lachesis mutus) of Guinea; -- called also surucucu. -- Bush pea (Bot.), a variety of pea that needs to be bushed. -- Bush shrike (Zo\'94l.), a bird of the genus Thamnophilus, and allied genera; -- called also batarg. Many species inhabit tropical America. -- Bush tit (Zo\'94l.), a small bird of the genus Psaltriparus, allied to the titmouse. P. minimus inhabits California.

Bush

Bush (?), v. i. To branch thickly in the manner of a bush. "The bushing alders." Pope.

Bush

Bush, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bushed (p. pr. & vb.n
. Bushing.]

1. To set bushes for; to support with bushes; as, to bush peas.

2. To use a bush harrow on (land), for covering seeds sown; to harrow with a bush; as, to bush a piece of land; to bush seeds into the ground.

Bush

Bush, n. [D. bus a box, akin to E. box; or F. boucher to plug.]

1. (Mech.) A lining for a hole to make it smaller; a thimble or ring of metal or wood inserted in a plate or other part of machinery to receive the wear of a pivot or arbor. Knight. &hand; In the larger machines, such a piece is called a box, particularly in the United States.

2. (Gun.) A piece of copper, screwed into a gun, through which the venthole is bored. Farrow.

Bush

Bush, v. t. To furnish with a bush, or lining; as, to bush a pivot hole.

Bushboy

Bush"boy (?), n. See Bushman.

Bushel

Bush"el (?), n. [OE. buschel, boischel, OF. boissel, bussel, boistel, F. boisseau, LL. bustellus; dim. of bustia, buxida (OF. boiste), fr. pyxida, acc. of L. pyxis box, Gr. Box.]

1. A dry measure, containing four pecks, eight gallons, or thirty-two quarts. &hand; The Winchester bushel, formerly used in England, contained 2150.42 cubic inches, being the volume of a cylinder 18

2. A vessel of the capacity of a bushel, used in measuring; a bushel measure.

Is a candle brought to be put under a bushel, or under a bed, and not to be set on a candlestick? Mark iv. 21.

3. A quantity that fills a bushel measure; as, a heap containing ten bushels of apples. &hand; In the United States a large number of articles, bought and sold by the bushel, are measured by weighing, the number of pounds that make a bushel being determined by State law or by local custom. For some articles, as apples, potatoes, etc., heaped measure is required in measuring a bushel.

4. A large indefinite quantity. [Colloq.]

The worthies of antiquity bought the rarest pictures with bushels of gold, without counting the weight or the number of the pieces. Dryden.

5. The iron lining in the nave of a wheel. [Eng.] In the United States it is called a box. See 4th Bush.

Bushelage

Bush"el*age (?), n. A duty payable on commodities by the bushel. [Eng.]

Bushelman

Bush"el*man (?), n. A tailor's assistant for repairing garments; -- called also busheler. [Local, U.S.]

Bushet

Bush"et (?), n. [See Bosket.] A small bush.

Bushfighter

Bush"fight`er (?), n. One accustomed to bushfighting. Parkman.

Bushfighting

Bush"fight`ing (?), n. Fighting in the bush, or from behind bushes, trees, or thickets.

Bushhammer

Bush"ham`mer (?), n. A hammer with a head formed of a bundle of square bars, with pyramidal points, arranged in rows, or a solid head with a face cut into a number of rows of such points; -- used for dressing stone.

Bushhammer

Bush"ham`mer, v. t. To dress with bushhammer; as, to bushhammer a block of granite.

Bushiness

Bush"i*ness (?), n. The condition or quality of being bushy.

Bushing

Bush"ing, n. [See 4th Bush.]

1. The operation of fitting bushes, or linings, into holes or places where wear is to be received, or friction diminished, as pivot holes, etc.

2. (Mech.) A bush or lining; -- sometimes called . See 4th Bush.

Bushless

Bush"less (?), a. Free from bushes; bare.
O'er the long backs of the bushless downs. Tennyson.

Bushman

Bush"man (?), n.; pl. Bushmen (#). [Cf. D. boschman, boschjesman. See 1st Bush.]

1. A woodsman; a settler in the bush.

2. (Ethnol.) One of a race of South African nomads, living principally in the deserts, and not classified as allied in race or language to any other people.

Bushment

Bush"ment (?), n. [OE. busshement ambush, fr. bush.]

1. A thicket; a cluster of bushes. [Obs.] Raleigh.

2. An ambuscade. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

Bushranger

Bush"ran`ger (?), n. One who roams, or hides, among the bushes; especially, in Australia, an escaped criminal living in the bush.

Bushwhacker

Bush"whack`er (?), n.

1. One accustomed to beat about, or travel through, bushes. [U.S.]

They were gallant bushwhackers, and hunters of raccoons by moonlight. W. Irving.

2. A guerrilla; a marauding assassin; one who pretends to be a peaceful citizen, but secretly harasses a hostile force or its sympathizers. [U.S.] Farrow.

Bushwhacking

Bush"whack`ing, n.

1. Traveling, or working a way, through bushes; pulling by the bushes, as in hauling a boat along the bushy margin of a stream. [U.S.] T. Flint.

2. The crimes or warfare of bushwhackers. [U.S.]

Bushy

Bush"y (?), a. [From 1st Bush.]

1. Thick and spreading, like a bush. "Bushy eyebrows." Irving.

2. Full of bushes; overgrowing with shrubs.

Dingle, or bushy dell, of this wild wood. Milton.

Busily

Bus"i*ly (?), adv. In a busy manner.

Business

Busi"ness (?), n.; pl. Businesses (#). [From Busy.]

1. That which busies one, or that which engages the time, attention, or labor of any one, as his principal concern or interest, whether for a longer or shorter time; constant employment; regular occupation; as, the business of life; business before pleasure.

Wist ye not that I must be about my Father's business? Luke ii. 49.

2. Any particular occupation or employment engaged in for livelihood or gain, as agriculture, trade, art, or a profession. "The business of instruction." Prescott.

3. Financial dealings; buying and selling; traffic in general; mercantile transactions.

It seldom happens that men of a studious turn acquire any degree of reputation for their knowledge of business. Bp. Popteus.

4. That which one has to do or should do; special service, duty, or mission.

The daughter of the King of France, On serious business, craving quick despatch, Importunes personal conference. Shak.
What business has the tortoise among the clouds? L'Estrange.

5. Affair; concern; matter; -- used in an indefinite sense, and modified by the connected words.

It was a gentle business, and becoming The action of good women. Shak.
Bestow Your needful counsel to our business. Shak.

6. (Drama) The position, distribution, and order of persons and properties on the stage of a theater, as determined by the stage manager in rehearsal.

7. Care; anxiety; diligence. [Obs.] Chaucer. To do one's business, to ruin one. [Colloq.] Wycherley. -- To make (a thing) one's business, to occupy one's self with a thing as a special charge or duty. [Colloq.] -- To mean business, to be earnest. [Colloq.] Syn. -- Affairs; concern; transaction; matter; engagement; employment; calling; occupation; trade; profession; vocation; office; duty.

Businesslike

Busi"ness*like` (?), a. In the manner of one transacting business wisely and by right methods.

Busk

Busk (?), n. [F. busc, perh. fr. the hypothetical older form of E. bois wood, because the first busks were made of wood. See Bush, and cf. OF. busche, F. b\'96che, a piece or log of wood, fr. the same root.] A thin, elastic strip of metal, whalebone, wood, or other material, worn in the front of a corset.
Her long slit sleeves, stiff busk, puff verdingall, Is all that makes her thus angelical. Marston.

Busk

Busk, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Busked (#).] [OE. busken, fr. Icel. b to make one's self ready, rexlexive of b to prepare, dwell. Cf. 8th Bound.]

1. To prepare; to make ready; to array; to dress. [Scot. & Old Eng.]

Busk you, busk you, my bonny, bonny bride. Hamilton.

2. To go; to direct one's course. [Obs.]

Ye might have busked you to Huntly banks. Skelton.

Busked

Busked (?), a. Wearing a busk. Pollok.

Busket

Bus"ket (?), n. [See Bosket, Bouquet.]

1. A small bush; also, a sprig or bouquet. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. A part of a garden devoted to shrubs. [R.]

Buskin

Bus"kin (?), n. [Prob. from OF. brossequin, or D. broosken. See Brodekin.]

1. A strong, protecting covering for the foot, coming some distance up the leg.

The hunted red deer's undressed hide Their hairy buskins well supplied. Sir W. Scott.

2. A similar covering for the foot and leg, made with very thick soles, to give an appearance of elevation to the stature; -- worn by tragic actors in ancient Greece and Rome. Used as a symbol of tragedy, or the tragic drama, as distinguished from comedy.

Great Fletcher never treads in buskins here, No greater Jonson dares in socks appear. Dryden.

Buskined

Bus"kined (?), a.

1. Wearing buskins.

Her buskined virgins traced the dewy lawn. Pope.

2. Trodden by buskins; pertaining to tragedy. "The buskined stage." Milton.

Busky

Bus"ky (?), a. See Bosky, and 1st Bush, n. Shak.

Buss

Buss (?), n. [OE. basse, fr. L. basium; cf. G. bus (Luther), Prov. G. busserl, dim. of bus kiss, bussen to kiss, Sw. puss kiss, pussa to kiss, W. & Gael. bus lip, mouth.] A kiss; a rude or playful kiss; a smack. Shak.
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Buss (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bussed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Bussing.] To kiss; esp. to kiss with a smack, or rudely. "Nor bussed the milking maid." Tennyson.
Kissing and bussing differ both in this, We buss our wantons, but our wives we kiss. Herrick.

Buss

Buss, n. [Cf. OF. busse, Pr. bus, LL. bussa, busa, G. b\'81se, D. buis.] (Naut.) A small strong vessel with two masts and two cabins; -- used in the herring fishery.
The Dutch whalers and herring busses. Macaulay.

Bust

Bust (?), n. [F. buste, fr. It. busto; cf. LL. busta, bustula, box, of the same origin as E. box a case; cf., for the change of meaning, E. chest. See Bushel.]

1. A piece of sculpture representing the upper part of the human figure, including the head, shoulders, and breast.

Ambition sighed: she found it vain to trust The faithless column, and the crumbling bust. Pope.

2. The portion of the human figure included between the head and waist, whether in statuary or in the person; the chest or thorax; the upper part of the trunk of the body.

Bustard

Bus"tard (?), n. [OF. & Prov. F. bistarde, F. outarde, from L. avis tarda, lit., slow bird. Plin. 10, 22; "proxim\'91 iis sunt, quas Hispania aves tardas appellat, Gr\'91cia (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the genus Otis. &hand; The great or bearded bustard (Otis tarda) is the largest game bird in Europe. It inhabits the temperate regions of Europe and Asia, and was formerly common in Great Britain. The little bustard (O. tetrax) inhabits eastern Europe and Morocco. Many other species are known in Asia and Africa.

Buster

Bus"ter (?), n. Something huge; a roistering blade; also, a spree. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Bustle

Bus"tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (p. pr.
& vb.n. Bustling ( [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.] To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd.
And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.

Bustle

Bus"tle, n. Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.

Bustle

Bus"tle, n. A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure. <-- out of fashion by the 1900's -->

Bustler

Bus"tler (?), n. An active, stirring person.

Bustling

Bus"tling (?), a. Agitated; noisy; tumultuous; characterized by confused activity; as, a bustling crowd. "A bustling wharf." Hawthorne.

Busto

Bus"to (?), n.; pl. Bustoes (/plu. [It.] A bust; a statue.
With some antick bustoes in the niches. Ashmole.

Busy

Bus"y (?), a. [OE. busi, bisi, AS. bysig; akin to D. bezig, LG. besig; cf. Skr. bh to be active, busy.]

1. Engaged in some business; hard at work (either habitually or only for the time being); occupied with serious affairs; not idle nor at leisure; as, a busy merchant.

Sir, my mistress sends you word THat she is busy, and she can not come. Shak.

2. Constantly at work; diligent; active.

Busy hammers closing rivets up. Shak.
Religious motives . . . are so busy in the heart. Addison.

3. Crowded with business or activities; -- said of places and times; as, a busy street.

To-morrow is a busy day. Shak.

4. Officious; meddling; foolish active.

On meddling monkey, or on busy ape. Shak.

5. Careful; anxious. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Diligent; industrious; assiduous; active; occupied; engaged.

Busy

Bus"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Busied (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Busying.] [AS. bysgian.] To make or keep busy; to employ; to engage or keep engaged; to occupy; as, to busy one's self with books.
Be it thy course to busy giddy minds With foreign quarrels. Shak.

Busybody

Bus"y*bod`y (?), n.; pl. Busybodies (#). One who officiously concerns himself with the affairs of others; a meddling person.
And not only idle, but tattlers also and busybodies, speaking things which they ought not. 1 Tim. v. 13.

But

But (?), prep., adv. & conj. [OE. bute, buten, AS. b, without, on the outside, except, besides; pref. be- + outward, without, fr. out. Primarily, b, as well as , is an adverb. &root;198. See By, Out; cf. About.]

1. Except with; unless with; without. [Obs.]

So insolent that he could not go but either spurning equals or trampling on his inferiors. Fuller.
Touch not the cat but a glove. Motto of the Mackintoshes.

2. Except; besides; save.

Who can it be, ye gods! but perjured Lycon? E. Smith.
&hand; In this sense, but is often used with other particles; as, but for, without, had it not been for. "Uncreated but for love divine." Young.

3. Excepting or excluding the fact that; save that; were it not that; unless; -- elliptical, for but that.

And but my noble Moor is true of mind . . . it were enough to put him to ill thinking. Shak.

4. Otherwise than that; that not; -- commonly, after a negative, with that.

It cannot be but nature hath some director, of infinite power, to guide her in all her ways. Hooker.
There is no question but the king of Spain will reform most of the abuses. Addison.

5. Only; solely; merely.

Observe but how their own principles combat one another. Milton.
If they kill us, we shall but die. 2 Kings vii. 4.
A formidable man but to his friends. Dryden.

6. On the contrary; on the other hand; only; yet; still; however; nevertheless; more; further; -- as connective of sentences or clauses of a sentence, in a sense more or less exceptive or adversative; as, the House of Representatives passed the bill, but the Senate dissented; our wants are many, but quite of another kind.

Now abideth faith hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1 Cor. xiii. 13.
When pride cometh, then cometh shame; but with the lowly is wisdom. Prov. xi. 2.
All but. See under All. -- But and if, but if; an attempt on the part of King James's translators of the Bible to express the conjunctive and adversative force of the Greek
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; . . . the lord of that servant will come in a day when he looketh not for him. Luke xii. 45, 46.
But if, unless. [Obs.] Chaucer.
But this I read, that but if remedy Thou her afford, full shortly I her dead shall see. Spenser.
Syn. -- But, However, Still. These conjunctions mark opposition in passing from one thought or topic to another. But marks the opposition with a medium degree of strength; as, this is not winter, but it is almost as cold; he requested my assistance, but I shall not aid him at present. However is weaker, and throws the opposition (as it were) into the background; as, this is not winter; it is, however, almost as cold; he required my assistance; at present, however, I shall not afford him aid. The plan, however, is still under consideration, and may yet be adopted. Still is stronger than but, and marks the opposition more emphatically; as, your arguments are weighty; still they do not convince me. See Except, However. &hand; "The chief error with but is to use it where and is enough; an error springing from the tendency to use strong words without sufficient occasio,." Bain.

But

But (?), n. [Cf. But, prep., adv. & conj.] The outer apartment or kitchen of a two-roomed house; -- opposed to ben, the inner room. [Scot.]

But

But, n. [See 1st But.]

1. A limit; a boundary.

2. The end; esp. the larger or thicker end, or the blunt, in distinction from the sharp, end. See 1st Butt. But end, the larger or thicker end; as, the but end of a log; the but end of a musket. See Butt, n.

But

But, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] See Butt, v., and Abut, v.

Butane

Bu"tane (?), n. [L. butyrum butter. See Butter.] (Chem.) An inflammable gaseous hydrocarbon, C4H10, of the marsh gas, or paraffin, series.

Butcher

Butch"er (?), n. [OE. bochere, bochier, OF. bochier, F. boucher, orig., slaughterer of buck goats, fr. OF. boc, F. bouc, a buck goat; of German or Celtic origin. See Buck the animal.]

1. One who slaughters animals, or dresses their flesh for market; one whose occupation it is to kill animals for food.

2. A slaughterer; one who kills in large numbers, or with unusual cruelty; one who causes needless loss of life, as in battle. "Butcher of an innocent child." Shak. Butcher bird (Zo\'94l.), a species of shrike of the genus Lanius. &hand; The Lanius excubitor is the common butcher bird of Europe. In England, the bearded tit is sometimes called the lesser butcher bird. The American species are L.borealis, or northernbutcher bird, and L. Ludovicianus or loggerhead shrike. The name butcher birdis derived from its habit of suspending its prey impaled upon thorns, after killing it. Butcher's meat, such flesh of animals slaughtered for food as is sold for that purpose by butchers, as beef, mutton, lamb, and pork.

Butcher

Butch"er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Butchered (; p. pr. & vb.n. Butchering.]

1. To kill or slaughter (animals) for food, or for market; as, to butcher hogs.

2. To murder, or kill, especially in an unusually bloody or barbarous manner. Macaulay.

[Ithocles] was murdered, rather butchered. Ford.

Butchering

Butch"er*ing, n.

1. The business of a butcher.

2. The act of slaughtering; the act of killing cruelly and needlessly.

That dreadful butchering of one another. Addison.

Butcherliness

Butch"er*li*ness (?), n. Butchery quality.

Butcherly

Butch"er*ly, a. Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell. "The victim of a butcherly murder." D. Webster.
What stratagems, how fell, how butcherly, This deadly quarrel daily doth beget! Shak.

Butcher's broom

Butch"er's broom` (?). (Bot.) A genus of plants (Ruscus); esp. R. aculeatus, which has large red berries and leaflike branches. See Cladophyll.

Butchery

Butch"er*y (?), n. [OE. bocherie shambles, fr. F. boucherie. See Butcher, n.]

1. The business of a butcher. [Obs.]

2. Murder or manslaughter, esp. when committed with unusual barbarity; great or cruel slaughter. Shak.

The perpetration of human butchery. Prescott.

3. A slaughterhouse; the shambles; a place where blood is shed. [Obs.]

Like as an ox is hanged in the butchery. Fabyan.
Syn. -- Murder; slaughter; carnage. See Massacre.

Butler

But"ler (?), n. [OE. boteler, F. bouteillier a bottle-bearer, a cupbearer, fr. LL. buticularius, fr. buticula bottle. See Bottle a hollow vessel.] An officer in a king's or a nobleman's household, whose principal business it is to take charge of the liquors, plate, etc.; the head servant in a large house.
The butler and the baker of the king of Egypt. Gen. xl. 5.
Your wine locked up, your butler strolled abroad. Pope.

Butlerage

But"ler*age (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) A duty of two shillings on every tun of wine imported into England by merchant strangers; -- so called because paid to the king's butler for the king. Blackstone.

Butlership

But"ler*ship, n. The office of a butler.

Butment

But"ment (?), n. [Abbreviation of Abutment.]

1. (Arch.) A buttress of an arch; the supporter, or that part which joins it to the upright pier.

2. (Masonry) The mass of stone or solid work at the end of a bridge, by which the extreme arches are sustained, or by which the end of a bridge without arches is supported. Butment cheek (Carp.), the part of a mortised timber surrounding the mortise, and against which the shoulders of the tenon bear. Knight.

Butt, But

Butt, But (?), n. [F. but butt, aim (cf. butte knoll), or bout, OF. bot, end, extremity, fr. boter, buter, to push, butt, strike, F. bouter; of German origin; cf. OHG. b\'d3zan, akin to E. beat. See Beat, v. t.]

1. A limit; a bound; a goal; the extreme bound; the end.

Here is my journey's end, here my butt And very sea mark of my utmost sail. Shak.
&hand; As applied to land, the word is nearly synonymous with mete, and signifies properly the end line or boundary; the abuttal.

2. The thicker end of anything. See But.

3. A mark to be shot at; a target. Sir W. Scott.

The groom his fellow groom at butts defies, And bends his bow, and levels with his eyes. Dryden.

4. A person at whom ridicule, jest, or contempt is directed; as, the butt of the company.

I played a sentence or two at my butt, which I thought very smart. Addison.

5. A push, thrust, or sudden blow, given by the head of an animal; as, the butt of a ram.

6. A thrust in fencing.

To prove who gave the fairer butt, John shows the chalk on Robert's coat. Prior.

7. A piece of land left unplowed at the end of a field.

The hay was growing upon headlands and butts in cornfields. Burrill.

8. (Mech.) (a) A joint where the ends of two objects come squarely together without scrafing or chamfering; -- also called butt joint. (b) The end of a connecting rod or other like piece, to which the boxing is attached by the strap, cotter, and gib. (c) The portion of a half-coupling fastened to the end of a hose.

9. (Shipbuilding) The joint where two planks in a strake meet.

10. (Carp.) A kind of hinge used in hanging doors, etc.; -- so named because fastened on the edge of the door, which butts against the casing, instead of on its face, like the strap hinge; also called butt hinge.

11. (Leather Trade) The thickest and stoutest part of tanned oxhides, used for soles of boots, harness, trunks.

12. The hut or shelter of the person who attends to the targets in rifle practice. Butt chain (Saddlery), a short chain attached to the end of a tug. -- Butt end. The thicker end of anything. See But end, under 2d But.

Amen; and make me die a good old man! That's the butt end of a mother's blessing. Shak.
A butt's length, the ordinary distance from the place of shooting to the butt, or mark. -- Butts and bounds (Conveyancing), abuttals and boundaries. In lands of the ordinary rectangular shape, butts are the lines at the ends (F. bouts), and bounds are those on the sides, or sidings, as they were formerly termed. Burrill. -- Bead and butt. See under Bead. -- Butt and butt, joining end to end without overlapping, as planks. -- Butt weld (Mech.), a butt joint, made by welding together the flat ends, or edges, of a piece of iron or steel, or of separate pieces, without having them overlap. See Weld. -- Full butt, headfirst with full force. [Colloq.] "The corporal . . . ran full butt at the lieutenant." Marryat.

Butt

Butt, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Butted; p. pr. & vb. n. Butting.] [OE. butten, OF. boter to push, F. bouter. See Butt an end, and cf. Boutade.]

1. To join at the butt, end, or outward extremity; to terminate; to be bounded; to abut. [Written also but.]

And Barnsdale there doth butt on Don's well-watered ground. Drayton.

2. To thrust the head forward; to strike by thrusting the head forward, as an ox or a ram. [See Butt, n.]

A snow-white steer before thine altar led, Butts with his threatening brows. Dryden.

Butt

Butt, v. t. To strike by thrusting the head against; to strike with the head.
Two harmless lambs are butting one the other. Sir H. Wotton.

Butt

Butt, n. [F. botte, boute, LL. butta. Cf. Bottle a hollow vessel.] A large cask or vessel for wine or beer. It contains two hogsheads. &hand; A wine butt contains 126 wine gallons (= 105 imperial gallons, nearly); a beer butt 108 ale gallons (= about 110 imperial gallons).

Butt

Butt, n. (Zo\'94l.) The common English flounder.

Butte

Butte (?), n. [F. See Butt a bound.] A detached low mountain, or high rising abruptly from the general level of the surrounding plain; -- applied to peculiar elevations in the Rocky Mountain region.
The creek . . . passes by two remarkable buttes of red conglomerate. Ruxton.

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Butter

But"ter (?), n. [OE. botere, butter, AS. butere, fr. L. butyrum, Gr. Cow.]

1. An oily, unctuous substance obtained from cream or milk by churning.

2. Any substance resembling butter in degree of consistence, or other qualities, especially, in old chemistry, the chloridess, as butter of antimony, sesquichloride of antimony; also, certain concrete fat oils remaining nearly solid at ordinary temperatures, as butter of cacao, vegetable butter, shea butter. Butter and eggs (Bot.), a name given to several plants having flowers of two shades of yellow, as Narcissus incomparabilis, and in the United States to the toadflax (Linaria vulgaris). -- Butter boat, a small vessel for holding melted butter at table. -- Butter flower, the buttercup, a yellow flower. -- Butter print, a piece of carved wood used to mark pats of butter; -- called also butter stamp. Locke. -- Butter tooth, either of the two middle incisors of the upper jaw. -- Butter tree (Bot.), a tree of the genus Bassia, the seeds of which yield a substance closely resembling butter. The butter tree of India is the B. butyracea; that of Africa is the Shea tree (B. Parkii). See Shea tree. -- Butter trier, a tool used in sampling butter. -- Butter wife, a woman who makes or sells butter; -- called also butter woman. [Obs. or Archaic]

Butter

But"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttered (p. pr. & vb. n.
Buttering.]

1. To cover or spread with butter.

I know what's what. I know on which side My bread is buttered. Ford.

2. To increase, as stakes, at every throw or every game. [Cant] Johnson.

Butter

Butt"er (?), n. One who, or that which, butts.

Butterball

But"ter*ball` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The buffel duck.

Butterbird

But"ter*bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The rice bunting or bobolink; -- so called in the island of Jamaica.

Butterbump

But"ter*bump` (?), n. [OE. buttur the bittern + 5th bump.] (Zo\'94l.) The European bittern. Johnson.

Butterbur

But"ter*bur` (?), n. (Bot.) A broad-leaved plant (Petasites vulgaris) of the Composite family, said to have been used in England for wrapping up pats of butter.

Buttercup

But"ter*cup` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Ranunculus, or crowfoot, particularly R. bulbosus, with bright yellow flowers; -- called also butterflower, golden cup, and kingcup. It is the cuckoobud of Shakespeare.

Butter-fingered

But"ter-fin`gered (?), a. Apt to let things fall, or to let them slip away; slippery; careless.

Butterfish

But"ter*fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A name given to several different fishes, in allusion to their slippery coating of mucus, as the Stromateus triacanthus of the Atlantic coast, the Epinephelus punctatus of the southern coast, the rock eel, and the kelpfish of New Zealand.

Butterfly

But"ter*fly` (?), n.; pl. Butterflies (#). [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-fl\'c7ge, buttor-fle\'a2ge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly.] (Zo\'94l.) A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera. [See Illust. under Aphrodite.] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias. -- Butterfly fish (Zo\'94l.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard. -- Butterfly shell (Zo\'94l.), a shell of the genus Voluta. -- Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.

Butterine

But"ter*ine (?), n. A substance prepared from animal fat with some other ingredients intermixed, as an imitation of butter.
The manufacturers ship large quantities of oleomargarine to England, Holland, and other countries, to be manufactured into butter, which is sold as butterine or suine. Johnson's Cyc.

Butteris

But"ter*is (?), n. [The same word as buttress, noun, in a different application, F. bouter to push.] (Far.) A steel cutting instrument, with a long bent shank set in a handle which rests against the shoulder of the operator. It is operated by a thrust movement, and used in paring the hoofs of horses.

Butterman

But"ter*man` (?), n.; pl. Buttermen (. A man who makes or sells butter.

Buttermilk

But"ter*milk` (?), n. The milk that remains after the butter is separated from the cream.

Butternut

But"ter*nut` (?), n.

1. (Bot.) An American tree (Juglans cinerea) of the Walnut family, and its edible fruit; -- so called from the oil contained in the latter. Sometimes called oil nut and white walnut.

2. (Bot.) The nut of the Caryocar butyrosum and C. nuciferum, of S. America; -- called also Souari nut.

Butter-scotch

But"ter-scotch` (?), n. A kind of candy, mainly composed of sugar and butter. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Butterweed

But"ter*weed` (?), n. (Bot.) An annual composite plant of the Mississippi valley (Senecio lobatus).

Butterweight

But"ter*weight` (?), n. Over weight. Swift. &hand; Formerly it was a custom to give 18 ounces of butter for a pound.

Butterwort

But"ter*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A genus of low herbs (Pinguicula) having simple leaves which secrete from their glandular upper surface a viscid fluid, to which insects adhere, after which the margin infolds and the insects are digested by the plant. The species are found mostly in the North Temperate zone.

Buttery

But"ter*y (?), a. Having the qualities, consistence, or appearance, of butter.

Buttery

But"ter*y, n.; pl. Buttplwies (. [OE. botery, botry; cf. LL. botaria wine vessel; also OE. botelerie, fr. F. bouteillerie, fr. boutellie bottle. Not derived from butter. See Bottle a hollow vessel, Butt a cask.]

1. An apartment in a house where butter, milk and other provisions are kept.

All that need a cool and fresh temper, as cellars, pantries, and butteries, to the north. Sir H. Wotton.

2. A room in some English colleges where liquors, fruit, and refreshments are kept for sale to the students.

And the major Oxford kept the buttery bar. E. Hall.

3. A cellar in which butts of wine are kept. Weale. Buttery hatch, a half door between the buttery or kitchen and the hall, in old mansions, over which provisions were passed. Wright.

Butt hinge

Butt" hinge` (?). See 1st Butt, 10.

But-thorn

But"-thorn` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The common European starfish (Asterias rubens).

Butting

But"ting (?), n. An abuttal; a boundary.
Without buttings or boundings on any side. Bp. Beveridge.

Butting joint

But"ting joint`. A joint between two pieces of timber or wood, at the end of one or both, and either at right angles or oblique to the grain, as the joints which the struts and braces form with the truss posts; -- sometimes called abutting joint.

Butt joint

Butt" joint` (?). A joint in which the edges or ends of the pieces united come squarely together instead of overlapping. See 1st Butt, 8.

Buttock

But"tock (?), n. [From Butt an end.]

1. The part at the back of the hip, which, in man, forms one of the rounded protuberances on which he sits; the rump.

2. (Naut.) The convexity of a ship behind, under the stern. Mar. Dict.

Button

But"ton (?), n. [OE. boton, botoun, F. bouton button, bud, prop. something pushing out, fr. bouter to push. See Butt an end.]

1. A knob; a small ball; a small, roundish mass.

2. A catch, of various forms and materials, used to fasten together the different parts of dress, by being attached to one part, and passing through a slit, called a buttonhole, in the other; -- used also for ornament.

3. A bud; a germ of a plant. Shak.

4. A piece of wood or metal, usually flat and elongated, turning on a nail or screw, to fasten something, as a door.

5. A globule of metal remaining onan assay cupel or in a crucible, after fusion. Button hook, a hook for catching a button and drawing it through a buttonhole, as in buttoning boots and gloves. -- Button shell (Zo\'94l.), a small, univalve marine shell of the genus Rotella. -- Button snakeroot. (Bot.) (a) The American composite genus Liatris, having rounded buttonlike heads of flowers. (b) An American umbelliferous plant with rigid, narrow leaves, and flowers in dense heads. -- Button tree (Bot.), a genus of trees (Conocarpus), furnishing durable timber, mostly natives of the West Indies. -- To hold by the button, to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; to buttonhole.

Button

But"ton, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttoned (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Buttoning (#).] [OE. botonen, OF. botoner, F. boutonner. See Button, n.]

1. To fasten with a button or buttons; to inclose or make secure with buttons; -- often followed by up.

He was a tall, fat, long-bodied man, buttoned up to the throat in a tight green coat. Dickens.

2. To dress or clothe. [Obs.] Shak.

Button

But"ton, v. i. To be fastened by a button or buttons; as, the coat will not button.

Buttonball

But"ton*ball` (?), n. (Bot.) See Buttonwood.

Buttonbush

But"ton*bush` (?), n. (Bot.) A shrub (Cephalanthus occidentalis) growing by the waterside; -- so called from its globular head of flowers. See Capitulum.

Buttonhole

But"ton*hole` (?), n. The hole or loop in which a button is caught.

Buttonhole

But"ton*hole`, v. t. To hold at the button or buttonhole; to detain in conversation to weariness; to bore; as, he buttonholed me a quarter of an hour.

Buttonmold

But"ton*mold` (?), n. A disk of bone, wood, or other material, which is made into a button by covering it with cloth. [Written also buttonmould.] Fossil buttonmolds, joints of encrinites. See Encrinite.

Buttons

But"tons (?), n. A boy servant, or page, -- in allusion to the buttons on his livry. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Buttonweed

But"ton*weed` (?), n. (Bot.) The name of several plants of the genera Spermacoce and Diodia, of the Madder family.

Buttonwood

But"ton*wood` (?), n. (Bot.) The Platanus occidentalis, or American plane tree, a large tree, producing rough balls, from which it is named; -- called also buttonball tree, and, in some parts of the United States, sycamore. The California buttonwood is P. racemosa.

Buttony

But"ton*y (?), a. Ornamented with a large number of buttons. "The buttony boy." Thackeray. "My coat so blue and buttony." W. S. Gilbert.

Buttress

But"tress (?), n. [OE. butrasse, boterace, fr. F. bouter to push; cf. OF. bouteret (nom. sing. and acc. pl. bouterez) buttress. See Butt an end, and cf. Butteris.]

1. (Arch.) A projecting mass of masonry, used for resisting the thrust of an arch, or for ornament and symmetry. &hand; When an external projection is used merely to stiffen a wall, it is a pier.

2. Anything which supports or strengthens. "The ground pillar and buttress of the good old cause of nonconformity." South. Flying buttress. See Flying buttress.

Buttress

But"tress (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Buttressed (p. pr. & vb. n.
Buttressing.] To support with a buttress; to prop; to brace firmly.
To set it upright again, and to prop and buttress it up for duration. Burke.

Butt shaft

Butt" shaft` (?) An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow. [Also but shaft.] Shak.

Butt weld

Butt" weld` (?). See Butt weld, under Butt.

Buttweld

Butt"weld`, v. t. To unite by a butt weld.

Butty

But"ty (?), n. (Mining) One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or ore.

Butyl

Bu"tyl (?), n. [L. butyrum butter + -yl. See Butter.] (Chem.) A compound radical, regarded as butane, less one atom of hydrogen.

Butylene

Bu"ty*lene (?), n. [From Butyl.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric hydrocarbons, C4H8, of the ethylene series. They are gaseous or easily liquefiable.

Butyraceous

Bu`ty*ra"ceous (?), a. [L. butyrum butter. See Butter.] Having the qualities of butter; resembling butter.

Butyrate

Bu"ty*rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of butyric acid.

Butyric

Bu*tyr"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, butter. Butyric acid, C3H7.CO2H, an acid found in butter; an oily, limpid fluid, having the smell of rancid butter, and an acrid taste, with a sweetish aftertaste, like that of ether. There are two metameric butyric acids, called in distinction the normal- and iso-butyric acid. The normal butyric acid is the one common in rancid butter.

Butyrin

Bu"ty*rin (?), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A butyrate of glycerin; a fat contained in small quantity in milk, which helps to give to butter its peculiar flavor.

Butyrometer

Bu`ty*rom"e*ter (?), n. [L. butyrum butter + -meter.] An instrument for determining the amount of fatty matter or butter contained in a sample of milk.

Butyrone

Bu"ty*rone (?), n. [Butyric + -one.] (Chem.) A liquid ketone obtained by heating calcium butyrate.

Butyrous

Bu"ty*rous (?), a. Butyraceous.

Buxeous

Bux"e*ous (?), a. [L. buxeus, fr. buxus the box tree.] Belonging to the box tree.

Buxine

Bux"ine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid obtained from the Buxus sempervirens, or common box tree. It is identical with bebeerine; -- called also buxina.

Buxom

Bux"om (?), a. [OE. buxum, boxom, buhsum, pliable, obedient, AS. b\'d3csum, b\'d4hsum (akin to D. buigzaam blexible, G. biegsam); b\'d4gan to bow, bend + -sum, E. -some. See Bow to bend, and -some.]

1. Yielding; pliable or compliant; ready to obey; obedient; tractable; docile; meek; humble. [Obs.]

So wild a beast, so tame ytaught to be, And buxom to his bands, is joy to see. Spenser.
I submit myself unto this holy church of Christ, to be ever buxom and obedient to the ordinance of it. Foxe.

2. Having the characteristics of health, vigor, and comeliness, combined with a gay, lively manner; stout and rosy; jolly; frolicsome.

A daughter fair, So buxom, blithe, and debonair. Milton.
A parcel of buxom bonny dames, that were laughing, singing, dancing, and as merry as the day was long. Tatler.
-- Bux"om*ly, adv. -- Bux"om*ness, n.

Buy

Buy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bought (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Buying (#).] [OE. buggen, buggen, bien, AS. bycgan, akin to OS. buggean, Goth. bugjan.]

1. To acquire the ownership of (property) by giving an accepted price or consideration therefor, or by agreeing to do so; to acquire by the payment of a price or value; to purchase; -- opposed to sell.

Buy what thou hast no need of, and ere long thou wilt sell thy necessaries. B. Franklin.

2. To acquire or procure by something given or done in exchange, literally or figuratively; to get, at a cost or sacrifice; to buy pleasure with pain.

Buy the truth and sell it not; also wisdom, and instruction, and understanding. Prov. xxiii. 23.
To buy again. See Againbuy. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To buy off. (a) To influence to compliance; to cause to bend or yield by some consideration; as, to buy off conscience. (b) To detach by a consideration given; as, to buy off one from a party. -- To buy out (a) To buy off, or detach from. Shak. (b) To purchase the share or shares of in a stock, fund, or partnership, by which the seller is separated from the company, and the purchaser takes his place; as, A buys out B. (c) To purchase the entire stock in trade and the good will of a business. -- To buy in, to purchase stock in any fund or partnership. -- To buy on credit, to purchase, on a promise, in fact or in law, to make payment at a future day. -- To buy the refusal (of anything), to give a consideration for the right of purchasing, at a fixed price, at a future time.

Buy

Buy, v. i. To negotiate or treat about a purchase.
I will buy with you, sell with you. Shak.

Buyer

Buy"er (?), n. One who buys; a purchaser.

Buz

Buz (?), v. & n. See Buzz. [Obs.]

Buzz

Buzz (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Buzzed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Buzzing.] [An onomatop\'d2ia.] To make a low, continuous, humming or sibilant sound, like that made by bees with their wings. Hence: To utter a murmuring sound; to speak with a low, humming voice.
Like a wasp is buzzed, and stung him. Longfellow.
However these disturbers of our peace Buzz in the people's ears. Shak.

Buzz

Buzz, v. t.

1. To sound forth by buzzing. Shak.

2. To whisper; to communicate, as tales, in an under tone; to spread, as report, by whispers, or secretly.

I will buzz abroad such prophecies That Edward shall be fearful of his life. Shak.

3. To talk to incessantly or confidentially in a low humming voice. [Colloq.]

4. (Phonetics) To sound with a "buzz". H. Sweet.

Buzz

Buzz, n.

1. A continuous, humming noise, as of bees; a confused murmur, as of general conversation in low tones, or of a general expression of surprise or approbation. "The constant buzz of a fly." Macaulay.


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I found the whole room in a buzz of politics. Addison.
There is a buzz all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.

2. A whisper; a report spread secretly or cautiously.

There's a certain buzz Of a stolen marriage. Massinger.

3. (Phonetics) The audible friction of voice consonants. H. Sweet.

Buzzard

Buz"zard (?), n.[O.E. busard, bosard, F. busard, fr. buse, L. buteo, a kind of falcon or hawk.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of prey of the Hawk family, belonging to the genus Buteo and related genera. &hand; The Buteo vulgaris is the common buzzard of Europe. The American species (of which the most common are B. borealis, B. Pennsylvanicus, and B. lineatus) are usually called hen hawks. -- The rough-legged buzzard, or bee hawk, of Europe (Pernis apivorus) feeds on bees and their larv\'91, with other insects, and reptiles. -- The moor buzzard of Europe is Circus \'91ruginosus. See Turkey buzzard, and Carrion buzzard. Bald buzzard, the fishhawk or osprey. See Fishhawk.

2. A blockhead; a dunce.

It is common, to a proverb, to call one who can not be taught, or who continues obstinately ignorant, a buzzard. Goldsmith.

Buzzard

Buz"zard, a. Senseless; stupid. [R.& Obs.] Milton.

Buzzardet

Buz"zard*et` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A hawk resembling the buzzard, but with legs relatively longer.

Buzzer

Buzz"er (?), n. One who, or that which, buzzes; a whisperer; a talebearer.
And wants not buzzers to infect his ear With pestilent speeches of his father's death. Shak.

Buzzingly

Buzz"ing*ly (?), adv. In a buzzing manner; with a buzzing sound.

Buzzsaw

Buzz"saw` (?) A circular saw; -- so called from the buzzing it makes when running at full speed.

By

By (?), prep. [OE. bi, AS. b\'c6, big, near to, by, of, from, after, according to; akin to OS.& OFries. bi, be, D. bij, OHG. b\'c6, G. bie, Goth. bi, and perh. Gr.. E. prefix be- is orig.the same word. pref. Be-.]

1. In the neighborhood of; near or next to; not far from; close to; along with; as, come and sit by me.

By foundation or by shady rivulet He sought them both. Milton.

2. On; along; in traversing. Compare 5.

Long labors both by sea and land he bore. Dryden.
By land, by water, they renew the charge. Pope.

3. Near to, while passing; hence, from one to the other side of; past; as, to go by a church.

4. Used in specifying adjacent dimensions; as, a cabin twenty feet by forty.

5. Against. [Obs.] Tyndale [1. Cor. iv. 4].

6. With, as means, way, process, etc.; through means of; with aid of; through; through the act or agency of; as, a city is destroyed by fire; profit is made by commerce; to take by force. To the meaning of by, as denoting means or agency, belong, more or less closely, most of the following uses of the word: (a) It points out the author and producer; as, "Waverley", a novel by Sir W.Scott; a statue by Canova; a sonata by Beethoven. (b) In an oath or adjuration, it indicates the being or thing appealed to as sanction; as, I affirm to you by all that is sacred; he swears by his faith as a Christian; no, by Heaven. (c) According to; by direction, authority, or example of; after; -- in such phrases as, it appears by his account; ten o'clock by my watch; to live by rule; a model to build by. (d) At the rate of; according to the ratio or proportion of; in the measure or quantity of; as, to sell cloth by the yard, milk by the quart, eggs by the dozen, meat by the pound; to board by the year. (e) In comparison, it denotes the measure of excess or deficiency; when anything is increased or diminished, it indicates the measure of increase or diminution; as, larger by a half; older by five years; to lessen by a third. (f) It expresses continuance or duration; during the course of; within the period of; as, by day, by night. (g) As soon as; not later than; near or at; -- used in expressions of time; as, by this time the sun had risen; he will be here by two o'clock. In boxing the compass, by indicates a pint nearer to, or towards, the next cardinal point; as, north by east, i.e., a point towards the east from the north; northeast by east, i.e., on point nearer the east than northeast is. &hand; With is used instead of by before the instrument with which anything is done; as, to beat one with a stick; the board was fastened by the carpenter with nails. But there are many words which may be regarded as means or processes, or, figuratively, as instruments; and whether with or by shall be used with them is a matter of arbitrary, and often, of unsettled usage; as, to a reduce a town by famine; to consume stubble with fire; he gained his purpose by flattery; he entertained them with a story; he distressed us with or by a recital of his sufferings. see With. By all means, most assuredly; without fail; certainly. -- By and by. (a) Close together (of place). [Obs.] "Two yonge knightes liggyng [lying] by and by." Chaucer. (b) Immediately; at once. [Obs.] "When . . . persecution ariseth because of the word, by and by he is offended." Matt. xiii. 21. (c) Presently; pretty soon; before long. In this phrase, by seems to be used in the sense of nearness in time, and to be repeated for the sake of emphasis, and thus to be equivalent to "soon, and soon," that is instantly; hence, -- less emphatically, -- pretty soon, presently. -- By one's self, with only one's self near; alone; solitary.- By the bye. See under Bye. -- By the head (Naut.), having the bows lower than the stern; -- said of a vessel when her head is lower in the water than her stern. If her stern is lower, she is by the stern. -- By the lee, the situation of a vessel, going free, when she has fallen off so much as to bring the wind round her stern, and to take her sails aback on the other side. -- By the run, to let go by the run, to let go altogether, instead of slacking off. -- By the way, by the bye; -- used to introduce an incidental or secondary remark or subject. -Day by day, One by one, Piece by piece, etc., each day, each one, each piece, etc., by itself singly or separately; each severally. -- To come by, to get possession of; to obtain. -- To do by, to treat, to behave toward. -- To set by, to value, to esteem. -- To stand by, to aid, to support. &hand; The common phrase good-by is equivalent to farewell, and would be better written good-bye, as it is a corruption of God be with you (b'w'ye).

By

By (?), adv.

1. Near; in the neighborhood; present; as, there was no person by at the time.

2. Passing near; going past; past; beyond; as, the procession has gone by; a bird flew by.

3. Aside; as, to lay by; to put by.

By

By (?), a. Out of the common path; aside; -- used in composition, giving the meaning of something aside, secondary, or incidental, or collateral matter, a thing private or avoiding notice; as, by-line, by-place, by-play, by-street. It was formerly more freely used in composition than it is now; as, by-business, by-concernment, by-design, by-interest, etc.

Byard

By"ard (?), n. A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who drag sledges in coal mines.

By-bidder

By"-bid`der (?), n. One who bids at an auction in behalf of the auctioneer or owner, for the purpose of running up the price of articles. [U.S.]

By-blow

By"-blow` (?), n.

1. A side or incidental blow; an accidental blow.

With their by-blows they did split the very stones in pieces. Bunyan.

2. An illegitimate child; a bastard.

The Aga speedily . . . brought her [his disgraced slave] to court, together with her pretty by-blow, the present Padre Ottomano. Evelyn.

By-corner

By"-cor`ner (?), n. A private corner.
Britain being a by-corner, out of the road of the world. Fuller.

By-dependence

By"-de*pend`ence (?), n. An appendage; that which depends on something else, or is distinct from the main dependence; an accessory. Shak.

By-drinking

By"-drink`ing, n. A drinking between meals. [Obs.]

Bye

Bye (?), n.

1. A thing not directly aimed at; something which is a secondary object of regard; an object by the way, etc.; as in on or upon the bye, i.e., in passing; indirectly; by implication. [Obs. except in the phrase by the bye.]

The Synod of Dort condemneth upon the bye even the discipline of the Church of England. Fuller.

2. (Cricket) A run made upon a missed ball; as, to steal a bye. T. Hughes. By the bye, in passing; by way of digression; apropos to the matter in hand. [Written also by the by.]

Bye

Bye (?) n. [AS.bbygbyggia, b, to dwell &root;97.]

1. A dwelling. Gibson.

2. In certain games, a station or place of an individual player. Emerson.

By-election

By"-e*lec"tion (?), n. An election held by itself, not at the time of a general election.

By-end

By"-end` (?), n. Private end or interest; secret purpose; selfish advantage. [Written also bye-end.]
"Profit or some other by-end." L'Estrange.

Bygone

By"gone` (?), a. Past; gone by. "Bygone fooleries." Shak

Bygone

By"gone` (?), n. Something gone by or past; a past event. "Let old bygones be" Tennyson. Let bygones be bygones, let the past be forgotten.

By-interest

By"-in`ter*est (?), n. Self-interest; private advantage. Atterbury.

Byland

By"land (?), n. A peninsula. [Obs.]

Bylander

By"land*er (?), n. See Bilander.[Obs.]

^^By-lane

^^By"-lane` (?), n. A private lane, or one opening out of the usual road.

By-law

By"-law` (, n. [Cf.Sw.bylag, D.bylov, Icel.b, fr.Sw.& Dan. by town, Icel. b\'91r, byr (fr. b\'96a to dwell) + the word for law; hence, a law for one town, a special law. Cf.Birlaw and see Law.]

1. A local or subordinate law; a private law or regulation made by a corporation for its own government.

There was likewise a law to restrain the by-laws, or ordinances of corporations. Bacon.
The law or institution; to which are added two by-laws, as a comment upon the general law. Addison.

2. A law that is less important than a general law or constitutional provision, and subsidiary to it; a rule relating to a matter of detail; as, civic societies often adopt a constitution and by-laws for the government of their members. In this sense the word has probably been influenced by by, meaning secondary or aside.

By-name

By"-name` (?), n. A nickname. Camden.

Byname

By"name`, v. t. To give a nickname to. Camden.

By-pass

By"-pass (?), n. (Mech.) A by-passage, for a pipe, or other channel, to divert circulation from the usual course.

By-passage

By"-pas`sage (?), n. A passage different from the usual one; a byway.

By-past

By"-past (?), a. Past; gone by. "By-past perils." Shak.

Bypath

By"path` (?), n.; pl. Bypaths( A private path; an obscure way; indirect means.
God known, my son, By what bypaths, and indirect crooked ways, I met this crown. Shak.

By-place

By"-place` (, n. A retired or private place.

Byplay

By"play (?), n. Action carried on aside, and commonly in dumb show, while the main action proceeds.

By-product

By"-prod`uct (?), n. A secondary or additional product; something produced, as in the course of a manufacture, in addition to the principal product.

Byre

Byre (?), n. [Cf, Icel. b\'81r pantry, Sw. bur cage,Dan. buur, E.bower.] A cow house. [N. of Eng.& Scot.]

By-respect

By"-re*spect` (?), n. Private end or view; by-interest. [Obs.] Dryden.

Byroad

By"road` (?), n. A private or obscure road. "Through slippery byroads" Swift.

Byronic

By"ron`ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or in the style of, Lord Byron.
With despair and Byronic misanthropy. Thackeray

By-room

By"-room` (?), n. A private room or apartment. "Stand in some by-room" Shak.

Bysmottered

By"*smot`ter*ed (?), p.a. [See Besmut.] Bespotted with mud or dirt. [Obs.] Chaucer.

By-speech

By"-speech`(, n. An incidental or casual speech, not directly relating to the point. "To quote by-speeches." Hooker.

By-spell

By"-spell`(, n. [AS. bigspell.] A proverb. [Obs.]

Byss

Byss (?), n. See Byssus, n., 1.

Byssaceous

Bys*sa"ceous (?), a. [From Byssus.] (Bot.) Byssuslike; consisting of fine fibers or threads, as some very delicate filamentous alg\'91.

Byssiferous

Bys*sif"er*ous (?), a. [Byssus + -ferous.] Bearing a byssus or tuft.

Byssin

Bys"sin (?), n. See Byssus, n., 1.

Byssine

Bys"sine (?), a. [L. byssinus made of byssus, Gr.Byssus.] Made of silk; having a silky or flaxlike appearance. Coles.

Byssoid

Bys"soid (?), a. [Byssus + -oid.] Byssaceous.

Byssolite

Bys"so*lite (?), n. [Gr.-lite.] (Min.) An olive-green fibrous variety of hornblende.

Byssus

Bys"sus (?), n.; pl. E. Byssuses(#); L. Byssi.(#) [L. byssus fine flax, fine linen or cotton, Gr.

1. A cloth of exceedingly fine texture, used by the ancients. It is disputed whether it was of cotton, linen, or silk. [Written also byss and byssin.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) A tuft of long, tough filaments which are formed in a groove of the foot, and issue from between the valves of certain bivalve mollusks, as the Pinna and Mytilus, by which they attach themselves to rocks, etc.

3. (Bot.) An obsolete name for certain fungi composed of slender threads.

4. Asbestus.

Bystander

By"stand`er (?), n. [By + stander, equiv. to stander-by; cf. AS. big-standan to stand by or near.] One who stands near; a spectator; one who has no concern with the business transacting.
He addressed the bystanders and scattered pamphlets among them. Palfrey.
Syn. -- Looker on; spectator; beholder; observer.

By-street

By"-street` (?), n. A separate, private, or obscure street; an out of the way or cross street.
He seeks by-streets, and saves the expensive coach. Gay.

By-stroke

By"-stroke` (?), n. An accidental or a slyly given stroke.

By-turning

By"-turn`ing (?), n. An obscure road; a way turning from the main road. Sir P. Sidney.

By-view

By"-view`(, n. A private or selfish view; self-interested aim or purpose.
No by-views of his own shall mislead him. Atterbury.

By-walk

By"-walk`(, n. secluded or private walk.
He moves afterward in by-walks. Dryden.

By-wash

By"-wash` (?), n. The outlet from a dam or reservoir; also, a cut to divert the flow of water.

Byway

By"way` (?), n. A secluded, private, or obscure way; a path or road aside from the main one. " Take no byways." Herbert.

By-wipe

By"-wipe` (?), n. A secret or side stroke, as of raillery or sarcasm. Milton.

Byword

By"word` (?), n. [AS.b\'8bword; b\'8b, E.by+word.]

1. A common saying; a proverb; a saying that has a general currency.

I knew a wise man that had it for a byword. Bacon.

2. The object of a contemptuous saying.

Thou makest us a byword among the heathen. Ps. xliv. 14

Bywork

By"work (?), n. Work aside from regular work; subordinate or secondary business.

Byzant, Byzantine

Byz"ant (?), Byz"an*tine (?) n.[OE. besant, besaunt, F. besant, fr. LL. Byzantius, Byzantinus, fr. Byzantium.] (Numis.) A gold coin, so called from being coined at Byzantium. See Bezant.

Bizantian

Bi*zan"tian (?), a.& n. See Byzantine.

Byzantine

By*zan"tine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Byzantium. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Byzantium, now Constantinople; sometimes, applied to an inhabitant of the modern city of Constantinople. [ Written also Bizantine.] Byzantine church, the Eastern or Greek church, as distinguished from the Western or Roman or Latin church.See under Greek. -- Byzantine empire, the Eastern Roman or Greek empire from A.D. 364 or A.D. 395 to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks, A.D. 1453. -- Byzantine historians, historians and writers (Zonaras, Procopius, etc.) who lived in the Byzantine empire. P. Cyc. Byzantine style (Arch.), a style of architecture developed in the Byzantine empire. Its leading forms are the round arch, the dome, the pillar, the circle, and the cross. The capitals of the pillars are the endless variety, and full of invention. The mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, and the church of St. Mark, Venice, are prominent examples of Byzantine architecture.
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C

C. (

1. C is the third letter of the English alphabet. It is from the Latin letter C, which in old Latin represented the sounds of k, and g (in go); its original value being the latter. In Anglo-Saxon words, or Old English before the Norman Conquest, it always has the sound of k. The Latin C was the same letter as the Greek got it from the Phoenicians. The English name of C is from the Latin name ce, and was derived, probably, through the French. Etymologically C is related to g, h, k, q, s (and other sibilant sounds). Examples of these relations are in L. acutus, E. acute, ague; E. acrid, eagar; L. cornu, E. horn; E. cat, kitten; E. coy, quiet; L. circare, OF. cerchier, E. search. See Guide to Pronunciation, \'c5\'c5 221-228.

2. (Mus.) (a) The keynote of the normal or "natural" scale, which has neither flats nor sharps in its signature; also, the third note of the relative minor scale of the same (b) C after the clef is the mark of common time, in which each measure is a semibreve (four fourths or crotchets); for alla breve time it is written (c) The "C clef," a modification of the letter C, placed on any line of the staff, abows that line to be middle C.

3. As a numeral, C stands for Latin centum or 100, CC for 200, etc. C spring, a spring in the form of the letter C.

Caaba

Ca*a"ba (?), n. [Ar. ka'ban, let, a square building, fr. ka'b cube] The small and nearly cubical stone building, toward which all Mohammedans must pray. [Written also kaaba.] &hand; The Caaba is situated in Mecca, a city of Arabia, and contains a famous black stone said to have been brought from heaven. Before the time of Mohammed, the Caaba was an idolatrous temple, but it has since been the chief sanctuary and object of pilgrimage of the Mohammedan world.

Caas

Caas (?), n. sing. & pl. Case. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cab

Cab (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. cabriolet.]

1. A kind of close carriage with two or four wheels, usually a public vehicle. "A cab came clattering up." Thackeray. &hand; A cab may have two seats at right to the driver's seat, and a door behind; or one seat parallel to the driver's, with the entrance from the side or front. Hansom cab. See Hansom.

2. The covered part of a locomotive, in which the engineer has his station. Knight.

Cab

Cab (?), n. [Heb. gab, fr. q\'bebab to hollow.] A Hebrew dry measure, containing a little over two (2.37) pints. W. H. Ward. 2 Kings vi. 25.

Cabal

Ca*bal" (?), n. [F. cabale cabal, cabala LL. cabala cabala, fr. Heb. qabb\'bel\'c7h reception, tradition, mysterious doctrine, fr. q\'bebal to take or receive, in Pi\'89l qibbel to abopt (a doctrine).]

1. Tradition; occult doctrine. See Cabala [Obs.] Hakewill.

2. A secret. [Obs.] "The measuring of the temple, a cabal found out but lately." B. Jonson.

3. A number of persons united in some close design, usually to promote their private views and interests in church or state by intrigue; a secret association composed of a few designing persons; a junto. It so happend, by a whimsical coincidence, that in 1671 the cabinet consisted of five persons, the initial letters of whose names made up the word cabal; Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale. Macaulay.

4. The secret artifices or machinations of a few persons united in a close design; in intrigue.

By cursed cabals of women. Dryden.
Syn. - Junto; intrigue; plot; combination; conspiracy. -- Cabal, Combination, Faction. An association for some purpose considered to be bad is the idea common to these terms. A combination is an organized union of individuals for mutual support, in urging their demands or resisting the claims of others, and may be good or bad according to circumstances; as, a combiniation of workmen or of employers to effect or to prevent a chang in prices. A cabal is a secret association of a few individuals who seek by cunning practices to obtain office and power. A faction is a larger body than a cabal, employed for selfish purposes in agitating the community and working up an excitement with a view to change the existing order of things. "Selfishness, insubordination, and laxity of morals give rise to combinations, which belong particularly to the lower orders of society. Restless, jealous, ambitious, and little minds are ever forming cabals. Factions belong especially to free governments, and are raised by busy and turbulent spirits for selfish porposes". Crabb.

Cabal

Ca*bal", v. i. [int. & p. p./pos> Caballed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caballing]. [Cf. F. cabaler.] To unite in a small party to promote private views and interests by intrigue; to intrigue; to plot.
Caballing still against it with the great. Dryden.

Cabala

Cab"a*la (?), n. [LL. See Cabal, n.]

1. A kind of occult theosophy or traditional interpretation of the Scriptures among Jewish rabbis and certain medi\'91val Christians, which treats of the nature of god and the mystery of human existence. It assumed that every letter, word, number, and accent of Scripture contains a hidden sense; and it teaches the methods of interpretation for ascertaining these occult meanings. The cabalists pretend even to foretell events by this means.

2. Secret science in general; mystic art; mystery.

Cabalism

Cab"a*lism (?), n. [Cf. F. cabalisme.]

1. The secret science of the cabalists.

2. A superstitious devotion to the mysteries of the religion which one professes. [R] Emerson.

Cabalist

Cab"a*list (?), n. [Cf.F. cabaliste.] One versed in the cabala, or the mysteries of Jewish traditions. "Studious cabalists." Swift.

Cabalistic, Cabalistical

Cab`a*lis"tic (?), Cab`a*lis"tic*al (?) a. Of or pertaining to the cabala; containing or conveying an occult meaning; mystic.
The Heptarchus is a cabalistic of the first chapter of Genesis. Hallam.

Cabaalistically

Caba`a*lis"tic*al*ly, adv. In a cabalistic manner.

Cabalize

Cab"a*lize (?), v. i. [Cf.F. cabaliser.] To use cabalistic language. [R] Dr. H. More.

Caballer

Ca*bal"ler (?), n. One who cabals.
A close caballer and tongue-valiant lord. Dryden.

Caballine

Cab"al*line (?), a. [L.caballinus, fr. caballus a nag. Cf. Cavalier.] Of or pertaining to a horse. -- n. Caballine aloes. Caballine aloes, an inferior and impure kind of aloes formerly used in veterinary practice; -- called also horse aloes. -- Caballine spring, the fountain of Hippocrene, on Mount Helicon; -- fabled to have been formed by a stroke from the foot of the winged horse Pegasus.

Cabaret

Cab"a*ret (?), n. [F.] A tavern; a house where liquors are retailed. [Obs. as an English word.]

Cabas

Ca*bas" (?), n. [F.] A flat basket or frail for figs, etc.; Hence, a lady's flat workbasket, reticule, or hand bag; -- often written caba. C. Bront\'82.

Cabasson

Ca*bas"son (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A speciec of armadillo of the genus Xenurus (X. unicinctus and X. hispidus); the tatouay. [Written also Kabassou.]

Cabbage

Cab"bage (?), n. [OE. cabage, fr. F. cabus headed (of cabbages), chou cobus headed cabbage, cabbage head; cf. It. capuccio a little head, cappuccio cowl, hood, cabbage, fr. capo head, L. caput, or fr. It. cappa cape. See Chiff, Cape.] (Bot.)

1. An esculent vegetable of many varieties, derived from the wild Brassica oleracea of Europe. The common cabbage has a compact head of leaves. The cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, etc., are sometimes classed as cabbages.

2. The terminal bud of certain palm trees, used, like, cabbage, for food. See Cabbage tree, below.

3. The cabbage palmetto. See below. Cabbage aphis (Zo\'94l.), a green plant-louse (Aphis brassic\'91) which lives upon the leaves of the cabbage. -- Cabbage Beetle (Zo\'94l.), a small, striped flea-beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) which lives, in the larval state, on the roots, and when adult, on the leaves, of cabbage and other cruciferous plants. -- Cabbage butterfly (Zo\'94l.), a white butterfly (Pieris rap\'91 of both Europe and America, and the Allied P. oleracea, a native American species) which, in the larval state, devours the leaves of the cabbage and the turnip. See Cabbage worm, below. -- Cabbage Fly (Zo\'94l.), a small two-winged fly (Anthomyia brassic\'91), which feeds, in the larval or maggot state, on the roots of the cabbage, often doing much damage to the crop. -- Cabbage head, the compact head formed by the leaves of a cabbage; -- contemptuously or humorously, and colloquially, a very stupid and silly person; a numskull. -- Cabbage palmetto, a species of palm tree (Sabal Palmetto) found along the coast from North Carolina to Florida. -- Cabbage rose (Bot.), a species of rose (Rosa centifolia) having large and heavy blossoms. -- Cabbage tree, Cabbage palm, a name given to palms having a terminal bud called a cabbage, as the Sabal Palmetto of the United States, and the Euterpe oleracea and Oreodoxa oleracea of the West Indies. -- Cabbage worm (Zo\'94l.), the larva of several species of moths and butterfies, which attacks cabbages. The most common is usully the larva of a white butterfly. See Cabbage Butterfly, above. The cabbage cutworms, which eat off the stalks or young plants during the night, are the larv\'91 of several species of moths, of the genus Agrotis. See Cutworm. -- Sea cabbage.(Bot.) (a) Sea kale (b). The original Plant (Brassica oleracea), from which the cabbage, cauliflower, , broccoli, etc., have been derived by cultivation. -- Thousand-headed cabbage. See Brussels sprouts.

Cabbage

Cab"bage, v. i. To form a head like that the cabbage; as, to make lettuce cabbage. Johnson.

Cabbage

Cab"bage, v. i. [imp. & p.p Cabbaged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabbaging (.] [F.cabasser, fr. OF. cabas theft; cf. F. cabas basket, and OF. cabuser to cheat.] To purloin or embezzle, as the pieces of cloth remaining after cutting out a garment; to pilfer.
Your tailor . . . cabbages whole yards of cloth. Arbuthnot.

Cabbage

Cab"bage, n. Cloth or clippings cabbaged or purloined by one who cuts out garments.

Cabbler

Cab"bler (?), n. One who works at cabbling.

Cabbling

Cab"bling (?), n. (Metal) The process of breaking up the flat masses into which wrought iron is first hammered, in order that the pieces may be reheated and wrought into bar iron.

Cabe\'87a, Cabesse

Ca*be"\'87a, Ca*besse" (?), n. [Pg. cabe\'87a, F. cabesse.] The finest kind of silk received from India.

Caber

Ca"ber (?), n. [Gael] A pole or beam used in Scottish games for tossing as a trial of strength.

Cabezon

Cab`e*zon" (?), n. [Sp., properly, big head. Cf. Cavesson.] (Zo\'94l.) A California fish (Hemilepidotus spinosus), allied to the sculpin.

Cabiai

Cab"i*ai (?), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo\'94l.) The capybara. See Capybara.

Cabin

Cab"in (?), n. [OF. caban, fr. W. caban booth, cabin, dim. of cab cot, tent; or fr. F. cabane, cabine, LL. cabanna, perh. from the Celtic.]

1. A cottage or small house; a hut. Swift.

A hunting cabin in the west. E. Everett.

2. A small room; an inclosed place.

So long in secret cabin there he held Her captive. Spenser.

3. A room in ship for officers or passengers. Cabin boy, a boy whose duty is wait on the officers and passengers in the cabin of a ship.

Cabin

Cab"in v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabined (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabining.] To live in, or as in, a cabin; to lodge.
I'll make you . . . cabin in a cave. Shak.

Cabin

Cab"in, v. t. To confine in, or as in, a cabin.
I am cabined, cribbed, confined, bound in To saucy doubts and fears. Shak.

Cabinet

Cab"i*net (?), n. [F., dim. of cabine or cabane. See Cabin, n.]

1. A hut; a cottage; a small house. [Obs.]

Hearken a while from thy green cabinet, The rural song of careful Colinet. Spenser.

2. A small room, or retired apartment; a closet.

3. A private room in which consultations are held.

Philip passed some hours every day in his father's cabinet. Prescott.

4. The advisory council of the chief executive officer of a nation; a cabinet council. &hand; In England, the cabinet or cabinet council consists of those privy coucilors who actually transact the immediate business of the government. Mozley & W. -- In the United States, the cabinet is composed of the heads of the executive departments of the government, namely, the Secretary of State, of the Treasury, of War, of the Navy, of the Interior, and of Agiculture, the Postmaster-general ,and the Attorney-general.

5. (a) A set of drawers or a cupboard intended to contain articles of value. Hence: (b) A decorative piece of furniture, whether open like an \'82tag\'8are or closed with doors. See Etagere.

6. Any building or room set apart for the safe keeping and exhibition of works of art, etc.; also, the collection itself. Cabinet council. (a) Same as Cabinet, n., 4 (of which body it was formerly the full title). (b) A meeting of the cabinet. -- Cabinet councilor, a member of a cabinet council. -- Cabinet photograph, a photograph of a size smaller than an imperial, though larger than a carte de visite. -- Cabinet picture, a small and generally highly finished picture, suitable for a small room and for close inspection.

Cabinet

Cab"i*net, a. Suitable for a cabinet; small.
He [Varnhagen von Ense] is a walking cabinet edition of Goethe. For. Quar. Rev.

Cabinet

Cab"i*net, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cabineted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cabineting.] To inclose [R.] Hewyt.

Cabinetmaker

Cab"i*net*mak`er (?), n. One whose occupation is to make cabinets or other choice articles of household furniture, as tables, bedsteads, bureaus, etc.

Cabinetmaking

Cab"i*net*mak`ing, n. The art or occupation of making the finer articles of household furniture.

Cabinetwork

Cab"i*net*work` (?), n. The art or occupation of working upon wooden furniture requiring nice workmanship; also, such furniture.

Cabirean

Cab`i*re"an (?),n.One of the Cabiri.

Cabbiri

Cab*bi"ri (?), n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. Ka`beiroi.] (Myth.) Certain deities originally worshiped with mystical rites by the Pelasgians in Lemnos and Samothrace and afterwards throughout Greece; -- also called sons of Heph\'91stus (or Vulcan), as being masters of the art of working metals. [Written also Cabeiri.] Liddell & Scott.

Cabirian

Ca*bir"i*an (?), a. Same as Cabiric.

Cabiric

Ca*bir"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. Cabirique] Of or pertaining to the Cabiri, or to their mystical worship. [Written also Cabiritic.]

Cable

Ca"ble (?), n. [F. C\'83ble,m LL. capulum, caplum, a rope, fr. L. capere to take; cf. D., Dan., & G. rabel, from the French. See Capable.]

1. A large, strong rope or chain, of considerable length, used to retain a vessel at anchor, and for other purposes. It is made of hemp, of steel wire, or of iron links.

2. A rope of steel wire, or copper wire, usually covered with some protecting, or insulating substance; as, the cable of a suspension bridge; a telegraphic cable.

3. (Arch) A molding, shaft of a column, or any other member of convex, rounded section, made to resemble the spiral twist of a rope; -- called also cable molding. Bower cable, the cable belonging to the bower anchor. -- Cable road, a railway on which the cars are moved by a continuously running endless rope operated by a stationary motor. -- Cable's length, the length of a ship's cable. Cables in the merchant service vary in length from 100 to 140 fathoms or more; but as a maritime measure, a cable's length is either 120 fathoms (720 feet), or about 100 fathoms (600 feet, an approximation to one tenth of a nautical mile). -- Cable tier. (a) That part of a vessel where the cables are stowed. (b) A coil of a cable. -- Sheet cable, the cable belonging to the sheet anchor. -- Stream cable, a hawser or rope, smaller than the bower cables, to moor a ship in a place sheltered from wind and heavy seas. -- Submarine cable. See Telegraph. -- To pay out the cable, To veer out the cable, to slacken it, that it may run out of the ship; to let more cable run out of the hawse hole. -- To serve the cable, to bind it round with ropes, canvas, etc., to prevent its being, worn or galled in the hawse, et. -- To slip the cable, to let go the end on board and let it all run out and go overboard, as when there is not time to weigh anchor. Hence, in sailor's use, to die.


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Cable

Ca"ble (?), v. t.

1. To fasten with a cable.

2. (Arch.) To ornament with cabling. See Cabling.

Cable

Ca"ble, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cabled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cabling (-bl\'ceng).] To telegraph by a submarine cable [Recent]

Cabled

Ca"bled (?), a.

1. Fastened with, or attached to, a cable or rope. "The cabled stone." Dyer.

2. (Arch.) Adorned with cabling.

Cablegram

Ca"ble*gram` (?), n. [Cable, n. + Gr. A message sent by a submarine telegraphic cable. [A recent hybrid, sometimes found in the newspapers.]

Cablelaid

Ca"ble*laid` (?), a.

1. (Naut.) Composed of three three-stranded ropes, or hawsers, twisted together to form a cable.

2. Twisted after the manner of a cable; as, a cable-laid gold chain. Simmonds.

Cablet

Ca"blet (?), n. [Dim. of cable; cf. F. c\'83blot.] A little cable less than ten inches in circumference.

Cabling

Ca"bling (?), n. (Arch.) The decoration of a fluted shaft of a column or of a pilaster with reeds, or rounded moldings, which seem to be laid in the hollows of the fluting. These are limited in length to about one third of the height of the shaft.

Cabman

Cab"man (?), n.; pl. Cabmen (. The driver of a cab.

Cabob

Ca*bob" (?), n. [Hindi kab\'beb]

1. A small piece of mutton or other meat roasted on a skewer; -- so called in Turkey and Persia.

2. A leg of mutton roasted, stuffed with white herrings and sweet herbs. Wright.

Cabob

Ca*bob", v. t. To roast, as a cabob. Sir. T. Herbert.

Caboched

Ca*boched" (?), a. [F. caboche head. Cf. lst Cabbage.] (Her.) Showing the full face, but nothing of the neck; -- said of the head of a beast in armorial bearing. [Written also caboshed.]

Caboodle

Ca*boo"dle (?), n. The whole collection; the entire quantity or number; -- usually in the phrase the whole caboodle. [Slang, U.S.] Bartlett.

Caboose

Ca*boose" (?), n. [Cf. D. kabuis, kombuis, Dan. kabys, Sw. kabysa, G. kabuse a little room or hut. The First part of the word seems to be allied to W. cab cabin, booth. Cf. Cabin.] [Written also camboose.]

1. (Naut.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley.

2. (Railroad) A car used on freight or construction trains for brakemen, workmen, etc.; a tool car. [U. S.]

Cabotage

Cab"o*tage (?), n. [F. cabotage, fr. caboter to sail along the coast; cf. Sp. cabo cape.] (Naut.) Navigation along the coast; the details of coast pilotage.

Cabr\'82e

Ca*br\'82e" (?), n. [French Canadian.] (Zo\'94l.) The pronghorn antelope. [Also written cabrit, cabret.]

Cabrerite

Ca*brer"ite (?), n. (Min.) An apple-green mineral, a hydrous arseniate of nickel, cobalt, and magnesia; -- so named from the Sierra Cabrera, Spain.

Cabrilla

Ca*bril"la (?), n. [Sp., prawn.] (Zo\'94l) A name applied to various species of edible fishes of the genus Serranus, and related genera, inhabiting the Meditarranean, the coast of California, etc. In California, some of them are also called rock bass and kelp salmon.

Cabriole

Cab"ri*ole (?), n. [F. See Cabriolet, and cf. Capriole.] (Man.) A curvet; a leap. See Capriole.
The cabrioles which his charger exhibited. Sir W. Scott.

Cabriolet

Cab`ri*o*let" (?), n.[F., dim. of cabriole a leap, caper, from It. capriola, fr. dim. of L. caper he-goat, capra she-goat. This carriage is so called from its skipping lightness. Cf. Cab, Caper a leap.] A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

Cabrit

Ca*brit" (?), n. Same as Cabr\'82e.

Caburn

Cab"urn (?), n. [Cf. Cable, n.] (Naut.) A small line made of spun yarn, to bind or worm cables, seize tackles, etc.

Cac\'91mia, Cach\'91mia

Ca*c\'91"mi*a (?), Ca*ch\'91"mi*a n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A degenerated or poisoned condition of the blood.

Cacaine

Ca*ca"ine (?), n. (Chem.) The essential principle of cacao; -- now called theobromine.

Cacaj\'eeo

Ca*ca*j\'eeo" (?), n. [Pg.] (Zo\'94l) A South American short-tailed monkey (Pithecia (∨ Brachyurus) melanocephala). [Written also cacajo.]

Cacao

Ca*ca"o (?), n. [Sp., fr. Mex. kakahuatl. Cf. Cocoa, Chocolate] (Bot.) A small evergreen tree (Theobroma Cacao) of South America and the West Indies. Its fruit contains an edible pulp, inclosing seeds about the size of an almond, from which cocoa, chocolate, and broma are prepared.

Cachalot

Cach"a*lot (?), n. [F. cachalot.] (Zo\'94l.) The sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus). It has in the top of its head a large cavity, containing an oily fluid, which, after death, concretes into a whitish crystalline substance called spermaceti. See Sperm whale.

Cache

Cache (?), n. [F., a hiding place, fr. cacher to conceal, to hide.] A hole in the ground, or hiding place, for concealing and preserving provisions which it is inconvenient to carry. Kane.

Cachectic, Cachectical

Ca*chec"tic (?), Ca*chec"tic*al (?), a. [L. cachecticus, Gr. cachectique.] Having, or pertaining to, cachexia; as, cachectic remedies; cachectical blood. Arbuthnot.

Cachepot

Cache`pot" (k&adot;sh`p&osl;"), n. [F., fr. cacher to hide + pot a pot.] An ornamental casing for a flowerpot, of porcelain, metal, paper, etc.

Cachet

Cach"et (?), n. [F. fr. cacher to hide.] A seal, as of a letter. Lettre de cachet [F.], a sealed letter, especially a letter or missive emanating from the sovereign; -- much used in France before the Revolution as an arbitrary order of imprisonment.

Cachexia, Cachexy

Ca*chex"i*a (?), Ca*chex"y (?), n. [L. cachexia, Gr. A condition of ill health and impairment of nutrition due to impoverishment of the blood, esp. when caused by a specific morbid process (as cancer or tubercle).

Cachinnation

Cach`in*na"tion (?), n. [L. cachinnatio, fr. cachinnare to laugh aloud, cf Gr. Loud or immoderate laughter; -- often a symptom of hysterical or maniacal affections.
Hideous grimaces . . . attended this unusual cachinnation. Sir W. Scott.

Cachinnatory

Ca*chin"na*to*ry (?), a. Consisting of, or accompanied by, immoderate laughter.
Cachinnatory buzzes of approval. Carlyle.

Cachiri

Ca*chi"ri (?), n. A fermented liquor made in Cayenne from the grated root of the manioc, and resembling perry. Dunglison.

Cacholong

Cach"o*long (?), n, [F. cacholong, said to be from Cach, the name of a river in Bucharia + cholon, a Calmuck word for stone; or fr. a Calmuck word meaning "beautiful stone"] (Min.) An opaque or milk-white chalcedony, a variety of quartz; also, a similar variety of opal.

Cachou

Ca`chou" (?), n. [F. See Cashoo.] A silvered aromatic pill, used to correct the odor of the breath.

Cachucha

Ca*chu"cha (?), n. [Sp.] An Andalusian dance in three-four time, resembing the bolero. [Sometimes in English spelled cachuca (.]
The orchestra plays the cachucha. Logfellow.

Cachunde

Ca*chun"de (?), n. [Sp.] (Med.) A pastil or troche, composed of various aromatic and other ingredients, highly celebrated in India as an antidote, and as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

Cacique

Ca*cique" (?), n. [Sp.] See Cazique.

Cack

Cack (?), v. i. [OE. cakken, fr. L. cacare; akin to Gr. cac.] To ease the body by stool; to go to stool. Pope.

Cackerel

Cack"er*el (?), n. [OF. caquerel cagarel (Cotgr.), from the root of E. cack.] (Zo\'94l.) The mendole; a small worthless Mediterranean fish considered poisonous by the ancients. See Mendole.

Cackle

Cac"kle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cackled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cackling (?).] [OE. cakelen; cf. LG. kakeln, D. kakelen, G. gackeln, gackern; all of imitative origin. Cf. Gagle, Cake to cackle.]

1. To make a sharp, broken noise or cry, as a hen or goose does.

When every goose is cackling. Shak.

2. To laugh with a broken noise, like the cackling of a hen or a goose; to giggle. Arbuthnot.

3. To talk in a silly manner; to prattle. Johnson.

Cackle

Cac"kle (?), n.

1. The sharp broken noise made by a goose or by a hen that has laid an egg.

By her cackle saved the state. Dryden.

2. Idle talk; silly prattle.

There is a buzz and cackle all around regarding the sermon. Thackeray.

Cackler

Cac"kler (?), n.

1. A fowl that cackles.

2. One who prattles, or tells tales; a tattler.

Cackling

Cac"kling, n. The broken noise of a goose or a hen.

Cacochymia, Cacochymy

Cac`o*chym"i*a (?), Cac"o*chym`y (?), n. [NL. cacochymia, fr. Gr. cacochymie.] (Med.) A vitiated state of the humors, or fluids, of the body, especially of the blood. Dunglison.

Cacochymic, Cacochymical

Cac`o*chym"ic (?), Cac`o*chym"ic*al (?), a. Having the fluids of the body vitiated, especially the blood. Wiseman.

Cacodemon

Cac`o*de"mon (?), n. [Gr. cacod\'82mon.]

1. An evil spirit; a devil or demon. Shak.

2. (Med.) The nightmare. Dunaglison.

Cacodoxical

Cac`o*dox"ic*al (?), a. Heretical.

Cacodoxy

Cac"o*dox`y (?), n. [Gr. Erroneous doctrine; heresy; heterodoxy. [R.]
Heterodoxy, or what Luther calls cacodoxy. R. Turnbull.

Cacodyl

Cac"o*dyl (?), n. [Gr. -yl.] (Chem.) Alkarsin; a colorless, poisonous, arsenical liquid, As2(CH3)4, spontaneously inflammable and possessing an intensely disagreeable odor. It is the type of a series of compounds analogous to the nitrogen compounds called hydrazines. [Written also cacodyle, and kakodyl.]

Cacodylic

Cac`o*dyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, cacodyl. Cacodylic acid, a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, (CH3)2AsO.OH, obtained by the oxidation of cacodyl, and having the properties of an exceedingly stable acid; -- also called alkargen. <-- # error in original formula corrected! -->

Caco\'89thes

Cac`o*\'89"thes (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. A bad custom or habit; an insatiable desire; as, caco\'89thes scribendi, "The itch for writing". Addison.

2. (Med.) A bad quality or disposition in a disease; an incurable ulcer.

Cacogastric

Cac`o*gas"tric (?), a. [Gr. Troubled with bad digestion. [R.] Carlyle.

Cacographic

Cac`o*graph`ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or characterized by, cacography; badly written or spelled.

Cacography

Ca*cog`ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy; cf. F. cacographie.] Incorrect or bad writing or spelling. Walpole.

Cacolet

Ca`co*let" (?), n. [F.] A chair, litter, or other contrivance fitted to the back or pack saddle of a mule for carrying travelers in mountainous districts, or for the transportation of the sick and wounded of an army.

Cacology

Ca*col"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. cacologie.] Bad speaking; bad choice or use of words. Buchanan.

Cacomixle, Cacomixtle, Cacomixl

Ca`co*mix"le (?), Ca`co*mix"tle (?), Ca"co*mix`l (?), n. [Mexican name.] A North American carnivore (Bassaris astuta), about the size of a cat, related to the raccoons. It inhabits Mexico, Texas, and California.

Cacoon

Ca*coon" (?), n. One of the seeds or large beans of a tropical vine (Entada scandens) used for making purses, scent bottles, etc.

Cacophonic, Cacophonical, Cacophonous, Cacophonious

Cac`o*phon"ic (?), Cac`o*phon"ic*al (?), Ca*coph"o*nous (?), Cac`o*pho"ni*ous (?), a. Harsh-sounding.

Cacophony

Ca*coph"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Cacophonies (#). [Gr. Cacophonie.]

1. (Rhet.) An uncouth or disagreable sound of words, owing to the concurrence of harsh letters or syllables. "Cacophonies of all kinds." Pope.

2. (Mus.) A combination of discordant sounds.

3. (Med.) An unhealthy state of the voice.

Cacotechny

Cac"o*tech`ny (?), n. [Gr. A corruption or corrupt state of art. [R.]

Cacoxene, Cacoxenite

Ca*cox"ene (?), Ca*cox"e*nite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron occurring in yellow radiated tufts. The phosphorus seriously injures it as an iron ore.

Cactaceous

Cac*ta"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to, or like, the family of plants of which the prickly pear is a common example.

Cactus

Cac"tus (?), n. ; pl. E. Cactuses (#), Cacti (-t\'c6). [L., a kind of cactus, Gr. (Bot.) Any plant of the order Cactac\'91, as the prickly pear and the night-blooming cereus. See Cereus. They usually have leafless stems and branches, often beset with clustered thorns, and are mostly natives of the warmer parts of America. Cactus wren (Zo\'94l.), an American wren of the genus Campylorhynchus, of several species.

Cacuminal

Ca*cu"mi*nal (?), a. [L. cacumen, cacuminis, the top, point.] (Philol.) Pertaining to the top of the palate; cerebral; -- applied to certain consonants; as, cacuminal (or cerebral) letters.

Cacuminate

Ca*cu"mi*nate (?), v. i. [L. cacuminatus, p. p. of cacuminare to point, fr. cacumen point.] To make sharp or pointed. [Obs.]

Cad

Cad (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. cadet.]

1. A person who stands at the door of an omnibus to open and shut it, and to receive fares; an idle hanger-on about innyards. [Eng.] Dickens.

2. A lowbred, presuming person; a mean, vulgar fellow. [Cant] Thackeray.

Cadastral

Ca*das"tral (?), a. [F.] Of or pertaining to landed property. Cadastral survey, ∨ Cadastral map, a survey, map, or plan on a large scale (Usually topographical map, which exaggerates the dimensions of houses and the breadth of roads and streams, for the sake of distinctness. Brande & C.

Cadastre, Cadaster

Ca*das"tre, Ca*das"ter (?), n. [f. cadastre.] (Law.) An official statement of the quantity and value of real estate for the purpose of apportioning the taxes payable on such property.
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Cadaver

Ca*da"ver (?), n. [L., fr cadere to fall.] A dead human body; a corpse.

Cadaveric

Ca*dav"er*ic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a corpse, or the changes produced by death; cadaverous; as, cadaveric rigidity. Dunglison. Cadaveric alkaloid, an alkaloid generated by the processes of decomposition in dead animal bodies, and thought by some to be the cause of the poisonous effects produced by the bodies. See Ptomaine.

Cadaverous

Ca*dav"er*ous (?), a. [L. cadaverosus.]

1. Having the appearance or color of a dead human body; pale; ghastly; as, a cadaverous look.

2. Of or pertaining to, or having the qualities of, a dead body. "The scent cadaverous." -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*dav"er*ous*ness, n.

Cadbait

Cad"bait` (?), n. [Prov. E. codbait, cadbote fly.] (Zo\'94l.) See Caddice.

Caddice, Caddis

Cad"dice, Cad"dis (?), n. [Prov. E. caddy, cadew; cf. G. k\'94der bait.] (Zo\'94l.) The larva of a caddice fly. These larv\'91 generally live in cylindrical cases, open at each end, and covered externally with pieces of broken shells, gravel, bits of wood, etc. They are a favorite bait with anglers. Called also caddice worm, or caddis worm. Caddice fly (Zo\'94l.), a species of trichopterous insect, whose larva is the caddice.

Caddis

Cad"dis, n. [OE. caddas, Scot. caddis lint, caddes a kind of woolen cloth, cf. Gael. cada, cadadh, a kind of cloth, cotton, fustian, W. cadas, F. cadis.] A kind of worsted lace or ribbon. "Caddises, cambrics, lawns." Shak.

Caddish

Cad"dish (?), a. Like a cad; lowbred and presuming.

Caddow

Cad"dow (?), n. [OE. cadawe, prob. fr. ca chough + daw jackdaw; cf. Gael. cadhag, cathag. Cf. Chough, Daw, n.] (Zo\'94l.) A jackdaw. [Prov. Eng.]

Caddy

Cad"dy (?), n.; pl. Caddies (#). [Earlier spelt catty, fr. Malay kat\'c6 a weight of 1\'a7 pounds. Cf. Catty.] A small box, can, or chest to keep tea in.

Cade

Cade (?), a. [Cf. OE. cad, kod, lamb, also Cosset, Coddle.] Bred by hand; domesticated; petted.
He brought his cade lamb with him. Sheldon.

Cade

Cade, v. t. To bring up or nourish by hand, or with tenderness; to coddle; to tame. [Obs.] Johnson.

Cade

Cade, n. [L. cadus jar, Gr. A barrel or cask, as of fish. "A cade of herrings." Shak.
A cade of herrings is 500, of sprats 1,000. Jacob, Law Dict.

Cade

Cade, n. [F. & Pr.; LL. cada.] A species of juniper (Juniperus Oxycedrus) of Mediterranean countries. Oil of cade, a thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by destructive distillation of the inner wood of the cade. It is used as a local application in skin diseases.

Cadence

Ca"dence (?), n. [OE. cadence, cadens, LL. cadentia a falling, fr. L. cadere to fall; cf. F. cadence, It. cadenza. See Chance.]

1. The act or state of declining or sinking. [Obs.]

Now was the sun in western cadence low. Milton.

2. A fall of the voice in reading or speaking, especially at the end of a sentence.

3. A rhythmical modulation of the voice or of any sound; as, music of bells in cadence sweet.

Blustering winds, which all night long Had roused the sea, now with hoarse cadence lull Seafaring men o'erwatched. Milton.
The accents . . . were in passion's tenderest cadence. Sir W. Scott.

4. Rhythmical flow of language, in prose or verse.

Golden cadence of poesy. Shak.
If in any composition much attention was paid to the flow of the rhythm, it was said (at least in the 14th and 15th centuries) to be "prosed in faire cadence." Dr. Guest.

5. (Her.) See Cadency.

6. (Man.) Harmony and proportion in motions, as of a well-managed horse.

7. (Mil.) A uniform time and place in marching.

8. (Mus.) (a) The close or fall of a strain; the point of rest, commonly reached by the immediate succession of the tonic to the dominant chord. (b) A cadenza, or closing embellishment; a pause before the end of a strain, which the performer may fill with a flight of fancy. Imperfect cadence. (Mus.) See under Imperfect.

Cadence

Ca"dence, v. t. To regulate by musical measure.
These parting numbers, cadenced by my grief. Philips.

Cadency

Ca"den*cy (?), n. Descent of related families; distinction between the members of a family according to their ages. Marks of cadency (Her.), bearings indicating the position of the bearer as older or younger son, or as a descendant of an older or younger son. See Difference (Her.).

Cadene

Ca*dene" (?), n. [Cf. F. cad\'8ane.] A species of inferior carpet imported from the Levant. McElrath.

Cadent

Ca"dent (?), a. [L. cadens, -entis, p. pr. of cadere to fall.] Falling. [R.] "Cadent tears." Shak.

Cadenza

Ca*den"za (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A parenthetic flourish or flight of ornament in the course of a piece, commonly just before the final cadence.

Cader

Ca"der (?), n. See Cadre.

Cadet

Ca*det" (?), n. [F. cadet a younger or the youngest son or brother, dim. fr. L. caput head; i. e., a smaller head of the family, after the first or eldest. See Chief, and cf. Cad.]

1. The younger of two brothers; a younger brother or son; the youngest son.

The cadet of an ancient and noble family. Wood.

2. (Mil.) (a) A gentleman who carries arms in a regiment, as a volunteer, with a view of acquiring military skill and obtaining a commission. (b) A young man in training for military or naval service; esp. a pupil in a military or naval school, as at West Point, Annapolis, or Woolwich. &hand; All the undergraduates at Annapolis are Naval cadets. The distinction between Cadet midshipmen and Cadet engineers was abolished by Act of Congress in 1882.

Cadetship

Ca*det"ship (?), n. The position, rank, or commission of a cadet; as, to get a cadetship.

Cadew, Cadeworm

Ca*dew" (?), Cade"worm` (?), n. A caddice. See Caddice.

Cadge

Cadge (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cadged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cadging.] [Cf. Scot. cache, caich, cadge, to toss, drive, OE. cachen to drive, catch, caggen to bind, or perh. E. cage. Cf. Cadger.]

1. To carry, as a burden. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Halliwell.

2. To hawk or peddle, as fish, poultry, etc. [Prov.]

3. To intrude or live on another meanly; to beg. [Prov. or Slang, Eng.] Wright.

Cadge

Cadge, n. [Cf. 2d Cadger.] (Hawking) A circular frame on which cadgers carry hawks for sale.

Cadger

Cadg"er (?), n. [From Cadge, v. t., cf. Codger.]

1. A packman or itinerant huckster.

2. One who gets his living by trickery or begging. [Prov. or Slang] "The gentleman cadger." Dickens.

Cadger

Cadg"er, n. [OF. cagier one who catches hawks. Cf. Cage.] (Hawking) One who carries hawks on a cadge.

Cadgy

Cadg"y (?), a. Cheerful or mirthful, as after good eating or drinking; also, wanton. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Cadi

Ca"di (?), n. [Turk. See Alcalde.] An inferior magistrate or judge among the Mohammedans, usually the judge of a town or village.

Cadie, Caddie

Cad"ie, Cad"die (?), n. A Scotch errand boy, porter, or messenger. [Written also cady.]
Every Scotchman, from the peer to the cadie. Macaulay.

Cadilesker

Ca`di*les"ker (?), n. [Ar. q\'be\'c8\'c6 judge + al'sker the army, Per. leshker.] A chief judge in the Turkish empire, so named originally because his jurisdiction extended to the cases of soldiers, who are now tried only by their own officers.

Cadillac

Ca*dil"lac (?), n. [Prob. from Cadillac, a French town.] A large pear, shaped like a flattened top, used chiefly for cooking. Johnson. <-- 2. metaphor for the best -->

Cadis

Cad"is (?), n. [F.] A kind of coarse serge.

Cadmean

Cad*me"an (?), a. [L. Cadmeus, Gr. Cadmus), which name perhaps means lit. a man from the East; cf. Heb. qedem east.] Of or pertaining to Cadmus, a fabulous prince of Thebes, who was said to have introduced into Greece the sixteen simple letters of the alphabet -- Cadmean
letters. Cadmean victory, a victory that damages the victors as much as the vanquished; probably referring to the battle in which the soldiers who sprang from the dragon's teeth sown by Cadmus slew each other\'3c-- Pyhrric victory? --\'3e.

Cadmia

Cad"mi*a (?), n. [L. cadmia calamine, Gr. Calamine.] (Min.) An oxide of zinc which collects on the sides of furnaces where zinc is sublimed. Formerly applied to the mineral calamine.

Cadmian

Cad"mi*an (?), a. [R.] See Cadmean.

Cadmic

Cad"mic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cadmium; as, cadmic sulphide.

Cadmium

Cad"mi*um (?), n. [NL. See Cadmia.] (Chem.) A comparatively rare element related to zinc, and occurring in some zinc ores. It is a white metal, both ductile and malleable. Symbol Cd. Atomic weight 111.8. It was discovered by Stromeyer in 1817, who named it from its association with zinc or zinc ore. Cadmium yellow, a compound of cadmium and sulphur, of an intense yellow color, used as a pigment.

Cadrans

Cad"rans (?), n. [Cf. F. cadran. Cf. Quadrant.] An instrument with a graduated disk by means of which the angles of gems are measured in the process of cutting and polishing.

Cadre

Ca"dre (?), n. [F. cadre, It. quadro square, from L. quadrum, fr. quatuor four.] (Mil.) The framework or skeleton upon which a regiment is to be formed; the officers of a regiment forming the staff. [Written also cader.]

Caducary

Ca*du"ca*ry (?), a. [See Caducous.] (Law) Relating to escheat, forfeiture, or confiscation.

Caducean

Ca*du"ce*an (?), a. Of or belonging to Mercury's caduceus, or wand.

Caduceus

Ca*du"ce*us (?), n. [L. caduceum, caduceus; akin to Gr. (Myth.) The official staff or wand of Hermes or Mercury, the messenger of the gods. It was originally said to be a herald's staff of olive wood, but was afterwards fabled to have two serpents coiled about it, and two wings at the top.

Caducibranchiate

Ca*du`ci*bran"chi*ate (?), a. [L. caducus falling (fr. cadere to fall) + E. branchiate.] (Zo\'94l.) With temporary gills: -- applied to those Amphibia in which the gills do not remain in adult life.

Caducity

Ca*du"ci*ty (?), n. [LL. caducitas: cf. F. caducit\'82. See Caducous.] Tendency to fall; the feebleness of old age; senility. [R.]
[A] jumble of youth and caducity. Chesterfield.

Caducous

Ca*du"cous (?), [L. caducus falling, inclined to fall, fr. cadere to fall. See Cadence.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Dropping off or disappearing early, as the calyx of a poppy, or the gills of a tadpole.

Caduke

Ca*duke" (?), a. [Cf. F. caduc. See Caducous.] Perishable; frail; transitory. [Obs.] Hickes.
The caduke pleasures of his world. Bp. Fisher.

Cady

Cad"y (?), n. See Cadie.

C\'91ca

C\'91"ca (?), n. pl. See C\'91cum.

C\'91cal

C\'91"cal (?), a. (Anat.)

1. Of or pertaining to the c\'91cum, or blind gut.

2. Having the form of a c\'91cum, or bag with one opening; baglike; as, the c\'91cal extremity of a duct.

C\'91cias

C\'91"ci*as (?), n. [L. caecias, Gr. A wind from the northeast. Milton.

C\'91cilian

C\'91*cil"i*an (?; 106), n. [L. caecus blind. So named from the supposed blindness of the species, the eyes being very minute.] (Zo\'94l.) A limbless amphibian belonging to the order C\'91cili\'91 or Ophimorpha. See Ophiomorpha. [Written also c\'d2cilian.]

C\'91cum

C\'91"cum (?), n.; pl. C\'91cums, L. C\'91ca (#). [L. caecus blind, invisible, concealed.] (Anat.) (a) A cavity open at one end, as the blind end of a canal or duct. (b) The blind part of the large intestine beyond the entrance of the small intestine; -- called also the blind gut. &hand; The c\'91cum is comparatively small in man, and ends in a slender portion, the vermiform appendix; but in herbivorous mammals it is often as large as the rest of the large intestine. In fishes there are often numerous intestinal c\'91ca.

C\'91nozoic

C\'91`no*zo"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Cenozoic.

Caen stone

Ca"en stone" (?), A cream-colored limestone for building, found near Caen, France.

C\'91sar

C\'91"sar (?), n. [L.] A Roman emperor, as being the successor of Augustus C\'91sar. Hence, a kaiser, or emperor of Germany, or any emperor or powerful ruler. See Kaiser, Kesar.
Malborough anticipated the day when he would be servilely flattered and courted by C\'91sar on one side and by Louis the Great on the other. Macaulay.

C\'91sarean, C\'91sarian

C\'91*sa"re*an, C\'91*sa"ri*an (?), a. [L. Caesareus, Caesarianus.] Of or pertaining to C\'91sar or the C\'91sars; imperial. C\'91sarean section (Surg.), the operation of taking a child from the womb by cutting through the walls of the abdomen and uterus; -- so called because Julius C\'91sar is reported to have been brought into the world by such an operation.

C\'91sarism

C\'91"sar*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. C\'82sarisme.] A system of government in which unrestricted power is exercised by a single person, to whom, as C\'91sar or emperor, it has been committed by the popular will; imperialism; also, advocacy or support of such a system of government. &hand; This word came into prominence in the time of Napoleon III., as an expression of the claims and political views of that emperor, and of the politicians of his court.

C\'91sious

C\'91"si*ous (?), a. [L. caesius bluish gray.] (Nat. Hist.) Of the color of lavender; pale blue with a slight mixture of gray. Lindley.

C\'91sium

C\'91"si*um (?), n. [NL., from L. caesius bluish gray.] (Chem.) A rare alkaline metal found in mineral water; -- so called from the two characteristic blue lines in its spectrum. It was the first element discovered by spectrum analysis, and is the most strongly basic and electro-positive substance known. Symbol Cs. Atomic weight 132.6.

C\'91spitose

C\'91s"pi*tose` (?), a. Same as Cespitose.

C\'91sura

C\'91*su"ra (?), n.; pl. E. C\'91suras (, L. C\'91sur\'91 ( [L. caesura a cutting off, a division, stop, fr. caedere, caesum, to cut off. See Concise.] A metrical break in a verse, occurring in the middle of a foot and commonly near the middle of the verse; a sense pause in the middle of a foot. Also, a long syllable on which the c\'91sural accent rests, or which is used as a foot. &hand; In the following line the c\'91sura is between study and of.
The prop | er stud | y || of | mankind | is man.

C\'91sural

C\'91*su"ral (?), a. Of or pertaining to a c\'91sura. C\'91sural pause, a pause made at a c\'91sura.

Caf\'82

Ca`f\'82" (?), n. [F. See Coffee.] A coffeehouse; a restaurant; also, a room in a hotel or restaurant where coffee and liquors are served.

Cafenet, Cafeneh

Caf"e*net (?), Caf"e*neh (?), n. [Turk. qahveh kh\'beneh coffeehouse.] A humble inn or house of rest for travelers, where coffee is sold. [Turkey]

Caffeic

Caf*fe"ic (?), a. [See Coffee.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, coffee. Caffeic acid, an acid obtained from coffee tannin, as a yellow crystalline substance, C9H8O4.

Caffeine

Caf*fe"ine (?), n. [Cf. F. caf\'82ine. See Coffee.] (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana.

Caffetannic

Caf`fe*tan"nic (?), a. [Caffeic + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the tannin of coffee. Caffetannic acid, a variety of tannin obtained from coffee berries, regarded as a glucoside.

Caffila

Caf"fi*la (?), n. [Ar.] See Cafila.

Caffre

Caf"fre (?), n. See Kaffir.

Cafila, Cafileh

Ca"fi*la (?), Ca"fi*leh (?), n. [Ar.] A caravan of travelers; a military supply train or government caravan; a string of pack horses.

Caftan

Caf"tan (?), n. [Turk. qaft\'ben: cf. F. cafetan.] A garment worn throughout the Levant, consisting of a long gown with sleeves reaching below the hands. It is generally fastened by a belt or sash.

Caftan

Caf"tan (?), v. t. To clothe with a caftan. [R.]
The turbaned and caftaned damsel. Sir W. Scott.

Cag

Cag (?), n. See Keg. [Obs.]

Cage

Cage (?), n. [F. cage, fr. L. cavea cavity, cage, fr. cavus hollow. Cf. Cave, n., Cajole, Gabion.]

1. A box or inclosure, wholly or partly of openwork, in wood or metal, used for confining birds or other animals.

In his cage, like parrot fine and gay. Cowper.

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2. A place of confinement for malefactors Shak.

Stone walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage. Lovelace.

3. (Carp.) An outer framework of timber, inclosing something within it; as the cage of a staircase. Gwilt.

4. (Mach.) (a) A skeleton frame to limit the motion of a loose piece, as a ball valve. (b) A wirework strainer, used in connection with pumps and pipes.

5. The box, bucket, or inclosed platform of a lift or elevator; a cagelike structure moving in a shaft.

6. (Mining) The drum on which the rope is wound in a hoisting whim.

7. (Baseball) The catcher's wire mask.

Cage

Cage (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caging.] To confine in, or as in, a cage; to shut up or confine. "Caged and starved to death." Cowper.

Caged

Caged (?), a. Confined in, or as in, a cage; like a cage or prison. "The caged cloister." Shak.

Cageling

Cage"ling (?), n. [Cage + -ling] A bird confined in a cage; esp. a young bird. [Poetic] Tennyson.

Cagit

Ca"git (?), n. (Zo\'94l) A king of parrot, of a beautiful green color, found in the Philippine Islands.

Cagmag

Cag"mag (?), n. A tough old goose; hence, coarse, bad food of any kind. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cagot

Ca"got (?), n. [F.] One of a race inhabiting the valleys of the Pyrenees, who until 1793 were political and social outcasts (Christian Pariahs). They are supposed to be a remnant of the Visigoths.

Cahier

Ca`hier" (?), n. [F., fr. OF. cayer, fr. LL. quaternum. See Quire of paper. The sheets of manuscript were folded into parts.]

1. A namber of sheets of paper put loosely together; esp. one of the successive portions of a work printed in numbers.

2. A memorial of a body; a report of legislative proceedings, etc.

Cahincic

Ca*hin"cic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cahinca, the native name of a species of Brazilian Chiococca, perhaps C. recemosa; as, cahincic acid.

Cahoot

Ca*hoot" (?), n. [Perhaps fr. f. cohorte a a company or band.] Partnership; as to go in cahoot with a person. [Slang, southwestern U. S.] Bartlett.

Caimacam

Cai`ma*cam" (?), n. [Turk.] The governor of a sanjak or district in Turkey.

Caiman

Cai"man (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cayman.

Cainozoic

Cai`no*zo"ic (?), a. (Geol.) See Cenozic.

Ca\'8bque

Ca*\'8bque" (?), n. [F., fr. Turk. q\'be\'c6q boat.] (Naut..) A light skiff or rowboat used on the Bosporus; also, a Levantine vessel of larger size.

\'80aira

\'80a"i*ra" (?). [F. \'87a ira, \'87a ira, les aristocrates \'85 la lanterne, it shall go on, it shall go on, [hang]the arictocrats to the lantern (lamp-post).] The refrain of a famous song of the French Revolution.

Caird

Caird (?), n. [Ir. ceard a tinker.] A traveling tinker; also a tramp or sturdy beggar. [Prov. Eng.]

Cairn

Cairn (?), n. [Gael. carn, gen. cairn, a heap: cf. Ir. & W. carn.]

1. A rounded or conical heap of stones erected by early inhabitants of the British Isles, apparently as a sepulchral monument.

Now here let us place the gray stone of her cairn. Campbell.

2. A pile of stones heaped up as a landmark, or to arrest attention, as in surveying, or in leaving traces of an exploring party, etc. C. Kingsley. Kane.

Cairngormstone

Cairn*gorm"stone` (?). [Gael. carn a cairn + gorm azure.] (Min.) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, or crystallized quartz, found esp, in the mountain of Cairngorm, in Scotland.

Caisson

Cais"son (?), n. [F., fr. caisse, case, chest. See 1st Case.]

1. (Mil.) (a) A chest to hold ammunition. (b) A four-wheeled carriage for conveying ammunition, consisting of two parts, a body and a limber. In light field batteries there is one caisson to each piece, having two ammunition boxes on the body, and one on the limber. Farrow. (c) A chest filled with explosive materials, to be laid in the way of an enemy and exploded on his appoach.

2. (a) A water-tight box, of timber or iron within which work is carried on in building foundations or structures below the water level. (b) A hollow floating box, usually of iron, which serves to close the entrances of docks and basins. (c) A structure, usually with an air chamber, placed beneath a vessel to lift or float it.

3. (Arch.) A sunk panel of ceilings or soffits. Pneumatic caisson (Engin.), a caisson, closed at the top but open at the bottom, and resting upon the ground under water. The pressure of air forced into the caisson keeps the water out. Men and materials are admitted to the interior through an air lock. See Lock.

Caitiff

Cai"tiff (?), a. [OE. caitif, cheitif, captive, miserable, OF. caitif, chaitif, captive, mean, wretched, F. ch\'82tif, fr. L. captivus captive, fr. capere to take, akin to E. heave. See Heave, and cf. Captive.]

1. Captive; wretched; unfortunate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Base; wicked and mean; cowardly; despicable.

Arnold had sped his caitiff flight. W. Irving.

Caitiff

Cai"tiff, n. A captive; a prisoner. [Obs.]
Avarice doth tyrannize over her caitiff and slave. Holland.

2. A wretched or unfortunate man. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. A mean, despicable person; one whose character meanness and wickedness meet. The deep-felt conviction of men that slavery breaks down the moral character . . . speaks out with . . . distinctness in the change of meaning which caitiff has undergone signifying as it now does, one of a base, abject disposition, while there was a time when it had nothing of this in it. Trench.

Cajeput

Caj"e*put (?), n. See Cajuput.

Cajole

Ca*jole" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cajoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cajoling.] [F. cajoler, orig., to chatter like a bird in a cage, to sing; hence, to amuse with idle talk, to flatter, from the source of OF. goale, jaiole, F. ge\'93le, dim. of cage a cage. See Cage, Jail.] To deceive with flattery or fair words; to wheedle.
I am not about to cajole or flatter you into a reception of my views. F. W. Robertson.
Syn. -- To flatter; wheedle; delude; coax; entrap.

Cajolement

Ca*jole"ment (?), n. The act of cajoling; the state of being cajoled; cajolery. Coleridge.

Cajoler

Ca*jol"er (?), n. A flatterer; a wheedler.

Cajolery

Ca*jol"er*y (?), n.; pl. Cajoleries (. A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery. "Infamous cajoleries." Evelyn.

Cajuput

Caj"u*put (?), n. [Of Malayan origin; k\'beyu tree + p\'d4tih white.] (Med.) A highly stimulating volatile infammable oil, distilled from the leaves of an East Indian tree (Melaleuca cajuputi, etc.) It is greenish in color and has a camphoraceous odor and pungent taste.

Cajuputene

Caj"u*put*ene` (?), n. (Chem.) A colorlees or greenish oil extracted from cajuput.

Cake

Cake (?), n. [OE. cake, kaak; akin to Dan. kage, Sw. & Icel. kaka, D. koek, G.kuchem, OHG. chuocho.]

1. A small mass of dough baked; especially, a thin loaf from unleavened dough; as, an oatmeal cake; johnnycake.

2. A sweetened composition of flour and other ingredients, leavened or unleavened, baked in a loaf or mass of any size or shape.

3. A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake; as buckwheat cakes.

4. A mass of matter concreted, congealed, or molded into a solid mass of any form, esp. into a form rather flat than high; as, a cake of soap; an ague cake.

Cakes of rusting ice come rolling down the flood. Dryden.
Cake urchin (Zo\'94l), any species of flat sea urchins belonging to the Clypeastroidea. -- Oil cake the refuse of flax seed, cotton seed, or other vegetable substance from which oil has been expressed, compacted into a solid mass, and used as food for cattle, for manure, or for other purposes. -- To have one's cake dough, to fail or be disappointed in what one has undertaken or expected. Shak.

Cake

Cake, v. i. To form into a cake, or mass.

Cake

Cake, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caking.] To concrete or consolidate into a hard mass, as dough in an oven; to coagulate.
Clotted blood that caked within. Addison.

Cake

Cake, v. i. To cackle as a goose. [Prov. Eng.]

Caking coal

Cak"ing coal` (?). See Coal.

Cal

Cal (?), n. (Cornish Mines) Wolfram, an ore of tungsten. Simmonds.

Calabar

Cal"a*bar (?), n. A district on the west coast of Africa. Calabar bean, The of a climbing legumious plant (Physostigma venenosum), a native of tropical Africa. It is highly poisonous. It is used to produce contraction of the pupil of the eye; also in tetanus, neuralgia, and rheumatic diseases; -- called also ordeal bean, being used by the negroes in trials for witchcraft.

Calabarine

Cal"a*bar*ine (?), n. (Chem.) An alkaloid resembing physostigmine and occurring with it in the calabar bean.

Calabash

Cal"a*bash (?), n. [Sp. calabaza, or Pg. calaba, caba (cf. F. Calebasse), lit., a dry gourd, fr. Ar. qar', fem., a kind of gourd + aibas dry.]

1. The common gourd (plant or fruit).

2. The fruit of the calabash tree.

3. A water dipper, bottle, backet, or other utensil, made from the dry shell of a calabash or gourd. Calabash tree. (Bot.), a tree of tropical America (Crescentia cujete), producing a large gourdike fruit, containing a purgative pulp. Its hard shell, after the removal of the pulp, is used for cups, bottles, etc. The African calabash tree is the baobab.

Calaboose

Cal`a*boose" (?), n. [A corruption of Sp. calabozo dungeon.] A prison; a jail. [Local, U. S.]

Calade

Ca*lade" (?), n. [F.] A slope or declivity in a manege ground down which a horse is made to gallop, to give suppleness to his haunches.

Caladium

Ca*la"di*um (?), n. [NL.] A genus of aroideous plants, of which some species are cultivated for their immense leaves (which are often curiously blotched with white and red), and others (in Polynesia) for food.

Calaite

Cal"a*ite (?), n. [L. cala\'8bs, Gr. cala\'8bte.] A mineral. See Turquoise.

Calamanco

Cal`a*man"co (?), n. [LL. calamancus, calamacus; cf. camelaucum; a head covering made of camel's hair, NGr. calmande a woolen stuff.] A glossy woolen stuff, plain, striped, or checked. "a gay calamanco waistcoat." Tatler.

Calamander wood

Cal"a*man`der wood (?). A valuable furniture wood from India and Ceylon, of a hazel-brown color, with black stripes, very hard in texture. It is a species of ebony, and is obtained from the Diospyros qusesita. Called also Coromandel wood.

Calamar, Calamary

Cal"a*mar (?), Cal"a*ma*ry, n. [LL. calamarium inkstand, fr. L. calamus a reed pen: cf. F. calmar, calemar, pen case, calamar.] (Zo\'94l.) A cephalopod, belonging to the genus Loligo and related genera. There are many species. They have a sack of inklike fluid which they discharge from the siphon tube, when pursued or alarmed, in order to confuse their enemies. Their shell is a thin horny plate, within the flesh of back, shaped very much like a quill pen. In America they are called squids. See Squid.

Calambac

Cal"am*bac (?), n. [F. calambac, calambour, from Malay Kalambaq a king of fragrant wood.] (Bot.) A fragrant wood; agalloch.

Calambour

Cal"am*bour (?), n. [See Calambac.] A species of agalloch, or aloes wood, of a dusky or mottled color, of a light, friable texture, and less fragrant than calambac; -- used by cabinetmakers.

Calamiferous

Cal`a*mif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calamus reed + ferous.] Producing reeds; reedy.

Calamine

Cal"a*mine (?), n. [F. calamine, LL. calamina, fr. L. Cabmia. See Cadmia.] (min.) A mineral, the hydrous silicate of zinc. &hand; The name was formerly applied to both the carbonate and silicate of zinc each of which is valuabic as an ore; but it is now usually restricted to the latter, the former being called smithsonite.

Calamint

Cal"a*mint (?), n. [OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. Mint.] (Bot.) A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the C. Nepela and C. Acinos, which are called also basil thyme.

Calamist

Cal"a*mist (?), n. [L. calamus a reed.] One who plays upon a reed or pipe. [Obs.] Blount.

Calamistrate

Cal`a*mis"trate (?), v. i. [L. calamistratus, curied with the curling iron, fr. calamistrum curling iron, fr. calamus a reed.] To curl or friz, as the hair. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Calamistration

Cal`amis*tra"tion (?), n. The act or process of curling the hair. [Obs.] burton.

Calamistrum

Cal`a*mis"trum (?), n. [L., a curling iron.] (Zo\'94l.) A comblike structure on the metatarsus of the hind legs of certain spiders (Ciniflonid\'91), used to curl certain fibers in the construction of their webs.

Calamite

Cal"a*mite (?), n. [L. calamus a reed: cf. F. calamite.] (Paleon.) A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.

Calamitous

Ca*lam"i*tous (?), a. [L. Calamitosus; cf. F. calamiteux.]

1. Suffering calamity; wretched; miserable. [Obs.]

Ten thousands of calamitous persons. South.

2. Producing, or attended with distress and misery; making wretched; wretched; unhappy. "This sad and calamitous condition." South. "A calamitous prison" Milton. Syn. -- Miserable; deplorable; distressful; afflictive; grievous; baleful; disastrous; adverse; unhappy; severe; sad; unfortunate. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lam"i*tous*ness, n.

Calamity

Ca*lam"i*ty (?) n.; pl. Calamities (#). [L. calamitas, akin to in-columis unharmed: cf. F. calamit\'82]

1. Any great misfortune or cause of misery; -- generally applied to events or disasters which produce extensive evil, either to communities or individuals. The word calamity was first derived from calamus when the corn could not get out of the stalk. Bacon.

Strokes of calamity that scathe and scorch the soul. W. Irving.

2. A state or time of distress or misfortune; misery.

The deliberations of calamity are rarely wise. Burke.
Where'er I came I brought calamity. Tennyson.
Syn. -- Disaster; distress; afflicition; adversity; misfortune; unhappiness; infelicity; mishap; mischance; misery; evil; extremity; exigency; downfall. -- Calamity, Disaster, Misfortune, Mishap, Mischance. Of these words, calamity is the strongest. It supposes a somewhat continuous state, produced not usually by the direct agency of man, but by natural causes, such as fire, flood, tempest, disease, etc, Disaster denotes literally ill-starred, and is some unforeseen and distressing event which comes suddenly upon us, as if from hostile planet. Misfortune is often due to no specific cause; it is simply the bad fortune of an individual; a link in the chain of events; an evil independent of his own conduct, and not to be charged as a fault. Mischance and mishap are misfortunes of a trivial nature, occurring usually to individuals. "A calamity is either public or private, but more frequently the former; a disaster is rather particular than private; it affects things rather than persons; journey, expedition, and military movements are often attended with disasters; misfortunes are usually personal; they immediately affect the interests of the individual." Crabb.

Calamus

Cal"a*mus (?), n.; pl. Calami (#). [L., a reed. See Halm.]

1. (Bot.) The indian cane, a plant of the Palm family. It furnishes the common rattan. See Rattan, and Dragon's blood.

2. (Bot.) A species of Acorus (A. calamus), commonly called calamus, or sweet flag. The root has a pungent, aromatic taste, and is used in medicine as a stomachic; the leaves have an aromatic odor, and were formerly used instead of rushes to strew on floors.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The horny basal portion of a feather; the barrel or quill.

Calando

Ca*lan"do (?), a. [It.] (Mus.) Gradually diminishing in rapidity and loudness.

Calash

Ca*lash" (?), n. [F. cal\'8ache; of Slavonic origin; cf. Bohem. kolesa, Russ. koliaska calash, koleso, kolo, wheel.]

1. A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage.

The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

2. In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front.

3. A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure.

4. A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage.


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Calaverite

Ca`la*ve"rite (, n. (Min.) A bronze-yellow massive mineral with metallic luster; a telluride of gold; -- first found in Calaveras County California.

Calcaneal

Cal*ca"ne*al (?), a. (Anal.) Pertaining to the calcaneum; as, calcaneal arteries.

Calcaneum

Cal*ca"ne*um (?) n.; pl. E. -neums, L. -nea. [L. the heel, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.] (Anal.) One of the bones of the tarsus which in man, forms the great bone of the heel; -- called also fibulare.

Calcar

Cal"car (?), n. [L. calcaria lime kiln, fr. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.] (Glass manuf.) A kind of oven, or reverberatory furnace, used for the calcination of sand and potash, and converting them into frit. Ure.

Calcar

Cal"car, n.; L. pl. Calcaria (#). [L., a pur, as worn on the heel, also the spur of a cock, fr. calx, calcis, the heel.]

1. (Bot.) A hollow tube or spur at the base of a petal or corolla.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A slender bony process from the ankle joint of bats, which helps to support the posterior part of the web, in flight.

3. (Anat.) (a) A spur, or spurlike prominence. (b) A curved ridge in the floor of the leteral ventricle of the brain; the calcar avis, hippocampus minor, or ergot.

Calcarate, Calcarated

Cal"ca*rate (?), Cal"ca*ra`ted (?), a. [LL. calcaratus, fr. L. calcar. See 2d Calcar.]

1. (Bot.) Having a spur, as the flower of the toadflax and larkspur; spurred. Gray.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Armed with a spur.

Calcareo-argillaceous

Cal*ca"re*o-ar`gil*la"ceous (?), a. consisting of, or containing, calcareous and argillaceous earths.

Calcareo-bituminous

Cal*ca"re*o-bi*tu"mi*nous (?), a. Consisting of, or containing, lime and bitumen. Lyell.

Calcareo-siliceous

Cal*ca"re*o-si*li"ceous (?), a.Consisting of, or containing calcareous and siliceous earths.

Calcareous

Cal*ca"re*ous (?), a. [L. calcarius pertaining to lime. See Calx.] Partaking of the nature ofcalcite or calcium carbonate; consisting of, or containg, calcium carbonate or carbonate of lime. Clcareous spar. See as Calcite.

Calcareousness

Cal*ca"re*ous*ness, n. Quality of being calcareous.

Calcariferous

Cal`ca*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. calcarius of lime + ferous.] Lime-yielding; calciferous

Calcarine

Cal"ca*rine (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or situated near, the calcar of the brain.

Calcavella

Cal`ca*vel"la (?), n. A sweet wine from Portugal; -- so called from the district of Carcavelhos. [Written also Calcavellos or Carcavelhos.]

Calceated

Cal"ce*a"ted (?), a. [L. calceatus, p. p. of pelceare to ahoe, fr. catceus shoe, fr. calx, calcic, heel.] Fitted with, or wearing, shoes. Johnson.

Calced

Calced (?), a. [See Calceated.] Wearing shoes; calceated; -- in distintion from discalced or barefooted; as the calced Carmelites.

Calcedon

Cal"ce*don (?), n. [See Chalcedony.] A foul vein, like chalcedony, in some precious stones.

Calcedonic, Calcedonian

Cal`ce*don"ic (?), Cal`ce*do"ni*an, a. See Chalcedonic.

Calceiform

Cal"ce*i*form` (?), a. [L. calceus shoe + -form.] (Bot.) Shaped like a plipper, as one petal of the lady's-slipper; calceolate.

calceolaria

cal`ce*o*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. calceolarius shoemaker, fr. calceolus, a dim. of calceus shoe.] (Bot.) A genus of showy herbaceous or shrubby plant, biought from South America; slipperwort. It has a yellow or purple flower, often spotted or striped, the shape of which suggests its name.

Calceolate

Cal"ce*o*late (?), a. [See Calceolaria.] Slipper-ahaped. See Calceiform.

Calces

Cal"ces (?), n. pl. See Calx.

Calcic

Cal"cic (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime: cf. F. calcique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, calcium or lime.

Calciferouse

Cal*cif"er*ouse (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -ferous.] Bearing producing, or containing calcite, or carbonate of lime. Calciferouse epoch (Geol.), and epoch in the American lower Silurian system, immediately succeeding the Cambrian period. The name alludes to the peculiar mixture of calcareous and siliceous characteristics in many of the beds. See the Diagram under Grology.

Calcific

Cal*cif"ic (?), a. Calciferous. Specifically: (Zo\'94l.) of or pertaining to hte portion of the which forms the eggshell in birds and reptiles. Huxley.

Calcification

Cal`ci*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The process of chenge into a stony or calcareous substance by the deposition of lime salt; -- normally, as in the formation of bone and teeth; abnormally, as in calcareous degeneration of tissue.

Calcified

Cal"ci*fied (?), a. Consisting of, or containing, calcareous matter or lime salts; calcareous.

Calciform

Cal"ci*form (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -form.] In the form of chalk or lime.

Calcify

Cal"ci*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Calcified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcifying.] [L. calx, calcis, lime + -fy.] To make stony or calcareous by the deposit or secretion of salts of lime.

Calcify

Cal"ci*fy, v. i. To become changed into a stony or calcareous condition, in lime is a principal ingredient, as in the formation of teeth.

Calcigenous

Cal*cig"e*nous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -genouse.] (Chem.) Tending to form, or to become, a calx or earthlike substance on being oxidized or burnt; as magnesium, calcium. etc.

Calcigerous

Cal*cig"er*ous (?), a. [L. calx, calcis, lime + -gerouse.] Holding lime or other earthy salts; as, the calcigerous cells of the teeth.

Calcimine

Cal"ci*mine (?), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] A white or colored wash for the ceiling or other plastering of a room, consisting of a mixture of clear glue, Paris white or zinc white, and water. [Also spelt kalsomine.]

Calcimine

Cal"ci*mine, v. t. [imp. &p. p. Calcimined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcimining.] To wash or cover with calcimine; as, to calcimine walls.

Calciminer

Cal"ci*mi`ner (?), n. One who calcimines.

Calcinable

Cal*cin"a*ble (?), a. That may be calcined; as, a calcinable fossil.

Calcinate

Cal"ci*nate (?), v. i. To calcine. [R.]

Calcination

Cal`ci*na"tion (?), n. [F. calcination.]

1. (Chem.) The act or process of disintegrating a substance, or rendering it friable by the action of heat, esp. by the expulsion of some volatile matter, as when carbonic and acid is expelled from carbonate of calcium in the burning of limestone in order to make lime.

2. The act or process of reducing a metal to an oxide or metallic calx; oxidation.

Calcinatory

Cal*cin"a*to*ry (?), n. A vessel used in calcination.

Calcine

Cal*cine" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calciden (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calcining.] [F. calciner, fr. L. calx, calcis, lime. See Calx.]

1. To reduce to a powder, or to a friable state, by the action of heat; to expel volatile matter from by means of heat, as carbonic acid from limestone, and thus (usually) to produce disintegration; as to, calcine bones.

2. To oxidize, as a metal by the action of heat; to reduce to a metallic calx.

Calcine

Cal*cine", v. i. To be convereted into a powder or friable substance, or into a calx, by the action of heat. "Calcining without fusion" Newton.

Calciner

Cal*cin"er (?), n. One who, or that which, calcines.

Calcispongi\'91

Cal`ci*spon"gi*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. calx, calcis, lime + spongia a sponge.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of marine sponges, containing calcareous spicules. See Porifera.

Calcite

Cal"cite (?), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime.] (Min.) Calcium carbonate, or carbonate of lime. It is rhombohedral in its crystallization, and thus distinguished from aragonite. It includes common limestone, chalk, and marble. Called also calc-spar and calcareous spar. &hand; Argentine is a pearly lamellar variety; aphrite is foliated or chalklike; dogtooth spar, a form in acute rhombohedral or scalenohedral crystals; calc-sinter and calc-tufa are lose or porous varieties formed in caverns or wet grounds from calcareous deposits; agaric mineral is a soft, white friable variety of similar origin; stalaclite and stalagmite are varieties formed from the drillings in caverns. Iceland spar is a transparent variety, exhibiting the strong double refraction of the species, and hence is called doubly refracting spar.

Calcitrant

Cal"ci*trant (?), a. [L. calcitrans, p. pr. of calcitrare to kick, fr. calx, calcis , heel.] Kicking. Hence: Stubborn; refractory.

Calcitrate

Cal"ci*trate (?), v. i. & i. [L. calcitratus, p. p. of calcitrare. See Calcitrant.] To kick.

Calcitration

Cal`ci*tra"tion (?), n. Act of kicking.

Calcium

Cal"ci*um (?), n. [NL., from L. calx, calcis, lime; cf F. calcium. See Calx.] (Chem.) An elementary substance; a metal which combined with oxygen forms lime. It is of a pale yellow color, tenacious, and malleable. It is a member of the alkaline earth group of elements. Atomic weight 40. Symbol Ca. &hand; Calcium is widely and abundantly disseminated, as in its compounds calcium carbonate or limestone, calcium sulphate or gypsum, calcium fluoride or fluor spar, calcium phosphate or apatite. Calcium light, an intense light produced by the incandescence of a stick or ball of lime in the flame of a combination of oxygen and hydrogen gases, or of oxygen and coal gas; -- called also Drummond light.

Calcivorous

Cal*civ"o*rous (?), a. [L. calx lime + vorare to devour.] Eroding, or eating into, limestone.

Calcographer

Cal*cog"ra*pher (?), n. One who practices calcography.

Calcographic, Calcographical

Cal`co*graph"ic (?), Cal`co*graph"ic*al, a. Relating to, or in the style of, calcography.

Calcography

Cal*cog"ra*phy (?), n. [L. calx, calcis, lime, chalk + -graphy.] The art of drawing with chalk.

Calc-sinter

Calc"-sin`ter (?), n. [G. kalk (L. calx, calcis) lime + E. sinter.] See under Calcite.

Calc-spar

Calc"-spar` (?), n. [G. kalk (L. calx) lime E. spar.] Same as Calcite.

Calc-tufa

Calc"-tu`fa (?), n. [G. kalk (l. calx) lime + E. tufa.] See under Calcite.

Calculable

Cal"cu*la*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. calculable.] That may be calculated or ascertained by calculation.

Calculary

Cal"cu*la*ry (?), a. [L. calculus a pebble, a calculus; cf calcularius pertaining to calculation.] (Med.) Of or pertaining to calculi.

Calculary

Cal"cu*la*ry, n. A congeries of little stony knots found in the pulp of the pear and other fruits.

Calculate

Cal"cu*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calculater (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calculating (?).] [L, calculatus, p. p. of calculate, fr. calculus a pebble, a stone used in reckoning; hence, a reckoning, fr. calx, calcis, a stone used in gaming, limestone. See Calx.]

1. To ascertain or determine by mathematical processes, usually by the ordinary rules of arithmetic; to reckon up; to estimate; to compute.

A calencar exacity calculated than any othe. North.

2. To ascertain or predict by mathematical or astrological computations the time, circumstances, or other conditions of; to forecast or compute the character or consequences of; as, to calculate or cast one's nativity.

A cunning man did calculate my birth. Shak.

3. To adjust for purpose; to adapt by forethought or calculation; to fit or prepare by the adaptation of means to an end; as, to calculate a system of laws for the government and protection of a free people.

[Religion] is . . . calculated for our benefit. Abp. Tillotson.

4. To plan; to expect; to think. [Local, U. S.] Syn. -- To compute; reckon; count; estimate; rate. -- To Calculate, Compute. Reckon, Count. These words indicate the means by which we arrive at a given result in regard to quantity. We calculate with a view to obtain a certain point of knowledge; as, to calculate an eclipse. We compute by combining given numbers, in order to learn the grand result. We reckon and count in carrying out the details of a computation. These words are also used in a secondary and figurative sense. "Calculate is rather a conjection from what is, as to what may be; computation is a rational estimate of what has been, from what is; reckoning is a conclusive conviction, a pleasing assurance that a thing will happen; counting indicates an expectation. We calculate on a gain; we compute any loss sustained, or the amount of any mischief done; we reckon on a promised pleasure; we count the hours and minutes until the time of enjoyment arrives" Crabb.

Calculate

Cal"cu*late (?), v. i. To make a calculation; to forecast caonsequences; to estimate; to compute.
The strong passions, whether good or bad, never calculate. F. W. Robertson.

Calculated

Cal"cu*la`ted (?), p. p. & a.

1. Worked out by calculation; as calculated tables for computing interest; ascertained or conjectured as a result of calculation; as, the calculated place of a planet; the calculated velocity of a cannon ball.

2. Adapted by calculation, contrivance. or forethought to accomplish a purpose; as, to use arts calculated to deceive the people.

3. Likely to produce a certain effect, whether intended or not; fitted; adapted; suited.

The only danger that attends multiplicity of publication is, that some of them may be calculated to injure rather than benefit society. Goldsmith.
The minister, on the other hand, had never gone through an experience calculated to lead him beyond the scope of generally received laws. Hawthorne.

Calculating

Cal"cu*la`ting (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to mathematical calculations; performing or able to perform mathematical calculations.

2. Given to contrivance or forethought; forecasting; scheming; as, a cool calculating disposition. Calculating machine, a machine for the mechanical performance of mathematical operations, for the most part invented by Charles Babbage and G. and E. Scheutz. It computes logarithmic and other mathematical tables of a high degree of intricacy, imprinting the results on a leaden plate, from which a stereotype plate is then directly made.

Calculating

Cal"cu*la`ting, n. The act or process of making mathematical computations or of estimating results.

Calculation

Cal`cu*la"tion (?), n. [OE. calculation, fr. L. calculatio; cf. OF. calcucation.]

1. The act or process, or the result, of calculating; computation; reckoning, estimate. "The calculation of eclipses." Nichol.

The mountain is not so his calculation makes it. Boyle.

2. An expectation based on cirumstances.

The lazy gossips of the port, Abborrent of a calculation crost, Began to chafe as at a personal wrong. Tennyson.

Calculative

Cal"cu*la*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to calculation; involving calculation.
Long habits of calculative dealings. Burke.

Calculator

Cal"cu*la*tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. calculateur.] One who computes or reckons: one who estimates or considers the force and effect of causes, with a view to form a correct estimate of the effects.
Ambition is no exact calculator. Burke.

Calculatory

Cal"cu*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. calculatorius.] Belonging to calculation. Sherwood.

Calcule

Cal"cule (?), n. [F. calcul, fr. L. calculus. See Calculus.] Reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Howell.

Calcule

Cal"cule, v. i. To calculate [Obs.] Chaucer.

Calculi

Cal"cu*li (?), n. pl. See Calculus.

Calculous

Cal"cu*lous (?), a. [L. calculosus.]

1. Of the nature of a calculus; like stone; gritty; as, a calculous concretion. Sir T. Browne.

2. Caused, or characterized, by the presence of a calculus or calculi; a, a calculous disorder; affected with gravel or stone; as, a calculous person.

Calculus

Cal"cu*lus (?), n.; pl. Calculi (#) [L, calculus. See Calculate, and Calcule.]

1. (Med.) Any solid concretion, formed in any part of the body, but most frequent in the organs that act as reservoirs, and in the passages connected with them; as, biliary calculi; urinary calculi, etc.

2. (Math.) A method of computation; any process of reasoning by the use of symbols; any branch of mathematics that may involve calculation. Barycentric calculus, a method of treating geometry by defining a point as the center of gravity of certain other points to which co\'89fficients or weights are ascribed. -- Calculus of functions, that branch of mathematics which treats of the forms of functions that shall satisfy given conditions. -- Calculus of operations, that branch of mathematical logic that treats of all operations that satisfy given conditions. -- Calculus of probabilities, the science that treats of the computation of the probabilities of events, or the application of numbers to chance. -- Calculus of variations, a branch of mathematics in which the laws of dependence which bind the variable quantities together are themselves subject to change. -- Differential calculus, a method of investigating mathematical questions by using the ratio of certain indefinitely small quantities called differentials. The problems are primarily of this form: to find how the change in some variable quantity alters at each instant the value of a quantity dependent upon it. -- Exponential calculus, that part of algebra which treats of exponents. -- Imaginary calculus, a method of investigating the relations of real or imaginary quantities by the use of the imaginary symbols and quantities of algebra. -- Integral calculus, a method which in the reverse of the differential, the primary object of which is to learn from the known ratio of the indefinitely small changes of two or more magnitudes, the relation of the magnitudes themselves, or, in other words, from having the differential of an algebraic expression to find the expression itself.


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Caldron

Cal"dron (?), n. [OE. caldron, caudron, caudroun, OF. caudron, chauderon, F. chaudron, an aug. of F. chaudi\'8are, LL. caldaria, fr. L. caldarius suitable for warming, fr. caldus, calidus, warm, fr. calere to be warm; cf. Skr. \'87r\'be to boil. Cf. Chaldron, Calaric, Caudle.] A large kettle or boiler of copper, brass, or iron. [Written also cauldron.] "Caldrons of boiling oil." Prescott.

Cal\'8ache

Ca*l\'8ache" (?), n. [F. cal\'8ache.] See Calash.

Caledonia

Cal`e*do"ni*a (?), n. The ancient Latin name of Scotland; -- still used in poetry.

Caledonian

Cal`e*do"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Caledonia or Scotland; Scottish; Scotch. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Caledonia or Scotland.

Caledonite

Ca*led"o*nite (?), n. (Min.) A hydrous sulphate of copper and lead, found in some parts of Caledonia or Scotland.

Calefacient

Cal`e*fa"cient (?), a. [L. calefaciens p. pr. of calefacere to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make.] Making warm; heating. [R.]

Calefacient

Cal`e*fa"cient, n. A substance that excites warmth in the parts to which it is applied, as mustard.

Calefaction

Cal`e*fac"tion (?), n. [L. calefactio: cf. F. cal\'82faction.]

1. The act of warming or heating; the production of heat in a body by the action of fire, or by communication of heat from other bodies.

2. The state of being heated.

Calefactive

Cal`e*fac"tive (?), a. See Calefactory. [R.]

Calefactor

Cal`e*fac"tor (?), n. A heater; one who, or that which, makes hot, as a stove, etc.

Calefactory

Cal`e*fac"to*ry (?), a. [L. calefactorius.] Making hot; producing or communicating heat.

Calefactory

Cal`e*fac"to*ry, n.

1. (Eccl.) An apartment in a monastery, warmed and used as a sitting room.

2. A hollow sphere of metal, filled with hot water, or a chafing dish, placed on the altar in cold weather for the priest to warm his hands with.

Calefy

Cal"e*fy (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calefied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calefying.] [L. calere to be warm + -fy] To make warm or hot.

Calefy

Cal"e*fy, v. i. To grow hot or warm. Sir T. Browne.

Calembour

Cal"em*bour` (?), n. [F.] A pun.

Calendar

Cal"en*dar (?), n. [OE. kalender, calender, fr. L. kalendarium an interest or account book (cf. F. calendrier, OF. calendier) fr. L. calendue, kalendae, calends. See Calends.]

1. An orderly arrangement of the division of time, adapted to the purposes of civil life, as years, months, weeks, and days; also, a register of the year with its divisions; an almanac.

2. (Eccl.) A tabular statement of the dates of feasts, offices, saints' days, etc., esp. of those which are liable to change yearly according to the varying date of Easter.

3. An orderly list or enumeration of persons, things, or events; a schedule; as, a calendar of state papers; a calendar of bills presented in a legislative assemblly; a calendar of causes arranged for trial in court; a calendar of a college or an academy. Shepherds of people had need know the calendars of tempests of state. Bacon. Calendar clock, one that shows the days of the week and month. -- Calendar month. See under Month. -- French Republican calendar. See under Vend\'82miaire. -- Gregorian calendar, Julian calendar, Perpetual calendar. See under Gregorian, Julian, and Perpetual.

Calendar

Cal"en*dar, v. t. [Imp. & p. p. Calendared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calendaring.] To enter or write in a calendar; to register. Waterhouse.

Calendarial

Cal`en*da"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to the calendar or a calendar.

Calendary

Cal"en*da*ry (?), a. Calendarial. [Obs.]

Calender

Cal"en*der (?), n. [F. calandre, LL. calendra, corrupted fr. L. cylindrus a cylinder, Gr. Cylinider.]

1. A machine, used for the purpose of giving cloth, paper, etc., a smooth, even, and glossy or glazed surface, by cold or hot pressure, or for watering them and giving them a wavy appearance. It consists of two or more cylinders revolving nearly in contact, with the necessary apparatus for moving and regulating.

2. One who pursues the business of calendering.

My good friend the calender. Cawper.

Calender

Cal"en*der (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calendered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calendering.] [Cf. F. calandrer. See Calender, n.] To press between rollers for the purpose of making smooth and glossy, or wavy, as woolen and silk stuffs, linens, paper, etc. Ure.

Calender

Cal"en*der, n. [Per. qalender.] One of a sect or order of fantastically dressed or painted dervishes.

Calendographer

Cal`en*dog"ra*pher (?), n. [Calendar + -graph + er.] One who makes calendars. [R.]

Calendrer

Cal"en*drer (?), n. A person who calenders cloth; a calender.

Calendric, Calendrical

Ca*len"dric (?), Ca*len"dric*al (?), a., Of or pertaining to a calendar.

Calends

Cal"ends (?), n. pl. [OE. kalendes month, calends, AS. calend month, fr. L. calendae; akin to calare to call, proclaim, Gr. Claim.] The first day of each month in the ancient Roman calendar. [Written also kalends.] The Greek calends, a time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

Calendula

Ca*len"du*la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. calendae calends.] (Bot.) A genus of composite herbaceous plants. One species, Calendula officinalis, is the common marigold, and was supposed to blossom on the calends of every month, whence the name.

Calendulin

Ca*len"du*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A gummy or mucilaginous tasteless substance obtained from the marigold or calendula, and analogous to bassorin.

Calenture

Cal"en*ture (?), n. [F. calenture, fr. Sp. calenture heat, fever, fr. calentar to heat, fr. p. pr. of L. calere to be warm.] (Med.) A name formerly given to various fevers occuring in tropics; esp. to a form of furious delirium accompanied by fever, among sailors, which sometimes led the affected person to imagine the sea to be a green field, and to throw himself into it.

Calenture

Cal"en*ture, v. i. To see as in the delirium of one affected with calenture. [Poetic]
Hath fed on pageants floating through the air Or calentures in depths of limpid flood. Wordsworth.

Calescence

Ca*les"cence (?), n. [L. calescens, p.pr. of calescere, incho. of calere to be warm.] Growing warmth; increasing heat.

Calf

Calf (?), n.; pl. Calves (#). [OE. calf, kelf, AS. cealf; akin to D. kalf, G. kalb, Icel. k\'belfr, Sw. kalf, Dan. kalv, Goth. kalb\'d3; cf. Skr. garbha fetus, young, Gr. grabh to seize, conceive, Ir. colpa, colpach, a calf. \'fb222.]

1. The young of the cow, or of the Bovine family of quadrupeds. Also, the young of some other mammals, as of the elephant, rhinoceros, hippopotamus, and whale.

2. Leather made of the skin of the calf; especially, a fine, light-colored leather used in bookbinding; as, to bind books in calf.

3. An awkward or silly boy or young man; any silly person; a dolt. [Colloq.]

Some silly, doting, brainless calf. Drayton.

4. A small island near a larger; as, the Calf of Man.

5. A small mass of ice set free from the submerged part of a glacier or berg, and rising to the surface. Kane.

6. [Cf. Icel. k\'belfi.] The fleshy hinder part of the leg below the knee. Calf's-foot jelly, jelly made from the feet of calves. The gelatinous matter of the feet is extracted by boiling, and is flavored with sugar, essences, etc.

Calfskin

Calf"skin` (?), n. The hide or skin of a calf; or leather made of the skin.

Cali

Ca"li (?), n. (Hindoo Myth.) The tenth avatar or incarnation of the god Vishnu. [Written also Kali.]

Caliber, Calibre

Cal"i*ber, Cal"ibre (?), n. [F. calibre, perh. fr. L. qualibra of what pound, of what weight; hence, of what size, applied first to a ball or bullet; cf. also Ar. q\'belib model, mold. Cf. Calipers, Calivere.]

1. (Gunnery) The diameter of the bore, as a cannon or other firearm, or of any tube; or the weight or size of the projectile which a firearm will carry; as, an 8 inch gun, a 12-pounder, a 44 caliber.

The caliber of empty tubes. Reid.
A battery composed of three guns of small caliber. Prescott.
&hand; The caliber of firearms is expressed in various ways. Cannon are often designated by the weight of a solid spherical shot that will fit the bore; as, a 12-pounder; pieces of ordnance that project shell or hollow shot are designated by the diameter of their bore; as, a 12 inch mortar or a 14 inch shell gun; small arms are designated by hundredths of an inch expressed decimally; as, a rifle of .44 inch caliber.

2. The diameter of round or cylindrical body, as of a bullet or column.

3. Fig.: Capacity or compass of mind. Burke. Caliber compasses. See Calipers. -- Caliber rule, a gunner's calipers, an instrument having two scales arranged to determine a ball's weight from its diameter, and conversely. -- A ship's caliber, the weight of her armament.

Calibrate

Cal"i*brate (?), v. i. To ascertain the caliber of, as of a thermometer tube; also, more generally, to determine or rectify the graduation of, as of the various standards or graduated instruments.

Calibration

Cal`ibra"*tion (?), n. The process of estimating the caliber a tube, as of a thermometer tube, in order to graduate it to a scale of degrees; also, more generally, the determination of the true value of the spaces in any graduated instrument.

Calice

Cal"ice (?), n. [See Calice.] See Chalice.

Calicle

Cal"i*cle (?), n. [L. caliculus a small cup, dim. of calicis, a cup. Cf Calycle.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of the small cuplike cavities, often with elevated borders, covering the surface of most corals. Each is formed by a polyp. (b) One of the cuplike structures inclosing the zooids of certain hydroids. See Campanularian. [Written also calycle. See Calycle.]

Calico

Cal"i*co (?), n.; pl. Calicoes (#). [So called because first imported from Calicut, in the East Indies: cf. F. calicot.]

1. Plain white cloth made from cotton, but which receives distinctive names according to quality and use, as, super calicoes, shirting calicoes, unbleached calicoes, etc. [Eng.]

The importation of printed or stained colicoes appears to have been coeval with the establishment of the East India Company. Beck (Draper's Dict. ).

2. Cotton cloth printed with a figured pattern. &hand; In the United States the term calico is applied only to the printed fabric. Calico bass (Zo\'94l.), an edible, fresh-water fish (Pomoxys sparaides) of the rivers and lake of the Western United States (esp. of the Misissippi valley.), allied to the sunfishes, and so called from its variegated colors; -- called also calicoback, grass bass, strawberry bass, barfish, and bitterhead. -- Calico printing, the art or process of impressing the figured patterns on calico.

Calico

Cal"i*co (?), a. Made of, or having the apperance of, calico; -- often applied to an animal, as a horse or cat, on whose body are large patches of a color strikingly different from its main color. [Colloq. U. S.]

Calicoback

Cal"i*co*back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The calico bass. (b) An hemipterous insect (Murgantia histrionica) which injures the cabbage and other garden plants; -- called also calico bug and harlequin cabbage bug.

Calicular, a. Caliculate

Ca*lic"u*lar (?), a. Ca*lic"u*late (?), a. Relating to, or resembling, a cup; also improperly used for calycular, calyculate.

Calid

Cal"id (?), a. [L. calidus, fr. calere to be hot.] Hot; burning; ardent. [Obs.] Bailey.

Calidity

Ca*lid"i*ty (?), n. Heat. [Obs.]

Caliduct

Cal"i*duct (?), n. [See Caloriduct.] A pipe or duct used to convey hot air or steam.
Subterranean caliducts have been introduced. Evelyn.

Calif, n., Califate

Ca"lif (?), n., Cal"i*fate (?), n., etc. Same as Caliph, Caliphate, etc.

Californian

Cal`i*for"ni*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to California. -- n. A native or inhabitant of California.

Caligation

Cal`i*ga"tion (?), n. [L. caligatio, fr. caligare to emit vapor, to be dark, from caligo mist, darkness.] Dimness; cloudiness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Caliginosity

Ca*lig`i*nos"ity (?), n. [L. caliginosus dark. See Caligation.] Darkness. [R.] G. Eliot.

Caliginous

Ca*lig"i*nous (?), a. [L. caliginosus; cf. F. caligineux.] Affected with darkness or dimness; dark; obscure. [R.] Blount.
The caliginous regions of the air. Hallywell.
-- Ca*lig"i*nous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lig"i*nous*ness, n.

Caligo

Ca*li"go (?), n. [L., darkness.] (Med.) Dimness or obscurity of sight, dependent upon a speck on the cornea; also, the speck itself.

Caligraphic

Cal`i*graph"ic (?), a. See Calligraphic.

Caligraphy

Ca*lig"ra*phy (?), n. See Caligraphy.

Calin

Ca"lin (?), n. [F., fr. Malay kelany tin, or fr. Kala'a, a town in India, fr. which it came.] An alloy of lead and tin, of which the Chinese make tea canisters.

Calipash

Cal`i*pash" (?), n. [F. carapace, Sp. carapacho. Cf Calarash, Carapace.] A part of a turtle which is next to the upper shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a dull greenish tinge, much esteemed as a delicacy in preparations of turtle.

Calipee

Cal"i*pee (?), n. [See Calipash] A part of a turtle which is attached to the lower shell. It contains a fatty and gelatinous substance of a light yellowish color, much esteemed as a delicacy. Thackeray.

Calipers

Cal"i*pers (?), n. pl. [Corrupted from caliber.] An instrument, usually resembling a pair of dividers or compasses with curved legs, for measuring the diameter or thickness of bodies, as of work shaped in a lathe or planer, timber, masts, shot, etc.; or the bore of firearms, tubes, etc.; -- called also caliper compasses, or caliber compasses. Caliper square, a draughtsman's or mechanic's square, having a graduated bar and adjustable jaw or jaws. Knight. -- Vernier calipers. See Vernier.

Caliph

Ca"liph (?), n. [OE. caliphe, califfe, F. calife (cf. Sp. califa), fr. Ar. khal\'c6fan successor, fr. khalafa to succed.] Successor or vicar; -- a title of the successors of Mohammed both as temporal and spiritual rulers, now used by the sultans of Turkey, [Writting also calif.]

Caliphate

Cal"i*phate (?), n. [Cf. F. califat.] The office, dignity, or government of a caliph or of the caliphs.

Calippic

Ca*lip"pic (?), a. Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer. Calippic period, a period of seventy-six years, proposed by Calippus, as an improvement on the Metonic cycle, since the 6940 days of the Metonic cycle exceeded 19 years by about a quarter of a day, and exceeded 235 lunations by something more.

Calisaya bark

Cal`i*sa"ya bark (?). A valuable kind of Peruvian bark obtained from the Cinchona Calisaya, and other closely related species.

Calistheneum

Cal`is*the"ne*um, n. [NL.] A gymnasium; esp. one for light physical exercise by women and children.

Calisthenis

Cal`is*then"is (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to calisthenics.

Calisthenics

Cal`is*then"ics (?), n. The science, art, or practice of healthful exercise of the body and limbs, to promote strength and gracefulness; light gymnastics.

Caliver

Cal"i*ver (?), n. [Corrupted fr. caliber.] An early form of hand gun, variety of the arquebus; originally a gun having a regular size of bore. [Obs.] Shak.

Calix

Ca"lix (?), n. [L.] A cup. See Calyx.

Calk

Calk (?), v. t. [imp. &p. p. Calked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calking.] [Either corrupted fr. F. calfater (cf. Pg. calafetar, Sp. calafetear), fr. Ar. qalafa to fill up crevices with the fibers of palm tree or moss; or fr. OE. cauken to tred, through the French fr. L. calcare, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calk to copy, Inculcate.]

1. To drive tarred oakum into the seams between the planks of (a ship, boat, etc.), to prevent leaking. The calking is completed by smearing the seams with melted pitch.

2. To make an indentation in the edge of a metal plate, as along a seam in a steam boiler or an iron ship, to force the edge of the upper plate hard against the lower and so fill the crevice.

Calk

Calk (?), v. t. [E.calquer to trace, It. caicare to trace, to trample, fr. L. calcare to trample, fr. calx heel. Cf. Calcarate.] To copy, as a drawing, by rubbing the back of it with red or black chalk, and then passing a blunt style or needle over the lines, so as to leave a tracing on the paper or other thing against which it is laid or held. [Writting also calque]
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Calk

Calk (?), n. [Cf. AS calc shoe, hoof, L. calx, calcis, hel, c\'84lcar, spur.]

1. A sharp-pointed piece or iron or steel projecting downward on the shoe of a nore or an ox, to prevent the animal from slipping; -- called also calker, calkin.

2. An instrument with sharp points, worn on the sole of a shoe or boot, to prevent slipping.

Calk

Calk (?), v. i.

1. To furnish with calks, to prevent slipping on ice; as, to calk the shoes of a horse or an ox.

2. To wound with a calk; as when a horse injures a leg or a foot with a calk on one of the other feet.

Calker

Calk"er (?), n.

1. One who calks.

2. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

Calkin

Calk"in (?), n. A calk on a shoe. See Calk, n., 1.

Calking

Calk"ing (?), n. The act or process of making seems tight, as in ships, or of furnishing with calks, as a shoe, or copying, as a drawing. Calking iron, a tool like a chisel, used in calking ships, tightening seams in ironwork, etc.
Their left hand does the calking iron guide. Dryden.

Call

Call (?), v. i. [imp.& p. p. Called (?); p. r. & vb. n. Calling] [OE. callen, AS. ceallin; akin to Icel & Sw. kalla, Dan. kalde, D. kallen to talk, prate, Gr. gar to praise. Cf. Garrulous.]

1. To command or request to come or be present; to summon; as, to call a servant.

Call hither Clifford; bid him come amain Shak.

2. To summon to the discharge of a particular duty; to designate for an office, or employment, especially of a religious character; -- often used of a divine summons; as, to be called to the ministry; sometimes, to invite; as, to call a minister to be the pastor of a church.

Paul . . . called to be an apostle Rom. i. 1.
The Holy Ghost said, Separate me Barnabas and Saul for the work whereunto I have called them. Acts xiii. 2.

3. To invite or command to meet; to convoke; -- often with together; as, the President called Congress together; to appoint and summon; as, to call a meeting of the Board of Aldermen.

Now call we our high court of Parliament. Shak.

4. To give name to; to name; to address, or speak of, by a specifed name.

If you would but call me Rosalind. Shak.
And God called the light Day, and the darkness he called Night. Gen. i. 5.

5. To regard or characterize as of a certain kind; to denominate; to designate.

What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Acts x. 15.

6. To state, or estimate, approximately or loosely; to characterize without strict regard to fact; as, they call the distance ten miles; he called it a full day's work.

[The] army is called seven hundred thousand men. Brougham.

7. To show or disclose the class, character, or nationality of. [Obs.]

This speech calls him Spaniard. Beau. & Fl.

8. To utter in a loud or distinct voice; -- often with off; as, to call, or call off, the items of an account; to call the roll of a military company.

No parish clerk who calls the psalm so clear. Gay.

9. To invoke; to appeal to.

I call God for a witness. 2 Cor. i. 23 [Rev. Ver. ]

10. To rouse from sleep; to awaken.

If thou canst awake by four o' the clock. I prithee call me. Sleep hath seized me wholly. Shak.
To call a bond, to give notice that the amount of the bond will be paid. -- To call a party (Law), to cry aloud his name in open court, and command him to come in and perform some duty requiring his presence at the time on pain of what may befall him. -- To call back, to revoke or retract; to recall; to summon back. -- To call down, to pray for, as blessing or curses. -- To call forth, to bring or summon to action; as, to call forth all the faculties of the mind. -- To call in, (a) To collect; as, to call in debts or money; ar to withdraw from cirulation; as, to call in uncurrent coin. (b) To summon to one's side; to invite to come together; as, to call in neighbors. -- To call (any one) names, to apply contemptuous names (to any one). -- To call off, to summon away; to divert; as, to call off the attention; to call off workmen from their employment. -- To call out. (a) To summon to fight; to challenge. (b) To summon into service; as, to call out the militia. -- To call over, to recite separate particulars in order, as a roll of names. -- To call to account, to demand explanation of. -- To call to mind, to recollect; to revive in memory. -- To call to order, to request to come to order; as: (a) A public meeting, when opening it for business. (b) A person, when he is transgressing the rules of debate. -- To call to the bar, to admit to practice in courts of law. -- To call up. (a) To bring into view or recollection; as to call up the image of deceased friend. (b) To bring into action or discussion; to demand the consideration of; as, to call up a bill before a legislative body. Syn. -- To name; denominate; invite; bid; summon; convoke; assemble; collect; exhort; warn; proclaim; invoke; appeal to; designate. To Call, Convoke, Summon. Call is the generic term; as, to call a public meeting. To convoke is to require the assembling of some organized body of men by an act of authority; as, the king convoked Parliament. To summon is to require attendance by an act more or less stringent anthority; as, to summon a witness.

Call

Call, v. i.

1. To speak in loud voice; to cry out; to address by name; -- sometimes with to.

You must call to the nurse. Shak.
The angel of God called to Hagar. Gen. xxi. 17.

2. To make a demand, requirement, or request.

They called for rooms, and he showed them one. Bunyan.

3. To make a brief visit; also, to stop at some place designated, as for orders.

He ordered her to call at the house once a week. Temple.
To call for (a) To demand; to require; as, a crime calls for punishment; a survey, grant, or deed calls for the metes and bounds, or the quantity of land, etc., which it describes. (b) To give an order for; to request. "Whenever the coach stopped, the sailor called for more ale." Marryat. -- To call on, To call upon, (a) To make a short visit to; as, call on a friend. (b) To appeal to; to invite; to request earnestly; as, to call upon a person to make a speech. (c) To solicit payment, or make a demand, of a debt. (d) To invoke or play to; to worship; as, to call upon God. -- To call out To call or utter loudly; to brawl.

Call

Call (?), n.

1. The act of calling; -- usually with the voice, but often otherwise, as by signs, the sound of some instrument, or by writing; a summons; an entreaty; an invitation; as, a call for help; the bugle's call. "Call of the trumpet." Shak.

I rose as at thy call, but found thee not. Milton.

2. A signal, as on a drum, bugle, trumpet, or pipe, to summon soldiers or sailors to duty.

3. (Eccl.) An invitation to take charge of or serve a church as its pastor.

4. A requirement or appeal arising from the circumstances of the case; a moral requirement or appeal.

Dependence is a perpetual call upon hummanity. Addison.
Running into danger without any call of duty. Macaulay.

5. A divine vocation or summons.

St. Paul himself believed he did well, and that he had a call to it, when he persecuted the Christians. Locke.

6. Vocation; employment. [In this sense, calling is generally used.]

7. A short visit; as, to make a call on a neighbor; also, the daily coming of a tradesman to solicit orders.

The baker's punctual call. Cowper.

8. (Hunting) A note blown on the horn to encourage the hounds.

9. (Naut.) A whistle or pipe, used by the boatswain and his mate, to summon the sailors to duty.

10. (Fowling) The cry of a bird; also a noise or cry in imitation of a bird; or a pipe to call birds by imitating their note or cry.

11. (Amer. Land Law) A reference to, or statement of, an object, course, distance, or other matter of description in a survey or grant reguiring or calling for a carresponding object, etc., on the land.

12. The privilege to demand the delivery of stock, grain, or any commodity, at a fixed, price, at or within a certain time agreed on. [Brokers' Cant]

13. See Assessment, 4. At call, ∨ On call, liable to be demanded at any moment without previous notice; as money on deposit. -- Call bird, a bird taught to allure others into a snare. -- Call boy (a) A boy who calls the actors in a theater; a boy who transmits the orders of the captain of a vessel to the engineer, helmsman, etc. (b) A waiting boy who answers a cal, or cames at the ringing of a bell; a bell boy. -- Call note, the note naturally used by the male bird to call the female. It is artifically applied by birdcatchers as a decoy. Latham. -- Call of the house (Legislative Bodies), a calling over the names of members, to discover who is absent, or for other purposes; a calling of names with a view to obtaining the ayes and noes from the persons named. -- Call to the bar, admission to practice in the courts.

Calla

Cal"la (?), n. [Linn\'91us derived Calla fr. Gr. calla, calsa, name of an unknown plant, and Gr. (Bot.) A genus of plants, of the order Arace\'91. &hand; The common Calla of cultivation is Richardia Africana, belonging to another genus of the same order. Its large spathe is pure white, surrounding a fleshy spike, which is covered with minute apetalous flowers.

Callat

Cal"lat (?), n. Same as Callet. [Obs.]
A callat of boundless tongue. Shak.

Calle

Calle (?), n. [See Caul.] A kind of head covering; a caul. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Caller

Call"er (?), n. One who calls.

Caller

Cal"ler (?), a. [Scot.]

1. Cool; refreshing; fresh; as, a caller day; the caller air. Jamieson.

2. Fresh; in good condition; as, caller berrings.

Callet

Cal"let (?), n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. caile a country woman, strumpet.] A trull or prostitute; a scold or gossip. [Obs.] [Written also callat.]

Callet

Cal"let v. i. To rail or scold. [Obs.] Brathwait.

Callid

Cal"lid (?), a. [L. callidus, fr. callere to be thick-skinned, to be hardened, to be practiced, fr. callum, callus, callous skin, callosity, callousness.] Characterized by cunning or shrewdness; crafty. [R.]

Callidity

Cal*lid"i*ty (?), n. [L. calliditas.] Acuteness of discernment; cunningness; shrewdness. [R.]
Her eagly-eyed callidity. C. Smart.

Calligrapher

Cal*lig"ra*pher (?), n. One skilled in calligraphy; a good penman.

Calligraphic, Calligraphical

Cal`li*graph"ic (?), Cal`li*graph"ic*al (?), a., [Gr. calligraphique.] Of or pertaining to calligraphy.
Excellence in the calligraphic act. T. Warton.

Calligraphist

Cal*lig"ra*phist (?), n. A calligrapher

Calligraphy

Cal*lig"ra*phy, n. [Gr. calligraphie.] Fair or elegant penmanship.

Calling

Call"ing (?), n.

1. The act of one who calls; a crying aloud, esp. in order to summon, or to attact the attention of, some one.

2. A summoning or convocation, as of Parliament.

The frequent calling and meeting of Parlaiment. Macaulay.

3. A divine summons or invitation; also, the state of being divinely called.

Who hath . . . called us with an holy calling. 2 Tim. i. 9.
Give diligence to make yior calling . . . sure. 2 Pet. i. 10.

4. A naming, or inviting; a reading over or reciting in order, or a call of names with a view to obtaining an answer, as in legislative bodies.

5. One's usual occupation, or employment; vocation; business; trade.

The humble calling of ter female parent. Thackeray.

6. The persons, collectively, engaged in any particular professions or employment.

To impose celibacy on wholy callings. Hammond.

7. Title; appellation; name. [Obs.]

I am more proud to be Sir Rowland's son His youngest son, and would not change that calling. Shak.
Syn. -- Occupation; employment; business; trade; profession; office; engagement; vocation.

Calliope

Cal*li"o*pe (?), n. [L. Calliope, Gr. kalli- (from kallos beautiful) +

1. (Class. Myth.) The Muse that presides over eloquence and heroic poetry; mother of Orpheus, and chief of the nine Muses.

2. (Astron.) One of the astreids. See Solar.

3. A musical instrument consisting of series of steam whistles, toned to the notes of the scale, and played by keys arranged like those of an organ. It is sometimes attached to steamboat boilers.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A beautuful species of humming bird (Stellula Calliope) of California and adjacent regions.

Calliopsis

Cal`li*op"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. pref. (Bot.) A popular name given to a few species of the genus Careopsis, especially to C. tinctoria of Arkansas.

Callipash

Cal`li*pash" (, n. See Calipash.

Callipee

Cal`li*pee" (, n. See Calipee.

Callipers

Cal`li*pers (, n. pl. See Calipers.

Callisection

Cal`li*sec"tion (?), n. [L. callere to be insensible + E. section.] Painless vivisection; -- opposed to sentisection. B. G. Wilder.

Callisthenic, a., Callisthenics

Cal`lis*then"ic, a., Cal`lis*then"ics (?), n. See Calisthenic, Calisthenics.

Callithump

Cal"li*thump` (?), n. A somewhat riotous parade, accompanied with the blowing of tin horus, and other discordant noises; also, a burlesque serenade; a charivari. [U. S.]

Callithumpian

Cal`li*thump"i*an (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a callithump. [U. S.]

Callosan

Cal*lo"san (?), a. (Anat.) Of the callosum.

Callose

Cal"lose (?), a. [See Callous.] (Bot.) Furnished with protuberant or hardened spots.

Callosity

Cal*los"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Callosities (#). [L. callasitas; cf. F. calost\'82.] A hard or thickened spot or protuberance; a hardening and thickening of the skin or bark of a part, eps. as a result of continued pressure or friction.

Callosum

Cal*lo"sum (?), n. [NL., fr. callosus callous, hard.] (Anat.) The great band commissural fibers which unites the two cerebral hemispheres. See corpus callosum, under Carpus.

Callot

Cal"lot (?), n. A plant coif or skullcap. Same as Calotte. B. Jonson.

Callous

Cal"lous (?), a. [L. callosus callous hard, fr. callum, callus, callous skin: cf. F. calleux.]

1. Hardenes; indurated. "A callous hand." Goldsmith. "A callous ulcer." Dunglison.

2. Hardened in mind; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. "The callous diplomatist." Macaulay.

It is an immense blessing to be perfectly callous to ridicule. T. Arnold.
Syn. -- Obdurate; hard; hardened; indurated; insensible; unfeeling; unsusceptible. See Obdurate. -- Cal"lous*ly, adv. -- Cal"lous*ness, n.
A callousness and numbness of soul. Bentley.

Callow

Cal"low (?), a. [OE. calewe, calu, bald, AS. calu; akin to D. kaal, OHG. chalo, G. Kuhl; cf. L. calvus.]

1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.

An in the leafy summit, spied a nest, Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed. Dryden.

2. Immature; boyish; "green"; as, a callow youth.

I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid. Old Play [1675].

Callow

Cal*low" (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) [Named from its note.] A kind of duck. See Old squaw.

Callus

Cal"lus (?), n. [L. See Callous.]

1. (Med.) (a) Same as Callosity. (b The material of repair in fractures of bone; a substance exuded at the site of fracture, which is at first soft or cartilaginous in consistence, but is ultimately converted into true bone and unites the fragments into a single piece.

2. (Hort.) The new formation over the end of a cutting, before it puts out rootlets.

Calm

Calm (?), n. [OE. calme, F. calme, fr. It. or Sp. calma (cf. Pg. calma heat), prob. fr. LL. cauma heat, fr. Gr. Caustic] Freodom from motion, agitation, or disturbance; a cessation or abeence of that which causes motion or disturbance, as of winds or waves; tranquility; stilness; quiet; serenity.
The wind ceased, and there was a great calm. Mark. iv. 39.
A calm before a storm is commonly a peace of a man's own making. South.

Calm

Calm, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Calming.] [Cf. F. calmer. See Calm, n.]

1. To make calm; to render still or quet, as elements; as, to calm the winds.

To calm the tempest raised by Eolus. Dryden.

2. To deliver from agitation or excitement; to still or soothe, as the mind or passions.

Passions which seem somewhat calmed.
Syn. -- To still; quiet; appease; ally; pacigy; tranquilize; soothe; compose; assuage; check; restrain.

Calm

Calm (?), a. [compar. Calmer (?); super. Calmest (?)]

1. Not stormy; without motion, as of winds or waves; still; quiet; serene; undisturbed. "Calm was the day." Spenser.

Now all is calm, and fresh, and still. Bryant.

2. Undisturbed by passion or emotion; not agitated or excited; tranquil; quiet in act or speech. "Calm and sinless peace." Milton. "With calm attention." Pope.

Such calm old age as conscience pure And self-commanding hearts ensure. Keble.
Syn. -- Still; quiet; undisturbed; tranquil; peaceful; serene; composed; unruffled; sedate; collected; placid.

Calmer

Calm"er (?), n. One who, or that which, makes calm.

Calmly

Calm"ly (?), adv. In a calm manner.
The gentle stream which calmly flows. Denham.

Calmness

Calm"ness, n. The state of quality of being calm; quietness; tranquillity; self-repose.
The gentle calmness of the flood. Denham.
Hes calmness was the repose of conscious power. E. Everett.
Syn. -- Quietness; quietude; stillness; tranquillity; serenity; repose; composure; sedateness; placidity.

Calmucks

Cal"mucks (?), n. pl.; sing. Calmuck. A branch of the Mongolian race inbabiting parts of the Russian and Chinese empires; also (sing.), the language of the Calmucks. [Written also Kalmucks.]

Calmy

Calm"y (?), a. [Fr. Calm, n.] Tranquil; peaceful; calm. [Poet.] "A still and calmy day" Spenser.

Calomel

Cal"o*mel (?), n. [Gr. calom\'82las.] (Chem.) Mild chloride of mercury, Hg

Calorescence

Cal`o*res"cence (?), n. [L. calor heat.] (Physics) The conversion of obscure radiant heat info kight; the transmutation of rays of heat into others of higher refrangibility. Tyndall.

Caloric

Ca*lor"ic (?), n. [L. calor heat; cf. F. calorique.] (Physics) The principle of heat, or the agent to which the phenomena of heat and combustion were formerly ascribed; -- not now used in scientific nomenclature, but sometimes used as a general term for heat.
Caloric expands all bodies. Henry.

Caloric

Ca*lor"ic, a. Of or pertaining to caloric. Caloric engine, a kind of engine operated air.

Caloricity

Cal`o*ric"ity (?), n. (Physiol.) A faculty in animals of developing and preserving the heat nesessary to life, that is, the animal heat.

Caloriduct

Ca*lor"i*duct (?), n. [L. calor heat (fr. calere to warm) + E. duct.] A tube or duct for conducting heat; a caliduct.

Calorie

Cal"o*rie (?), n. [F., fr. L. calor heat.] (Physics) The unit of heat according to the Frensc standard; the amount of heat requires to raise the temperature of one kilogram (sometimes, one gram) of water one degree centigrade, or from 0Foot pound
.

Calorifacient

Ca*lor`i*fa"cient (?), a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.

Calorifere

Ca*lor"i*fere (?), n. [F. calorif\'8are, fr. L. calor heat + ferre to bear.] An apparatus for conveying and distributing heat, especially by means of hot water circulating in tubes.

Calorifiant

Ca*lor`i*fi"ant (?), a. (Physiol.) See Calorificient.

Calorific

Cal`o*rif"ic (?), a. [L. calorificus; calor heat + facere to make; cf. F. calorifique.] Possessing the quality of producing heat; heating. Calorific rays, the invisible, heating rays which emanate from the sum, and burning and heated bodies.

Calorification

Ca*lor`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. calorification.] Production of heat, esp. animal heat.

Calorificlent

Ca*lor`i*fi"clent (?), a. (Physiol.) Having, or relating to the power of producing heat; -- applied to foods which, being rich in carbon, as the fats, are supposed to give rise to heat in the animal body by oxidation.

Calorimeter

Cal`o*rim"e*ter (?), n. [L. calor heat + -meter; cf. F. calorim\'8atre.]

1. (Physiol.) An apparatus for measuring the amount of heat contained in bodies or developed by some mechanical or chemical process, as friction, chemical combination, combustion, etc.

2. (Engineering) An apparatus for measuring the proportion of unevaporated water contained in steam.

Calorimetric

Ca*lor`i*met"ric (?), a. Of or pertaining to process of using the calorimeter.
Satisfactory calorimetric results. Nichol.

Calorimetry

Cal`o*rim"e*try (?), n. (Physics) Measurement of the quantities of heat in bodies.

Calorimotor

Ca*lor`i*mo"tor (?), n. [L. calor heat + E. motor.] (Physics) A voltaic battery, having a large surface of plate, and producing powerful heating effects.

Calotte, Callot

Ca*lotte" (?), Cal"lot (?), n. [F. calotte, dim. of cale a sort of flat cap. Cf. Caul.] A close cap without visor or brim. Especially: (a) Such a cap, worn by English serjeants at law. (b) Such a cap, worn by the French cavalry under their helmets. (c) Such a cap, worn by the clergy of the Roman Catholic Church. To assume the calotte, to become a priest.

Calotype

Cal"o*type (?), n. [Gr. (Photog.) A method of taking photographic pictures, on paper sensitized with iodide of silver; -- also called Talbotype, from the inventor, Mr. Fox. Talbot.

Caloyer

Ca*loy"er (?), n. [F., fr. NGr. A monk of the Greek Church; a cenobite, anchoret, or recluse of the rule of St. Basil, especially, one on or near Mt. Athos.

Calque

Calque, v. t. See 2d Calk, v. t.

Caltrop, Caltrap

Cal"trop (?), Cal"trap (?), n. [OE. calketrappe, calletrappe, caltor (in both senses), fr. AS. collr\'91ppe, calcetreppe, sort of thistle; cf. F. chaussetrape star thistle, trap, It. calcatreppo, calcatreppolo, star thistle. Perh. from L. calx heel + the same word as E. trap. See 1st Trap.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous plants (Tribulus) of the order Zygophylle\'91, having a hard several-celled fruit, armed with stout spines, and resembling the military instrument of the same name. The species grow in warm countries, and are often very annoying to cattle.

2. (Mil.) An instrument with four iron points, so disposed that, any three of them being on the ground, the other projects upward. They are scattered on the ground where an enemy's cavalry are to pass, to impede their progress by endangering the horses' feet.

Calumba

Ca*lum"ba (?), n. [from kalumb, its native name in Mozambique.] (Med.) The root of a plant (Jateorrhiza Calumba, and probably Cocculus palmatus), indigenous in Mozambique. It has an unpleasantly bitter taste, and is used as a tonic and antiseptic. [Written also colombo, columbo, and calombo.] American calumba, the Frasera Carolinensis, also called American gentian. Its root has been used in medicine as bitter tonic in place of calumba.

Calumbin

Ca*lum"bin (?), n. (Chem.) A bitter principle extracted as a white crystalline substance from the calumba root. [Written also colombin, and columbin]

Calumet

Cal"u*met (?), n. [F. calumet, fr. L. calamus reed. See Halm, and cf. Shawm.] A kind of pipe, used by the North American Indians for smoking tobacco. The bowl is usually made of soft red stone, and the tube is a long reed often ornamented with feathers.
Smoked the calumet, the Peace pipe, As a signal to the nations. Lowgfellow.
&hand; The calumet is used as a symbol of peace. To accept the calumet is to agree to terms of peace, and to refuse it is to reject them. The calumet of peace is used to seal or ratify contracts and alliances, and as an evidence to strangers that they are welcome.

Calumniate

Ca*lum"ni*ate (?), v. i. [Imp. & p. p. Calumniated; p. pr. & vb. n. calumniating.] [L. calumniatus, p. p. of calumniari. See Calumny, and cf. Challenge, v. t.] To accuse falsely and maliciously of a crime or offense, or of something disreputable; to slander; to libel.
Hatred unto the truth did always falsely report and calumniate all godly men's doings. Strype.
Syn. -- To asperse; slander; defame; vilify; traduce; belie; bespatter; blacken; libel. See Asperse.

Calumniate

Ca*lum"ni*ate, v. i. To propagate evil reports with a design to injure the reputation of another; to make purposely false charges of some offense or crime.

Calumniation

Ca*lum`ni*a"tion (?), n. False accusation of crime or offense, or a malicious and false representation of the words or actions of another, with a view to injure his good name.
The calumniation of her principal counselors. Bacon.

Calumniator

Ca*lum`ni*a"tor (?), n. [L.] One who calumniates. Syn. -- Slanderer; defamer; libeler; traducer.

Calumniatory

Ca*lum"ni*a*to*ry (?), a. Containing calumny; slanderous. Montagu.

Calumnious

Ca*lum"ni*ous (?), a. [L. calumniosus.] Containing or implying calumny; false, malicious, and injurious to reputation; slanderous; as, calumnious reports.
Virtue itself 'scapes not calumnious strokes. Shak.
. Slanderous; defamatory; scurrilous; opprobrious; derogatory; libelous; abusive. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ly, adv. -- Ca*lum"ni*ous*ness, n.

Calumny

Cal"um*ny (?), n.; pl. Calumnies (#). [L. calumnia, fr. calvi to devise tricks, deceive; cf. F. calomnie. Cf. Challenge, n.] False accusation of a crime or offense, maliciously made or reported, to the injury of another; malicious misrepresentation; slander; detraction. "Infamouse calumnies." Motley.
Be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny. Shak.

Calvaria

Cal*va"ri*a (?), n. [L. See Calvary.] (Anat.) The bones of the cranium; more especially, the bones of the domelike upper portion.

Calvary

Cal"va*ry (?), n. [L. calvaria a bare skull, fr. calva the scalp without hair. fr. calvus bald; cf. F. calvaire.]

1. The place where Christ was crucified, on a small hill outside of Jerusalem. Luke xxiii. 33. &hand; The Latin calvaria is a translation of the Greek Golgotha. Dr. W. Smith.

2. A representation of the crucifixion, consisting of three crosses with the figures of Christ and the thieves, often as large as life, and sometimes surrounded by figures of other personages who were present at the crucifixion.

3. (Her.) A cross, set upon three steps; -- more properly called cross calvary.

Calve

Calve (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Calved 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Calving.] [AS. cealfian. See Calf.]

1. To bring forth a calf. "Their cow calveth." Job xxi. 10.

2. To bring forth young; to produce offspring.

Canst thou mark when the hinds do calve? Job xxxix. 1.
The grassy clods now calved. Molton.

Calver

Cal"ver (?), v. i.

1. To cut in slices and pickle, as salmon. [Obs.]

For a change, leave calvered salmon and eat sprats. Massinger.

2. To crimp; as, calvered salmon. Nares.

Calver

Cal"ver, v. i. To bear, or be susceptible of, being calvered; as, grayling's flesh will calver. Catton.

Calvessnout

Calves"*snout (?), n. (Bot.) Snapdragon.

Calvinism

Cal"vin*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. Calvinisme.] The theological tenets or doctrines of John Calvin (a French theologian and reformer of the 16th century) and his followers, or of the so-called calvinistic churches. &hand; The distinguishing doctrines of this system, usually termed the five points of Calvinism, are original sin or total depravity, election or predestination, particular redemption, effectual calling, and the perseverance of the saints. It has been subject to many variations and modifications in different churches and at various times.

Calvinist

Cal"vin*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. Calviniste.] A follower of Calvin; a believer in Calvinism.

Calvinistic, Calvinistical

Cal`vin*is"tic (?), Cal`vin*is"tic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to Calvin, or Calvinism; following Calvin; accepting or Teaching Calvinism. "Calvinistic training." Lowell.

Calvinize

Cal"vin*ize (?), v. t. To convert to Calvinism.

Calvish

Calv"ish (?), a. Like a calf; stupid. Sheldon.

Calx

Calx (?), n.; pl. E. Calxes (#), L. Calces (#). [L. Calx, calcis. limestone; cf. Gr. carraic rock Gael. carraig, W. careg, stone. Cf. Chalk.]

1. (Chem.) (a) Quicklime. [Obs.] (b) The substance which remains when a metal or mineral has been subjected to calcination or combustion by heat, and which is, or may be, reduced to a fine powder. &hand; Metallic calxes are now called oxides.

2. Broken and refuse glass, returned to the post.

Calycifloral, callyciflorous

Ca*lyc`i*flo"ral (?), cal*lyc`i*flo"rous (?), a. [L. calyx, -ycis, calyx + flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having the petals and stamens adnate to the calyx; -- applied to a subclass of dicotyledonous plants in the system of the French botanist Candolle.

Calyciform

Ca*lyc"i*form (?), a. [L. calyx, calycis, calyx + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form or appearance of a calyx.

Calycinal, Calycine

Ca*lyc"i*nal (?), Cal"y*cine (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a calyx; having the nature of a calyx.

Calycle

Cal"y*cle (?), n. [L.calyculus small flower bud, calyx, dim. of calyx. See Calyx, and cf. Calicle.] (Bot.) A row of small bracts, at the base of the calyx, on the outside.

Calycled

Cal"y*cled (?), a. (Bot.) Calyculate.

Calycozoa

Cal`y*co*zo"a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of acalephs of which Lucernaria is the type. The body is cup-shaped with eight marginal lobes bearing clavate tentacles. An aboral sucker serves for attachment. The interior is divided into four large compartments. See Lucernarida.

Calycular

Ca*lyc"u*lar (?), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the bracts of a calycle.

Calyculate, Calyculated

Ca*lyc"u*late (?), Ca*lyc"u*la`ted (?), a. (Bot.) Having a set of bracts resembling a calyx.

Calymene

Ca*lym"e*ne (?), n. [Gr. ( (Zo\'94l.) A genus of trilobites characteristic of the Silurian age.

Calyon

Cal"yon (?), n. Flint or pebble stone, used in building walls, etc. Haliwell.

Calypso

Ca*lyp"so (?), n. [The Latinized Greek name of a beautiful nymph.] (Bot.) A small and beautiful species of orchid, having a flower variegated with purple, pink, and yellow. It grows in cold and wet localities in the northern part of the United States. The Calypso borealis is the only orchid which reaches 68° N.

Calyptra

Ca*lyp"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A little hood or veil, resembling an extinguisher in form and position, covering each of the small flaskike capsules which contain the spores of mosses; also, any similar covering body.

Calyptriform

Ca*lyp"tri*form (?), a. [Calyptra + -form.] Having the form a calyptra, or extinguisher.

Calyx

Ca"lyx (?), n.; pl. E. Calyxes (#), L. Calyces (#). [L. calyx, -ycis, fr. Gr. Chalice Helmet.]

1. (Bot.) The covering of a flower. See Flower. &hand; The calyx is usually green and foliaceous, but becomes delicate and petaloid in such flowers as the anemone and the four-o'clock. Each leaf of the calyx is called a sepal.

2. (Anat.) A cuplike division of the pelvis of the kidney, which surrounds one or more of the renal papil\'91.

Calzoons

Cal*zoons" (?), n. pl. [F. cale\'87ons (cf. It. calzoni breeches), fr. L. calceus shoe.] Drawers. [Obs.]

Cam

Cam (?), n. [Dan. kam comb, ridge; or cf. W. Gael., and Ir., cam bet. See 1st Come.]

1. (Med.) (a) A turning or sliding piece which, by the shape of its periphery or face, or a groove in its surface, imparts variable or intermittent motion to, or receives such motion from, a rod, lever, or block brought into sliding or rolling contact with it. (b) A curved wedge, movable about an axis, used for forcing or clamping two pieces together. (c) A projecting part of a wheel or other moving piece so shaped as to give alternate or variable motion to another piece against which its acts.


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&hand; Cams are much used in machinery involving complicated, and irregular movements, as in the sewing machine, pin machine, etc.

2. A ridge or mound of earth. [Prow. Eng.] Wright. Cam wheel (Mach.), a wheel with one or more projections (cams) or depressions upon its periphery or upon its face; one which is set or shaped eccentrically, so that its revolutions impart a varied, reciprocating, or intermittent motion.

Cam

Cam (?), a. [See Kam.] Crooked. [Obs.]

Camaieu

Ca*ma"ieu (?), n. [F.; of unknown origin. Cf. Cameo.]

1. A cameo. [Obs.] Crabb.

2. (Fine Arts) Painting in shades of one color; monochrome. Mollett.

Camail

Ca*mail" (?), n. [F. camail (cf. It. camaglio), fr. L. caput head + source of E. mail.]

1. (Ancient Armor) A neck guard of chain mall, hanging from the bascinet or other headpiece.

2. A hood of other material than mail; esp. (Eccl.), a hood worn in church services, -- the amice, or the like.

Camarasaurus

Cam`a*ra*sau"rus (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of gigantic American Jurassic dinosaurs, having large cavities in the bodies of the dorsal vertebr\'91.

Camarilla

Ca`ma*ril"la (?), n. [Sp., a small room.]

1. The private audience chamber of a king.

2. A company of secret and irresponsible advisers, as of a king; a cabal or clique.

Camass

Cam"ass (?), n. [American Indian name.] (Bot.) A blue-flowered liliaceous plant (Camassia esculenta) of northwestern America, the bulbs of which are collected for food by the Indians. [Written also camas, cammas, and quamash.] &hand; The Eastern cammass is Camassia Fraseri.

Camber

Cam"ber (?), n. [Of. cambre bent, curved; akin to F. cambrer to vault, to bend, fr. L. camerare to arch over, fr. camera vault, arch. See Chamber, and cf. Camerate.]

1. (Shipbuilding) An upward convexity of a deck or other surface; as, she has a high camber (said of a vessel having an unusual convexity of deck).

2. (Arch.) An upward concavity in the under side of a beam, girder, or lintel; also, a slight upward concavity in a straight arch. See Hogback. Camber arch (Arch.), an arch whose intrados, though apparently straight, has a slightly concave curve upward. -- Camber beam (Arch.), a beam whose under side has a concave curve upward.

Camber

Cam"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cambered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cambering.] To cut bend to an upward curve; to construct, as a deck, with an upward curve.

Camber

Cam"ber, v. i. To curve upward.

Camberkeeled

Cam"ber*keeled (?), a. (Naut.) Having the keel arched upwards, but not actually hogged; -- said of a ship.

Cambial

Cam"bi*al (?), a. [LL. cambialis, fr. cambiars. See Change.] Belonging to exchanges in commerce; of exchange. [R.]

Cambist

Cam"bist (?), n. [F. cambiste, It. cambista, fr. L. cambire to exchange. See Change.] A banker; a money changer or broker; one who deals in bills of exchange, or who is skilled in the science of exchange.

Cambistry

Cam"bist*ry (?), n. The science of exchange, weight, measures, etc.

Cambium

Cam"bi*um (?), n. [LL. cambium exchange, fr. L. cambire to exchange. It was supposed that cambium was sap changing into wood.]

1. (Bot.) A series of formative cells lying outside of the wood proper and inside of the inner bark. The growth of new wood takes place in the cambium, which is very soft.

2. (Med.) A fancied nutritive juice, formerly supposed to orgiginate in the blood, to repair losses of the system, and to promote its increase. Dunglison.

Camblet

Cam"blet (?), n. See Camlet.

Camboge

Cam*boge" (?), n. See Gamboge.

Camboose

Cam*boose" (?), n. (Naut.) See Caboose.

Cambrasine

Cam"bra*sine (?), n. A kind of linen cloth made in Egypt, and so named from its resemblance to cambric.

Cambrel

Cam"brel (?), n. See Gambrel, n., 2. Wright.

Cambria

Cam"bri*a (?), n. The ancient Latin name of Wales. It is used by modern poets.

Cambrian

Cam"bri*an (?), a.

1. (Geog.) Of or pertaining to Cambria or Wales.

2. (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest subdivision of the rocks of the Silurian or Molluscan age; -- sometimes described as inferior to the Silurian. It is named from its development in Cambria or Wales. See the Diagram under Geology.

Cambrian

Cam"bri*an, n.

1. A native of Cambria or Wales.

2. (Geol.) The Cambrian formation.

Cambric

Cam"bric (?), n. [OE. camerike, fr. Cambrai (Flemish Kamerik), a city of France (formerly of Flanders), where it was first made.]

1. A fine, thin, and white fabric made of flax or linen.

He hath ribbons of all the colors i' the rainbow; . . . inkles, caddises, cambrics, lawns. Shak.

2. A fabric made, in imitation of linen cambric, of fine, hardspun cotton, often with figures of various colors; -- also called cotton cambric, and cambric muslin.

CambroBriton

Cam"bro*Brit"on (?), n. A Welshman.

Came

Came (?), imp. of Come.

Came

Came (?), n. [Cf. Scot. came, caim, comb, and OE. camet silver.] A slender rod of cast lead, with or without grooves, used, in casements and stained-glass windows, to hold together the panes or pieces of glass.

Camel

Cam"el (?), n. [Oe. camel, chamel, OF. camel, chamel, F. chameau L. camelus, fr. Gr. g\'bem\'bel, Ar. jamal. Cf. As. camel, fr. L. camelus.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A large ruminant used in Asia and Africa for carrying burdens and for riding. The camel is remarkable for its ability to go a long time without drinking. Its hoofs are small, and situated at the extremities of the toes, and the weight of the animal rests on the callous. The dromedary (Camelus dromedarius) has one bunch on the back, while the Bactrian camel (C. Bactrianus) has two. The llama, alpaca, and vicu\'a4a, of South America, belong to a related genus (Auchenia).

2. (Naut.) A watertight structure (as a large box or boxes) used to assist a vessel in passing over a shoal or bar or in navigating shallow water. By admitting water, the camel or camels may be sunk and attached beneath or at the sides of a vessel, and when the water is pumped out the vessel is lifted. Camel bird (Zo\'94l.), the ostrich. -- Camel locust (Zo\'94l.), the mantis. -- Camel's thorn (Bot.), a low, leguminous shrub (Alhagi maurorum) of the Arabian desert, from which exudes a sweetish gum, which is one of the substances called manna.

Camelbacked

Cam"el*backed` (?), a. Having a back like a camel; humpbacked. Fuller.

Cameleon

Ca*me"le*on (?), n. See Chaceleon. [Obs.]

Camellia

Ca*mel"li*a (?), n. [NL.; -- named after Kamel, a Jesuit who is said to have brought it from the East.] (Bot.) An Asiatic genus of small shrubs, often with shining leaves and showy flowers. Camelia Japonica is much cultivated for ornament, and C. Sassanqua and C. Oleifera are grown in China for the oil which is pressed from their seeds. The tea plant is now referred to this genus under the name of Camellia Thea.

Camelopard

Ca*mel"o*pard (?), n. [LL. camelopardus, L. camelopardalus, camelopardalis, fr. Gr. cam\'82lopard. The camelopard has a neck and head like a camel, and is spotted like a pard. See Camel, and Pard.] (Zo\'94l.) An African ruminant; the giraffe. See Giraffe.

Camelot

Came"lot (?), n. See Camelet. [Obs.]

Camelshair

Cam"els*hair` (?), a. Of camel's hair. Camel's-hair pencil, a small brush used by painters in water colors, made of camel's hair or similar materials. -- Camel's-hair shawl. A name often given to a cashmere shawl. See Cashmere shawl under Cashmere.

Cameo

Cam"e*o (?), n.; pl. Cameos (#). [It cammeo; akin to F. cam\'82e, cama\'8beu, Sp. camafeo, LL. camaeus, camahutus; of unknown origin.] A carving in relief, esp. one on a small scale used as a jewel for personal adornment, or like. &hand; Most cameos are carved in a material which has layers of different colors, such stones as the onyx and sardonyx, and various kinds of shells, being used. Cameo conch (Zo\'94l.), a large, marine, univalve shell, esp. Cassis cameo, C. rua, and allied species, used for cutting cameos. See Quern conch.

Camera

Cam"e*ra (?), n.; pl. E. Cameras (#), L. Camerae (#). [L. vault, arch, LL., chamber. See Chamber.] A chamber, or instrument having a chamber. Specifically: The camera obscura when used in photography. See Camera, and Camera obscura. Bellows camera. See under Bellows. -- In camera (Law), in a judge's chamber, that is, privately; as, a judge hears testimony which is not fit for the open court in camera. -- Panoramic, ∨ Pantascopic, camera, a photographic camera in which the lens and sensitized plate revolve so as to expose adjacent parts of the plate successively to the light, which reaches it through a narrow vertical slit; -- used in photographing broad landscapes. Abney.

Camerade

Came"rade (?), n. See Comrade, [Obs.]

Cameralistic

Cam`e*ra*lis"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to finance and public revenue.

Cameralistics

Cam`e*ra*lis"tics (?), n. [Cf. F. cam\'82ralistique, G. kameralistik, fr. L. camera vault, LL., chamber, treasury.] The science of finance or public revenue.

Camera lucida

Cam"e*ra lu"ci*da (?). [L. camera chamber + L. lucidus, lucida, lucid, light.] (Opt.) An instrument which by means of a prism of a peculiar form, or an arrangement of mirrors, causes an apparent image of an external object or objects to appear as if projected upon a plane surface, as of paper or canvas, so that the outlines may conveniently traced. It is generally used with the microscope.

Camera obscura

Cam"e*ra ob*scu"ra (?). [LL. camera chamber + L. obscurus, obscura, dark.] (Opt.)

1. An apparatus in which the images of extermal objects, formed by a convex lens or a concave mirror, are thrown on a paper or other white surface placed in the focus of the lens or mirror within a darkened chamber, or box, so that the oulines may be traced.

2. (Photog.) An apparatus in which the image of an external object or objects is, by means of lenses. thrown upon a sensitized plate or surface placed at the back or an extensible darkened box or chamber variously modifled; -- commonly called simply the camera.

Camerate

Cam"er*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Camerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Camerzting.] [L. cameratus, p. p. of camerare. See Camber.]

1. To build in the form of a vault; to arch over.

2. To divide into chambers.

Cameration

Cam`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. cameratio.] A vaulting or arching over. [R.]

Camerlingo

Ca`mer*lin"go (?), n. [It.] The papal chamberlain; the cardinal who presides over the pope's household. He has at times possessed great power. [Written also camerlengo and camarlengo.]

Cameronian

Cam`e*ro"ni*an (?), n. A follower of the Rev. Richard Cameron, a Scotch Covenanter of the time of Charies II.
\'b5 Cameron and others refused to accept the "indulgence" offered the Presbyterian clergy, insisted on the Solemn league and Covenant, and in 1680 declared Charles II deposed for tyranny, breach of faith, etc. Cameron was killed at the battle of Airdmoss, but his followers became a denomination (afterwards called Reformed Presbyterians) who refused to recognize laws or institutions which they believed contrary to the kingdom of Christ, but who now avail themselves of political rights.

Camis

Cam"is (?), n. [See Chemise.] A light, loose dress or robe. [Also written camus.] [Obs.]
All in a camis light of purple silk. Spenser.

Camisade, Camisado

Cam`i*sade" (?), Cam`i*sa"do (?), n. [F. camisade a night attack; cf. It. camiciata. See Camis.] [Obs.] (Mil.) (a) A shirt worn by soldiers over their uniform, in order to be able to recognize one another in a night attack. (b) An attack by surprise by soldiers wearing the camisado.
Give them a camisado in night season. Holinshed.

Camisard

Cam"i*sard (?), n. [F.] One of the French Protestant insurgents who rebelled against Louis XIV, after the revocation of the edict of Nates; -- so called from the peasant's smock (camise) which they wore.

Camisated

Cam"i*sa`ted (?), a. Dressed with a shirt over the other garments.

Camisole

Cam"i*sole (?), n. [F. See chemise.]

1. A short dressing jacket for women.

2. A kind of straitjacket.

Camlet

Cam"let (?), n. [F. camelot (akin to Sp. camelote, chamelote, It. cambellbito, ciambellotto, LL. camelotum, camelinum, fr. Ar. khamlat camlet, fr. kaml pile, plush. The word was early confused with camel, camel's hair also being used in making it. Cf. Calamanco] A woven fabric originally made of camel's hair, now chiefly of goat's hair and silk, or of wool and cotton. [Sometimes written camelot and camblet.] &hand; They have been made plain and twilled, of sigle warp and weft, of double warp, and sometimes with double weft also, with thicker yarn. Beck (Draper's Dict. )

Camleted

Cam"let*ed, a. Wavy or undulating like camlet; veined. Sir T. Herbert.

Cammas

Cam"mas (?), n. (Bot.) See Camass.

Cammock

Cam"mock (?), n. [AS. cammoc.] (Bot.) A plant having long hard, crooked roots, the Ononis spinosa; -- called also rest-harrow. The Scandix Pecten-Veneris is also called cammock.

Camomile, Chamomile

Cam"o*mile, Cham"o*mile (?), n.[LL. camonilla, corrupted fr. Gr. Humble, and Melon.] (Bot.) A genus of herbs (Anthemis) of the Composite family. The common camomile, A. nobilis, is used as a popular remedy. Its flowers have a strong and fragrant and a bitter, aromatic taste. They are tonic, febrifugal, and in large doses emetic, and the volatile oil is carminative.

Camonflet

Ca*mon"flet (?), n. [F.] (Mil.) A small mine, sometimes formed in the wall or side of an enemy's gallery, to blow in the earth and cut off the retreat of the miners. Farrow.

Camous, Camoys

Ca"mous (?), Ca"moys (?), a. [F. camus (equiv. to camard) flat-nosed, fr. Celtic Cam croked + suff. -us; akin to L. camur, camurus, croked.] Flat; depressed; crooked; -- said only of the nose. [Obs.]

Camoused

Ca"moused, (, a. [From Camouse] Depressed; flattened. [Obs.]
Though my nose be cammoused. B. Jonson

Camously

Ca"mous*ly, adv. Awry. [Obs.] Skelton.

Camp

Camp (?), n. [F. camp, It. campo, fr. L. campus plant, fleld; akin to Gr. Campaing, Champ, n.]

1. The ground or spot on which tents, huts, etc., are erected for shelter, as for an army or for lumbermen, etc. Shzk.

2. A collection of tents, huts, etc., for shelter, commonly arranged in an orderly manner.

Forming a camp in the neighborhood of Boston. W. Irving.

3. A single hut or shelter; as, a hunter's camp.

4. The company or body of persons encamped, as of soldiers, of surveyors, of lumbermen, etc.

The camp broke up with the confusion of a flight. Macaulay.

5. (Agric.) A mound of earth in which potatoes and other vegetables are stored for protection against frost; -- called also burrow and pie. [Prov. Eng.]

6. [Cf. OE. & AS. camp contest, battle. See champion.] An ancient game of football, played in some parts of England. Halliwell. Camp bedstead, a light bedstead that can be folded up onto a small space for easy transportation. -- camp ceiling (Arch.), a kind ceiling often used in attics or garrets, in which the side walls are inclined inward at the top, following the slope of the rafters, to meet the plane surface of the upper ceiling. -- Camp chair, a light chair that can be folded up compactly for easy transportation; the seat and back are often made of strips or pieces of carpet. -- Camp fever, typhus fever. -- Camp follower, a civilian accompanying an army, as a sutler, servant, etc. -- Camp meeting, a religious gathering for open-air preaching, held in some retired spot, chiefty by Methodists. It usualy last for several days, during which those present lodge in tents, temporary houses, or cottages. -- Camp stool, the same as camp chair, except that the stool has no back. -- Flying camp (Mil.), a camp or body of troops formed for rapid motion from one place to another. Farrow. -- To pitch (a) camp, to set up the tents or huts of a camp. -- To strike camp, to take down the tents or huts of a camp.

Camp

Camp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Camped (?); p. pr. & vb n. Camping.] To afford rest or lodging for, as an army or travelers.
Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.

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Camp, v. i.

1. To pitch or prepare a camp; to encamp; to lodge in a camp; -- often with out.

They camped out at night, under the stars. W. Irving.

2. [See Camp, n., 6] To play the game called camp. [Prov. Eng.] Tusser.

Campagna

Cam*pa"gna (?), n. [It. See Campaing.] An open level tract of country; especially "Campagna di Roma." The extensive undulating plain which surrounds Rome. &hand; Its length is commonly stated to be about ninety miles, and its breadth from twenty-seven to forty miles. The ground is almost entirely volcanic, and vapors which arise from the district produce malaria.

Campagnol

Cam`pa`gnol" (?), n. [F. , fr. campagne field.] (Zo\'94l.) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis), called also meadow mouse, which often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.

Campaign

Cam*paign" (?), n. [F. campagne, It. campagna, fr. L. Campania the level country about Naples, fr. campus field. See Camp, and cf. Champaign, Champagne.]

1. An open field; a large, open plain without considerable hills. SeeChampaign. Grath.

2. (Mil.) A connected series of military operations forming a distinct stage in a war; the time during which an army keeps the field. Wilhelm.

3. Political operations preceding an election; a canvass. [Cant, U. S.]

4. (Metal.) The period during which a blast furnace is continuously in operation.

Campaign

Cam*paign" (?), v. i. To serve in a campaign.

Campaigner

Cam*paign"er (?), n. One who has served in an army in several campaigns; an old soldier; a veteran.

Campana

Cam*pa"na (?), n. [LL. campana bell. Cf. Campanle.]

1. (Eccl.) A church bell.

2. (Bot.) The pasque flower. Drayton.

3. (Doric Arch.) Same as Gutta.

Campaned

Cam*paned" (?), a. (Her.) Furnished with, or bearing, campanes, or bells.

Campanero

Cam`pa*ne"ro (?), n. [Sp., a bellman.] (Zo\'94l.) The bellbird of South America. See Bellbird.

Campanes

Cam*panes" (?), n. pl. [See Campana.] (Her.) Bells. [R.]

Campania

Cam*pa"ni*a (?), n. [See Campaig.] Open country. Sir W. Temple.

Campaniform

Cam*pan"i*form (?), a. [LL. campana bell + -form: cf. F. companiforme.] Bell-shaped.

Campanile

Cam`pa*ni"le (?), n. [It. campanile bell tower, steeple, fr. It. & LL. campana bell.] (Arch.) A bell tower, esp. one built separate from a church.
Many of the campaniles od Italy are lofty and magnificent atructures. Swift.

Campaniliform

Cam`pa*nil"i*form (?), a. [See Campaniform.] Bell-shaped; campanulate; campaniform.

Campanologist

Cam`pa*nol"o*gist (?), n. One skilled in campanology; a bell ringer.

Campanology

Cam`pa*nol"o*gy (?), n. [LL. campana bell _ -logy.] The art of ringing bells, or a treatise on the art.

Campanula

Cam*pan"u*la (?), n. [LL. campanula a little bell; dim. of campana bell.] (Bot.) A large genus of plants bearing bell-shaped flowers, often of great beauty; -- also called bellflower.

Campanulaceous

Cam*pan`u*la"ceous (?), a. (Bot.) Of pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants (Camponulace\'91) of which Campanula is the type, and which includes the Canterbury bell, the harebell, and the Venus's looking-glass.

Campanularian

Cam*pan`u*la"ri*an (?), n. [L. campanula a bell.] (Zo\'94l.) A hydroid of the family ampanularid\'91, characterized by having the polyps or zooids inclosed in bell-shaped calicles or hydrothec\'91.

Campanulate

Cam*pan"u*late (?), a. (Bot.) Bell-shaped.

Campbellite

Camp"bell*ite (?), n. [From Alexander Campbell, of Virginia.] (Eccl.) A member of the denomination called Christians or Disciples of Christ. They themselves repudiate the term Campbellite as a nickname. See Christian, 3.

Campeachy Wood

Cam*peach"y Wood` (?). [From the bay of Campeachy, in Mexico.] Logwood.

Camper

Camp"er (?), n. One who lodges temporarily in a hut or camp.

Campestral, Campestrian

Cam*pes"tral (?), Cam*pes"tri*an (?), a. [L. campester, fr. campus field.] Relating to an open fields; drowing in a field; growing in a field, or open ground.

Camptight

Camp"tight` (?), n. [Cf. Camp, n., 6.] (O. Eng. Law.) A duel; the decision of a case by a duel.

Camphene

Cam"phene (?), n. (Chem.) One of a series of substances C10H16, resembling camphor, regarded as modified terpenes.

Camphine

Cam*phine" (?), n. [From Camphor.] Rectified oil of turpentine, used for burning in lamps, and as a common solvent in varnishes. &hand; The name is also applied to a mixture of this substance with three times its volume of alcohol and sometimes a little ether, used as an illuminant.

Camphire

Cam"phire (?), n. An old spelling of Camphor.

Camphogen

Cam"pho*gen (?), n. [Camphor + -gen: -- formerly so called as derived from camphor: cf. F. camphog\'8ane.] (Chem.) See Cymene.

Camphol

Cam"phol (?), n. [Camphol + -ol.] (Chem.) See Borneol.

Camphor

Cam"phor (?), n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It. camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr. k\'bef\'d4r, prob. fr. Skr. karp\'d4ra.]

1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from different species of the Laurus family, esp. from Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of Linn\'91us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a stimulant, or sedative.

2. A gum resembing ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree (Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo; -- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or borneol. See Borneol. &hand; The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies of similar appearance and properties, as cedar camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar (Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint. Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor tree. -- Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China, but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood and subliming the product.

Camphor

Cam"phor (?), v. t. To impregnate or wash with camphor; to camphorate. [R.] Tatler.

Camphoraceous

Cam`pho*ra"ceous (?), a. Of the nature of camphor; containing camphor. Dunglison.

Camphorate

Cam"phor*ate (?), v. t. To impregnate or treat with camphor.

Camphorate

Cam"phor*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. camphorate.] (Chem.) A salt of camphoric acid.

Camphorate, Camporated

Cam"phor*ate (?), Cam"por*a`ted (?),Combined or impregnated with camphor. Camphorated oil, an oleaginous preparation containing camphor, much used as an embrocation.

Camphoric

Cam*phor"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. camphorique.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, camphor. Camphoric acid, a white crystallizable substance, C10H16O4, obtained from the oxidation of camphor. &hand; Other acid of camphor are campholic acid, C10H18O2, and camphoronic acid, C9H12O5, white crystallizable substances.

Camphretic

Cam*phret"ic (?), a. [rom Camphor.] Pertaining to, or derived from camphor. [R.]

Camping

Camp"ing (?), n.

1. Lodging in a camp.

2. [See Camp, n., 6] A game of football. [Prov. Eng.]

Campion

Cam"pi*on (?), n. [Prob. fr. L. campus field.] (Bot.) A plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus bacciferus), bearing berries regarded as poisonous. Bladder campion, a plant of the Pink family (Cucubalus Behen or Silene inflata), having a much inflated calyx. See Behen. -- Rose campion, a garden plant (Lychnis coronaria) with handsome crimsome crimson flowers.

Campus

Cam"pus (?), n. [L., a field.] The principal grounds of a college or school, between the buildings or within the main inclosure; as, the college campus.

Campylospermous

Cam`py*lo*sper"mous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having seeds grooved lengthwise on the inner face, as in sweet cicely.

Campylotropous

Cam`py*lot"ro*pous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having the ovules and seeds so curved, or bent down upon themselves, that the ends of the embryo are brought close together.

Camus

Cam"us (?), n. See Camis. [Obs.]

Camwood

Cam"wood (?), n. See Barwood.

Can

Can (?), an obs. form of began, imp. & p. p. of Begin, sometimes used in old poetry. [See Gan.]
With gentle words he can faile gree. Spenser.

Can

Can, n. [OE. & AS. canne; akin to D. Kan, G. Kanne, OHG. channa, Sw. Kanna, Dan. kande.]

1. A drinking cup; a vessel for holding liquids. [Shak. ]

Fill the cup and fill can, Have a rouse before the morn. Tennyson.

2. A vessel or case of tinned iron or of sheet metal, of various forms, but usually cylindrical; as, a can of tomatoes; an oil can; a milk can. &hand; A can may be a cylinder open at the top, as for receiving the sliver from a carding machine, or with a removable cover or stopper, as for holding tea, spices, milk, oysters, etc., or with handle and spout, as for holding oil, or hermetically sealed, in canning meats, fruits, etc. The name is also sometimes given to the small glass or earthenware jar used in canning.

Can

Can (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canned (?); p. pr. &vb. n. Canning.] To preserve by putting in sealed cans [U. S.] "Canned meats" W. D. Howells. Canned goods, a general name for fruit, vegetables, meat, or fish, preserved in hermetically sealed cans.

Can

Can (?), v. t. & i. [The transitive use is obsolete.] [imp. Could (#).] [OE. cunnen, cannen (1st sing. pres. I can), to know, know how, be able, AS. cunnan, 1st sing. pres. ic cann or can, pl. cunnon, 1st sing. imp. c\'d4\'ebe (for cun\'ebe); p. p. c\'d4\'eb (for cun\'eb); akin to OS. Kunnan, D. Kunnen, OHG. chunnan, G. k\'94nnen, Icel. kunna, Goth. Kunnan, and E. ken to know. The present tense I can (AS. ic cann) was originally a preterit, meaning I have known or Learned, and hence I know, know how. \'fb45. See Ken, Know; cf. Con, Cunning, Uncouth.]

1. To know; to understand. [Obs.]

I can rimes of Rodin Hood. Piers Plowman.
I can no Latin, quod she. Piers Plowman.
Let the priest in surplice white, That defunctive music can. Shak.

2. To be able to do; to have power or influence. [Obs.]

The will of Him who all things can. Milton.
For what, alas, can these my single arms? Shak.
M\'91c\'91nas and Agrippa, who can most with C\'91sar. Beau. & Fl.

3. To be able; -- followed by an infinitive without to; as, I can go, but do not wish to. Syn. -- Can but, Can not but. It is an error to use the former of these phrases where the sens requires the latter. If we say, "I can but perish if I go," "But" means only, and denotes that this is all or the worst that can happen. When the apostle Peter said. "We can not but speak of the things which we have seen and heard." he referred to a moral constraint or necessety which rested upon him and his associates; and the meaning was, We cannot help speaking, We cannot refrain from speaking. This idea of a moral necessity or constraint is of frequent occurrence, and is also expressed in the phrase, "I can not help it." Thus we say. "I can not but hope," "I can not but believe," "I can not but think," "I can not but remark," etc., in cases in which it would be an error to use the phrase can but.

Yet he could not but acknowledge to himself that there was something calculated to impress awe, . . . in the sudden appearances and vanishings . . . of the masque De Quincey.
Tom felt that this was a rebuff for him, and could not but understand it as a left-handed hit at his employer. Dickens.

Canaanite

Ca"naan*ite (?), n.

1. A descendant of Canaan, the son of Ham, and grandson of Noah.

2. A Native or inbabitant of the land of Canaan, esp. a member of any of the tribes who inhabited Canaan at the time of the exodus of the Israelites from Egypt.

Canaanite

Ca"naan*ite, n. [From an Aramaic word signifying "zeal."] A zealot. "Simon the Canaanite." Matt. x. 4. &hand; This was the "Simon called Zelotes" (Luke vi. 15), i.e., Simon the zealot. Kitto.

Canaanitish

Ca"naan*i`tish (?), a. Of or pertaining to Canaan or the Canaanites.

Ca\'a4ada

Ca*\'a4a"da (?), n. [Sp.] A small ca\'a4on; a narrow valley or glen; also, but less frequently, an open valley. [Local, Western U. S.]

Canada

Can"a*da (?), n. A British province in North America, giving its name to various plants and animals. Canada balsam. See under Balsam. -- Canada goose. (Zo\'94l.) See Whisky Jack. -- Canada lynx. (Zo\'94l.) See Lynx. -- Canada porcupine (Zo\'94l.) See Porcupine, and Urson. -- Canada rice (Bot.) See under Rick. -- Canada robin (Zo\'94l.), the cedar bird.

Canadian

Ca*na"di*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Canada. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Canada. Canadian period (Geol.), A subdivision of the American Lower Silurian system embracing the calciferous, Quebec, and Chazy epochs. This period immediately follows the primordial or Cambrian period, and is by many geologists regarded as the beginning of the Silurian age, See the Diagram, under Geology.

Canaille

Ca*naille" (?), n. [F. canaille (cf. It. canaglia), prop. and orig. a pack of dogs, fr. L. Canis dog.]

1. The lowest class of people; the rabble; the vulgar.

2. Shorts or inferior flour. [Canadian]

Canakin

Can"a*kin (?), n. [Dim. of can.] A little can or cup. "And let me the canakin clink." Shak.

Canal

Ca*nal" (?), n. [F. canal, from L. canalis canal, channel; prob. from a root signifying "to cut"; cf. D. kanaal, fr. the French. Cf. Channel, Kennel gutter.]

1. An artificial channel filled with water and designed for navigation, or for irrigating land, etc.

2. (Anat.) A tube or duct; as, the alimentary canal; the semicircular canals of the ear. Canal boat, a boat for use on a canal; esp. one of peculiar shape, carrying freight, and drawn by horses walking on the towpath beside the canal. Canal lock. See Lock.

Canal coal

Can"al coal` (?). See Cannel coal.

Canaliculate, Canaliculated

Can`a*lic"u*late (?), Can`a*lic"u*la`ted (?), a. [L. canaliculatus channeled, fr. canaliculus, dim. of canalis. See Canal.] Having a channel or groove, as in the leafstalks of most palms.

Canaliculus

Can`a*lic"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Canaliculi (#). [L.] (Anat.) A minute canal.

Canalization

Ca*nal`i*za"tion (?), n. Construction of, or furnishing with, a canal or canals. [R.]

Canard

Ca*nard" (?), n. [F., properly, a duck.] An extravagant or absurd report or story; a fabricated sensational report or statement; esp. one set afloat in the newspapers to hoax the public.

Canarese

Can`a*rese" (?), a. Pertaining to Canara, a district of British India.

Canary

Ca*na"ry (?), a. [F. Canarie, L. Canaria insula one of the Canary islands, said to be so called from its large dogs, fr. canis dog.]

1. Of or pertaining to the Canary Islands; as, canary wine; canary birds.

2. Of a pale yellowish color; as, Canary stone. Canary grass, a grass of the genus Phalaris (P. Canariensis), producing the seed used as food for canary birds. -- Canary stone (Min.), a yellow species of carnelian, named from its resemblance in color to the plumage of the canary bird. -- Canary wood, the beautiful wood of the trees Persea Indica and P. Canariensis, natives of Madeira and the Canary Islands. -- Canary vine. See Canary bird flower, under Canary bird.

Canary

Ca*na"ry, n.; pl. Canaries (#).

1. Wine made in the Canary Islands; sack. "A cup of canary." Shak.

2. A canary bird.

3. A pale yellow color, like that of a canary bird.

4. A quick and lively dance. [Obs.]

Make you dance canary With sprightly fire and motion. Shak.

Canary

Ca*na"ry (?), v. i. To perform the canary dance; to move nimbly; to caper. [Obs.]
But to jig of a tune at the tongue's end, canary to it with your feet. Shak.

Canary bird

Ca*na"ry bird` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A small singing bird of the Finch family (Serinus Canarius), a native of the Canary Islands. It was brought to Europe in the 16th century, and made a household pet. It generally has a yellowish body with the wings and tail greenish, but in its wild state it is more frequently of gray or brown color. It is sometimes called canary finch.<-- and canary. -->
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Canary bird flower (Bot.), a climbing plant (Trop\'91olum peregrinum) with canary-colored flowers of peculiar form; -- called also canary vine.

Canaster

Ca*nas"ter (?), n. [Sp. canasta, canastro, basket, fr. L. canistrum. See Canister.] A kind of tobacco for smoking, made of the dried leaves, coarsely broken; -- so called from the rush baskets in which it is packed in South America. McElrath.

Can buoy

Can" buoy` (?). See under Buoy, n.

Cancan

Can"can (?), n. [F.] A rollicking French dance, accompanied by indecorous or extravagant postures and gestures.

Cancel

Can"cel (?), v. i. [Imp. & p. p. CanceledCancelled (; p. pr. & vb. n. CancelingCancelling.] [L. cancellare to make like a lattice, to strike or cross out (cf. Fr. canceller, OF. canceler) fr. cancelli lattice, crossbars, dim. of cancer lattice; cf. Gr. Chancel.]

1. To inclose or surround, as with a railing, or with latticework. [Obs.]

A little obscure place canceled in with iron work is the pillar or stump at which . . . our Savior was scourged. Evelyn.

2. To shut out, as with a railing or with latticework; to exclude. [Obs.] "Canceled from heaven." Milton.

3. To cross and deface, as the lines of a writing, or as a word or figure; to mark out by a cross line; to blot out or obliterate.

A deed may be avoided by delivering it up to be cancelled; that is, to have lines drawn over it in the form of latticework or cancelli; the phrase is now used figuratively for any manner of obliterating or defacing it. Blackstone.

4. To annul or destroy; to revoke or recall.

The indentures were canceled. Thackeray.
He was unwilling to cancel the interest created through former secret services, by being refractory on this occasion. Sir W. Scott.

5. (Print.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type. Canceled figures (Print), figures cast with a line across the face., as for use in arithmetics. Syn. -- To blot out; Obliterate; deface; erase; efface; expunge; annul; abolish; revoke; abrogate; repeal; destroy; do away; set aside. See Abolish.

Cancel

Can"cel, n. [See Cancel, v. i., and cf. Chancel.]

1. An inclosure; a boundary; a limit. [Obs.]

A prison is but a retirement, and opportunity of serious thoughts, to a person whose spirit . . . desires no enlargement beyond the cancels of the body. Jer. Taylor.

2. (Print) (a) The suppression on striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages. (b) The part thus suppressed.

Cancelier

Can`cel*ier" (?), v. i. [F. chanceler, OF. canseler, to waver, orig. to cross the legs so as not to fall; from the same word as E. cancel.] (Falconry) To turn in flight; -- said of a hawk. [Obs.] Nares.
He makes his stoop; but wanting breath, is forced To cancelier. Massinger.

Cancelier, Canceleer

Can`cel*ier" (?), Can"cel*eer (?), n. (Falconry) The turn of a hawk upon the wing to recover herself, when she misses her aim in the stoop. [Obs.]
The fierce and eager hawks, down thrilling from the skies, Make sundry canceliers are they the fowl can reach. Drayton.

Cancellarean

Can`cel*la"re*an (?), a. Cancellarean. [R.]

Cancellate

Can"cel*late (?), a. [L. cancellatus, p. p. of cancellare, See Cancel, v. t.]

1. (Bot.) Consisting of a network of veins, without intermediate parenchyma, as the leaves of certain plant; latticelike.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the surface coveres with raised lines, crossing at right angles.

Cancellated

Can"cel*la`ted (?), a.

1. Crossbarres; marked with cross lines. Grew.

2. (Anat.) Open or spongy, as some porous bones.

Cancellation

Can`cel*la"tion (?), n. [L. cancellatio: cf. F. cancellation.]

1. The act, process, or result of canceling; as, the cansellation of certain words in a contract, or of the contract itself.

2. (Math.) The operation of striking out common factora, in both the dividend and divisor.

Cancelli

Can*cel"li (?), n. pl. [L., a lattice. See Cancel, v. t.]

1. An interwoven or latticed wall or inclosure; latticework, rails, or crossbars, as around the bar of a court of justice, between the chancel and the have of a church, or in a window.

2. (Anat.) The interlacing osseous plates constituting the elastic porous tissue of certain parts of the bones, esp. in their articular extremities.

Cancellous

Can"cel*lous (?), a. [Cf. L. cancellosus covered with bars.] (Anat.) Having a spongy or porous stracture; made up of cancelli; cancellated; as, the cancellous texture of parts of many bones.

Cancer

Can"cer (?), n. [L. cancer, cancri, crab, ulcer, a sign of the zodiac; akin to Gr. karka crab, and prob. Skr. karkara hard, the crab being named from its hard shell. Cf. Canner, Chancre.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of decapod Crustacea, including some of the most common shore crabs of Europe and North America, as the rock crab, Jonah crab, etc. See Crab.

2. (Astron.) (a) The fourth of the twelve signs of the zodiac. The first point is the northern limit of the sun's course in summer; hence, the sign of the summer solstice. See Tropic. (b) A northern constellation between Gemini and Leo.

3. (Med.) Formerly, any malignant growth, esp. one attended with great pain and ulceration, with cachexia and progressive emaciation. It was so called, perhaps, from the great veins which surround it, compared by the ancients to the claws of a crab. The term it now restricted to such a growth made up of aggregations of epithelial cells, either without support or embedded in the meshes of a trabecular framework. &hand; Four kinds of cancers are recognized: (1) Epithelial cancer, or Epithelioma, in which there is no trabecular framework. See Epithelioma. (2) Scirrhous cancer, or Hard cancer, in which the framework predominates, and the tumor is of hard consistence and slow growth. (3) Encephaloid, Medullary, or Soft cancer, in which the cellular element predominates, and the tumor is soft, grows rapidy, and often ulcerates. (4) Colloid cancer, in which the cancerous structure becomes gelatinous. The last three varieties are also called carcinoma. Cancer cells, cells once believed to be peculiar to cancers, but now know to be epithelial cells differing in no respect from those found elsewhere in the body, and distinguished only by peculiarity of location and grouping. -- Cancer root (Bot.), the name of several low plants, mostly parasitic on roots, as the beech drops, the squawroot, etc. -- Tropic of Cancer. See Tropic.

Cancerate

Can"cer*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cancerated.] [LL. canceratus eaten by a cancer. See Cancer.] To grow into a canser; to become cancerous. Boyle.

Canceration

Can`cer*a"tion (?), n. The act or state of becoming cancerous or growing into a cancer.

Cancerite

Can"cer*ite (?), n. [Cf. F. canc\'82reux.] Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "Cancerous vices." G. Eliot. -- Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. -- Can"cer*ous*ness, n.

Cancriform

Can"cri*form (?), a. [Cancer + -form; cf. F. cancriforme.]

1. Having the form of, or resembling, a crab; crab-shaped.

2. Like a cancer; cancerous.

Cancrine

Can"crine (?), a. [From Cancer.] Having the qualities of a crab; crablike.

Cancrinite

Can"cri*nite (?), n. [Named after Count Cancrin, a minister of finance in Russia.] (Min.) A mineral occurring in hexagonal crystals, also massive, generally of a yellow color, containing silica, alumina, lime, soda, and carbon dioxide.

Cancroid

Can"croid (?), a. [Cancer + oid.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Resembling a crab; pertaining to the Cancroidea, one of the families of crabs, including the genus Cancer.

2. Like a cancer; as, a cancroid tumor.

Cand

Cand (?), n. Fluor spar. See Kand.

Candelabrum

Can`de*la"brum (?) n.; pl. L. Candelabra (#), E. Candelabrums (#). [L., fr. candela candle. See candle.]

1. (Antiq.) (a) A lamp stand of any sort. (b) A highly ornamented stand of marble or other ponderous material, usually having three feet, -- frequently a votive offering to a temple.

2. A large candlestick, having several branches.

Candent

Can`dent (?), a. [L. candens, p. pr. of cand\'89re to glitter. See Candid.] Heated to whiteness; glowing with heat. "A candent vessel." Boyle.

Canderos

Can"de*ros (?), n. An East Indian resin, of a pellucid white color, from which small ornaments and toys are sometimes made.

Candescence

Can*des"cence (?), n. See Inclandescence.

Candicant

Can"di*cant (?), a. [L. candicans, p. pr. of candicare to be whitish.] Growing white. [Obs.] <-- #sic. glowing white? -->

Candid

Can*did (?), a. [F. candide (cf. It. candido), L. candidus white, fr. cand\'89re to be of a glowing white; akin to accend, incend, to set on fire, Skr. chand to shane. Cf. Candle, Incense.]

1. White. [Obs.]

The box receives all black; but poured from thence, The stones came candid forth, the hue of innocence. Dryden.

2. Free from undue bias; disposed to think and judge according to truth and justice, or without partiality or prejudice; fair; just; impartial; as, a candid opinion. "Candid and dispassionate men." W. Irving.

3. Open; frank; ingenuous; outspoken. Syn. -- Fair; open; ingenuous; impartial; just; frank; artless; unbiased; equitable. -- Candid, Fair, Open, Frank, Ingenuous. A man is fair when he puts things on a just or equitable footing; he is candid when be looks impartially on both sides of a subject, doing justice especially to the motives and conduct of an opponent; he is open and frank when he declares his sentiments without reserve; he is ingenuous when he does this from a noble regard for truth. Fair dealing; candid investigation; an open temper; a frank disposition; an ingenuous answer or declaration.

Candidacy

Can"di*da*cy (?), n. The position of a candidate; state of being a candidate; candidateship.

Candidate

Can"di*date (?), n. [L. Candidatus, n. (because candidates for office in Rome were clothed in a white toga.) fr. candidatus clothed in white, fr. candiduslittering, white: cf. F. candidat.] One who offers himself, or is put forward by others, as a suitable person or an aspirant or contestant for an office, privilege, or honor; as, a candidate for the office of governor; a candidate for holy orders; a candidate for scholastic honors.

Candidateship

Can"di*date*ship, n. Candidacy.

Candidating

Can"di*da`ting (?), n. The taking of the position of a candidate; specifically, the preaching of a clergyman with a view to settlement. [Cant, U. S.]

Candidature

Can"di*da*ture (?), n. Candidacy.

Candidly

Can"did*ly (?), adv. In a candid manner.

Candidness

Can"did*ness, n. The quality of being candid.

Candied

Can"died (?), a. [From 1st Candy.]

1. Preserved in or with sugar; incrusted with a candylike substance; as, candied fruits.

2. (a) Converted wholly or partially into sugar or candy; as candied sirup. (b) Conted or more or less with sugar; as, candidied raisins. (c) Figuratively; Honeyed; sweet; flattering.

Let the candied tongue lick absurd pomp. Shak.

3. Covered or incrusted with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Will the cold brook, Candiedwith ice, caudle thy morning tast? Shak.

Candify

Can"di*fy (?), v. t. ∨ v. i. [L. candificare; cand\'89re to be white + -facere to make.] To make or become white, or candied. [R.]

Candiot

Can"di*ot (?), a. [Cf. F. candiote.] Of or pertaining to Candia; Cretary.

Candite

Can"dite (?), n. (Min.) A variety of spinel, of a dark color, found at Candy, in Ceylon.

Candle

Can"dle (?), n. [OE. candel, candel, AS, candel, fr. L. candela a (white) light made of wax or tallow, fr. cand\'89re to be white. See Candid, and cf. Chandler, Cannel, Kindle.]

1. A slender, cylindrical body of tallow, containing a wick composed of loosely twisted linen of cotton threads, and used to furnish light.

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Shak.
&hand; Candles are usually made by repeatedly dipping the wicks in the melted tallow, etc. ("dipped candles"), or by casting or running in a mold.

2. That which gives light; a luminary.

By these blessed candles of the night. Shak.
Candle nut, the fruit of a euphorbiaceous shrub (Aleurites triloba), a native of some of the Pacific islands; -- socalled because, when dry, it will burn with a bright flame, and is used by the natives as a candle. The oil has many uses. -- Candle power (Photom.), illuminating power, as of a lamp, or gas flame, reckoned in terms of the light of a standard candle. Electric candle, A modification of the electric arc lamp, in which the carbon rods, instead of being placed end to end, are arranged side by side, and at a distance suitable for the formation of the arc at the tip; -- called also, from the name of the inventor, Jablockoff candle. -- Excommunication by inch of candle, a form of excommunication in which the offender is allowed time to repent only while a candle burns. -- Not worth the candle, not worth the cost or trouble. -- Rush candle, a candle made of the pith of certain rushes, peeled except on one side, and dipped in grease. -- Sale by inch of candle, an auction in which persons are allowed to bid only till a small piece of candle burns out. -- Standard candle (Photom.), a special form of candle employed as a standard in photometric measurements; usually, a candle of spermaceti so constructed as to burn at the rate of 120 grains, or 7.8 grams, per hour. -- To curse by bell, book and candle. See under Bell.

Candleberry tree

Can"dle*ber`ry tree (?). (Bot.) A shrub (the Myrica cerifera, or wax-bearing myrtle), common in North America, the little nuts of which are covered with a greenish white wax, which was formerly, used for hardening candles; -- also called bayberry tree, bayberry, or candleberry.

Candlebomb

Can"dle*bomb` (#), n.

1. A small glass bubble, filled with water, which, if placed in the flame of a candle, bursts by expansion of steam.

2. A pasteboard shell used in signaling. It is filled with a composition which makes a brilliant light when it explodes. Farrow.

Candle coal

Can"dle coal` (#). See Cannel coal.

Candlefish

Can"dle*fish` (#), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A marine fish (Thaleichthys Pacificus), allied to the smelt, found on the north Pacific coast; -- called also eulachon. It is so oily that, when dried, it may be used as a candle, by drawing a wick through it. (b) The beshow.

Candleholder

Can"dle*hold`er (#), n. One who, or that which, holds a candle; also, one who assists another, but is otherwise not of importance. Shak.

Candlelight

Can"dle*light`, n. The light of a candle.
Never went by candlelight to bed. Dryden.

Candlemas

Can"dle*mas (#), n. [AS. candelm\'91sse, candel candle _ m\'91sse mass.] The second day of February, on which is celebrated the feast of the Purification of the Virgin Mary; -- so called because the candles for the altar or other sacred uses are blessed on that day.

Candlestick

Can"dle*stick` (?), n. [AS. candel-sticca; candel candle + sticca stick.] An instrument or utensil for supporting a candle.

Candlewaster

Can"dle*wast`er (?), n. One who consumes candles by being up late for study or dissipation.
A bookworm, a candlewaster. B. Jonson.

Candock

Can"dock (?) n. [Prob. fr. can + dock (the plant). Cf. G. kannenkraut horsetail, lit. "canweed."] (Bot.) A plant or weed that grows in rivers; a species of of Equisetum; also, the yellow frog lily (Nuphar luteum).

Candor

Can"dor (?), n. [Written also candour.] [L. candor, fr. cand\'89re; cf. F. candeur. See candid.]

1. Whiteness; brightness; (as applied to moral conditions) usullied purity; innocence. [Obs.]

Nor yor unquestioned integrity Shall e'er be sullied with one taint or spot That may take from your innocence and candor. Massinger.

2. A disposition to treat subjects with fairness; freedom from prejudice or disguise; frankness; sincerity.

Attribute superior sagacity and candor to those who held that side of the question. Whewell.

Candroy

Can"droy (?), n. A machine for spreading out cotton cloths to prepare them for printing.

Candy

Can"dy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Candied (?); p. pr & vb. n. Candying.] [F. candir (cf. It. candire, Sp. az\'a3car cande or candi), fr. Ar. & Pers. qand, fr. Skr. Kha\'c9\'c8da piece, sugar in pieces or lumps, fr. kha\'c9\'c8, kha\'c8 to break.]

1. To conserve or boil in sugar; as, to candy fruits; to candy ginger.

2. To make sugar crystals of or in; to form into a mass resembling candy; as, to candy sirup.

3. To incrust with sugar or with candy, or with that which resembles sugar or candy.

Those frosts that winter brings Which candy every green. Drayson.

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Candy

Can"dy (?), v. i.

1. To have sugar crystals form in or on; as, fruits preserved in sugar candy after a time.

2. To be formed into candy; to solidify in a candylike form or mass.

Candy

Can"dy n. [F. candi. See Candy, v. t.] A more or less solid article of confectionery made by boiling sugar or molasses to the desired consistency, and than crystallizing, molding, or working in the required shape. It is often flavored or colored, and sometimes contains fruit, nuts, etc.

Candy

Candy, n. [Mahratta kha\'c9\'c8\'c6, Tamil ka\'c9\'c8i.] A weight, at Madras 500 pounds, at Bombay 560 pounds.

Candytuft

Can"dy*tuft` (?), n. (Bot.) An annual plant of the genus Iberis, cultivated in gardens. The name was originally given to the I. umbellata, first, discovered in the island of Candia.

Cane

Cane (?), n. [OE. cane, canne, OF. cane, F. canne, L. canna, fr. Gr. q\'beneh reed. Cf. Canister, canon, 1st Cannon.]

1. (Bot.) (a) A name given to several peculiar palms, species of Calamus and D\'91manorops, having very long, smooth flexible stems, commonly called rattans. (b) Any plant with long, hard, elastic stems, as reeds and bamboos of many kinds; also, the sugar cane. (c) Stems of other plants are sometimes called canes; as, the canes of a raspberry.

Like light canes, that first rise big and brave. B. Jonson.
&hand; In the Southern United States great cane is the Arundinaria macrosperma, and small cane is. A. tecta.

2. A walking stick; a staff; -- so called because originally made of one the species of cane.

Stir the fire with your master's cane. Swift.

3. A lance or dart made of cane. [R.]

Judgelike thou sitt'st, to praise or to arraign The flying skirmish of the darted cane. Dryden.

4. A local European measure of length. See Canna. Cane borer (Zo\'94.), A beetle (Oberea bimaculata) which, in the larval state, bores into pith and destroy the canes or stalks of the raspberry, blackberry, etc. -- Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.

Cane

Cane (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caning.]

1. To beat with a cane. Macaulay.

2. To make or furnish with cane or rattan; as, to cane chairs.

Canebrake

Cane"brake (?), n. A thicket of canes. Ellicott.

Caned

Caned (?), a. [Cf. L. canus white.] Filled with white flakes; mothery; -- said vinegar when containing mother. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Canella

Ca*nel"la (?), n. [LL. (OE. canel, canelle, cinnamon, fr. F. cannelle), Dim. of L. canna a reed. Canella is so called from the shape of the rolls of prepared bark. See Cane.] (Bot.) A genus of trees of the order Canellace\'91, growing in the West Indies. &hand; The principal species is Canella alba, and its bark is a spice and drug exported under the names of wild cinnamon and whitewood bark.

Canescent

Ca*nes"cent (?), a. [L. canescens, p. pr. of canescere, v. inchoative of canere to be white.] Growing white, or assuming a color approaching to white.

Can hook

Can" hook` (?). A device consisting of a short rope with flat hooks at each end, for hoisting casks or barrels by the ends of the staves.

Cannicula

Can*nic"u*la (?), n. [L. canicula, lit., a little dog, a dim of canis dog; cf. F. canicule.] (Astron.) The Dog Star; Sirius.

Canicular

Ca*nic"u*lar (?), a. [L. canicularis; cf. F. caniculaire.] Pertaining to, or measured, by the rising of the Dog Star. Canicular days, the dog days, See Dog days. -- Canicular year, the Egyptian year, computed from one heliacal rising of the Dog Star to another.

Canicule

Can"i*cule (?), n. Canicula. Addison.

Caninal

Ca*ni"nal (?), a. See Canine, a.

Canine

Ca*nine" (?), a. [L. caninus, fr. canis dog: cf. F. canin. See Hound.]

1. Of or pertaining to the family Canid\'91, or dogs and wolves; having the nature or qualities of a dog; like that or those of a dog.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the pointed tooth on each side the incisors. Canine appetite, a morbidly voracious appetite; bulimia. -- Canine letter, the letter r. See R. -- Canine madness, hydrophobia. -- Canine toth, a toth situated between the incisor and bicuspid teeth, so called because well developen in dogs; usually, the third tooth from the front on each side of each jaw; an eyetooth, or the corresponding tooth in the lower jaw.

Canine

Ca*nine", n. (Anat.) A canine tooth.

Canis

Ca"nis (?), n.; pl. Canes 3. [L., a dog.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of carnivorous mammals, of the family Canid\'91, including the dogs and wolves. Canis major [L., larger dog], a constellation to the southeast of Orion, containing Sirius or the Dog Star. -- Canis minor [L., smaller dog], a constellation to the east of Orion, containing Procyon, a star of the first magnitude.

Canister

Can"is*ter (?), n. [L. canistrum a basket woven from reeds Gr. canistre. See Cane, and Canaster.]

1. A small basket of rushes, or wilow twigs, etc.

2. A small box or case for holding tea, coffee, etc.

3. (Mil.) A kind of case shot for cannon, in which a number of lead or iron balls in layers are inclosed in a case fitting the gun; -- called also canister shot,

Canker

Can"ker (?), n. [OE. canker, cancre, AS. cancer (akin to D. kanker, OHG chanchar.), fr. L. cancer a cancer; or if a native word, cf. Gr. cancre, F. chancere, fr. L. cancer. See cancer, and cf. Chancre.]

1. A corroding or sloughing ulcer; esp. a spreading gangrenous ulcer or collection of ulcers in or about the mouth; -- called also water canker, canker of the mouth, and noma.

2. Anything which corrodes, corrupts, or destroy.

The cankers of envy and faction. Temple.

3. (Hort.) A disease incident to trees, causing the bark to rot and fall off.

4. (Far.) An obstinate and often incurable disease of a horse's foot, characterized by separation of the horny portion and the development of fungoid growths; -- usually resulting from neglected thrush.

5. A kind of wild, worthless rose; the dog-rose.

To put down Richard, that sweet lovely rose. And plant this thorm, this canker, Bolingbroke. Shak.
Black canker. See under Black.

Canker

Can"ker (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cankered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cankering.]

1. To affect as a canker; to eat away; to corrode; to consune.

No lapse of moons can canker Love. Tennyson.

2. To infect or pollute; to corrupt. Addison.

A tithe purloined canker the whole estate. Herbert.

Canker

Can"ker, v. i.

1. To waste away, grow rusty, or be oxidized, as a mineral. [Obs.]

Silvering will sully and canker more than gliding. Bacom.

2. To be or become diseased, or as if diseased, with canker; to grow corrupt; to become venomous.

Deceit and cankered malice. Dryden.
As with age his body uglier grows, So his mind cankers. Shak.

Canker-bit

Can"ker-bit` (?), a. Eaten out by canker, or as by canker. [Obs.]

Canker bloom

Can"ker bloom` (?). The bloom or blossom of the wild rose or dog-rose.

Canker blossom

Can"ker blos`som (?). That which blasts a blossom as a canker does. [Obs.]
O me! you juggler! you canker blossom! You thief of Love! Shak.

Cankered

Can"kered (?), a.

1. Affected with canker; as, a cankered mouth.

2. Affected mentally or morally as with canker; sore, envenomed; malignant; fretful; ill-natured. "A cankered grandam's will." Shak.

Cankeredly

Can"kered*ly, adv. Fretfully; spitefully.

Canker fly

Can"ker fly` (?). A fly that preys on fruit.

Cankerous

Can"ker*ous (?), a. Affecting like a canker. "Canrerous shackles." Thomson.
Misdeem it not a cankerous change. Wordsworth.

Canker rash

Can"ker rash" (?). (Med.) A form of scarlet fever characterized by ulcerated or putrid sore throat.

Cankerworm

Can"ker*worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The larva of two species of geometrid moths which are very injurious to fruit and shade trees by eating, and often entirely destroying, the foliage. Other similar larv\'91 are also called cankerworms. &hand; The autumnal species (Anisopteryx pometaria) becomes adult late in autumn (after frosts) and in winter. The spring species (A. vernata) remains in the ground through the winter, and matures in early spring. Both have winged males and wingless females. The larv\'91 are similar in appearance and habits, and beling to the family of measuring worms or spanworms. These larv\'91 hatch from the eggs when the leaves being to expand in spring.

Cankery

Can"ker*y (?), a.

1. Like a canker; full of canker.

2. Surly; sore; malignant.

Canna

Can"na (?), n. [It.] A measure of length in Italy, varying from six to seven feet. See Cane, 4.

Canna

Can"na (?), n. [L., a reed. See Cane.] (Bot.) A genus of tropical plants, with large leaves and often with showy flowers. The Indian shot. (C. Indica) is found in gardens of the northern United States.

Cannabene

Can"na*bene (?), n. [From Cannabis.] (Chem.) A colorless oil obtained from hemp dy distillation, and possessing its intoxicating properties.

Cannabin

Can"na*bin (?), n. (Chem.) A pisonous resin extracted from hemp (Cannabis sativa, variety Indica). The narcotic effects of hasheesh are due to this resin.

Cannabine

Can"na*bine (?), a. [L. cannabinus.] Pertaining to hemp; hempen. [R.]

Cannabis

Can"na*bis (?), n. [L., hemp. See Canvas.] (Bot.) A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricace\'91; hemp. Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.

Cannel coal

Can"nel coal` (?). [Corrupt. fr. ndle coal.] A kind of mineral coal of a black color, sufficiently hard and solid to be cut and polished. It burns readily, with a clear, yellow flame, and on this account has been used as a substitute for candles.

Cannery

Can"ner*y (?), n. A place where the business of canning fruit, meat, etc., is carried on. [U. S.]

Cannibal

Can"ni*bal (?), n. [Cf. F. cannibale. Columbus, in a letter to the Spanish monarchs written in Oct., 1498, mentions that the people of Hayti lived in great fear of the Caribales (equivalent to E. Caribbees.), the inhabitants of the smaller Antilles; which form of the name was afterward changed into NL. Canibales, in order to express more forcibly their character by a word intelligible through a Latin root "propter rabiem caninam anthropophagorum gentis." The Caribbees call themselves, in their own language. Calinago, Carinago, Calliponam, and, abbreviated, Calina, signifying a brave, from which Columbus formed his Caribales.] A human being that eats human flesh; hence, any that devours its own kind. Darwin.

Cannibal

Can"ni*bal (?), a. Relating to cannibals or cannibalism. "Cannibal terror." Burke.

Cannibalism

Can"ni*bal*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. cannibalisme.] The act or practice of eating human flesh by mankind. Hence; Murderous cruelty; barbarity. Berke.

Cannibally

Can"ni*bal*ly, adv. In the manner of cannibal. "An he had been cannibally given." Shak.

Cannikin

Can"ni*kin (?), n. [Can + -kin.] A small can or drinking vessel.

Cannily

Can"ni*ly, adv. In a canny manner. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

Canniness

Can"ni*ness, n. Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.]

Cannon

Can"non (?), n.; pl.Cannons (#), collectively Cannon. [F. cannon, fr. L. canna reed, pipe, tube. See Cane.]

1. A great gun; a piece of ordnance or artillery; a firearm for discharging heavy shot with great force. &hand; Cannons are made of various materials, as iron, brass, bronze, and steel, and of various sizes and shapes with respect to the special service for which they are intended, as intended, as siege, seacoast, naval, field, or mountain, guns. They always aproach more or less nearly to a cylindrical from, being usually thicker toward the breech than at the muzzle. Formerly they were cast hollow, afterwards they were cast, solid, and bored out. The cannon now most in use for the armament of war vessels and for seacoast defense consists of a forged steel tube reinforced with massive steel rings shrunk upon it. Howitzers and mortars are sometimes called cannon. See Gun.

2. (Mech.) A hollow cylindrical piece carried by a revolving shaft, on which it may, however, revolve independently.

3. (Printing.) A kind of type. See Canon. Cannon ball, strictly, a round solid missile of stone or iron made to be fired from a cannon, but now often applied to a missile of any shape, whether solid or hollow, made for cannon. Elongated and cylindrical missiles are sometimes called bolts; hollow ones charged with explosives are properly called shells. -- Cannon bullet, a cannon ball. [Obs.] -- Cannon cracker, a fire cracker of large size. -- Cannon lock, a device for firing a cannon by a percussion primer. -- Cannon metal. See Gun Metal. -- Cannon pinion, the pinion on the minute hand arbor of a watch or clock, which drives the hand but permits it to be moved in setting. -- Cannon proof, impenetrable by cannon balls. -- Cannon shot. (a) A cannon ball. (b) The range of a cannon.

Cannon

Can"non, n. & v. (Billiards) See Carom. [Eng.]

Cannonade

Can"non*ade" (?), n. [F. Canonnade; cf. It. cannanata.]

1. The act of discharging cannon and throwing ball, shell, etc., for the purpose of destroying an army, or battering a town, ship, or fort; -- usually, an attack of some continuance.

A furious cannonade was kept up from the whole circle of batteries on the devoted towm. Prescott.

2. Fig.; A loud noise like a cannonade; a booming.

Blue Walden rolls its cannonade. Ewerson.

Cannonade

Can`non*ade", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cannonade; p. pr. & vb. n. Cannonading.] To attack with heavy artillery; to batter with cannon shot.

Cannonade

Can`non*ade", v. i. To discharge cannon; as, the army cannonaded all day.

Cannon bone

Can"non bone (?). (Anat.) See Canon Bone.

Cannoned

Can"noned (, a. Furnished with cannon. [Poetic] "Gilbralter's cannoned steep." M. Arnold.

Cannoneer, Cannonier

Can`non*eer", Can`non*ier" (?), n. [F. canonnier.] A man who manages, or fires, cannon.

Cannonering

Can`non*er"ing, n. The use of cannon. Burke.

Cannonry

Can"non*ry (?), n. Cannon, collectively; artillery.
The ringing of bells and roaring of cannonry proclaimed his course through the country. W. Irving.

Cannot

Can"not (?). [Can to be able _ -not.] Am, is, or are, not able; -- written either as one word or two.

Cannula

Can"nu*la (?), n. [L. cannula a small tube of dim. of canna a reed, tube.] (Surg.) A small tube of metal, wood, or India rubber, used for various purposes, esp. for injecting or withdrawing fluids. It is usually associated with a trocar. [Written also canula.]

Cannular

Can"nu*lar (?), a. Having the form of a tube; tubular. [Written also canular.]

Cannulated

Can"nu*la`ted (?), a. Hollow; affording a passage through its interior length for wire, thread, etc.; as, a cannulated (suture) needle. [Written also canulated.]

Canny, Cannei

Can"ny, Can"nei (?), a. [Cf. Icel. kenn skilled, learned, or E. canny. Cf. Kenn.] [North of Eng. & Scot.]

1. Artful; cunning; shrewd; wary.

2. Skillful; knowing; capable. Sir W. Scott.

3. Cautious; prudent; safe.. Ramsay.

4. Having pleasing of useful qualities; gentle. Burns.

5. Reputed to have magical powers. Sir W. Scott. No canny, not safe, not fortunate; unpropitious. [Scot.]

Canoe

Ca*noe" (?), n.; pl. Canoes (#). [Sp. canoa, fr. Caribbean can\'a0oa.]

1. A boat used by rude nations, formed of trunk of a tree, excavated, by cutting of burning, into a suitable shape. It is propelled by a paddle or paddles, or sometimes by sail, and has no rudder.

Others devised the boat of one tree, called the canoe. Raleigh.

2. A boat made of bark or skins, used by savages.

A birch canoe, with paddles, rising, falling, on the water. Longfellow.

3. A light pleasure boat, especially designed for use by one who goes alone upon long excursions, including portage. It it propelled by a paddle, or by a small sail attached to a temporary mast.


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Canoe

Ca*noe" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Canoed (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Canoeing (.] To manage a canoe, or voyage in a canoe.

Canoeing

Ca*noe"ing n. The act or art of using a canoe.

Canoeist

Ca*noe"ist (?), n. A canoeman.

Canoeman

Ca*noe"man, n.; pl. Canoemen (#). One who uses a canoe; one who travels in a canoe.
Cabins and clearing greeted the eye of the passing canoeman. Parkman.

Canon

Can"on (#), n.
[OE. canon, canoun, AS. canon rule (cf. F. canon, LL. canon, and, for sense 7, F. chanoine, LL. canonicus), fr. L. canon a measuring line, rule, model, fr. Gr. Cane, and cf. Canonical.]

1. A law or rule.

Or that the Everlasting had not fixed His canon 'gainst self-slaughter. Shak.

2. (Eccl.) A law, or rule of doctrine or discipline, enacted by a council and confirmed by the pope or the sovereign; a decision, regulation, code, or constitution made by ecclesiastical authority.

Various canons which were made in councils held in the second centry. Hock.

3. The collection of books received as genuine Holy Scriptures, called the sacred canon, or general rule of moral and religious duty, given by inspiration; the Bible; also, any one of the canonical Scriptures. See Canonical books, under Canonical, a.

4. In monasteries, a book containing the rules of a religious order.

5. A catalogue of saints sckowledged and canonized in the Roman Catholic Church.

6. A member of a cathedral chapter; a person who possesses a prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church.

7. (Mus.) A musical composition in which the voice begin one after another, at regular intervals, succesively taking up the same subject. It either winds up with a coda (tailpiece), or, as each voice finishes, commences anew, thus forming a perpetual fugue or round. It is the strictest form of imitation. See Imitation.

8. (Print.) The largest size of type having a specific name; -- so called from having been used for printing the canons of the church.

9. The part of a bell by which it is suspended; -- called also ear and shank. [See Illust. of Bell.] Knight.

10. (Billiards) See Carom. Apostolical canons. See under Apostolical. -- Augustinian canons, Black canons. See under Augustinian. -- Canon capitular, Canon residentiary, a resident member of a cathedral chapter (during a part or the whole of the year). -- Canon law. See under Law. -- Canon of the Mass (R. C. Ch.), that part of the mass, following the Sanctus, which never changes. -- Honorary canon, a canon who neither lived in a monastery, nor kept the canonical hours. -- Minor canon (Ch. of Eng.), one who has been admitted to a chapter, but has not yet received a prebend. -- Regular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who lived in a conventual community and follower the rule of St. Austin; a Black canon. -- Secular canon (R. C. Ch.), one who did not live in a monastery, but kept the hours.

Ca\'a4on

Ca*\'a4on" (?), n. [Sp., a tube or hollow, fr. ca\'a4a reed, fr. L. canna. See Cane.] A deep gorge, ravine, or gulch, between high and steep banks, worn by water courses. [Mexico & Western U. S.]

Canon bit

Can"on bit` (?). [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule.] That part of a bit which is put in a horse's mouth.

Canon bone

Can"on bone` (?). [F. canon, fr. L. canon a rule. See canon.] (Anat.) The shank bone, or great bone above the fetlock, in the fore and hind legs of the horse and allied animals, corresponding to the middle metacarpal or metatarsal bone of most mammals. See Horse.

Canoness

Can"on*ess (?), n. [Cf. LL. canonissa.] A woman who holds a canonry in a conventual chapter. Regular canoness, one bound by the poverty, and observing a strict rule of life. -- Secular canoness, one allowed to hold private property, and bound only by vows of chastity and obedience so long as she chose to remain in the chapter.

Canonic, Cannonical

Ca*non"ic (?), Can*non"ic*al (?), a [L. cannonicus, LL. canonicalis, fr. L. canon: cf. F. canonique. See canon.] Of or pertaining to a canon; established by, or according to a , canon or canons. "The oath of canonical obedience." Hallam. Canonical books, ∨ Canonical Scriptures, those books which are declared by the canons of the church to be of divine inspiration; -- called collectively the canon. The Roman Catolic Church holds as canonical several books which Protestants reject as apocryphal. -- Canonical epistles, an appellation given to the epistles called also general or catholic. See Catholic epistles, under Canholic. -- Canonical form (Math.), the simples or most symmetrical form to which all functions of the same class can be reduced without lose of generality. -- Canonical hours, certain stated times of the day, fixed by ecclesiastical laws, and appropriated to the offices of prayer and devotion; also, certain portions of the Breviary, to be used at stated hours of the day. In England, this name is also given to the hours from 8 a. m. to 3 p. m. (formerly 8 a. m. to 12 m.) before and after which marriage can not be legally performed in any parish church. -- Canonical letters, letters of several kinds, formerly given by a dishop to traveling clergymam or laymen, to show that they were entitled to receive the cammunion, and to distinguish them from heretics. -- Canonical life, the method or rule of living prescribed by the ancient cleargy who lived in community; a course of living prescribed for the clergy, less rigid that the monastic, and more restrained that the secular. -- Canonical obedience, submission to the canons of a canons of a church, especially the submission of the inferior cleargy to their bishops, and of other religious orders to their supriors. -- Canonical punishments, such as the church may inflict, as excommunication, degradation, penance, etc. -- Canonical sins (Anc. Church.), those for which capital punishment or puplic penance decreed by the canon was inflicted, as idolatry, murder, adultery, heresy.

Canonically

Ca*non"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a canonical manner; according to the canons.

Canonicalness

Ca*non"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being canonical; canonicity. Bp. Burnet.

Canonicals

Ca*non"ic*als (?), n. pl. The dress prescribed by canon to be worn by a clergyman when oficiating. Sometimes, any distinctive professional dress. Full canonicals, the complete costume of an officiating clergyman or ecclesiastic.

Canonicate

Ca*non"i*cate (?), n. [LL. canonucatus canonical: cf. F. canonicat.] The office of a canon; a canonry.

Canonicity

Can`on*ic"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. canonicit\'82.] The state or quality of being canonical; agreement with the canon.

Canonist

Can"on*ist, n. [Cf. F. canoniste.] A professor of canon law; one skilled in the knowledge and practice of ecclesiastical law. South.

Canonistic

Can`on*is"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a canonist. "This canonistic exposition." Milton.

Canonization

Can`on*i*za"tion (?), n. [F. canonisation.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) The final process or decree (following beatifacation) by which the name of a deceased person is placed in the catalogue (canon) of saints and commended to perpetual veneration and invocation.

Canonization of saints was not known to the Christian church titl toward the middle of the tenth century. Hoock.

2. The state of being canonized or sainted.

Canonize

Can"on*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Canonizing.] [F. canoniser or LL. canonizare, fr. L. canon.. See Canon.]

1. (Eccl.) To declare (a deceased person) a saint; to put in the catalogue of saints; as, Thomas a Becket was canonized.

2. To glorify; to exalt to the highest honor.

Fame in time to come canonize us. Shak.

2. To rate as inspired; to include in the canon.[R.]

Canonry

Can"on*ry (?), n. pl. Canonries (. A benefice or prebend in a cathedral or collegiate church; a right to a place in chapter and to a portion of its revenues; the dignity or emoluments of a canon.

Canonship

Can"on*ship (?), a. Of pertaining to Canopus in egypt; as, the Canopic vases, used in embalming.

Canopus

Ca*no"pus (?), n. [L. Canopus, fr. Gr. (Astron.) A star of the first magnitude in the southern constellation Argo.

Canopy

Can"o*py (?), n.; pl. Canopies (#). [Oe. canopie, F. canop\'82sofa, Of canop\'82e, canopeu, canopieu, canopy, vail, pavilion (cf. It. canep\'8acanopy, sofa), LL. canopeum a bed with mosquito curtains, fr. Gr. Cone, and Optic.]

1. A covering fixed over a bed, dais, or the like, or carried on poles over an exalted personage or a sacred object, etc. chiefly as a mark of honor. "Golden canoniec and beds of state." Dryden.

2. (Arch.) (a) An ornamental projection, over a door, window, niche, etc. (b) Also, a roofike covering, supported on pilars over an altar, a statue, a fountain, etc.

Canopy

Can"o*py, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Canopes (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Canopying.] To cover with, or as with, a canopy. "A bank with ivy canopied." Milton.

Canorous

Ca*no"rous (?), a. [L. canorus, from nor melody, fr. canere to sing.] Melodious; musical. "Birds that are most canorous." Sir T. Browne.
A long, lound, and canorous peal of laughter. De Quincey.

Canorousness

Ca*no"rous*ness, n. The quality of being musical.
He chooses his language for its rich canorousness. Lowell.

Canstick

Can"stick` (?), n. Candlestick. [Obs.] Shak.

Cant

Cant (?), n. [OF., edge, angle, prof. from L. canthus the iron ring round a carriage wheel, a wheel, Gr. cant the stake or tire of a wheel. Cf. Canthus, Canton, Cantle.]

1. A corner; angle; niche. [Obs.]

The first and principal person in the temple was Irene, or Peace; she was placed aloft in a cant. B. Jonson.

2. An outer or external angle.

3. An inclination from a horizontal or vertical line; a slope or bevel; a titl. Totten.

4. A sudden thrust, push, kick, or other impulse, producing a bias or change of direction; also, the bias or turn so give; as, to give a ball a cant.

5. (Coopering) A segment forming a side piece in the head of a cask. Knight.

6. (Mech.) A segment of he rim of a wooden cogwheel. Knight.

7. (Naut.) A piece of wood laid upon athe deck of a vessel to support the bulkneads. Cant frames, Cant timbers (Naut.), timber at the two ends of a ship, rising obliquely from the keel.

Cant

Cant, v. t. [imp & p. p. Canted; p. pr. & vb. N. Canting.]

1. To incline; to set at an angle; to titl over; to tip upon the edge; as, to cant a cask; to cant a ship.

2. To give a sudden turn or new direction to; as, to cant round a stick of timber; to cant a football.

3. To cut off an angle from, as from a square piece of timber, or from the head of a bolt.

Cant

Cant, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, F. chant, singing, in allusion to the singing or whining tine of voice used by beggars, fr. L. cantus. See Chant.]

1. An affected, singsong mode of speaking.

2. The idioms and peculiarities of speech in any sect, class, or occupation. Goldsmith.

The cant of any profession. Dryden.

3. The use of religious phraseology without understanding or sincerity; empty, solemn speech, implying what is not felt; hypocrisy.

4. Vulgar jargon; slang; the secret language spoker by gipsies, thieves. tramps, or beggars.

Cant

Cant (?), a. Of the nature of cant; affected; vulgar.
To introduce and multiply cant words in the most ruinous corruption in any language. Swift.

Cant

Cant, v. i.

1. To speak in a whining voice, or an affected, sinsong tone.

2. To make whining pretensions to goodness; to talk with an affectation of religion, philanthropy, etc.; to practice hypocrisy; as, a canting fanatic.

The rankest rogue that ever canted. Beau. & Fl.

3. To use pretentious language, barbarous jargon, or technical termes; to talk with an affectation of learning.

The doctor here, When he discqurseth of dissection, Of vena cava and of vena porta, The meser\'91um and the mesentericum, What does he else but cant. B. Jonson
That uncouth affected garb of speech, or canting hanguage, if I may so call it. Bp. Sanderson.

Cant

Cant, n. [Prob. from OF. cant, equiv. to L. quantum; cf. F. encan, fr. L. in quantum, i.e. "for how much?"] A all for bidders at a public sale; an auction. "To sell their leases by cant." Swift.

Cant

Cant, v. t. to sell by auction, or bid a price at a sale by auction. [Archaic] Swift.

Can't

Can't (?). A colloquial contraction for can not.

Cantab

Can"tab (?), n. [Abbreviated from Cantabrigian.] A Cantabrigian. [Colloq.] Sir W. Scott.

Cantabile

Can*ta"bi*le (?), a. [It., cantare to sing.] (Mus.) In a melodious, flowing style; in a singing style, as opposed to bravura, recitativo, or parlando.

Cantabile

Can*ta"bi*le, n. (Mus.) A piece or pessage, whether vocal or instrumental, pecuilarly adapted to singing; -- sometimes called cantilena.

Cantabrian

Can*ta"bri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cantabria on the Bay of Biscay in Spain.

Cantabrigian

Can`ta*brig"i*an (?), n. A native or resident of Cambridge; esp. a student or graduate of the university of Cambridge, England.

Cantalever

Can"ta*lev`er (?), n. [Can an extermal angle + lever a supported of the roof timber of a house.] [Written also cantaliver and cantilever.]

1. (Arch.) A bracket to support a balcony, a cornice, or the like.

2. (Engin.) A projecting beam, truss, or bridge unsupported at the outer end; one which overhangs. Cantalever bridge, a bridge in which the principle of the cantalever is applied. It is usually a trussed bridge, composed of two portions reaching out from opposite banks, and supported near the middle of their own length on piers which they overhang, thus forming cantalevers which meet over the space to be spanned or sustain a third portion, to complete the connection.

Cantaloupe

Can"ta*loupe (?), n. [F. cantaloup, It. cantalupo, so called from the caste of Cantalupo, in the Marca d'Ancona, in Italy, where they were first grown in Europe, from seed said to have been imported from Armenia.] A muskmelon of several varieties, having when mature, a yellowish skin, and flesh of a reddish orange color. [Written also cantaleup.]

Cantankerous

Can*tan"ker*ous (?), a. Perverse; contentious; ugly; malicious. [Colloq.] -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ly, adv. -- Can*tan"ker*ous*ness, n.
The cantankerous old maiden aunt. Theckeray.

Cantar, Cantarro

Can"tar (?), Can*tar"ro (?), n. [It. cantaro (in sense 1), Sp. cantaro (in sense 2).]

1. A weight used in southern Europe and East for heavy articles. It varies in different localities; thus, at Rome it is nearly 75 pounds, in Sardinia nearly 94 pounds, in Cairo it is 95 pounds, in Syria about 503 pounds.

2. A liquid measure in Spain, ranging from two and a half to four gallons. Simmonds.

Cantata

Can*ta"ta (?), n. [It., fr. cantare to sing, fr. L. cantare intens of canere to sing.] (Mus.) A poem set to music; a musical composition comprising choruses, solos, interludes, etc., arranged in a somewhat dramatic manner; originally, a composition for a single noise, consisting of both recitative and melody.

Cantation

Can*ta"tion (?), n. [L. cantatio.] A singing. [Obs.] Blount.

Cantatory

Cant"a*to*ry (?), a. Caontaining cant or affectation; whining; singing. [R.]

Cantatrice

Can`ta*tri"ce (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A female professional singer.

Canted

Cant"ed (?), a. [From 2d Cant.]

1. Having angles; as, a six canted bolt head; a canted window. Canted column (Arch.), a column polygonal in plan.

2. Inclined at an angle to something else; tipped; sloping.

Canteen

Can*teen" (?), n. [F. cantine bottle case, canteen (cf. Sp. & It. cantina cellar, bottle case), either contr. fr. It. canovettina, dim. of canova cellar, or, more likely, fr. OF. cant. corner, It. & Sp. canto. See 1st Cant.] (Mil.)

1. A vessel used by soldiers for carrying water, liquor, or other drink. [Written also cantine..] &hand; In the English service the canteen is made of wood and holds three pints; in the United States it is usually a tin flask.

2. The sulter's shop in a garrison; also, a chest containing culinary and other vessels for officers.

Cantel

Can"tel (?), n. See Cantle.

Canter

Can"ter (?), n. [An abbreviation of Caner bury. See Canterbury gallop, under Canterbury.]

1. A moderate and easy gallop adapted to pleasure riding. &hand; The canter is a thoroughly artificial pace, at first extremely tiring to the horse, and generally only to be produced in him by the restraint of a powerful bit, which compels him to throw a great part of his weight on his haunches . . . There is so great a variety in the mode adopted by different horses for performing the canter, that no single description will suffice, nor indeed is it easy . . . to define any one of them. J. H. Walsh.


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2. A rapid or easy passing over.

A rapid canter in the Times over all the topics. Sir J. Stephen.

Canter

Can"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cantering.] To move in a canter.

Canter

Can"ter, v. t. To cause, as a horse, to go at a canter; to ride (a horse) at a canter.

Canter

Cant"er, n.

1. One who cants or whines; a beggar.

2. One who makes hypocritical pretensions to goodness; one who uses canting language.

The day when he was a canter and a rebel. Macaulay.

Canterbury

Can"ter*bur*y (?), n.

1. A city in England, giving its name various articles. It is the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury (primate of all England), and contains the shrine of Thomas \'85 Becket, to which pilgrimages were formerly made.

2. A stand with divisions in it for holding music, loose papers, etc. Canterbury ball (Bot.), a species of Campanula of several varietes, cultivated for its handsome bell-shaped flowers. -- Canterbury gallop, a gentle gallop such as was used by pilgrims riding, to Canterbury; a canter. -- Canterbury table, one of the tales which Chaucer puts into the mouths of certain pilgrims to Canterbury. Hence, any tale told by travelers pass away the time.

Cantharidal

Can*thar"*i*dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to cantharides or made of cantharides; as, cantharidal plaster.

Cantharides

Can*thar"i*des (?), n. pl. See cantharis.

Cantharidin

Can*thar"i*din (?), n. (Chem.) The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.

Cantharis

Can"tha*ris (?), n.; pl. Cantharides (#). [L., a kind of beetle, esp. the Spanish fly, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A beetle (Lytta, ∨ Cantharis, vesicatoria), having an elongated cylindrical body of a brilliant green color, and a nauseous odor; the blister fly or blister beetle, of the apothecary; -- also called Spanish fly. Many other species of Lytta, used for the same purpose, take the same name. See Blister beetle, under Blister. The plural form in usually applied to the dried insects used in medicine.

Cant hook

Cant" hook` (?). A wooden lever with a movable iron hook. hear the end; -- used for canting or turning over heavy logs, etc. [U. S.] Bartlett.

Canthoplasty

Can"tho*plas`ty (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) The operation of forming a new canthus, when one has been destroyed by injury or disease.

Canthus

Can"thus (?), n.; pl. Canthi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The corner where the upper and under eyelids meet on each side of the eye.

Canticle

Can"ti*cle (?), n.; pl. Canticles (#). [L. canticulum a little song, dim. of canticum song, fr. cantus a singing, fr. coner to sing. See Chant.]

1. A song; esp. a little song or hymn. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. pl. The Song of Songs or Song of Solomon, one of the books of the Old Testament.

3. A canto or division of a poem [Obs.] Spenser.

4. A psalm, hymn, or passage from the Bible, arranged for chanting in church service.

Canticoy

Can"ti*coy (?), n. [Of American Indian origin.] A social gathering; usually, one for dancing.

Cantile

Can"tile (?), v. i. Same as Cantle, v. t.

Cantilena

Can`ti*le"na (?), n. [It. & L.] (Mus.) See Cantabile.

Cantilever

Can"ti*lev`er (?), n. Same as Cantalever.

Cantillate

Can"til*late (?), v. i. [L. cantillatus, p. p. of cantillare to sing low, dim. of cantare. See Cantata.] To chant; to recite with musical tones. M. Stuart.

Cantillation

Can`til*la"tion (?), n. A chanting; recitation or reading with musical modulations.

Cantine

Can*tine" (?), n. See Canteen.

Canting

Cant"ing (?), a. Speaking in a whining tone of voice; using technical or religious terms affectedly; affectedly pious; as, a canting rogue; a canting tone. - Cant"ing*ly, adv. -- Cant"ing*ness, n. Canting arms, Canting heraldry (Her.), bearings in the nature of a rebus alluding to the name of the bearer. Thus, the Castletons bear three castles, and Pope Adrian IV. (Nicholas Breakspeare) bore a broken spear.

Canting

Cant"ing, n. The use of cant; hypocrisy.

Cantiniere

Can`ti*niere" (?), n. [F., fr. cantine a sutler's shop, canteen.] (Mil) A woman who carries a canteen for soldiers; a vivandi\'8are.

Cantion

Can"tion (?), n. [L. cantio, from canere to sing.] A song or verses. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cantle

Can"tle (?), n. [OF. cantel, chantel, corner, side, piece, F. chanteau a piece cut from a larger piece, dim. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]

1. A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part. "In one cantle of his law." Milton.

Cuts me from the best of all my land A huge half moon, a monstrous cantle out. Shak.

2. The upwardly projecting rear part of saddle, opposite to the pommel. [Written also cante.]

Cantle

Can"tle, v. t. To cut in pieces; to cut out from. [Obs.] [Written also cantile.]

Cantlet

Cant"let (?), n. [Dim. of cantle.] A piece; a fragment; a corner. Dryden.

Canto

Can"to (?), n.; pl. Cantos (#). [It. canto, fr. L. cantus singing, song. See Chant.]

1. One of the chief divisions of a long poem; a book.

2. (Mus.) The highest vocal part; the air or melody in choral music; anciently the tenor, now the soprano. Canto fermo ( [It.] (Mus.), the plain ecclesiastical chant in cathedral service; the plain song.

Canton

Can"ton (?), n. A song or canto [Obs.]
Write loyal cantons of contemned love. Shak.

Canton

Can"ton, n. [F. canton, augm. of OF. cant edge, corner. See 1st Cant.]

1. A small portion; a division; a compartment.

That little canton of land called the "English pale" Davies.
There is another piece of Holbein's, . . . in which, in six several cantons, the several parts of our Savior's passion are represented. Bp. Burnet.

2. A small community or clan.

3. A small territorial district; esp. one of the twenty-two independent states which form the Swiss federal republic; in France, a subdivision of an arrondissement. See Arrondissement.

4. (Her.) A division of a shield occupying one third part of the chief, usually on the dexter side, formed by a perpendicular line from the top of the shield, meeting a horizontal line from the side.

The king gave us the arms of England to be borne in a canton in our arms. Evelyn.

Canton

Can"ton, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cantoned ; p. pr. & vb. n. Cantoning.] [Cf. F.cantonner.]

1. To divide into small parts or districts; to mark off or separate, as a distinct portion or division.

They canton out themselves a little Goshen in the intellectual world. Locke.

2. (Mil.) To allot separate quarters to, as to different parts or divisions of an army or body of troops.

Cantonal

Can"ton*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a canton or cantons; of the nature of a canton.

Canton crape

Can"ton crape" (?). A soft, white or colored silk fabric, of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance, used for ladies' scarfs, shawls, bonnet trimmings, etc.; -- called also Oriental crape. De Colange.

Cantoned

Can"toned (?), a.

1. (Her.) Having a charge in each of the four corners; -- said of a cross on a shield, and also of the shield itself.

2. (Arch.) Having the angles marked by, or decorated with, projecting moldings or small columns; as, a cantoned pier or pilaster.

Canton flannel

Can"ton flan"nel (?). See Cotton flannel.

Cantonize

Can"ton*ize (?), v. i. To divide into cantons or small districts.

Cantonment

Can"ton*ment (?), n. [Cf. F. cantonnement.] A town or village, or part of a town or village, assigned to a body of troops for quarters; temporary shelter or place of rest for an army; quarters. &hand; When troops are sheltered in huts or quartered in the houses of the people during any suspension of hostilities, they are said to be in cantonment, or to be cantoned. In India, permanent military stations, or military towns, are termed cantonments.

Cantoon

Can*toon" (?), n. A cotton stuff showing a fine cord on one side and a satiny surface on the other.

Cantor

Can"tor (?), n. [L., a singer, fr. caner to sing.] A singer; esp. the leader of a church choir; a precentor.
The cantor of the church intones the Te Deum. Milman.

Cantoral

Can"tor*al (?), a. Of or belonging to a cantor. Cantoral staff, the official staff or baton of a cantor or precentor, with which time is marked for the singers.

Cantoris

Can*to"ris (?), a. [L., lit., of the cantor, gen. of cantor.] Of or pertaining to a cantor; as, the cantoris side of a choir; a cantoris stall. Shipley.

Cantrap, Cantrip

Can"trap (?), Can"trip (?), n. [Cf. Icel. gandar, ODan. & OSw. gan, witchcraft, and E. trap a snare, tramp.] A charm; an incantation; a shell; a trick; adroit mischief. [Written also cantraip.] [Scot.]

Cantred, Cantref

Can"tred (?), Can"tref, n. [W. cantref; cant hundred + tref dwelling place, village.] A district comprising a hundred villages, as in Wales. [Written also kantry.]

Canty

Can"ty (?), a. Cheerful; sprightly; lively; merry. "The canty dame." Wordsworth [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]
Contented with little, and canty with mair. Burns.

Canuck

Ca*nuck" (?), n.

1. A Canadian. [Slang]

2. A small or medium-sized hardy horse, common in Canada. [Colloq.]

Canula, n., Canular, a., Canulated

Can"u*la (?), n., Can"u*lar (?), a., Can"u*la`ted (?), a. See Cannula, Cannular, and Cannulated.

Canvas

Can"vas (?), n. [OE. canvas, canevas, F. canevas, LL. canabacius hempen cloth, canvas, L. cannabis hemp, fr. G. Hemp.]

1. A strong cloth made of hemp, flax, or cotton; -- used for tents, sails, etc.

By glimmering lanes and walls of canvas led. Tennyson.

2. (a) A coarse cloth so woven as to form regular meshes for working with the needle, as in tapestry, or worsted work. (b) A piece of strong cloth of which the surface has been prepared to receive painting, commonly painting in oil.

History . . . does not bring out clearly upon the canvas the details which were familiar. J. H. Newman.

3. Something for which canvas is used: (a) A sail, or a collection of sails. (b) A tent, or a collection of tents. (c) A painting, or a picture on canvas.

To suit his canvas to the roughness of the see. Goldsmith.
Light, rich as that which glows on the canvas of Claude. Macaulay.

4. A rough draft or model of a song, air, or other literary or musical composition; esp. one to show a poet the measure of the verses he is to make. Grabb.

Canvas

Can"vas, a. Made of, pertaining to, or resembling, canvas or coarse cloth; as, a canvas tent.

Canvasback

Can"vas*back` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A Species of duck (Aythya vallisneria), esteemed for the delicacy of its flesh. It visits the United States in autumn; particularly Chesapeake Bay and adjoining waters; -- so named from the markings of the plumage on its back.

Canvass

Can"vass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. canvassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Canvassing.] [OF. Canabasser to examine curiously, to search or sift out; properly, to sift through canvas. See Canvas, n.]

1. To sift; to strain; to examine thoroughly; to scrutinize; as, to canvass the votes cast at an election; to canvass a district with reference to its probable vote.

I have made careful search on all hands, and canvassed the matter with all possible diligence. Woodward.

2. To examine by discussion; to debate.

An opinion that we are likely soon to canvass. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. To go trough, with personal solicitation or public addresses; as, to canvass a district for votes; to canvass a city for subscriptions.

Canvass

Can"vass, v. i. To search thoroughly; to engage in solicitation by traversing a district; as, to canvass for subscriptions or for votes; to canvass for a book, a publisher, or in behalf of a charity; -- commonly followed by for.

Canvass

Can"vass, n.

1. Close inspection; careful review for verification; as, a canvass of votes. Bacon.

2. Examination in the way of discussion or debate.

3. Search; exploration; solicitation; systematic effort to obtain votes, subscribers, etc.

No previous canvass was made for me. Burke.

Canvasser

Can"vass*er (?), n. One who canvasses.

Cany

Can"y (?), a. [From Cane.] Of or pertaining to cane or canes; abounding with canes. Milton.

Canyon

Can"yon (?), n. The English form of the Spanish word Ca\'a4on.

Canzone

Can*zo"ne (?), n. [It., a song, fr. L. cantio, fr. canere to sing. Cf. Chanson, Chant.] (Mus.) (a) A song or air for one or more voices, of Proven\'87al origin, resembling, though not strictly, the madrigal. (b) An instrumental piece in the madrigal style.

Canzonet

Can`zo*net" (?), n. [It. canzonetta, dim. of canzone.] (Mus.) A short song, in one or more parts.

Caoutchin

Caout"chin (?), n. (Chem.) An inflammable, volatile, oily, liquid hydrocarbon, obtained by the destructive distillation of caoutchouc.

Caoutchouc

Caout"chouc (?), n. [F. caoutchouc, from the South American name.] A tenacious, elastic, gummy substance obtained from the milky sap of several plants of tropical South America (esp. the euphorbiaceous tree Siphonia elastica or Hevea caoutchouc), Asia, and Africa. Being impermeable to liquids and gases, and not readly affected by exposure to air, acids, and alkalies, it is used, especially when vulcanized, for many purposes in the arts and in manufactures. Also called India rubber (because it was first brought from India, and was formerly used chiefly for erasing pencil marks) and gum elastic. See Vulcanization. Mineral caoutchouc. See under Mineral.

Caoutchoucin

Caout"chou*cin (?), n. See Caoutchin.

Cap

Cap (?), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c\'91ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]

1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal.

2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief.

Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. Shak.

3. A respectful uncovering of the head.

He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. Fuller.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck.

5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface.

6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron. -- Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively. -- Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty. -- Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities. -- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox. -- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolsap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities. Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material. -- Flat cap, cap See Foolscap. -- Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier. -- Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge." -- To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.]

Cap

Cap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capped (; p. pr. & vb. n. Capping.]

1. To cover with a cap, or as with a cap; to provide with a cap or cover; to cover the top or end of; to place a cap upon the proper part of; as, to cap a post; to cap a gun.

The bones next the joint are capped with a smooth cartilaginous substance. Derham.

2. To deprive of cap. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. To complete; to crown; to bring to the highest point or consummation; as, to cap the climax of absurdity.

4. To salute by removing the cap. [Slang. Eng.]

Tom . . . capped the proctor with the profoundest of bows. Thackeray.

5. To match; to mate in contest; to furnish a complement to; as, to cap text; to cap proverbs. Shak.

Now I have him under girdle I'll cap verses with him to the end of the chapter. Dryden.
&hand; In capping verses, when one quotes a verse another must cap it by quoting one beginning with the last letter of the first letter, or with the first letter of the last word, or ending with a rhyming word, or by applying any other arbitrary rule may be agreed upon.

Cap

Cap, v. i. To uncover the head respectfully. Shak.

Capability

Ca`pa*bil"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Capabilities (#).

1. The quality of being capable; capacity; capableness; esp. intellectual power or ability.

A capability to take a thousand views of a subject. H. Taylor.

2. Capacity of being used or improved.

Capable

Ca"pa*ble (?), a. [F. capable, LL. capabilis capacious, capable, fr. L. caper to take, contain. See Heave.]

1. Possessing ability, qualification, or susceptibility; having capacity; of sufficient size or strength; as, a room capable of holding a large number; a castle capable of resisting a long assault.

Concious of jou and capable of pain. Prior.

2. Possessing adequate power; qualified; able; fully competent; as, a capable instructor; a capable judge; a mind capable of nice investigations.

More capable to discourse of battles than to give them. Motley.

3. Possessing legal power or capacity; as, a man capable of making a contract, or a will.

4. Capacious; large; comprehensive. [Obs.] Shak. &hand; Capable is usually followed by of, sometimes by an infinitive. Syn. -- Able; competent; qualified; fitted; efficient; effective; skillful.

Capableness

Ca"pa*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being capable; capability; adequateness; competency.

Capacify

Ca*pac"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capacified (?).] [L. capax, -acis, capacious + -fy.] To quality. [R.]
The benefice he is capacified and designed for. Barrow.

Capacious

Ca*pa"cious (?), a. [L. capaz, -acis, fr. capere to take. See Heave.]

1. Having capacity; able to contain much; large; roomy; spacious; extended; broad; as, a capacious vessel, room, bay, or harbor.

In the capacious recesses of his mind. Bancroft.

2. Able or qualified to make large views of things, as in obtaining knowledge or forming designs; comprehensive; liberal. "A capacious mind." Watts.

Capaciosly

Ca*pa"cios*ly, adv. In a capacious manner or degree; comprehensively.

Capaciousness

Ca*pa"cious*ness, n. The quality of being capacious, as of a vessel, a reservoir a bay, the mind, etc.

Capacitate

Ca*pac"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capacitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capacitating.] To render capable; to enable; to qualify.
By thih instruction we may be capaciated to observe those errors. Dryden.

Capacity

Ca*pac"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Capacities (#) [L. capacitus, fr. capax, capacis; fr. F. capacit\'82. See Capacious.]

1. The power of receiving or containing; extent of room or space; passive power; -- used in reference to physical things.

Had our great palace the capacity To camp this host, we all would sup together. Shak.
The capacity of the exhausted cylinder. Boyle.

2. The power of receiving and holding ideas, knowledge, etc.; the comprehensiveness of the mind; the receptive faculty; capability of undestanding or feeling.

Capacity is now properly limited to these [the mere passive operations of the mind]; its primary signification, which is literally room for, as well as its employment, favars this; although it can not be dented that there are examples of its usage in an active sense. Sir W. Hamilton.

3. Ability; power pertaining to, or resulting from, the possession of strength, wealth, or talent; possibility of being or of doing.

The capacity of blessing the people. Alex. Hamilton.
A cause with such capacities endued. Blackmore.

4. Outward condition or circumstances; occupation; profession; character; position; as, to work in the capacity of a mason or a carpenter.

5. (Law) Legal or noral qualification, as of age, residence, character, etc., necessary for certain purposes, as for holding office, for marrying, for making contracts, will, etc.; legal power or right; competency. Capacity for heat, the power of absorbing heat. Substances differ in the amount of heat requisite to raise them a given number of thermometric degrees, and this difference is the measure of, or depends upon, whzt is called their capacity for heat. See Specific heat, under Heat. Syn. -- Ability; faculty; talent; capability; skill; efficiency; cleverness. See Ability.

Capape

Cap`*a*pe" (?), adv. See Cap-a-pie. Shak.

Capapie

Cap`*a*pie" (?), adv. [OF. (cap-a-pie, from head to foot, now de pied en cap from foot to head; L. per foot + caput head.] From head to foot; at all points. "He was armed cap-a-pie." Prescott.

Caparison

Ca*par"i*son (?), n. [F. capara, fr. Sp. caparazon a cover for a saddle, coach, etc.; capa cloak, cover (fr. LL. capa, cf. LL. caparo also fr. capa) + the term. azon. See Cap.]

1. An ornamental covering or housing for a horse; the harness or trappings of a horse, taken collectively, esp. when decorative.

Their horses clothed with rich caparison. Drylen.

2. Gay or rich clothing.

My heart groans beneath the gay caparison. Smollett.

Caparison

Ca*par"i*son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caparisoned (?) p. pr. & vb. n. Caparisoning.] [Cf. F capara\'87onner.]

1. To cover with housings, as a horse; to harness or fit out with decorative trappings, as a horse.

The steeds, caparisoned with purple, stand. Dryden.

2. To aborn with rich dress; to dress.

I am caparisoned like a man. Shak.

Caparro

Ca*par"ro (?), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A large South American monkey (Lagothrix Humboldtii), with prehensile tail.

Capcase

Cap"case` (?), n. A small traveling case or bandbox; formerly, a chest.
A capcase for your linen and your plate. Beau. & Fl.

Cape

Cape (?), n. [F. cap, fr. It. capo head, cape, fr. L. caput heat, end, point. See Chief.] A piece or point of land, extending beyind the adjacent coast into the sea or a lake; a promonotory; a headland. Cape buffalo (Zo\'94l.) a large and powerful buffalo of South Africa (Bubalus Caffer). It is said to be the most dangerous wild beast of Africa. See Buffalo, 2. -- Cape jasmine, Cape jassamine. See Jasmine. -- Cape pigeon (Zo\'94l.), a petrel (Daptium Capense) common off the Cape of Good Hope. It is about the size of a pigeon. -- Cape wine, wine made in South Africa [Eng.] -- The Cape, the Cape of Good Hope, in the general sense of southern extremity of Africa. Also used of Cape Horn, and, in New England, of Cape Cod.

Cape

Cape, v. i. (Naut.) To head or point; to keep a course; as, the ship capes southwest by south.

Cape

Cape, n. [OE. Cape, fr. F. cape; cf. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. 1st Cope, Chape.] A sleeveless garment or part of a garment, hanging from the neck over the back, arms, and shoulders, but not reaching below the hips. See Cloak.

Cape

Cape, v. i. [See Gape.] To gape. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Capel, Caple

Ca"pel (?), Ca"ple (?), n. [Icel. kapall; cf. L. caballus.] A horse; a nag. [Obs.] Chaucer. Holland.

Capel

Ca"pel (?), n. (Mining) A composite stone (quartz, schorl, and hornlende) in the walls of tin and copper lodes.

Capelan

Cap"e*lan (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Capelin.

Capelin

Cape"lin (?), n. [Cf. F. capelan, caplan.] (Zo\'94l.) A small marine fish (Mallotus villosus) of the family Salmonid\'91, very abundant on the coasts of Greenland, Iceland, Newfoundland, and Alaska. It is used as a bait for the cod. [Written also capelan and caplin.] &hand; This fish, which is like a smelt, is called by the Spaniards anchova, and by the Portuguese capelina. Fisheries of U. S. (1884).

Cappeline

Cap"pe*line` (?), n. [F., fr. LL. capella. See Chapel.] (Med.) A hood-shaped bandage for the head, the shoulder, or the stump of an amputated limb.

Capella

Ca*pel"la (?), n. [L., a little goet, dim. of caper a goat.] (Asrton.) A brilliant star in the constellation Auriga.

Capellane

Cap"el*lane (?), n. [See Chaplain.] The curate of a chapel; a chaplain. [Obs.] Fuller.

Capelle

Ca*pel"le (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) The private orchestra or band of a prince or of a church.

Capellet

Cap"el*let (?), n. [F. capelet.] (Far.) A swelling, like a wen, on the point of the elbow (or the heel of the hock) of a horse, caused probably by bruises in lying dowm.

Capellmeister

Ca*pell"meis`ter (?), n. [G., fr. capelle chapel, private band of a prince + meister a master.] The musical director in royal or ducal chapel; a choirmaster. [Written also kepellmeister.]

Caper

Ca"per (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Capered p. pr. & vb. n. capering.] [From older capreoll to caper, cf. F. se cabrer to prance; all ultimately fr. L. caper, capra, goat. See Capriole.] To leap or jump about in a sprightly manner; to cut capers; to skip; to spring; to prance; to dance.
He capers, he dances, he has eyes of youth. Shak.

Caper

Ca"per, n. A frolicsome leap or spring; a skip; a jump, as in mirth or dancing; a prank. To cut a caper, to frolic; to make a sportive spring; to play a prank. Shak.

Caper

Ca"per, n. [D. kaper.] A vessel formerly used by the Dutch, privateer. Wright.

Caper

Ca"per, n. [F. c\'83pre, fr. L. capparis, Gr. al-kabar.]

1. The pungent grayish green flower bud of the European and Oriental caper (Capparis spinosa), much used for pickles.

2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Capparis; -- called also caper bush, caper tree. &hand; The Capparis spinosa is a low prickly shrub of the Mediterranean coasts, with trailing branches and brilliant flowers; -- cultivated in the south of Europe for its buds. The C. sodada is an almost leafless spiny shrub of central Africa (Soudan), Arabia, and southern India, with edible berries. Bean caper. See Bran caper, in the Vocabulary. -- Caper sauce, a kind of sauce or catchup made of capers.

Caperberry

Ca"per*ber`ry (?), n.

1. The small olive-shaped berry of the European and Oriental caper, said to be used in pickles and as a condiment.

2. The currantlike fruit of the African and Arabian caper (Capparis sodado).

Caper bush, Caper tree

Ca"per bush` (?), Ca"per tree` (?).See Capper, a plant, 2.

Capercailzie, or Capercally

Ca"per*cail`zie (?), or Ca"per*cal`ly (?), n. [Gael, capulcoile.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of grouse (Tetrao uragallus) of large size and fine flavor, found in northern Europe and formerly in Scotland; -- called also cock of the woods. [Written also capercaillie, capercaili.]

Caperclaw

Ca"per*claw` (?), v. t. To treat with cruel playfulness, as a cat treats a mouse; to abuse. [Obs.] Birch.

Caperer

Ca"per*er (?), n. One who capers, leaps, and skips about, or dances.
The nimble capperer on the cord. Dryden.

Capful

Cap"ful (?), n.; pl. Capfuls (. As much as will fill a cap. A capful of wind (Naut.), a light puff of wind.

Capias

Ca"pi*as (?), n. [L. thou mayst take.] (Low) A writ or process commanding the officer to take the body of the person named in it, that is, to arrest him; -- also called writ of capias. &hand; One principal kind of capias is a writ by which actions at law are frequently commenced; another is a writ of execution issued after judgment to satisfy damages recovered; a capias in criminal law is the process to take a person charged on an indictment, when he is not in custody. Burrill. Wharton.

Capibara

Ca`pi*ba"ra (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Capybara.

Capillaceous

Cap`il*la"ceous (?), a. [L. capillaceus hairy, fr. capillus hair.] Having long filaments; resembling a hair; slender. See Capillary.

Capillaire

Cap`il*laire" (?), n. [F. capillaire maiden-hair; sirop de capillaire capillaire; fr. L. herba capillaris the maidenhair.]

1. A sirup prepared from the maiden-hair, formerly supposed to have medicinal properties.

2. Any simple sirup flavored with orange flowers.

Capillament

Ca*pil"la*ment (?), n. [L. capillamentum, fr. capillus hair: cf. F. capillament.]

1. (Bot.) A filament. [R.]

2. (Anat.) Any villous or hairy covering; a fine fiber or filament, as of the nerves.

Capillariness

Cap"il*la*ri*ness (?), n. The quality of being capillary.

Capillarity

Cap`il*lar"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. capillarit\'82.]

1. The quality or condition of being capillary.

2. (Physics) The peculiar action by which the surface of a liquid, where it is in contact with a solid (as in a capillary tube), is elevated or depressed; capillary attraction. &hand; Capillarity depends upon the relative attaction of the modecules of the liquid for each other and for those of the solid, and is especially observable in capillary tubes, where it determines the ascent or descent of the liquid above or below the level of the liquid which the tube is dipped; -- hence the name\'3c-- it is especially important in certain plants, to allow flow of water from the roots --\'3e.

Capillary

Cap"il*la*ry (?), a. [L. capillaris, fr. capillus hair. Cf. Capillaire.]

1. Resembling a hair; fine; minute; very slender; having minute tubes or interspaces; having very small bore; as, the capillary vessels of animals and plants.

2. Pertaining to capillary tubes or vessels; as, capillary action. Capillary attraction, Capillary repulsion, the apparent attraction or repulsion between a soild and liquid caused bycapillarity. See Capillarity, and Attraction. -- Capillarity tubes. See the Note under Capillarity.

Capillary

Cap"il*la*ry, n.; pl., Capillaries (.

1. A tube or vessel, extremely fine or minute.

2. (Anat.) A minute, thin-walled vessel; particularly one of the smallest blood vessels connecting arteries and veins, but used also for the smallest lymphatic and biliary vessels.

Capillation

Cap`il*la"tion (?), n. [L. capillatie the hair.] A capillary blood vessel. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Capillature

Ca*pil"la*ture (?), n. [L. capillatura.] A bush of hair; frizzing of the hair. Clarke.

Capilliform

Ca*pil"li*form (?), a. [L. capillus hair + -form.] In the shape or form of, a hair, or of hairs.

Capillose

Cap"il*lose` (?), a. [L. capillosus.] Having much hair; hairy. [R.]

Capistrate

Ca*pis"trate (?), a. [L. capistratus, p. p. of capistrare halter.] (Zo\'94l.) Hooded; cowled.

Capital

Cap"i*tal (?), a. [F. capital, L. capitalis capital (in senses 1 & 2), fr. caput head. See Chief, and cf. Capital, n.]

1. Of or pertaining to the head. [Obs.]

Needs must the Serpent now his capital bruise Expect with mortal pain. Milton.

2. Having reference to, or involving, the forfeiture of the head or life; affecting life; punishable with death; as, capital trials; capital punishment.

Many crimes that are capital among us. Swift.
To put to death a capital offender. Milton.

3. First in importance; chief; principal.

A capital article in religion Atterbury.
Whatever is capital and essential in Christianity. I. Taylor.

4. Chief, in a political sense, as being the seat of the general government of a state or nation; as, Washington and Paris are capital cities.

5. Of first rate quality; excellent; as, a capital speech or song. [Colloq.]


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Capital letter [F, lettre capitale] (Print.), a leading or heading letter, used at the beginning of a sentence and as the first letter of certain words, distinguished, for the most part, both by different form and larger size, from the small (lower-case) letters, which form the greater part of common print or writing. -- Small capital letters have the form of capital letters and height of the body of the lower-case letters. -- Capital stock, money, property, or stock invested in any business, or the enterprise of any corporation or institution. Abbott. Syn. -- Chief; leading; controlling; prominent.

Capital

Cap"i*tal (?), n. [Cf. L. capitellum and Capitulum, a small head, the head, top, or capital of a column, dim. of caput head; F. chapiteau, OF. capitel. See Chief, and cf. Cattle, Chattel, Chapiter, Chapter.]

1. (Arch.) The head or uppermost member of a column, pilaster, etc. It consists generally of three parts, abacus, bell (or vase), and necking. See these terms, and Column.

2. [Cf. F. capilate, fem., sc. ville.] (Geog.) The seat of government; the chief city or town in a country; a metropolis. "A busy and splendid capital" Macauly.

3. [Cf. F. capital.] Money, property, or stock employed in trade, manufactures, etc.; the sum invested or lent, as distinguished from the income or interest. See Capital stock, under Capital, a.

4. (Polit. Econ.) That portion of the produce of industry, which may be directly employed either to support human beings or to assist in production. M'Culloch. &hand; When wealth is used to assist production it is called capital. The capital of a civilized community includes fixed capital (i.e. buildings, machines, and roads used in the course of production and exchange) amd circulating capital (i.e., food, fuel, money, etc., spent in the course of production and exchange). T. Raleing.

5. Anything which can be used to increase one's power or influence.

He tried to make capital out of his rival's discomfiture. London Times.

6. (Fort.) An imaginary line dividing a bastion, ravelin, or other work, into two equal parts.

7. A chapter, or section, of a book. [Obs.]

Holy St. Bernard hath said in the 59th capital. Sir W. Scott.

8. (Print.) See Capital letter, under Capital, a. Active capital. See under Active, -- Small capital (Print.), a small capital letter. See under Capital, a. -- To live on one's capital, to consume one's capital without producing or accumulating anything to replace it.

Capitalist

Cap"i*tal*ist, n. [Cf. F. capitaliste.] One who has capital; one who has money for investment, or money invested; esp. a person of large property, which is employed in business.
The expenditure of the capitalist. Burke.

Capitalization

Cap"i*tal*i*za`tion (?), n. The act or process of capitalizing.

Capitalize

Cap"i*tal*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capitalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Capitalizing.]

1. To convert into capital, or to use as capital.

2. To compute, appraise, or assess the capital value of (a patent right, an annuity, etc.)

3. To print in capital letters, or with an initial capital.

Capitally

Cap*i*tal*ly, adv.

1. In a way involving the forfeiture of the head or life; as, to punish capitally.

2. In a capital manner; excellently. [Colloq.]

Capitalness

Cap"i*tal*ness, n. The quality of being capital; preeminence. [R.]

Capitan Pasha or Pacha

Ca`pi*tan` Pa*sha` or Pa*cha` (?). [See capitan.] The chief admiral of the Turkish fleet.

Capitate

Cap"i*tate (?), a [L. capitatus fr. caput head.]

1. Headlike in form; also, having the distal end enlarged and rounded, as the stigmas of certain flowers.

2. (Bot.) Having the flowers gathered into a head.

Capitatim

Cap`i*ta"tim (?), a. [NL.] Of so much per head; as, a capitatim tax; a capitatim grant.

Capitation

Cap`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. capitatio a poll tax, fr. caput head; cf. F. capitation.]

1. A numbering of heads or individuals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. A tax upon each head or person, without reference to property; a poll tax.

Capite

Cap"i*te (?), n. [L., abl. of caput head.] See under Tenant.

Capitellate

Cap`i*tel"late (?), a. [L. capitellum, dim. of caput head.] (Bot.) Having a very small knoblike termination, or collected into minute capitula.

Capitibranchiata

Cap`i*ti*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. caput, capitis, head + -branchiae gills.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of annelids in which the gills arise from or near the head. See Tubicola.

Capitol

Cap"i*tol (?), [L. capitolium, fr. caput head: cf. F. capitole. See Chief.]

1. The temple of Jupiter, at Rome, on the Mona Capitolinus, where the Senate met.

Comes C\'91sar to the Capitol to-morrow? Shak.

2. The edifice at Washington occupied by the Congress of the United States; also, the building in which the legislature of State holds its sessions; a statehouse.

Capitolian, Capitoline

Cap`i*to"li*an (?), Cap"i*to*line (?), a. [L. capitolinus: cf. F. capitolin.] Of or pertaining to the Capitol in Rome. "Capitolian Jove." Macaulay. Capitoline games (Antiq.), annual games instituted at Rome by Camillus, in honor of Jupter Capitolinus, on account of the preservation of the Capitol from the Gauls; when reinstituted by Domitian, arter a period of neglect, they were held every fifth year.

Capitula

Ca*pit"u*la (?), n. pl. See Capitulum.

Capitular

Ca*pit"u*lar (?), n. [LL. capitulare, capitularium, fr. L. capitulum a small head, a chapter, dim. of capit head, chapter.]

1. An act passed in a chapter.

2. A member of a chapter.

The chapter itself, and all its members or capitulars. Ayliffe.

3. The head or prominent part.

Capitular

Ca*pit"u*lar (?), a.

1. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to a chapter; capitulary.

From the pope to the member of the capitular body. Milman.

2. (Bot.) Growing in, or pertaining to, a capitulum.

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to a capitulum; as, the capitular process of a vetebra, the process which articulates with the capitulum of a rib.

Capitularly

Ca*pit"u*lar*ly (?), adv. In the manner or form of an ecclesiastical chapter. Sterne.

Capitulary

Ca*pit"u*la*ry (?), n.; pl. Capitularies (#). [See Capitular.]

1. A capitular.

2. The body of laws or statutes of a chapter, or of an ecclesiastical council.

3. A collection of laws or statutes, civil and ecclesiastical, esp. of the Frankish kings, in chapters or sections.

Several of Charlemagne's capitularies. Hallam.

Capitulary

Ca*pit"u*la*ry (?), a. Relating to the chapter of a cathedral; capitular. "Capitulary acts." Warton.

Capitulate

Ca*pit"u*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Capitulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Capitulating.] [LL. capitulatus, p. p. of capitulare to capitulate: cf. F. capituler. See Capitular, n.]

1. To settle or draw up the heads or terms of an agreement, as in chapters or articles; to agree. [Obs.]

There capitulates with the king . . . to take to wife his daughter Mary. Heylin.
There is no reason why the reducing of any agreement to certain heads or capitula should not be called to capitulate. Trench.

2. To surrender on terms agreed upon (usually, drawn up under several heads); as, an army or a garrison capitulates.

The Irish, after holding out a week, capitulated. Macaulay.

Capitulate

Ca*pit"u*late, v. t. To surrender or transfer, as an army or a fortress, on certain conditions. [R.]

Capitulation

Ca*pit`u*la"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. capitulation, LL. capitulatio.]

1. A reducing to heads or articles; a formal agreement.

With special capitulation that neither the Scots nor the French shall refortify. Bp. Burnet.

2. The act of capitulating or surrendering to an emeny upon stipulated terms.

3. The instrument containing the terms of an agreement or surrender.

Capitulator

Ca*pit"u*la`tor (?), n. [LL.] One who capitulates.

Capitule

Cap"i*tule (?), n. [L. capitulum small head, chapter.] A summary. [Obs.]

Capitulum

Ca*pit"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Capitula (. [L., a small head.]

1. A thick head of flowers on a very short axis, as a clover top, or a dandelion; a composite flower. A capitulum may be either globular or flat. Gray.

2. (Anat.) A knobike protuberance of any part, esp. at the end of a bone or cartilage. [See Illust. of Artiodactyla.]

Capivi

Ca*pi"vi (?), n. [Cf. Copaiba.] A balsam of the Spanish West Indies. See Copaiba.

Caple

Ca"ple (?), n. See Capel.

Caplin

Cap"lin (?), n. See Capelin.

Caplin, Capling

Cap"lin (?), Cap"ling (?), n. The cap or coupling of a flail, through which the thongs pass which connect the handle and swingel. Wright.

Capnomancy

Cap"no*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. mancy: cf. F. capnomancie.] Divination by means of the ascent or motion of smoke.

Capnomor

Cap"no*mor (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A limpid, colorless oil with a peculiar odor, obtained from beech tar. Watts.

Capoc

Ca*poc" (?), n. [Malay k\'bepoq.] A sort of cotton so short and fine thet it can not be spun, used in the East Indies to line palanquins, to make mattresses, etc.

Capoch

Ca*poch" (?), n.; pl. Capoches (#). [Cf. Sp. capucho, It. cappucio, F. Capuce, capuchon, LL. caputium, fr. capa cloak. See Cap.] A hood; especialy, the hood attached to the gown of a monk.

Capoch

Ca*poch", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capoched (?).] To cover with, or as with, a hood; hence, to hoodwink or blind. Hudibras.

Capon

Ca"pon (?), n. [OE. capon, chapoun, AS. cap (cf. F. chapon), L. capo, fr. Gr. skopiti to casrate. CF. Comma.] A castrated cock, esp. when fattened; a male chicken gelded to improve his flesh for the table. Shak.
The merry thought of a capon. W. Irving.

Capon

Ca"pon, v. t. To castrate; to make a capon of.

Caponet

Ca"pon*et (?), n. A young capon. [R.] Chapman.

Caponiere

Cap`o*niere" (?), n. [F. caponni\'8are, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon.] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.

Caponize

Ca"pon*ize (?), v. t. To castrate, as a fowl.

Capot

Ca*pot" (?), n. [F.] A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. Hoyle.

Capot

Ca*pot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capotted.] To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.

Capote

Ca*pote" (?), n. [Sp. capote (cf. F. capote.), fr. LL. capa cape, cloak. See Cap.] A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.

Capouch

Ca*pouch" (?), n. & v. t. Same as Capoch.

Cappadine

Cap"pa*dine (?), n. A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

Cappaper

Cap"pa`per (?), See cap, n., also Paper, n.

Cappeak

Cap"peak` (?), n. The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.

Cappella

Cap*pel"la (?), n. See A cappella.

Capper

Cap"per (?), n.

1. One whose business is to make or sell caps.

2. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers [Slang, U. S.]<--shill?-->.

3. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

Capping plane

Cap"ping plane` (?). (Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

Capra

Ca"pra (?), n. [L., a she goat.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

Caprate

Cap"rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of capric acid.

Capreolate

Cap"re*o*late (?), a. [L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr.caper goat: cf. F. capr\'82ol\'82.] (Bot.) Having a tendril or tendrils.

Capreoline

Cap"re*o*line (?), a. [L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.

Capric

Cap"ric (?), a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives. Capric acid, C9H9.CO2H, Caprylic acid, C7H15.CO2H, ∧ Caproic acid, C5H11.CO2H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.

Cariccio

Ca*ric"cio (?), n. [It. See Caprice.]

1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. Shak.

Capricioso

Ca*pri*cio"so (?), a. [It.] (Mus) In a free, fantastic style.

Caprice

Ca*price" (?), n. [F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.]

1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. "Caprices of appetite." W. Irving.

2. (Mus.) See Capriccio. Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.

Capricious

Ca*pri"cious (?), a. [Cf. F. capricleux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller.
A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.
Syn. -- Freakish; whimsical; fanciful; fickle; crotchety; fitful; wayward; changeable; unsteady; uncertain; inconstant; arbitrary. -- Ca*pri"cious*ly, adv. -- Ca*pri"cious*ness, n.

Capricorn

Cap"ri*corn (?), n. [L. capricornus; caper goat + cornu horn: cf. F. capricorne.]

1. (Astron.) The tenth sign of zodiac, into which the sun enters at the winter solstice, about December 21. See Tropic.

The sun was entered into Capricorn. Dryden.

2. (Astron.) A southern constellation, represented on ancient monuments by the figure of a goat, or a figure with its fore part like a fish. Capricorn beetle (Zo\'94l.), any beetle of the family Carambucid\'91; one of the long-horned beetles. The larv\'91 usually bore into the wood or bark of trees and shurbs and are often destructive. See Girdler, Pruner.

Caprid

Cap"rid (?), a. [L. caper, capra, goat.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the tribe of ruminants of which the goat, or genus Capra, is the type.

Caprification

Cap"ri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. caprificatio, fr. caprificare to ripen figs by caprification, fr. caprificus the wild fig; caper goat + ficus fig.] The practice of hanging, upon the cultivated fig tree, branches of the wild fig infested with minute hymenopterous insects. &hand; It is supposed that the little insects insure fertilization by carrying the pollen from the male flowers near the opening of the fig down to the female flowers, and also accelerate ripening the fruit by puncturing it. The practice has existed since ancient times, but its benefit has been disputed.

Caprifole

Cap"ri*fole (?), n. [L. caper goat + folium leaf.] The woodbine or honeysuckle. Spenser.

Caprifoliaceous

Cap"ri*fo`li*a`ceous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Honeysuckle family of plants (Caprifoliac\'91.

Capriform

Cap"ri*form (?), a. [L. caper goat + -form.] Having the form of a goat.

Caprigenous

Ca*prig"e*nous (?), a. [L. caprigenus; caper goat + gegnere to produce.] Of the goat kind.

Caprine

Cap"rine (?), a. [L. caprinus.] Of or pertaining to a goat; as, caprine gambols.

Capriole

Cap"ri*ole (?), n. [F. capriole, cabriole, It. capriola, fr. L. caper goat. Cf. Caper, v. i. Cabriole, Caprice, Cheveril.]

1. (Man.) A leap that a horse makes with all fours, upwards only, without advancing, but with a kick or jerk of the hind legs when at the height of the leap.

2. A leap or caper, as in dancing. "With lofty turns and caprioles." Sir J. Davies.

Capriole

Cap"ri*ole, v. i. To perform a capriole. Carlyle.

Capriped

Cap"ri*ped (?), a. [L. capripers; caper goat + pes pedis, foot.] Having feet like those of a goat.
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Caproate

Cap"ro*ate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of caproic acid.

Caproic

Ca*pro"ic (?), a. (Chem.) See under Capric.

Caprylate

Cap"ry*late (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of caprylic acid.

Caprylic

Ca*pryl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) See under Capric.

Capsaicin

Cap*sa"i*cin (?), n. [From Capsicum.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance extracted from the Capsicum annuum, and giving off vapors of intense acridity.

Capsheaf

Cap"sheaf` (?), n. The top sheaf of a stack of grain: (fig.) the crowning or finishing part of a thing.

Capsicin

Cap"si*cin (?), n. [From Capsicum.] (Chem.) A red liquid or soft resin extracted from various species of capsicum.

Capsicine

Cap"si*cine (?), n. [From Capsicum.] (Chem.) A valatile alkaloid extracted from Capsicum annuum or from capsicin.

Capsicum

Cap"si*cum (?), n. [NL., fr. L. capsa box, chest.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of many species, producing capsules or dry berries of various forms, which have an exceedingly pungent, biting taste, and when ground form the red of Cayenne pepper of commerce. &hand; The most important species are Capsicum baccatum or birs pepper. C, annuum or chili pepper, C. frutesens or spur pepper, and C. annuum or Guinea pepeer, which includes the bell pepper and other common garden varieties. The fruit is much used, both in its green and ripe state, in pickles and in cookery. See Cayenne pepper.

Capsize

Cap*size" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Capsized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Capsizing.] [Cf. Sp. cabecear to nod, pitch, capuzar, chapuzar, to sink (a vessel) by the head; both fr. L. caput head.] To upset or overturn, as a vessel or other body.
But what if carrying sail capsize the boat? Byron.

Capsize

Cap"size` (?), n. An upset or overturn.

Capsquare

Cap"*square (?), n. (Gun.) A metal covering plate which passes over the trunnions of a cannon, and holds it in place.

Capstan

Cap"stan (?), n. [F. cabestan, fr. Sp. cabestrante, cabrestante, fr. cabestrar to bind with a halter, fr. cabestrohalter, fr. L. capistrum halter, fr. capere to hold (see Capacious); or perh. the Spanish is fr. L. caper goat + stans, p. pr. of stare to stand; cf. F. ch\'8avre she-goat, also a machine for raising heavy weights.] A vertical cleated drum or cylinder, revolving on an upright spindle, and surmounted by a drumhead with sockets for bars or levers. It is much used, especially on shipboard, for moving or raising heavy weights or exerting great power by traction upon a rope or cable, passing around the drum. It is operated either by steam power or by a number of men walking around the capstan, each pushing on the end of a lever fixed in its socket. [Sometimes spelt Capstern, but improperly.] Capstan bar, one of the long bars or levers by which the capstan is worked; a handspike.. -- To pawl the capstan, to drop the pawls so that they will catch in the notches of the pawl ring, and prevent the capstan from turning back. -- To rig the capstan, to prepare the for use, by putting the bars in the sockets. -- To surge the capstan, to slack the tension of the rope or cable wound around it.

Capstone

Cap"stone` (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil echinus of the genus Cannulus; -- so called from its supposed resemblance to a cap.

Capsular, Capsulary

Cap"su*lar (?), Cap"su*la*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. capsulaire.] Of or pertaining to a capsule; having the nature of a capsula; hollow and fibrous. Capsular ligament (Anat.), a ligamentous bag or capsule surrounding many movable joints in the skeleton.

Capsulate, Capsulated

Cap"su*late (?), Cap"su*la`ted (?), a. Inclosed in a capsule, or as in a chest or box.

Capsule

Cap"sule (?), n. [L. capsula a little box or chest, fr. capsa chest, case, fr. capere to take, contain: cf. F. capsule.]

1. (Bot.) a dry fruit or pod which is made up of several parts or carpels, and opens to discharge the seeds, as, the capsule of the poppy, the flax, the lily, etc.

2. (Chem.) (a) A small saucer of clay for roasting or melting samples of ores, etc.; a scorifier. (b) a small, shallow, evaporating dish, usually of porcelain.

3. (Med.) A small cylindrical or spherical gelatinous envelope in which nauseous or acrid doses are inclosed to be swallowed.

4. (Anat.) A membranous sac containing fluid, or investing an organ or joint; as, the capsule of the lens of the eye. Also, a capsulelike organ.

5. A metallic seal or cover for closing a bottle,

6. A small cup or shell, as of metal, for a percussion cap, cartridge, etc. Atrabiliary capsule. See under Atrabiliary. -- Glisson's capsule, a membranous envelope, entering the liver along with the portal vessels and insheathing the latter in their course through the organ. -- Suprarenal capsule, an organ of unknown function, above or in front of each kidney.

Captain

Cap"tain (?), n. [OE. capitain, captain, OF. capitain, F. capitaine (cf. Sp. capitan, It. capitano), LL. capitaneus, capitanus, fr. L. caput the head. See under Chief, and cf. Chieftain.]

1. A head, or chief officer; as: (a) The military officer who commands a company, troop, or battery, or who has the rank entitling him to do so though he may be employed on other service. (b) An officer in the United States navy, next above a commander and below a commodore, and ranking with a colonel in the ermy. (c) By courtesy, an officer actually commanding a vessel, although not having the rank of captain. (d) The master or commanding officer of a merchant vessel. (e) One in charge of a portion of a ship's company; as, a captain of a top, captain of a gun, etc. (f) The foreman of a body of workmen. (g) A person having authority over others acting in concert; as, the captain of a boat's crew; the captain of a football team.

A trainband captain eke was he. Cowper.
The Rhodian captain, relying on . . . the lightness of his vessel, passed, in open day, through all the guards. Arbuthnot.

2. A military leader; a warrior.

Foremost captain of his time. Tennyson.
Captain general. (a) The commander in chief of an army or armies, or of the militia. (b) The Spanish governor of Cuba and its dependent islands. -- Captain lieutenant, a lieutenant with the rank and duties of captain but with a lieutenant's pay, -- as in the first company of an English regiment.

Captain

Cap"tain (?), v. t. To act as captain of; to lead. [R.]
Men who captained or accompanied the exodus from existing forms. Lowell.

Captain

Cap"tain, a. Chief; superior. [R.]
captain jewes in the carcanet. Shak.

Captaincy

Cap"tain*cy (?), n.; pl. Captaincies (. The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington. Captaincy general, the office, power, teritory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).

Captainry

Cap"tain*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. capitainerie.] Power, or command, over a certain district; chieftainship. [Obs.]

Captainship

Cap"tain*ship, n.

1. The condition, rank, post, or authority of a captain or chief commander. "To take the captainship." Shak.

2. Military skill; as, to show good captainship.

Captation

Cap*ta`tion (?), n. [L. captatio, fr. captare to catch, intens of caper to take: cf. F. captation.] A courting of favor or applause, by flattery or address; a captivating quality; an attraction. [Obs.]
Without any of those dresses, or popular captations, which some men use in their speeches. Eikon Basilike.

Caption

Cap"tion (?), n. [L. captio, fr. caper to take. In senses 3 and 4, perhaps confounded in meaning with L. caput a head. See Capacious.]

1. A caviling; a sophism. [Obs.]

This doctrine is for caption and contradiction. Bacon.

2. The act of taking or arresting a person by judicial process. [R.] Bouvier.

3. (Law) That part of a legal instrument, as a commission, indictment, etc., which shows where, when, and by what authority, it taken, found, or executed. Bouvier. Wharton.

4. The heading of a chapter, section, or page. [U. S.]

Captious

Cap"tious (?), a. [F. captieux, L. captiosus. See Caption.]

1. Art to catch at faults; disposed to find fault or to cavil; eager to object; difficult to please.

A captius and suspicious. Stillingfleet.
I am sensible I have not disposed my materials to adbide the test of a captious controversy. Bwike.

2. Fitted to harass, perplex, or insnare; insidious; troublesome.

Captious restraints on navigation. Bancroft.
Syn. -- Caviling, carping, fault-finding; censorious; hypercritical; peevish, fretful; perverse; troublesome. -- Captious, caviling, Carping. A captious person is one who has a fault-finding habit or manner, or is disposed to catch at faults, errors, etc., with quarrelsome intent; a caviling person is disposed to raise objections on frivolous grounds; carping implies that one is given to ill-natured, persistent, or unreasonable fault-finding, or picking up of the words or actions of others.
Caviling is the carping of argument, carping the caviling of ill temper. C. J. Smith.

Captiously

Cap"tious*ly, adv. In a captious manner.

Captiousness

Cap"tious*ness, n. Captious disposition or manner.

Captivate

Cap"ti*vate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captivated; p. pr. & vb. n. Captivating.] [L. captivatus, p. p. of captivare to capture, fr. captivus captive. See Captive.]

1. To take prisoner; to capture; to subdue. [Obs.]

Their woes whom fortune captivates. Shak.

2. To acquire ascendancy over by reason of some art or attraction; to fascinate; to charm; as, Cleopatra captivated Antony; the orator captivated all hearts.

Small landscapes of captivating loveliness. W. Irving.
Syn. -- To enslave; subdue; overpower; charm; enchant; bewitch; facinate; capture; lead captive.

Captivate

Cap"ti*vate (?), p. a. [L. captivatus.] Taken prisoner; made captive; insnared; charmed.
Women have been captivate ere now. Shak.

Captivating

Cap"ti*va`ting (?), a. Having power to captivate or cham; fascinating; as, captivating smiles. -- Cap"tiva`ting*ly, adv.

Captivation

Cap"ti*va`tion (?), n. [L. capticatio.] The act of captivating. [R.]
The captivation of our understanding. Bp. Hall.

Captive

Cap"tive (?), n. [L. captivus, fr. capere to take: cf. F. captif. See Caitiff.]

1. A prisoner taken by force or stratagem, esp., by an enemy, in war; one kept in bondage or in the power of another.

Then, when I am thy captive, talk of chains. Milton.

2. One charmed or subdued by beaty, excellence, or affection; one who is captivated.

Captive

Cap"tive, a.

1. Made prisoner, especially in war; held in bondage or in confinement.

A poor, miserable, captive thrall. Milton.

2. Subdued by love; charmed; captivated.

Even in so short a space, my wonan's heart Grossly grew captive to his honey words. Shak.

3. Of or pertaining to bondage or confinement; serving to confine; as, captive chains; captive hours.

Captive

Cap"tive (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Captiving.] To take prisoner; to capture.
Their inhabitans slaughtered and captived. Burke.

Captivity

Cap*tiv"i*ty (?), n. [L. captivitas: cf. F. captivit\'82.]

1. The state of being a captive or a prisoner.

More celebrated in his captivity that in his greatest triumphs. Dryden.

2. A state of being under control; subjection of the will or affections; bondage.

Sink in the soft captivity together. Addison.
Syn. -- Imprisonment; confinement; bondage; subjection; servitude; slavery; thralldom; serfdom.

Captor

Cap"tor (?), n. [L., a cather (of animals), fr. caper to take.] One who captures any person or thing, as a prisoner or a prize.

Capture

Cap"ture (?), n. [L. capture, fr. caper to take: cf. F. capture. See Caitiff, and cf. aptive.]

1. The act of seizing by force, or getting possession of by superior power or by stratagem; as, the capture of an enemy, a vessel, or a criminal.

Even with regard to captures made at sea. Bluckstone.

2. The securing of an object of strife or desire, as by the power of some attraction.

3. The thing taken by force, surprise, or stratagem; a prize; prey. Syn. -- Seizure; apprehension; arrest; detention.

Capture

Cap"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Captured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Capturing.] To seize or take possession of by force, surprise, or stratagem; to overcome and hold; to secure by effort.
Her heart is like some fortress that has been captured. W. Ivring.

Capuccio

Ca*puc"cio (?), n. [It. cappucio. See Capoch.] A capoch or hood. [Obs.] Spenser.

Capuched

Ca*puched" (?), a. [See Capoch.] Cover with, or as with, a hood. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Capuchin

Cap`u*chin" (?), n. [F. capucin a monk who wears a cowl, fr. It. cappuccio hood. See Capoch.]

1. (Eccl.) A Franciscan monk of the austere branch established in 1526 by Matteo di Baschi, distinguished by wearing the long pointed cowl or capoch of St. Francis.

A bare-footed and long-bearded capuchin. Sir W. Scott.

2. A garment for women, consisting of a cloak and hood, resembling, or supposed to resemble, that of capuchin monks.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A long-tailed South American monkey (Cabus capucinus), having the forehead naked and wrinkled, with the hair on the crown reflexed and resembling a monk's cowl, the rest being of a grayish white; -- called also capucine monkey, weeper, sajou, sapajou, and sai. (b) Other species of Cabus, as C. fatuellus (the brown or horned capucine.), C. albifrons (the cararara), and C. apella. (c) A variety of the domestic pigeon having a hoodlike tuft of feathers on the head and sides of the neck. Capuchin nun, one of an austere order of Franciscan nuns which came under Capuchin rule in 1538. The order had recently been founded by Maria Longa.

Capucine

Cap"u*cine (?), n. See Capuchin, 3.

Capulet

Cap"u*let (?), n. (Far.) Same as Capellet.

Capulin

Cap"u*lin (?), n. [Sp. capuli.] The Mexican chery (Prunus Capollin).

Caput

Ca"put, n.; pl. Capita (#). [L., the head.]

1. (Anat.) The head; also, a knoblike protuberance or capitulum.

2. The top or superior part of a thing.

3. (Eng.) The council or ruling body of the University of Cambridge prior to the constitution of 1856.

Your caputs and heads of colleges. Lamb.
Caput mortuum (. [L., dead head.] (Old Chem.) The residuum after distillation or sublimation; hence, worthless residue.

Capybara

Ca`py*ba"ra (?), n. [Sp. capibara, fr. the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A large South American rodent (Hydroch\'91rus capybara) Living on the margins of lakes and rivers. It is the largest extant rodent, being about three feet long, and half that in height. It somewhat resembles the Guinea pig, to which it is related; -- called also cabiai and water hog.
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Car

Car (?), n. [OF. car, char, F. cahr, fr. L. carrus, Wagon: a Celtic word; cf. W. car, Armor. karr, Ir. & Gael. carr. cf. Chariot.]

1. A small vehicle moved on wheels; usually, one having but two wheels and drawn by one horse; a cart.

2. A vehicle adapted to the rails of a railroad. [U. S.] &hand; In England a railroad passenger car is called a railway carriage; a freight car a goods wagon; a platform car a goods truck; a baggage car a van. But styles of car introduced into England from America are called cars; as, tram car. Pullman car. See Train.

3. A chariot of war or of triumph; a vehicle of splendor, dignity, or solemnity. [Poetic].

The gilded car of day. Milton.
The towering car, the sable steeds. Tennyson.

4. (Astron.) The stars also called Charles's Wain, the Great Bear, or the Dipper.

The Pleiads, Hyads, and the Northern Car. Dryden.

5. The cage of a lift or elevator.

6. The basket, box, or cage suspended from a ballon to contain passengers, ballast, etc.

7. A floating perforated box for living fish. [U. S.] Car coupling, or Car coupler, a shackle or other device for connecting the cars in a railway train. [U. S.] -- Dummy car (Railroad), a car containing its own steam power or locomotive. -- Freight car (Railrood), a car for the transportation of merchandise or other goods. [U. S.] -- Hand car (Railroad), a small car propelled by hand, used by railroad laborers, etc. [U. S.] -- Horse car, or Street car, an ommibus car, draw by horses or other power upon rails laid in the streets. [U. S.] -- Mcol>Palace car, Drawing-room car, Sleeping car, Parior caretc. , (Railroad), cars especially designed and furnished for the comfort of travelers.

Carabid

Car"a*bid (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Carbus or family Carabid\'91. -- n. One of the Carabid\'91, a family of active insectivorous beetles.

Carabine

Car"a*bine (?), n. (Mil.) A carbine.

Carabineer

Car`a*bi*neer" (?), n. A carbineer.

Caraboid

Car"a*boid (?), a. [Carabus + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like, or pertaining to the genus Carabus.

Carabus

Car"a*bus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of ground beetles, including numerous species. They devour many injurious insects.

Carac

Car"ac (?), n. See Carack.

Caracal

Car"a*cal (?), n. [F. caracal, fr. Turk garahgootag; garah black + goofag ear.] (Zo\'94l.) A lynx (Felis, or Lynx, caracal.) It is a native of Africa and Asia. Its ears are black externally, and tipped with long black hairs.

Caracara

Ca"`ra*ca"ra (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A south American bird of several species and genera, resembling both the eagles and the vultures. The caracaras act as scavengers, and are also called carrion buzzards. &hand; The black caracara is Ibycter ater; the chimango is Milvago chimango; the Brazilian is Polyborus Braziliensis.

Carack

Car"ack (?), n. [F. caraque (cf. Sp. & Pg. carraca, It. caracca.), LL. carraca, fr. L. carrus wagon; or perh. fr. Ar. qorq\'d4r (pl. qar\'beqir) a carack.] (Naut.) A kind of large ship formerly used by the Spaniards and Portuguese in the East India trade; a galleon. [Spelt also carrack.]
The bigger whale like some huge carrack law. Waller.

Caracole

Car"a*cole (?), n. [F. caracole, caracol, fr. Sp. caracol snail, winding staircase, a wheeling about.]

1. (Man.) A half turn which a horseman makes, either to the right or the left.

2. (Arch.) A staircase in a spiral form. En caracole ( [F.], spiral; -- said of a staircase.

Caracole

Car"a*cole (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caracoled (?).] [Cf. F. caracoler.] (Man.) To move in a caracole, or in caracoles; to wheel.
Prince John caracoled within the lists. Sir W. Scott.

Caracoly

Car"a*col`y (?), n. An alloy of gold, silver, and copper, of which an inferior quality of jewerly is made.

Caracore, Caracora

Car"a*core (?), Car"a*co`ra (?), n. [Malay kurakura.] A light vessel or proa used by the people of Borneo, etc., and by the Dutch in the East Indies.

Carafe

Ca*rafe" (?), n. [F.] A glass water bottle for the table or toilet; -- called also croft.

Carageen ∨ Caragheen

Car"a*geen`Car"a*gheen` (?), n. See Carrageen.

Carambola

Ca`ram*bo"la (?), n. (Bot.) An East Indian tree (Averrhoa Carambola), and its acid, juicy fruit; called also Coromandel gooseberry.

Caramel

Car"a*mel (?), n. [F. caramel (cf. Sp. caramelo), LL. canna mellis, cannamella, canamella, calamellus mellitus, sugar cane, from or confused with L. canna reed + mel, mellis, honey. See Cane.]

1. (Chem.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

2. A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

Carangoid

Ca*ran"goid (?), a. [Caranx + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Carangid\'91, a family of fishes allied to the mackerels, and including the caranx, American bluefish, and the pilot fish.

Caranx

Ca"ranx (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of fishes, common on the Atlantic coast, including the yellow or goldon mackerel.

Carapace

Car"a*pace (?), n. [F.] (Zo\'94l.) The thick shell or sheild which cover the back of the tortoise, or turtle, the crab, and other crustaceous animals.

Carapato

Ca`ra*pa"to (?), n. [Pg. carrapato.] (Zo\'94l.) A south American tick of the genus Amblyamma. There are several species, very troublesome to man and beast.

Carapax

Car"a*pax (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Carapace.

Carat

Car"at (?), n. [F. carat (cf. It. carato, OPg. quirate, Pg. & Sp. quilate), Ar. q bean or pea shell, a weight of four grins, a carat, fr. Gr. Horn.]

1. The weight by which precious stones and pearls are weighed. &hand; The carat equals three and one fifth grains Troy, and is divided into four grains, sometimes called carat grains. Diamonds and other precious stones are estimated by carats and fractions of carats, and pearls, usually, by carat grains. Titfany.

2. A twenty-fourth part; -- a term used in estimating the proportionate fineness of gold. &hand; A mass of metal is said to be so many carats fine, according to the number of twenty-fourths of pure gold which it contains; as, 22 carats fine (goldsmith's standard) = 22 parts of gold, 1 of copper, and 1 of silver.

Caravan

Car"a*van (?), n. [F. caravane (cf. Sp. caravana), fr. Per. karmw\'ben a caravan (in sense 1). Cf. Van a wagon.]

1. A company of travelers, pilgrims, or merchants, organized and equipped for a long journey, or marching or traveling together, esp. through deserts and countries infested by robbers or hostile tribes, as in Asia or Africa.

2. A large, covered wagon, or a train of such wagons, for conveying wild beasts, etc., for exhibition; an itinerant show, as of wild beasts.

3. A covered vehicle for carrying passengers or for moving furniture, etc.; -- sometimes shorted into van.

Caravaneer

Car`a*van*eer" (?), n. [Cf. F. caravanier.] The leader or driver of the camels in caravan.

Caravansary

Car`a*van"sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Caravansaries (#) [F. caravans\'82rai, fr. Per. karw\'bensar\'be\'8b; karw\'ben caravan + -sar\'be\'8b palace, large house, inn.] A kind of inn, in the East, where caravans rest at night, being a large, rude, unfurnished building, surrounding a court. [Written also caravanserai and caravansera.]

Caravel

Car"a*vel (?), n. [F. caravelle (cf. It. caravella, Sp. carabela), fr. Sp. caraba a kind of vessel, fr. L. carabus a kind of light boat, fr. Gr. [written also caravel and caravelle.] (Naut.) A name given to several kinds of vessels. (a) The caravel of the 16th century was a small vessel with broad bows, high, narrow poop, four masts, and lateen sails. Columbus commanded three caravels on his great voyage. (b) A Portuguese vessel of 100 or 150 tons burden. (c) A small fishing boat used on the French coast. (d) A Turkish man-of-war.

Caraway

Car"a*way (?), n. [F. carvi (cf. Sp. carvi and al-caravea, al-carahueya, Pg. al-caravia) fr. Ar. karaw\'c6\'befr. Gr. caraum.]

1. (Bot.) A biennial plant of the Parsley family (Carum Carui). The seeds have an aromatic smell, and a warm, pungent taste. They are used in cookery and confectionery, and also in medicine as a carminative.

2. A cake or sweetmeat containing caraway seeds.

Caraways, or biscuits, or some other [comfits]. Cogan.

Carbamic

Car*bam"ic (?), a. [Carbon + amido.] (Chem.) Pertaining to an acid so called. Carbamic acid (Chem.), an amido acid, NH2.CO2H, not existing in the free state, but occurring as a salt of ammonium in commercial ammonium carbonate; -- called also amido formic acid.

Carbamide

Car*bam"ide (?), n. [Carbonyl + amide.] (Chem.) The technical name for urea.

Carbamine

Car*bam"ine (?), n. (Chem.) An isocyanide of a hydrocarbon radical. The carbamines are liquids, usually colorless, and of unendurable odor.

Carbanil

Car"ba*nil (?), n. [Carbonyl + aniline.] (Chem.) A mobile liquid, CO.N.C6H5, of pungent odor. It is the phenyl salt of isocyanic acid.

Carbazol

Car"ba*zol (?), n. [Carbon + azo + -ol.] (Chem.) A white crystallized substance, C12H8NH, derived from aniline and other amines.

Carbazotate

Car*baz"o*tate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of carbazotic or picric acid; a picrate.

Carbazotic

Car`ba*zot"ic (?), a. [Carbon + azole.] Containing, or derived from, carbon and nitrogen. Carbazotic acid (Chem.), picric acid. See under Picric.

Carbide

Car"bide (?), n. [Carbon + -ide.] (Chem.) A binary compound of carbon with some other element or radical, in which the carbon plays the part of a negative; -- formerly termed carburet.

Carbimide

Car"bi*mide (?), n. [Carbon + imide] (Chem.) The technical name for isocyanic acid. See under Isocyanic.

Carbine

Car"bine (?), n. [F. carbine, OF. calabrin carabineer (cf. Ot. calabrina a policeman), fr. OF & Pr. calabre, OF. cable, chable, an engine of war used in besieging, fr. LL. chadabula, cabulus, a kind of projectile machine, fr. Gr. Parable.] (Mil.) A short, light musket or rifle, esp. one used by mounted soldiers or cavalry.

Carbineer

Car`bi*neer" (?), n. [F. carabinier.] (Mil.) A soldier armed with a carbine.

Carbinol

Car"bi*nol (?), n. [Carbin (Kolbe's name for the radical) + -ol.] (Chem.) Methyl alcohol, CH3OH; -- also, by extension, any one in the homologous series of paraffine alcohols of which methyl alcohol is the type.

Carbohydrate

Car`bo*hy"drate (?), n. [Carbon + hydrate.] (Physiol. Chem.) One of a group of compounds including the sugars, starches, and gums, which contain six (or some multiple of six) carbon atoms, united with a variable number of hydrogen and oxygen atoms, but with the two latter always in proportion as to form water; as dextrose, C6H12O6.

Carbohydride

Car`bo*hy"dride (?), n. [Carbon + hydrogen.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon.

Carbolic

Car*bol"ic (?), a. [L. carbo coal + oleum oil.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid derived from coal tar and other sources; as, carbolic acid (called also phenic acid, and phenol). See Phenol.

Carbolize

Car"bo*lize (?), v. t. (Med.) To apply carbonic acid to; to wash or treat with carbolic acid.

Carbon

Car"bon (?), n. [F. carbone, fr. L. carbo coal; cf, Skr. (Chem.) An elementary substance, not metallic in its nature, which is present in all organic compounds. Atomic weight 11.97. Symbol C. it is combustible, and forms the base of lampblack and charcoal, and enters largely into mineral coals. In its pure crystallized state it constitutes the diamond, the hardest of known substances, occuring in monometric crystals like the octahedron, etc. Another modification is graphite, or blacklead, and in this it is soft, and occurs in hexagonal prisms or tables. When united with oxygen it forms carbon dioxide, commonly called carbonic acid, or carbonic oxide, according to the proportions of the oxygen; when united with hydrogen, it forms various compounds called hydrocarbons. Compare Diamond, and Graphite. Carbon compounds, Compounds of carbon (Chem.), those compounds consisting largely of carbon, commonly produced by animals and plants, and hence called organic compounds, though their synthesis may be effected in many cases in the laboratory.
The formation of the compounds of carbon is not dependent upon the life process. I. Remsen
-Carbon dioxide, Carbon monoxide. (Chem.) See under Carbonic. -- Carbon light (Elec.), an extremely brilliant electric light produced by passing a galvanic current through two carbon points kept constantly with their apexes neary in contact. -- Carbon point (Elec.), a small cylinder or bit of gas carbon moved forward by clockwork so that, as it is burned away by the electric current, it shall contantly maintain its proper relation to the opposing point. -- Carbon tissue, paper coated with gelatine and pigment, used in the autotype process of photography. Abney. -- Gas carbon, a compact variety of carbon obtained as an incrustation on the interior of gas retorts, and used for the manufacture of the carbon rods of pencils for the voltaic, arc, and for the plates of voltaic batteries, etc.

Carbonaceous

Car"bo*na`ceous (?), a. Pertaining to, containing, or composed of, carbon.

Carbonade, Carbonado

Car"bo*nade (?), Car`bo*na"do (?), n. [Cf. F. carbonnade, It. carbonata, Sp. carbonada, from L. carbo coal.] (Cookery) Flesh, fowl, etc., cut across, seasoned, and broiled on coals; a chop. [Obs.]

Carbonado, Carbonade

Car`bo*na"do (?), Car"bo*nade (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carbonadoed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonadoing.]

1. To cut (meat) across for frying or broiling; to cut or slice and broil. [Obs.]

A short-legged hen daintily carbonadoed. Bean. & Fl.

2. To cut or hack, as in fighting. [Obs.]

I'll so carbonado your shanks. Shak.

Carbonado

Car`bo*na"do (?), n.; pl. Carbonadoes (#). [Pg., carbonated.] (Min.) A black variety of diamond, found in Brazil, and used for diamond drills. It occurs in irregular or rounded fragments, rarely distinctly crystallized, with a texture varying from compact to porous.

Carbonarism

Car`bo*na"rism (?), n. The principles, practices, or organization of the Carbonari.

Carbonaro

Car`bo*na"ro (?), n.; pl. Carbonari (#). [It., a coal man.] A member of a secret political association in Italy, organized in the early part of the nineteenth centry for the purpose of changing the government into a republic. &hand; The origin of the Carbonari is uncertain, but the society is said to have first met, in 1808, among the charcoal burners of the mountains, whose phraseology they adopted.

Carbonatation

Car`bon*a*ta"tion (?), n. [From Carbonate.] (Sugar Making) The saturation of defecated beet juice with carbonic acid gas. Knight.

Carbonate

Car"bon*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. carbonate.] (Chem.) A salt or carbonic acid, as in limestone, some forms of lead ore, etc.

Carbonated

Car"bon*a`ted (?), a. Combined or impregnated with carbonic acid.

Carbone

Car"bone (?), v. t. [See Carbonado.] To broil. [Obs.] "We had a calf's head carboned". Pepys.

Carbonic

Car*bon"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. carbonique. See Carbon.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, carbon; as, carbonic oxide. Carbonic acid (Chem.), an acid H2CO3, not existing separately, which, combined with positive or basic atoms or radicals, forms carbonates. On common language the term is very generally applied to a compound of carbon and oxygen, CO2, more correctly called carbon dioxide. It is a colorless, heavy, irrespirable gas, extinguishing flame, and when breathed destroys life. It can be reduced to a liquid and solid form by intense pressure. It is produced in the fermentation of liquors, and by the combustion and decomposition of organic substances, or other substances containing carbon. It is formed in the explosion of fire damp in mines, and is hance called after damp; it is also know as choke damp, and mephilic air. Water will absorb its own volume of it, and more than this under pressure, and in this state becomes the common soda water of the shops, and the carbonated water of natural springs. Combined with lime it constitutes limestone, or common marble and chalk. Plants imbibe it for their nutrition and growth, the carbon being retained and the oxygen given out. -- Carbonic oxide (Chem.), a colorless gas, CO, of a light odor, called more correctly carbon monoxide. It is almost the only definitely known compound in which carbon seems to be divalent. It is a product of the incomplete combustion of carbon, and is an abundant constituent of water gas. It is fatal to animal life, extinguishes combustion, and burns with a pale blue flame, forming carbon dioxide.
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Carbonide

Car"bon*ide (?), n. A carbide. [R.]

Carboniferous

Car`bon*if"er*ous (?), a. [Carbon + -ferous.] Producing or containing carbon or coal. Carboniferous age (Geol.), the age immediately following the Devonian, or Age of fishes, and characterized by the vegatation which formed the coal beds. This age embraces three periods, the Subcarboniferous, the Carboniferous, and Permian. See Age of acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Carboniferous formation (Geol.), the series of rocks (including sandstones, shales, limestones, and conglomerates, with beds of coal) which make up the strata of the Carboniferous age ∨ period. See the Diagram under Geology.

Carbonization

Car`bon*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. carbonisation.] The act or process of carbonizing.

Carbonize

Car"bon*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carbonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carbonizing.] [Cf. F. carboniser.]

1. To cover (an animal or vegatable substance) into a residue of carbon by the action of fire or some corrosive agent; to char.

2. To impregnate or combine with carbon, as in making steel by cementation.

Carbonometer

Car`bon*om"e*ter (?), n. [Carbon + -meter.] An instrument for detecting and measuring the amount of carbon which is present, or more esp. the amount of carbon dioxide, by its action on limewater or by other means.

Carbonyl

Car"bon*yl (?), n. [Carbon + -yl.] (Chem.) The radical (CO)\'b7\'b7, occuring, always combined, in many compounds, as the aldehydes, the ketones, urea, carbonyl chloride, etc. &hand; Though denoted by a formula identical with that of carbon monoxide, it is chemically distinct, as carbon seems to be divalent in carbon monoxide, but tetravalent in carbonyl compounds. Carbonyl chloride (Chem.), a colorless gas, COCl2, of offensive odor, and easily condensable to liquid. It is formed from chlorine and carbon monoxide, under the influence of light, and hence has been called phosgene gas; -- called also carbon oxychloride.

Carbostyril

Car`bo*sty"ril (?), n. [Carbon + styrene.] A white crystalline substance, C9H6N.OH, of acid properties derived from one of the amido cinnamic acids.

Carboxide

Car*box"ide (?), n. [Carbon + oxide.] (Chem.) A compound of carbon and oxygen, as carbonyl, with some element or radical; as, potassium carboxide. Potassium carboxide, a grayish explosive crystalline compound, C6O6K, obtained by passing carbon monoxide over heated potassium.

Carboxyl

Car*box"yl (?), n. [Carbon + oxygen + -yl.] (Chem.) The complex radical, CO.OH, regarded as the essential and characteristic constituent which all oxygen acids of carbon (as formic, acetic, benzoic acids, etc.) have in common; -- called also oxatyl.

Carboy

Car"boy (?), n. [Cf. Ir. & Gael carb basket; or Pers qur\'bebah a sort of bottle.] A large, globular glass bottle, esp. one of green glass, inclosed in basket work or in a box, for protection; -- used commonly for carrying corrosive liquids; as sulphuric acid, etc.

Carbuncle

Car"bun*cle (?), n. [L. carbunculus a little coal, a bright kind of precious stone, a kind of tumor, dim. of carbo coal: cf. F. carboncle. See Carbon.]

1. (Min.) A beautiful gem of a deep red color (with a mixture of scarlet) called by the Greeks anthrax; found in the East Indies. When held up to the sun, it loses its deep tinge, and becomes of the color of burning coal. The name belongs for the most part to ruby sapphire, though it has been also given to red spinel and garnet.

2. (Med.) A very painful acute local inflammation of the subcutaneous tissue, esp. of the trunk or back of the neck, characterized by brawny hardness of the affected parts, sloughing of the skin and deeper tissues, and marked constitutional depression. It differs from a boil in size, tendency to spread, and the absence of a central core, and is frequently fatal. It is also called anthrax.

3. (Her.) A charge or bearing supposed to represent the precious stone. It has eight scepters or staves radiating from a common center. Called also escarbuncle.

Carbuncled

Car"bun*cled (?), a.

1. Set with carbuncles.

He has deserves it [armor], were it carbuncled Like holy Phabus' car. Shak.

2. Affected with a carbuncle or carbuncles; marked with red sores; pimpled and blotched. "A carbuncled face." Brome.

Carbuncular

Car*bun"cu*lar (?), a. Belonging to a carbuncle; resembling a carbuncle; red; inflamed.

Carbunculation

Car*bun`cu*la"tion (?), n. [L. carbunculatio.] The blasting of the young buds of trees or plants, by excessive heat or caold. Harris.

Carburet

Car"bu*ret (?), n. [From Carbon.] (Chem.) A carbide. See Carbide [Archaic]

Carburet

Car"bu*ret, v. t. [imp & p. p. Carbureted or Carburetted (p. pr. & vb. n.
Carbureting or Carburetting.] To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize.
By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. Knight.

Carburetant

Car"bu*ret`ant (?), n. Any volatile liquid used in charging illuminating gases.

Carbureted

Car"bu*ret`ed (?), a.

1. (Chem.) Combined with carbon in the manner of a carburet or carbide.

2. Saturated or impregnated with some volatile carbon compound; as, water gas is carbureted to increase its illuminating power. [Written also carburetted.] Carbureted hydrogen gas, any one of several gaseous compounds of carbon and hydrogen, some of with make up illuminating gas. -- Light carbureted hydrogen, marsh gas, CH4; fire damp<--; methane-->.

Carburetor

Car"bu*ret`or (?), n. (Chem.) An apparatus in which coal gas, hydrogen, or air is passed through or over a volatile hydrocarbon, in order to confer or increase illuminating power. [Written also carburettor.]

Carburization

Car"bu*ri*za`tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act, process, or result of carburizing.

Carburize

Car"bu*rize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carburized (?); p. pr. & vb. N. Carburizing.] (Chem.) To combine wtih carbon or a carbon compound; -- said esp. of a process for conferring a higher degree of illuminating power on combustible gases by mingling them with a vapor of valatile hydrocarbons.

Carcajou

Car"ca*jou (?), n. [Probably a Canadian French corruption of an Indian name of the wolverene.] (Zo\'94l.) The wolverence; -- also applied, but erroneously, to the Canada lynx, and sometimes to the American badger. See Wolverene.

Carcanet

Car"ca*net (?), n. [Dim. fr. F. carcan the iron collar or chain of a criminal, a chain of preciousstones, LL. carcannum, fr. Armor. kerchen bosom, neck, kechen collar, fr. kelch circle; or Icel. kverk troat, OHG, querca throat.] A jeweled chain, necklace, or collar. [Also written carkenet and carcant.] Shak.

Carcase

Car"case (?), n. See Carcass.

Carcass

Car"cass (?), n.; pl. Carcasses (#). [Written also carcase.] [F. carcasse, fr. It. carcassa, fr. L. caro flesh + capsa chest, box, case. Cf. Carnal, Case a sheath.]

1. A dead body, whether of man or beast; a corpse; now commonly the dead body of a beast.

He turned to see the carcass of the lion. Judges xiv. 8.
This kept thousands in the town whose carcasses went into the great pits by cartloads. De Foe.

2. The living body; -- now commonly used in contempt or ridicule. "To pamper his own carcass." South.

Lovely her face; was ne'er so fair a creature. For earthly carcass had a heavenly feature. Oldham.

3. The abandoned and decaying remains of some bulky and once comely thing, as a ship; the skeleton, or the uncovered or unfinished frame, of a thing.

A rotten carcass of a boat. Shak.

4. (Mil.) A hollow case or shell, filled with combustibles, to be thrown from a mortar or howitzer, to set fire to buldings, ships, etc.

A discharge of carcasses and bombshells. W. Iving.

Carcavelhos

Car`ca*vel"hos (?), n. A sweet wine. See Calcavella.

Carcelage

Car"ce*lage (?), n. [LL. carcelladium, carceragium, fr. L. carcer prison.] Prison fees. [Obs.]

Carcel lamp

Car"cel lamp` (?). [Named after Carcel, the inventor.] A French mechanical lamp, for lighthouses, in which a superbundance of oil is pumped to the wick tube by clockwork.

Carceral

Car"cer*al (?), a. [L. carceralis, fr. carcer prison.] Belonging a prison. [R.] Foxe.

Carcinological

Car`ci*no*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to carcinology.

Carcinology

Car`ci*nol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] (Zo\'94l.) The depertment of zo\'94logy which treats of the Crustacea (lobsters, crabs, etc.); -- called also malacostracology and crustaceology.

Carcinoma

Car`ci*no"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.) A cancer. By some medical writers, the term is applied to an indolent tumor. See Cancer. Dunglison.

Carcinomatous

Car`ci*nom"a*tous (?), a. Of or pertaining to carcinoma.

Carcinosys

Car`ci*no"sys (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. The affection of the system with cancer.

Card

Card (?), n. [F. carte, fr. L. charta paper, Gr. Chart.]

1. A piece of pasteboard, or thick paper, blank or prepared for various uses; as, a playing card; a visiting card; a card of invitation; pl. a game played with cards.

Our first cards were to Carabas House. Thackeray.

2. A published note, containing a brief statement, explanation, request, expression of thanks, or the like; as, to put a card in the newspapers. Also, a printed programme, and (fig.), an attraction or inducement; as, this will be a good card for the last day of the fair.

3. A paper on which the points of the compass are marked; the dial or face of the mariner's compass.

All the quartere that they know I' the shipman's card. Shak.

4. (Weaving) A perforated pasteboard or sheet-metal plate for warp threads, making part of the Jacquard apparatus of a loom. See Jacquard.

5. An indicator card. See under Indicator. Business card, a card on which is printed an advertisement or business address. -- Card basket (a) A basket to hold visiting cards left by callers. (b) A basket made of cardboard. -- Card catalogue. See Catalogue. -- Card rack, a rack or frame for holding and displaying business or visiting card. -- Card table, a table for use inplaying cards, esp. one having a leaf which folds over. -- On the cards, likely to happen; foretold and expected but not yet brought to pass; -- a phrase of fortune tellers that has come into common use; also, according to the programme. -- Playing card, cards used in playing games; specifically, the cards cards used playing which and other games of chance, and having each pack divided onto four kinds or suits called hearts, diamonds, clubs, and spades. The full or whist pack contains fifty-two cards. -- To have the cards in one's own hands, to have the winning cards; to have the means of success in an undertaking. -- To play one's cards well, to make no errors; to act shrewdly. -- To play snow one's cards, to expose one's plants to rivals or foes. -- To speak by the card, to speak from information and definitely, not by guess as in telling a ship's bearing by the compass card. -- Visiting card, a small card bearing the name, and sometimes the address, of the person presenting it.

Card

Card, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carded; p. pr. & vb. n. Carding.] To play at cards; to game. Johnson.

Card

Card, n. [F. carde teasel, the head of a thistle, card, from L. carduus, cardus, thistle, fr. carere to card.]

1. An instrument for disentangling and arranging the fibers of cotton, wool, flax, etc.; or for cleaning and smoothing the hair of animals; -- usually consisting of bent wire teeth set closely in rows in a thick piece of leather fastened to a back.

2. A roll or sliver of fiber (as of wool) delivered from a carding machine. Card clothing, strips of wire-toothed card used for covering the cylinders of carding machines.

Card

Card (?), v. t.

1. To comb with a card; to cleanse or disentangle by carding; as, to card wool; to card a horse.

These card the short comb the longer flakes. Dyer.

2. To clean or clear, as if by using a card. [Obs.]

This book [must] be carded and purged. T. Shelton.

3. To mix or mingle, as with an inferior or weaker article. [Obs.]

You card your beer, if you guests being to be drunk. -- half small, half strong. Greene.
&hand; In the manufacture of wool, cotton, etc., the process of carding disentangles and collects together all the fibers, of whatever length, and thus differs from combing, in which the longer fibers only are collected, while the short straple is combed away. See Combing.

Cardamine

Car"da*mine (?), n. [L. cardamina, Gr. cardamine.] (Bot.) A genus of cruciferous plants, containing the lady's-smock, cuckooflower, bitter cress, meadow cress, etc.

Cardamom

Car"da*mom (?), n. [L. cardamonun, Gr.

1. The aromatic fruit, or capsule with its seeds, of several plants of the Ginger family growing in the East Indies and elsewhere, and much used as a condiment, and in medicine.

2. (Bot.) A plant which prduces cardamoms, esp. Elettaria Cardamomum and several of Amommum.

Cardboard

Card"board (?), n. A stiff compact pasteboard of various qualities, for making cards, etc., often having a polished surface.

Cardcase

Card"case` (?), n. A case for visiting cards.

Cardecu

Car"de*cu (?), n. [Corrupt, from F. quart d'\'82cu.] A quarter of a crown. [Obs.]
The bunch of them were not worth a cardecu. Sir W. Scott.

Carder

Card"er (?), n. One who, or that which cards wool flax, etc. Shak.

Cardia

Car"di*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) (a) The heart. (b) The anterior or cardiac orifice of the stomach, where the esophagus enters it.

Cardiac

Car"di*ac (?), a. [L. cardiacus, Gr. , fr. cardiaque.]

1. (Anat.) Pertaining to, resembling, or hear the heart; as, the cardiac arteries; the cardiac, or left, end of the stomach.

2. (Med.) Exciting action in the heart, through the medium of the stomach; cordial; stimulant. Cardiac passion (Med.) cardialgia; heartburn. [Archaic] -- Cardiac wheel. (Mach.) See Heart wheel.

Cardiac

Car"di*ac n. (Med.) A medicine which excites action in the stomach; a cardial.

Cardiacal

Car*di"a*cal (?), a. Cardiac.

Cardiacle

Car"di*a*cle (?), n. A pain about the heart. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cardiagraph

Car"di*a*graph (?), n. See Cardiograph.

Cardialgla, Cardialgy

Car`di*al"gl*a (?), Car"di*al`gy (?), n. [NL. cardialgia, fr. Gr. cardialgie.] (Med.) A burning or gnawing pain, or feeling of distress, referred to the region of the heart, accompanied with cardisc palpitation; heartburn. It is usually a symptom of indigestion.

Cardigan jacket

Car"di*gan jack`et (#). [From the Earl of Cardigan, who was famous in the Crimean campaign of 1854-55.] A warm jacket of knit worsted with or without sleeves.

Cardinal

Car"di*nal (?), a. [L. cardinalis, fr. cardo the hing of a door, that on which a thing turns or depends: cf. F. cardinal.] Of fundamental importance; pre\'89minet; superior; chief; principal.
The cardinal intersections of the zodiac. Sir T. Browne.
Impudence is now a cardinal virtue. Drayton.
But cardinal sins, and hollow hearts, I fear ye. Shak.
Cardinal numbers, the numbers one, two, three, etc., in distinction from first, second, third, etc., which are called ordinal numbers. -- Cardinal points (a) (Geol.) The four principal points of the compass, or intersections of the horizon with the meridian and the prime vertical circle, north, south east, and west. (b) (Astrol.) The rising and setting of the sun, the zenith and nadir. -- Cardinal signs (Astron.) Aries, Lidra, Cancer, and Capricorn. -- Cardinal teeth (Zo\'94l.), the central teeth of bivalve shell. See Bivalve. -- Cardinal veins (Anat.), the veins in vertebrate embryos, which run each side of the vertebral column and returm the blood to the heart. They remain through life in some fishes. -- Cardinal virtues, pre\'89minent virtues; among the ancients, prudence, justice, temperance, and fortitude. -- Cardinal winds, winds which blow from the cardinal points due north, south, east, or west.

Cardinal

Car"di*nal, n. [F. carinal, It. cardinale, LL. cardimalis (ecclesi\'91 Roman\'91). See Cardinal, a.] 1. (R.C.Ch.) One of the ecclesiastical prince who constitute the pope's council, or the sacred college.
The clerics of the supreme Chair are called Cardinals, as undoubtedly adhering more nearly to the hinge by which all things are moved. Pope Leo IX.
&hand; The cardinals are appointed by the pope. Since the time of Sixtus V., their number can never exceed seventy (six of episcopal rank, fifty priests, fourteen deacons), and the number of cardinal priests and deacons is seldom full. When the papel chair is vacant a pope is elected by the college of cardinals from among themselves. The cardinals take procedence of all dignitaries except the pope. The principal parts of a cardinal's costume are a red cassock, a rochet, a short purple mantle, and a red hat with a small crown and broad, brim, with cards and tessels of a special pattern hanging from it.

2. A woman's short cloak with a hood.

Where's your cardinal! Make haste. Lloyd.

3. Mulled red wine. Hotten.


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Cardinal bird, ∨ Cardinal grosbeak (Zo\'94l.), an American song bird (Cardinalis cardinalis, or C. Virginianus), of the family Fringillid\'91, or finches having a bright red plumage, and a high, pointed crest on its head. The males have loud and musical notes resembling those of a fife. Other related species are also called cardinal birds. -- Cardinal flower (Bot.), an herbaceous plant (Lobelia cardinalis) bearing brilliant red flowers of much beauty. -- Cardinal red, color like that of a cardinal's cassock, hat, etc.; a bright red, darket than scarlet, and between scarlet and crimson.

Cardinalate

Car"di*nal*ate (?), n. [Cf. F. cardinalat, LL. cardinalatus.] The office, rank, or dignity of a cardinal.

Cardinalize

Car"di*nal*ize (?), v. t. To exalt to the office of a cardinal. Sheldon.

Cardinalship

Car"di*nal*ship, n. The condition, dignity, of office of a cardinal

Carding

Card"ing (?), a.

1. The act or process of preparing staple for spinning, etc., bycarding it. See the Note under Card, v. t.

2. A roll of wool or other fiber as it comes from the carding machine. Carding engine, Carding machine, a machine for carding cotton, wool, or other fiber, by subjecting it to the action of cylinders, or drum covered with wire-toothed cards, revoling nearly in contact with each other, at different rates of speed, or in opposite directions, The staple issues in soft sheets, or in slender rolls called sivers.

Cardiograph

Car"di*o*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] (Med.) An instrument which, when placed in contact with the chest, will register graphically the comparative duration and intensity of the heart's movements.

Cardiographic

Car`di*o*graph"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to, or produced by, a cardiograph.

Cardioid

Car"di*oid (?), n. [Gr. ( (Math.) An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

Cardioinhibitory

Car`di*o*in*hib"i*to*ry (?), a. (Physiol.) Checking or arresting the heart's action.

Cardiolgy

Car`di*ol"*gy (?), n. [Gr. -ology.] The science which treats of the heart and its functions.

Cardiometry

Car`di*om"e*try (?), n. [Gr. -metry.] (Med.) Measurement of the heart, as by percussion or auscultation.

Cardiosphygmograph

Car`di*o*sphyg"mo*graph (?), n. A combination of cardiograph and shygmograph.

Carditis

Car*di"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis: cf. F. cardile.] (Med) Inflammation of the fleshy or muscular substance of the heart. See Endocardris and Pericarditis. Dunglison.

Cardo

Car"do (?), n.; pl. Cardies (#).) [L., a hinge.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The basal joint of the maxilla in insects. (b) The hinge of a bivalve shell.

Cardol

Car"dol (?), n. [NL. Anacardium generic name of the cashew + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A yellow oil liquid, extracted from the shell of the cashew nut.

Cardoon

Car*doon" (?), n. [F. cardon. The same word as F. cardon thistle, fr. L. carduus, cardus, LL. cardo. See 3d Card.] (Bot.) A large herbaceos plant (Cynara Cardunculus) related to the artichoke; -- used in cookery and as a sald.

Care

Care (?), n. [AS. caru, cearu; akin to OS. kara sorrow Goth. kara lament, and to Gr. . Not akin to cure. Cf. Chary.]

1. A burdensome sense of responsibility; trouble caused by onerous duties; anxiety; concern; solicitude.

Care keeps his wath in every old man's eye, And where care lodges, sleep will never lie. Shak.

2. Charge, oversight, or management, implying responsibility for safety and prosperity.

The care of all the churches. 2 Car. xi. 28
Him thy care must be to find. Milton.
Perlexed with a thousand cares. Shak.

3. Attention or heed; caution; regard; heedfulness; watchfulness; as, take care; have a care.

I thank thee for thy care and honest pains. Shak.

4. The object of watchful attention or anxiety.

Right sorrowfully mourning her bereaved cares. Spenser.
Syn. -- Anxiety; solicitude; concern; caution; regard; management; direction; oversight. -- Care, Anxiety, Solicitude, Concern. These words express mental pain in different degress. Care belongs primarily to the intellect, and becomes painful from overburdened thought. Anxiety denotes a state of distressing uneasiness fron the dread of evil. Solicitude expresses the same feeling in a diminished dagree. Concern is opposed to indifference, and implies exercise of anxious thought more or less intense. We are careful about the means, solicitous and anxious about the end; we are solicitous to obtain a good, axious to avoid an evil.

Care

Care, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caring.] [AS. cearian. See Care, n.] To be anxious or solictous; to be concerned; to have regard or interest; -- sometimes followed by an objective of measure.
I would not care a pin, if the other three were in. Shak.
Master, carest thou not that we perish? Mark. iv. 38.
To care for. (a) To have under watchful attention; to take care of. (b) To have regard or affection for; to like or love.
He cared not for the affection of the house. Tennyson.

Careen

Ca*reen" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Careened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Careening.] [OF. cariner, F. car\'82ner, fr. OF. car\'8ane, the bottom of a ship, keel, fr. L. carina.] (Naut.) To cause (a vessel) to lean over so that she floats on one side, leaving the other side out of water and accessible for repairs below the water line; to case to be off the keel.

Careen

Ca*reen" (, v. i. To incline to one side, or lie over, as a ship when sailing on a wind; to be off the keel.

Careenage

Ca*reen"age (?), n. [Cf. F. car\'82nage.] (Naut.) (a) Expense of careening ships. (b) A place for careening.

Career

Ca*reer" (?), n. [F. carri\'8are race course, high road, street, fr. L. carrus wagon. See Car.]

1. A race course: the ground run over.

To go back again the same career. Sir P. Sidney.

2. A running; full speed; a rapid course.

When a horse is running in his full career. Wilkins.

3. General course of action or conduct in life, or in a particular part or calling in life, or in some special undertaking; usually applied to course or conduct which is of a pubic character; as, Washington's career as a soldier.

An impartial view of his whole career. Macaulay.

4. (Falconary) The fight of a hawk.

Career

Ca*reer", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering] To move or run rapidly.
areering gayly over the curling waves. W. Irving.

Careful

Care"ful (?), a. [AS. cearful.]

1. Full of care; anxious; solicitous [Archaic]

Be careful [Rev. Ver. "anxious"] for nothing. Phil. iv. 6.
The careful plowman doubting stands. Milton.

2. Filling with care or colicitube; exposing to concern, anxiety, or trouble; painful.

The careful cold beinneth for to creep. Spenser.
By Him that raised me to this careful height. Shak.

3. Taking care; gicing good heed; watchful; cautious; provident; not indifferent heedless, or reckless; -- often follower byof, for, or the infinitive; as, careful of money; careful to do right.

Thou hast been careful for us with all this care. 2. Kings iv, 13.
What could a careful father more have done? Dryden.
Syn. -- Anxious; solicitous; provident; thoughtful; cautious; circumspect; heedful; watchful; vigilant.

Carefully

Care"ful*ly, adv. In a careful manner.

Carefulness

Care"ful*ness, n. Quality or state of being careful.

Careless

Care"less (?), a. [AS. cearle\'a0s.]

1. Free from care or anxiety. hence, cheerful; light-hearted. Spenser.

Sleep she as sound as careless infancy. Shak.

2. Having no care; not taking ordinary or proper care; negligent; unconcerned; heedless; inattentive; unmindful; regardless.

My brother was too careless of his charge. Shak.
He grew careless of himself. Steele.

3. Without thought or purpose; without due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneouse; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression.

He framed the careless rhyme. Beatie.

4. Not receiving care; uncared for. [R.]

Their many wounds and careless hatms. Spemser.
Syn. -- Negligent; heedless; thoughtless; unthinking; inattentive; incautious; remiss; forgetful; regardless; inconsiderate; listless.

Carelessly

Care"less*ly, adv. In a careless manner.

Carelessness

Care"less*ness, n. The quality or state of being careless; heedlessness; negligenece; inattention.

Carene

Ca*rene" (?), n. [LL. carena, corrupted fr. quarentena. See Quarantine.] (Ecol.) A fast of forty days on bread and water. [Obs.]

Caress

Ca*ress" (?), n. [F. caresse, It. carezza, LL. caritia dearness, fr. L. carus dear. See Charity.] An act of endearment; any act or expression of affection; an embracing, or touching, with tenderness.
Wooed her with his soft caresses. Langfellow.
He exerted himself to win by indulgence and caresses the hearts of all who were under his command. Macaulay.

Caress

Ca*ress", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caressing.] [F. caresser, fr. It. carezzare, fr. carezza caress. See Caress., n.] To treat with tokens of fondness, affection, or kindness; to touch or speak to in a loving or endearing manner; to fondle.
The lady caresses the rough bloodhoun. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To foundle; embrace; pet; coddle; court; flatter. -- Caress, Fondle. "We caress by words or actions; we fondle by actions only." Crabb.

Caressingly

Ca*ress"ing*ly, ad. In caressing manner.

Caret

Ca"ret (?), n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.] A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.

Caret

Ca`ret" (?), n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo\'94l.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

Caretuned

Care"*tuned (?), a. Weary; mournful. Shak.

Careworn

Care"worn` (?), a. Worn or burdened with care; as, careworn look or face.

Carex

Ca"rex (?), n. [L., sedge.] (Bot.) A numerous and widely distributed genus of perennial herbaceous plants of the order Cypreace\'91; the sedges.

Carf

Carf (?), pret. of Carve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cargason

Car"ga*son (?), n. [F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL. cargare to load. See rgo.] A cargo. [Obs.]

Cargo

Car"go (?), n.; pl. Cargoes (#). [Sp. cargo, carga, burden, load, from cargar to load, from cargar to load, charge, See Charge.] The lading or freight of a ship or other vessel; the goods, merchandise, or whatever is conveyed in a vessel or boat; load; freight.
Cargoes of food or clothing. E. Everett.
&hand; The term cargo, in law, is usually applied to goods only, and not to live animals or persons. Burill.

Cargoose

Car"goose` (?), n. [Perh. fr. Gael. & Ir. cir, cior (pronounced kir, kior), crest, comb + E. goose. Cf. Crebe.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of grebe (Podiceps crisratus); the crested grebe.

\'80ariama

\'80a"ri*a"ma (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, long-legged South American bird (Dicholophus cristatus) which preys upon snakes, etc. See Seriema.

Carib

Car"ib (?), n.; pl. Caries. [See Cannibal.] (Ethol.) A native of the Caribbee islands or the coaste of the Caribbean sea; esp., one of a tribe of Indians inhabiting a region of South America, north of the Amazon, and formerly most of the West India islands.

Caribbean, Caribbee

Car`ib*be"an (?), Car`ib*bee (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Caribs, to their islands (the eastern and southern West Indies), or to the sea (called the Caribbean sa) lying between those islands and Central America.

Caribbee

Car"ib*bee, n. A Carib.

Caribe

Ca*ri"be (?), n. [Sp. a cannibal.] (Zo\'94l). A south American fresh water fish of the genus Serrasalmo of many species, remakable for its voracity. When numerous they attack man or beast, often with fatal results.

Caribou

Car"i*bou (?), n. [Canadian French.] (Zo\'94l.) The American reindeer, especially the common or woodland species (Rangifer Caribou). Barren Ground caribou. See under Barren. -- Woodland caribou, the common reindeer (Rangifer Caribou) of the northern forests of America.

Caricature

Car"i*ca*ture (?), n. [It. caricatura, fr. caricare to charge, overload, exaggerate. See Charge, v. t.]

1. An exaggeration, or distortion by exaggeration, of parts or characteristics, as in a picture.

2. A picture or other figure or description in which the peculiarities of a person or thing are so exaggerated as to appear ridiculous; a burlesque; a parody. [Formerly written caricatura.]

The truest likeness of the prince of French literature will be the one that has most of the look of a caricature. I. Taylor.
A grotesque caricature of virtue. Macaulay.

Caricature

Car"i*ca*ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caricatured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caricaturing.] To make or draw a caricature of; to represent with ridiculous exaggeration; to burlesque.
He could draw an ill face, or caricature a good one, with a masterly hand. Lord Lyttelton.

Caricaturist

Car"i*ca*tu`rist (?), n. One who caricatures.

Caricous

Car"i*cous (?), a. [L. carica a kind of dry fig.] Of the shape of a fig; as, a caricous tumor. Graig.

Caries

Ca"ri*es (?), n.[L., decay.] (Med.) Ulceration of bone; a process in which bone disintegrates and is carried away piecemeal, as distinguished from necrosis, in which it dies in masses.

Carillon

Car"il*lon (?), n. [F. carillon a chime of bells, originally consisting of four bells, as if fr.. (assumed) L. quadrilio, fr. quatuer four.]

1. (Mus.) A chime of bells diatonically tuned, played by clockwork or by finger keys.

2. A tune adapted to be played by musical bells.

Carina

Ca*ri"na (?), n. [L., keel.]

1. (Bot.) A keel. (a) That part of a papilionaceous flower, consisting of two petals, commonly united, which incloses the organs of fructification. (b) A longitudinal ridge or projection like the keel of a boat.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The keel of the breastbone of birds.

Carinaria

Car`i*na"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. L. carina keel.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of oceanic heteropod Mollusca, having a thin, glassy, bonnet-shaped shell, which covers only the nucleus and gills.

Carinat\'91

Car`i*na"t\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., Fem. pl. fr. L. carinatus. See Carinate.] A grand division of birds, including all existing flying birds; -- So called from the carina or keel on the breastbone.

Carinate, Carinated

Car"i*nate (?), Car"i*na`ted (?) a. [L. carinatus, fr. carina keel.] Shaped like the keel or prow of a ship; having a carina or keel; as, a carinate calyx or leaf; a carinate sternum (of a bird).

Cariole

Car"i*ole (?), n. [F. carriole, dim. fr. L. carrus. See Car, and Carryall.] (a) A small, light, open one-horse carriage. (b) A covered cart. (c) A kind of calash. See Carryall.

Cariopsis

Car"i*op"sis (?), n. See Caryopsis.

Cariosity

Ca`ri*os"i*ty (?), n. (Med.) Caries.

Carious

Ca"ri*ous (?), a. [L. cariosus, fr. caries dacay.] Affected with caries; decaying; as, a carious tooth.

Cark

Cark (?), n. [OE. cark, fr. a dialectic form of F. charge; cf. W. carc anxiety, care, Arm karg charge, burden. See Charge, and cf. Cargo.] A noxious or corroding care; solicitude; worry. [Archaic.]
His heavy head, devoid of careful cark. Spenser.
Fling cark and care aside. Motherwell.
Ereedom from the cares of money and the cark of fashion. R. D. Blackmore.

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Cark

Cark (?), v. i. To be careful, anxious, solicitous, or troubles in mind; to worry or grieve. [R.] Beau. & fl.

Cark

Cark, v. t. To vex; to worry; to make by anxious care or worry. [R.]
Nor can a man, independently . . . of God's blessing, care and cark himself one penny richer. South.

Carkanet

Car"ka*net (?), n. A carcanet. Southey.

Carking

Cark"ing (?), a. Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares.

Carl

Carl (?), n. [Icel, karl a male, a man; akin to AS. ceorl, OHG. charal, G. kerl fellow. See Churl.] [Written also carle.]

1. A rude, rustic man; a churl.

The miller was a stout carl. Chaucer.

2. Large stalks of hemp which bear the seed; -- called also carl hemp.

3. pl. A kind of food. See citation, below.

Caring or carl are gray steeped in water and fried the next day in butter or fat. They are eaten on the second Sunday before Easter, formerly called Carl Sunday. Robinson's Whitby Glossary (1875).

Carlin

Car"lin (?), n. [Dim., fr. carl male.] An old woman. [Scot. & Prov. Eng.]

Carline, Caroline

Car"line (?), Car"o*line (?), n. [F. carin; cf. It. carlino; -- so called from Carlo (Charles) VI. of Naples.] A silver coin once current in some parts of Italy, worth about seven cents. Simmonds.

Carline, Carling

Car"line (?), Car"ling (?) n. [Cf. F. carlingur, Sp. Pg., & It. carlinga.] (Naut.) A short timber running lengthwise of a ship, from one transverse desk beam to another; also, one of the cross timbers that strengthen a hath; -- usually in pl.

Carline thistle

Car"line this`tle (?). [F. carline, It., Sp., & Pg., carline, Said to be so called from the Emperor Charlemagne, whose army is reputed to have used it as a remedy for pestilence.] (Bot.) A prickly plant of the genus Carlina (C. vulgaris), found in Europe and Asia.

Carlings

Car"lings (?), n. pl. Same as Carl, 3. Carling Sunday, a Sunday in Lent when carls are eaten. In some parts of England, Passion Sunday. See Carl, 4.

Carlist

Car"list (?), n. A parisan of Charles X. Of France, or of Dod Carlos of Spain.

Carlock

Car"lock (?), n. [F. carlock, fr. Russ. Karl\'a3k'.] A sort of Russian isinglass, made from the air bladder of the sturgeon, and used in clarifying wine.

Carlot

Car"lot (?), n. [From Carl.] A churl; a boor; a peasant or countryman. [Obs.] Shak.

Carlovingian

Car`lo*vin"gi*an (?), a. [F. Carlovingen.] Pertaining to, founded by, of descended from, Charlemagne; as, the Carlovingian race of kings.

Carmagnole

Car`ma`gnole" (?), n. [F.]

1. A popular or Red Rebublican song and dance, of the time of the first French Revolution.

They danced and yelled the carmagnole. Compton Reade.

2. A bombastic report from the French armies.

Carman

Car"man (?), n.; pl. Carmen ( A man whose employment is to drive, or to convey goods in, a car or car.

Carmelite, Carmelin

Car"mel*ite (?), Car"mel*in a. Of or pertaining to the order of Carmelites.

Carmelite

Car"mel*ite (?), n.

1. (Eccl. Hist.) A friar of a mendicant order (the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel) established on Mount Carmel, in Syria, in the twelfth century; a White Friar.

2. A nun of the Order of Our lady of Mount Carmel.

Carminated

Car"mi*na`ted (?), a. Of, relating to, or mixed with, carmine; as, carminated lake. Tomlinson.

Carminative

Car*min"ative (?), a. [NL. carminativus (carminare to card hence to cleanse, fr. carmen a card for freeing wool or flax from the coarser parts, and from extraneous matter: cf. F. carminatif.] Expelling wind from the body; warning; antispasmodic. "Carmenative hot seeds." Dunglison.

Carminative

Car*min"a*tive, n. A substance, esp. an aromatic, which tends to expel wind from the alimentary canal, or to relieve colic, griping, or flatulence.

Carmine

Car"mine (?), n. [F. carmin (cf. Sp. carmin, It. carminio), contr. from LL. carmesinus purple color. See Crimson.]

1. A rich red or crimson color with a shade of purple.

2. A beautiful pigment, or a lake, of this color, prepared from cochineal, and used in miniature painting.

3. (Chem.) The essential coloring principle of cochineal, extracted as a purple-red amorphous mass. It is a glucoside and possesses acid properties; -- hence called also carminic acid. Carmine red (Chem.), a coloring matter obtained from carmine as a purple-red substance, and probably allied to the phthale\'8bns.

Carminic

Car*min"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, carmine. Carminic acid. Same as Carmine, 3.

Carmot

Car"mot (?), n. (Alchemy) The matter of which the philosopher's stone was believed to be composed.

Carnage

Car"nage (?), n. [F. carnage, LL. carnaticum tribute of animals, flesh of animals, fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]

1. Flesh of slain animals or men.

A miltitude of dogs came to feast on the carnage. Macaulay.

2. Great destruction of life, as in battle; bloodshed; slaughter; massacre; murder; havoc.

The more fearful carnage of the Bloody Circuit. Macaulay.

Carnal

Car"nal (?), a. [L. carnalis, fr. caro, carnis, flesh; akin to Gr. kravya; cf. F. charnel, Of. also carnel. Cf. Charnel.]

1. Of or pertaining to the body or is appetites; animal; fleshly; sensual; given to sensual indulgence; lustful; human or worldly as opposed to spiritual.

For ye are yet carnal. 1 Car. iii. 3.
Not sunk in carnal pleasure. Milton
rnal desires after miracles. Trench.

2. Flesh-devouring; cruel; ravenous; bloody. [Obs.]

This carnal cur Preys on the issue of his mother's body. Shak.
Carnal knowledge, sexual intercourse; -- used especially of an unlawful act on the part of the man.

Carnalism

Car"nal*ism (?), n. The state of being carnal; carnality; sensualism. [R.]

Carnalist

Car"nal*ist (?), n. A sensualist. Burton.

Carnality

Car*nal"i*ty (?), n. [L. carnalitas.] The state of being carnal; fleshly lust, or the indulgence of lust; grossness of mind.
Because of the carnality of their hearts. Tillotson.

Carnalize

Car"nal*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carnalized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carnalizing.] To make carnal; to debase to carnality.
A sensual and carnalized spirit. John Scott.

Carnallite

Car"nal*lite (?), n. [G. carnallit, fr. Von Carnall, a Prussian.] (Min.) A hydrous chloride of potassium and magnesium, sometimes found associated with deposits of rock salt.

Carnally

Car"nal*ly (?), adv. According to the flesh, to the world, or to human nature; in a manner to gratify animal appetites and lusts; sensually.
For to be carnally minded is death; but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. Rom. viii. 6.

Carnal-minded

Car"nal-mind`ed (?), a. Worldly-minded.

Carnal-mindedness

Car"nal-mind"ed*ness, n. Grossness of mind.

Carnary

Car"na*ry (?), n. [L. carnarium, fr. caro, carnis, flesh.] A vault or crypt in connection with a church, used as a repository for human bones disintered from their original burial places; a charnel house.

Carnassial

Car*nas"si*al (?), a. [Cf. F. carnassier carnivorous, and L. caro, carnis, flesh.] (Anat.) Adapted to eating flesh. -- n. A carnassial tooth; especially, the last premolar in many carnivores.

Carnate

Car"nate (?), a. [L. carnatus fleshy.] Invested with, or embodied in, flesh.

Carnation

Car*na"tion (?), n. [F. carnation the flesh tints in a painting, It carnagione, fr. L. carnatio fleshiness, fr. caro, carnis, flesh. See Carnal.]

1. The natural color of flesh; rosy pink.

Her complexion of the delicate carnation. Ld. Lytton.

2. pl. (Paint.) Those parts of a picture in which the human body or any part of it is represented in full color; the flesh tints.

The flesh tints in painting are termed carnations. Fairholt.

3. (Bot.) A species of Dianthus (D. Caryophyllus) or pink, having very beautiful flowers of various colors, esp. white and usually a rich, spicy scent.

Carnationed

Car*na"tioned (?), a. Having a flesh color.

Carnauba

Car*nau"ba (?), n. (Bot.) The Brazilian wax palm. See Wax palm.

Carnelian

Car*nel"ian (?), n. [For carnelian; influenced by L. carneus fleshy, of flesh, because of its flesh red color. See Cornellan.] (Min.) A variety of chalcedony, of a clear, deep red, flesh red, or reddish white color. It is moderately hard, capable of a good polish, and often used for seals.

Carneous

Car"ne*ous (?), a. [L. carneus, from caro, carnis, flesh.] Consisting of, or like, flesh; carnous; fleshy. "Carneous fibers." Ray.

Carney

Car"ney (?), n. [Cf. L. carneus flesh.] (Far.) A disease of horses, on which the mouth is so furred that the afflicted animal can not eat.

Carnifex

Car"ni*fex (?), n. [L., fr. caro, carnis, flesh + facere to make.] (Antiq.) The public executioner at Rome, who executed persons of the lowest rank; hence, an executioner or hangman.

Carnification

Car`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. carnification.] The act or process of turning to flesh, or to a substance resembling flesh.

Carnify

Car"ni*fy (?), v. i. [LL. carnificare, fr. L.o, carnis, flesh + facere to make: cf. F. carnifier.] To form flesh; to become like flesh. Sir M. Hale.

Carnin

Car"nin (?), n. [L. caro, canis , flesh.] (Chem.) A white crystalline nitrogenous substance, found in extract of meat, and related to xanthin.

Carnival

Car"ni*val (?), n. [It. carnevale, prob. for older carnelevale, prop., the putting away of meat; fr. L. caro, carnis, flesh _ levare to take away, lift up, fr. levis light.]

1. A festival celebrated with merriment and revelry in Roman Gatholic countries during the week before Lent, esp. at Rome and Naples, during a few days (three to ten) before Lent, ending with Shrove Tuesday.

The carnival at Venice is everywhere talked of. Addison.

2. Any merrymaking, feasting, or masquerading, especially when overstepping the bounds of decorum; a time of riotous excess. Tennyson.

He saw the lean dogs beneath the wall Hold o'er the dead their carnival Byron.

Carnivora

Car*niv"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. carnivorus. See Carnivorous.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Mammallia including the lion, tiger, wolf bear, seal, etc. They are adapted by their structure to feed upon flesh, though some of them, as the bears, also eat vegetable food. The teeth are large and sharp, suitable for cutting flesh, and the jaws powerful.

Carnivoracity

Car*niv`o*rac"i*ty (?), n. Greediness of appetite for flesh. [Sportive.] Pope.

Carnivore

Car`ni*vore (?), n. [Cf. F. carnivore.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Carnivora.

Carnivorous

Car*niv"o*rous (?), a. [L. carnivorus; caro, carnis, flesh + varare to devour.] Eating or feeding on flesh. The term is applied: (a) to animals which naturally seek flesh for food, as the tiger, dog, etc.; (b) to plants which are supposed to absorb animal food; (c) to substances which destroy animal tissue, as caustics.

Carnose, Carnous

Car*nose (?), Car"*nous (?), a. [L. carnosus, fr. caro, carnis, flesh: cf. OF. carneux, F. charneux.]

1. Of a pertaining to flesh; fleshy.

A distinct carnose muscle. Ray.

2. (Bot.) Of a fleshy consistence; -- applied to succulent leaves, stems, etc.

Carnosity

Car*nos"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. carnosit\'82.]

1. (Med.) A fleshy excrescence; esp. a small excrescence or fungous growth. Wiseman.

2. Fleshy substance or quality; fleshy covering.

[Consciences] overgrown with so hard a carnosity. Spelman.
The olives, indeed be very small there, and bigger than capers; yet commended they are for their carnosity. Holland.

Carob

Car"ob (?), n. [Cf. F. caroube fruit of the carob tree, Sp. garrobo, al-garrobo, carob tree, fr. Ar. kharr\'d4b, Per. Kharn\'d4b. Cf. Clgaroba.]

1. (Bot.) An evergreen leguminous tree (Ceratania Siliqua) found in the countries bordering the Mediterranean; the St. John's bread; -- called also carob tree.

2. One of the long, sweet, succulent, pods of the carob tree, which are used as food for animals and sometimes eaten by man; -- called also St. John's bread, carob bean, and algaroba bean.

Caroche

Ca*roche" (?), n. [OF. carrache, F. carrose from It. carrocio, carrozza, fr. carro, L. carus. See Car.] A kind of pleasure carriage; a coach. [Obs.]
To mount two-wheeled caroches. Butler.

Caroched

Ca*roched" (?), a. Placed in a caroche. [Obs.]
Beggary rides caroched. Massenger.

Caroigne

Car"oigne (?), n. [See Carrion.] Dead body; carrion. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Carol

Car"ol (?), n. [OF. carole a kind of dance wherein many dance together, fr. caroler to dance; perh. from Celtic; cf. Armor. koroll, n., korolla, korolli, v., Ir. car music, turn, circular motion, also L. choraula a flute player, charus a dance, chorus, choir.]

1. A round dance. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A song of joy, exultation, or mirth; a lay.

The costly feast, the carol, and the dance. Dryden
It was the carol of a bird. Byron.

3. A song of praise of devotion; as, a Christmas or Easter carol.

Heard a carol, mournful, holy. Tennyson.
In the darkness sing your carol of high praise. Keble.

4. Joyful music, as of a song.

I heard the bells on Christmans Day Their old, familiar carol play. Longfellow.

Carol

Car"ol (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caroled (?), or Carolled; p. pr. & vb. n. Caroling, or Carolling.]

1. To praise or celebrate in song.

The Shepherds at their festivals Carol her goodness. Milton.

2. To sing, especially with joyful notes.

Hovering awans . . . carol sounds harmonious. Prior.

Carol

Car"ol, v. i. To sing; esp. to sing joyfully; to warble.
And carol of love's high praise. Spenser.
The gray linnets carol from the hill. Beattie.

Carol, Carrol

Car"ol, Car"rol, n. [OF. carole a sort of circular space, or carol.] (Arch.) A small closet or inclosure built against a window on the inner side, to sit in for study. The word was used as late as the 16th century.
A bay window may thus be called a carol. Parker.

Carolin

Car"o*lin (?), n. [L. Carolus Charles.] A former gold coin of Germany worth nearly five dollars; also, a gold coin of Sweden worth nearly five dollars.

Carolina pink

Car`o*li"na pink` (?). (Bot.) See Pinkboot.

Caroline

Car"o*line (?), n. A coin. See Carline.

Caroling

Car"ol*ing (?), n. A song of joy or devotion; a singing, as of carols. Coleridge.
Such heavenly notes and carolings. Spenser.

Carolinian

Car`o*lin"i*an (?), n. A native or inhabitant of north or South Carolina.

Carolitic

Car`o*lit"ic (?), a. (Arch.) Adorned with sculptured leaves and branches.

Carolus

Car"o*lus (?), n.; pl. E. Caroluses (#), L. Caroli (#). [L., Charles.] An English gold coin of the value of twenty or twenty-three shillings. It was first struck in the reign of Charles I.
Told down the crowns and Caroluses. Macawlay.

Carom

Car"om (?), n. [Prob. corrupted fr. F. carumboler to carom, carambolage a carom, carambole the red ball in billiards.] (Billiards) A shot in which the ball struck with the cue comes in contact with two or more balls on the table; a hitting of two or more balls with the player's ball. In England it is called cannon.

Carom

Car"om, v. i. (Billiards) To make a carom.

Caromel

Car"o*mel (?), n. See Caramel.

Caroteel

Car`o*teel" (?), n. (Com.) A tierce or cask for dried fruits, etc., usually about 700 lbs. Simmonds.

Carotic

Ca*rot"ic (?), a. [Gr. Carotid.]

1. Of or pertaining to stupor; as, a carotic state.

2. (Anat.) Carotid; as, the carotic arteries.

Carotid

Ca*rot"id (?), n. [Gr. carotide. The early Greeks believed that these arteries in some way caused drowsiness.] (Anat.) One of the two main arteries of the neck, by which blood is conveyed from the aorta to the head. [See Illust. of Aorta.]

Carotid, Carotidal

Ca*rot"id (?), Ca*rot"id*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or near, the carotids or one of them; as, the carotid gland.

Carotin

Ca*ro"tin (?), n. (Chem.) A red crystallizable tasteless substance, extracted from the carrot.

Carousal

Ca*rous"al (?), n. [See Carouse, but also cf. F. carrousel tilt.] A jovial feast or festival; a drunken revel; a carouse.
The swains were preparing for a carousal. Sterne.
Syn. -- Banquet; revel; orgie; carouse. See Feast.
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Carouse

Ca*rouse" (?), n. [F. carrousse, earlier carous, fr. G. garaus finishing stroke, the emptying of the cup in drinking a health; gar entirely + aus out. See Yare, and Out.]

1. A large draught of liguor. [Obs.] "A full carouse of sack." Sir J. Davies.

Drink carouses to the next day's fate. Shak.

2. A drinking match; a carousal.

The early feast and late carouse. Pope.

Carouse

Ca*rouse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caroused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carousing.] To drink deeply or freely in compliment; to take in a carousal; to engage in drunken revels.
He had been aboard, carousing to his mates. Shak.

Carouse

Ca*rouse" v. t. To drink up; to drain; to drink freely or jovially. [Archaic]
Guests carouse the sparkling tears of the rich grape. Denham.
Egypt's wanton queen, Carousing gems, herself dissolved in love. Young.

Carouser

Ca*rous"er (?), n. One who carouses; a reveler.

Carousing

Ca*rous"ing, a. That carouses; relating to a carouse.

Carousingly

Ca*rous"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of a carouser.

Carp

Carp (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Carped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carping.] [OE. carpen to say, speak; from Scand. (cf. Icel. karpa to boast), but influenced later by L. carpere to pluck, calumniate.]

1. To talk; to speak; to prattle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To find fault; to cavil; to censure words or actions without reason or ill-naturedly; -- usually followed by at.

Carping and caviling at faults of manner. Blackw. Mag.
And at my actions carp or catch. Herbert.

Carp

Carp, v. t.

1. To say; to tell. [Obs.]

2. To find fault with; to censure. [Obs.] Dryden.

Carp

Carp, n.; pl. Carp, formerly Carps. [Cf. Icel. karfi, Dan. karpe, Sw. karp, OHG. charpho, G. karpfen, F. carpe, LL. carpa.] (Zo\'94l.) A fresh-water herbivorous fish (Cyprinus carpio.). Several other species of Cyprinus, Catla, and Carassius are called carp. See Cruclan carp. &hand; The carp was originally from Asia, whence it was early introduced into Europe, where it is extensively reared in artificial ponds. Within a few years it has been introduced into America, and widely distributed by the government. Domestication has produced several varieties, as the leather carp, which is nearly or quite destitute of scales, and the mirror carp, which has only a few large scales. Intermediate varieties occur. Carp louse (Zo\'94l.), a small crustacean, of the genus Argulus, parasitic on carp and allied fishes. See Branchiura. -- Carp mullet (Zo\'94l.), a fish (Moxostoma carpio) of the Ohio River and Great Lakes, allied to the suckers. -- Carp sucker (Zo\'94l.), a name given to several species of fresh-water fishes of the genus Carpiodes in the United States; -- called also quillback.

Carpal

Car"pal (?), a. [From Carpus.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the carpus, or wrist. -- n. One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; a carpale. Carpal angle (Zo\'94l.), the angle at the last joint of the folded wing of a bird.

Carpale

Car*pa"le (?), n.; pl. Carpalia (#). [NL., fr. E. carpus.] (Anat.) One of the bones or cartilages of the carpus; esp. one of the series articulating with the metacarpals.

Carpathian

Car*pa"thi*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to a range of mountains in Austro-Hungary, called the Carpathians, which partially inclose Hungary on the north, east, and south.

Carpel, Carpellum

Car"pel (?), Car*pel"lum (?), n. [NL. carpellum, fr. Gr. (Bot.) A simple pistil or single-celled ovary or seed vessel, or one of the parts of a compound pistil, ovary, or seed vessel. See Illust of Carpaphore.

Carpellary

Car"pel*la"ry (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to, forming, or containing carpels.

Carpenter

Car"pen*ter (?), n. [OF. carpentier, F. charpentier, LL. carpentarius, fr. L. carpentum wagon, carriage.] An artificer who works in timber; a framer and builder of houses, ships, etc. Syn. -- Carpenter, Joiner. The carpenter frames and puts together roofs, partitions, floors, and other structural parts of a building. The joiner Supplies stairs, doors shutters, mantelpieces, cupboards, and other parts necessary to finishing the building. In America the two trades are commonly united. Carpenter ant (Zo\'94l.), any species of ant which gnaws galleries in the wood of trees and constructs its nests therein. They usually select dead or somewhat decayed wood. The common large American species is Formica Pennsylvanica. -- Carpenter bee (Zo\'94l.), a large hymenopterous insect of the genus Xylocopa; -- so called because it constructs its nest by gnawing long galleries in sound timber. The common American species is Xylocopa Virginica.

Carpentering

Car"pen*ter*ing, n. The occupation or work of a carpenter; the act of workingin timber; carpentry.

Carpentry

Car"pen*try (?), n. [F. charpenterie, OF. also carpenterie. See Carpenter.]

1. The art of cutting, framing, and joining timber, as in the construction of buildings.

2. An assemblage of pieces of timber connected by being framed together, as the pieces of a roof, floor, etc.; work done by a carpenter.

Carper

Carp"er (?), n. One who carps; a caviler. Shak.

Carpet

Car"pet (?), n. [OF. carpite rug, soft of cloth, F. carpette coarse packing cloth, rug (cf. It. carpita rug, blanket), LL. carpeta, carpita, woolly cloths, fr. L. carpere to pluck, to card (wool); cf. Gr. Harvest.]

1. A heavy woven or felted fabric, usually of wool, but also of cotton, hemp, straw, etc.; esp. a floor covering made in breadths to be sewed together and nailed to the floor, as distinguished from a rug or mat; originally, also, a wrought cover for tables.

Tables and beds covered with copes instead of carpets and coverlets. T. Fuller.

2. A smooth soft covering resembling or suggesting a carpet. "The grassy carpet of this plain." Shak. Carpet beetle or Carpet bug (Zo\'94l.), a small beetle (Anthrenus scrophulari\'91), which, in the larval state, does great damage to carpets and other woolen goods; -- also called buffalo bug. -- Carpet knight. (a) A knight who enjoys ease and security, or luxury, and has not known the hardships of the field; a hero of the drawing room; an effeminate person. Shak. (b) One made a knight, for some other than military distinction or service. -- Carpet moth (Zo\'94l.), the larva of an insect which feeds on carpets and other woolen goods. There are several kinds. Some are the larv\'91 of species of Tinea (as T. tapetzella); others of beetles, esp. Anthrenus. -- Carpet snake (Zo\'94l.), an Australian snake. See Diamond snake, under Diamond. -- Carpet sweeper, an apparatus or device for sweeping carpets. -- To be on the carpet, to be under consideration; to be the subject of deliberation; to be in sight; -- an expression derived from the use of carpets as table cover. -- Brussels carpet. See under Brussels.

Carpet

Car"pet, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carpeted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carpeting.] To cover with, or as with, a carpet; to spread with carpets; to furnish with a carpet or carpets.
Carpeted temples in fashionable squares. E. Everett.

Carpetbag

Car"pet*bag` (?), n. A portable bag for travelers; -- so called because originally made of carpet.

Carpetbagger

Car"pet*bag"ger (?), n. An adventurer; -- a term of contempt for a Northern man seeking private gain or political advancement in the southern part of the United States after the Civil War (1865)<-- used now for any politician moving to a new location to take advantage of more favorable chances for election-->. [U. S.]

Carpeting

Car"pet*ing, n. 1. The act of covering with carpets.

2. Cloth or materials for carpets; carpets, in general.

The floor was covered with rich carpeting. Prescott.

Carpetless

Car"pet*less, a. Without a carpet.

Carpetmonger

Car"pet*mon`ger (?), n.

1. One who deals in carpets; a buyer and seller of carpets.

2. One fond of pleasure; a gallant. Shak.

Carpetway

Car"pet*way` (?), n. (Agric.) A border of greensward left round the margin of a plowed field. Ray.

Carphology

Car*phol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. carphologie.] (Med.) See Flaccillation.

Carping

Carp"ing (?), a. Fault-finding; censorious caviling. See Captious. -- Carp"ing*ly, adv.

Carpintero

Car`pin*te"ro (?), n. [Sp., a carpenter, a woodpecker.] A california woodpecker (Melanerpes formicivorus), noted for its habit of inserting acorns in holes which it drills in trees. The acorns become infested by insect larv\'91, which, when grown, are extracted for food by the bird.

Carpogenic

Car`po*gen"ic (?), a. [Gr. -gen.] (Bot.) Productive of fruit, or causing fruit to be developed.

Carpolite

Car"po*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite, cf. F. carpolithe.] A general term for a fossil fruit, nut, or seed.

Carpological

Car`po*log"i*cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to carpology.

Carpologist

Car*pol"o*gist (?), n. One who describes fruits; one versed in carpology.

Carpology

Car*pol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] That branch of botany which relates to the structure of seeds and fruit.

Carpophagous

Car*poph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. Living on fruits; fruit-consuming.

Carpophore

Car"po*phore (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A slender prolongation of the receptacle as an axis between the carpels, as in Geranium and many umbelliferous plants.

Carpophyll

Car"po*phyll (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A leaf converted into a fruit or a constituent portion of a fruit; a carpel. [See Illust. of Gymnospermous.]

Carpophyte

Car"po*phyte (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A flowerless plant which forms a true fruit as the result of fertilization, as the red seaweeds, the Ascomycetes, etc. &hand; The division of alge and fungi into four classes called Carpophytes, O\'94phytes, Protophytes, and Zygophytes (or Carpospore\'91, O\'94spore\'91, Protophyta, and Zygospore\'91) was proposed by Sachs about 1875.

Carpospore

Car"po*spore (?), n. [Gr. -spore.] (Bot.) A kind of spore formed in the conceptacles of red alg\'91. -- Car`po*spor"ic (, a.

Carpus

Car"pus (?), n.; pl. Carpi (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The wrist; the bones or cartilages between the forearm, or antibrachium, and the hand or forefoot; in man, consisting of eight short bones disposed in two rows.

Carrack

Car"rack (?), n. See Carack.

Carrageen, Carrigeen

Car"ra*geen` (?), Car"ri*geen` (?), n. A small, purplish, branching, cartilaginous seaweed (Chondrus crispus), which, when bleached, is the Irish moss of commerce. [Also written carragheen, carageen.]

Carrancha

Car*ran"cha (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The Brazilian kite (Polyborus Brasiliensis); -- so called in imitation of its notes.

Carraway

Car"ra*way (?), n. See Caraway.

Carrel

Car"rel (?), n. See Quarrel, an arrow.

Carrel

Car"rel, n. (Arch.) Same as 4th Carol.

Carriable

Car"ri*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being carried.

Carriage

Car"riage (?), n. [OF. cariage luggage, carriage, chariage carriage, cart, baggage, F. charriage, cartage, wagoning, fr. OF. carier, charier, F. charrier, to cart. See Carry.]

1. That which is carried; burden; baggage. [Obs.]

David left his carriage in the hand of the keeper of the carriage. 1. Sam. xvii. 22.
And after those days we took up our carriages and went up to Jerusalem. Acts. xxi. 15.

2. The act of carrying, transporting, or conveying.

Nine days employed in carriage. Chapman.

3. The price or expense of carrying.

4. That which carries of conveys, as: (a) A wheeled vehicle for persons, esp. one designed for elegance and comfort. (b) A wheeled vehicle carrying a fixed burden, as a gun carriage. (c) A part of a machine which moves and carries of supports some other moving object or part. (d) A frame or cage in which something is carried or supported; as, a bell carriage.

5. The manner of carrying one's self; behavior; bearing; deportment; personal manners.

His gallant carriage all the rest did grace. Stirling.

6. The act or manner of conducting measures or projects; management.

The passage and whole carriage of this action. Shak.
Carriage horse, a horse kept for drawing a carriage. -- Carriage porch (Arch.), a canopy or roofed pavilion covering the driveway at the entrance to any building. It is intended as a shelter for those who alight from vehicles at the door; -- sometimes erroneously called in the United States porte-coch\'8are.

Carriageable

Car"riage*a*ble (?), a. Passable by carriages; that can be conveyed in carriages. [R.] Ruskin.

Carriboo

Car"ri*boo (?), n. See Caribou.

Carrick

Car"rick (?), n. (Naut.) A carack. See Carack. Carrick bend (Naut.), a kind of knot, used for bending together hawsers or other ropes. -- Carrick bitts (Naut.), the bitts which support the windlass. Totten.

Carrier

Car"ri*er (?), n. [From Carry.]

1. One who, or that which, carries or conveys; a messenger.

The air which is but . . . a carrier of the sounds. Bacon.

2. One who is employed, or makes it his business, to carry goods for others for hire; a porter; a teamster.

The roads are crowded with carriers, laden with rich manufactures. Swift.

3. (Mach.) That which drives or carries; as: (a) A piece which communicates to an object in a lathe the motion of the face plate; a lathe dog. (b) A spool holder or bobbin holder in a braiding machine. (c) A movable piece in magazine guns which transfers the cartridge to a position from which it can be thrust into the barrel. Carrier pigeon (Zo\'94l.), a variety of the domestic pigeon used to convey letters from a distant point to to its home. -- Carrier shell (Zo\'94l.), a univalve shell of the genus Phorus; -- so called because it fastens bits of stones and broken shells to its own shell, to such an extent as almost to conceal it. -- Common carrier (Law.) See under Common, a.

Carrion

Car"ri*on (?), n. [OE. caroyne, OF. caroigne, F. charogne, LL. caronia, fr. L. caro flesh Cf. Crone, Crony.]

1. The dead and putrefying body or flesh of an animal; flesh so corrupted as to be unfit for food.

They did eat the dead carrions. Spenser.

2. A contemptible or worthless person; -- a term of reproach. [Obs.] "Old feeble carrions." Shak.

Carrion

Car"ri*on, a. Of or pertaining to dead and putrefying carcasses; feeding on carrion.
A prey for carrion kites. Shak.
Carrion beetle (Zo\'94l.), any beetle that feeds habitually on dead animals; -- also called sexton beetle and burying beetle. There are many kinds, belonging mostly to the family Silphid\'91. -- Carrion buzzard (Zo\'94l.), a South American bird of several species and genera (as Ibycter, Milvago, and Polyborus), which act as scavengers. See Caracara. -- Carrion crow, the common European crow (Corvus corone) which feeds on carrion, insects, fruits, and seeds.

Carrol

Car"rol (?), n. (Arch.) See 4th Carol.

Carrom

Car"rom (?), n. (Billiards) See Carom.

Carronade

Car`ron*ade (?), n. [From Carron, in Scotland where it was first made.] (Med.) A kind of short cannon, formerly in use, designed to throw a large projectile with small velocity, used for the purpose of breaking or smashing in, rather than piercing, the object aimed at, as the side of a ship. It has no trunnions, but is supported on its carriage by a bolt passing through a loop on its under side.
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Carron oil

Car"ron oil (?). A lotion of linseed oil and lime water, used as an application to burns and scalds; -- first used at the Carron iron works in Scotland.

Carrot

Car"rot (?), n. [F. carotte, fr. L. carota; cf. Gr.

1. (Bot.) An umbelliferous biennial plant (Daucus Carota), of many varieties.

2. The esculent root of cultivated varieties of the plant, usually spindle-shaped, and of a reddish yellow color.

Carroty

Car"rot*y, a. Like a carrot in color or in taste; -- an epithet given to reddish yellow hair, etc.

Carrow

Car"row (?), n. [Ir & Gael. carach cunning.] A strolling gamester. [Ireland] Spenser.

Carry

Car"ry (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carrying.] [OF. carier, charier, F. carrier, to cart, from OF. car, char, F. car, car. See Car.]

1. To convey or transport in any manner from one place to another; to bear; -- often with away or off.

When he dieth he small carry nothing away. Ps. xiix. 17.
Devout men carried Stephen to his burial. Acts viii, 2.
Another carried the intelligence to Russell. Macaulay.
The sound will be carried, at the least, twenty miles. Bacon.

2. To have or hold as a burden, while moving from place to place; to have upon or about one's person; to bear; as, to carry a wound; to carry an unborn child.

If the ideas . . . were carried along with us in our minds. Locke.

3. To move; to convey by force; to impel; to conduct; to lead or guide.

Go, carry Sir John Falstaff to the Fleet. Shak.
He carried away all his cattle. Gen. xxxi. 18.
Passion and revenge will carry them too far. Locke.

4. To transfer from one place (as a country, book, or column) to another; as, to carry the war from Greece into Asia; to carry an account to the ledger; to carry a number in adding figures.

5. To convey by extension or continuance; to extend; as, to carry the chimney through the roof; to carry a road ten miles farther.

6. To bear or uphold successfully through conflict, as a leader or principle; hence, to succeed in, as in a contest; to bring to a successful issue; to win; as, to carry an election. "The greater part carries it." Shak.

The carrying of our main point. Addison.

7. To get possession of by force; to capture.

The town would have been carried in the end. Bacon.

8. To contain; to comprise; to bear the aspect of ; to show or exhibit; to imply.

He thought it carried something of argument in it. Watts.
It carries too great an imputation of ignorance. Lacke.

9. To bear (one's self); to behave, to conduct or demean; -- with the refexive pronouns.

He carried himself so insolently in the house, and out of the house, to all persons, that he became odious. Clarendon.

10. To bear the charges or burden of holding or having, as stocks, merchandise, etc., from one time to another; as, a merchant is carrying a large stock; a farm carries a mortgage; a broker carries stock for a customer; to carry a life insurance. Carry arms (Mil. Drill), a command of the Manual of Arms directing the soldier to hold his piece in the right hand, the barrel resting against the hollow of the shoulder in a nearly perpendicular position. In this position the soldier is said to stand, and the musket to be held, at carry. -- To carry all before one, to overcome all obstacles; to have uninterrupted success. -- To carry arms (a) To bear weapons. (b) To serve as a soldier. -- To carry away. (a) (Naut.) to break off; to lose; as, to carry away a fore-topmast. (b) To take possession of the mind; to charm; to delude; as, to be carried by music, or by temptation. -- To carry coals, to bear indignities tamely, a phrase used by early dramatists, perhaps from the mean nature of the occupation. Halliwell. -- To carry coals to Newcastle, to take things to a place where they already abound; to lose one's labor. -- To carry off (a) To remove to a distance. (b) To bear away as from the power or grasp of others. (c) To remove from life; as, the plague carried off thousands. -- To carry on (a) To carry farther; to advance, or help forward; to continue; as, to carry on a design. (b) To manage, conduct, or prosecute; as, to carry on husbandry or trade. -- To carry out. (a) To bear from within. (b) To put into execution; to bring to a successful issue. (c) To sustain to the end; to continue to the end. -- To carry through. (a) To convey through the midst of. (b) To support to the end; to sustain, or keep from falling, or being subdued. "Grace will carry us . . . through all difficulties." Hammond. (c) To complete; to bring to a succesful issue; to succeed. -- To carry up, to convey or extend in an upward course or direction; to build. -- To carry weight. (a) To be handicapped; to have an extra burden, as when one rides or runs. "He carries weight, he rides a race" Cowper. (b) To have influence.

Carry

Car"ry, v. i.

1. To act as a bearer; to convey anything; as, to fetch and carry.

2. To have propulsive power; to propel; as, a gun or mortar carries well.

3. To hold the head; -- said of a horse; as, to carry well i. e., to hold the head high, with arching neck.

4. (Hunting) To have earth or frost stick to the feet when running, as a hare. Johnson. To carry on, to behave in a wild, rude, or romping manner. [Colloq.]

Carry

Car"ry (?), n.; pl. Carries (#). A tract of land, over which boats or goods are carried between two bodies of navigable water; a carrying place; a portage. [U.S.]

Carryall

Car"ry*all` (?), n. [Corrupted fr. cariole.] A light covered carriage, having four wheels and seats for four or more persons, usually drawn by one horse.

Carrying

Car"ry*ing, n. The act or business of transporting from one place to another. Carrying place, a carry; a portage. -- Carrying trade, the business of transporting goods, etc., from one place or country to another by water or land; freighting.
We are rivals with them in . . . the carrying trade. Jay.

Carryk

Car"ryk (?), n. A carack. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Carrytale

Car"ry*tale` (?), n. A talebearer. [R.] Shak.

Carse

Carse (?), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. W. cars bog, fen. carsen reed, Armor. kars, korsen, bog plant, reed.] Low, fertile land; a river valley. [Scot.] Jomieson.

Cart

Cart (?), n. [AS. cr\'91t; cf. W. cart, Ir. & Gael. cairt, or Icel. kartr. Cf. Car.]

1. A common name for various kinds of vehicles, as a Scythian dwelling on wheels, or a chariot. "Ph\'d2bus' cart." Shak.

2. A two-wheeled vehicle for the ordinary purposes of husbandry, or for transporting bulky and heavy articles.

Packing all his goods in one poor cart. Dryden.

3. A light business wagon used by bakers, grocerymen, butchers, atc.

4. An open two-wheeled pleasure carriage. Cart horse, a horse which draws a cart; a horse bred or used for drawing heavy loads. -- Cart load, ∨ Cartload, as much as will fill or load a cart. In excavating and carting sand, gravel, earth, etc., one third of a cubic yard of the material before it is loosened is estimated to be a cart load. -- Cart rope, a stout rope for fastening a load on a cart; any strong rope. -- To put (∨ get ∨ set) the cart before the horse, to invert the order of related facts or ideas, as by putting an effect for a cause.

Cart

Cart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carted; p. pr. & vb. n. Carting.]

1. To carry or convey in a cart.

2. To expose in a cart by way of punishment.

She chuckled when a bawd was carted. Prior.

Cart

Cart, v. i. To carry burdens in a cart; to follow the business of a carter.

Cartage

Cart"age (?), n.

1. The act of carrying in a cart.

2. The price paid for carting.

Cartbote

Cart"bote` (?), n. [Cart + bote.] (Old Eng. Law.) Wood to which a tenant is entitled for making and repairing carts and other instruments of husbandry.

Carte

Carte (?), n. [F. See 1st Card.]

1. Bill of fare.

2. Short for Carte de visite.

Carte. Quarte

Carte. Quarte (?), n. [F. quarte, prop., a fourth. Cf. Quart.] (Fencing) A position in thrusting or parrying, with the inside of the hand turned upward and the point of the weapon toward the adversary's right breast.

Carte blanche

Carte` blanche" (?). [F., fr. OF. carte paper + -blanc, blanche, white. See 1st Card.] A blank paper, with a person's signature, etc., at the bottom, given to another person, with permission to superscribe what conditions he pleases. Hence: Unconditional terms; unlimited authority.

Carte de visite

Carte" de vi*site` (?), pl. Cartes de visite (. [F.]

1. A visiting card.

2. A photographic picture of the size formerly in use for a visiting card.

Cartel

Car*tel" (?), n. [F., fr. LL. cartellus a little paper, dim. fr. L. charta. See 1st Card.]

1. (Mil.) An agreement between belligerents for the exchange of prisoners. Wilhelm.

2. A letter of defiance or challenge; a challenge to single combat. [Obs.]

He is cowed at the very idea of a cartel., Sir W. Scott.
<-- 3. a formal or informal arrangement (sometimes unlawful) among independent commercial enterprises organized for the purpose of common gain, as by limiting competition or fixing prices --> Cartel, or Cartel ship, a ship employed in the exchange of prisoners, or in carrying propositions to an enemy; a ship beating a flag of truce and privileged from capture.

Cartel

Car"tel (?), v. t. To defy or challenge. [Obs.]
You shall cartel him. B. Jonson.

Carter

Cart"er (?), n.

1. A charioteer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A man who drives a cart; a teamster.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Any species of Phalangium; -- also called harvestman. (b) A British fish; the whiff.

Cartesian

Car*te"sian (?), a. [From Renatus Cartesius, Latinized from of Ren\'82 Descartes: cf. F. cart\'82sien.] Of or pertaining to the French philosopher Ren\'82 Descartes, or his philosophy.
The Cartesion argument for reality of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.
Cartesian co\'94rdinates (Geom), distance of a point from lines or planes; -- used in a system of representing geometric quantities, invented by Descartes. -- Cartesian devil, a small hollow glass figure, used in connection with a jar of water having an elastic top, to illustrate the effect of the compression or expansion of air in changing the specific gravity of bodies. -- Cartesion oval (Geom.), a curve such that, for any point of the curve mr + m\'b7r\'b7 = c, where r and r\'b7 are the distances of the point from the two foci and m, m\'b7 and c are constant; -- used by Descartes.

Cartesian

Car*te"sian, n. An adherent of Descartes.

Cartesianism

Car*te"sian*ism, n. The philosophy of Descartes.

Carthaginian

Car`tha*gin"i*an, a. Of a pertaining to ancient Carthage, a city of northern Africa. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Carthage.

Carthamin

Car"tha*min (?), n. (Chem.) A red coloring matter obtained from the safflower, or Carthamus tinctorius.

Carthusian

Car*thu"sian (?), n. [LL. Cartusianus, Cartusiensis, from the town of Chartreuse, in France.] (Eccl. Hist.) A member of an exceeding austere religious order, founded at Chartreuse in France by St. Bruno, in the year 1086.

Carthusian

Car*thu"sian, a. Pertaining to the Carthusian.

Cartilage

Car"ti*lage (?), n. [L. cartilago; cf. F. cartilage.] (Anat.) A translucent, elastic tissue; gristle. &hand; Cartilage contains no vessels, and consists of a homogeneous, intercellular matrix, in which there are numerous minute cavities, or capsules, containing protoplasmic cells, the cartilage corpuscul. See Illust under Duplication. Articular cartilage, cartilage that lines the joints. -- Cartilage bone (Anat.), any bone formed by the ossification of cartilage. -- Costal cartilage, cartilage joining a rib with he sternum. See Illust. of Thorax.

Cartilagineous

Car`ti*la*gin"e*ous (?), a. [L. cartilageneus.] See Cartilaginous. Ray.

Cartilaginification

Car"ti*la*gin`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [L. cartilago, -laginis, cartilage + facere to make.] The act or process of forming cartilage. Wright.

Cartilaginous

Car`ti*lag"i*nous (?), a. [L. cartilaginosus: cf. F. cartilagineux.]

1. Of or pertaining to cartilage; gristly; firm and tough like cartilage.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the skeleton in the state of cartilage, the bones containing little or no calcareous matter; said of certain fishes, as the sturgeon and the sharks.

Cartman

Cart"man (?), n.; pl. Cartmen (. One who drives or uses a cart; a teamster; a carter.

Cartographer

Car*tog"ra*pher (?), n. One who make charts or maps.

Cartographic, Cartographical

Car`to*graph"ic (?), Car`to*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cartography.

Cartographically

Car`to*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. By cartography.

Cartography

Car*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Cf. F. cartographie. See Card, and -graphy.] The act business of forming chart's or maps.

Cartomancy

Car"to*man`cy (?), n. [Cf. F. cartomancie. See Card, and -mancy.] The act of telling fortunes with cards.

Carton

Car"ton (?), n. [F. See Cartoon.] Pasteboard for paper boxes; also, a pasteboard box. Carton pierre (, a species of papier-mach\'82, imitating stone or bronze sculpture. Knight.

Cartoon

Car*toon" (?), n. [F. carton (cf. It. cartons pasteboard, cartoon.); fr. L. charta. See 1st card.]

1. A design or study drawn of the full size, to serve as a model for transferring or copying; -- used in the making of mosaics, tapestries, fresco pantings and the like; as, the cartoons of Raphael.

2. A large pictorial sketch, as in a journal or magazine; esp. a pictorial caricature; as , the cartoons of "Puck."

Cartoonist

Car"toon"ist, n. One skilled in drawing cartoons.

Cartouch

Car*touch" (?), n.; pl. Cartouches (#) [F. cartouche, It. cartuccia, cartoccio, cornet, cartouch, fr. L. charta paper. See 1st Card, and cf. Cartridge.]

1. (Mil.) (a) A roll or case of paper, etc., holding a charge for a firearm; a cartridge. (b) A cartridge box. (c) A wooden case filled with balls, to be shot from a cannon. (d) A gunner's bag for ammunition. (e) A military pass for a soldier on furlough.

2. (Arch.) (a) A cantalever, console, corbel, or modillion, which has the form of a scroll of paper. (b) A tablet for ornament, or for receiving an inscription, formed like a sheet of paper with the edges rolled up; hence, any tablet of ornamental form.

3. (Egyptian Antiq.) An oval figure on monuments, and in papyri, containing the name of a sovereign.

Cartridge

Car"tridge (?), n. [Formerlly cartrage, corrupted fr. F. cartouche. See Cartouch.] (Mil.) A complete charge for a firearm, contained in, or held together by, a case, capsule, or shell of metal, pasteboard, or other material. Ball cartridge, a cartridge containing a projectile. -- Blank cartrige, a cartridge without a projectile, -- Center-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate occupies an axial position usually in the center of the base of the capsule, instead of being contained in its rim. In the Prussian needle gun the fulminate is applied to the middle of the base of the bullet. Rim-fire cartridge, a cartridge in which the fulminate is contained in a rim surrounding its base. -- Cartridge bag, a bag of woolen cloth, to hold a charge for a cannon. -- Cartridge belt, a belt having pocket for cartridges. -- Cartridge box, a case, usually of leather, attached to a belt or strap, for holding cartridges. -- Cartridge paper. (a) A thick stout paper for inclosing cartridges. (b) A rough tinted paper used for covering walls, and also for making drawings upon.

Cartulary

Car"tu*la*ry (?), n.; pl. Cartularies. [LL. cartularium, chartularium, fr. L. charta paper: cf. F. cartulaire. See 1st Card.]

1. A register, or record, as of a monastery or church.

2. An ecclesiastical officer who had charge of records or other public papers.

Cartway

Cart"way` (?), n. A way or road for carts.

Cartwright

Cart"wright` (?), n. [Cart + wright.] An artificer who makes carts; a cart maker.

Carucage

Car"u*cage (?), n. [LL. carrucagium (OF. charuage.), fr. LL. carruca plow, fr. L. carruca coach.]

1. (Old Eng. Law.) A tax on every plow or plowland.

2. The act of plowing. [R.]

Carucate

Car"u*cate (?), n. [LL. carucata, carrucata. See Carucage.] A plowland; as much land as one team can plow in a year and a day; -- by some said to be about 100 acres. Burrill.

Caruncle, Caruncula

Car"un*cle (?), Ca*run"cu*la (?), n. [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.]

1. (Anat.) A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.

2. (Bot.) An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.

Caruncular, Carunculous

Ca*run"cu*lar (?), Ca*run"cu*lous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or like, a caruncle; furnished with caruncles.

Carunculate, Carunculated

Ca*run"cu*late (?), Ca*run"cu*la`ted (?), a. Having a caruncle or caruncles; caruncular.
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Carus

Ca"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Coma with complete insensibility; deep lethargy.

Carvacrol

Car"va*crol (?), n. (Chem.) A thick oily liquid, C10H13.OH, of a strong taste and disagreeable odor, obtained from oil of caraway (Carum carui).

Carve

Carve (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Carved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Carving.] [AS. ceorfan to cut, carve; akin to D. kerven, G. kerben, Dan. karve, Sw. karfva, and to Gr. -graphy. Cf. Graphic.]

1. To cut. [Obs.]

Or they will carven the shepherd's throat. Spenser.

2. To cut, as wood, stone, or other material, in an artistic or decorative manner; to sculpture; to engrave.

Carved with figures strange and sweet. Coleridge.

3. To make or shape by cutting, sculpturing, or engraving; to form; as, to carve a name on a tree.

An angel carved in stone. Tennyson.
We carved not a line, and we raised not a stone. C. Wolfe.

4. To cut into small pieces or slices, as meat at table; to divide for distribution or apportionment; to apportion. "To carve a capon." <-- = carve up --> Shak.

5. To cut: to hew; to mark as if by cutting.

My good blade carved the casques of men. Tennyson.
A million wrinkles carved his skin. Tennyson.

6. To take or make, as by cutting; to provide.

Who could easily have carved themselves their own food. South.

7. To lay out; to contrive; to design; to plan.

Lie ten nights awake carving the fashion of a new doublet. Shak.
To carve out, to make or get by cutting, or as if by cutting; to cut out. "[Macbeth] with his brandished steel . . . carved out his passage." Shak.
Fortunes were carved out of the property of the crown. Macaulay.

Carve

Carve, v. i.

1. To exercise the trade of a sculptor or carver; to engrave or cut figures.

2. To cut up meat; as, to carve for all the guests.

Carve

Carve, n. A carucate. [Obs.] Burrill.

Carvel

Car"vel (?), n. [Contr. fr. caravel.]

1. Same as Caravel.

2. A species of jellyfish; sea blubber. Sir T. Herbert.

Carvelbuilt

Car"vel*built (?), a. (Shipbuilding) Having the planks meet flush at the seams, instead of lapping as in a clinker-built vessel.

Carven

Car"ven (?), a. Wrought by carving; ornamented by carvings; carved. [Poetic]
A carven bowl well wrought of beechen tree. Bp. Hall.
The carven cedarn doors. Tennyson.
A screen of carven ivory. Mrs. Browning.

Carvene

Car"vene (?), n. [F. carvi caraway.] An oily substance, C10H16, extracted from oil caraway.

Carver

Carv"er (?), n.

1. One who carves; one who shapes or fashions by carving, or as by carving; esp. one who carves decorative forms, architectural adornments, etc. "The carver's chisel." Dodsley.

The carver of his fortunes. Sharp (Richardson's Dict. )

2. One who carves or divides meat at table.

3. A large knife for carving.

Carving

Carv"ing, n.

1. The act or art of one who carves.

2. A piece of decorative work cut in stone, wood, or other material. "Carving in wood." Sir W. Temple.

3. The whole body of decorative sculpture of any kind or epoch, or in any material; as, the Italian carving of the 15th century.

Carvist

Car"vist (?), n. [A corruption of carry fist.] (Falconary) A hawk which is of proper age and training to be carried on the hand; a hawk in its first year. Booth.

Carvol

Car"vol (?), n. (Chem.) One of a species of aromatic oils, resembling carvacrol.

Car wheel

Car" wheel` (?), A flanged wheel of a railway car or truck.

Caryatic, Caryatid

Car`y*at"ic (?), Car`y*at"id (?), a. Of or pertaining to a caryatid.

Caryatid

Car`y*at"id (?), n.; pl. Caryatids (#) [See Caryatides.] (Arch.) A draped female figure supporting an entablature, in the place of a column or pilaster.

Caryatides

Car`y*at"i*des (?), n. pl. [L., fr. Gr. (Arch) Caryatids. &hand; Corresponding male figures were called Atlantes, Telamones, and Persians.

Caryophyllaceous

Car`y*o*phyl*la"ceous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) (a) Having corollas of five petals with long claws inclosed in a tubular, calyx, as the pink. (b) Belonging to the family of which the pink and the carnation are the types.

Caryophyllin

Car`y*oph"yl*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A tasteless and odorless crystalline substance, extracted from cloves, polymeric with common camphor.

Caryophyllous

Car`y*oph"yl*lous (?), a. Caryophyllaceous.

Caryopsis

Car`y*op"sis (?), n.; pl. Caryopses (#). [NL., fr. gr. (Bot.) A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.

Casal

Ca"sal (?), a. (Gram.) Of or pertaining to case; as, a casal ending.

Cascabel

Cas"ca*bel (?), n. [Sp. cascabel a little bell, also (fr. the shape), a knob at the breech end of a cannon.] The projection in rear of the breech of a cannon, usually a knob or breeching loop connected with the gun by a neck. In old writers it included all in rear of the base ring. [See Illust. of Cannon.]

Cascade

Cas*cade" (?), n. [F. cascade, fr. It. cascata, fr. cascare to ball.] A fall of water over a precipice, as in a river or brook; a waterfall less than a cataract.
The silver brook . . . pours the white cascade. Longjellow.
Now murm'ring soft, now roaring in cascade. Cawper.

Cascade

Cas*cade", v. i.

1. To fall in a cascade. Lowell.

2. To vomit. [Slang] Smollett.

Cascalho

Cas*cal"ho (?), n. [Pg., a chip of stone, gravel.] A deposit of pebbles, gravel, and ferruginous sand, in which the Brazilian diamond is usually found.

Cascara sagrada

Cas"ca*ra sa*gra"da (?). [Sp.] Holy bark; the bark of the California buckthorn (Rhamnus Purshianus), used as a mild cathartic or laxative.

Cascarilla

Cas`ca*ril"la (?), n.[Sp., small thin bark, Peruvian bark, dim. of c\'a0scara bark.] (Bot.) A euphorbiaceous West Indian shrub (Croton Eleutheria); also, its aromatic bark. Cascarilla bark (∨ Cascarila) (Med.), the bark of Croton Eleutheria. It has an aromatic odor and a warm, spicy, bitter taste, and when burnt emits a musky odor. It is used as a gentle tonic, and sometimes, for the sake of its fragrance, mixed with smoking tobacco, when it is said to occasion vertigo and intoxication.

Cascarillin

Cas`ca*ril"lin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystallizable, bitter substance extracted from oil of cascarilla.

Case

Case (?), n. [OF. casse, F. caisse (cf. It. cassa), fr. L. capsa chest, box, case, fr. caper to take, hold See Capacious, and cf. 4th Chase, Cash, Enchase, 3d Sash.]

1. A box, sheath, or covering; as, a case for holding goods; a case for spectacles; the case of a watch; the case (capsule) of a cartridge; a case (cover) for a book.

2. A box and its contents; the quantity contained in a box; as, a case of goods; a case of instruments.

3. (Print.) A shallow tray divided into compartments or "boxes" for holding type. &hand; Cases for type are usually arranged in sets of two, called respectively the upper and the lower case. The upper case contains capitals, small capitals, accented; the lower case contains the small letters, figures, marks of punctuation, quadrats, and spaces.

4. An inclosing frame; a casing; as, a door case; a window case.

5. (Mining) A small fissure which admits water to the workings. Knight.

Case

Case, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.]

1. To cover or protect with, or as with, a case; to inclose.

The man who, cased in steel, had passed whole days and nights in the saddle. Prescott.

2. To strip the skin from; as, to case a box. [Obs.]

Case

Case, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. Chance.]

1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.]

By aventure, or sort, or cas. Chaucer.

2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an event; an instance; a circumstance, or all the circumstamces; condition; state of things; affair; as, a strange case; a case of injustice; the case of the Indian tribes.

In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge. Deut. xxiv. 13.
If the case of the man be so with his wife. Matt. xix. 10.
And when a lady's in the case. You know all other things give place. Gay.
You think this madness but a common case. Pope.
I am in case to justle a constable, Shak.

3. (Med. & Surg.) A patient under treatment; an instance of sickness or injury; as, ten cases of fever; also, the history of a disease or injury.

A proper remedy in hypochondriacal cases. Arbuthnot.

4. (Law) The matters of fact or conditions involved in a suit, as distinguished from the questions of law; a suit or action at law; a cause.

Let us consider the reason of the case, for nothing is law that is not reason. Sir John Powell.
Not one case in the reports of our courts. Steele.

5. (Gram.) One of the forms, or the inflections or changes of form, of a noun, pronoun, or adjective, which indicate its relation to other words, and in the aggregate constitute its declension; the relation which a noun or pronoun sustains to some other word.

Case is properly a falling off from the nominative or first state of word; the name for which, however, is now, by extension of its signification, applied also to the nominative. J. W. Gibbs.
&hand; Cases other than the nominative are oblique cases. Case endings are terminations by which certain cases are distinguished. In old English, as in Latin, nouns had several cases distinguished by case endings, but in modern English only that of the possessive case is retained. Action on the case (Law), according to the old classification (now obsolete), was an action for redress of wrongs or injuries to person or property not specially provided against by law, in which the whole cause of complaint was set out in the writ; -- called also trespass on the case, or simply case. -- All a case, a matter of indifference. [Obs.] "It is all a case to me." L'Estrange. -- Case at bar. See under Bar, n. -- Case divinity, casuistry. -- Case lawyer, one versed in the reports of cases rather than in the science of the law. -- Case stated or agreed on (Law), a statement in writing of facts agreed on and submitted to the court for a decision of the legal points arising on them. -- A hard case, an abandoned or incorrigible person. [Colloq.] -- In any case, whatever may be the state of affairs; anyhow. -- In case, ∨ In case that, if; supposing that; in the event or contingency; if it should happen that. "In case we are surprised, keep by me." W. Irving. -- In good case, in good condition, health, or state of body. -- To put a case, to suppose a hypothetical or illustrative case. Syn. -- Situation, condition, state; circumstances; plight; predicament; occurrence; contingency; accident; event; conjuncture; cause; action; suit.

Case

Case, v. i. To propose hypothetical cases. [Obs.] "Casing upon the matter." L'Estrange.

Caseation

Ca`se*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. cas\'82ation. See Casein.] (Med.) A degeneration of animal tissue into a cheesy or curdy mass.

Case-bay

Case"-bay` (?), n. (Arch.) (a) The space between two principals or girders. (b) One of the joists framed between a pair of girders in naked flooring.

Caseharden

Case"hard`en (?), v. t.

1. To subject to a process which converts the surface of iron into steel.

2. To render insensible to good influences.

Casehardened

Case"hard`ened (?), a.

1. Having the surface hardened, as iron tools.

2. Hardened against, or insusceptible to, good influences; rendered callous by persistence in wrongdoing or resistance of good influences; -- said of persons.

Casehardening

Case"hard`en*ing, n. The act or process of converting the surface of iron into steel. Ure. &hand; Casehardening is now commonly effected by cementation with charcoal or other carbonizing material, the depth and degree of hardening (carbonization) depending on the time during which the iron is exposed to the heat. See Cementation.

Caseic

Ca"se*ic (?), a. [Cf. F. cas\'82ique, fr. L. caseus cheese.] OF or pertaining to cheese; as, caseic acid.

Casein

Ca"se*in (?), n. [Cf. F. cas\'82ine, fr. L. caseur cheese. Cf. Cheese.] (Physiol. Chem.) A proteid substance present in both the animal and the vegetable kingdom. In the animal kindom it is chiefly found in milk, and constitutes the main part of the curd separated by rennet; in the vegetable kingdom it is found more or less abundantly in the seeds of leguminous plants. Its reactions resemble those of alkali albumin. [Written also caseine.] <-- no pos in original. = n. -->

Case knife

Case" knife` (?).

1. A knife carried in a sheath or case. Addison.

2. A large table knife; -- so called from being formerly kept in a case.

Casemate

Case"mate (?), n. [F. casemate, fr. It. casamatta, prob. from casa house + matto, f. matta, mad, weak, feeble, dim. from the same source as E. -mate in checkmate.]

1. (Fort.) A bombproof chamber, usually of masonry, in which cannon may be placed, to be fired through embrasures; or one capable of being used as a magazine, or for quartering troops.

2. (Arch.) A hollow molding, chiefly in cornices.

Casemated

Case"ma`ted (?), a. Furnished with, protected by, or built like, a casemate. Campbell.

Casement

Case"ment (?), n. [Shortened fr. encasement. See Incase 1st Case, and cf. Incasement.] (Arch.) A window sash opening on hinges affixed to the upright side of the frame into which it is fitted. (Poetically) A window.
A casement of the great chamber window. Shak.

Casemented

Case"ment*ed, a. Having a casement or casements.

Caseous

Ca"se*ous (?), a. [L. caseus. Cf. Casein.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, cheese; having the qualities of cheese; cheesy. Caseous degeneration, a morbid process, in scrofulous or consumptive persons, in which the products of inflammation are converted into a cheesy substance which is neither absorbed nor organized.

Casern

Ca"sern (?), n. [F. caserne.] A lodging for soldiers in garrison towns, usually near the rampart; barracks. Bescherelle.

Case shot

Case" shot` (?). (Mil.) A collection of small projectiles, inclosed in a case or canister. &hand; In the United States a case shot is a thin spherical or oblong cast-iron shell containing musket balls and a bursting charge, with a time fuse; -- called in Europe shrapnel. In Europe the term case shot is applied to what in the United States is called canister. Wilhelm.

Caseum

Ca"se*um (?), n. [L. caseus cheese.] Same as Casein.

Caseworm

Case"worm` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A worm or grub that makes for itself a case. See Caddice.

Cash

Cash (?), n. [F. caisse case, box, cash box, cash. See Case a box.] A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. [Obs.]
This bank is properly a general cash, where every man lodges his money. Sir W. Temple.
\'9c20,000 are known to be in her cash. Sir R. Winwood.

2. (Com.) (a) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money. (b) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash. Cash account (Bookkeeping), an account of money received, disbursed, and on hand. -- Cash boy, in large retail stores, a messenger who carries the money received by the salesman from customers to a cashier, and returns the proper change. [Colloq.] -- Cash credit, an account with a bank by which a person or house, having given security for repayment, draws at pleasure upon the bank to the extent of an amount agreed upon; -- called also bank credit and cash account. -- Cash sales, sales made for ready, money, in distinction from those on which credit is given; stocks sold, to be delivered on the day of transaction. <-- cash on the nail. A cash payment made immediately upon receiving the thing purchased. --> Syn. -- Money; coin; specie; currency; capital.

Cash

Cash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Casing.] To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order.

Cash

Cash, v. t. [See Cashier.] To disband. [Obs.] Garges.

Cash

Cash, n.sing & pl. A Chinese coin. &hand; The cash (Chinese tsien) is the only current coin made by the chinese government. It is a thin circular disk of a very base alloy of copper, with a square hole in the center. 1,000 to 1,400 cash are equivalent to a dollar.
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Cashbook

Cash"book (?), n. (Bookkeeping) A book in which is kept a register of money received or paid out.

Cashew

Ca*shew" (?), n. [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay k\'beyu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.] (Bot.) A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.

Cashier

Cash*ier" (?), n. [F. caissier, fr. caisse. See Cash.] One who has charge of money; a cash keeper; the officer who has charge of the payments and receipts (moneys, checks, notes), of a bank or a mercantile company.

Cashier

Cash*ier", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cahiered (?); p. pr. &vb. n. Cashiering.] [Earlier cash, fr. F. casser to break, annul, cashier, fr. L. cassare, equiv. to cassum reddere, to annul; cf. G. cassiren. Cf. Quash to annul, Cass.]

1. To dismiss or discard; to discharge; to dismiss with ignominy from military service or from an office or place of frust.

They have cashiered several of their followers. Addison.
He had insolence to cashier the captain of the lord lieutenant's own body guard. Macaulay.

2. To put away or reject; to disregard. [R.]

Connections formed for interest, and endeared
By selfish views, [are] censured and cashiered. Cowper.
They absolutely cashier the literal express sense of the words. Sowth.

Cashierer

Cash*ier"er (?), n. One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. [R.] Burke.

Cashmere

Cash"mere (?), n.

1. A rich stuff for shawls, acaris, etc., originally made in Cashmere from the soft wool found beneath the hair of the goats of Cashmere, Thibet, and the Himalayas. Some cashmere, of fine quality, is richly embroidered for sale to Europeans.

2. A dress fabric made of fine wool, or of fine wool and cotton, in imitation of the original cashmere. Cashmere shawl, a rich and costly shawl made of cashmere; -- other called camel's-hair shawl.

Cashmerette

Cash`me*rette" (?), n. A kind of dress goods, made with a soft and glossy surface like cashmere.

Cashoo

Ca*shoo" (?), n. [F. cachou, NL. catechu, Cochin-Chin. cay cau from the tree called mimosa, or areca catechu. Cf. Catechu.] See Catechu.

Casing

Cas"ing (?), n.

1. The act or process of inclosing in, or covering with, a case or thin substance, as plaster, boards, etc.

2. An outside covering, for protection or ornament, or to precent the radiation of heat.

3. An inclosing frame; esp. the framework around a door or a window. See Case, n., 4.

Casings

Ca"sings (?), n. pl. Dried dung of cattle used as fuel. [Prov. Eng.] Waterland.

Casino

Ca*si"no (?), n.; pl. E. Casinos (#), It. Casini (#). [It. casino, dim. of casa house, fr. L. casa cottage. Cf. Cassing.]

1. A small country house.

2. A building or room used for meetings, or public amusements, for dancing, gaming, etc.

3. A game at cards. See Cassino.

Cask

Cask (?), n. [Sp. casco potsherd, skull, helmet, prob. fr. cascar to break, fr. L. Quassure to break. Cf. Casque, Cass.]

1. Same as Casque. [Obs.]

2. A barrel-shaped vessel made of staves headings, and hoops, usually fitted together so as to hold liquids. It may be larger or smaller than a barrel.

3. The quantity contained in a cask.

4. A casket; a small box for jewels. [Obs.] Shak.

Cask

Cask, v. t. To put into a cask.

Casket

Cas"ket (?), n. [Cf. F. casquet, dim. of casque belmet, fr. Sp. casco.]

1. A small chest or box, esp. of rich material or ornamental character, as for jewels, etc.

The little casket bring me hither. Shak.

2. A kind of burial case. [U. S.]

3. Anything containing or intended to contain something highly esteemed; as: (a) The body. (Shak). (b) The tomb. (Milton). (c) A book of selections. [poetic]

They found him dead . . . an empty casket. Shak.

Casket

Cas"ket, n. (Naut.) A gasket. See Gasket.

Casket

Cas"ket, v. t. To put into, or preserve in, a casket. [Poetic] "I have casketed my treasure." Shak.

Casque

Casque (?), n. [F. casque, fr. Sp. casco See Cask.] A piece of defensive or ornamental armor (with or without a vizor) for the head and neck; a helmet.
His casque overshadowed with brilliant plumes. Prescott.

Cass

Cass (?), v. t. [F. casser, LL. cassare, fr. L. cassus empty, hollow, and perhaps influenced by L. quassare to shake, shatter, v. intens. of quatere to shake. Cf. Cashier, v. t., Quash, Cask.] To render useless or void; to annul; to reject; to send away. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleing.

Cassada

Cas"sa*da (?), n. See Cassava.

Cassareep

Cas"sa*reep (?), n. A condiment made from the sap of the bitter cassava (Manihot utilissima) deprived of its poisonous qualities, concentrated by boiling, and flavored with aromatics. See Pepper pot.

Cassate

Cas"sate (?), v. t. [LL. cassare. See Cass.] To render void or useless; to vacate or annul. [Obs.]

Cassation

Cas*sa"tion (?), n. [F. cassation. See Cass.] The act of annulling.
A general cassation of their constitutions. Motley.
Court of cassation, the highest court of appeal in France, which has power to quash (Casser) or reverse the decisions of the inferior courts.

Cassava

Cas"sa*va (?), n. [F. cassave, Sp. cazabe, fr. kasabi, in the language of Hayti.]

1. (Bot.) A shrubby euphorbiaceous plant of the genus Manihot, with fleshy rootstocks yielding an edible starch; -- called also manioc. &hand; There are two species, bitter and sweet, from which the cassava of commerce is prepared in the West Indies, tropical America, and Africa. The bitter (Manihot utilissima) is the more important; this has a poisonous sap, but by grating, pressing, and baking the root the poisonous qualities are removed. The sweet (M. Aipi) is used as a table vegetable.

2. A nutritious starch obtained from the rootstocks of the cassava plant, used as food and in making tapioca.

Casse Paper

Cas"se Pa"per (?). [F. papier cass\'82. See Cass.] Broken paper; the outside quires of a ream.

Casserole

Cas"se*role (#) n. [F. a saucepan, dim. from casse a basin.]

1. (Chem.) A small round dish with a handle, usually of porcelain.

2. (Cookery) A mold (in the shape of a hollow vessel or incasement) of boiled rice, mashed potato or paste, baked, and afterwards filled with vegetables or meat.

Cassia

Cas"sia (?), n. [L. cassia and casia, Gr. qets\'c6\'beh, fr. q\'betsa' to cut off, to peel off.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants (herbs, shrubs, or trees) of many species, most of which have purgative qualities. The leaves of several species furnish the senna used in medicine.

2. The bark of several species of Cinnamommum grown in China, etc.; Chinese cinnamon. It is imported as cassia, but commonly sold as cinnamon, from which it differs more or less in strength and flavor, and the amount of outer bark attached. &hand; The medicinal "cassia" (Cassia pulp) is the laxative pulp of the pods of a leguminous tree (Cassia fistula or Pudding-pipe tree), native in the East Indies but naturalized in various tropical countries. Cassia bark, the bark of Cinnamomum Cassia, etc. The coarser kinds are called Cassia lignea, and are often used to adulterate true cinnamon. -- Cassia buds, the dried flower buds of several species of cinnamon (Cinnamomum cassia, atc..). -- Cassia oil, oil extracted from cassia bark and cassia buds; -- called also oil of cinnamon.

Cassican

Cas"si*can (?), n. [NL. cassicus helmeted, fr. L. cassis a belmet.] (Zo\'94l.) An American bird of the genus Cassicus, allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest; the crested oriole. The name is also sometimes given to the piping crow, an Australian bird.

Cassideous

Cas*sid"e*ous (?), a. [L. Cassis helmet.] (Bot.) Helmet-shaped; -- applied to a corolla having a broad, helmet-shaped upper petal, as in aconite.

Cassidony

Cas"si*do*ny (?), n. [Cf. LL. cassidonium, F. Cassidoine. See Chalcedony.] (Bot.) (a) The French lavender (Lawandula Stachas). (b) The goldilocks (Chrysocoma linosyris) and perhaps other plants related to the genus Gnaphalium or cudweed.

Cassimere

Cas"si*mere (?), n. [Cf. F. casimir, prob. of the same origin as E. cashmere. Cf. Kerseymere.] A thin, twilled, woolen cloth, used for men's garments. [Written also kerseymere.]

Cassinette

Cas`si*nette" (?), n. [Cf. Sp. casinete, G. cassinet.] A cloth with a cotton wart, and a woof of very fine wool, or wool and silk.

Cassinian ovals

Cas*sin"i*an o"vals (?). (Math.) See under Oval.

Cassino

Cas*si"no (?), n. [It. casino a small house, a gaming house. See asing.] A game at cards, played by two or more persons, usually for twenty-one points. Great cassino, the ten of diamonds. -- Little cassino, the two of spades. <-- 2. a gaming house, often containing slot machines, roulette tables, craps tables and/or card games. -->

Cassioberry

Cas"si*o*ber`ry (?), n. [NL. cassine, from the language of the Florida Indians.] The fruit of the Viburnum obovatum, a shrub which grows from Virginia to Florida.

Cassiopeia

Cas`si*o*pe"ia (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere, situated between Capheus and Perseus; -- so called in honor of the wife of Cepheus, a fabuolous king of Ethiopia. Cassiopeia's Chair, a group of six stars, in Cassiopeia, somewhat resembling a chair.

Cassiterite

Cas*sit"er*ite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) Native tin dioxide; tin stone; a mineral occurring in tetragonal crystals of reddish brown color, and brilliant adamantine luster; also massive, sometimes in compact forms with concentric fibrous structure resembling wood (wood tin), also in rolled fragments or pebbly (Stream tin). It is the chief source of metallic tin. See Black tin, under Black.

Cassius

Cas"sius (?), n. [From the name of the discoverer, A. Cassius, a German physician of the 17th centry.] A brownish purple pigment, obtained by the action of some compounds of tin upon certain salts of gold. It is used in painting and staining porcelain and glass to give a beautiful purple color. Commonly called Purple of Cassius.

Cassock

Cas"sock (?), n. [F. casaque, fr. It. casacca, perh. fr. L. casa cottage, in It., house; or of Slavic origin.]

1. A long outer garment formerly worn by men and women, as well as by soldiers as part of their uniform.

2. (Eccl.) A garment resembling a long frock coat worn by the clergy of certain churches when officiating, and by others as the usually outer garment.

Cassocked

Cas"socked (?), a. Clothed with a cassock.

Cassolette

Cas`so*lette" (?), n. [F.] a box, or vase with a perforated cover to emit perfumes.

Cassonade

Cas`son*ade" (?), n. [F., fr. casson, for caisson a large chest. This sugar comes from Brazil in large chests.] Raw sugar; sugar not refined. Mc Elrath.

Cassowary

Cas"so*wa*ry (?), n.; pl. Cassowaries (#). [Malay kasu\'beri.] (Zo\'94l.) A large bird, of the genus Casuarius, found in the east Indies. It is smaller and stouter than the ostrich. Its head is armed with a kind of helmet of horny substance, consisting of plates overlapping each other, and it has a group of long sharp spines on each wing which are used as defensive organs. It is a shy bird, and runs with great rapidity. Other species inhabit New Guinea, Australia, etc.

Cassumunar, Cassumuniar

Cas`su*mu"nar (?), Cas`su*mu"ni*ar (?), n. [Hind.] (Med.) A pungent, bitter, aromatic, gingerlike root, obtained from the East Indies.

Cast

Cast (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cast; p. pr. & vb. n. Casting.] [Cf. Dan. kastw, Icel. & Sw. kasta; perh. akin to L. gerer to bear, carry. E. Jest.]

1. To send or drive by force; to throw; to fling; to hurl; to impel.

Uzziash prepared . . . slings to cast stones. 2 Chron. xxvi. 14
Cast thy garment about thee, and follow me. Acts. xii. 8
We must be cast upon a certain island. Acts. xxvii. 26.

2. To direct or turn, as the eyes.

How earnestly he cast his eyes upon me! Shak.

3. To drop; to deposit; as, to cast a ballot.

4. To throw down, as in wrestling. Shak.

5. To throw up, as a mound, or rampart.

Thine enemies shall cast a trench [bank] about thee. Luke xix. 48.

6. To throw off; to eject; to shed; to lose.

His filth within being cast. Shak.
Neither shall your vine cast her fruit. Mal. iii. 11
The creatures that cast the skin are the snake, the viper, etc. Bacon.

7. To bring forth prematurely; to slink.

Thy she-goats have not cast their young. Gen. xxi. 38.

8. To throw out or emit; to exhale. [Obs.]

This . . . casts a sulphureous smell. Woodward.

9. To cause to fall; to shed; to reflect; to throw; as, to cast a ray upon a screen; to cast light upon a subject.

10. To impose; to bestow; to rest.

The government I cast upon my brother. Shak.
Cast thy burden upon the Lord. Ps. iv. 22.

11. To dismiss; to discard; to cashier. [Obs.]

The state can not with safety casthim.

12. To compute; to reckon; to calculate; as, to cast a horoscope. "Let it be cast and paid." Shak.

You cast the event of war my noble lord. Shak.

13. To contrive; to plan. [Archaic]

The cloister . . . had, I doubt not, been cast for [an orange- house]. Sir W. Temple.

14. To defeat in a lawsuit; to decide against; to convict; as, to be cast in damages.

She was cast to be hanged. Jeffrey.
Were the case referred to any competent judge, they would inevitably be cast. Dr. H. More.

15. To turn (the balance or scale); to overbalance; hence, to make preponderate; to decide; as, a casting voice.

How much interest casts the balance in cases dubious! South.

16. To form into a particular shape, by pouring liquid metal or other material into a mold; to fashion; to found; as, to cast bells, stoves, bullets.

17. (Print.) To stereotype or electrotype.

18. To fix, distribute, or allot, as the parts of a play among actors; also to assign (an actor) for a part.

Our parts in the other world will be new cast. Addison.
To cast anchor (Naut.) Se under Anchor. -- To cast a horoscope, to calculate it. -- To cast a horse, sheep, or other animal, to throw with the feet upwards, in such a manner as to prevent its rising again. -- To cast a shoe, to throw off or lose a shoe, said of a horse or ox. -- To cast aside, to throw or push aside; to neglect; to reject as useless or inconvenient. -- To cast away. (a) To throw away; to lavish; to waste. "Cast away a life" Addison. (b) To reject; to let perish. "Cast away his people." Rom. xi. 1. "Cast one away." Shak. (c) To wreck. "Cast away and sunk." Shak. -- To cast by, to reject; to dismiss or discard; to throw away. -- To cast down, to throw down; to destroy; to deject or depress, as the mind. "Why art thou cast down. O my soul?" Ps. xiii. 5. -- To cast forth, to throw out, or eject, as from an inclosed place; to emit; to send out. -- To cast in one's lot with, to share the fortunes of. -- To cast in one's teeth, to upbraid or abuse one for; to twin. -- To cast lots. See under Lot. -- To cast off. (a) To discard or reject; to drive away; to put off; to free one's self from. (b) (Hunting) To leave behind, as dogs; also, to set loose, or free, as dogs. Crabb. (c) (Naut.) To untie, throw off, or let go, as a rope. -- To cast off copy, (Print.), to estimate how much printed matter a given amount of copy will make, or how large the page must be in order that the copy may make a given number of pages. -- To cast one's self on ∨ upon to yield or submit one's self unreservedly to. as to the mercy of another. -- To cast out, to throy out; to eject, as from a house; to cast forth; to expel; to utter. -- To cast the lead (Naut.), to sound by dropping the lead to the botton. -- To cast the water (Med.), to examine the urine for signs of disease. [Obs.]. -- To cast up. (a) To throw up; to raise. (b) To compute; to reckon, as the cost. (c) To vomit. (d) To twit with; to throw in one's teeth.

Cast

Cast (?), v. i.

1. To throw, as a line in angling, esp, with a fly hook.

2. (Naut.) To turn the head of a vessel around from the wind in getting under weigh.

Weigh anchor, cast to starboard. Totten.

3. To consider; to turn or revolve in the mind; to plan; as, to cast about for reasons.

She . . . cast in her mind what manner of salution this should be. Luke. i. 29.

4. To calculate; to compute. [R.]

Who would cast and balance at a desk. Tennyson.

5. To receive form or shape in a mold.

It will not run thin, so as to cast and mold. Woodward.

6. To warp; to become twisted out of shape.

Stuff is said to cast or warp when . . . it alters its flatness or straightness. Moxon.

7. To vomit.

These verses . . . make me ready to cast. B. Jonson.

Cast

Cast, 3d pres. of Cast, for Casteth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cast

Cast, n. [Cf. Icel., Dan., & Sw. kast.]

1. The act of casting or throwing; a throw.

2. The thing thrown.

A cast of dreadful dust. Dryden.

3. The distance to which a thing is or can be thrown. "About a stone's cast." Luke xxii. 41.

4. A throw of dice; hence, a chance or venture.

An even cast whether the army should march this way or that way. Sowth.
I have set my life upon a cast, And I will stand the hazard of the die. Shak.

5. That which is throw out or off, shed, or ejected; as, the skin of an insect, the refuse from a hawk's stomach, the excrement of a earthworm.

6. The act of casting in a mold.

And why such daily cast of brazen cannon. Shak.

7. An impression or mold, taken from a thing or person; amold; a pattern.

8. That which is formed in a mild; esp. a reproduction or copy, as of a work of art, in bronze or plaster, etc.; a casting.

9. Form; appearence; mien; air; style; as, a pecullar cast of countenance. "A neat cast of verse." Pope.

An heroic poem, but in another cast and figure. Prior.
And thus the native hue of resolution Is sicklied o'er with the pale cast of thought. Shak.

10. A tendency to any color; a tinge; a shade.

Gray with a cast of green. Woodward.

11. A chance, opportunity, privilege, or advantage; specifically, an opportunity of riding; a lift. [Scotch]

We bargained with the driver to give us a cast to the next stage. Smollett.
If we had the cast o' a cart to bring it. Sir W. Scott.

12. The assignment of parts in a play to the actors.

13. (Falconary) A flight or a couple or set of hawks let go at one time from the hand. Grabb.

As when a cast of falcons make their flight. Spenser.

14. A stoke, touch, or trick. [Obs.]

This was a cast of Wood's politics; for his information was wholly false. Swift.

15. A motion or turn, as of the eye; direction; look; glance; squint.

The cast of the eye is a gesture of aversion. Bacon.
And let you see with one cast of an eye. Addison.
This freakish, elvish cast came into the child's eye. Hawthorne.

16. A tube or funnel for conveying metal into a mold.

17. Four; that is, as many as are thrown into a vessel at once in counting herrings, etc; a warp.

18. Contrivance; plot, design. [Obs.] Chaucer. A cast of the eye, a slight squint or strabismus. -- Renal cast (Med.), microscopic bodies found in the urine of persons affected with disease of the kidneys; -- so called because they are formed of matter deposited in, and preserving the outline of, the renal tubes. -- The last cast, the last throw of the dice or last effort, on which every thing is ventured; the last chance.

Castalian

Cas*ta"li*an (?), a. [L. Castalius] Of or pertaining to Castalia, a mythical fountain of inspiration on Mt. Parnassus sacred to the Muses. Milton.

Castanea

Cas*ta"ne*a (?), n. [L., a chestnut, fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of nut-bearing trees or shrubs including the chestnut and chinquapin.

Castanet

Cas"ta*net (?), n. See Castanets.

Castanets

Cas"ta*nets, n. pl. [F. castagnettes, Sp. casta\'a4etas, fr. L. castanea (Sp. casta\'a4a) a chestnut. So named from the resemblance to two chestnuts, or because chestnuts were first used for castanets. See Chestnut.] Two small, concave shells of ivory or hard wood, shaped like spoons, fastened to the thumb, and beaten together with the middle finger; -- used by the Spaniards and Moors as an accompaniment to their dance and guitars. &hand; The singular, castanet, is used of one of the pair, or, sometimes, of the pair forming the instrument.
The dancer, holding a castanet in each hand, rattles then to the motion of his feet. Moore (Encyc. of Music).

Castaway

Cast"a*way (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, is cast away or shipwrecked.

2. One who is ruined; one who has made moral shipwreck; a reprobate.

Lest . . . when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway. 1 Cor. ix. 27.

Casaway

Cas"a*way, a. Of no value; rejected; useless.

Caste

Caste (?), n. [Pg. casta race, lineage, fr. L. castus pure, chaste: cf. F. caste, of same origin.]

1. One of the hereditary classes into which the Hindoos are divided according to the laws of Brahmanism. &hand; The members of the same caste are theoretically of equal rank, and same profession or occupation, and may not eat or intermarry with those not of their own caste. The original are four, viz., the Brahmans, or sacerdotal order; the Kshatriyas, or soldiers and rulers; the Vaisyas, or husbandmen and merchants; and the Sudras, or laborers and mechanics. Men of no caste are Pariahs, outcasts. Numerous mixed classes, or castes, have sprung up in the progress of time.

2. A separate and fixed order or class of persons in society who chiefly hold intercourse among themselves.

The tinkers then formed an hereditary caste. Macaulay.
To lose caste, to be degraded from the caste to which one has belonged; to lose social position or consideration.

Castellan

Cas"tel*lan (?), n. [OF. castelain, F. ch\'83telain, L. castellanus pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a caste, LL., a governor of a castle, fr. L. catellum castle, citadel, dim. of castrum fortifled place. See Castle, and cf. Chatelaine.] A goveror or warden of a castle.

Castellany

Cas"tel*la*ny (?), n.; pl. Castellanies (#). [LL. castellania.] The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.

Castellated

Cas"tel*la`ted (?), a. [LL. castellatus, fr. castellare. See Castle.]

1. Inclosed within a building; as, a fountain or cistern castellated. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. Furnished with turrets and battlements, like a castle; built in the style of a castle.

Castellation

Cas`tel*la"tion (?), n. [LL. castellation, fr. castellare, fr. L. castellum. See Castle.] The act of making into a castle.

Caster

Cast"er (?), n.

1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.

4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

Castigate

Cas"ti*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castigated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castigating.] [L. castigatus, p. p. of castigare to correct, punish; castus pure, chaste + agere to move, drive. See Caste, and cf. Chasten.]

1. To punish by stripes; to chastise by blows; to chasten; also, to chastise verbally; to reprove; to criticise severely.

2. To emend; to correct. [Obs.]

Castigation

Cas`ti*ga"tion (?), n. [L. catigatio.]

1. Corrective punishment; chastisement; reproof; pungent criticism.

The keenest castigation of her slanderers. W. Irving.

2. Emendation; correction. [Obs.]

Castigator

Cas`ti*ga"tor (?), n. [L.] One who castigates or corrects.

Castigatory

Cas`ti*ga*to*ry (?), a. [L. castigatorius.] Punitive in order to amendment; corrective.

Castigatory

Cas"ti*ga*to*ry, n. An instrument formerly used to punish and correct arrant scolds; -- called also a ducking stool, or trebucket. Blacktone.

Castile soap

Cas"tile soap" (?). [From Castile, or Castilia, a province in Spain, from which it originally came.] A kind of fine, hard, white or mottled soap, made with olive and soda; also, a soap made in imitation of the above-described soap.

Castilian

Cas*til"ian (?), n. [Sp. castellano, from Castila, NL. Castilia, Castella. Castile, which received its name from the castles erected on the frontiers as a barrier against the Moors.]

1. An inhabitant or native of Castile, in Spain.

2. The Spanish language as spoken in Castile.

Castillan

Cas*til"lan, a. Of or pertaining to Castile, in Spain.

Casting

Cast"ing (?), n.

1. The act of one who casts or throws, as in fishing.

2. The act or process of making cast or impressions, or of shaping metal or plaster in a mold; the act or the process of pouring molten metal into a mold.

3. That which is cast in a mold; esp. the mass of metal so cast; as, a casting in iron; bronze casting.

4. The warping of a board. Brande & C.

5. The act of casting off, or that which is cast off, as skin, feathers, excrement, etc. Casting of draperies, the proper distribution of the folds of garments, in painting and sculpture. -- Casting line (Fishing), the leader; also, sometimes applied to the long reel line. Casting net, a net which is cast and drawn, in distinction from a net that is set and left. -- Casting voice, Casting vote, the decisive vote of a presiding officer, when the votes of the assembly or house are equally divided. "When there was an equal vote, the governor had the casting voice." B. Trumbull. -- Casting weight, a weight that turns a balance when exactly poised.

Cast iron

Cast" i`ron (?). Highly carbonized iron, the direct product of the blast furnace; -- used for making castings, and for conversion into wrought iron and steel. It can not be welded or forged, is brittle, and sometimes very hard. Besides carbon, it contains sulphur, phosphorus, silica, etc.

Cast-iron

Cast"-i`ron, a. Made of cast iron. Hence, Fig.: like cast iron; hardy; unyielding.

Castle

Cas"tle (?), n. [AS. castel, fr. L. castellum, dim. of castrum a fortified place, castle.]

1. A fortified residence, especially that of a prince or nobleman; a fortress.

The house of every one is to him castle and fortress, as well for his defense againts injury and violence, as for his repose. Coke.
Our castle's strength Will laugh a siege to scorn. Shak.
&hand; Originally the medi\'91val castle was a single strong tower or keep, with a palisaded inclosure around it and inferior buidings, such as stables and the like, and surrounded by a moat; then such a keep or donjon, with courtyards or baileys and accessory buildings of greater elaboration a great hall and a chapel, all surrounded by defensive walls and a moat, with a drawbridge, etc. Afterwards the name was retained by large dwellings that had formerly been fortresses, or by those which replaced ancient fortresses. <-- Illustration of "Castle at Pierrefonds, France": --> A Donjon or Keep, an irregular building containing the dwelling of the lord and his family; B C Large round towers ferming part of the donjon and of the exterior; D Square tower, separating the two inner courts and forming part of the donjon; E Chapel, whose apse forms a half-round tower, F, on the exterior walls; G H Round towers on the exterior walls; K Postern gate, reached from outside by a removable fight of steps or inclined plane for hoisting in stores, and leading to a court, L (see small digagram) whose pavement is on a level with the sill of the postern, but below the level of the larger court, with which it communicates by a separately fortified gateway; M Turret, containing spiral stairway to all the stories of the great tower, B, and serving also as a station for signal fire, banner, etc.; N Turret with stairway for tower, C; O Echauguettes; P P P Battlemants consisting of merlons and crenels alternately, the merlons being pierced by loopholes; Q Q Machicolations (those at Q defend the postern K); R Outwork defending the approach, which is a road ascending the hill and passing under all four faces of the castle; S S Wall of the outer bailey. The road of approach enters the bailey at T and passes thence into the castle by the main entrance gateway (which is in the wall between, and defended by the towers, C H) and over two drawbridges and through fortified passages to the inner court. <-- end of illustration caption. -->

2. Any strong, imposing, and stately mansion.

3. A small tower, as on a ship, or an elephant's back.

4. A piece, made to represent a castle, used in the game of chess; a rook. Castle in the air, a visionary project; a baseless scheme; an air castle; -- sometimes called a castle in Spain (F. Ch\'83teau en Espagne). Syn. -- Fortress; fortification; citadel; stronghold. See Fortress.

Castle

Cas"tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Castled (. p. pr. & vb. n. Castling (?).] (Chess) To move the castle to the square next to king, and then the king around the castle to the square next beyond it, for the purpose of covering the king.

Castlebuilder

Cas"tle*build`er (?), n. Fig.: one who builds castles in the air or forms visionary schemes. -- Cas"tle*build`ing, n.

Castled

Cas"tled (?), a. Having a castle or castles; supporting a castle; as, a castled height or crag.

2. Fortified; turreted; as, castled walls.

Castle-guard

Cas"tle-guard` (?), n.

1. The guard or defense of a castle.

2. (O. Eng. Law) A tax or imposition an a dwelling within a certain distance of a castle, for the purpose of maintaining watch and ward in it; castle-ward.

3. A feudal tenure, obliging the tenant to perform service within the realm, without limitation of time.

Castlery

Cas"tle*ry (?), n. [Cf. OF. castelerie. See Castle.] The government of a castle. Blount.

Castlet

Cas"tlet (?), n. A small castle. Leland.

Castleward

Cas"tle*ward` (?), n. Same as Castleguard.

Castling

Cast"ling (?), n. That which is cast or brought forth prematurely; an abortion. Sir T. Browne.

Castling

Cas"tling (?), n. (Chess) A compound move of the king and castle. See Castle, v. i./def>

Cast-off

Cast"-off` (?), a. Cast or laid aside; as, cast-off clothes.

Castor

Cas"tor (?), n. [L. castor the beaver, Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of rodents, including the beaver. See Beaver.

2. Castoreum. See Castoreum.

3. A hat, esp. one made of beaver fur; a beaver.

I have always been known for the jaunty manner in which I wear my castor. Sir W. Scott.

4. A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

Castor

Cast"or (?), n. See Caster, a small wheel.

Castor

Cas"tor (?), n. [L.] (Astron.) the northernmost of the two bright stars in the constellation Gemini, the other being Pollux.

Castor, Castorite

Cas"tor, Cas"tor*ite (?), n. [The minerals castor and pollux were so named because found together on the island of Elba. See Castor and Pollux.] (Min.) A variety of the mineral called petalite, from Elba.

Castor and Pollux

Cas"tor and Pol"lux (?). [Castor and Pollux were twin sons of Jupiter and Leda.] (Naut.) See Saint Elmo's fire, under Saint.

Castor bean

Cas"tor bean" (?). (Bot.) The bean or seed of the castor-oil plant (Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi.)

Castoreum

Cas*to"re*um (?), n. [L. See Castor.] A peculiar bitter orange-brown substance, with strong, penetrating odor, found in two sacs between the anus and external genitals of the beaver; castor; -- used in medicine as an antispasmodic, and by perfumers.
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Castorin

Cas"to*rin (?), n. [From 1st Castor.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance obtained from castoreum.

Castor oil

Cas"tor oil (?). A mild cathartic oil, expressed or extracted from the seeds of the Ricinus communis, or Palma Christi. When fresh the oil is inodorus and insipid. Castor-oil plant. Same as Palma Christi.

Castrametation

Cas`tra*me*ta"tion (?), n. [F. castram\'82tation, fr. L. castra camp + metari to measure off, fr. meta limit.] (Mil.) The art or act of encamping; the making or laying out of a camp.

Castrate

Cas"trate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Castrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Castrating.] [L. castrarus, p; p. of castrare to castrate, asin to Skr. \'87astra knife.]

1. To deprive of the testicles; to emasculate; to geld; to alter.

2. To cut or take out; esp. to remove anything erroneous, or objectionable from, as the obscene parts of a writing; to expurgate.

My . . . correspondent . . . has sent me the following letter, which I have castrated in some places. Spectator.

Castration

Cas*tra"tion (?), n. [L. castratio; cf. F. castration.] The act of castrating.

Castrato

Cas*tra"to (?), n. [L., properly p. p. of castrare. See Castrate.] A male person castrated for the purpose of improving his voice for singing; an artificial, or male, soprano. Swift.

Castrel

Cas"trel (?), n. [Cf. F. cr\'82cerelle, cristel, OF. crecel, cercele. Cf. Kestrel.] (Zo\'94l.) See Kestrel.

Castrensial

Cas*tren"sial (?), a. [L. castrensis, fr. castra camp.] Belonging to a camp. Sir T. Browne.

Castrensian

Cas*tren"sian (?), a. Castrensial. [R.]

Cast steel

Cast" steel" (?). See Cast steel, under Steel.

Casual

Cas"u*al (?), a. [OE. casuel, F. casuel, fr. L. casualis, fr. casus fall, accident, fr. cadere to fall. See Case.]

1. Happening or coming to pass without design, and without being foreseen or expected; accidental; fortuitous; coming by chance.

Casual breaks, in the general system. W. Irving.

2. Coming without regularity; occasional; incidental; as, casual expenses.

A constant habit, rather than a casual gesture. Hawthorne.
Syn. -- Accidental; fortutious; incidental; occasional; contingent; unforeseen. See Accidental.

Casual

Cas"u*al, n. One who receives relief for a night in a parish to which he does not belong; a vagrant.

Casualism

Cas"u*al*ism (?), n. The doctrine that all things exist or are controlled by chance.

Casualist

Cas"u*al*ist, n. One who believes in casualism.

Casually

Cas"u*al*ly, adv. Without design; accidentally; fortuitously; by chance; occasionally.

Casualness

Cas"u*al*ness, n. The quality of being casual.

Casualty

Cas"u*al*ty (?), n.; pl. Casualties (#). [F. casualit\'82, LL. casualitas.]

1. That which comes without design or without being foreseen; contingency.

Losses that befall them by mere casualty. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Any injury of the body from accident; hence, death, or other misfortune, occasioned by an accident; as, an unhappy casualty.

3. pl. (Mil. & Naval) Numerical loss caused by death, wounds, discharge, or desertion. Casualty ward, A ward in a hospital devoted to the treatment of injuries received by accident. Syn. -- Accident; contingency; fortuity; misfortune.

Casuarina

Cas`u*a*ri"na (?), n. [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus Casuarius.] (Bot.) A genus of leafles trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.

Casuist

Cas"u*ist (?), n. [L. casus fall, case; cf. F. casuiste. See Casual.] One who is skilled in, or given to, casuistry.
The judment of any casuist or learned divine concerning the state of a man's soul, is not sufficient to give him confidence. South.

Casuist

Cas"u*ist, v. i. To play the casuist. Milton.

Casuistic, Casuistieal

Cas`u*is"tic (?), Cas`u*is"tie*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to casuists or casuistry.

Casuistry

Cas"u*ist*ry (?), a.

1. The science or doctrine of dealing with cases of conscience, of resolving questions of right or wrong in conduct, or determining the lawfulness or unlawfulness of what a man may do by rules and principles drawn from the Scriptures, from the laws of society or the church, or from equity and natural reason; the application of general moral rules to particular cases.

The consideration of these nice and puzzling question in the science of ethics has given rise, in modern times, to a particular department of it, distinguished by the title of casuistry. Stewart.
Casuistry in the science of cases (i.e., oblique deflections from the general rule). De Quincey.

2. Sophistical, equivocal, or false reasoning or teaching in regard to duties, obligations, and morals.

Casus

Ca"sus (?), n. [L.] An event; an occurrence; an occasion; a combination of circumstances; a case; an act of God. See the Note under Accident. Casus belli, an event or combination of events which is a cause war, or may be alleged as a justification of war. -- Casus fortuitus, an accident against which due prudence could not have provided. See Act of God, under Act. -- Casus omissus, a case not provided for by the statute.

Cat

Cat (?), n. [AS. cat; akin to D. & Dan. kat, Sw. kett, Icel. k\'94ttr, G. katze, kater, Ir. Cat, W. cath, Armor. kaz, LL. catus, Bisc. catua, NGr cot, Turk. kedi, Ar. qitt; of unknown origin. CF. Ketten.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) An animal of various species of the genera Felis and Lynx. The domestic cat is Felis domestica. The European wild cat (Felis catus) is much larger than the domestic cat. In the United States the name wild cat is commonly applied to the bay lynx (Lynx rufus) See Wild cat, and Tiger cat. &hand; The domestic cat includes many varieties named from their place of origin or from some peculiarity; as, the Angora cat; the Maltese cat; the Manx cat. The word cat is also used to designate other animals, from some fancied resemblance; as, civet cat, fisher cat, catbird, catfish shark, sea cat.

2. (Naut.) (a) A strong vessel with a narrow stern, projecting quarters, and deep waist. It is employed in the coal and timber trade. (b) A strong tackle used to draw an anchor up to the cathead of a ship. Totten.

3. A double tripod (for holding a plate, etc.), having six feet, of which three rest on the ground, in whatever position in is placed.

4. An old game; (a) The game of tipcat and the implement with which it is played. See Tipcat. (c) A game of ball, called, according to the number of batters, one old cat, two old cat, etc.

5. A cat o' nine tails. See below. Angora cat, blind cat, See under Angora, Blind. -- Black cat the fisher. See under Black. -- Cat and dog, like a cat and dog; quarrelsome; inharmonius. "I am sure we have lived a cat and dog life of it." Coleridge. -- Cat block (Naut.), a heavy iron-strapped block with a large hook, part of the tackle used in drawing an anchor up to the cathead. -- Cat hook (Naut.), a strong hook attached to a cat block. -- Cat nap, a very short sleep. [Colloq.] -- Cat o' nine tails, an instrument of punishment consisting of nine pieces of knotted line or cord fastened to a handle; -- formerly used to flog offenders on the bare back. -- Cat's cradle, game played, esp. by children, with a string looped on the fingers so, as to resemble small cradle. The string is transferred from the fingers of one to those of another, at each transfer with a change of form. See Cratch, Cratch cradle. -- To let the cat out of the bag, to tell a secret, carelessly or willfully. [Colloq.] -- Bush cat, the serval. See Serval.

Cat

Cat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. tted; p. pr. & vb. n. Catting.] (Naut.) To bring to the cathead; as, to cat an anchor. See Anchor. Totten.

Cata

Cat"a (?). [Gr. kata`.] The Latin and English form of a Greek preposition, used as a prefix to signify down, downward, under, against, contrary or opposed to, wholly, completely; as in cataclysm, catarrh. It sometimes drops the final vowel, as in catoptric; and is sometimes changed to cath, as in cathartic, catholic.

Catabaptist

Cat`a*bap"tist (?), n. [Pref. cata + aptist. See Baptist.] (Eccl.) One who opposes baptism, especially of infants. [Obs.] Featley.

Catabasion

Cat`a*ba"sion (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. A vault under altar of a Greek church.

Catabiotic

Cat`a*bi*ot"ic (?), a. Aee under Force.

Catacaustic

Cat`a*caus"tic (?), a. [Pref. cata + caustic.] (Physics) Relating to, or having the properties of, a caustic curve formed by reflection. See Caustic, a. Nichol.

Catacaustic

Cat`a*caus"tic, n. (Physics) A caustic curve formed by reflection of light. Nichol.

Catachresis

Cat`a*chre"sis (?), n. [L. fr. Gr. (Rhel.) A figure by which one word is wrongly put for another, or by which a word is wrested from its true signification; as, "To take arms against a sea of troubles. " Shak. "Her voice was but the shadow of a sound." Young.

Catachrestic, Catachrestical

Cat`a*chres"tic (?), Cat"a*chres"tic*al (?), a. Belonging to, or in the manner of, a catachresis; wrested from its natural sense or form; forced; far-fatched. -- Cat`a*chres"tic*al*ly, adv.
[A] catachrestical and improper way of speaking. Jer. Taylor.

Cataclysm

Cat"a*clysm (?), n. [L. cataclysmos, Gr. cataclysme.]

1. An extensive overflow or sweeping flood of water; a deluge.

2. (Geol.) Any violent catastrophe, involving sudden and extensive changes of the earth's surface.

Cataclysmal, Cataclysmic

Cat`a*clys"mal (?), Cat"a*clys"mic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cataclysm.

Cataclysmist

Cat`a*clys"mist (?), n. One who believes that the most important geological phenomena have been produced by cataclysms.

Catacomb

Cat"a*comb (?), n. [It. catacomba, fr. L. catacumba perh. from Gr. A cave, grotto, or subterraneous place of large extent used for the burial of the dead; -- commonly in the plural. &hand; The terms is supposed to have been applied originally to the tombs under the church of St. Sebastain in Rome. The most celebrated catacombs are those near Rome, on the Appian Way, supposed to have been the place or refuge and interment of the early Chrictians; those of Egypt, extending for a wide distance in the vicinity of Cairo; and those of Paris, in abandoned stone quarries, excavated under a large portion of the city.

Catacoustic

Cat`a*cous"tic (?), n. [Pref. cata _ acoustics: cf. F. caraconstique.] (Physics) That part of acoustics which treats of reflected sounds or echoes See Acoustics. Hutton.

Catadioptric, Catadioptrical

Cat`a*di*op"tric (?), Cat`a*di*op"tric*al (?), a. [Pref. cata + dioptric: cf. F. catadioptrique.] (Physics) Pertaining to, produced by, or involving, both the reflection and refraction of light; as, a catadioptric light. Hutton.

Catadioptrics

Cat`a*di*op"trics (?), n. The science which treats of catadioptric phenomena, or of the used of catadioptric instruments.

Catadrome

Cat"a*drome (?), n. [Gr.

1. A race course.

2. (Mach.) A machine for raising or lowering heavy weights.

Catadromous

Ca*tad"ro*mous (?), a. [Gr.

1. (Bot.) Having the lowest inferior segment of a pinna nearer the rachis than the lowest superior one; -- said of a mode of branching in ferns, and opposed to anadromous.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Living in fresh water, and going to the sea to spawn; -- opposed to anadromous, and of the eel.

Catafalco

Cat`a*fal"co (?), n. [It.] See Catafalque.

Catafalque

Cat"a*falque` (?), n. [F., fr. It. catafalco, scaffold, funeral canopy; of uncertain origin; cf. Sp. catafalso, cadahalso, cadalso, Pr. casafalc, OF. chafaut. Cf. Scaffold.] A temporary structure sometimes used in the funeral solemnities of eminent persons, for the public exhibition of the remains, or their conveyance to the place of burial.

Catagmatic

Cat`*ag*mat"ic (?), a. [Gr. catagmatique.] (Med.) Having the quality of consolidating broken bones.

Cataian

Ca*ta"ian (?), n. A native of Cathay or China; a foreigner; -- formerly a term of reproach. Shak.

Catalan

Cat"a*lan (?), a. Of or pertaining to Catalonia. -- n. A native or inbabitant of Catalonia; also, the language of Catalonia. Catalan furnace, Catalan forge (Metal.), a kind of furnace for producing wrought iron directly from the ore. It was formerly much used, esp. in Catalonia, and is still used in some parts of the United States and elsewhere.

Catalectic

Cat`a*lec"tic (?), a. [L. catalecticus, Gr.

1. (Pros.) Wanting a syllable at the end, or terminating in an imperfect foot; as, a catalectic verse.

2. (Photog. & Chem.) Incomplete; partial; not affecting the whole of a substance. Abney.

Catalepsy, Catalepsis

Cat"a*lep`sy (?), Cat`a*lep"sis (?), n. [NL. catalepsis, fr. Gr. (Med.) A sudden suspension of sensation and volition, the body and limbs preserving the position that may be given them, while the action of the heart and lungs continues.

Cataleptic

Cat`a*lep"tic (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to, or resembling, catalepsy; affected with catalepsy; as, a cataleptic fit.

Catallacta

Cat`al*lac"ta (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. Catallactics.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Protozoa, of which Magosph\'91ra is the type. They exist both in a myxopod state, with branched pseudopodia, and in the form of ciliated bodies united in free, spherical colonies.

Catallactics

Cat`al*lac"tics (?) n. [Gr. The science of exchanges, a branch of political economy.

Catalog

Cat"a*log (?), n. & v. Catalogue.

Catalogize

Cat"a*lo*gize (?), v. t. To insert in a catalogue; to register; to catalogue. [R.] Coles.

Catalogue

Cat"a*logue (?), n. [F., fr. catalogus, fr. Gr. A list or enumeration of names, or articles arranged methodically, often in alphabetical order; as, a catalogue of the students of a college, or of books, or of the stars. Card catalogue, a catalogue, as of books, having each item entered on a separate card, and the cards arranged in cases by subjects, or authors, or alphabetically. -- Catalogue raisonn\'82 (?) [F.], a catalogue of books, etc., classed according to their subjects. Syn. -- List; roll; index; schedule; enumeration; inventory. See List.

Catalogue

Cat"a*logue, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catalogued (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cataloguing (?).] To make a list or catalogue; to insert in a catalogue.

Cataloguer

Cat"a*log`uer (?), n. A maker of catalogues; esp. one skilled in the making of catalogues.

Catalpa

Ca*tal"pa (?), n. [From the language of the Indians of Carolina, where Catesby discovered this tree in the year 1726.] (Bot.) A genus of American and East Indian trees, of which the best know species are the Catalpa bignonioides, a large, ornamental North American tree, with spotted white flowers and long cylindrical pods, and the C. speciosa, of the Mississipi valley; -- called also Indian bean.

Catalysis

Ca*tal"y*sis (?), n.; pl. Catalyse. (#) [ML., fr. Gr.

1. Dissolution; degeneration; decay. [R.]

Sad catalysis and declension of piety. Evelyn.

2. (Chem.) (a) A process by which reaction occurs in the presence of certain agents which were formerly believed to exert an influence by mere contact. It is now believed that such reactions are attended with the formation of an intermediate compound or compounds, so that by alternate composition and decomposition the agent is apparenty left unchanged; as, the catalysis of making ether from alcohol by means of sulphuric acid; or catalysis in the action of soluble ferments (as diastase, or ptyalin) on starch. (b) The catalytic force.

Catalytic

Cat`a*ly"tic (?), a. Relating to, or causing, catalysis. "The catalytic power is ill understood." Ure. Catalytic force, that form of chemical energy formerly supposed to determine catalysis.

Catalytic

Cat`a*lyt"ic, n. (Chem.) An agent employed in catalysis, as platinum black, aluminium chloride, etc.

Catamaran

Cat`a*ma*ran", n. [The native East Indian name.]

1. A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stations.

2. Any vessel with twin hulls, whether propelled by sails or by steam; esp., one of a class of double-hulled pleasure boats remarkable for speed.

3. A kind of fire raft or torpedo bat.

The incendiary rafts prepared by Sir Sidney Smith for destroying the French flotilla at Boulogne, 1804, were called catamarans. Knight.

4. A quarrelsome woman; a scold. [Colloq.]

Catamenia

Cat`a*me"nia (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) The monthly courses of women; menstrual discharges; menses.

Catamenial

Cat`a*me"ni*al (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to the catamenia, or menstrual discharges.

Catamite

Cat"a*mite (?), n. [L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

Catamount

Cat"a*mount (?), n. [Cat + mount; cf. Sp. gato mentes mountain cat.] (Zo\'94l.) The cougar. Applied also, in some parts of the United States, to the lynx.

Catanadromous

Cat"a*nad`ro*mous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Ascending and descending fresh streams from and to the sea, as the salmon; anadromous. [R.]

Catapasm

Cat"a*pasm (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A compound medicinal powder, used by the ancients to sprinkle on ulcers, to absorb perspiration, etc. Dunglison.

Catapeltic

Cat`a*pel"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a catapult.

Catapetalous

Cat`a*pet"al*ous (?), a. [Pref. cata + petalous.] (Bot.) Having the petals held together by stamens, which grow to their bases, as in the mallow.

Cataphonic

Cat`a*phon"ic (?), a. Of or relating to cataphonics; catacoustic.

Cataphonics

Cat`a*phon"ics (?), n. [Pref. cata + phonic: cf. F. cataphonique.] (Physics) That branch of acoustics which treats of reflested sounds; catacoustics.

Cataphract

Cat"a*phract (?), n. [L. cataphractes, Gr.

1. (Mil. Antiq.) Defensive armor used for the whole body and often for the horse, also, esp. the linked mail or scale armor of some eastern nations.

2. A horseman covered with a cataphract.

Archers and slingers, cataphracts, and spears. Milton.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The armor or plate covering some fishes.

Cataphracted

Cat"a*phract`ed (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Covered with a cataphract, or armor of plates, scales, etc.; or with that which corresponds to this, as horny or bony plates, hard, callous skin, etc.

Cataphractic

Cat`a*phrac"tic (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cataphract.

Cataphysical

Cat`a*phys"ic*al, a. [Pref. cata + physical.] Unnatural; contrary to nature. [R.]
Some artists . . . have given to Sir Walter Scott a pile of forehead which is unpleassing and cataphysical. De Quincey.

Cataplasm

Cat"a*plasm (?), n. [L. cataplasma, Gr. (Med.) A soft and moist substance applied externally to some part of the body; a poultice. Dunglison.

Catapuce

Cat"a*puce (?), n. [F.] (Bot.) Spurge. [Obs.]

Catapult

Cat"a*pult (?), n. [L. catapulta, Gr.

1. (Mil. Antiq.) An engine somewhat resembling a massive crossbow, used by the ancient Greeks and Romans for throwing stones, arrows, spears, etc.

2. A forked stick with elasti band for throwing small stones, etc.

Cataract

Cat"a*ract (?), n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a waterfall, Gr.

1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.

2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light and impairs or destroys the sight.

3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes called dashpot.

Cataractous

Cat`a*rac"tous (?), a. Of the nature of a cataract in the eye; affected with cataract.

Catarrh

Ca*tarrh" (?), n. [L. catarrhus, Gr. Stream.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of any mucous membrane, in which there are congestion, swelling, and an altertion in the quantity and quality of mucus secreted; as catarrh of the stomach; catarrh of the bladder. &hand; In America, the term catarrh is applied especially to a chronic inflammation of, and hypersecretion fron, the membranes of the nose or air passages; in England, to an acute influenza, resulting a cold, and attended with cough, thirst, lassitude, and watery eyes; also, to the cold itself.

Catarrhal

Ca*tarrh"al (?), a. Pertaining to, produced by, or attending, catarrh; of the nature of catarrh.

Catarrhine

Cat"ar*rhine (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Catarrhina, a division of Quadrumana, including the Old World monkeys and apes which have the nostrils close together and turned downward. See Monkey.

Catarrhous

Ca*tarrh"ous (?), a. Catarrhal. [R.]

Catastaltic

Cat`a*stal"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Med.) Checking evacutions through astringent or styptic qualities.

Catastasis

Ca*tas"ta*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Rhet.) That part of a speech, usually the exordium, in which the orator sets forth the subject matter to be discussed.

2. (Med.) The state, or condition of anything; constitution; habit of body.

Catasterism

Ca*tas"ter*ism (?), n. [Gr. A placing among the stars; a catalogue of stars.
The catasterisms of Eratosthenes. Whewell.

Catastrophe

Ca*tas"tro*phe (?), n. [L. catastropha, Gr.

1. An event producing a subversion of the order or system of things; a final event, usually of a calamitous or disastrous nature; hence, sudden calamity; great misfortune.

The strange catastrophe of affairs now at London. Bp. Buret.
The most horrible and portentous catastrophe that nature ever yet saw. Woodward.

2. The final event in a romance or a dramatic piece; a denouement, as a death in a tragedy, or a marriage in a comedy.

3. (Geol.) A violent and widely extended change in the surface of the earth, as, an elevation or subsidence of some part of it, effected by internal causes. Whewell.

Catastrophic

Cat`a*stroph"ic (?), a. Of a pertaining to a catastrophe. B. Powell.

Catastrophism

Ca*tas"tro*phism (?), n. (Geol.) The doctrine that the geological changes in the earth's crust have been caused by the sudden action of violent physical causes; -- opposed to the doctrine of uniformism.

Catastrophist

Ca*tas"tro*phist (?), n. (Geol.) One who holds the theory or catastrophism.

Catawba

Ca*taw"ba (?), n.

1. A well known light red variety of American grape.

2. A light-colored, sprightly American wine from the Catawba grape.

Catawbas

Ca*taw"bas (?), n. pl.; sing. Catawba. (Ethnol.) An appalachian tribe of Indians which originally inhabited the regions near the Catawba river and the head waters of the Santee.

Catbird

Cat"bird (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An American bird (Galeoscoptes Carolinensis), allied to the mocking bird, and like it capable of imitating the notes of other birds, but less perfectly. Its note resembles at times the mewing of a cat.

Catboat

Cat"boat` (?), n. (Naut.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a graff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix.

Catcall

Cat"call` (?), n. A sound like the cry of a cat, such as is made in playhouses to express dissatisfaction with a play; also, a small shrill instrument for making such a noise.
Upon the rising of the curtain. I was very much surprised with the great consort of catcalls which was exhibited. Addison.

Catch

Catch (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caught (?)Catched (; p. pr. & vb. n. Catching. Catched is rarely used.] [OE. cacchen, OF. cachier, dialectic form of chacier to hunt, F. chasser, fr. (assumend) LL. captiare, for L. capture, V. intens. of capere to take, catch. See Capacious, and cf. Chase, Case a box.]

1. To lay hold on; to seize, especially with the hand; to grasp (anything) in motion, with the effect of holding; as, to catch a ball.

2. To seize after pursuing; to arrest; as, to catch a thief. "They pursued . . . and caught him." Judg. i. 6.

3. To take captive, as in a snare or net, or on a hook; as, to catch a bird or fish.

4. Hence: To insnare; to entangle. "To catch him in his words". Mark xii. 13.

5. To seize with the senses or the mind; to apprehend; as, to catch a melody. "Fiery thoughts . . . whereof I catch the issue." Tennyson.

6. To communicate to; to fasten upon; as, the fire caught the adjoining building.

7. To engage and attach; to please; to charm.

The soothing arts that catch the fair. Dryden.

8. To get possession of; to attain.

Torment myself to catch the English throne. Shak.

9. To take or receive; esp. to take by sympathy, contagion, infection, or exposure; as, to catch the spirit of an occasion; to catch the measles or smallpox; to catch cold; the house caught fire.

10. To come upon unexpectedly or by surprise; to find; as, to catch one in the act of stealing.

11. To reach in time; to come up with; as, to catch a train. To catch fire, to become inflamed or ignited. -- to catch it to get a scolding or beating; to suffer punishment. [Colloq.] -- To catch one's eye, to interrupt captiously while speaking. [Colloq.] "You catch me up so very short." Dickens. -- To catch up, to snatch; to take up suddenly.

Catch

Catch (?), v. i.

1. To attain possession. [Obs.]

Have is have, however men do catch. Shak.

2. To be held or impeded by entanglement or a light obstruction; as, a kite catches in a tree; a door catches so as not to open.

3. To take hold; as, the bolt does not catch.

4. To spread by, or as by, infecting; to communicate.

Does the sedition catch from man to man? Addison.
To catch at, to attempt to seize; to be egger to get or use. "[To] catch at all opportunities of subverting the state." Addison. -- To catch up with, to come up with; to overtake.

Catch

Catch, n.

1. Act of seizing; a grasp. Sir P. Sidney.

2. That by which anything is caught or temporarily fastened; as, the catch of a gate.

3. The posture of seizing; a state of preparation to lay hold of, or of watching he opportunity to seize; as, to lie on the catch. [Archaic] Addison.

The common and the canon law . . . lie at catch, and wait advantages one againt another. T. Fuller.

4. That which is caught or taken; profit; gain; especially, the whole quantity caught or taken at one time; as, a good catch of fish.

Hector shall have a great catch if he knock out either of your brains. Shak.

5. Something desirable to be caught, esp. a husband or wife in matrimony. [Colloq.] Marryat.

6. pl. Passing opportunities seized; snatches.

It has been writ by catches with many intervals. Locke.

7. A slight remembrance; a trace.

We retain a catch of those pretty stories. Glanvill.

8. (Mus.) A humorous canon or round, so contrived that the singers catch up each other's words.

Catchable

Catch"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being caught. [R.]

Catch-basin

Catch"-ba`sin (?), n. A cistern or vault at the point where a street gutter discharges into a sewer, to oatch bulky matters which would not pass readly throught the sewer. Knight.

Catchdrain

Catch"drain` (?), n. A dich or drain along the side of a hill to catch the surface water; also, a ditch at the side of a canal to catch the surplus water.

Catcher

Catch"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, catches.

2. (Baseball) The player who stands behind the batsman to catch the ball.

Catchfly

Catch"fly (?), n. (Bot.) A plant with the joints of the stem, and sometimes other parts, covered with a viscid secretion to which small insects adhere. The species of Silene are examples of the catchfly.

Catching

Catch"ing a.

1. Infections; contagious.

2. Captavating; alluring.

Catching

Catch"ing, n. The act of seizing or taking hold of Catching bargain (Law), a bargain made with an heir expectant for the purchase of his expectancy at an inadequate price. Bouvier.

Catch-meadow

Catch"-mead`ow (?), n. meadow irrigated by water from a spring or rivulet on the side of hill.

Catchment

Catch"ment (?), n. A surface of ground on which water may be caught and collected into a reservoir.

Catchpenny

Catch"pen*ny (?), a. Made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show. -- n. Some worthless catchpenny thing.

Catchpoll

Catch"poll` (?), n. [OF. chacepol, chacipol.] A bailiff's assistant.

Catchup, Catsup

Catch"up (?), Cat"sup (?), n. [Probably of East Indian origin, because it was originally a kind of East Indian pickles.] A table sauce made from mushrooms, tomatoes, walnuts, etc. [Written also ketchup.]

Catchwater

Catch"wa`ter (?), n. A ditch or drain for catching water. See Catchdrain.

Catchweed

Catch"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) See Cleavers.

Catchweight

Catch"weight` (?), adv. (Horseracing) Without any additional weight; without being handicapped; as, to ride catchweight.

Catchword

Catch"word` (?), n.

1. Among theatrical performers, the last word of the preceding speaker, which reminds one that he is to speak next; cue.

2. (Print.) The first word of any page of a book after the first, inserted at the right hand bottom corner of the preceding page for the assistance of the reader. It is seldom used in modern printing.

3. A word or phrase caught up and repeated for effect; as, the catchword of a political party, etc.

Catchwork

Catch"work` (?), n. A work or artificial watercourse for throwing water on lands that lie on the slopes of hills; a catchdrain.

Cate

Cate (?), n. Food. [Obs.] See Cates.

Catechetic, Catechetical

Cat`e*chet"ic (?), Cat`e*chet"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Catechise.] Relating to or consisting in, asking questions and receiving answers, according to the ancient manner of teaching.
Socrates introduced a catechetical method of arguing. Addison.

Catechetically

Cat`e*chet"ic*al*ly, adv. In a catechetical manner; by question and answer.

Catechetics

Cat`e*chet"ics (?), n. The science or practice of instructing by questions and answers.

Catechin

Cat"e*chin (?), n. (Chem.) One of the tannic acids, extracted from catechu as a white, crystaline substance; -- called also catechuic acid, and catechuin.

Catechisation

Cat`e*chi*sa"tion (?), n. [LL. catechizatio.] The act of catechising.

Catechise

Cat"e*chise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catechised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Catechising.] [L. catechizare, Gr.

1. To instruct by asking questions, receiving answeres, and offering explanations and corrections, -- esp. in regard to points of religious faith.

2. To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct. Swift.


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Catechiser

Cat"e*chi`ser (?), n. One who catechises.

Catechism

Cat"e*chism (?), n. [L. catechismus, fr. Gr. See Catechise.]

1. A form of instruction by means of questions answers.

2. A book containing a summary of principles, especially of religious doctrine, reduced to the form of questions and answers.

The Jews, even till this day, have their catechisms. Hooker.
The Larger Catechism, The Shorter Catechism. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

Catechismal

Cat`e*chis"mal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a catechism, having the form of questions and answers; catechical.

Catechist

Cat"e*chist (?), n. [L. catechista, fr. Gr.] One who instructs by question and answer, especially in religions matters.

Catechistic, Catechistical

Cat`e*chis"tic (?), Cat`e*chis"tic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a catechist or to a catechism. Dr. H. More.

Catechize

Cat"e*chize, v. t. See Catechise.

Catechu

Cat"e*chu (?), n. [See Cashoo.] (Chem.) A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc. Ure. Dunglison.

Catechuic

Cat`e*chu"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to catechu or its derivatives. See catechin.

Catechumen

Cat"e*chu`men (?), n. [L. catechunenus, Gr. Catechise.] (Eccl.) One who is receiving rudimentary instruction in the doctrines of Christianity; a neophyte; in the primitive church, one officially recognized as a Christian, and admitted to instruction preliminary to admission to full membership in the church.

Catechumenate

Cat`e*chu"men*ate (?), n. The state or condition of a catechumen or the time during which one is a catechumen.

Catechumenical

Cat`e*chu*men"i*cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to catechumens; as, catechumenical instructions.

Catechumenist

Cat`e*chu"men*ist, n. A catechumen. Bp. Morton.

Categorematic

Cat`e*gor`e*mat"ic (?), a. [Gr. Category.] (Logic.) Capable of being employed by itself as a term; -- said of a word.

Categorical

Cat`e*gor"ic*al (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a category.

2. Not hypothetical or relative; admitting no conditions or exceptions; declarative; absolute; positive; express; as, a categorical proposition, or answer.

The scriptures by a multitude of categorical and intelligible decisions . . . distinguish between the things seen and temporal and those that are unseen and eternal. I. Taylor.

Categorically

Cat`e*gor"ic*al*ly, adv. Absolutely; directly; expressly; positively; as, to affirm categorically.

Categoricalness

Cat`e*gor"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute. A. Marvell.

Categorist

Cat"e*go*rist (?), n. One who inserts in a category or list; one who classifies. Emerson.

Categorize

Cat"e*go*rize (?), v. t. To insert in a category or list; to class; to catalogue.

Category

Cat"e*go*ry (?), n.; pl. Categories (#) [L. categoria, Gr.

1. (Logic.) One of the highest classes to which the objects of knowledge or thought can be reduced, and by which they can be arranged in a system; an ultimate or undecomposable conception; a predicament.

The categories or predicaments -- the former a Greek word, the latter its literal translation in the Latin language -- were intended by Aristotle and his followers as an enumeration of all things capable of being named; an enumeration by the summa genera i.e., the most extensive classes into which things could be distributed. J. S. Mill.

2. Class; also, state, condition, or predicament; as, we are both in the same category.

There is in modern literature a whole class of writers standing within the same category. De Quincey.

Catel

Cat"el (?), n. [See Chattel.] Property; -- often used by Chaucer in contrast with rent, or income.
"For loss of catel may recovered be, But loss of tyme shendeth us," quod he. Chaucer.

Catelectrode

Cat`e*lec"trode (?), n. [Pref. cata + elecrode.] (Physics) The negative electrode or pole of a voltaic battery. Faraday.

Catelectrotonic

Cat`e*lec`tro*ton"ic (?), a. (Physics) Relating to, or characterized by, catelectrotonus.

Catelectrotonus

Cat`e*lec*trot"o*nus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Electro-) + (Physics) The condition of increased irritability of a nerve in the region of the cathode or negative electrode, on the passage of a current of electricity through it.

Catena

Ca*te"na (?), n.; pl. Catene (#). [L., a chain.] A chain or series of things connected with each other.
I have . . . in no case sought to construct those caten\'91 of games, which it seems now the fashion of commentators to link together. C. J. Ellicott.

Catenary, Catenarian

Cat"e*na*ry (?), Cat`e*na"ri*an (?), a. [L. catenarius, fr. catena a chain. See Chain.] Relating to a chain; like a chain; as, a catenary curve.

Catenary

Cat"e*na*ry, n.; pl. Catenaries (. (Geol.) The curve formed by a rope or chain of uniform density and perfect flexibility, hanging freely between two points of suspension, not in the same vertical line.

Catenate

Cat"e*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Catenating.] [L. catenatus, p. p. of catenare, fr. catena chain. See Chain.] To connect, in a series of links or ties; to chain. E. Darwin.

Catenation

Cat`e*na"tion (?), n. [L. catenatio.] Connection of links or union of parts, as in a chain; a regular or connected series. See Concatenation. Sir T. Browne.

Catenulate

Ca*ten"u*late (?), a. [L. catenuia, dim. of catena chain.]

1. Consisting of little links or chains.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Chainlike; -- said both or color marks and of indentations when arranged like the links of a chain, as on shells, etc.

Cater

Ca"ter (?), n. [OE. catour purchaser, caterer, OF. acator, fr. acater, F. acheter, to buy, provide, fr. LL. accaptare; L. ad + captare to strive, to seize, intens, of capere to take, seize. Cf. Acater, Capacious.] A provider; a purveyor; a caterer. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cater

Ca"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Catered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Catering.] [From Cater, n.]

1. To provide food; to buy, procure, or prepare provisions.

[He] providently caters for the sparrow. Shak.

2. By extension: To supply what is needed or desired, at theatrical or musical entertainments; -- followed by for or to.

Cater

Ca"ter, n. [F. quatre four.] The four of cards or dice.

Cater

Ca"ter, v. t. To cut diagonally. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Cateran

Cat"e*ran (?), n. [Gael. ceatharnach. Cf. Kern Irish foot soldier.] A Highland robber: a kind of irregular soldier. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Cater-cornered

Ca"ter-cor"nered (?), a. [Cf. Cater to cut diagonally.] Diagonal. [Colloq.]

Cater-cousin

Ca"ter-cous`in (?), n. A remote relation. See Quater-cousin. Shak.

Caterer

Ca"ter*er (?), n. One who caters.
The little fowls in the air have God for Their provider and caterer. Shelton.

Cateress

Ca"ter*ess, n. A woman who caters. Milton.

Caterpillar

Cat"er*pil`lar (?), n. [OE. catyrpel, corrupted fr. OF. chatepelouse, or cate pelue, fr. chate, F. chatte, she-cat, fem. of chat, L. catus + L. pilosus hairy, or F. pelu hairy, fr. L. pilus hair. See Cat, and Pile hair.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The larval state of a butterfly or any lepidopterous insect; sometimes, but less commonly, the larval state of other insects, as the sawflies, which are also called false caterpillars. The true caterpillars have three pairs of true legs, and several pairs of abdominal fleshy legs (prolegs) armed with hooks. Some are hairy, others naked. They usually feed on leaves, fruit, and succulent vegetables, being often very destructive, Many of them are popularly called worms, as the cutworm, cankerworm, army worm, cotton worm, silkworm.

2. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Scorpiurus, with pods resembling caterpillars. Caterpillar catcher, ∨ Caterpillar eater (Zo\'94l.), a bird belonging to the family of Shrikes, which feeds on caterpillars. The name is also given to several other birds. -- Caterpillar hunter (Zo\'94l.), any species of beetles of the genus Callosoma and other allied genera of the family Carabid\'91 which feed habitually upon caterpillars.

Caterwaul

Cat"er*waul (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caterwauled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caterwauling.] [Cat + waul, wawl, to cry as a cat.] To cry as cats in rutting time; to make a harsh, offensive noise. Coleridge.

Caterwaul

Cat"er*waul, n. A caterwauling.

Caterwauling

Cat"er*waul`ing, n. The cry of cats; a harsh, disagreeable noise or cry like the cry of cats. Shak.

Catery

Ca"ter*y (?), n. [See Cater, n.] The place where provisions are deposited. [Obs.]

Cates

Cates (?), n. pl. [Cf. Acates, and see Cater, n.] Provisions; food; viands; especially, luxurious food; delicacies; dainties. Shak.
Cates for which Apicius could not pay. Shurchill.
Choicest cates and the fiagon's best spilth. R. Browning.

Cat-eyed

Cat"-eyed` (?), a. Having eyes like a cat; hence, able to see in the dark.

Catfall

Cat"fall` (?), n. (Naut.) A rope used in hoisting the anchor to the cathead. Totten.

Catfish

Cat"fish` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A name given in the United States to various species of siluroid fishes; as, the yellow cat (Amiurus natalis); the bind cat (Gronias nigrilabrus); the mud cat (Pilodictic oilwaris), the stone cat (Noturus flavus); the sea cat (Arius felis), etc. This name is also sometimes applied to the wolf fish. See Bullhrad.

Catgut

Cat"gut` (?), n. [Cat + gut.]

1. A cord of great toughness made from the intestines of animals, esp. of sheep, used for strings of musical instruments, etc.

2. A sort of linen or canvas, with wide interstices.

Catharine wheel

Cath"a*rine wheel` (?). See catherine wheel.

Catharist

Cath"a*rist (?), n. [LL. catharista, fr. Gr. One aiming at or pretending to a greater purity of like than others about him; -- applied to persons of various sects. See Albigenses.

Cat-harpin

Cat"-harp`in (?), n. See Cat-harping.

Cat-harping

Cat"-harp`ing n. (Naut.) One of the short ropes or iron cramps used to brace in the shrouds toward the masts so a to give freer sweep to the yards.

Catharsis

Ca*thar"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Cathartic.] (Med.) A natural or artificial purgation of any passage, as of the mouth, bowels, etc.

Cathartic, Catharical

Ca*thar"tic (?), Ca*thar"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. chaste.]

1. (Med.) Cleansing the bowels; promoting evacuations by stool; purgative.

2. Of or pertaining to the purgative principle of senna, as cathartic acid.

Cathartic

Ca*thar"tic, n. [Gr. (Med.) A medicine that promotes alvine discharges; a purge; a purgative of moderate activity. &hand; The cathartics are more energetic and certain in action that the laxatives, which simply increase the tendency to alvine evacuation; and less powerful and irritaint that the drastic purges, which cause profuse, repeated, and watery evacuations. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ca*thar"tic*al*ness, n.

cathartin

ca*thar"tin (?), n. (Chem.) The bitter, purgative principle of senna. It is a glucoside with the properties of a weak acid; -- called also cathartic acid, and cathartina.

Cathay

Ca*thay" (?), n. China; -- an old name for the Celestial Empire, said have been introduced by Marco Polo and to be a corruption of the Tartar name for North China (Khitai, the country of the Khitans.)
Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson.

Cathead

Cat"head` (?), n. (Naut.) A projecting piece of timber or iron near the bow of vessel, to which the anchor is hoisted and secured.

Cathedra

Cath"e*dra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Chair.] The official chair or throne of a bishop, or of any person in high authority. Ex cathedra [L., from the chair], in the exercise of one's office; with authority.
The Vatican Council declares that the Pope, is infallible "when he speaks ex cathedra." Addis & Arnold's Cath. Dict.

Cathedral

Ca*the"dral (?), n. [LL. cathedralis (sc. ecclesia): cf. F. cath\'82drale. See Cathedra.] The principal church in a diocese, so called because in it the bishop has his official chair (Cathedra) or throne.

Cathedral

Ca*the"dral, a. [LL. cathedralis: cf. F. cath\'82dral.]

1. Pertaining to the head church of a diocese; as, a cathedral church; cathedral service.

2. Emanating from the chair of office, as of a pope or bishop; official; authoritative.

Now, what solemnity can be more required for the pope to make a cathedral determination of an article! Jer. Taylor.

3. Resembling the aisles of a cathedral; as, cathedral walks. Pope.

Cathedralic

Cath`e*dral"ic (?), a. Cathedral. [R.]

Cathedrated

Cath`e*dra"ted (?), a. [From Cathedra.] Relating to the chair or office of a teacher. [Obs.]

Catheretic

Cath`e*ret"ic (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences. Dunglison.

Catherine wheel

Cath"er*ine wheel` (?). [So called from St. Catherine of Alexandria, who is represented with a wheel, in allusion to her martyrdom.]

1. (Geoth.Arth.) Same as Rose window and Wheel window. Called also Catherine-wheel window.

2. (Pyrotechny) A revolving piece of fireworks resembling in form the window of the same name. [Written also Catharine wheel.]

Catheter

Cath"e*ter (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) The name of various instruments for passing along mucous canals, esp. applied to a tubular instrument to be introduced into the bladder through the urethra to draw off the urine. Eustachian catheter. See under Eustachian. -- Prostatic catheter, one adapted for passing an enlarged prostate.

Catheterism, Catheterization

Cath"e*ter*ism (?), Cath`e*ter*i*za"tion (?), n. (Med.) The operation of introducing a catheter.

Catheterize

Cath"e*ter*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Catheterized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Catheterizing.] (Med.) To operate on with a catheter. Dunglison.

Cathetometer

Cath`e*tom"e*ter (?), n. [From Gr. -meter.] An instrument for the accurate measurement of small differences of height; esp. of the differences in the height of the upper surfaces of two columns of mercury or other fluid, or of the same column at different times. It consists of a telescopic leveling apparatus (d), which slides up or down a perpendicular metallic standard very finely graduated (bb). The telescope is raised or depressed in order to sight the objects or surfaces, and the differences in vertical height are thus shown on the graduated standard. [Written also kathetometer.]

Cathetus

Cath"e*tus (?), n.; pl. catheti (#). [L., fr. Gr. Catheter.] (Geom.) One line or radius falling perpendicularly on another; as, the catheti of a right-angled triangle, that is, the two sides that include the right angle. Barlow.

Cathode

Cath"ode (?), n. [Gr. (Physics) The part of a voltaic battery by which the electric current leaves substances through which it passes, or the surface at which the electric current passes out of the electrolyte; the negative pole; -- opposed to anode. Faraday. Cathode ray (Phys.), a kind of ray generated at the cathode in a vacuum tube, by the electrical discharge<-- X-ray -->.

Cathodic

Ca*thod"ic (?), a. (Physiol.) A term applied to the centrifugal, or efferent course of the nervous infuence. Marshall Hall.

Cat-hole

Cat"-hole` (?), n. (Naut.) One of two small holes astern, above the gunroom ports, through which hawsers may be passed.
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Catholic

Cath"o*lic (?), a. [L. catholicus, Gr. solid: cf. F. catholique.]

1. Universal or general; as, the catholic faith.

Men of other countries [came] to bear their part in so great and catholic a war. Southey.
&hand; This epithet, which is applicable to the whole Christian church, or its faith, is claimed by Roman Catholics to belong especially to their church, and in popular usage is so limited.

2. Not narrow-minded, partial, or bigoted; liberal; as, catholic tastes.

3. Of or pertaining to, or affecting the Roman Catholics; as, the Catholic emancipation act. Catholic epistles, the espistles of the apostles which are addressed to all the faithful, and not to a particular church; being those of James, Peter, Jude, and John.

Catholic

Cath"o*lic, n.

1. A person who accepts the creeds which are received in common by all parts of the orthodox Christian church.

2. An adherent of the Roman Catholic church; a Roman Catholic. Old Catholic, the name assumed in 1870 by members of the Roman Catholic church, who denied the ecumenical character of the Vatican Council, and Rejected its decrees, esp. that concerning the infallibility of the pope, as contrary to the ancient Catholic faith.

Catholical

Ca*thol"i*cal (?), a. Catholic. [Obs.]

Catholicism

Ca*thol"i*cism (?), n. [Cf. F. catholicisme.]

1. The state or quality of being catholic or universal; catholicity. Jer. Taylor.

2. Liberality of sentiment; breadth of view.

3. The faith of the whole orthodox Christian church, or adherence thereto.

4. The doctrines or faith of the Roman Catholic church, or adherence thereto.

Catholicity

Cath`o*lic"i*ty (?), n.

1. The state or quality of being catholic; universality.

2. Liberality of sentiments; catholicism.

3. Adherence or conformity to the system of doctrine held by all parts of the orthodox Christian church; the doctrine so held; orthodoxy.

4. Adherence to the doctrines of the church of Rome, or the doctrines themselves.

Catholicize

Ca*thol"i*cize (?), v. t. & i. To make or to become catholic or Roman Catholic.

Catholicly

Cath"o*lic*ly (?), adv. In a catholic manner; generally; universally. Sir L. Cary.

Catholicness

Cath"o*lic*ness, n. The quality of being catholic; universality; catholicity.

Catholicon

Ca*thol"i*con (?), n. [Gr. Catholic.] (Med.) A remedy for all diseases; a panacea.

Catholicos

Ca*thol"i*cos (?), n. [NL. See Catholic.] (Eccl.) The spiritual head of the Armenian church, who resides at Etchmiadzin, Russia, and has ecclesiastical jurisdiction over, and consecrates the holy oil for, the Armenians of Russia, Turkey, and Persia, including the Patriarchs of Constantinople, Jerusalem, and Sis. &hand; The Patriarch of Constantinople is the civil head of the Armenians in Turkey.

Catilinarian

Cat`i*li*na"ri*an (?), a. [L. Catilinarius.] Pertaining to Catiline, the Roman conspirator; resembling Catiline's conspiracy.

Cation

Cat"i*on (?), n. [Gr. p. pr. of (Chem.) An electro-positive substance, which in electro-decomposition is evolved at the cathode; -- opposed to anion. Faraday.

Catkin

Cat"kin (?), n. [Cat + -kin.] (Bot.) An ament; a species of inflorescence, consisting of a slender axis with many unisexual apetalous flowers along its sides, as in the willow and poplar, and (as to the staminate flowers) in the chestnut, oak, hickory, etc. -- so called from its resemblance to a cat's tail. See Illust. of Ament.

Catlike

Cat"like` (?), a. Like a cat; stealthily; noiselessly.

Catling

Cat"ling (?), n. [Cat + -ing.]

1. A little cat; a kitten. "Cat nor catling." Drummond.

2. Catgut; a catgut string. [R.] Shak.

3. (Surg.) A double-edged, sharp-pointed dismembering knife. [Spelt also catlin.] Crobb.

Catlinite

Cat"lin*ite (?), n. [From George Catlin, an American traveler.] A red clay from the Upper Missouri region, used by the Indians for their pipes.

Catnip, Catmint

Cat"nip` (?), Cat"mint` (?), n. (Bot.) A well-know plant of the genus Nepeta (N. Cataria), somewhat like mint, having a string scent, and sometimes used in medicine. It is so called because cats have a peculiar fondness for it.

Cato-cathartic

Cat`o-ca*thar"tic (?), n. [Gr. Cathartic.] (Med.) A remedy that purges by alvine discharges.

Catonian

Ca*to"ni*an (?), a. [L. Catonionus.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the stern old Roman, Cato the Censor; severe; inflexible.

Cat o' nine tails

Cat" o' nine" tails`. See under Cat.

Catopter, Catoptron

Ca*top"ter (?), Ca*top"tron (?), n. [Gr. A reflecting optical glass or instrument; a mirror. [Obs.]

Catoptric, Catoptrical

Ca*top"tric (?), Ca*top"tric*al (?), a. [Gr. Catopter.] Of or pertaining to catoptrics; produced by reflection. Catoptric light, a light in which the rays are concentrated by reflectors into a beam visible at a distance.

Catoptrics

Ca*top"trics (?), n. [Cf. F. catoptrique. See Catropric.] (Physics) That part of optics which explants the properties and phenomena of reflected light, and particularly that which is reflected from mirrors or polished bodies; \'c3- formerly caled anacamptics.

Catoptromancy

Ca*top"tro*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy. See Catopter.] (Antiq.) A species of divination, which was perforned by letting down a mirror into water, for a sick person to look at his face in it. If his countenance appeared distorted and ghastly, it was an ill omen; if fresh and healthy, it was favorable.

Catopron

Ca*top"ron (?), n. [Obs.] See Catopter.

Catpipe

Cat`pipe" (?), n. See Catcall.

Cat-rigged

Cat"-rigged` (?), a. Rigged like a catboat.

Cat-salt

Cat"-salt` (?), n. A sort of salt, finely granulated, formed out of the bittern or leach brine.

Cat's-eye

Cat's"-eye` (?), n. (Min.) A variety of quartz or chalcedony, exhibiting opalescent reflections from within, like the eye of a cat. The mane is given to other gems affording like effects, esp. the chrysoberyl.

Cat's-foot

Cat's`-foot (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Nepeta Glechoma) of the same genus with catnip; ground ivy.

Cat-silver

Cat"-sil`ver (?), n. Mica. [Archaic]

Catskill period

Cats"kill pe`ri*od (?). (Geol.) The closing subdivision of the Devonian age in America. The rocks of this period are well developed in the Catskill mountains, and extend south and west under the Carboniferous formation. See the Diagram under Geology.

Catso

Cat"so (?), n.; pl. Catsos (#). [It. cazzo.] A base fellow; a rogue; a cheat. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Cat's-paw

Cat's"-paw` (?), n.

1. (Naut.) (a) A light transitory air which ruffles the surface of the water during a calm, or the ripples made by such a puff of air. (b) A particular hitch or turn in the bight of a rope, into which a tackle may be hooked.

2. A dupe; a tool; one who, or that which, is used by another as an instrument to a accomplish his purposes. &hand; In this sense the term refers to the fable of the monkey using the cat's paw to draw the roasting chestnuts out of the fire.

Cat's-tail

Cat's"-tail (?), n. See Timothy, Cat-tail, Cirrus.

Catstick

Cat"stick` (?), n. A stick or club employed in the game of ball called cat or tipcat. Massinger.

Catstitch

Cat"stitch (?), v. t. (Needlework) To fold and sew down the edge of with a coarse zigzag stitch.

Catsup

Cat"sup (?), n. Same as Catchup, and Ketchup.

Cat-tail

Cat"-tail (?), n. (Bot.) A tall rush or flag (Typha latifolia) growing in marshes, with long, glat leaves, and having its flowers in a close cylindrical spike at the top of the stem. The leaves are frequently used for seating chairs, making mats, etc. See Catkin. &hand; The lesser cat-tail is Typha angustifolia.

Cattish

Cat"tish (?), a. Catlike; feline Drummond.

Cattle

Cat"tle (?), n. pl. [OE. calet, chatel, goods, property, OF. catel, chatel, LL. captale, capitale, goods, property, esp. cattle, fr. L. capitals relating to the head, chief; because in early ages beasts constituted the chief part of a man's property. See Capital, and cf. Chattel.] Quadrupeds of the Bovine family; sometimes, also, including all domestic quadrupeds, as sheep, goats, horses, mules, asses, and swine. Belted cattle, Black cattle. See under Belted, Black. -- Cattle guard, a trench under a railroad track and alongside a crossing (as of a public highway). It is intended to prevent cattle from getting upon the track. -- cattle louse (Zo\'94l.), any species of louse infecting cattle. There are several species. The H\'91matatopinus eurysternus and H. vituli are common species which suck blood; Trichodectes scalaris eats the hair. -- Cattle plague, the rinderpest; called also Russian cattle plague. -- Cattle range, ∨ Cattle run, an open space through which cattle may run or range. [U. S.] Bartlett. -- Cattle show, an exhibition of domestic animals with prizes for the encouragement of stock breeding; -- usually accompanied with the exhibition of other agricultural and domestic products and of implements.

Catty

Cat"ty (?), n. [Malay kat\'c6. See Caddy.] An East Indian Weight of 1\'a7 pounds.

Caucasian

Cau*ca"sian (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to the Caucasus, a mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas.

2. Of or pertaining to the white races of mankind, of whom the people about Mount Caucasus were formerly taken as the type.

Caucasian

Cau*ca"sian, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of the Caucasus, esp. a Circassian or Georgian.

2. A member of any of the white races of mankind.

Caucus

Cau"cus (?), n. [Etymology uncertain. Mr. J. H. Trumbull finds the origin of caucus in the N. A. Indian word cawcawwassough or ca\'a3 cau-as'u one who urges or pushes on, a promoter. See citation for an early use of the word caucus.] A meeting, especially a preliminary meeting, of persons belonging to a party, to nominate candidates for public office, or to select delegates to a nominating convention, or to confer regarding measures of party policy; a political primary meeting.
This day learned that the caucus club meets, at certain times, in the garret of Tom Dawes, the adjutant of the Boston regiment. John Adams's Diary [Feb. , 1763].

Caucus

Cau"cus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Caucused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caucusing.] To hold, or meet in, a caucus or caucuses.

Caudad

Cau"dad (?), adv. [L. cauda tail + ad to.] (Zo\'94l.) Backwards; toward the tail or posterior part.

Cauda galli

Cau"da gal*li, (. [L., tail of a cock.] (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. Gauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology.

Caudal

Cau"dal (?), a. [L. Cauda tail. Cf. Coward.] Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a tail; having a tail-like appendage.
The male widow-bird, remarkable for his caudal plumes. Darwin.
Caudal fin (Zo\'94l.), the terminal fin (or "tail") of a fish.

Caudata

Cau*da"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cauda tail.] (Zo\'94l.) See Urodela.

Caudate, Caudated

Cau"date (?), Cau"da*ted (?). a. [L. cauda tail.] Having a taill; having a termination like a tail.

Caudex

Cau"dex (?), n.; pl. L. Caudices (#), E. Caudexes (#). [L.] (Bot.) The sterm of a tree., esp. a sterm without a branch, as of a palm or a tree fern; also, the pernnial rootstock of an herbaceous plant.

Caudicle, Caudicula

Cau"di*cle (?), Cau*dic"u*la (?), n. [Dim. of L. cauda tail, appendage.] (Bot.) A slender, elastic process, to which the masses of pollen in orchidaceous plants are attached.

Caudle

Cau"dle (?), n. [OF. caudel, F. chaudeau, dim. of LL calidum a sweet drink, fr. L. caidus warm. See Caldron.] A kind of warm drink for sick persons, being a mixture of wine with eggs, bread, sugar, and spices.

Caudle

Cau"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caudled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caudling (?).]

1. To make into caudle.

2. Too serve as a caudle to; to refresh. [R.] Shak.

Cauf

Cauf (?), n. [Perh. akin to Celtic caff, cav, cau, L. cavus hollow, or to L. caphinus, Gr. A chest with holes for keeping fish alive in water. Philips.

Caufle

Cau"fle, n. A gung of slaves. Same as Coffle.

Caught

Caught (?), imp. & p. p. f Catch.

Cauk, n., Cauker

Cauk (?), n., Cauk"er (?), n. See Cawk, Calker.

Caul

Caul (?), n. [OE. calle, kelle, prob. fr. F. cale; cf. Ir. calla a veil.]

1. A covering of network for the head, worn by women; also, a net. Spenser.

2. (Anat.) The fold of membrane loaded with fat, which covers more or less of the intestines in mammals; the great omentum See Omentum.

The caul serves for warming of the lower belly. Ray.

3. A part of the amnion, one of the membranes enveloping the fetus, which sometimes is round the head of a child at its birth.

It is deemed lucky to be with a caul or membrane over the face. This caul is esteemed an infallible preservative against drowning . . . According to Chysostom, the midwives frequently sold it for magic uses. Grose.
I was born with a caul, which was advertised for sale, in the newspapers, at the low price of fifteen guineas. Dickens.

Caulescent

Cau*les"cent (?), a. [L. caulis stalk, stem: cf. F. caulescent.] (Bot.) Having a leafy stem.

Caulicle

Cau"li*cle (?), n. (Bot.) A short caulis or stem, esp. the rudimentary stem seen in the embryo of seed; -- otherwise called a radicle.

Cauliculus

Cau*lic"u*lus (?), n.; pl. Cauliculi (#) [L. caulculus little stalk, dim. of caulis.] (Arch.) In the Corinthian capital, one of the eight stalks rising out of the lower leafage and terminating in leaves which seem to suport the volutes. See Illust. of Corinthian order, under Corinthian.

Cauliflower

Cau"li*flow`er (?), n. [F. choufleur, modified by E. Cole. L. caulis, and by E. flower; F. chou cabbage is fr. L. caulis stalk, cabbage, and fleur flower is fr. L. flos flower. See Cole, and Flower.]

1. (Bot.) An annual variety of Brassica oleracea, or cabbage of which the cluster of young flower stalks and buds is eaten as a vegetable.

2. The edible head or "curd" of a caulifower plant.

Cauliform

Cau"li*form (?), a. [L. caulis + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form of a caulis.

Cauline

Cau"line (?), a. (Bot.) Growing immediately on a caulis; of or pertaining to a caulis.

Caulis

Cau"lis (?), n.; L. pl. Caules (#). [L., a stem.] (Bot.) An herbaceous or woody stem which bears leaves, and may bear flowers.

Caulk

Caulk (?), v. t. & n. See Calk.

Caulocarpous

Cau`lo*car"pous (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having stems which bear flowers and fruit year after year, as most trees and shrubs.

Cauma

Cau"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) Great heat, as of the body in fever.

Cauponize

Cau"po*nize (?), v. i. [L. cauponari, fr. caupo huckster, innkeeper.] To sell wine or victuals. [Obs.] Warburfon.

Causable

Caus"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being caused.

Causal

Caus"al (?), a. [L. causalis. See Cause.] Relating to a cause or causes; inplying or containing a cause or causes; expressing a cause; causative.
Causal propositions are where two propositions are joined by causal words. Watts.

Causal

Caus"al, n. A causal word or form of speech.
Anglo-Saxon drencan to drench, causal of Anglo-Saxon drincan to drink. Skeat.

Causality

Cau*sal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Causalities (.

1. The agency of a cause; the action or power of a cause, in producing its effect.

The causality of the divine mind. Whewell.

2. (Phren.) The faculty of tracing effects to their causes. G. Combe.

Causally

Caus"al*ly (?), adv. According to the order or series of causes; by tracing effects to causes.

Causally

Caus"al*ly (?), n. (Mining.) The lighter, earthy parts of ore, carried off washing.

Causation

Cau*sa"tion (?), n. The act of causing; also the act or agency by which an effect is produced.
The kind of causation by which vision is produced. Whewell.
Law of universal causation, the theoretical or asserted law that every event or phenomenon results from, or is the sequel of, some previous event or phenomenon, which being present, the other is certain to take place.

Causationist

Cau*sa"tion*ist, n. One who believes in the law of universal causation.

Causative

Caus"a*tive (?), a. [L. causativus pertaining to a lawsuit (causa), but in the English sense from E. cause.]

1. Effective, as a cause or agent; causing.

Causative in nature of a number of effects. Bacon.

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Causative

Caus"a*tive (?), n. A word which expresses or suggests a cause.

Causatively

Caus"a*tive*ly, adv. In a causative manner.

Causator

Cau*sa"tor (?), n. [See Cause.] One who causes. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cause

Cause (?), n. [F. cause, fr. L. causa. Cf. Cause, v., Kickshaw.]

1. That which produces or effects a result; that from which anything proceeds, and without which it would not exist.

Cause is substance exerting its power into act, to make one thing begin to be. Locke.

2. That which is the occasion of an action or state; ground; reason; motive; as, cause for rejoicing.

3. Sake; interest; advantage. [Obs.]

I did it not for his cause. 2 Cor. vii. 12.

4. (Law) A suit or action in court; any legal process by which a party endeavors to obtain his claim, or what he regards as his right; case; ground of action.

5. Any subject of discussion or debate; matter; question; affair in general.

What counsel give you in this weighty cause! Shak.

6. The side of a question, which is espoused, advocated, and upheld by a person or party; a principle which is advocated; that which a person or party seeks to attain.

God befriend us, as our cause is just. Shak.
The part they take against me is from zeal to the cause. Burke.
Efficient cause, the agent or force that produces a change or redult. -- Final cause, the end, design, or object, for which anything is done. -- Formal cause, the elements of a conception which make the conception or the thing conceived to be what it is; or the idea viewed as a formative principle and co\'94perating with the matter. -- Material cause, that of which anything is made. -- Proximate cause. See under Proximate. -- To make common cause with, to join with in purposes and aims. Macaulay. Syn. -- Origin; source; mainspring; motive; reason; incitement; inducement; purpose; object; suit; action.

Cause

Cause, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caused (?); p. pr. & v. n. Causing.] [F. causer, fr. cause, fr. L. causa. See Cause, n., and cf. Acouse.] To effect as an agent; to produce; to be the occasion of; to bring about; to bring into existence; to make; -- usually followed by an infinitive, sometimes by that with a finite verb.
I will cause it to rain upon the earth forty days. Gen. vii. 4.
Cause that it be read also in the church of the Laodiceans. Col. iv. 16.
Syn. -- To create; produce; beget; effect; occasion; originate; induce; bring about.

Cause

Cause, v. i. To assign or show cause; to give a reason; to make excuse. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cause

Cause, conj. Abbreviation of Because. B. Jonson.

Causeful

Cause"ful (?), n. Having a cause. [Obs.]

Causeless

Cause"less, a. 1. Self-originating; uncreated.

2. Without just or sufficient reason; groundless.

My fears are causeless and ungrounded. Denham.

Causeless

Cause"less, adv. Without cause or reason.

Causelessness

Cause"less*ness, n. The state of being causeless.

Causer

Caus"er (?), n. One who or that which causes.

Causeuse

Cau`seuse" (?), n. [F., fr. causer to talk.] A kind of sofa for two person. A t\'88te-a-t\'88te.

Causeway, Causey

Cause"way (?), Cau"sey (?), n. [OE. cauci, cauchie, OF. cauchie, F. chauss\'82e, from LL. (via) calciata, fr calciare to make a road, either fr. L. calx lime, hence, to pave with limestone (cf. E. chalk), or from L. calceus shoe, from calx heel, hence, to shoe, pave, or wear by treading.] A way or road rasid above the natural level of the ground, serving as a dry passage over wet or marshy ground.
But that broad causeway will direct your way. Dryden.
The other way Satan went down The causey to Hell-gate. Milton.

Causewayed, Causeyed

Cause"wayed (?), Cau"seyed (?). a. Having a raised way (causeway or causey); paved. Sir W. Scott. C. Bront\'82.

Causidical

Cau*sid"i*cal (?), a. [L. causidicakis; causa a cause in law + dicare to say.] Pertaining to an advocate, or to the maintenance and defense of suits.

Caustic, Caustical

Caus"tic (?), Caus"tic*al (?), a. [L. caustucs, Ge. Calm, Ink.]

1. Capable of destroying the texture of anything or eating away its substance by chemical action; burning; corrosive; searing.

2. Severe; satirical; sharp; as, a caustic remark. Caustic curve (Optics), a curve to which the ray of light, reflected or refracted by another curve, are tangents, the reflecting or refracting curve and the luminous point being in one plane. -- Caustic lime. See under Lime. -- Caustic potash, Caustic soda (Chem.), the solid hydroxides potash, KOH, and soda, NaOH, or solutions of the same. -- Caustic silver, nitrate of silver, lunar caustic. -- Caustic surface (Optics), a surface to which rays reflected or refracted by another surface are tangents. Caustic curves and surfaces are called catacaustic when formed by reflection, and diacaustic when formed by refraction. Syn. -- Stinging; cutting; pungent; searching.

Caustic

Cau"stic, n. [L. causticum (sc. medicamentum). See Caustic, a.]

1. Any substance or means which, applied to animal or other organic tissue, burns, corrodes, or destroys it by chemical action; an escharotic.

2. (Optics) A caustic curve or caustic surface.

Caustically

Caus"tic*al*ly, adv. In a caustic manner.

Causticily

Caus*tic"i*ly (?), n.

1. The quality of being caustic; corrosiveness; as, the causticity of potash.

2. Severity of language; sarcasm; as, the causticity of a reply or remark.

Causticness

Caus"tic*ness (?), n. The quality of being caustic; causticity.

Cautel

Cau"tel (?), n. [F. caut\'8ale, L. cautela, fr. cavere to be on one's guard, to take care.]

1. Caution; prudence; wariness. [Obs.] Fulke.

2. Craft; deceit; falseness. [Obs.] Shak.

Cautelous

Cau"te*lous (?), a. [F. cauteleux, LL. cautelosus. See Cautel.]

1. Caution; prudent; wary. [Obs.] "Cautelous, though young." Drayton.

2. Crafty; deceitful; false. [Obs.] Shak. -- Cau"te*lous*ly, adv. -- Cau"te*lous*ness, n. [Obs.]

Cauter

Cau"ter (?), n. [F. caut\'8are, L. cauterium, fr. Gr. Caustic, Cautery.] A hot iron for searing or cauterizing. Minsheu.

Cauterant

Cau"ter*ant (?), n. A cauterizing substance.

Cauterism

Cau"ter*ism (?), n. The use or application of a caustic; cautery. Ferrand.

Cauterization

Cau`ter*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. caut\'8arisation.] (Med.) The act of searing some morbid part by the application of a cautery or caustic; also, the effect of such application.

Cauterize

Cau"ter*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cauterized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cauterizing.] [L. cauterizare, Gr. caut\'82rised.. See cauter.]

1. To burn or sear with a cautery or caustic. Dunglison.

2. To sear, as the conscience. Jer. Taylor.

Cautery

Cau"ter*y (?), n.; pl. Cauteries (#). [L. cauterium, Gr. Cauter.]

1. (Med.) A burning or searing, as of morbid flesh, with a hot iron, or by application of a caustic that will burn, corrode, or destroy animal tissue.

2. The iron of other agent in cauterizing. Actual cautery, a substance or agent (as a hot iron) which cauterizes or sears by actual heat; or the burning so effected. -- Potential cautery, a substance which cauterizes by chemical action; as, lunar caustic; also, the cauterizing produced by such substance.

Caution

Cau"tion (?), n. [F. caution a security, L. cautio, fr. cavere (For scavere) to be on one's guard, to take care (orig.) to be on the watch, see; akin to E. show.]

1. A careful attention to the probable effects of an act, in order that failure or harm may be avoided; prudence in regard to danger; provident care; wariness.

2. Security; guaranty; bail. [R.]

The Parliament would yet give his majesty sufficient caution that the war should be prosecuted. Clarendon.

3. Precept or warning against evil of any kind; exhortation to wariness; advice; injunction.

In way of caution I must tell you. Shak.
Caution money, money deposited by way of security or guaranty, as by a student at an English university. Syn. -- Care; forethought; forecast; heed; prudence; watchfulness; vigilance; circumspection; anxiety; providence; counsel; advice; warning; admonition.

Caution

Cau"tion v. t. [imp & p. p. Cautioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cautioning.] To give notice of danger to; to warn; to exhort [one] to take heed.
You cautioned me against their charms. Swift.

Cautionary

Cau"tion*a*ry (?), a.

1. Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.

2. Given as a pledge or as security.

He hated Barnevelt, for his getting the cautionary towns out of his hands. Bp. Burnet.

3. Wary; cautious. [Obs.] Bacon.

Cautioner

Cau"tion*er (?), n.

1. One who cautions or advises.

2. (Scots Law) A surety or sponsor.

Cautionry

Cau"tion*ry (?), n. (Scots Law) Suretyship.

Cautious

Cau"tious (?), a. [Cf. L. cautus, fr. caver. See Caution.] Attentive to examine probable effects and consequences of acts with a view to avoid danger or misfortune; prudent; circumspect; wary; watchful; as, a cautious general.
Cautious feeling for another's pain. Byron.
Be swift to hear; but cautious of your tongue. Watts.
Syn. -- Wary; watchful; vigilant; prudent; circumspect; discreet; heedful; thoughtful; scrupulous; anxious; careful. -- Cautious, Wary, Circumspect. A man is cautious who realizes the constant possibility of danger; one may be wary, and yet bold and active; a man who is circumspect habitually examines things on every side in order to weigh and deliberate. It is necessary to be cautious at all times; to be wary in cases of extraordinary danger; to be circumspect in matters of peculiar delicacy and difficulty.

Cautiously

Cau"tious*ly, adv. In a cautious manner.

Cautiousness

Cau"tious*ness, n. The quality of being cautious.

Cavalcade

Cav"al*cade` (?), n. [F. cavalcade, fr. It. cavalcata, fr. cavalcare to go on horseback, fr. LL. caballicare, fr. L. caballus an inferior horse, Gr. Cavalier, Cavalry.] A procession of persons on horseback; a formal, pompous march of horsemen by way of parade.
He brought back war-worn cavalcade to the city. Prescott.

Cavalero, Cavaliero

Cav`a*le"ro, Cav`a*lie"ro (?), n. [Sp. caballero. See Cavalier.] A cavalier; a gallant; a libertine. Shak.

Cavalier

Cav`a*lier" (?), n. [F. cavalier, It. cavaliere, LL. caballarius, fr. L. caballus. See Cavalcade, and cf. Cavallier, Caballine.]

1. A military man serving on horseback; a knight.

2. A gay, sprightly, military man; hence, a gallant.

3. One of the court party in the time of king Charles L. as contrasted with a Roundhead or an adherent of Parliament. Clarendon.

4. (Fort.) A work of more that ordinary heigh, rising from the level ground of a bastion, etc., and overlooking surrounding parts.

Cavalier

Cav`a*lier", a. Gay; easy; offhand; frank.
The plodding, persevering scupulous accuracy of the one, and the easy, cavalier, verbal fluency of the other, from a complete contrast. Hazlitt.

2. High-spirited. [Obs.] "The people are naturally not valiant, and not much cavalier." Suckling.

3. Supercilious; haughty; disdainful; curt; brusque.

4. Of or pertaining to the party of King Charles I. "An old Cavalier family." Beaconsfleld.

Cavalierish

Cav`a*lier"ish (?), a. Somewhat like a cavalier.

Cavalierism

Cav`a*lier"ism (?), n. The practice or principles of cavaliers. Sir. W. Scott.

Cavalierly

Cav`a*lier"ly, adv. In a supercilious, disdainful, or haughty manner; arroganty. Junius.

Cavalierness

Cav`a*lier"ness, n. A disdanful manner.

Cavally

Ca*val"ly (?), n. [Cf. Pg. cavalla a kind of fish; Sp. caballa; prob. fr. Pg. cavallo horse, Sp. caballa.] (Zo\'94l.) A carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast (Caranx hippos): -- called also horse crevall\'82. [See Illust. under Carangoid.]

Cavalry

Cav"al*ry (?), n. [F. cavalerie, fr. It. cavalleria. See Cavalier, and cf. chivalry.] (Mil.) That part of military force which serves on horseback. &hand; Heavy cavalry and light cavalry are so distinguished by the character of their armament, and by the size of the men and horses.

Cavalryman

Cav"al*ry*man (?), n.; pl. Cavalrymen (. One of a body of cavalry.

Cavatina

Ca`va*ti"na (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) Originally, a melody of simpler form than the aria; a song without a second part and a da capo; -- a term now variously and vaguely used.

Cave

Cave (?), n. [F. cave, L. cavus hollow, whence cavea cavity. Cf. Cage.]

1. A hollow place in the earth, either natural or artificial; a subterraneous cavity; a cavern; a den.

2. Any hollow place, or part; a cavity. [Obs.] "The cave of the ear." Bacon. Cave bear (Zo\'94l.), a very large fossil bear (Ursus spel\'91us) similar to the grizzly bear, but large; common in European caves. -- Cave dweller, a savage of prehistoric times whose dwelling place was a cave. Tylor. -- Cave hyena (Zo\'94l.), a fossil hyena found abundanty in British caves, now usually regarded as a large variety of the living African spotted hyena. -- Cave lion (Zo\'94l.), a fossil lion found in the caves of Europe, believed to be a large variety of the African lion. -- Bone cave. See under Bone.

Cave

Cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Caved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Caving.] [Cf. F. caver. See Cave, n.] To make hollow; to scoop out. [Obs.]
The mouldred earth cav'd the banke. Spenser.

Cave

Cave, v. i.

1. To dwell in a cave. [Obs.] Shak.

2. [See To cave in, below.] To fall in or down; as, the sand bank caved. Hence (Slang), to retreat from a position; to give way; to yield in a disputed matter. To cave in. [Flem. inkalven.] (a) To fall in and leave a hollow, as earth on the side of a well or pit. (b) To submit; to yield. [Slang] H. Kingsley.

Caveat

Ca"ve*at (?), n. [L. caved let him beware, pres. subj. of cavere to be on one's guard to, beware.]

1. (Law) A notice given by an interested party to some officer not to do a certain act until the party is heard in opposition; as, a caveat entered in a probate court to stop the proving of a will or the taking out of letters of administration, etc. Bouvier.

2. (U. S. Patent Laws) A description of some invention, designed to be patented, lodged in the patent office before the patent right is applied for, and operating as a bar to the issue of letters patent to any other person, respecting the same invention. &hand; A caveat is operative for one year only, but may be renewed.

3. Intimation of caution; warning; protest.

We think it right to enter our caveat against a conclusion. Jeffrey.
Caveat emptor [L.] (Law), let the purchaser beware, i. e., let him examine the article he is buying, and act on his own judgment.

Caveating

Ca"ve*a`ting (?), n. (Fencing) Shifting the sword from one side of an adversary's sword to the other.

Caveator

Ca"ve*a`tor (?), n. One who enters a caveat.

Cavendish

Cav"en*dish (?), n. Leaf tobacco softened, sweetened, and pressed into plugs or cakes. Cut cavendish, the plugs cut into long shreds for smoking.

Cavern

Cav"ern (?), n. [L. caverna, fr. cavus hollow: cf. F. caverne.] A large, deep, hollow place in the earth; a large cave.

Caverned

Cav"erned (?), a.

1. Containing caverns.

The wolves yelled on the caverned hill. Byron.

2. Living in a cavern. "Caverned hermit." Pope.

Cavernous

Cav"ern*ous (?), a. [L. cavernosus: cf. F. caverneux.]

1. Full of caverns; resembling a cavern or large cavity; hollow.

2. Filled with small cavities or cells.

3. Having a sound caused by a cavity. Cavernous body, a body of erectile tissue with large interspaces which may be distended with blood, as in the penis or clitoris. -- Cavernous respiration, a peculiar respiratory sound andible on auscultation, when the bronchial tubes communicate with morbid cavities in the lungs.

Cavernulous

Ca*ver"nu*lous (?), a.[L. cavernula, dim. of caverna cavern.] Full of little cavities; as, cavernulous metal. Black.

Cavesson, Cavezon

Cav"es*son (?), Cav"e*zon (?), n. [F. cave\'87on, augm. fr. LL. capitium a head covering hood, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Caberzon.] (Man.) A kind of noseband used in breaking and training horses. [Written also caveson, causson.] White.

Cavetto

Ca*vet"to (?), n. [It. cavetto, fr. cavo hollow, L. cavus.] (Arch.) A concave molding; -- used chiefly in classical architecture. See Illust. of Calumn.

Caviare, Caviar

Ca*viare" (?), Cav"i*ar (?), n. [F. caviar, fr. It. caviale, fr. Turk. Hav\'c6\'ber.] The roes of the sturgeon, prepared and salted; -- used as a relish, esp. in Russia. &hand; Caviare was considered a delicacy, by some, in Shakespeare's time, but was not relished by most. Hence Hamlet says of a certain play. "'T was caviare to the general," i. e., above the taste of the common people.
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Cavicorn

Cav"i*corn (?), a. [L. cavus hollow + cornu horn.] (Zo\'94l.) Having hollow horns.

Cavicornia

Cav`i*cor"ni*a (?), n.; pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of ruminants whose horns are hollow, and planted on a bony process of the front, as the ox.

Cavil

Cav"il (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. CaviledCavilled (; p. pr. & vb. n. CavilingCavilling.] [L. cavillari to practice jesting, to censure, fr. cavilla bantering jests, sophistry: cf. OF. caviller.] To raise captious and frivolous objections; to find fault without good reason.
You do not well in obstinacy To cavil in the course of this contract. Shak.

Cavil

Cav"il, v. t. To cavil at. [Obs.] Milton.

Cavil

Cav"il, n. A captious or frivolous objection.
All the cavils of prejudice and unbelief. Shak.

Cavil ∨ Caviler

Cav"ilCav"il*er (?), n. One who cavils.
Cavilers at the style of the Scriptures. Boyle.

Caviling

Cav"il*ing, a. Disposed to cavil; finding fault without good reason. See Captious.
His depreciatory and caviling criticism. Lewis.

Cavilingly

Cav"il*ing*ly, adb. In a caviling manner.

Cavillation

Cav`il*la"tion (?), n.[F. cavillation, L. cavillatio.] Frivolous or sophistical objection. [Obs.] Hooker.

Cavilous ∨ Cavillous

Cav"il*ousCav"il*lous (?), a. [L. cavillosus.] Characterized by caviling, or disposed to cavil; quibbing. [R.] -- Cav"il*ous*ly, adv. [R.] -- Cav"il*ous*ness, n. [R.]

Cavin

Cav"in (?), n. [F. See Cave.] (Mil.) A hollow way, adapted to cover troops, and facilitate their aproach to a place. Farrow.

Cavitary

Cav"i*ta*ry (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Containing a body cavity; as, the cavitary or nematoid worms.

Cavity

Cav"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Cavities (#). [L. cavus hollow: cf. F. cavit\'82.]

1. Hollowness. [Obs.]

The cavity or hollowness of the place. Goodwin.

2. A hollow place; a hollow; as, the abdominal cavity.

An instrument with a small cavity, like a small spoon. Arbuthot.
Abnormal spaces or excavations are frequently formed in the lungs, which are designated cavities or vomic\'91. Quain.
Body cavity, the c\'d2lum. See under Body.

Cavo-relievo

Ca"vo-re*lie"vo (?), n. Cavo-rilievo.

Cavo-rilievo

Ca"vo-ri*lie"vo (?), n. [It.] (Sculp.) Hollow relief; sculpture in relief within a sinking made for the purpose, so no part of it projects beyond the plain surface around.

Cavort

Ca*vort" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cavorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Cavorting.] To prance ostentatiously; -- said of a horse or his rider. [Local slang U. S.]

Cavy

Ca"vy (?), n.; pl. Cavies (. [NL. cavia, fr. Brazilian cabiai: cf. F. cabiai.] (Zo\'94l.) A rodent of the genera cavia and Dolichotis, as the guinea pig (Cavia cabaya). Cavies are natives of South America. Water cavy (Zo\'94l.), The capybara.

Caw

Caw (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cawing.] [Imitative. \'fb22 Cf. Chough.] To cry like a crow, rook, or raven.
Rising and cawing at the gun's report. Shak.

Caw

Caw, n. The cry made by the crow, rook, or raven.

Cawk

Cawk (?), n. [Prov. E. cauk limestone. A doublet of chalk.] (Min.) An opaque, compact variety of barite, or heavy spar. [Also written cauk.]

Cawker

Cawk"er (?), n. See Calker.

Cawky

Cawk"y, a. Of or pertaining to cawk; like cawk.

Caxon

Cax"on (?), n. A kind of wig. [Obs.] Lamb.

Caxton

Cax"ton (?), n. (Bibliog.) Any book printed by William Caxton, the first English printer. Hansard.

Cay

Cay (?), n. See Key, a ledge.

Cayenne

Cay*enne (?), n. [From Cayenne, a town and island in French Guiana, South America.] Cayenne pepper. Cayenne pepper. (a) (Bot.) A species of capsicum (C. frutescens) with small and intensely pungent fruit. (b) A very pungent spice made by drying and grinding the fruits or seeds of several species of the genus Capsicum, esp. C. annuum and C. Frutescens; -- Called also red pepper. It is used chiefly as a condiment.

Cayman

Cay"man (?), n. [From the language of Guiana: cf. Sp. caiman.] (Zo\'94l.) The south America alligator. See Alligator. [Sometimes written caiman.]

Cayugas

Ca*yu"gas (?), n. pl.; sing Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inbabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations.

Cayuse

Cay*use" (?), n. An Indian pony. [Northw. U. S.]

Cazique, Cazic

Ca*zique", Cazic" (?), n. [Sp. Cacique, fr. the language of Hayti.] A chief or petty king among some tribes of Indians in America.

Cease

Cease (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ceased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceasing.] [OE. cessen, cesen, F. cesser, fr. L. cessare, v. intemsive fr. cedere to withdraw. See Cede , and cf. Cessation.]

1. To come to an end; to stop; to leave off or give over; to desist; as, the noise ceased "To cease from strife." Prov. xx. 3.

2. To be wanting; to fail; to pass away.

The poor shall never cease out of the land. Deut. xv. 11.
Syn. -- To intermit; desist; stop; abstain; quit; discontinue; refrain; leave off; pause; end.

Cease

Cease, v. t. To put a stop to; to bring to an end.
But he, her fears to cease Sent down the meek-eyed peace. Milton.
Cease, then, this impious rage. Milton

Cease

Cease, n. Extinction. [Obs.] Shak.

Ceaseless

Cease"less, a. Without pause or end; incessant.

Ceaseless

Cease"less, adv. Without intermission or end.

Cecidomyia

Cec`i*do*my"i*a (?), n. [Nl., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small dipterous files, including several very injurious species, as the Hessian fly. See Hessian fly.

Cecity

Ce"ci*ty (?), n. [L. caecitas, fr. caecus blind: cf. F. c\'82cit\'82.] Blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cecutiency

Ce*cu"tien*cy (?), n. [L. caecutire to be blind, fr. caecus blind.] Partial blindness, or a tendency to blindness. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cedar

Ce"dar (?), n. [AS. ceder, fr. L. cedrus, Gr. (Bot.) The name of several evergreen trees. The wood is remarkable for its durability and fragrant odor. &hand; The cedar of Lebanon is the Cedrus Libani; the white cedar (Cupressus thyoides) is now called Cham\'d2cyparis sph\'91roidea; American red cedar is the Juniperus Virginiana; Spanish cedar, the West Indian Cedrela odorata. Many other trees with odoriferous wood are locally called cedar. Cedar bird (Zo\'94l.), a species of chatterer (Ampelis cedrarum), so named from its frequenting cedar trees; -- called also cherry bird, Canada robin, and American waxwing.

Cedar

Ce"dar, a. Of or pertaining to cedar.

Cedared

Ce"dared (?), a. Covered, or furnished with, cedars.

Cedarn

Ce"darn (?), a. Of or pertaining to the cedar or its wood. [R.]

Cede

Cede (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Ceding.] [L. cedere to withdraw, yield; akin to cadere to fall, and to E. chance; cf. F. c\'82der.] To yield or surrender; to give up; to resign; as, to cede a fortress, a province, or country, to another nation, by treaty.
The people must cede to the government some of their natural rights. Jay.

Cedilla

Ce*dil"la (?), n. [Sp. cedilla, cf. F. c\'82dille; dim. of zeta, the Gr. name of the letter z, because this letter was formerly written after the c, to give it the sound of s.] A mark placed under the letter c [thus, \'87], to show that it is to be sounded like s, as in fa\'87ade.

Cedrat

Ce"drat (?), n. [Cf. F. c\'82drat. See Cedar.] (Bot.) Properly the citron, a variety of Citrus medica, with large fruits, not acid, and having a high perfume.

Cedrene

Ce"drene (?), n. (Chem.) A rich aromatic oil, C15H24, extracted from oil of red cedar, and regarded as a polymeric terpene; also any one of a class of similar substances, as the essential oils of cloves, cubebs, juniper, etc., of which cedrene proper is the type. [Written also cedren.]

Cedrine

Ce"drine (?), a. [L. cedrinus, Gr. Cedar.] Of or pertaining to cedar or the cedar tree.

Cedriret

Ce"dri*ret (?), n. Same as C\'d2rulignone.

Cedry

Ce"dry (?), a. Of the nature of cedar. [R.]

Cedule

Ced"ule (?), n. [F. c\'82dule, fr. L. shedula. See Shedule.] A scroll; a writing; a schedule. [Obs.]

Ceduous

Ced"u*ous (?), a. [L. caeduus, fr. caedere to cut down.] Fit to be felled. [Obs.] Eyelyn.

Ceil

Ceil (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Ceiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ceiling.] [From an older noun, fr. F. ciel heaven, canopy, fr. L. carlum heaven, vault, arch, covering; cf. Gr.

1. To overlay or cover the inner side of the roof of; to furnish with a ceiling; as, to ceil a room.

The greater house he ceiled with fir tree. 2 Chron. iii. 5

2. To line or finish a surface, as of a wall, with plaster, stucco, thin boards, or the like.

Ceiling

Ceil"ing, n. [See Cell, v. t.]

1. (Arch.) (a) The inside lining of a room overhead; the under side of the floor above; the upper surface opposite to the floor. (b) The lining or finishing of any wall or other surface, with plaster, thin boards, etc.; also, the work when done.

2. (Naut.) The inner planking of a vessel. Camp ceiling. See under Camp. -- Ceiling boards, Thin narrow boards used to ceil with.

Ceint

Ceint (?), n. [See Cincture.] A girdle. [Obs.]

Celadon

Cel"a*don (?), n. [F.] A pale sea-green color; also, porcelain or fine pottery of this tint.

Calandine

Cal"an*dine (?), n. [OE. celidoine, OF. celidoine, F. ch\'82lidoine, fr. L. chelidonia (sc. herba), fr. chelidonius pertaining to the swallow, Gr. hirundo a swallow.] (Bot.) A perennial herbaceous plant (Chelidonium majus) of the poppy family, with yellow flowers. It is used as a medicine in jandice, etc., and its acrid saffron-colored juice is used to cure warts and the itch; -- called also greater celandine and swallowwort. Lasser celandine, the pilewort (Ranunculus Ficaria).

Celature

Cel"a*ture (?), n. [L. caelatura, fr. caelare to engrave in relief.]

1. The act or art of engraving or embossing.

2. That which is engraved. [Obs.] Hakewill.

Celebrant

Cel"e*brant (?), n. [L. celebrans, p. pr. of celebrare. See Celebrate.] One who performs a public religious rite; -- applied particularly to an officiating priest in the Roman Catholic Church, as distinguished from his assistants.

Celebrate

Cel"e*brate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Celebrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Celebrating.] [L. celebratus, p. p. of celebrare to frequent, to celebrate, fr. celeber famous.]

1. To extol or honor in a solemn manner; as, to celebrate the name of the Most High.

2. To honor by solemn rites, by ceremonies of joy and respect, or by refraining from ordinary business; to observe duly; to keep; as, to celebrate a birthday.

Fron even unto shall ye celebrate your Sabbath. Lev. xxiii. 32.

3. To perforn or participate in, as a sacrament or solemn rite; to solemnize; to perform with appropriate rites; as, to celebrate a marriage. Syn. -- To commemorate; distinguish; honor. -- To Celebrate, Commemorate. We commemorate events which we desire to keep in remembrance, when we recall them by some special observace; as, to commemorate the death of our Savior. We celebrate by demonstrations of joy or solemnity or by appropriate ceremonies; as, to celebrate the birthday of our Independence.

We are called upon to commemorate a revolution as surprising in its manner as happy in its consequences. Atterbury.
Earth, water, air, and fire, with feeling glee, Exult to celebrate thy festival. Thomson.

Celebrated

Cel"e*bra`ted (?), a. Having celebrity; distinguished; renowned.
Celebrated for the politeness of his manners. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Distinguished; famous; noted; famed; renowned; illustrious. See Distinguished.

Celebration

Cel`e*bra"tion (?), n. [L. celebratio.] The act, process, or time of celebrating.
His memory deserving a particular celebration. Clarendok.
Celebration of Mass is equivalent to offering Mass Cath. Dict.
To hasten the celebration of their marriage. Sir P. Sidney.

Celebrator

Cel"e*bra`tor (?), n. [L.] One who celebrates; a praiser. Boyle.

Celebrious

Ce*le"bri*ous (?), a. Famous. [Obs.] Speed.

Celebrity

Ce*leb"ri*ty (?), n.; pl. Celebriries (#). [L. celebritas: cf. F. c\'82l\'82brit\'82.]

1. Celebration; solemnization. [Obs.]

The celebrity of the marriage. Bacon.

2. The state or condition of being celebrated; fame; renown; as, the celebrity of Washington.

An event of great celebrity in the history of astronomy. Whewell.

3. A person of distinction or renown; -- usually in the plural; as, he is one of the celebrities of the place.

Celeriac

Ce*le"ri*ac (?), n. (Bot.) Turnip-rooted celery, a from of celery with a large globular root, which is used for food.

Celerity

Ce*ler"i*ty (?), n. [L. celeritas, from celer swiftm speedy: sf. F. c\'82l\'82rit\'82.] Rapidity of motion; quickness; swiftness.
Time, with all its celerity, moves slowly to him whose whole employment is to watch its flight. Johnson.

Celery

Cel"er*y (?), n. [F. c\'82leri, cf. Prov. It. seleno, seler; fr. Gr. celery. Cf. Parsley.] (Bot.) A plant of the Parsley family (Apium graveolens), of which the blanched leafstalks are used as a salad.

Celestial

Ce*les"tial (?), a. [OF. celestial, celestied, fr. L. caelestic, fr. caelum heaved. See Cell.]

1. Belonging to the a\'89rial regions, or visible heavens. "The twelve celestial signs." Shak.

2. Of or pertaining to the spiritual heaven; heavenly; divine. "Celestial spirits." "Celestial light," Milton. Celestial city, heaven; the heavenly Jerusalem. Bunyan. -- Celestial empire, China; -- so called from the Chinese words, tien chan, Heavenly Dynasty, as being the kingdom ruled over by the dynasty appoined by heaven. S. W. Williams.

Celestial

Ce*les"tial, n.

1. An inhabitant of heaven. Pope.

2. A native of China.

Celestialize

Ce*les"tial*ize (?), v. t. To make celestial. [R.]

Celestially

Ce*les"tial*ly, adv. In a celestial manner.

Celestify

Ce*les"ti*fy (?), v. t. [L. caelestis heavenly + -fly.] To make like heaven. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Celestine, Celestite

Cel"es*tine (?), Cel"es*tite (?),, n. [LL. caelestinus bine.] (Min.) Native strontium sulphate, a mineral so named from its occasional delicate blue color. It occurs crystallized, also in compact massive and fibrous forms.

Celestine, Celestinian

Cel"es*tine (?), Cel`es*tin"i*an (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the austere branch of the Franciscan Order founded by Celestine V. in the 13th centry.

Celiac

Ce"li*ac (?), a. (Anat.) See C\'d2llac.

Celibacy

Ce*lib"a*cy (?), n. [See Celibate, n.] The state of being unmarried; single life, esp. that of a bachelor, or of one bound by vows not to marry. "The celibacy of the clergy." Hallom.

Celibate

Cel"i*bate (?), n. [L. aelibatus, fr. caelebs unmarried, single.]

1. Celibate state; celibacy. [Obs.]

He . . . preferreth holy celibate before the estate of marrige. Jer. Taylor.

2. One who is unmarried, esp. a bachelor, or one bound by vows not to marry.

Celibate

Cel"i*bate, a. Unmarried; single; as, a celibate state.

Celibatist

Ce*lib"a*tist (?), n. One who lives unmarried. [R.]

Celidography

Cel`i*dog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. c\'82lidographie.] A description of apparent spots on the disk of the sun, or on planets.

Cell

Cell (?), n. [OF. celle, fr. L. cella; akin to celare to hide, and E. hell, helm, conceal. Cf. Hall.]

1. A very small and close apartment, as in a prison or in a monastery or convent; the hut of a hermit.

The heroic confessor in his cell. Macaulay.

2. A small religious house attached to a monastery or convent. "Cells or dependent priories." Milman.

3. Any small cavity, or hollow place.

4. (Arch.) (a) The space between the ribs of a vaulted roof. (b) Same as Cella.

5. (Elec.) A jar of vessel, or a division of a compound vessel, for holding the exciting fluid of a battery.

6. (Biol.) One of the minute elementary structures, of which the greater part of the various tissues and organs of animals and plants are composed. &hand; All cells have their origin in the primary cell from which the organism was developed. In the lowest animal and vegetable forms, one single cell constitutes the complete individual, such being called unicelluter orgamisms. A typical cell is composed of a semifluid mass of protoplasm, more or less granular, generally containing in its center a nucleus which in turn frequently contains one or more nucleoli, the whole being surrounded by a thin membrane, the cell wall. In some cells, as in those of blood, in the am\'d2ba, and in embryonic cells (both vegetable and animal), there is no restricting cell wall, while in some of the unicelluliar organisms the nucleus is wholly wanting. See Illust. of Bipolar. Air cell. See Air cell. -- Cell development (called also cell genesis, cell formation, and cytogenesis), the multiplication, of cells by a process of reproduction under the following common forms; segmentation or fission, gemmation or budding, karyokinesis, and endogenous multiplication. See Segmentation, Gemmation, etc. -- Cell theory. (Biol.) See Cellular theory, under Cellular.

Cell

Cell (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Celled (?).] To place or inclosed in a cell. "Celled under ground." [R.] Warner.

Cella

Cel"la (?), n. [L.] (Arch.) The part inclosed within the walls of an ancient temple, as distinguished from the open porticoes.

Cellar

Cel"lar (?), n. [OE. celer, OF. celier, F. celier, fr. L. cellarium a receptacle for food, pantry, fr. cella storeroom. See Cell.] A room or rooms under a building, and usually below the surface of the ground, where provisions and other stores are kept.

Cellarage

Cel"lar*age (?), n.

1. The space or storerooms of a cellar; a cellar. Sir W. Scott.

You hear this fellow in the cellarage. Shak.

2. Chare for storage in a cellar.

Cellarer

Cel"lar*er (?), n. [LL. cellararius, equiv. to L. cellarius steward: cf. F. cell\'82rier. See Cellar.] (Eccl.) A steward or butler of a monastery or chapter; one who has charge of procuring and keeping the provisions.

Cellaret

Cel`lar*et" (?), n. [Dim of cellar.] A receptacle, as in a dining room, for a few bottles of wine or liquor, made in the form of a chest or coffer, or a deep drawer in a sideboard, and usually lined with metal.

Cellarist

Cel"lar*ist (?), n. Same as Cellarer.

Celled

Celled (?), a. Containing a cell or cells.

Cellepore

Cel"le*pore (?), n. [L. cella cell + porus, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of delicate branching corals, made up of minute cells, belonging to the Bryozoa.

Celliferous

Cel*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Cell + -ferous.] Bearing or producing cells.

Cello

Cel"lo (?), n.; pl. E. Cellos (, It. Celli (. A contraction for Violoncello.

Cellular

Cel"lu*lar (?), a. [L. cellula a little cell: cf. F. cellulaire. See Cellule.] Consisting of, or containing, cells; of or pertaining to a cell or cells. Cellular plants, Cellular cryptogams (Bot.), those flowerless plants which have no ducts or fiber in their tissue, as mosses, fungi, lichens, and alg\'91. -- Cellular theory, ∨ Cell theory (Biol.), a theory, according to which the essential element of every tissue, either vegetable or animal, is a cell; the whole series of cells having been formed from the development of the germ cell and by differentiation converted into tissues and organs which, both in plants ans animals, are to be considered as a mass of minute cells communicating with each other. -- Cellular tissue. (a) (Anat.) See conjunctive tissue under Conjunctive. (b) (Bot.) Tissue composed entirely of parenchyma, and having no woody fiber or ducts. <-- cellular telephone, a portable radio-telephone transmitting and receiving the radio-telephonic signals from one of a group of transmitter-receiver stations so arranged that they provide adequate signal contact for such telephones over a certain geographical area. The area within which one transmitter may service such portable telephones is called its "cell. -->

Cellulated

Cel"lu*la`ted (?), a. Cellular. Caldwell.

Cellule

Cel"lule (?), n. [L. cellula a small apartment, dim. of cella: cf. F. cellule. See Cell.] A small cell.

Celluliferous

Cel`lu*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. cellula + -ferous.] Bearing or producing little cells.

Cellulitis

Cel`lu*li"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. cellula + -itis.] An inflammantion of the cellular or areolar tissue, esp. of that lying immediately beneath the skin.

Celluloid

Cel"lu*loid` (?), n. [Cellulose + -oid.] A substance composed essentially of gun cotton and camphor, and when pure resembling ivory in texture and color, but variously colored to imitate coral, tortoise shell, amber, malachite, etc. It is used in the manufacture of jewelry and many small articles, as combs, brushes, collars, and cuffs; -- originaly called xylonite.

Cellulose

Cel"lu*lose` (?), a. Consisting of, or containing, cells.

Cellulose

Cel"lu*lose`, n. (Chem.) The substance which constitutes the essential part of the solid framework of plants, of ordinary wood, linen, paper, etc. It is also found to a slight extent in certain animals, as the tunicates. It is a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, isomeric with starch, and is convertible into starches and sugars by the action of heat and acids. When pure, it is a white amorphous mass. See Starch, Granulose, Lignin.
Unsized, well bleached linen paper is merely pure cellulose. Goodale.
Starch cellulose, the delicate framework which remains when the soluble part (granulose) of starch is removed by saliva or pepsin. Goodale.

Celotomy

Ce*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) The act or operation of cutting, to relieve the structure in strangulated hernia. [Frequently written kelotomy.]

Celsiture

Cel"si*ture (?), n. [L. celstudo, from celsus high: cf. celsitude.] Height; altitude. [Obs.]

Celsius

Cel"si*us (?), n. The Celsius thermometer or scale, so called from Anders Celsius, a Swedish astronomer, who invented it. It is the same as the centigrade thermometer or scale.

Celt

Celt (?), n. [L. Celtae, Gr. Celtiad one that dwells in a covert, an inhabitant of the wood, a Celt, fr. celt covert, shelter, celu to hide.] One of an ancient race of people, who formerly inhabited a great part of Central and Western Europe, and whose descendants at the present day occupy Ireland, Wales, the Highlands of Scotland, and the northern shores of France. [Written also Kelt. The letter C was pronounced hard in Celtic languages.]

Celt

Celt, n. [LL. celts a chisel.] (Arch\'91ol.) A weapon or implement of stone or metal, found in the tumuli, or barrows, of the early Celtic nations.

Celtiberian

Celt`i*be"ri*an (?), a. [L. Celtiber, Celtibericus.] Of or pertaining to the ancient Celtiberia (a district in Spain lying between the Ebro and the Tagus) or its inhabitants the Celtiberi (Celts of the river Iberus). -- n. An inhabitant of Celtiberia.

Celtic

Celt"ic (?), a. [L. Celticus, Gr. Celt.] Of or pertaining to the Celts; as, Celtic people, tribes, literature, tongue. [Written also Keltic.]

Celtic

Celt"ic, n. The language of the Celts. &hand; The remains of the old Celtic language are found in the Gaelic, the Erse or Irish the Manx, and the Welsh and its cognate dialects Cornish and Bas Breton.

Celticism

Celt"i*cism (?), n. A custom of the Celts, or an idiom of their language. Warton.

Celticize

Celt"i*cize` (?), v. t. To render Celtic; to assimilate to the Celts.

Cembalo

Cem"ba*lo (?), n. [It. See Cymbal.] An old mname for the harpsichord.

Cement

Ce*ment" (?), n. [OF. cement, ciment, F. ciment, fr. L. caementum a rough, unhewn stone, pieces or chips of marble, from which mortar was made, contr. fr. caedimentum, fr. caedere to cut, prob. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v. t.]

1. Any substance used for making bodies adhere to each other, as mortar, glue, etc.

2. A kind of calcined limestone, or a calcined mixture of clay and lime, for making mortar which will harden under water.

3. The powder used in cementation. See Cementation, n.., 2.

4. Bond of union; that which unites firmly, as persons in friendship, or men in society. "The cement of our love."

5. (Anat.) The layer of bone investing the root and neck of a tooth; -- called also cementum. Hydraulic cement. See under Hydraulic.

Cement

Ce*ment" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cemented; p. pr. & vb. n. Cementing.] [Cf. F. cimenter. See Cement, n.]

1. To unite or cause to adhere by means of a cement. Bp. Burnet.

2. To unite firmly or closely. Shak.

3. To overlay or coat with cement; as, to cement a cellar bottom.

Cement

Ce*ment", v. i. To become cemented or firmly united; to cohere. S. Sharp.

Cemental

Ce*ment"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cement, as of a tooth; as, cemental tubes. R. Owen.

Cementation

Cem`en*ta"tion (?), n.

1. The act or process of cementing.

2. (Chem.) A process which consists in surrounding a solid body with the powder of other substances, and heating the whole to a degree not sufficient to cause fusion, the physical properties of the body being changed by chemical combination with powder; thus iron becomes steel by cementation with charcoal, and green glass becomes porcelain by cementation with sand.

Cementatory

Ce*ment"a*to*ry (?), a. Having the quality of cementating or uniting firmly.

Cementer

Ce*ment"er (?), n. A person or thing that cements.

Cementitious

Cem`en*ti"tious (?), a. [L. caementitius pertaining to quarry stones. See Cement, n. ] Of the nature of cement. [R.] Forsyth.

Cemeterial

Cem`e*te"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cemetery. "Cemeterial cells." [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Cemetery

Cem"e*ter*y (?), n.; pl. Cemeteries (. [L. cemeterium, Gr. A place or ground set apart for the burial of the dead; a graveyard; a churchyard; a necropolis.

Cenanthy

Ce*nan"thy (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) The absence or suppression of the essential organs (stamens and pistil) in a flower.

Cenation

Ce*na"tion (?), n. [L. cenatio.] Meal-taking; dining or supping. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cenatory

Cen"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. cenatorius, fr. cenare to dine, sup, fr. cena, coena, dinner, supper.] Of or pertaining to dinner or supper. [R.]
The Romans washed, were anointed, and wore a cenatory garment. Sir T. Browne.

Cenobite

Cen"o*bite (?), n. [L. coenobita, fr. Gr. c\'82nobite.] One of a religious order, dwelling in a convent, or a community, in opposition to an anchoret, or hermit, who lives in solitude. Gibbon.

Cenobitic, Cenobitical

Cen`o*bit"ic (?), Cen`o*bit"ic*al (?) a. [Cf. F. c\'82nobitique.] Of or pertaining to a cenobite.

Cenobitism

Cen"o*bi*tism (?), n. The state of being a cenobite; the belief or practice of a cenobite. Milman.

Cenogamy

Ce*nog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. The state of a communty which permits promiseuous sexual intercourse among its members, as in certain societies practicing communism.

Cenotaph

Cen"o*taph (?), n. [Gr. c\'82notaphe.] An empty tomb or a monument erected in honor of a person who is buried elsewhere. Dryden.
A cenotaph in Westminster Abbey. Macaulay.

Cenotaphy

Cen"o*taph`y (?), n. A cenotaph. [R.]
Lord Cobham honored him with a cenotaphy. Macaulay.

Cenozoic

Ce`no*zo"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Geol.) Belonging to the most recent division of geological time, including the tertiary, or Age of mammals, and the Quaternary, or Age of man. [Written also c\'91nozoic, cainozoic, kainozoic.] See Geology. &hand; This word is used by many authors as synonymous with Tertiary, the Quaternary Age not being included.

Cense

Cense (?), n. [OF. cense, F. cens, L. census. See Census.]

1. A census; -- also, a public rate or tax. [Obs.] Howell. Bacon.

2. Condition; rank. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Cense

Cense, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Censed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Censing.] [Abbrev. from incense.] To perfume with odors from burning gums and spices.
The Salii sing and cense his altars round. Dryden.

Cense

Cense, v. i. To burn or scatter incense.

Censer

Cen"ser (?), n. [For incenser, fr. OF. encensier, F. encensoir, fr. LL. incensarium, incensorium, fr. L. incensum incense. See Incense, and cf. Incensory.] A vessel for perfumes; esp. one in which incense is burned. &hand; The ecclesiastical censer is usually cup-shaped, has a cover pierced with holes, and is hung by chains. The censer bearer swings it to quicken the combustion.
Her thoughts are like the fume of frankincense Which from a golden censer forth doth rise. Spenser.

Censor

Cen"sor (?), n. [L. censor, fr. censere to value, tax.]

1. (Antiq.) One of two magistrates of Rome who took a register of the number and property of citizens, and who also exercised the office of inspector of morals and conduct.

2. One who is empowered to examine manuscripts before they are committed to the press, and to forbid their publication if they contain anything obnoxious; -- an official in some European countries.

3. One given to fault-finding; a censurer.

Nor can the most circumspect attention, or steady rectitude, escape blame from censors who have no inclination to approve. Rambler.

4. A critic; a reviewer.

Received with caution by the censors of the press. W. Irving.

Censorial

Cen*so"ri*al (?), a.

1. Belonging to a censor, or to the correction of public morals. Junius.

2. Full of censure; censorious.

The censorial declamation of Juvenal. T. Warton.

Censorian

Cen*so"ri*an (?), a. Censorial. [R.] Bacon.

Censorious

Cen*so"ri*ous (?), a. [L. censorius pertaining to the censor. See Censor.]

1. Addicted to censure; apt to blame or condemn; severe in making remarks on others, or on their writings or manners.

A dogmatical spirit inclines a man to be consorious of his neighbors. Watts.

2. Implying or expressing censure; as, censorious remarks. Syn. -- Fault-finding; carping; caviling; captious; severe; condemnatory; hypercritical. -- Cen*so"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Cen*so"ri*ous*ness, n.

Censorship

Cen"sor*ship (?), n. The office or power of a censor; as, to stand for a censorship. Holland.
The press was not indeed at that moment under a general censorship. Macaulay.

Censual

Cen"su*al (?), a. [L. censualis, fr. census.] Relating to, or containing, a census.
He caused the whole realm to be described in a censual roll. Sir R. Baker.

Censurable

Cen"sur*a*ble (?), a. Deserving of censure; blamable; culpable; reprehensible; as, a censurable person, or censurable conduct. -- Cen"sur*a*bleness, n. -- Cen"sur*a*bly, adv.

Censure

Cen"sure (?), n. [L. censura fr. censere: cf. F. censure. Cf. Censor.]

1. Judgment either favorable or unfavorable; opinion. [Obs.]

Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment. Shak.

2. The act of blaming or finding fault with and condemning as wrong; reprehension; blame.

Both the censure and the praise were merited. Macaulay.

3. Judicial or ecclesiastical sentence or reprimand; condemnatory judgment.

Excommunication or other censure of the church. Bp. Burnet.
Syn. -- Blame; reproof; condemnation; reprobation; disapproval; disapprobation; reprehension; animadversion; reprimand; reflection; dispraise; abuse.

Censure

Cen"sure, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Censured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Censuring.] [Cf. F. ensurer.]

1. To form or express a judgment in regard to; to estimate; to judge. [Obs.] "Should I say more, you might well censure me a flatterer." Beau. & Fl.

2. To find fault with and condemn as wrong; to blame; to express disapprobation of.

I may be censured that nature thus gives way to loyalty. Shak.

3. To condemn or reprimand by a judicial or ecclesiastical sentence. Shak. Syn. -- To blame; reprove; rebuke; condemn; reprehend; reprimand.

Censure

Cen"sure, v. i. To judge. [Obs.] Shak.

Censurer

Cen"sur*er (?), n. One who censures. Sha.

Census

Cen"sus (?), n. [L. census, fr. censere. See Censor.]

1. (Bot. Antiq.) A numbering of the people, and valuation of their estate, for the purpose of imposing taxes, etc.; -- usually made once in five years.

2. An official registration of the number of the people, the value of their estates, and other general statistics of a country. &hand; A general census of the United States was first taken in 1790, and one has been taken at the end of every ten years since.

Cent

Cent (?), n. [F. cent hundred, L. centum. See Hundred.]

1. A hundred; as, ten per cent, the proportion of ten parts in a hundred.

2. A United States coin, the hundredth part of a dollar, formerly made of copper, now of copper, tin, and zinc.

3. An old game at cards, supposed to be like piquet; -- so called because 100 points won the game. Nares.

Centage

Cent"age (?), n. Rate by the hundred; percentage.

Cental

Cen"tal (?), n. [L. centum a hundred.] A weight of one hundred pounds avoirdupois; -- called in many parts of the United States a Hundredweight.

Cental

Cen"tal, n. Relating to a hundred. Cental system, the method of buying and selling by the cental, or hundredweight.

Centare

Cen"tare` (?), n. [F. centiare; centi- (L. centum) + -are.] A measure of area, the hundredth part of an are; one square meter, or about 1

Centaur

Cen"taur (?), n. [L. centaurus, Gr.

1. (Class. Myth.) A fabulous being, represented as half man and half horse.

2. (Astron.) A constellation in the southern heavens between Hydra and the Southern Cross.

Centaurea

Cen`tau*re"a (?), n. [NL. See Centaury.] (Bot.) A large genus of composite plants, related to the thistles and including the cornflower or bluebottle (Centaurea Cyanus) and the star thistle (C. Calcitrapa).

Centaury

Cen"tau*ry (?), n. [L. centaureum and centauria, Gr. (Bot.) A gentianaceous plant not fully identified. The name is usually given to the Eryther\'91a Centaurium and the Chlora perfoliata of Europe, but is also extended to the whole genus Sabbatia, and even to the unrelated Centaurea.

Centenarian

Cen`te*na"ri*an (?), a. Of or relating to a hundred years. -- n. A person a hundred years old.

Centenary

Cen"te*na*ry (?), a. [L. centenarius, fr. centum a hundred.]

1. Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred.

2. Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. "Centenary solemnities." Fuller.

Centenary

Cen"te*na*ry, n.; pl. Centenaries (.

1. The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. "Every centenary of years." Hakewill.

2. A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hudred years before.

Centennial

Cen*ten"ni*al (?), a. [L. centum a hundred + annus year.]

1. Relating to, or associated with, the commemoration of an event that happened a hundred years before; as, a centennial ode.

2. Happening once in a hundred years; as, centennial jubilee; a centennial celebration.

3. Lasting or aged a hundred years.

Thet opened through long lines Of sacred ilex and centennial pines. Longfellow.

Centennial

Cen*ten"ni*al, n. The celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event; a centenary. [U. S.]

Centennially

Cen*ten"ni*al*ly, adv. Once in a hundred years.

Center

Cen"ter (?), n. [F. centre, fr. L. centrum, fr. round which a circle is described, fr.

1. A point equally distant from the extremities of a line, figure, or body, or from all parts of the circumference of a circle; the middle point or place.

2. The middle or central portion of anything.

3. A principal or important point of concentration; the nucleus around which things are gathered or to which they tend; an object of attention, action, or force; as, a center of attaction.

4. The earth. [Obs.] Shak.

5. Those members of a legislative assembly (as in France) who support the existing government. They sit in the middle of the legislative chamber, opposite the presiding officer, between the conservatives or monarchists, who sit on the right of the speaker, and the radicals or advanced republicans who occupy the seats on his left, See Right, and Left.

6. (Arch.) A temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position util the work becomes self-supporting.

7. (Mech.) (a) One of the two conical steel pins, in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves. (b) A conical recess, or indentation, in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe. &hand; In a lathe the live center is in the spindle of the head stock; the dead center is on the tail stock. Planer centers are stocks carrying centers, when the object to be planed must be turned on its axis. Center of an army, the body or troops ossupying the place in the line between the wings. -- Center of a curve ∨ surface (Geom.) (a) A point such that every line drawn through the point and terminated by the curve or surface is bisected at the point. (b) The fixed point of reference in polar co\'94rdinates. See Co\'94rdinates. -- Center of curvature of a curve (Geom.), the center of that circle which has at any given point of the curve closer contact with the curve than has any other circle whatever. See Circle. -- Center of a fleet, the division or column between the van and rear, or between the weather division and the lee. -- Center of gravity (Mech.), that point of a body about which all its parts can be balanced, or which being supported, the whole body will remain at rest, though acted upon by gravity. -- Center of gyration (Mech.), that point in a rotating body at which the whole mass might be concentrated (theoretically) without altering the resistance of the intertia of the body to angular acceleration or retardaton. -- Center of inertia (Mech.), the center of gravity of a body or system of bodies. -- Center of motion, the point which remains at rest, while all the other parts of a body move round it. -- Center of oscillation, the point at which, if the whole matter of a suspended body were collected, the time of oscillation would be the same as it is in the actual form and state of the body. -- Center of percussion, that point in a body moving about a fixed axis at which it may strike an obstacle without communicating a shock to the axis. -- Center of pressure (Hydros.), that point in a surface pressed by a fluid, at which, if a force equal to the whole pressure and in the same line be applied in a contrary direction, it will balance or counteract the whole pressure of the fluid.

Center, Centre

Cen"ter, Cen"tre v. i. [imp. & p. p. Centered or Centred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Centering or Centring.]

1. To be placed in a center; to be central.

2. To be collected to a point; to be concentrated; to rest on, or gather about, as a center.

Where there is no visible truth wherein to center, error is as wide as men's fancies. Dr. H. More.
Our hopes must center in ourselves alone. Dryden.

Center, Centre

Cen"ter , Cen"tre (?), v. t.

1. To place or fix in the center or on a central point. Milton.

2. To collect to a point; to concentrate.

Thy joys are centered all in me alome. Prior.

3. (Mech.) To form a recess or indentation for the reception of a center.

Centerbit, Centrebit

Cen"ter*bit`, Cen"tre*bit`, n. An instrument turning on a center, for boring holes. See Bit, n., 3.

Centerboard, Centreboard

Cen"ter*board`, Cen"tre*board, (?), n. (Naut.) A movable or sliding keel formed of a broad board or slab of wood or metal which may be raised into a water-tight case amidships, when in shallow water, or may be lowered to increase the area of lateral resistance and prevent leeway when the vessel is beating to windward. It is used in vessels of all sizes along the coast of the United States

Centerfire cartridge

Cen"ter*fire` car"tridge. See under Cartridge.

Centering

Cen"ter*ing, n. (Arch.) Same as Center, n., 6. [Written also centring.]

Centerpiece, Centrepiece

Cen"ter*piece`, Cen"tre*piece` (?), n. An ornament to be placed in the center, as of a table, ceiling, atc.; a central article or figure.

Centesimal

Cen*tes"i*mal (?), a. [L. centesimus the hundredth, fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. cent\'82simal.] Hundredth. -- n. A hundredth part.
The neglect of a few centesimals. Arbuthnot.

Centesimation

Cen*tes`i*ma"tion (?), n. [L. centesimore to take out or select every hudredth, fr. centesimus hundredth.] (Mil.) The infliction of the death penalty upon one person in every hundred, as in cases of mutiny. <-- "centesm" out of order in original -- some error. = centesim?-->

Centesm

Cen"tesm (?), n. [L. centesima.] Hundredth.

Centesimo

Cen*tes"i*mo (?), n.; pl. -mi (#). [It. & Sp.] A copper coin of Italy and Spain equivalent to a centime.

Centiare

Cen"ti*are` (?), n. [F. See Centare.] See centare.

Centicipitous

Cen`ti*cip"i*tous (?), a. [L. centiceps, -cipitis; centum a hunder + caput head.] Hundred-headed.

Centifidous

Cen*tif"i*dous (?), a. [L. centifidus; centum + findere to split.] Divided into a hundred parts.

Centifolious

Cen`ti*fo"li*ous (?), a. [L. centifolius; centum + folium leaf.] Having a hundred leaves.

Centigrade

Cen"ti*grade (?), a. [L. centum a hundred + gradus degree: cf. F. centigrade.] Consisting of a hundred degrees; graduated into a hundred divisions or equal parts. Spesifically: of or pertaining the centigrade thermometer; as, 10\'f8 centigrade (or 10\'f8 C.). Centigrade thermometer, a thermometer having the zero or 0 at the point indicating the freezing state of water, and the distance between that and the point indicating the boiling state of water divided into one hundred degrees. It is called also the Celsius thermometer, from Anders Celsius, the originator of this scale.

Centigram, Centigramme

Cen"ti*gram (?), Cen"ti*gramme (?), n. [F. centigramme; centi- (L. centum) + gramme. See Gram.] The hundredth part of a gram; a weight equal to .15432 of a grain. See Gram.

Centiliter, Centilitre

Cen"ti*li`ter, Cen"ti*li`tre (?), n. [F. centilitre; centi (L. centum) + litre. See Liter.] The hundredth part of a liter; a measure of volume or capacity equal to a little more than six tenths (0.6102) of a cubic inch, or one third (0.338) of a fluid ounce.

Centiloquy

Cen*til"o*quy (?), n. [L. centum hundred + logui to speak.] A work divided into a hundred parts. [R.] Burton.

Centime

Cen`time" (?), n. [F., fr. L. centesimus. See Centesimal.] (F. Coinage) The hundredth part of a franc; a small French copper coin and money of account.

Centimeter, Centimetre

Cen"ti*me`ter, Cen"ti*me`tre (?), n. [F. centim\'8atre; centi- (L. centum) + m\'8atre. See Meter.] The hundredth part of a meter; a measure of length equal to rather more than thirty-nine hundredths (0.3937) of an inch. See Meter.

Centinel

Cen"ti*nel (?), n. Sentinel. [Obs.] Sackville.

Centinody

Cen*tin"o*dy (?), n. [L. centum a hundred + nodus knot: cf. F. centinode.] (Bot.) A weed with a sterm of many joints (Illecebrum verticillatum); also, the Polygonum aviculare or knotgrass.

Centiped

Cen"ti*ped (?), n. [L. centipeda; centum a hundred + pes, pedis, foot: cf. F. centip\'8ade.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of the Myriapoda; esp. the large, flattened, venomous kinds of the order Chilopoda, found in tropical climates. they are many-jointed, and have a great number of feet. [Written also centipede (

Centistere

Cen"ti*stere (?), n. [F. centist\'8are; centi- (l. centum) + st\'8are.] The hundredth part of a stere, equal to .353 cubic feet.

Centner

Cent"ner (?), n. [Cf. G. centner a hundred-weight, fr. L. centenarius of a hundred, fr. centum a hundred.]

1. (Metal. & Assaying) A weight divisible first into a hundred parts, and then into smaller parts. &hand; The metallurgists use a weight divided into a hundred equal parts, each one pound; the whole they call a centner: the pound is divided into thirty-two parts, or half ounces; the half ounce into two quarters; and each of these into two drams. But the assayers use different weights. With them a centner is one dram, to which the other parts are proportioned.

2. The commercial hundredweight in several of the continental countries, varying in different places from 100 to about 112 pounds.

Cento

Cen"to (?), n.; pl. Centos (#). [L. cento a garment of several pieces sewed together, patchwork, a poem made up of various verses of another poem.] A literary or a musical composition formed by selections from different authors disposed in a new order.

Centonism

Cen"to*nism (?), n. The composition of a cento; the act or practice of composing a cento or centos.

Central

Cen"tral (?), a. [L. centralis, fr. centrum: cf. F. central. See Center.] Relating to the center; situated in or near the center or middle; containing the center; of or pertaining to the parts near the center\'3c-- original had "or of.." --\'3e; equidistant or equally accessible from certain points. Central force (Math.), a force acting upon a body towards or away from a fixed or movable center. -- Center sun (Astron.), a name given to a hypothetical body about which M\'84dler supposed the solar system together with all the stars in the Milky Way, to be revolving. A point near Alcyone in the Pleiades was supposed to possess characteristics of the position of such a body.

Central, Centrale

Cen"tral (?), Cen*tra"le (?), n. [NL. centrale, fr. L. centralis.] (Anat.) The central, or one of the central, bones of the carpus or or tarsus. In the tarsus of man it is represented by the navicular.

Centralism

Cen"tral*ism (?), n.

1. The state or condition of being central; the combination of several parts into one whole; centralization.

2. The system by which power is centralized, as in a government.

Centrality

Cen*tral"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Centralities (. The state of being central; tendency towards a center.
Meantime there is a great centrality, a centripetence equal to the centrifugence. R. W. Emerson.

Centralization

Cen`tral*i*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. centralisation.] The act or process of centralizing, or the state of being centralized; the act or process of combining or reducing several parts into a whole; as, the centralization of power in the general government; the centralization of commerce in a city.

Centralize

Cen"tral*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Centralized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Centralizing.] [Cf. F. centraliser.] To draw or bring to a center point; to gather into or about a center; to bring into one system, or under one control.
[To] centralize the power of government. Bancroft.

Centrally

Cen"tral*ly, adv. In a central manner or situation.

Centre

Cen"tre (?), n. & v. See Center.

Centric, Centrical

Cen"tric (?), Cen"tric*al (?), a. Placed in the center or middle; central.
At York or some other centrical place. Sir W. Scott.
-- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n.

Centricity

Cen*tric"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being centric; centricalness.

Centrifugal

Cen*trif"u*gal (?), a. [L. centrum center + fugere to flee.]

1. Tending, or causing, to recede from the center.

2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the summit, and later at the base, as a flower cluster. (b) Having the radicle turned toward the sides of the fruit, as some embryos. Centrifugal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is from a center. &hand; When a body moves in a circle with uniform velocity, a force must act on the body to keep it in the circle without change of velocity. The direction of this force is towards the center of the circle. If this force is applied by means of a string to the body, the string will be in a state of tension. To a person holding the other end of the string, this tension will appear to be directed toward the body as if the body had a tendency to move away from the center of the circle which it is describing. Hence this latter force is often called centrifugal force. The force which really acts on the body being directed towards the center of the circle is called centripetal force, and in some popular treatises the centripetal and centrifugal forces are described as opposing and balancing each other. But they are merely the different aspects of the same stress. Clerk Maxwell. Centrifugal impression (Physiol.), an impression (motor) sent from a nerve center outwards to a muscle or muscles by which motion is produced. -- Centrifugal machine, A machine for expelling water or other fluids from moist substances, or for separating liquids of different densities by centrifugal action; a whirling table. -- Centrifugal pump, a machine in which water or other fluid is lifted and discharged through a pipe by the energy imparted by a wheel or blades revolving in a fixed case. Some of the largest and most powerful pumps are of this kind.

Centrifugal

Cen*trif"u*gal, n. A centrifugal machine.

Centrifugence

Cen*trif"u*gence (?), n. The property or quality of being centrifugal. R. W. Emerson.

Centring

Cen"tring (?), n. See Centring.

Centripetal

Cen*trip"e*tal (?), a. [L. centrum center + peter to more toward.]

1. Tending, or causing, to approach the center.

2. (Bot.) (a) Expanding first at the base of the inflorescence, and proceeding in order towards the summit. (b) Having the radicle turned toward the axis of the fruit, as some embryos.

3. Progressing by changes from the exterior of a thing toward its center; as, the centripetal calcification of a bone. R. Owen. Centripetal force (Mech.), a force whose direction is towards a center, as in case of a planet revolving round the sun, the center of the system, See Centrifugal force, under Centrifugal. -- Centripetal impression (Physiol.), an impression (sensory) transmitted by an afferent nerve from the exterior of the body inwards, to the central organ.

Centripetence

Cen*trip"e*tence (?), n. Centripetency.

Centripetency

Cen*trip"e*ten*cy (?), n. Tendency toward the center.

Centriscoid

Cen*tris"coid (?), a. [NL. Centriscus (r. Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Allied to, or resembling, the genus Centriscus, of which the bellows fish is an example.

Centrobaric

Cen`tro*bar"ic (?), a. [Gr. ( Relating to the center of gravity, or to the process of finding it. Centrobaric method (Math.), a process invented for the purpose of measuring the area or the volume generated by the rotation of a line or surface about a fixed axis, depending upon the principle that every figure formed by the revolution of a line or surface about such an axis has for measure the product of the line or surface by the length of the path of its center of gravity; -- sometimes called theorem of Pappus, also, incorrectly, Guldinus's properties. See Barycentric calculus, under Calculus. <-- p. 233 -->

Centrode

Cen"trode (?), n. (Kinematics) In two figures having relative motion, one of the two curves which are the loci of the instantaneous center.

Centroid

Cen"troid (?), n. [L. centrum + -oid.] The center of mass, inertia, or gravity of a body or system of bodies.

Centrolecithal

Cen`tro*lec"i*thal (?), a. [Gr. (Biol.) Having the food yolk placed at the center of the ovum, segmentation being either regular or unequal. Balfour.

Centrolinead

Cen`tro*lin"e*ad (?), n. An instrument for drawing lines through a point, or lines converging to a center.

Centrolineal

Cen`tro*lin"e*al (?), a. [L. centrum + linea line.] Converging to a center; -- applied to lines drawn so as to meet in a point or center.

Centrosome

Cen"tro*some` (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) A peculiar rounded body lying near the nucleus of a cell. It is regarded as the dynamic element by means of which the machinery of cell division is organized.

Centrostaltic

Cen`tro*stal"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol.) A term applied to the action of nerve force in the spinal center. Marshall Hall.

Centrum

Cen"trum (?), n.; pl. E. Centrums (#), L. Centra (#). [L., center.] (Anat.) The body, or axis, of a vertebra. See Vertebra.

Centry

Cen"try (?), n. See Sentry. [Obs.] Gray.

Centumvir

Cen*tum"vir (?), n.; pl. Centumviri (#). [L., fr. centum hundred + Vir man.] (Rom. Hist.) One of a court of about one hundred judges chosen to try civil suits. Under the empire the court was increased to 180, and met usually in four sections.

Centumviral

Cen*tum"vi*ral (?), a. [L. centumvitalis.] Of or pertaining to the centumviri, or to a centumvir.

Centumvirate

Cen*tum"vi*rate (?), n. [Cf. F. centumvirat.] The office of a centumvir, or of the centumviri.

Centuple

Cen"tu*ple (?), a. [L. centuplex; centum + plicare to fold; cf. F. centuple.] Hundredfold.

Centuple

Cen"tu*ple, v. t. To increase a hundredfold.

Centuplicate

Cen*tu"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Centuplicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Centuplicating.] [L. centuplicare. See Centuple, a.] To make a hundredfold; to repeat a hundred times. [R.] Howell.

Centurial

Cen*tu"ri*al (?), a. [L. See Century.] Of or pertaining to a century; as, a centurial sermon. [R.]

Centuriate

Cen*tu"ri*ate (?), a. [L. centuriatus, p. p. of centuriare to divide (men) into centuries.] Pertaining to, or divided into, centuries or hundreds. [R.] Holland.

Centuriate

Cen*tu"ri*ate (?), v. t. [See century.] To divide into hundreds. [Obs.]

Centuriator, Centurist

Cen*tu"ri*a`tor (?), Cen"tu*rist (?), n. [Cf. F. centuriateur.] An historian who distinguishes time by centuries, esp. one of those who wrote the "Magdeburg Centuries." See under Century. [R.]

Centurion

Cen*tu"ri*on (?), n. [L. centurio, fr. centuria; cf. F. centurion. See Century.] (Rom. Hist.) A military officer who commanded a minor division of the Roman army; a captain of a century.
A centurion of the hand called the Italian band. Acts x. 1.

Century

Cen"tu*ry (?), n.; pl. Centuries (#). [L. centuria (in senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See Cent.]

1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things. [Archaic.]

And on it said a century of prayers. Shak.

2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago. &hand; Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive years (as, a century of temperance work), usually signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting of a period of one hundred years ending with the hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first century (a. d. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh century (a.d. 601-700); the eighteenth century (a.d. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting it with some other system of chronology it is used of similar division of those eras; as, the first century of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100).

3. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. (b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. Century plant (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the name. See Agave. -- The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes, compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at Magdeburg.

Cepevorous

Ce*pev"o*rous (?), a. [L. cepa an onion + varare to devour.] Feeding upon onions. [R.] Sterling.

Cephalad

Ceph"a*lad (?), adv. [Gr. ad toward.] (Zo\'94l.) Forwards; towards the head or anterior extremity of the body; opposed to caudad.

Cephalalgia, Cephalalgy

Ceph`a*lal"gi*a (?), Ceph"a*lal`gy (?), n. [L. cephalalgia, Gr. c\'82phalalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the head; headache.

Cephalalgic

Ceph`a*lal"gic (?), a. [L. cephalalgicus, Gr. (Med.) Relating to, or affected with, headache. -- n. A remedy for the headache.

Cephalanthium

Ceph`a*lan"thi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) Same as Anthodium.

Cephalaspis

Ceph`a*las"pis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of fossil ganoid fishes found in the old red sandstone or Devonian formation. The head is large, and protected by a broad shield-shaped helmet prolonged behind into two lateral points.

Cephalata

Ceph`a*la"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A large division of Mollusca, including all except the bivalves; -- so called because the head is distinctly developed. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cephalate

Ceph"a*late (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having a head.

Cephalic

Ce*phal"ic (?), a. [L. cephalicus, Gr. c\'82phalique.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the head. See the Note under Anterior. Cephalic index (Anat.), the ratio of the breadth of the cranium to the length, which is taken as the standard, and equal to 100; the breadth index. -- Cephalic vein, a large vein running from the back of the head alond the arm; -- so named because the ancients used to open it for disorders of the head. Dunglison.

Cephalic

Ce*pha"lic, n. A medicine for headache, or other disorder in the head.

Cephalitis

Ceph`a*li"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) Same as Phrenitis.

Cephalization

Ceph`a*li*za"tion (?), n. Domination of the head in animal life as expressed in the physical structure; localization of important organs or parts in or near the head, in animal development. Dana.

Cephalo

Ceph"a*lo (?). [Gr. A combining form denoting the head, of the head, connected with the head; as, cephalosome, cephalopod.

Cephalocercal

Ceph`a*lo*cer"cal (?), a. [Cephalo- + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Relating to the long axis of the body.

Cephaloid

Ceph"a*loid (?), a. [Cephalo- + -oid.] Shaped like the head. Craing.

Cephalology

Ceph`a*lol"o*gy (?), n. [Cephalo- + -logy.] The science which treats of the head.

Cephalomere

Ceph"a*lo*mere (?), n. [Cephalo- + -mere.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the somites (arthromeres) which make up the head of arthropods. Packard.

Cephalometer

Ceph`a*lom"e*ter (?), n. [Cephalo- + -meter.] (Med.) An instrument measuring the dimensions of the head of a fetus during delivery.

Cephalon

Ceph"a*lon (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The head.

Cephalophora

Ceph`a*loph"o*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The cephalata.

Cephalopod, Cephalopode

Ceph"a*lo*pod (?), Ceph"a*lo*pode (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cephalopoda.

Cephalopoda

Ceph"`a*lop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. -poda: cf. F. c\'82phalopode.] (Zo\'94l.) The highest class of Mollusca. &hand; They have, around the front of the head, a group of elongated muscular arms, which are usually furnished with prehensile suckers or hooks, The head is highly developed, with large, well organized eyes and ears, and usually with a cartilaginous brain case. The higher forms, as the cuttlefishes, squids, and octopi, swim rapidly by ejecting a jet of water from the tubular siphon beneath the head. They have a pair of powerful horny jaws shaped like a parrot's beak, and a bag of inklike fluid which they can eject from the siphon, thus clouding the water in order to escape from their enemies. They are divided into two orders, the Dibranchiata, having two gills and eight or ten sucker-bearing arms, and the Tetrabranchiata, with four gills and numerous arms without suckers. The latter are all extinct except the Nautilus. See Octopus, Squid, Nautilus.

Cephalopodic, Cephalopodous

Ceph`a*lo*pod"ic (?), Ceph`a*lop"o*dous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to, or resembling, the cephalopods.

Cephaloptera

Ceph`a*lop"te*ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the generic names of the gigantic ray (Manta birostris), known as devilfish and sea devil. It is common on the coasts of South Carolina, Florida, and farther south. Some of them grow to enormous size, becoming twenty feet of more across the body, and weighing more than a ton.

Cephalosome

Ceph"a*lo*some (?), n. [Cephalo- + -some body.] (Zo\'94l.) The anterior region or head of insects and other arthropods. Packard.

Cephalostyle

Ceph"a*lo*style (?), n. [Cephalo- + Gr. (Anat.) The anterior end of the notochord and its bony sheath in the base of cartilaginous crania.

Cephalothorax

Ceph`a*lo*tho"rax (?), n. [Cephalo- + thorax.] (Zo\'94l.) The anterior portion of any one of the Arachnida and higher Crustacea, consisting of the united head and thorax.

Cephalotome

Ceph"a*lo*tome (?), n. [Cephalo- + Gr. (Med.) An instrument for cutting into the fetal head, to facilitate delivery.

Cephalotomy

Ceph`a*lot"o*my (?), n.

1. Dissection or opening of the head.

2. (Med.) Craniotomy; -- usually applied to bisection of the fetal head with a saw.

Cephalotribe

Ceph"a*lo*tribe (?), n. [Cephalo- + Gr. to rub, grind.] An obstetrical instrument for performing cephalotripsy.

Cephalotripsy

Ceph"a*lo*trip`sy (?), n. [See Cephalotribe.] (Med.) The act or operation of crushing the head of a fetus in the womb in order to effect delivery.

Cephalotrocha

Ceph`a*lot"ro*cha (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of annelid larva with a circle of cilia around the head.

Cephalous

Ceph"a*lous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having a head; -- applied chiefly to the Cephalata, a division of mollusks.

Cepheus

Ce"pheus (?), n. (Astron.) A northern constellation near the pole. Its head, which is in the Milky Way, is marked by a triangle formed by three stars of the fourth magnitude. See Cassiopeia.

Ceraceous

Ce*ra"ceous (?), a. [L. cera wax.] Having the texture and color of new wax; like wax; waxy.

Cerago

Ce*ra"go (?), n. [L. cera wax.] Beebread.

Ceramic

Ce*ram"ic (?), a. [Gr. Keramic.] Of or pertaining to pottery; relating to the art of making earthenware; as, ceramic products; ceramic ornaments for ceilings.

Ceramics

Ce*ram"ics (?), n. [See Ceramic.]

1. The art of making things of baked clay; as pottery, tiles, etc.

2. pl. Work formed of clay in whole or in part, and baked; as, vases, urns, etc. Knight.

Cerargyrite

Ce*rar"gy*rite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) Native silver chloride, a mineral of a white to pale yellow or gray color, darkening on exposure to the light. It may be cut by a knife, like lead or horn (hence called horn silver).

Cerasin

Cer"a*sin (?), n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, the insoluble part of cherry gum; -- called also meta-arabinic acid.

2. (Chem.) A gummy mucilaginous substance; -- called also bassorin, tragacanthin, etc.

Cerasinous

Ce*ras"i*nous (?), a.

1. Pertaining to, or containing, cerasin.

2. Of a cherry color.

Cerastes

Ce*ras"tes (?), n. [L., a horned serpent, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of poisonous African serpents, with a horny scale over each eye; the horned viper.

Cerate

Ce"rate (?), n. [L. ceratum, ceratm, fr. cera wax.] (Med.) An unctuous preparation for external application, of a consistence intermediate between that of an ointment and a plaster, so that it can be spread upon cloth without the use of heat, but does not melt when applied to the skin. &hand; Cerate consists essentially of wax (for which resin or spermaceti is sometimes substituted) mixed with oil, lard, and various medicinal ingredients. The cerate (formerly called simple cerate) of the United States Pharmacopoeia is a mixture of three parts of white wax and seven parts of lard.

Cerated

Ce"ra*ted (?), p. a. [L. ceratus, p. p. of cerare to wax, fr. cera wax.] Covered with wax.

Ceratine

Cer"a*tine (?), a. [Gr. (Lagic.) Sophistical.

Ceratobranchia

Cer`a*to*bran"chi*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. n. pl., gills.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of nudibranchiate Mollusca having on the back papilliform or branched organs serving as gills.

Ceratobranchial

Cer`a*to*bran"chi*al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or cartilage, below the epibranchial in a branchial arch. -- n. A ceratobranchial bone, or cartilage.

Ceratodus

Ce*rat"o*dus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of ganoid fishes, of the order Dipnoi, first known as Mesozoic fossil fishes; but recently two living species have been discovered in Australian rivers. They have lungs so well developed that they can leave the water and breathe in air. In Australia they are called salmon and baramunda. See Dipnoi, and Archipterygium.

Ceratohyal

Cer`a*to*hy"al (?), a. [Gr. (Anat.) Pertaining to the bone, or carts, large, below the epihyal in the hyoid arch. -- n. A ceratohyal bone, or cartilage, which, in man, forms one of the small horns of the hyoid.

Ceratosaurus

Cer`a*to*sau"rus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Paleon.) A carnivorous American Jurassic dinosaur allied to the European Megalosaurus. The animal was nearly twenty feet in length, and the skull bears a bony horn core on the united nasal bones. See Illustration in Appendix.

Ceratospongi\'91

Cer`a*to*spon"gi*\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of sponges in which the skeleton consists of horny fibers. It includes all the commercial sponges.

Ceraunics

Ce*rau"nics (?), n. [Gr. That branch of physics which treats of heat and electricity. R. Park.

Ceraunoscope

Ce*rau"no*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] An instrument or apparatus employed in the ancient mysteries to imitate thunder and lightning. T. Moore.
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Cerberean

Cer*be"re*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, Cerberus. [Written also Cerberian.]
With wide Cerberean mouth. Milton.

Cerberus

Cer"be*rus (?), n. [L. Cerberus (in sense 1), gr.

1. (Class. Myth.) A monster, in the shape, of a three-headed dog, guarding the entrance into the infernal regions, Hence: Any vigilant custodian or guardian, esp. if surly.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of East Indian serpents, allied to the pythons; the bokadam.

Cercal

Cer"cal (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the tail.

Cercaria

Cer*ca"ri*a (?), n.; pl. Cercarle ( [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The larval form of a trematode worm having the shape of a tadpole, with its body terminated by a tail-like appendage.

Cercarian

Cer*ca"ri*an (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of, like, or pertaining to, the Cercari\'91. -- n. One of the Cercari\'91.

Cercopod

Cer"co*pod (?), n. [Gr. -pod.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the jointed antenniform appendage of the posterior somites of cartain insects. Packard.

Cercus

Cer"cus (?), n.; pl. Cerci (. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) See Cercopod.

Cere

Cere (?), n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cire.] (Zo\'94l.) The soft naked sheath at the base of the beak of birds of prey, parrots, and some other birds. See Beak.

Cere

Cere, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cering.] [L. cerare, fr. cera wax: cf. F. cirer.] To wax; to cover or close with wax. Wiseman.

Cereal

Ce"re*al (?), a. [L. Cerealis pert. to Ceres, and hence, to agriculture. See Ceres.] Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

Cereal

Ce"re*al n. Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

Cerealia

Ce`re*a"li*a (?), n. pl. [L. See Cereal.]

1. (Antiq.) Public festivals in honor of Ceres.

2. The cereals. Crabb.

Cerealin

Ce"re*a*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A nitrogenous substance closely resembling diastase, obtained from bran, and possessing the power of converting starch into dextrin, sugar, and lactic acid. Watts.

Cerebel

Cer"e*bel, n. The cerebellum. Derham.

Cerebellar, Cerebellous

Cer`e*bel"lar (?), Cer`e*bel"lous (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cerebellum.

Cerebellum

Cer`e*bel"lum (?), n.; pl. E. Cerebellums (, L. Cerebella (. [L., dim. of cerebrum brain.] (Anat.) The large lobe of the hind brain in front of and above the medulla; the little brain. It controls combined muscular action. See Brain.

Cerebral

Cer"e*bral (?), a. [L. cerebrum brain; akin to Gr. c\'82r\'82bral. See Cheer.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cerebrum. Cerebral apoplexy. See under Apoplexy.

Cerebral

Cer"e*bral, n. [A false translation of the Skr. m\'d4rdhanya, lit., head-sounds.] One of a class of lingual consonants in the East Indian languages. See Lingual, n. &hand; Prof. W. D. Whitney calls these letters linguals, and this is their usual designation in the United States.

Cerebralism

Cer"e*bral*ism (?), n. (Philos.) The doctrine or theory that psychical phenomena are functions or products of the brain only.

Cerebralist

Cer"e*bral*ist, n. One who accepts cerebralism.

Cerebrate

Cer"e*brate (?), v. i. (Physiol.) To exhibit mental activity; to have the brain in action.

Cerebration

Cer`e*bra"tion (?), n. Action of the brain, whether conscious or unconscious.

Cerebric

Cer"e*bric (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the brain. Cerebric acid (Physiol. Chem.), a name formerly sometimes given to cerebrin.

Cerebricity

Cer`e*bric"i*ty (?), n. Brain power. [R.]

Cerebriform

Ce*reb"ri*form (?), a. [Cerebrum + -form.] Like the brain in form or substance.

Cerebrifugal

Cer`e*brif"u*gal (?), a. [Cerebrum + L. fugere to flee.] (Physiol.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the brain to the spinal cord, and so transfer cerebral impulses (centrifugal impressions) outwards.

Cerebrin

Cer"e*brin (?), n. [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A nonphosphorized, nitrogenous substance, obtained from brain and nerve tissue by extraction with boiling alcohol. It is uncertain whether it exists as such in nerve tissue, or is a product of the decomposition of some more complex substance.

Cerebripetal

Cer`e*brip"e*tal (?), a. [Cerebrum + L. petere to seek.] (Physiol.) Applied to those nerve fibers which go from the spinal cord to the brain and so transfer sensations (centripetal impressions) from the exterior inwards.

Cerebritis

Cer`e*bri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. E. cerebrum + -itis.] (Med.) Inflammation of the cerebrum.

Cerebroid

Cer"e*broid (?), a. [Cerebrum + -oid.] Resembling, or analogous to, the cerebrum or brain.

Cerebrology

Cer`e*brol"o*gy (?), n. [Cerebrum + -logy.] The science which treats of the cerebrum or brain.

Cerebropathy

Cer`e*brop"a*thy (?), n. [Cerebrum + Gr. (Med.) A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed; -- called also brain fag.

Cerebroscopy

Cer`e*bros"co*py (?), n. [Cerebrum + -scopy.] (Med.) Examination of the brain for the diagnosis of diseas; esp., the act or process of diagnosticating the condition of the brain by examination of the interior of the eye (as with an ophthalmoscope). Buck.

Cerebrose

Cer`e*brose" (?), n. [From Cerebrum.] (Physiol. Chem.) A sugarlike body obtained by the decomposition of the nitrogenous non-phosphorized principles of the brain.

Cerebro-spinal

Cer`e*bro-spi"nal (?), a. [Cerebrum + spinal.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the central nervous system consisting of the brain and spinal cord. Cerebro-spinal fluid (Physiol.), a serous fluid secreted by the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. -- Cerebro-spinal meningitis, Cerebro-spinal fever (Med.), a dangerous epidemic, and endemic, febrile disease, characterized by inflammation of the membranes of the brain and spinal cord, giving rise to severe headaches, tenderness of the back of the neck, paralysis of the ocular muscles, etc. It is sometimes marked by a cutaneous eruption, when it is often called spotted fever. It is not contagious.

Cerebrum

Cer"e*brum (?), n.; pl. E. Cerebrums (#), L. Cerebra (#). [L., the brain.] (Anat.) The anterior, and in man the larger, division of the brain; the seat of the reasoning faculties and the will. See Brain.

Cerecloth

Cere"cloth` (?), n. [L. cera wax + E. cloth.] A cloth smeared with melted wax, or with some gummy or glutinous matter.
Linen, besmeared with gums, in manner of cerecloth. Bacon.

Cerement

Cere"ment (?), n. [L. cera wax: cf. F. cirement.] (a) A cerecloth used for the special purpose of enveloping a dead body when embalmed. (b) Any shroud or wrapping for the dead.

Ceremonial

Cer`e*mo"ni*al (?), a. [L. caerimonialis: cf. F. c\'82rimonial. See Ceremony.]

1. Relating to ceremony, or external rite; ritual; according to the forms of established rites.

Ceremonial observances and outward show. Hallam.

2. Observant of forms; ceremonious. [In this sense ceremonious is now preferred.] Donne.

He moves in the dull ceremonial track. Druden.

Ceremonial

Cer`e*mo"ni*al, n.

1. A system of rules and ceremonies, enjoined by law, or established by custom, in religious worship, social intercourse, or the courts of princes; outward form.

The gorgeous ceremonial of the Burgundian court. Prescott.

2. The order for rites and forms in the Roman Catholic church, or the book containing the rules presribed to be observed on solemn occasions.

Ceremonialism

Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ism (?), n. Adherence to external rites; fondness for ceremony.

Ceremonially

Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ly, adv. According to rites and ceremonies; as, a person ceremonially unclean.

Ceremonialness

Cer`e*mo"ni*al*ness, n. Quality of being ceremonial.

Ceremonious

Cer`e*mo"ni*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. c\'82r\'82monieux, L. Caerimoniosus.]

1. Consisting of outward forms and rites; ceremonial. [In this sense ceremonial is now preferred.]

The ceremonious part of His worship. South.

2. According to prescribed or customary rules and forms; devoted to forms and ceremonies; formally respectful; punctilious. "Ceremonious phrases." Addison.

Too ceremonious and traditional. Shak.
Syn. -- Formal; precise; exact. See Formal.

Ceremoniously

Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ly, adv. In a ceremonious way.

Ceremoniousness

Cer`e*mo"ni*ous*ness, n. The quality, or practice, of being ceremonious.

Ceremony

Cer"e*mo*ny (?), n.; pl. Ceremonies (#). [F. c\'82r\'82monie, L. caerimonia; perh. akin to E. create and from a root signifying to do or make.]

1. Ar act or series of acts, often of a symbolical character, prescribed by law, custom, or authority, in the conduct of important matters, as in the performance of religious duties, the transaction of affairs of state, and the celebration of notable events; as, the ceremony of crowning a sovereign; the ceremonies observed in consecrating a church; marriage and baptismal ceremonies.

According to all the rites of it, and according to all the ceremonies thereof shall ye keep it [the Passover]. Numb. ix. 3
Bring her up the high altar, that she may The sacred ceremonies there partake. Spenser.
[The heralds] with awful ceremony And trumpet's sound, throughout the host proclaim A solemn council. Milton.

2. Behavior regulated by strict etiquette; a formal method of performing acts of civility; forms of civility prescribed by custom or authority.

Ceremony was but devised at first To set a gloss on . . . hollow welcomes . . . But where there is true friendship there needs none. Shak.
Al ceremonies are in themselves very silly things; but yet a man of the world should know them. Chesterfield.

3. A ceremonial symbols; an emblem, as a crown, scepter, garland, etc. [Obs.]

Disrobe the images, If you find them decked with ceremonies. . . . Let no images Be hung with C\'91sar's trophies. Shak.

4. A sign or prodigy; a portent. [Obs.]

C\'91sar, I never stood on ceremonies, Yet, now they fright me. Shak.
Master of ceremonies, an officer who determines the forms to be observed, or superintends their observance, on a public occasion. -- Not to stand on ceremony, not to be ceremonious; to be familiar, outspoken, or bold.

Cereous

Ce"re*ous (?), a. [L. cereus, fr. cera was.] Waxen; like wax. [Obs.] Gayton.

Ceres

Ce"res (?), n. [L., Ceres, also corn, grain, akin to E. create.]

1. (Class. Myth.) The daughter of Saturn and Ops or Rhea, the goddess of corn and tillage.

2. (Actron.) The first discovered asteroid.

Ceresin

Cer"e*sin (?), n. [L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A white wax, made by bleaching and purifying ozocerite, and used as a substitute for beeswax.

Cereus

Ce"re*us (?), n. [L., a wax candle, fr. cera wax. So named from the resemblance of one species to the columnar shape of a wax candle.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Cactus family. They are natives of America, from California to Chili. &hand; Although several species flower in the night, the name Night-blooming cereus is specially applied to the Cereus grandiflorus, which is cultivated for its beautiful, shortlived flowers. The Cereus giganteus, whose columnar trunk is sometimes sixty feet in height, is a striking feature of the scenery of New Mexico, Texas, etc.\'3c--saguaro?= Carnegiea gigantea--\'3e

Cerial

Cer"i*al (?), a. Same as Cerial. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Ceriferous

Ce*rif"er*ous (?), a. [L. ra wax + -ferous.] Producing wax.

Cerin

Ce"rin (?), n. [L. cera wax + -in: cf. L. cerinus wax-colored.]

1. (Chem.) A waxy substance extracted by alcohol or ether from cork; sometimes applied also to the portion of beeswax which is soluble in alcohol. Watts.

2. (Min.) A variety of the mineral allanite.

Cerinthian

Ce*rin"thi*an, n. (Eccl. Hist.) One of an ancient religious sect, so called fron Cerinthus, a Jew, who attempted to unite the doctrines of Christ with the opinions of the Jews and Gnostics. Hook.

Ceriph

Cer"iph (?), n. (Type Founding) One of the fine lines of a letter, esp. one of the fine cross strokes at the top and bottom of letters. [Spelt also seriph.] Savage.

Cerise

Ce*rise" (?), a. [F., a cherry. See Cherry.] Cherry-colored; a light bright red; \'c3- applied to textile fabrics, especially silk.

Cerite

Ce"rite (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A gastropod shell belonging to the family Cerithi\'8bd\'91; -- so called from its hornlike form.

Cerite

Ce"rite, n. [From Cherium.] (Min.) A mineral of a brownish of cherry-red color, commonly massive. It is a hydrous silicate of cerium and allied metals.

Cerium

Ce"ri*um (?), n. [Named dy Berzelius in 1803 from the asteroid Ceres, then just discovered (1801).] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, occurring in the minerals cerite, allanite, monazite, etc. Symbol Ce. Atomic weight 141.5. It resembles iron in color and luster, but is soft, and both malleable and ductile. It tarnishes readily in the air.

Cernuous

Cer"nu*ous (?), a. [L. cernuus with the face turned toward the earth.] (Bot.) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping; -- said of a bud, flower, fruit, or the capsule of a moss.

Cero

Ce"ro (?), n. [Corrupt. fr. Sp. sierra saw, sawfish, cero.] (Zo\'94l.) A large and valuable fish of the Mackerel family, of the genus Scomberomorus. Two species are found in the West Indies and less commonly on the Atlantic coast of the United States, -- the common cero (Scomberomorus caballa), called also kingfish, and spotted, or king, cero (S. regalis).

Cerograph

Ce"ro*graph (?), n. [Gr. khros wax + -graph.] A writing on wax. Knight.

Cerographic, Cerographical

Ce`ro*graph"ic (?), Ce`ro*graph"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cerography.

Cerographist

Ce*rog"ra*phist (?), n. One who practices cerography.

Cerography

Ce*rog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.]

1. The art of making characters or designs in, or with, wax.

2. A method of making stereotype plates from inscribed sheets of wax.

Cerolite

Cer"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. \'b5 wax + -lite.] (Min.) A hydrous silicate of magnesium, allied to serpentine, occurring in waxlike masses of a yellow or greenish color.

Ceroma

Ce*ro"ma (?), n. [L., fr. Gr.

1. The unguent (a composition of oil and wax) with which wrestles were anointed among the ancient Romans.

2. (Anc. Arch.) That part of the baths and gymnasia in which bathers and wrestlers anointed themselves.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The cere of birds.

Ceromancy

Cer"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy.] Divination by dropping melted wax in water.

Ceroon

Ce*roon" (?), n. [See Seroon.] A bale or package. covered with hide, or with wood bound with hide; as, a ceroon of indigo, cochineal, etc.

Ceroplastic

Ce`ro*plas"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Fine arts) (a) Relating to the art of modeling in wax. (b) Modeled in wax; as, a ceroplastic figure.

Ceroplastics, Ceroplasty

Ce`ro*plas"tics (?), Ce`ro*plas"ty (?), n. [Gr. c\'82roplastique.] The art of modeling in wax.

Cerosin

Cer"o*sin (?), n. [L. cera wax.] (Chem.) A waxy substance obtained from the bark of the sugar cane, and crystallizing in delicate white lamin\'91.

Cerote

Ce"rote (?), n. [Obs.] See Cerate.

Cerotene

Cer"o*tene (?), n. [L. cerotum a pomade. See Cerate.] (Chem.) A white waxy solid obtained from Chinese wax, and by the distillation of cerotin.
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Cerotic

Ce*rot"ic (?), a. [See Cerotene.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, beeswax or Chinese wax; as, cerotic acid or alcohol.

Cerotin

Cer"o*tin (?), n. [See Cerotene.] (Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C27H55.OH, obtained from Chinese wax, and regarded as an alcohol of the marsh gas series; -- called also cerotic alcohol, ceryl alcohol.

Cerrial

Cer"ri*al (?), a. [L. cerreus, fr. cerrus a kind of oak.] (Bot.) Of or pertaining to the cerris.
Chaplets green of cerrial oak. Dryden.

Cerris

Cer"ris (?), n. [L. cerrus.] (Bot.) A species of oak (Quercus cerris) native in the Orient and southern Europe; -- called also bitter oak and Turkey oak.

Certain

Cer"tain (?), a. [F. certain, fr. (assumed) LL. certanus, fr. L. certus determined, fixed, certain, orig. p. p. of cernere to perceive, decide, determine; akin to Gr. concern, critic, crime, riddle a sieve, rinse, v.]

1. Assured in mind; having no doubts; free from suspicions concerning.

To make her certain of the sad event. Dryden.
I myself am certain of you. Wyclif.

2. Determined; resolved; -- used with an infinitive.

However, I with thee have fixed my lot, Certain to undergo like doom. Milton.

3. Not to be doubted or denied; established as a fact.

The dream is certain, and the interpretation thereof sure. Dan. ii. 45.

4. Actually existing; sure to happen; inevitable.

Virtue that directs our ways Through certain dangers to uncertain praise. Dryden.
Death, as the Psalmist saith, is certain to all. Shak.

5. Unfailing; infallible.

I have often wished that I knew as certain a remedy for any other distemper. Mead.

6. Fixed or stated; regular; determinate.

The people go out and gather a certain rate every day. Ex. xvi. 4.

7. Not specifically named; indeterminate; indefinite; one or some; -- sometimes used independenty as a noun, and meaning certain persons.

It came to pass when he was in a certain city. Luke. v. 12.
About everything he wrote there was a certain natural grace und decorum. Macaulay.
For certain, assuredly. -- Of a certain, certainly. Syn. -- Bound; sure; true; undeniable; unquestionable; undoubted; plain; indubitable; indisputable; incontrovertible; unhesitating; undoubting; fixed; stated.

Certain

Cer"tain, n.

1. Certainty. [Obs.] Gower.

2. A certain number or quantity. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Certain

Cer"tain, adv. Certainly. [Obs.] Milton.

Certainly

Cer"tain*ly, adv. Without doubt or question; unquestionably.

Certainness

Cer"tain*ness, n. Certainty.

Certainty

Cer"tain*ty (?), n.; pl. Certainties (#). [OF. certainet\'82.]

1. The quality, state, or condition, of being certain.

The certainty of punishment is the truest security against crimes. Fisher Ames.

2. A fact or truth unquestionable established.

Certainties are uninteresting and sating. Landor.

3. (Law) Clearness; freedom from ambiguity; lucidity. Of a certainty, certainly.

Certes

Cer"tes (?), adv. [F. certes, for \'85 certes, fr. L. certus. See Certain.] Certainly; in truth; verily. [Archaic]
Certes it great pity was to see Him his nobility so foul deface. Spenser.

Certificate

Cer*tif"i*cate (?), n. [F. certificat, fr. LL. certificatus made certain, p. p. of certificare. See tify.]

1. A written testimony to the truth of any fact; as, certificate of good behavior.

2. A written declaration legally authenticated. Trial by certificate, a trial which the testimony of the person certifying is the only proper criterion of the point in dispute; as, when the issue is whether a person was absent in the army, this is tried by the certificate of the proper officer in writing, under his seal. Blackstone.

Certificate

Cer*tif"i*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Certificated; p. pr. & vb. n. Certificating.] [See Certify.]

1. To verify or vouch for by certificate.

2. To furnish with a certificate; as, to certificate the captain of a vessel; a certificated teacher.

Certification

Cer`ti*fi*ca"tion (?), n.[L. certificatio: cf. F. certification.] The act of certifying.

Certifier

Cer"ti*fi`er (?), n. One who certifies or assures.

Certify

Cer"ti*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Certified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Certifying.] [F. certifier, LL. certificare; L. certus certain + facere to make. See Certain, and cf. Certificate, v. t.]

1. To give cetain information to; to assure; to make certain.

We certify the king, that . . . thou shalt have no portion on this side the river. Ezra iv. 16.

2. To give certain information of; to make certain, as a fact; to verify. Hammond.

The industry of science at once certifies and greatly extends our knowledge of the vastness of the creation. I. Taylor.

3. To testify to in writing; to make a declaration concerning, in writing, under hand, or hand and seal.

The judges shall certify their opinion to the chancellor, and upon such certificate the decree is usually founded. Blackstone.
Certified check, A bank check, the validity of which is certified by the bank on which it is drawn.

Certiorari

Cer`ti*o*ra"ri (?), n. [So named from the emphatic word certiorari in the Latin form of the writ, which read certiorar volumus we wish to be certified.] (Law) A writ issuing out of chancery, or a superior court, to call up the records of a inferior court, or remove a cause there depending, in order that the party may have more sure and speedy justice, or that errors and irreguarities may be corrected. It is obtained upon complaint of a party that he has not received justice, or can not have an impartial trial in the inferior court. &hand; A certiorari is the correct process to remove the proceedings of a court in which cases are tried in a manner different from the course of the common law, as of county commissioners. It is also used as an auxiliary process in order to obtain a full return to some other process. Bouvier.

Certitude

Cer"ti*tude (?), n. [LL. certitudo, fr. L. certus: cf. F. certitude. See Certain.] Freedom from doubt; assurance; certainty. J. H. Newman.

Cerule

Cer"ule (?), a. [L. caerulus, eguiv. to caeruleus.] Blue; cerulean. [Obs.] Dyer.

Cerulean

Ce*ru"le*an (?), a. [L. caeruleus.] Sky-colored; blue; azure. Cowper.
Blue, blue, as if that sky let fall
A flower from its cerulean wall. Bryant.

Ceruleous

Ce*ru"le*ous (?), a. Cerulean. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Cerulific

Cer`u*lif"ic (?), a. [L.arulus dark blue + facere to make.] Producing a blue or sky color. [R.]

Cerumen

Ce*ru"men (?), n. [NL., fr. L. cera wax.] (Physiol.) The yellow, waxlike secretion from the glands of the external ear; the earwax.

Ceruminous

Ce*ru"mi*nous (?), a. (Physiol.) Pertaining to, or secreting, cerumen; as, the ceruminous glands.

Ceruse

Ce"ruse (?), n. [F. c\'82ruse, L. cerussa.]

1. White lead, used as a pigment. See White lead, under White.

2. A cosmetic containing white lead.

To distinguish ceruse from natural bloom. Macaulay.

3. (Min.) The native carbonate of lead.

Cerused

Ce"rused (?), a. Washed with a preparation of white lead; as, cerused face. Beau. & Fl.

Cerusite, Cerussite

Ce"ru*site (?), Ce"rus*site (?), n. (Min.) Native lead carbonate; a mineral occurring in colorless, white, or yellowish transparent crystals, with an adamantine, also massive and compact.

Cervantite

Cer"van*tite (?), n. [Named from Cervantes a town in Spain.] (Min.) See under Antimony.

Cervelat

Cer"ve*lat (?), n. [F.] (Mus.) An ancient wind instrument, resembling the bassoon in tone.

Cervical

Cer"vi*cal, a. [L. cervix, -icis, neck: cf. F. cervical.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the neck; as, the cervical vertebr\'91.

Cervicide

Cer"vi*cide (?), n. [L. cervus deer + caedere to kill.] The act of killing deer; deer-slaying. [R.]

Cervine

Cer"vine (?), a. [L. cervinus, fr. cervus deer: cf. F. cervin.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the deer, or to the family Cervid\'91.

Cervix

Cer"vix (?), n.; pl. E. Cervixes (#), L. Cervices (#). [L.] (Anat.) The neck; also, the necklike portion of any part, as of the womb. See Illust. of Bird.

Cervus

Cer"vus (?), n. [L., a deer.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of ruminants, including the red deer and other allied species. &hand; Formerly all species of deer were included in the genus Cervus.

Ceryl

Ce"ryl (?), n. [L. cera wax + -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C27H55 supposed to exist in several compounds obtained from Chinese wax, beeswax, etc.

Cesarean, Cesarian

Ce*sa"re*an (?), Ce*sa"ri*an, a. Same as C\'91sarean, C\'91sarian.

Cesarism

Ce"sar*ism (?), n. See C\'91sarism.

Cespitine

Ces"pi*tine (?), n. [L. caespes, caespitis, a turf.] An oil obtained by distillation of peat, and containing various members of the pyridine series.

Cespititious

Ces"pi*ti`tious (?), a. [L. caespiticius, fr. caespes turf.] Same as Cespitious. [R.] Gough.

Cespitose

Ces"pi*tose` (?), a. [L. caespes turf.] (Bot.) Having the form a piece of turf, i. e., many stems from one rootstock or from many entangled rootstocks or roots. [Written also c\'91spitose.]

Cespitous

Ces"pi*tous (?), a. [See Cespitose.] Pertaining to, consisting, of resembling, turf; turfy.
A cespitous or turfy plant has many stems from the same root, usually forming a close, thick carpet of matting. Martyn.

Cess

Cess (?), n. [For sess, conts. from Assess.]

1. A rate or tax. [Obs. or Prof. Eng. & Scot.] Spenser.

2. Bound; measure. [Obs.]

The poor jade is wrung in the withers out of all cess. Shak.

Cess

Cess, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cessed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cessing.] To rate; to tax; to assess. Spenser.

Cess

Cess, v. i. [F. cesser. See Cease.] To cease; to neglect. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cessant

Ces"sant (?) a. [L. cessans, p. pr. of cessare. See Cease.] Inactive; dormant [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Cessation

Ces*sa"tion (?), n. [F. cessation, L. cessatio, fr. cessare. See Cease.] A ceasing of discontinuance, as of action, whether termporary or final; a stop; as, a cessation of the war.
The temporary cessation of the papal iniquities. Motley.
The day was yearly observed for a festival by cessation from labor. Sir J. Hayward.
Cessation of arms (Mil.), an armistice, or truce, agreed to by the commanders of armies, to give time for a capitulation, or for other purposes. Syn. -- Stop; rest; stay; pause; discontinuance; intermission; interval; respite; interruption; recess; remission.

Cessavit

Ces*sa"vit (?), n. [L., he has ceased.] [O. Eng. Law] A writ given by statute to recover lands when the tenant has for two years failed to perform the conditions of his tenure.

Cesser

Ces"ser (?), n. [From Cess, v. i.] (Law) a neglect of a tenant to perform services, or make payment, for two years.

Cessible

Ces"si*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. cessible. See Cession.] Giving way; yielding. [Obs.] -- Ces`si*bil"i*ty (#), n.
[Obs.] Sir K. Digby.

Cession

Ces"sion (?), n. [L. cessio, fr. cedere to give way: cf. F. Cession. See Cede.]

1. A yielding to physical force. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. Concession; compliance. [Obs.]

3. A yielding, or surrender, as of property or rights, to another person; the act of ceding.

A cession of the island of New Orleans. Bancroft.

4. (Eccl. Law) The giving up or vacating a benefice by accepting another without a proper dispensation.

5. (Civil Law) The voluntary surrender of a person's effects to his creditors to avoid imprisonment.

Cessionary

Ces"sion*a*ry (?), a. [LL. cessionarius, from cessionare to cede, fr. L. cessio: cf. F. cessionnaire. See Cession.] Having surrendered the effects; as, a cessionary bankrupt. Martin.

Cessment

Cess"ment (?), n. [From Cess, v. t.] An assessment or tax. [Obs.] Johnson.

Cessor

Ces"sor (?), n. [From Cess, v. i. Cf. Cesser.] (Law) One who neglects, for two years, to perform the service by which he holds lands, so that he incurs the danger of the writ of cessavit. See Cessavit. Cowell.

Cessor

Ces"sor, n. [From Cess, v. t.] An assessor. [Obs.]

Cesspipe

Cess`pipe" (?), n. A pipe for carrying off waste water, etc., from a sink or cesspool. Knight.

Cesspool

Cess"pool` (?), n. [See Sesspol.] A cistern in the course, or the termination, of a drain, to collect sedimentary or superfluous matter; a privy vault; any receptace of filth. [Written also sesspool.]

Cest

Cest (?), n. [L. cestus: cf. OF. ceste.] A woman's girdle; a cestus. [R.] Collins.

Cestode

Ces"tode (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. -- n. One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoid

Ces"toid, a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Cestoidea. -- n. One of the Cestoidea.

Cestoidea

Ces*toid"e*a (?), n. pl. [NL., gr. Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) A class of parasitic worms (Platelminthes) of which the tapeworms are the most common examples. The body is flattened, and usually but not always long, and composed of numerous joints or segments, each of which may contain a complete set of male and female reproductive organs. They have neither mouth nor intestine. See Tapeworm. [Written also Cestoda.]

Cestoldean

Ces*told"e*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cestoidea.

Cestraciont

Ces*tra"ci*ont (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A shark of the genus Cestracion, and of related genera. The posterior teeth form a pavement of bony plates for crushing shellfish. Most of the species are extinct. The Port Jackson shark and a similar one found in California are living examples.

Cestraciont

Ces*tra"ci*ont, a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the genus Cestracion.

Cestus

Ces"tus (?), n. [L. cestus girdle, Gr.

1. (Antiq.) A girdle; particularly that of Aphrodite (or Venus) which gave the wearer the power of exciting love.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Ctenophora. The typical species (Cestus Veneris) is remarkable for its brilliant iridescent colors, and its long, girdlelike form.

Cestus

Ces"tus, n. [L. caestus, and cestus.] (Antiq.) A covering for the hands of boxers, made of leather bands, and often loaded with lead or iron.

Cestuy or Cestui

Ces"tuy or Ces"tui (?), pron. [Norm. F.] (Law) He; the one. Cestuy que trust ( [norm. F.], a person who has the equitable and beneficial interest in property, the legal interest in which is vested in a trustee. Wharton. -- Cestuy que use ( [Norm. F.], a person for whose use land, etc., is granted to another.

Cesura

Ce*su"ra (?), n. See C\'91sura.

Cesural

Ce*su"ral (?), a. See C\'91sural.

Cetacea

Ce*ta"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. cetus whale, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of marine mammals, including the whales. Like ordinary mammals they breathe by means of lungs, and bring forth living young which they suckle for some time. The anterior limbs are changed to paddles; the tail flukes are horizontal. There are two living suborders: (a) The Mysticete or whalebone whales, having no true teeth after birth, but with a series of plates of whalebone [see Baleen.] hanging down from the upper jaw on each side, thus making a strainer, through which they receive the small animals upon which they feed. (b) The Denticete, including the dolphins and sperm whale, which have teeth. Another suborder (Zeuglodontia) is extinct. The Sirenia were formerly included in the Cetacea, but are now made a separate order.

Cetacean

Ce*ta"cean (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cetacea.

Cetaceous

Ce*ta"ceous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Cetacea.

Cete

Ce"te (?), n. [L., pl.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cetacea, or collectively, the Cetacea.

Cetene

Ce"tene (?), n. [See Cete.] (Chem.) An oily hydrocarbon, C16H32, of the ethylene series, obtained from spermaceti.

Ceterach

Cet"e*rach (?), n. [F. c\'82t\'82rac, fr. Ar. shetrak.] (Bot.) A species of fern with fronds (Asplenium Ceterach).

Cetewale

Cet"e*wale (?), n. [OF. citoal, F. zedoaire. See Zedoary.] Same as Zedoary. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cetic

Ce"tic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a whale.

Cetin

Ce"tin (?), n. [L. cetus whale.] (Chem.) A white, waxy substance, forming the essential part of spermaceti.
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Cetological

Ce`to*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cetology.

Cetologist

Ce*tol"o*gist (?), a. One versed in cetology.

Cetology

Ce*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. c\'82tologie.] The description or natural history of cetaceous animals.

Cetraric

Ce*trar"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetaria Islandica). Cetraric acid. See Cetrarin.

Cetrarin

Cet"ra*rin (?), n. [From Cetraria Islandica, the scientific name of Iceland moss.] (Chem.) A white substance extracted from the lichen, Iceland moss (Cetraria Islandica). It consists of several ingredients, among which is cetraric acid, a white, crystalline, bitter substance.

Cetyl

Ce"tyl (?), n. [Gr. -yl.] (Chem.) A radical, C16H33, not yet isolated, but supposed to exist in a series of compounds homologous with the ethyl compounds, and derived from spermaceti.

Cetylic

Ce*tyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, spermaceti. Cetylic alcohol (Chem.), a white, waxy, crystalline solid, obtained from spermaceti, and regarded as homologous with ordinary, or ethyl, alcohol; ethal; -- called also cetyl alcohol.

Ceylanite

Cey"lan*ite (?), n. [F., fr. Ceylan Ceylon.] (Min.) A dingy blue, or grayish black, variety of spinel. It is also called pleonaste. [Written also ceylonite.]

Ceylonese

Cey`lon*ese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to Ceylon. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Ceylon.

C.G.S.

C.G.S. An abbreviation for Centimeter, Gram, Second. -- applied to a system of units much empoyed in physical science, based upon the centimeter as the unit of length, the gram as the unit of weight or mass, and the second as the unit of time.

Chab

Chab (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The red-bellied wood pecker (Melanerpes Carolinus).

Chabasite, Cabazite

Chab"a*site (?), Cab"a*zite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A mineral occuring in glassy rhombohedral crystals, varying, in color from white to yellow or red. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of alumina and lime. Called also chabasie.

Chablis

Cha*blis" (?), n. [F.] A white wine made near Chablis, a town in France. <-- 2. a white wine resembling Chablis[1], but made elsewhere, as in California. -->

Chabouk, Chabuk

Cha*bouk", Cha*buk" (?), n. [Hind. ch\'bebuk horsewhip.] A long whip, such as is used in the East in the infliction of punishment. Balfour.

Chace

Chace (?), n. See 3d Chase, n., 3.

Chace

Chace, v. t. To pursue. See Chase v. t.

Chachalaca

Cha`cha*la"ca (?), n. [Native name, prob. given in imitation of its cry.] (Zo\'94l.) The texan guan (Ortalis vetula). [written also chiacalaca.]

Chak

Chak (?), v. i. To toss up the head frequently, as a horse to avoid the restraint of the bridle.

Chacma

Chac"ma (?), n. [Native name.] A large species of African baboon (Cynocephalus porcarius); -- called also ursine baboon. [See Illust. of Baboon.]

Chaconne

Cha*conne" (?), n. [F., fr. Sp. chacona.] (Mus.) An old Spanish dance in moderate three-four measure, like the Passacaglia, which is slower. Both are used by classical composers as themes for variations.

Chad

Chad (?), n. See Shad. [Obs.]

Ch\'91tetes

Ch\'91*te"tes (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of fossil corals, common in the lower Silurian limestones.

Ch\'91tiferous

Ch\'91*tif"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. -ferous.] (Zo\'94l.) Bearing set\'91.

Ch\'91todont

Ch\'91"to*dont (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A marine fish of the family Ch\'91todontid\'91. The ch\'91todonts have broad, compressed bodies, and usually bright colors.

Ch\'91todont

Ch\'91to*dont, a. Of or pertaining to the Ch\'91todonts or the family Ch\'91todontid\'91.

Ch\'91tognath

Ch\'91"tog*nath (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Ch\'91tognatha.

Ch\'91tognatha

Ch\'91*tog"na*tha (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l) An order of free-swimming marine worms, of which the genus Sagitta is the type. They have groups of curved spines on each side of the head.

Ch\'91topod

Ch\'91"to*pod (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Ch\'91topoda. -- n. One of the Ch\'91topoda.

Ch\'91topoda

Ch\'91*top"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) A very extensive order of Annelida, characterized by the presence of lateral set\'91, or spines, on most or all of the segments. They are divided into two principal groups: Oligoch\'91ta, including the earthworms and allied forms, and Polych\'91ta, including most of the marine species.

Ch\'91totaxy

Ch\'91"to*tax`y (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The arrangement of bristles on an insect.

Chafe

Chafe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chafed (?); p pr. & vb. n. Chafing.] [OE. chaufen to warm, OF. chaufer, F. chauffer, fr. L. calefacere, calfacere, to make warm; calere to be warm + facere to make. See Caldron.]

1. To ecxite heat in by friction; to rub in order to stimulate and make warm.

To rub her temples, and to chafe her skin. Spenser.

2. To excite passion or anger in; to fret; to irritate.

Her intercession chafed him. Shak.

3. To fret and wear by rubbing; as, to chafe a cable.

Two slips of parchment which she sewed round it to prevent its being chafed. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To rub; fret; gall; vex; excite; inflame.

Chafe

Chafe, v. i. To rub; to come together so as to wear by rubbing; to wear by friction.
Made its great boughs chafe together. Longfellow.
The troubled Tiber chafing with her shores. Shak.

2. To be worn by rubbing; as, a cable chafes.

3. To have a feeling of vexation; to be vexed; to fret; to be irritated. Spenser.

He will chafe at the doctor's marrying my daughter. Shak.

Chafe

Chafe, n.

1. Heat excited by friction.

2. Injury or wear caused by friction.

3. Vexation; irritation of mind; rage.

The cardinal in a chafe sent for him to Whitehall. Camden.

Chafer

Chaf"er (?), n.

1. One who chafes.

2. A vessel for heating water; -- hence, a dish or pan.

A chafer of water to cool the ends of the irons. Baker.

Chafer

Chaf"er, n. [AS. ceafor; akin to D. kever, G k\'89fer.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of beetle; the cockchafer. The name is also applied to other species; as, the rose chafer.

Chafery

Chaf"er*y (?), n. [See Chafe, v. t.] (Iron Works) An open furnace or forge, in which blooms are heated before being wrought into bars.

Chafewax, ∨ Chaffwax

Chafe"wax` (?), ∨ Chaff"wax` (?), n. (Eng. Law) Formerly a chancery officer who fitted wax for sealing writs and other documents.

Chafeweed

Chafe"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) The cudweed (Gnaphalium), used to prevent or cure chafing.

Chaff

Chaff (?), n. [AC. ceaf; akin to D. kaf, G. kaff.]

1. The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.

So take the corn and leave the chaff behind. Dryden.
Old birds are not caught with caff. Old Proverb.

2. Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.

The chaff and ruin of the times. Shak.

3. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

By adding chaff to his corn, the horse must take more time to eat it. In this way chaff is very useful. Ywatt.

4. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

5. (Bot.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Composit\'91, as the sunflower. Gray. Chaff cutter, a machine for cutting, up straw, etc., into "chaff" for the use of cattle.

Chaff

Chaff, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffing.] To use light, idle lagnguage by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.

Chaff

Chaff, v. t. To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Morgan saw that his master was chaffing him. Thackeray.
A dozen honest fellows . . . chaffed each other about their sweethearts. C. Kingsley.

Chaffer

Chaff"er, n. One who chaffs.

Chaffer

Chaf"fer (?), n. [OE. chaffare, cheapfare; AS. ce\'a0p a bargain, price + faru a journey; hence, originally, a going to barain, to market. See Cheap, and Fare.] Bargaining; merchandise. [Obs.] Holished.

Chaffer

Chaf"fer, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chaffered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaffering.] [OE. chaffaren, fr. chaffare, chapfare, cheapfare, a bargaining. See Chaffer, n.]

1. To treat or dispute about a purchase; to bargain; to haggle or higgle; to negotiate.

To chaffer for preferments with his gold. Dryden.

2. To talk much and idly; to chatter. Trench.

Chaffer

Chaf"fer, v. t.

1. To buy or sell; to trade in.

He chaffered chairs in which churchmen were set. Spenser.

2. To exchange; to bandy, as words. Spenser.

Chafferer

Chaf"fer*er (?), n. One who chaffers; a bargainer.

Chaffern

Chaf"fern (?), n. [See Chafe, v. t.] A vessel for heating water. [Obs.] Johnson.

Chaffery

Chaf"fer*y, n. Traffic; bargaining. [Obs.] Spenser.

Chaffinch

Chaf"finch (?), n. [Cf. Chiff-chaff.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of Europe (Fringilla c\'d2lebs), having a variety of very sweet songs, and highly valued as a cage bird; -- called also copper finch.

Chaffing

Chaff"ing (?), n. The use of light, frivolous language by way of fun or ridicule; raillery; banter.

Chaffless

Chaff"less, a. Without chaff.

Chaffy

Chaff"y (?), a.

1. Abounding in, or resembling, chaff.

Chaffy grain beneath the thresher's flail. Coleridge.

2. Light or worthless as chaff.

Slight and chaffy opinion. Glanvill.

3. (Bot.) (a) Resembling chaff; composed of light dry scales. (b) Bearing or covered with dry scales, as the under surface of certain ferns, or the disk of some composite flowers.

Chafing

Chaf"ing (?), n. [See Chafe, v. t.] The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing. Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals. -- Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction.

Chagreen

Cha*green" (?), n. See Shagreen.

Chagrin

Cha*grin" (?), n. [F., fr. chagrin shagreen, a particular kind of rough and grained leather; also a rough fishskin used for graters and files; hence (Fig.), a gnawing, corroding grief. See Shagreen.] Vexation; mortification.
I must own that I felt rather vexation and chagrin than hope and satisfaction. Richard Porson.
Hear me, and touch Belinda with chagrin. Pope.
Syn. -- Vexation; mortification; peevishness; fretfulness; disgust; disquiet. Chagrin, Vexation, Mortification. These words agree in the general sense of pain produced by untoward circumstances. Vexation is a feeling of disquietude or irritating uneasiness from numerous causes, such as losses, disappointments, etc. Mortification is a stronger word, and denotes that keen sense of pain which results fron wounded pride or humiliating occurrences. Chagrin is literally the cutting pain produced by the friction of Shagreen leather; in its figurative sense, it varies in meaning, denoting in its lower degrees simply a state of vexation, and its higher degrees the keenest sense of mortification. "Vexation arises chiefly fron our wishes and views being crossed: mortification, from our self-importance being hurt; chagrin, from a mixture of the two." Crabb.

Chagrin

Cha*grin", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chagrined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chargrining.] [Cf. F. chagriner See Chagrin, n.] To excite ill-humor in; to vex; to mortify; as, he was not a little chagrined.

Chagrin

Cha*grin", v. i. To be vexed or annoyed. Fielding.

Chagrin

Cha*grin", a. Chagrined. Dryden.

Chain

Chain (?), n. [F. cha\'8cne, fr. L. catena. Cf. Catenate.]

1. A series of links or rings, usually of metal, connected, or fitted into one another, used for various purposes, as of support, of restraint, of ornament, of the exertion and transmission of mechanical power, etc.

[They] put a chain of gold about his neck. Dan. v. 29.

2. That which confines, fetters, or secures, as a chain; a bond; as, the chains of habit.

Driven down To chains of darkness and the undying worm. Milton.

3. A series of things linked together; or a series of things connected and following each other in succession; as, a chain of mountains; a chain of events or ideas.

4. (Surv.) An instrument which consists of links and is used in measuring land. &hand; One commonly in use is Gunter's chain, which consists of one hundred links, each link being seven inches and ninety-two one hundredths in length; making up the total length of rods, or sixty-six, feet; hence, a measure of that length; hence, also, a unit for land measure equal to four rods square, or one tenth of an acre.

5. pl. (Naut.) Iron links bolted to the side of a vessel to bold the dead-eyes connected with the shrouds; also, the channels.

6. (Weaving) The warp threads of a web. Knight. Chain belt (Mach.), a belt made of a chain; -- used for transmitting power. -- Chain boat, a boat fitted up for recovering lost cables, anchors, etc. -- Chain bolt (a) (Naut.) The bolt at the lower end of the chain plate, which fastens it to the vessel's side. (b) A bolt with a chain attached for drawing it out of position. -- Chain bond. See Chain timber. -- Chain bridge, a bridge supported by chain cables; a suspension bridge. -- Chain cable, a cable made of iron links. -- Chain coral (Zo\'94l.), a fossil coral of the genus Halysites, common in the middle and upper Silurian rocks. The tubular corallites are united side by side in groups, looking in an end view like links of a chain. When perfect, the calicles show twelve septa. -- Chain coupling. (a) A shackle for uniting lengths of chain, or connecting a chain with an object. (b) (Railroad) Supplementary coupling together of cars with a chain. -- Chain gang, a gang of convicts chained together. -- Chain hook (Naut.), a hook, used for dragging cables about the deck. -- Chain mail, flexible, defensive armor of hammered metal links wrought into the form of a garment. -- Chain molding (Arch.), a form of molding in imitation of a chain, used in the Normal style. -- Chain pier, a pier suspended by chain. -- Chain pipe (Naut.), an opening in the deck, lined with iron, through which the cable is passed into the lockers or tiers. -- Chain plate (Shipbuilding), one of the iron plates or bands, on a vessel's side, to which the standing rigging is fastened. -- Chain pulley, a pulley with depressions in the periphery of its wheel, or projections from it, made to fit the links of a chain. -- Chain pumps. See in the Vocabulary. -- Chain rule (Arith.), a theorem for solving numerical problems by composition of ratios, or compound proportion, by which, when several ratios of equality are given, the consequent of each being the same as the antecedent of the next, the relation between the first antecedent and the last consequent is discovered. -- Chain shot (Mil.), two cannon balls united by a shot chain, formerly used in naval warfare on account of their destructive effect on a ship's rigging. -- Chain stitch. See in the Vocabulary. -- Chain timber. (Arch.) See Bond timber, under Bond. -- Chain wales. (Naut.) Same as Channels. -- Chain wheel. See in the Vocabulary. -- Closed chain, Open chain (Chem.), terms applied to the chemical structure of compounds whose rational formul\'91 are written respectively in the form of a closed ring (see Benzene nucleus, under Benzene), or in an open extended form. -- Endless chain, a chain whose ends have been united by a link.

Chain

Chain, v. t. [imp. p. p. Chained (ch\'bend); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaining.]

1. To fasten, bind, or connect with a chain; to fasten or bind securely, as with a chain; as, to chain a bulldog.

Chained behind the hostile car. Prior.

2. To keep in slavery; to enslave.

And which more blest? who chained his country, say Or he whose virtue sighed to lose a day? Pope.

3. To unite closely and strongly.

And in this vow do chain my soul to thine. Shak.

4. (Surveying) To measure with the chain.

5. To protect by drawing a chain across, as a harbor.


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Chainless

Chain"less (?), a. Having no chain; not restrained or fettered. "The chainless mind." Byron.

Chainlet

Chain"let (?), n. A small chain. Sir W. Scott.

Chain pump

Chain" pump` (?). A pump consisting of an endless chain, running over a drum or wheel by which it is moved, and dipping below the water to be raised. The chain has at intervals disks or lifts which fit the tube through which the ascending part passes and carry the water to the point of discharge.

Chain stitch

Chain" stitch` (?).

1. An ornamental stitch like the links of a chain; -- used in crocheting, sewing, and embroidery.

2. (Machine Sewing) A stitch in which the looping of the thread or threads forms a chain on the under side of the work; the loop stitch, as distinguished from the lock stitch. See Stitch.

Chain wheel

Chain" wheel` (?).

1. A chain pulley, or sprocket wheel.

2. An inversion of the chain pump, by which it becomes a motor driven by water.

Chainwork

Chain"work` (?), n. Work looped or linked after the manner of a chain; chain stitch work.

Chair

Chair (?), n. [OE. chaiere, chaere, OF. chaiere, chaere, F. chaire pulpit, fr. L. cathedra chair, armchair, a teacher's or professor's chair, Gr. sit. See Sit, and cf. Cathedral, chaise.]

1. A movable single seat with a back.

2. An official seat, as of a chief magistrate or a judge, but esp. that of a professor; hence, the office itself.

The chair of a philosophical school. Whewell.
A chair of philology. M. Arnold.

3. The presiding officer of an assembly; a chairman; as, to address the chair.

4. A vehicle for one person; either a sedan borne upon poles, or two-wheeled carriage, drawn by one horse; a gig. Shak.

Think what an equipage thou hast in air, And view with scorn two pages and a chair. Pope.

5. An iron blok used on railways to support the rails and secure them to the sleepers. Chair days, days of repose and age. -- To put into the chair, to elect as president, or as chairman of a meeting. Macaulay. -- To take the chair, to assume the position of president, or of chairman of a meeting.

Chair

Chair, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. Chaired (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chairing.]

1. To place in a chair.

2. To carry publicly in a chair in triumph. [Eng.]

Chairman

Chair"man (?), n.; pl. Chairmen (.

1. The presiding officer of a committee, or of a public or private meeting, or of any organized body.

2. One whose business it is to cary a chair or sedan.

Breaks watchmen's heads and chairmen's glasses. Prior.

Chairmanship

Chair"man*ship, n. The office of a chairman of a meeting or organized body.

Chaise

Chaise (?), n. [F. chaise seat, or chair, chaise or carriage, for chaire, from a peculiar Parisian pronunciation. See Chair.]

1. A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

2. Loosely, a carriage in general. Cowper.

Chaja

Cha"ja (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The crested screamer of Brazil (Palamedea, ∨ Chauna, chavaria), so called in imitation of its notes; -- called also chauna, and faithful kamichi. It is often domesticated and is useful in guarding other poultry. See Kamichi.

Chalaza

Cha*la"za (?), n.; pl. E. Chalazas, L. Chalaz\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Bot.) The place on an ovule, or seed, where its outer coats cohere with each other and the nucleus.

2. (Biol.) A spiral band of thickened albuminous substance which exists in the white of the bird's egg, and serves to maintain the yolk in its position; the treadle.

Chalazal

Cha*la"zal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the chalaza.

Chalaze

Cha*laze" (?), n. Same as Chalaza.

Chalaziferous

Chal`a*zif"er*ous (?), a. [Chalaza + -ferous.] Having or bearing chalazas.

Chalazion

Cha*la"zi*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A small circumscribed tumor of the eyelid caused by retention of secretion, and by inflammation of the Melbomian glands.

Chalcanthite

Chal*can"thite (?), n. [L. chalcanthum a solution of blue vitriol, Gr. (Min.) Native blue vitriol. See Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Chalcedonic

Chal"ce*don"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to chalcedony.

Chalcedony

Chal*ced"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Chalcedonies (#). [ L. chalcedonius, fr. Gr. calc\'82doine, OE. calcidoine, casidoyne. Cf. Cassidony.] (Min.) A cryptocrystalline, translucent variety of quartz, having usually a whitish color, and a luster nearly like wax. [Written also calcedony.] &hand; When chalcedony is variegated with with spots or figures, or arranged in differently colored layers, it is called agate; and if by reason of the thickness, color, and arrangement of the layers it is suitable for being carved into cameos, it is called onyx. Chrysoprase is green chalcedony; carnelian, a flesh red, and sard, a brownish red variety.

Chalchihuitl

Chal`chi*huitl (?), n. (Min.) The Mexican name for turquoise. See Turquoise.

Chalcid fly

Chal"cid fly` (?). [From Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of a numerous family of hymenopterous insects (Chalcidid\'91. Many are gallflies, others are parasitic on insects.

Chalcidian

Chal*cid"i*an (?), n. [L. chalcis a lizard, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of a tropical family of snakelike lizards (Chalcid\'91), having four small or rudimentary legs.

Chalcocite

Chal"co*cite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) Native copper sulphide, called also copper glance, and vitreous copper; a mineral of a black color and metallic luster. [Formerly written chalcosine.]

Chalcographer, Chalcographist

Chal*cog"ra*pher (?), Chal*cog"ra*phist (?), n. An engraver on copper or brass; hence, an engraver of copper plates for printing upon paper.

Chalcography

Chal*cog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] The act or art of engraving on copper or brass, especially of engraving for printing.

Chalcopyrite

Chal`co*pyr"ite (?), n. [Gr. pyrite. So named from its color.] (Min.) Copper pyrites, or yellow copper ore; a common ore of opper, containing copper, iron, and sulphur. It occurs massive and in tetragonal crystals of a bright brass yellow color.

Chaldaic

Chal*da"ic (?), a. [L. Chaldaicus.] Of or pertaining to Chaldes. -- n. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; Chaldee.

Chaldaism

Chal"da*ism (?), n. An idiom or peculiarity in the Chaldee dialect.

Chaldean

Chal*de"an (?), a. [L. Chaldaeus.] Of or pertaining to Chaldea. -- n. (a) A native or inhabitant of Chaldea. (b) A learned man, esp. an astrologer; -- so called among the Eastern nations, because astrology and the kindred arts were much cultivated by the Chaldeans. (c) Nestorian.

Chaldee

Chal"dee (?), a. Of or pertaining to Chaldea. -- n. The language or dialect of the Chaldeans; eastern Aramaic, or the Aramaic used in Chaldea. Chaldee Paraphrase, A targum written in Aramaic.

Chaldrich, Chalder

Chal"drich (?), Chal"der (?), n. [Icel. tjaldr.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of bird; the oyster catcher.

Chaldron

Chal"dron (?), n. [OF. chaldron, F. chaudron kettle. The same word as caldron.] An English dry measure, being, at London, 36 bushels heaped up, or its equivalent weight, and more than twice as much at Newcastle. Now used exlusively for coal and coke. &hand; In the United States the chaldron is ordinarily 2,940 lbs, but at New York it is 2,500 lbs. De Colange.

Chalet

Cha*let" (?), n. [F.]

1. A herdsman's hut in the mountains of Switzerland.

Chalets are summer huts for the Swiss herdsmen. Wordsworth.

2. A summer cottage or country house in the Swiss mountains; any country house built in the style of the Swiss cottages.

Chalice

Chal"ice (?), n. [OR. chalis, calice, OF. chalice, calice, F. calice, fr. L. calix, akin to Gr. helmet. Cf. Calice, Calyx.] A cup or bowl; especially, the cup used in the sacrament of the Lord's Supper.

Chaliced

Chal"iced (?), a. Having a calyx or cup; cupshaped. "Chaliced flowers." Shak.

Chalk

Chalk (?), n. [AS. cealc lime, from L. calx limestone. See Calz, and Cawk.]

1. (Min.) A soft, earthy substance, of a white, grayish, or yellowish white color, consisting of calcium carbonate, and having the same composition as common limestone.

2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared chalk, used as a drawing implement; also, by extension, a compound, as of clay and black lead, or the like, used in the same manner. See Crayon. Black chalk, a mineral of a bluish color, of a slaty texture, and soiling the fingers when handled; a variety of argillaceous slate. -- By a long chalk, by a long way; by many degrees. [Slang] Lowell. -- Chalk drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with crayons. See Crayon. -- Chalk formation. See Cretaceous formation, under Cretaceous. -- Chalk line, a cord rubbed with chalk, used for making straight lines on boards or other material, as a guide in cutting or in arranging work. -- Chalk mixture, a preparation of chalk, cinnamon, and sugar in gum water, much used in diarrheal affection, esp. of infants. -- Chalk period. (Geol.) See Cretaceous period, under Cretaceous. -- Chalk pit, a pit in which chalk is dug. -- Drawing chalk. See Crayon, n., 1. -- French chalk, steatite or soapstone, a soft magnesian mineral. -- Red chalk, an indurated clayey ocher containing iron, and used by painters and artificers; reddle.

Chalk

Chalk, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chalked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chalking.]

1. To rub or mark with chalk.

2. To manure with chalk, as land. Morimer.

3. To make white, as with chalk; to make pale; to bleach. Tennyson.

Let a bleak paleness chalk the door. Herbert.
To chalk out, to sketch with, or as with, chalk; to outline; to indicate; to plan. [Colloq.] "I shall pursue the plan I have chalked out." Burke.

Chalkcutter

Chalk"cut`ter (?), n. A man who digs chalk.

Chalkiness

Chalk"i*ness (?), n. The state of being chalky.

Chalkstone

Chalk"stone` (?), n.

1. A mass of chalk.

As chalkstones . . . beaten in sunder. Isa. xxvii. 9.

2. (Med.) A chalklike concretion, consisting mainly of urate of sodium, found in and about the small joints, in the external ear, and in other situations, in those affected with gout; a tophus.

Chalky

Chalk"y (?), a. Consisting of, or resembling, chalk; containing chalk; as, a chalky cliff; a chalky taste.

Challenge

Chal"lenge (?), n. [OE. chalenge claim, accusation, challenge, OF. chalenge, chalonge, claim, accusation, contest, fr. L. calumnia false accusation, chicanery. See Calumny.]

1. An invitation to engage in a contest or controversy of any kind; a defiance; specifically, a summons to fight a duel; also, the letter or message conveying the summons.

A challenge to controversy. Goldsmith.

2. The act of a sentry in halting any one who appears at his post, and demanding the countersign.

3. A claim or demand. [Obs.]

There must be no challenge of superiority. Collier.

4. (Hunting) The opening and crying of hounds at first finding the scent of their game.

5. (Law) An exception to a juror or to a member of a court martial, coupled with a demand that he should be held incompetent to act; the claim of a party that a certain person or persons shall not sit in trial upon him or his cause. Blackstone

6. An exception to a person as not legally qualifed to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered. [U. S.] Challenge to the array (Law), an exception to the whole panel. -- Challenge to the favor, the alleging a special cause, the sufficiency of which is to be left to those whose duty and office it is to decide upon it. -- Challenge to the polls, an exception taken to any one or more of the individual jurors returned. -- Peremptory challenge, a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause. -- Principal challenge, that which the law allows to be sufficient if found to be true.

Challenge

Chal"lenge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Challenged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Challenging.] [OE. chalengen to accuse, claim, OF. chalengier, chalongier, to claim, accuse, dispute, fr. L. calumniar to attack with false accusations. See Challenge, n., and cf. Calumniate.]

1. To call to a contest of any kind; to call to answer; to defy.

I challenge any man to make any pretense to power by right of fatherhood. Locke.

2. To call, invite, or summon to answer for an offense by personal combat.

By this I challenge him to single fight. Shak.

3. To claim as due; to demand as a right.

Challenge better terms. Addison.

4. To censure; to blame. [Obs.]

He complained of the emperors . . . and challenged them for that he had no greater revenues . . . from them. Holland.

5. (Mil.) To question or demand the countersign from (one who attempts to pass the lines); as, the sentinel challenged us, with "Who comes there?"

6. To take exception to; question; as, to challenge the accuracy of a statement or of a quotation.

7. (Law) To object to or take exception to, as to a juror, or member of a court.

8. To object to the reception of the vote of, as on the ground that the person in not qualifed as a voter. [U. S.] To challenge to the array, favor, polls. See under Challenge, n.

Challenge

Chal"lenge, v. i. To assert a right; to claim a place.
Where nature doth with merit challenge. Shak.

Challengeable

Chal"lenge*a*ble (?), a. That may be challenged.

Challenger

Chal"len*ger (?), n. One who challenges.

Challis

Chal"lis (?), n. [F. chaly, challis, a stuff made of goat's hair.] A soft and delicate woolen, or woolen and silk, fabric, for ladies' dresses. [Written also chally.]

Chalon

Cha"lon (?), n. A bed blanket. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chalybean

Cha*lyb"e*an (?), a. [L. chalybe\'8bus, fr. chalybs steel, Gr.

1. Of or pertaining to the Chalybes, an ancient people of Pontus in Asia Minor, celebrated for working in iron and steel.

2. Of superior quality and temper; -- applied to steel. [Obs.] Milton.

Chalybeate

Cha*lyb"e*ate (?), a. [NL. chalybeatus, fr. chalube\'8bus. See Chalubean.] Impregnated with salts of iron; having a taste like iron; as, chalybeate springs.

Chalybeate

Cha*lyb"e*ate, n. Any water, liquid, or medicine, into which iron enters as an ingredient.

Chalybeous

Cha*lyb"e*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Steel blue; of the color of tempered steel.

Chalybite

Chal"y*bite (?), n. (Min.) Native iron carbonate; -- usually called siderite.

Cham

Cham (?), v. t. [See Chap.] To chew. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Sir T. More.

Cham

Cham (?), n. [See Khan.] The sovereign prince of Tartary; -- now usually written khan. Shak.

Chamade

Cha*made (?), n. [F. chamade, fr. Pg. chamada, fr. chamar to call, fr. L. clamare.] (Mil.) A signal made for a parley by beat of a drum.
They beat the chamade, and sent us carte blanche. Addison.

Chamal

Cha"mal (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The Angora goat. See Angora goat, under Angora.

Chamber

Cham"ber (?), n. [F. chambre, fr. L. camera vault, arched roof, in LL. chamber, fr. Gr. kmar to be crooked. Cf. Camber, Camera, Comrade.]

1. A retired room, esp. an upper room used for sleeping; a bedroom; as, the house had four chambers.


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2. pl. Apartments in a lodging house. "A bachelor's life in chambers." Thackeray.

3. A hall, as where a king gives audience, or a deliberative body or assembly meets; as, presence chamber; senate chamber.

4. A legislative or judicial body; an assembly; a society or association; as, the Chamber of Deputies; the Chamber of Commerce.

5. A compartment or cell; an inclosed space or cavity; as, the chamber of a canal lock; the chamber of a furnace; the chamber of the eye.

6. pl. (Law.) A room or rooms where a lawyer transacts business; a room or rooms where a judge transacts such official business as may be done out of court.

7. A chamber pot. [Colloq.]

8. (Mil.) (a) That part of the bore of a piece of ordnance which holds the charge, esp. when of different diameter from the rest of the bore; -- formerly, in guns, made smaller than the bore, but now larger, esp. in breech-loading guns. (b) A cavity in a mine, usually of a cubical form, to contain the powder. (c) A short piece of ornance or cannon, which stood on its breech, without any carriage, formerly used chiefly for rejoicings and theatrical cannonades. Air chamber. See Air chamber, in the Vocabulary. -- Chamber of commerce, a board or association to protect the interests of commerce, chosen from among the merchants and traders of a city. -- Chamber council, a secret council. Shak. -- Chamber counsel ∨ counselor, a counselor who gives his opinion in private, or at his chambers, but does not advocate causes in court. -- Chamber fellow, a chamber companion; a roommate; a chum. -- Chamber hangings, tapestry or hangings for a chamber. -- Chamber lye, urine. Shak. -- Chamber music, vocal or instrumental music adapted to performance in a chamber or small apartment or audience room, instead of a theater, concert hall, or chuch. -- Chamber practice (Law.), the practice of counselors at law, who give their opinions in private, but do not appear in court. -- To sit at chambers, to do business in chambers, as a judge.

Chamber

Cham"ber (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chambered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chambering.]

1. To reside in or occupy a chamber or chambers.

2. To be lascivious. [Obs.]

Chamber

Cham"ber, v. t.

1. To shut up, as inn a chamber. Shak.

2. To furnish with a chamber; as, to chamber a gun.

Chambered

Cham"bered (?), a. Having a chamber or chambers; as, a chambered shell; a chambered gun.

Chamberer

Cham"ber*er (?), n.

1. One who attends in a chamber; a chambermaid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A civilian; a carpetmonger. [Obs.]

Chambering

Cham"ber*ing, n. Lewdness. [Obs.] Rom. xiii. 13.

Chamberlain

Cham"ber*lain (?), n. [OF. chamberlain, chambrelencF. chambellon, OHG. chamerling, chamarlinc, G. k\'84mmerling, kammer chamber (fr. L. camera) + -ling. See Chamber, and -ling.] [Formerly written chamberlin.]

1. An officer or servant who has charge of a chamber or chambers.

2. An upper servant of an inn. [Obs.]

3. An officer having the direction and management of the private chambers of a nobleman or monarch; hence, in Europe, one of the high officers of a court.

4. A treasurer or receiver of public money; as, the chamberlain of London, of North Wales, etc. The lord chamberlain of England, an officer of the crown, who waits upon the sovereign on the day of coronation, and provides requisites for the palace of Westminster, and for the House of Lords during the session of Parliament. Under him are the gentleman of the black rod and other officers. His office is distinct from that of the lord chamberlain of the Household, whose functions relate to the royal housekeeping.

Chamberlainship

Cham"ber*lain*ship, n. Office if a chamberlain.

Chambermaid

Cham"ber*maid` (?), n.

1. A maidservant who has the care of chambers, making the beds, sweeping, cleaning the rooms, etc.

2. A lady's maid. [Obs.] Johnson.

Chambertin

Cham`ber*tin" (?), n. A red wine from Chambertin near Dijon, in Burgundy.

Chambrel

Cham"brel (?), n. Same as Gambrel.

Chameck

Cha*meck" (?), n. [Native Brazilian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of spider monkey (Ateles chameck), having the thumbs rudimentary and without a nail.

Chameleon

Cha*me"le*on (?), n. [L. Chamaeleon, Gr. Humble, and Lion.] (Zo\'94l.) A lizardlike reptile of the genus Cham\'91leo, of several species, found in Africa, Asia, and Europe. The skin is covered with fine granmulations; the tail is prehensile, and the body is much compressed laterally, giving it a high back. &hand; Its color changes more or less with the color of the objects about it, or with its temper when disturbed. In a cool, dark place it is nearly white, or grayish; on admitting the light, it changes to brown, bottle-green, or blood red, of various shades, and more or less mottled in arrangment. The American chameleons belong to Anolis and allied genera of the family Iguanid\'91. They are more slender in form than the true chameleons, but have the same power of changing their colors. Chameleon mineral (Chem.), the compound called potassium permanganate, a dark violet, crystalline substance, KMnO4, which in formation passes through a peculiar succession of color from green to blue, purple, red, etc. See Potassium permanganate, under Potassium.

Chameleonize

Cha*me"le*on*ize (?), v. t. To change into various colors. [R.]

Chamfer

Cham"fer (?), n. [See Chamfron.] The surface formed by cutting away the arris, or angle, formed by two faces of a piece of timber, stone, etc.

Chamfer

Cham"fer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chamfered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Chamfering.(

1. (Carp.) To cut a furrow in, as in a column; to groove; to channel; to flute.

2. To make a chamfer on.

Chamfret

Cham"fret (?), n. [See Chamfron.]

1. (Carp.) A small gutter; a furrow; a groove.

2. A chamfer.

Chamfron

Cham"fron (?), n. [F. chanfrein.] (Anc. Armor) The frontlet, or head armor, of a horse. [Written also champfrain and chamfrain.]

Chamlet

Cham"let (?), n. See Camlet. [Obs.]

Chamois

Cham"ois, n. [F. chamois, prob. fr. OG. gamz, G. gemse.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A small species of antelope (Rupicapra tragus), living on the loftiest mountain ridges of Europe, as the Alps, Pyrenees, etc. It possesses remarkable agility, and is a favorite object of chase.

2. A soft leather made from the skin of the chamois, or from sheepskin, etc.; -- called also chamois leather, and chammy or shammy leather. See Shammy.

Chamomile

Cham"o*mile (?), n. (Bot.) See Camomile.

Champ

Champ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Champed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Champing.] [Prob, of Scand. orgin; cf. dial. Sw. k\'84msa to chew with difficulty, champ; but cf. also OF. champier, champeyer, champoyer, to graze in fields, fr. F. champ field, fr. L. campus. Cf. Camp.]

1. To bite with repeated action of the teeth so as to be heard.

Foamed and champed the golden bit. Dryden.

2. To bite into small pieces; to crunch. Steele.

Champ

Champ, v. i. To bite or chew impatiently.
They began . . . irefully to champ upon the bit. Hooker.

Champ, Champe

Champ, Champe, n. [F. champ, L. campus field.] (Arch.) The field or ground on which carving appears in relief.

Champagne

Cham*pagne" (?), n. [F. See Champaign.] A light wine, of several kinds, originally made in the province of Champagne, in France. &hand; Champagne properly includes several kinds not only of sparkling but off still wines; but in America the term is usually restricted to wines which effervesce.

Champaign

Cham*paign" (?), n. [OF. champaigne; same word as campagne.] A flat, open country.
Fair champaign, with less rivers interveined. Milton.
Through Apline vale or champaign wide. Wordsworth.

Champaign

Cham*paign", a. Flat; open; level.
A wide, champaign country, filled with herds. Addison.

Champer

Champ"er (?), n. One who champs, or bites.

Champertor

Cham"per*tor (?), n. [F. champarteur a divider of fields or field rent. See Champerty.] (Law) One guilty of champerty; one who purchases a suit, or the right of suing, and carries it on at his own expense, in order to obtain a share of the gain.

Champerty

Cham"per*ty (?), n. [F. champart field rent, L. campipars; champ (L. campus) field + part (L. pars) share.]

1. Partnership in power; equal share of authority. [Obs.]

Beaut\'82 ne sleighte, strengthe ne hardyness, Ne may with Venus holde champartye. Chaucer.

2. (Law) The prosecution or defense of a suit, whether by furnishing money or personal services, by one who has no legitimate concern therein, in consideration of an agreement that he shall receive, in the event of success, a share of the matter in suit; maintenance with the addition of an agreement to divide the thing in suit. See Maintenance. &hand; By many authorities champerty is defined as an agreement of this nature. From early times the offence of champerty has been forbidden and punishable.

Champignon

Cham*pi"gnon (?), n. [F., a mushroom, ultimately fr. L. campus field. See Camp.] (Bot.) An edible species of mushroom (Agaricus campestris). Fairy ring champignon, the Marasmius oreades, which has a strong flavor but is edible.

Chappion

Chap"pi*on (?), n. [F. champion, fr. LL.campio, of German origin; cf. OHG. chempho, chemphio, fighter, champf, G. kampf, contest; perh. influenced by L. campus field, taken in the sense of "field of battle."]

1. One who engages in any contest; esp. one who in ancient times contended in single combat in behalf of another's honor or rights; or one who acts or speaks in behalf of a person or a cause; a defender; an advocate; a hero.

A stouter champion never handled sword. Shak.
Champions of law and liberty. Fisher Ames.

2. One who by defeating all rivals, has obtained an acknowledged supremacy in any branch of athetics or game of skill, and is ready to contend with any rival; as, the champion of England. &hand; Champion is used attributively in the sense of surpassing all competitors; overmastering; as, champion pugilist; champion chess player. Syn. -- Leader; chieftain; combatant; hero; warrior; defender; protector.

Champion

Cham"pi*on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Championed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Championing.] [Obs.] Shak.

2. To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

Championed or unchampioned, thou diest. Sir W. Scott.

Championness

Cham"pi*on*ness (?), n. A female champion. Fairfax.

Championship

Cham"pi*on*ship, n. State of being champion; leadership; supremancy.

Champlain period

Cham*plain" pe"ri*od (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the Quaternary age immediately following the Glacial period; -- so named from beds near Lake Champlain. &hand; The earlier deposits of this period are diluvial in character, as if formed in connection with floods attending the melting of the glaciers, while the later deposits are of finer material in more quiet waters, as the alluvium.

Chamsin

Cham*sin" (?), n. [F.] See Kamsin.

Chance

Chance (?), n. [F. chance, OF. cheance, fr. LL. cadentia a allusion to the falling of the dice), fr. L. cadere to fall; akin to Skr. \'87ad to fall, L. cedere to yield, E. cede. Cf. Cadence.]

1. A supposed material or psychical agent or mode of activity other than a force, law, or purpose; fortune; fate; -- in this sense often personifed.

It is strictly and philosophically true in nature and reason that there is no such thing as chance or accident; it being evident that these words do not signify anything really existing, anything that is truly an agent or the cause of any event; but they signify merely men's ignorance of the real and immediate cause. Samuel Clark.
Any society into which chance might throw him. Macaulay.
That power Which erring men call Chance. Milton.

2. The operation or activity of such agent.

By chance a priest came down that way. Luke x. 31.

3. The supposed effect of such an agent; something that befalls, as the result of unknown or unconsidered forces; the issue of uncertain conditions; an event not calculated upon; an unexpected occurrence; a happening; accident; fortuity; casualty.

It was a chance that happened to us. 1 Sam. vi. 9.
The Knave of Diamonds tries his wily arts, And wins (O shameful chance!) the Queen of Hearts. Pope.
I spake of most disastrous chance. Shak.

4. A possibity; a likelihood; an opportunity; -- with reference to a doubtful result; as, a chance result; as, a chance to escape; a chance for life; the chances are all against him.

So weary with disasters, tugged with fortune. That I would get my life on any chance, To mend it, or be rid on't Shak.

5. (Math.) Probability. &hand; The mathematical expression, of a chance is the ratio of frequency with which an event happens in the long run. If an event may happen in a ways and may fail in b ways, and each of these a + b ways is equally likely, the chance, or probability, that the event will happen is measured by the fraction a/(a + b), and the chance, or probability, that it will fail is measured by b/(a + b). Chance comer, one who, comes unexpectedly. -- The last chance, the sole remaining ground of hope. -- The main chance, the chief opportunity; that upon which reliance is had, esp. self-interest. -- Theory of chances, Doctrine of chances (Math.), that branch of mathematics which treats of the probability of the occurrence of particular events, as the fall of dice in given positions. -- To mind one's chances, to take advantage of every circumstance; to seize every opportunity.

Chance

Chance, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chanced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chancing.] To happen, come, or arrive, without design or expectation. "Things that chance daily." Robynson (More's Utopia).
If a bird's nest chance to be before thee. Deut. xxii. 6.
I chanced on this letter. Shak.
Often used impersonally; as, how chances it?
How chance, thou art returned so soon? Shak.

Chance

Chance, v. t.

1. To take the chances of; to venture upon; -- usually with it as object.

Come what will, I will chance it. W. D. Howells.

2. To befall; to happen to. [Obs.] W. Lambarde.

Chance

Chance, a. Happening by chance; casual.

Chance

Chance, adv. By chance; perchance. Gray.

Chanceable

Chance"a*ble (?), a. Fortuitous; casual. [Obs.]

Chanceably

Chance"a*bly, adv. By chance. [Obs.]

Chanceful

Chance"ful (?), a. Hazardous. [Obs.] Spenser.

Chancel

Chan"cel (?), n. [OF. chancel, F. chanceau, cancel, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars. (The chancel was formerly inclosed with lattices or crossbars) See Cancel, v. t.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a church, reserved for the use of the clergy, where the altar, or communion table, is placed. Hence, in modern use; (b) All that part of a cruciform church which is beyond the line of the transept farthest from the main front. Chancel aisle (Arch.), the aisle which passes on either side of or around the chancel. -- Chancel arch (Arch.), the arch which spans the main opening, leading to the chancel -- Chancel casement, the principal window in a chancel. Tennyson. -- Chancel table, the communion table.

Chancellery

Chan"cel*ler*y (?), n. [Cf. Chancery.] Chancellorship. [Obs.] Gower.

Chancellor

Chan"cel*lor (?), n. [OE. canceler, chaunceler, F. chancelier, LL. cancellarius chancellor, a director of chancery, fr. L. cancelli lattices, crossbars, which surrounded the seat of judgment. See Chancel.] A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction. &hand; The chancellor was originally a chief scribe or secretary under the Roman emperors, but afterward was invested with judicial powers, and had superintendence over the other officers of the empire. From the Roman empire this office passed to the church, and every bishop has his chancellor, the principal judge of his consistory. In later times, in most countries of Europe, the chancellor was a high officer of state, keeper of the great seal of the kingdom, and having the supervision of all charters, and like public instruments of the crown, which were authenticated in the most solemn manner. In France a secretary is in some cases called a chancellor. In Scotland, the appellation is given to the foreman of a jury, or assize. In the present German empire, the chancellor is the president of the federal council and the head of the imperial administration. In the United States, the title is given to certain judges of courts of chancery or equity, established by the statutes of separate States. Blackstone. Wharton. Chancellor of a bishop, ∨ of a diocese (R. C. Ch. & ch. of Eng.), a law officer appointed to hold the bishop's court in his diocese, and to assist him in matter of ecclesiastical law. -- Chancellor of a cathedral, one of the four chief dignitaries of the cathedrals of the old foundation, and an officer whose duties are chiefly educational, with special reference to the cultivation of theology. -- Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, an officer before whom, or his deputy, the court of the duchy chamber of Lancaster is held. This is a special jurisdiction. -- Chancellor of a university, the chief officer of a collegiate body. In Oxford, he is elected for life; in Cambridge, for a term of years; and his office is honorary, the chief duties of it devolving on the vice chancellor. -- Chancellor of the exchequer, a member of the British cabinet upon whom devolves the charge of the public income and expenditure as the highest finance minister of the government. -- Chancellor of the order of the Garter (or other military orders), an officer who seals the commissions and mandates of the chapter and assembly of the knights, keeps the register of their proceedings, and delivers their acts under the seal of their order. -- Lord high chancellor of England, the presiding judge in the court of chancery, the highest judicial officer of the crown, and the first lay person of the state after the blood royal. He is created chancellor by the delivery into his custody of the great seal, of which he becomes keeper. He is privy counselor by his office, and prolocutor of the House of Lords by prescription.

Chancellorship

Chan"cel*lor*ship (?), n. The office of a chancellor; the time during which one is chancellor.

Chance-medley

Chance"-med`ley (?), n. [Chance + medley.]

1. (Law) The kiling of another in self-defense upon a sudden and unpremeditated encounter. See Chaud-Medley. &hand; The term has been sometimes applied to any kind of homicide by misadventure, or to any accidental killing of a person without premeditation or evil intent, but, in strictness, is applicable to such killing as happens in defending one's self against assault. Bouvier.

2. Luck; chance; accident. Milton. Cowper.

Chancery

Chan"cer*y (?), n. [F. chancellerie, LL. cancellaria, from L. cancellarius. See Chancellor, and cf. Chancellery.]

1. In England, formerly, the highest court of judicature next to the Parliament, exercising jurisdiction at law, but chiefly in equity; but under the jurisdiction act of 1873 it became the chancery division of the High Court of Justice, and now exercises jurisdiction only in equity.

2. In the Unites States, a court of equity; equity; proceeding in equity. &hand; A court of chancery, so far as it is a court of equity, in the English and American sense, may be generally, if not precisely, described as one having jurisdiction in cases of rights, recognized and protected by the municipal jurisprudence, where a plain, adequate, and complete remedy can not be had in the courts of common law. In some of the American States, jurisdiction at law and in equity centers in the same tribunal. The courts of the United States also have jurisdiction both at law and in equity, and in all such cases they exercise their jurisdiction, as courts of law, or as courts of equity, as the subject of adjudication may require. In others of the American States, the courts that administer equity are distinct tribunals, having their appropriate judicial officers, and it is to the latter that the appellation courts of chancery is usually applied; but, in American law, the terms equity and court of equity are more frequently employed than the corresponding terms chancery and court of chancery. Burrill. Inns of chancery. See under Inn. -- To get (or to hold) In chancery (Boxing), to get the head of an antagonist under one's arm, so that one can pommel it with the other fist at will; hence, to have wholly in One's power. The allusion is to the condition of a person involved in the chancery court, where he was helpless, while the lawyers lived upon his estate.

Chancre

Chan"cre (?), n. [F. chancere. See Cancer.] (Med.) A venereal sore or ulcer; specifically, the initial lesion of true syphilis, whether forming a distinct ulcer or not; -- called also hard chancre, indurated chancre, and Hunterian chancre. Soft chancre. A chancroid. See Chancroid.

Chancroid

Chan"croid (?), n. [Chancre + -oil.] (Med.) A venereal sore, resembling a chancre in its seat and some external characters, but differing from it in being the starting point of a purely local process and never of a systemic disease; -- called also soft chancre.

Chancrous

Chan"crous (?), a. [Cf. F. chancreux.] (Med.) Of the nature of a chancre; having chancre.

Chandelier

Chan`de*lier" (?), n. [F. See Chandler.]

1. A candlestick, lamp, stand, gas fixture, or the like, having several branches; esp., one hanging from the ceiling.

2. (Fort.) A movable parapet, serving to support fascines to cover pioneers. [Obs.]

Chandler

Chan"dler (?), n. [F. chandelier a candlestick, a maker or seller of candles, LL. candelarius chandler, fr. L. candela candle. See Candle, and cf. Chandelier.]

1. A maker or seller of candles.

The chandler's basket, on his shoulder borne, With tallow spots thy coat. Gay.

2. A dealer in other commodities, which are indicated by a word prefixed; as, ship chandler, corn chandler.

Chandlerly

Chan"dler*ly (?), a. Like a chandler; in a petty way. [Obs.] Milton.

Chandlery

Chan"dler*y (?), n. Commodities sold by a chandler.

Chandoo

Chan*doo" (?), n. An extract or preparation of opium, used in China and India for smoking. Balfour.

Chandry

Chan"dry (?), n. Chandlery. [Obs.] "Torches from the chandry." B. Jonson.

Chanfrin

Chan"frin (?), n. [F. chanfrein. Cf. Chamfron.] The fore part of a horse's head.

Change

Change (?), v. t. [Imp. & p. p. Changed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Changing.] [F. changer, fr. LL. cambiare, to exchange, barter, L. cambire. Cf. Cambial.]

1. To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.

Therefore will I change their glory into shame. Hosea. iv. 7.

2. To alter by substituting something else for, or by giving up for something else; as, to change the clothes; to change one's occupation; to change one's intention.

They that do change old love for new, Pray gods, they change for worse! Peele.

3. To give and take reciprocally; to exchange; -- followed by with; as, to change place, or hats, or money, with another.

Look upon those thousands with whom thou wouldst not, for any interest, change thy fortune and condition. Jer. Taylor.

4. Specifically: To give, or receive, smaller denominations of money (technically called change) for; as, to change a gold coin or a bank bill.

He pulled out a thirty-pound note and bid me change it. Goldsmith.
To change a horse, or To change hand (Man.), to turn or bear the horse's head from one hand to the other, from the left to right, or from the right to the left. -- To change hands, to change owners. -- To change one's tune, to become less confident or boastful. [Colloq.] -- To change step, to take a break in the regular succession of steps, in marching or walking, as by bringing the hollow of one foot against the heel of the other, and then stepping off with the foot which is in advance. Syn. -- To alter; vary; deviate; substitute; innovate; diversify; shift; veer; turn. See Alter.

Change

Change, v. i.

1. To be altered; to undergo variation; as, men sometimes change for the better.

For I am Lord, I change not. Mal. iii. 6.

2. To pass from one phase to another; as, the moon changes to-morrow night.

Change

Change, n. [F. change, fr. changer. See Change. v. t.]

1. Any variation or alteration; a passing from one state or form to another; as, a change of countenance; a change of habits or principles.

Apprehensions of a change of dynasty. Hallam.
All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Job xiv. 14.

2. A succesion or substitution of one thing in the place of another; a difference; novelty; variety; as, a change of seasons.

Our fathers did for change to France repair. Dryden.
The ringing grooves of change. Tennyson.

3. A passing from one phase to another; as, a change of the moon.

4. Alteration in the order of a series; permutation.

5. That which makes a variety, or may be substituted for another.

Thirty change (R.V. changes) of garments. Judg. xiv. 12.

6. Small money; the money by means of which the larger coins and bank bills are made available in small dealings; hence, the balance returned when payment is tendered by a coin or note exceeding the sum due.

7. [See Exchange.] A place where merchants and others meet to transact business; a building appropriated for mercantile transactions. [Colloq. for Exchange.]

8. A public house; an alehouse. [Scot.]

They call an alehouse a change. Burt.

9. (Mus.) Any order in which a number of bells are struck, other than that of the diatonic scale.

Four bells admit twenty-four changes in ringing. Holder.
Change of life, the period in the life of a woman when menstruation and the capacity for conception cease, usually occurring between forty-five and fifty years of age. -- Change ringing, the continual production, without repetition, of changes on bells, See def. 9. above. -- Change wheel (Mech.), one of a set of wheels of different sizes and number of teeth, that may be changed or substituted one for another in machinery, to produce a different but definite rate of angular velocity in an axis, as in cutting screws, gear, etc. -- To ring the changes on, to present the same facts or arguments in variety of ways. Syn. -- Variety; variation; alteration; mutation; transition; vicissitude; innovation; novelty; transmutation; revolution; reverse.

Changeability

Change`a*bil"i*ty (?), n. Changeableness.

Changeable

Change"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. changeable.]

1. Capable of change; subject to alteration; mutable; variable; fickle; inconstant; as, a changeable humor.

2. Appearing different, as in color, in different lights, or under different circumstances; as, changeable silk. Syn. -- Mutable; alterable; variable; inconstant; fitful; vacillating; capricious; fickle; unstable; unsteady; unsettled; wavering; erratic; giddy; volatile.

Changeableness

Change"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being changeable; fickleness; inconstancy; mutability.

Changeably

Change"a*bly, adv. In a changeable manner.

Changeful

Change"ful (?), a. Full of change; mutable; inconstant; fickle; uncertain. Pope.
His course had been changeful. Motley.
-- Change"ful*ly, adv. -- Change"ful*ness, n.

Changeless

Change"less, a. That can not be changed; constant; as, a changeless purpose. -- Change"less*ness, n.

Changeling

Change"ling, n. [Change + -ling.]

1. One who, or that which, is left or taken in the place of another, as a child exchanged by fairies.

Such, men do changelings call, so changed by fairies' theft. Spenser.
The changeling [a substituted writing] never known. Shak.

2. A simpleton; an idiot. Macaulay.

Changelings and fools of heaven, and thence shut out.
Wildly we roam in discontent about. Dryden.

3. One apt to change; a waverer. "Fickle changelings." Shak.

Changeling

Change"ling, a.

1. Taken or left in place of another; changed. "A little changeling boy." Shak.

2. Given to change; inconstant. [Obs.]

Some are so studiously changeling. Boyle.

Changer

Chan"ger (?), n.

1. One who changes or alters the form of anything.

2. One who deals in or changes money. John ii. 14.

3. One apt to change; an inconstant person.

Chank

Chank" (?), n. [Skr. \'87a\'efkha. See Conch.] (Zo\'94l.) The East Indian name for the large spiral shell of several species of sea conch much used in making bangles, esp. Turbinella pyrum. Called also chank chell.

Channel

Chan"nel (?), n. [OE. chanel, canel, OF. chanel, F. chenel, fr. L. canalis. See Canal.]

1. The hollow bed where a stream of water runs or may run.

2. The deeper part of a river, harbor, strait, etc., where the main current flows, or which affords the best and safest passage for vessels.

3. (Geog.) A strait, or narrow sea, between two portions of lands; as, the British Channel.

4. That through which anything passes; means of passing, conveying, or transmitting; as, the news was conveyed to us by different channels.

The veins are converging channels. Dalton.
At best, he is but a channel to convey to the National assembly such matter as may import that body to know. Burke.

5. A gutter; a groove, as in a fluted column.

6. pl. [Cf. Chain wales.] (Naut.) Flat ledges of heavy plank bolted edgewise to the outside of a vessel, to increase the spread of the shrouds and carry them clear of the bulwarks. Channel bar, Channel iron (Arch.), an iron bar or beam having a section resembling a flat gutter or channel. -- Channel bill (Zo\'94l.), a very large Australian cucko (Scythrops Nov\'91hollandi\'91. -- Channel goose. (Zo\'94l.) See Gannet.

Channel

Chan"nel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Channeled (?), or Channelled; p. pr. & vb. n. Channeling, or Channelling.]

1. To form a channel in; to cut or wear a channel or channels in; to groove.

No more shall trenching war channel her fields. Shak.

2. To course through or over, as in a channel. Cowper.

Channeling

Chan"nel*ing, n.

1. The act or process of forming a channel or channels.

2. A channel or a system of channels; a groove.

Chanson

Chan"son, n. [F., fr. L. cantion song. See Cantion, Canzone.] A song. Shak.

Chansonnette

Chan`son*nette" (?), n.; pl. Chansonnettes (#). [F., dim. of chanson.] A little song.
These pretty little chansonnettes that he sung. Black.

Chant

Chant (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chanting.] [F. chanter, fr. L. cantare, intens. of canere to sing. Cf. Cant affected speaking, and see Hen.]

1. To utter with a melodious voice; to sing.

The cheerful birds . . . do chant sweet music. Spenser.

2. To celebrate in song.

The poets chant in the theaters. Bramhall.

3. (Mus.) To sing or recite after the manner of a chant, or to a tune called a chant.

Chant

Chant, v. i.

1. To make melody with the voice; to sing. "Chant to the sound of the viol." Amos vi. 5.

2. (Mus.) To sing, as in reciting a chant. To chant (∨ chaunt) horses, to sing their praise; to overpraise; to cheat in selling. See Chaunter. Thackeray.

Chant

Chant, n.[F. chant, fr. L. cantus singing, song, fr. canere to sing. See Chant, v. t.]

1. Song; melody.

2. (Mus.) A short and simple melody, divided into two parts by double bars, to which unmetrical psalms, etc., are sung or recited. It is the most ancient form of choral music.

3. A psalm, etc., arranged for chanting.

4. Twang; manner of speaking; a canting tone. [R.]

His strange face, his strange chant. Macaulay.
Ambrosian chant, See under Ambrosian. Chant royal [F.], in old French poetry, a poem containing five strophes of eleven lines each, and a concluding stanza. -- each of these six parts ending with a common refrain. -- Gregorian chant. See under Gregorian.

Chantant

Chan`tant" (?), a. [F. singing.] (Mus.) Composed in a melodious and singing style.

Chanter

Chant"er (?), n. [Cf. F. chanteur.]

1. One who chants; a singer or songster. Pope.

2. The chief singer of the chantry. J. Gregory.

3. The flute or finger pipe in a bagpipe. See Bagpipe.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The hedge sparrow.

Chanterelle

Chan`te*relle" (?), n. [F.] (Bot.) A name for several species of mushroom, of which one (Cantharellus cibrius) is edible, the others reputed poisonous.

Chanticleer

Chan"ti*cleer (?), n. [F. Chanteclair, name of the cock in the Roman du Renart (Reynard the Fox); chanter to chant + clair clear. See Chant, and Clear.] A cock, so called from the clearness or loundness of his voice in crowing.

Chanting

Chant"ing (?), n. Singing, esp. as a chant is sung. Chanting falcon (Zo\'94l.), an African falcon (Melierax canorus or musicus). The male has the habit, remarkable in a bird of prey, of singing to his mate, while she is incubating.

Chantor

Chant"or (?), n. A chanter.

Chantress

Chant"ress (?), n. [Cf. OF. chanteresse.] A female chanter or singer. Milton.
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Chantry

Chant"ry (?), n.; pl. Chantries (#). [OF. chanterie, fr. chanter to sing.]

1. An endowment or foundation for the chanting of masses and offering of prayers, commonly for the founder.

2. A chapel or altar so endowed. Cowell.

Chaomancy

Cha"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy.] Divination by means of apperances in the air.

Chaos

Cha"os (?), n. [L. chaos chaos (in senses 1 & 2), Gr. Chasm.]

1. An empty, immeasurable space; a yawning chasm. [Archaic]

Between us and there is fixed a great chaos. Luke xvi. 26 (Rhemish Trans. ).

2. The confused, unorganized condition or mass of matter before the creation of distinct and order forms.

3. Any confused or disordered collection or state of things; a confused mixture; confusion; disorder.

Chaotic

Cha*ot"ic (?), a. Resembling chaos; confused.

Chaotically

Cha*ot"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In a chaotic manner.

Chap

Chap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chapping.] [See Chop to cut.]

1. To cause to open in slits or chinks; to split; to cause the skin of to crack or become rough.

Then would unbalanced heat licentious reign, Crack the dry hill, and chap the russet plain. Blackmore.
Nor winter's blast chap her fair face. Lyly.

2. To strike; to beat. [Scot.]

Chap

Chap, v. i.

1. To crack or open in slits; as, the earth chaps; the hands chap.

2. To strike; to knock; to rap. [Scot.]

Chap

Chap, n. [From Chap, v. t. & i.]

1. A cleft, crack, or chink, as in the surface of the earth, or in the skin.

2. A division; a breach, as in a party. [Obs.]

Many clefts and chaps in our council board. T. Fuller.

3. A blow; a rap. [Scot.]

Chap

Chap (?), n. [OE. chaft; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel kjaptr jaw, Sw. K\'84ft, D. ki\'91ft; akin to G. kiefer, and E. jowl. Cf. Chops.]

1. One of the jaws or the fleshy covering of a jaw; -- commonly in the plural, and used of animals, and colloquially of human beings.

His chaps were all besmeared with crimson blood. Cowley.
He unseamed him [Macdonald] from the nave to the chaps. Shak.

2. One of the jaws or cheeks of a vise, etc.

Chap

Chap (?), n. [Perh. abbreviated fr. chapman, but used in a more general sense; or cf. Dan. ki\'91ft jaw, person, E. chap jaw.]

1. A buyer; a chapman. [Obs.]

If you want to sell, here is your chap. Steele.

2. A man or boy; a youth; a fellow. [Colloq.]

Chap

Chap, v. i. [See Cheapen.] To bargain; to buy. [Obs.]

Chaparral

Cha`par*ral" (?), n. [Sp., fr. chaparro an evergeen oak.]

1. A thicket of low evergreen oaks.

2. An almost impenetrable thicket or succession of thickets of thorny shrubs and brambles. Chaparral cock; fem. Chaparral hen (Zo\'94l.), a bird of the cuckoo family (Geococcyx Californianus), noted for running with great speed. It ranges from California to Mexico and eastward to Texas; -- called also road runner, ground cuckoo, churea, and snake killer<--; it is the state bird of New Mexico -->.

Chapbook

Chap"book` (?), n. [See Chap to cheapen.] Any small book carried about for sale by chapmen or hawkers. Hence, any small book; a toy book.

Chape

Chape (?), n. [F., a churchman's cope, a cover, a chape, fr. L. cappa. See Cap.]

1. The piece by which an object is attached to something, as the frog of a scabbard or the metal loop at the back of a buckle by which it is fastened to a strap.

2. The transverse guard of a sword or dagger.

3. The metal plate or tip which protects the end of a scabbard, belt, etc. Knight.

Chapeau

Cha`peau" (?), n.; pl. Chapeux (#). [F., fr. OF. chapel hat. See Chaplet.]

1. hat or covering for the head.

2. (Her.) A cap of maintenance. See Maintenance. Chapeau bras ( [F. chapeau hat + bras arm], a hat so made that it can be compressed and carried under the arm without injury. Such hats were particularly worn on dress occasions by gentlemen in the 18th century. A chapeau bras is now worn in the United States army by general and staff officers.

Chaped

Chaped (?), p. p. ∨ a. Furnished with a chape or chapes. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chapel

Chap"el (?), n. [OF. chapele, F. chapelle, fr. LL. capella, orig., a short cloak, hood, or cowl; later, a reliquary, sacred vessel, chapel; dim. of cappa, capa, cloak, cape, cope; also, a covering for the head. The chapel where St. Martin's cloak was preserved as a precious relic, itself came to be called capella, whence the name was applied to similar paces of worship, and the guardian of this cloak was called capellanus, or chaplain. See Cap, and cf. Chaplain., Chaplet.]

1. A subordinate place of worship; as, (a) a small church, often a private foundation, as for a memorial; (b) a small building attached to a church; (c) a room or recess in a church, containing an altar. &hand; In Catholic churches, and also in cathedrals and abbey churches, chapels are usually annexed in the recesses on the sides of the aisles. Gwilt.

2. A place of worship not connected with a church; as, the chapel of a palace, hospital, or prison.

3. In England, a place of worship used by dissenters from the Established Church; a meetinghouse.

4. A choir of singers, or an orchastra, attached to the court of a prince or nobleman.

5. (Print.) (a) A printing office, said to be so called because printing was first carried on in England in a chapel near Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of workmen in a printing office. Chapel of ease. (a) A chapel or dependent church built for the ease or a accommodation of an increasing parish, or for parishioners who live at a distance from the principal church. (b) A privy. (Law) -- Chapel master, a director of music in a chapel; the director of a court or orchestra. -- To build a chapel (Naut.), to chapel a ship. See Chapel, v. t., 2. -- To hold a chapel, to have a meeting of the men employed in a printing office, for the purpose of considering questions affecting their interests.

Chapel

Chap"el (?), v. t.

1. To deposit or inter in a chapel; to enshrine. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. (Naut.) To cause (a ship taken aback in a light breeze) so to turn or make a circuit as to recover, without bracing the yards, the same tack on which she had been sailing.

Chapeless

Chape"less (?), a. Without a chape.

Chapelet

Chap"e*let (?), n. [F. See Chaplet.]

1. A pair of Straps, with stirrups, joined at the top and fastened to the pommel or the frame of the saddle, after they have been adjusted to the convenience of the rider. [Written also chaplet.]

2. A kind of chain pump, or dredging machine.

Chapellany

Chap"el*la*ny (?), n.; pl. Chapellanies (#). [Cf. E. chapellenie, LL. capellania. See Chaplain.] A chapel within the jurisdiction of a church; a subordinate ecclesiastical foundation.

Chapelry

Chap"el*ry (?), n. [Cf. OF. chapelerie.] The territorial disrict legally assigned to a chapel.

Chaperon

Chap"er*on (?), n. [F. chaperon. See Chape, Cape, Cap.]

1. A hood; especially, an ornamental or an official hood.

His head and face covered with a chaperon, out of which there are but two holes to look through. Howell.

2. A divice placed on the foreheads of horses which draw the hearse in pompous funerals.

3. A matron who accompanies a young lady in public, for propriety, or as a guide and protector.

Chaperon

Chap"er*on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chaperoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chaperoning.] [Cf. F. chaperonner, fr. chaperon.] To attend in public places as a guide and protector; to matronize.
Fortunately Lady Bell Finley, whom I had promised to chaperon, sent to excuse herself. Hannah More.

Chaperonage

Chap"er*on`age (?), n. Attendance of a chaperon on a lady in public; protection afforded by a chaperon.

Chapfallen

Chap"fall`en (?), a. Having the lower chap or jaw drooping, -- an indication of humiliation and dejection; crestfallen; discouraged. See Chopfallen.

Chapiter

Chap"i*ter (?), n. [OF. chapitel, F. chapiteau, from L. capitellum, dim. of caput head. Cf. Capital, Chapter.]

1. (Arch.) A capital [Obs.] See Chapital. Ex. xxxvi. 38.

2. (Old Eng. Law) A summary in writing of such matters as are to be inquired of or presented before justices in eyre, or justices of assize, or of the peace, in their sessions; -- also called articles. Jacob.

Chaplain

Chap"lain (?), n. [F. chapelain, fr. LL. capellanus, fr. capella. See Chapel.]

1. An ecclesiastic who has a chapel, or who performs religious service in a chapel.

2. A clergyman who is officially atteched to the army or navy, to some public institution, or to a family or court, for the purpose of performing divine service.

3. Any person (clergyman or layman) chosen to conduct religious exercises for a society, etc.; as, a chaplain of a Masonic or a temperance lodge.

Chaplaincy

Chap"lain*cy (?), n.; pl. Chaplaincies (. The office, position, or station of a chaplain. Swift.

Chaplainship

Chap"lain*ship, n.

1. The office or business of a chaplain.

The Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship. Milton.

2. The possession or revenue of a chapel. Johnson.

Chapless

Chap"less (?), a. Having no lower jaw; hence, fleshless. [R.] "Yellow, chapless skulls." Shak.

Chaplet

Chap"let (?), n. [F. chapelet, dim. of OF. chapel hat, garland, dim. fr. LL. cappa. See Cap, and cf. Chapelet, Chapeau.]

1. A garland or wreath to be worn on the head.

2. A string of beads, or part of a string, used by Roman Catholic in praying; a third of a rosary, or fifty beads.

Her chaplet of beads and her missal. Longfellow.

3. (Arch.) A small molding, carved into beads, pearls, olives, etc.

4. (Man.) A chapelet. See Chapelet, 1.

5. (Founding) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold.

6. A tuft of feathers on a peacock's head. Johnson.

Chaplet

Chap"let, n. A small chapel or shrine.

Chaplet

Chap"let, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chapleted.] To adorn with a chaplet or with flowers. R. Browning.

Chapman

Chap"man (?), n.; pl. Chapmen (#). [AS. ce\'a0pman; ce\'a0p trade + man man; akin to D. koopman, Sw. k\'94pman, Dan. ki\'94pmand, G. kaufmann.f. Chap to cheapen, and see Cheap.]

1. One who buys and sells; a merchant; a buyer or a seller. [Obs.]

The word of life is a quick commodity, and ought not, as a drug to be obtruded on those chapmen who are unwilling to buy it. T. Fuller.

2. A peddler; a hawker.

Chappy

Chap"py (?), Full of chaps; cleft; gaping; open.

Chaps

Chaps (?), n. pl. The jaws, or the fleshy parts about them. See Chap. "Open your chaps again." Shak.

Chapter

Chap"ter (?), n. [OF. chapitre, F. chapitre, fr. L. capitulum, dim. of caput head, the chief person or thing, the principal division of a writing, chapter. See Chief, and cf, Chapiter.]

1. A division of a book or treatise; as, Genesis has fifty chapters.

2. (Eccl.) (a) An assembly of monks, or of the prebends and other clergymen connected with a cathedral, conventual, or collegiate church, or of a diocese, usually presided over by the dean.(b) A community of canons or canonesses.(c) A bishop's council.(d) A business meeting of any religious community.

3. An organized branch of some society or fraternity as of the Freemasons. Robertson.

4. A meeting of certain organized societies or orders.

5. A chapter house. [R.] Burrill.

6. A decretal epistle. Ayliffe.

7. A location or compartment.

In his bosom! In what chapter of his bosom? Shak.
Chapter head, ∨ Chapter heading, that which stands at the head of a chapter, as a title. -- Chapter house, a house or room where a chapter meets, esp. a cathedral chapter. -- The chapter of accidents, chance. Marryat.

Chapter

Chap"ter (?), v. t.

1. To divide into chapters, as a book. Fuller.

2. To correct; to bring to book, i. e., to demand chapter and verse. [Obs.] Dryden.

Chaptrel

Chap"trel (?), n. [See Chapiter.] (Arch.) An impost. [Obs.]

Char, Charr

Char, Charr (?), n. [Ir. cear, Gael. ceara, lit., red, blood-colored, fr. cear blood. So named from its red belly.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the several species of fishes of the genus Salvelinus, allied to the spotted trout and salmon, inhabiting deep lakes in mountainous regions in Europe. In the United States, the brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is sometimes called a char.

Char

Char, n. [F.] A car; a chariot. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Char

Char (?), n. [OE. cherr, char a turning, time, work, AS. cerr, cyrr, turn, occasion, business, fr. cerran, cyrran, to turn; akin to OS. k\'89rian, OHG. ch\'89ran, G. kehren. Cf. Chore, Ajar.] Work done by the day; a single job, or task; a chore. [Written also chare.] [Eng.]
When thou hast done this chare, I give thee leave To play till doomsday. Shak.

Char, Chare

Char, Chare, v. t. [See 3d Char.]

1. To perform; to do; to finish. [Obs.] Nores.

Thet char is chared, as the good wife said when she had hanged her husband. Old Proverb.

2. To work or hew, as stone. Oxf. Gloss.

Char, Chare

Char, Chare, v. i. To work by the day, without being a regularly hired servant; to do small jobs.

Char

Char (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Charring.] [Prob. the same word as char to perform (see Char, n.), the modern use coming from charcoal, prop. coal-turned, turned to coal.]

1. To reduce to coal or carbon by exposure to heat; to reduce to charcoal; to burn to a cinder.

2. To burn slightly or partially; as, to char wood.

Chara

Cha"ra (?), n. [NL., of uncertain origin.] (Bot.) A genus of flowerless plants, having articulated stems and whorled branches. They flourish in wet places.

Char-a-bancs

Char`-a-bancs" (?), n.; pl. Chars-a-banc (#). [F.] A long, light, open vehicle, with benches or seats running lengthwise.

Charact

Char"act (?), n. A distinctive mark; a character; a letter or sign. [Obs.] See Character.
In all his dressings, characts, titles, forms. Shak.

Character

Char"ac*ter (?), n. [L., an instrument for marking, character, Gr. caract\'8are.]

1. A distinctive mark; a letter, figure, or symbol.

It were much to be wished that there were throughout the world but one sort of character for each letter to express it to the eye. Holder.

2. Style of writing or printing; handwriting; the peculiar form of letters used by a particular person or people; as, an inscription in the Runic character.

You know the character to be your brother's? Shak.

3. The peculiar quality, or the sum of qualities, by which a person or a thing is distinguished from others; the stamp impressed by nature, education, or habit; that which a person or thing really is; nature; disposition.

The character or that dominion. Milton.
Know well each Ancient's proper character; His fable, subject, scope in every page; Religion, Country, genius of his Age. Pope.
A man of . . . thoroughly subservient character. Motley.

4. Strength of mind; resolution; independence; individuality; as, he has a great deal of character.

5. Moral quality; the principles and motives that control the life; as, a man of character; his character saves him from suspicion.

6. Quality, position, rank, or capacity; quality or conduct with respect to a certain office or duty; as, in the miserable character of a slave; in his character as a magistrate; her character as a daughter.

7. The estimate, individual or general, put upon a person or thing; reputation; as, a man's character for truth and veracity; to give one a bad character.

This subterraneous passage is much mended since Seneca gave so bad a character of it. Addison.

8. A written statement as to behavior, competency, etc., given to a servant. [Colloq.]

9. A unique or extraordinary individuality; a person characterized by peculiar or notable traits; a person who illustrates certain phases of character; as, Randolph was a character; C\'91sar is a great historical character.

10. One of the persons of a drama or novel. &hand; "It would be well if character and reputation were used distinctively. In truth, character is what a person is; reputation is what he is supposed to be. Character is in himself, reputation is in the minds of others. Character is injured by temptations, and by wrongdoing; reputation by slanders, and libels. Character endures throughout defamation in every form, but perishes when there is a voluntary transgression; reputation may last through numerous transgressions, but be destroyed by a single, and even an unfounded, accusation or aspersion." Abbott.

Character

Char"ac*ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charactered (?).]

1. To engrave; to inscribe. [R.]

These trees shall be my books. And in their barks my thoughts I 'll character. Shak.

2. To distinguish by particular marks or traits; to describe; to characterize. [R.] Mitford.


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Characterism

Char"ac*ter*ism (?), n. [Gr. A distinction of character; a characteristic. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Characteristic

Char`ac*ter*is"tic (?), a. [Gr. charact\'82ristique.] Pertaining to, or serving to constitute, the character; showing the character, or distinctive qualities or traits, of a person or thing; peculiar; distinctive.
Characteristic clearness of temper. Macaulay.

Characteristic

Char`ac*ter*is"tic, n.

1. A distinguishing trait, quality, or property; an element of character; that which characterized. Pope.

The characteristics of a true critic. Johnson.

2. (Math.) The integral part (whether positive or negative) of a logarithm.

Characteristical

Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al (?), a. Characteristic.

Characteristically

Char`ac*ter*is"tic*al*ly, adv. In a characteristic manner; in a way that characterizes.

Characterization

Char`ac*ter*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of characterizing.

Characterize

Char"ac*ter*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Characterized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Characterizing.] [LL. characterizare, Gr. charact\'82riser.]

1. To make distinct and recognizable by peculiar marks or traits; to make with distinctive features.

European, Asiatic, Chinese, African, and Grecian faces are Characterized. Arbuthot.

2. To engrave or imprint. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

3. To indicate the character of; to describe.

Under the name of Tamerlane he intended to characterize King William. Johnson.

4. To be a characteristic of; to make, or express the character of.

The softness and effeminacy which characterize the men of rank in most countries. W. Irving.
Syn. -- To describe; distinguish; mark; designate; style; particularize; entitle.

Characterless

Char"ac*ter*less, a. Destitute of any distinguishing quality; without character or force.

Charactery

Char"ac*ter*y (?), n.

1. The art or means of characterizing; a system of signs or characters; symbolism; distinctive mark.

Fairies use flowers for their charactery. Shak.

2. That which is charactered; the meaning. [Obs.]

I will construe to thee All the charactery of my sad brows. Shak.

Charade

Cha*rade" (?), n. [F. charade, cf. Pr. charrada long chat, It ciarlare to chat, whence E. charlatan.] A verbal or acted enigma based upon a word which has two or more significant syllables or parts, each of which, as well as the word itself, is to be guessed from the descriptions or representations.

Charbocle

Char"bo*cle (?), n. Carbuncle. [Written also Charboncle.] [Obs.] Chaucer.

Charbon

Char"bon (?), n. [F., coal, charbon.]

1. (Far.) A small black spot or mark remaining in the cavity of the corner tooth of a horse after the large spot or mark has become obliterated.

2. A very contagious and fatal disease of sheep, horses, and cattle. See Maligmant pustule.

Charcoal

Char"coal` (?), n. [See Char, v. t., to burn or to reduce to coal, and Coal.]

1. Impure carbon prepared from vegetable or animal substances; esp., coal made by charring wood in a kiln, retort, etc., from which air is excluded. It is used for fuel and in various mechanical, artistic, and chemical processes.

2. (Fine Arts) Finely prepared charcoal in small sticks, used as a drawing implement. Animal charcoal, a fine charcoal prepared by calcining bones in a closed vessel; -- used as a filtering agent in sugar refining, and as an absorbent and disinfectant. -- Charcoal blacks, the black pigment, consisting of burnt ivory, bone, cock, peach stones, and other substances. -- Charcoal drawing (Fine Arts), a drawing made with charcoal. See Charcoal, 2. Until within a few years this material has been used almost exclusively for preliminary outline, etc., but at present many finished drawings are made with it. -- Charcoal point, a carbon pencil prepared for use un an electric light apparatus. -- Mineral charcoal, a term applied to silky fibrous layers of charcoal, interlaminated in beds of ordinary bituminous coal; -- known to miners as mother of coal.

Chard

Chard (?), n. [Cf. F. carde esclent thistle.]

1. The tender leaves or leafstalks of the artichoke, white beet, etc., blanched for table use.

2. A variety of the white beet, which produces large, succulent leaves and leafstalks.

Chare

Chare (?), n. A narrow street. [Prov. Eng.]

Chare

Chare, n. & v. A chore; to chore; to do. See Char.

Charge

Charge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Charging.] [OF. chargier, F. charger, fr. LL. carricare, fr. L. carrus wagon. Cf. Cargo, Caricature, Cark, and see Car.]

1. To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

A carte that charged was with hay. Chaucer.
The charging of children's memories with rules. Locke.

2. To lay on or impose, as a task, duty, or trust; to command, instruct, or exhort with authority; to enjoin; to urge earnestly; as, to charge a jury; to charge the clergy of a diocese; to charge an agent.

Moses . . . charged you to love the Lord your God. Josh. xxii. 5.
Cromwell, I charge thee, fing away ambition. Shak.

3. To lay on, impose, or make subject to or liable for.

When land shal be charged by any lien. Kent.

4. To fix or demand as a prince; as, he charges two dollars a barrelk for apples.

5. To place something to the account of as a debt; to debit, as to charge one with goods. Also, to enter upon the debit side of an account; as, to charge a sum to one.

6. To impute or ascribe; to lay to one's charge.

No more accuse thy pen, but charge the crime On native loth and negligence of time. Dryden.

7. To accuse; to make a charge or assertion against (a) person or thing); to lay the responsibility (for something said or done) at the door of.

If the did that wrong you charge with. Tennyson.

8. To place within or upon any firearm, piece of apparatus or machinery, the quantity it is intended and fitted to hold or bear; to load; to fill; as, to charge a gun; to charge an electrical machine, etc.

Their battering cannon charged to the mouths. Shak.

9. To ornament with or cause to bear; as, to charge an architectural member with a molding.

10. (Her.) To assume as a bearing; as, he charges three roses or; to add to or represent on; as, he charges his shield with three roses or.

11. To call to account; to challenge. [Obs.]

To charge me to an answer. Shak.

12. To bear down upon; to rush upon; to attack.

Charged our main battle's front. Shak.
Syn. -- To intrust; command; exhort; instruct; accuse; impeach; arraign. See Accuse.

Charge

Charge (?), v. i.

1. To make an onset or rush; as, to charge with fixed bayonets.

Like your heroes of antiquity, he charges in iron. Glanvill.
"Charge for the guns!" he said. Tennyson.

2. To demand a price; as, to charge high for goods.

3. To debit on an account; as, to charge for purchases.

4. To squat on its belly and be still; -- a command given by a sportsman to a dog.

Charge

Charge (?), n. [F. charge, fr. charger to load. See Charge, v. t., and cf. Cargo, Caricature.]

1. A load or burder laid upon a person or thing.

2. A person or thing commited or intrusted to the care, custody, or management of another; a trust. &hand; The people of a parish or church are called the charge of the clergyman who is set over them.

3. Custody or care of any person, thing, or place; office; responsibility; oversight; obigation; duty.

'Tis a great charge to come under one body's hand. Shak.

4. Heed; care; anxiety; trouble. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. Harm. [Obs.] Chaucer.

6. An order; a mandate or command; an injunction.

The king gave cherge concerning Absalom. 2. Sam. xviii. 5.

7. An address (esp. an earnest or impressive address) containing instruction or exhortation; as, the charge of a judge to a jury; the charge of a bishop to his clergy.

8. An accusation of a wrong of offense; allegation; indictment; specification of something alleged.

The charge of confounding very different classes of phenomena. Whewell.

9. Whatever constitutes a burden on property, as rents, taxes, lines, etc.; costs; expense incurred; -- usually in the plural.

10. The price demanded for a thing or service.

11. An entry or a account of that which is due from one party to another; that which is debited in a business transaction; as, a charge in an account book.

12. That quantity, as of ammunition, electricity, ore, fuel, etc., which any apparatus, as a gun, battery, furnace, machine, etc., is intended to receive and fitted to hold, or which is actually in it at one time

13. The act of rushing upon, or towards, an enemy; a sudden onset or attack, as of troops, esp. cavalry; hence, the signal for attack; as, to sound the charge.

Never, in any other war afore, gave the Romans a hotter charge upon the enemies. Holland.
The charge of the light brigade. Tennyson.

14. A position (of a weapon) fitted for attack; as, to bring a weapon to the charge.

15. (Far.) A soft of plaster or ointment.

16. (Her.) A bearing. See Bearing, n., 8.

17. [Cf. Charre.] Thirty-six pigs of lead, each pig weighing about seventy pounds; -- called also charre.

18. Weight; import; value.

Many suchlike "as's" of great charge. Shak.
Back charge. See under Back, a. -- Bursting charge. (a (Mil.) The charge which bursts a shell, etc. (b (Mining) A small quantity of fine powder to secure the ignition of a charge of coarse powder in blasting. -- Charge and discharge (Equity Practice), the old mode or form of taking an account before a master in chancery. -- Charge sheet, the paper on which are entered at a police station all arrests and accusations. -- To sound the charge, to give the signal for an attack. Syn. -- Care; custody; trust; management; office; expense; cost; price; assault; attack; onset; injunction; command; order; mandate; instruction; accusation; indictment.

Chargeable

Charge"a*ble (?), a.

1. That may be charged, laid, imposed, or imputes; as, a duty chargeable on iron; a fault chargeable on a man.

2. Subject to be charge or accused; liable or responsible; as, revenues chargeable with a claim; a man chargeable with murder.

3. Serving to create expense; costly; burdensome.

That we might not be chargeable to any of you. 2. Thess. iii. 8.
For the sculptures, which are elegant, were very chargeable. Evelyn.

Chargeableness

Charge"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being chargeable or expensive. [Obs.] Whitelocke.

Chargeably

Charge"a*bly (?), adv. At great cost; expensively. [Obs.]

Chargeant

Char"geant (?), a. [F. chargeant, fr. charger to load.] Burdensome; troublesome. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Charg\'82 d'affaires

Char`g\'82" d'af`faires" (?), n.; pl. Charg\'82s d'affaires. [F., "charged with affairs."] A diplomatic representative, or minister of an inferior grade, accredited by the government of one state to the minister of foreign affairs of another; also, a substitute, ad interim, for an ambassador or minister plenipotentiary.

Chargeful

Charge"ful (?), a. Costly; expensive. [Obs.]
The fineness of the gold and chargeful fashion. Shak.

Chargehouse

Charge"house` (?), n. A schoolhouse. [Obs.]

Chargeless

Charge"less, a. Free from, or with little, charge.

Chargeous

Char"geous (?), a. Burdensome. [Obs.]
I was chargeous to no man. Wyclif, (2 Cor. xi. 9).

Charger

Char"ger (?), n.

1. One who, or that which charges.

2. An instrument for measuring or inserting a charge.

3. A large dish. [Obs.]

Give me here John Baptist's head in a charger. Matt. xiv. 8.

4. A horse for battle or parade. Macaulay.

And furious every charger neighed. Campbell.

Chargeship

Char*ge"ship (?), n. The office of a charg\'82 d'affaires.

Charily

Char"i*ly (?), adv. In a chary manner; carefully; cautiously; frugally.

Chariness

Char"i*ness, n. The quality of being chary.

Chariot

Char"i*ot (?), n. [F. Chariot, from char car. See Car.]

1. (Antiq.) A two-wheeled car or vehicle for war, racing, state processions, etc.

First moved the chariots, after whom the foot. Cowper.

2. A four-wheeled pleasure or state carriage, having one seat. Shak.

Chariot

Char"i*ot, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charioted; p. pr. & vb. n. Charioting.] To convey in a chariot. Milton.

Chariotee

Char`i*ot*ee" (?), n. A light, covered, four-wheeled pleasure carriage with two seats.

Charioteer

Char`i*ot*eer" (?), n.

1. One who drives a chariot.

2. (Astron.) A constellation. See Auriga, and Wagones.

Charism

Cha"rism (?), n. [Gr. .] (Eccl.) A miraculously given power, as of healing, speaking foreign languages without instruction, etc., attributed to some of the early Christians.

Charismatic

Char`is*mat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a charism.

Charitable

Char"i*ta*ble (?), a.[F. See Charity.]

1. Full of love and good will; benevolent; kind.

Be thy intents wicked or charitable, . . . . . . I will speak to thee. Shak.

2. Liberal in judging of others; disposed to look on the best side, and to avoid harsh judgment.

3. Liberal in benefactions to the poor; giving freely; generous; beneficent.

What charitable men afford to beggars. Shak.

4. Of or pertaining to charity; springing from, or intended for, charity; relating to almsgiving; elemosynary; as, a charitable institution.

5. Dictated by kindness; favorable; lenient.

By a charitable construction it may be a sermon. L. Andrews.
Syn. -- Kind; beneficent; benevolent; generous; lenient; forgiving; helpful; liberal; favorable; indulgent.

Charitableness

Char"i*ta*ble*ness, n. The quality of being charitable; the exercise of charity.

Charitably

Char"i*ta*bly, adv. In a charitable manner.

Charity

Char"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Charities (#). [F. charit\'82 fr. L. caritas dearness, high regard, love, from carus dear, costly, loved; asin to Skr. kam to wish, love, cf. Ir. cara a friend, W. caru to love. Cf. Caress.]

1. Love; universal benevolence; good will.

Now abideth faith, hope, charity, three; but the greatest of these is charity. 1. Cor. xiii. 13.
They, at least, are little to be envied, in whose hearts the great charities . . . lie dead. Ruskin.
With malice towards none, with charity for all. Lincoln.

2. Liberality in judging of men and their actions; a disposition which inclines men to put the best construction on the words and actions of others.

The highest exercise of charity is charity towards the uncharitable. Buckminster.

3. Liberality to the poor and the suffering, to benevolent institutions, or to worthy causes; generosity.

The heathen poet, in commending the charity of Dido to the Trojans, spake like a Christian. Dryden.

4. Whatever is bestowed gratuitously on the needy or suffering for their relief; alms; any act of kindness.

She did ill then to refuse her a charity. L'Estrange.

5. A charitable institution, or a gift to create and support such an institution; as, Lady Margaret's charity.

6. pl. (Law) Eleemosynary appointments [grants or devises] including relief of the poor or friendless, education, religious culture, and public institutions.

The charities that soothe, and heal, and bless, Are scattered at the feet of man like flowers. Wordsworth.
Sisters of Charity (R. C. Ch.), a sisterhood of religious women engaged in works of mercy, esp. in nursing the sick; -- a popular designation. There are various orders of the Sisters of Charity. Syn. -- Love; benevolence; good will; affection; tenderness; beneficence; liberality; almsgiving.

Charivari

Cha*ri`va*ri" (?), n. [F.] A mock serenade of discordant noises, made with kettles, tin horns, etc., designed to annoy and insult. &hand; It was at first performed before the house of any person of advanced age who married a second time.

Chark

Chark (?), n. [Abbrev. fr. charcoal.] Charcoal; a cinder. [Obs.] DeFoe.

Chark

Chark, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charked (?).] To burn to a coal; to char. [Obs.]

Charlatan

Char"la*tan (?), n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
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Charlatanic, Charlatanical

Char`la*tan"ic (?), Char`la*tan"ic*al (?), a. Of or like a charlatan; making undue pretension; empirical; pretentious; quackish. -- Char`la*tan"ic*al*ly, adv.

Charlatanism

Char"la*tan*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. charlatanisme.] Charlatanry.

Charlatanry

Char"la*tan*ry (?), n. [F. charlatanrie, from It. ciarlataneria. See Charlatan.] Undue pretensions to skill; quackery; wheedling; empiricism.

Charles's Wain

Charles's Wain (?). [Charles + wain; cf. AS. Carles w (for w\'91gn), Sw. karlvagnen, Dan. karlsvogn. See Churl, and Wain.] (Astron.) The group of seven stars, commonly called the Dipper, in the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear. See Ursa major, under Ursa. &hand; The name is sometimes also applied to the Constellation.

Charlock

Char"lock (?), n. [AS. cerlic; the latter part perh. fr. AS. le\'a0c leek. Cf. Hemlock.] (Bot.) A cruciferous plant (Brassica sinapistrum) with yellow flowers; wild mustard. It is troublesome in grain fields. Called also chardock, chardlock, chedlock, and kedlock. Jointed charlock, White charlock, a troublesome weed (Raphanus Raphanistrum) with straw-colored, whitish, or purplish flowers, and jointed pods: wild radish.

Charlotte

Char"lotte (?), n. [F.] A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked. Charlotte Russe (, or Charlotte \'85 la russe [F., lit., Russian charlotte] (Cookery), a dish composed of custard or whipped cream, inclosed in sponge cake.

Charm

Charm (?), n. [F. charme, fr. L. carmen song, verse, incantation, for casmen, akin to Skr. \'87asman, \'87as\'be, a laudatory song, from a root signifying to praise, to sing.]

1. A melody; a song. [Obs.]

With charm of earliest birds. Milton.
Free liberty to chant our charms at will. Spenser.

2. A word or combination of words sung or spoken in the practice of magic; a magical combination of words, characters, etc.; an incantation.

My high charms work. Shak.

3. That which exerts an irresistible power to please and attract; that which fascinates; any alluring quality.

Charms strike the sight, but merit wins the soul. Pope.
The charm of beauty's powerful glance. Milton.

4. Anything worn for its supposed efficacy to the wearer in averting ill or securing good fortune.

5. Any small decorative object worn on the person, as a seal, a key, a silver whistle, or the like. Bunches of charms are often worn at the watch chain. Syn. - Spell; incantation; conjuration; enchantment; fascination; attraction.

Charm

Charm, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charmed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Charming.] [Cf. F. charmer. See Charm, n.]

1. To make music upon; to tune. [Obs. & R.]

Here we our slender pipes may safely charm. Spenser.

2. To subdue, control, or summon by incantation or supernatural influence; to affect by magic.

No witchcraft charm thee! Shak.

3. To subdue or overcome by some secret power, or by that which gives pleasure; to allay; to soothe.

Music the fiercest grief can charm. Pope.

4. To attract irresistibly; to delight exceedingly; to enchant; to fascinate.

They, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear. Milton.

5. To protect with, or make invulnerable by, spells, charms, or supernatural influences; as, a charmed life.

I, in my own woe charmed, Could not find death. Shak.
Syn. - To fascinate; enchant; enrapture; captivate; bewitch; allure; subdue; delight; entice; transport.

Charm

Charm, v. i.

1. To use magic arts or occult power; to make use of charms.

The voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. Ps. lviii. 5.

2. To act as, or produce the effect of, a charm; to please greatly; to be fascinating.

3. To make a musical sound. [Obs.] Milton.

Charmel

Char"mel (?), n. [Heb.] A fruitful field.
Libanus shall be turned into charmel, and charmel shall be esteemed as a forest. Isa. xxix. 17 (Douay version).

Charmer

Charm"er (?), n.

1. One who charms, or has power to charm; one who uses the power of enchantment; a magician. Deut. xviii. 11.

2. One who delights and attracts the affections.

Charmeress

Charm"er*ess (?), n. An enchantress. Chaucer.

Charmful

Charm"ful (?), a. Abounding with charms. "His charmful lyre." Cowley.

Charming

Charm"ing, a. Pleasing the mind or senses in a high degree; delighting; fascinating; attractive.
How charming is divine philosophy. Milton.
Syn. - Enchanting; bewitching; captivating; enrapturing; alluring; fascinating; delightful; pleasurable; graceful; lovely; amiable; pleasing; winning. -- Charm"ing*ly, adv. -- Charm"ing*ness, n.

Charmless

Charm"less, a. Destitute of charms. Swift.

Charneco, Charnico

Char"ne*co, Char"ni*co (?), n. A sort of sweet wine. [Obs.] Shak.

Charnel

Char"nel (?), a. [F. charnel carnal, fleshly, fr. L. carnalis. See Carnal.] Containing the bodies of the dead. "Charnel vaults." Milton. Charnel house, a tomb, vault, cemetery, or other place where the bones of the dead are deposited; originally, a place for the bones thrown up when digging new graves in old burial grounds.

Charnel

Char"nel, n. A charnel house; a grave; a cemetery.
In their proud charnel of Thermopyl\'91. Byron.

Charon

Cha"ron (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Cless. Myth.) The son of Erebus and Nox, whose office it was to ferry the souls of the dead over the Styx, a river of the infernal regions. Shak.

Charpie

Char"pie (?), n. [F., properly fem. p. p. of OF. charpir, carpir, to pluck, fr. L. carpere. Cf. Carpet.] (Med.) Straight threads obtained by unraveling old linen cloth; -- used for surgical dressings.

Charqui

Char"qui (?), n. [Sp. A term used in South America, Central America, and the Western United States.] Jerked beef; beef cut into long strips and dried in the wind and sun. Darwin.

Charr

Charr (?), n. See 1st Char.

Charras

Char"ras (?), n. The gum resin of the hemp plant (Cannabis sativa). Same as Churrus. Balfour.

Charre

Charre (?), n. [LL. charrus a certain weight.] See Charge, n., 17.

Charry

Char"ry (?), a. [See 6th Char.] Pertaining to charcoal, or partaking of its qualities.

Chart

Chart (?), n. [A doublet of card: cf. F. charte charter, carte card. See Card, and cf. Charter.]

1. A sheet of paper, pasteboard, or the like, on which information is exhibited, esp. when the information is arranged in tabular form; as, an historical chart.

2. A map; esp., a hydrographic or marine map; a map on which is projected a portion of water and the land which it surrounds, or by which it is surrounded, intended especially for the use of seamen; as, the United States Coast Survey charts; the English Admiralty charts.

3. A written deed; a charter. Globular chart, a chart constructed on a globular projection. See under Globular. -- Heliographic chart, a map of the sun with its spots. -- Mercator's chart, a chart constructed on the principle of Mercator's projection. See Projection. -- Plane chart, a representation of some part of the superficies of the globe, in which its spherical form is disregarded, the meridians being drawn parallel to each other, and the parallels of latitude at equal distances. -- Selenographic chart, a map representing the surface of the moon. -- Topographic chart, a minute delineation of a limited place or region.

Chart

Chart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Charted.] To lay down in a chart; to map; to delineate; as, to chart a coast.

Charta

Char"ta (?), n. [L., leaf of paper. See Chart.] (Law) (a) Material on which instruments, books, etc., are written; parchment or paper. (b) A charter or deed; a writing by which a grant is made. See Magna Charta.

Chartaceous

Char*ta"ceous (?), a. [L. chartaceus. See Charta.] Resembling paper or parchment; of paper-like texture; papery.

Charte

Charte (?), n. [F. See Chart.] The constitution, or fundamental law, of the French monarchy, as established on the restoration of Louis XVIII., in 1814.

Charter

Char"ter (?), n. [OF. chartre, F. chartre, charte, fr. L. chartula a little paper, dim. of charta. See Chart, Card.]

1. A written evidence in due form of things done or granted, contracts made, etc., between man and man; a deed, or conveyance. [Archaic]

2. An instrument in writing, from the sovereign power of a state or country, executed in due form, bestowing rights, franchises, or privileges.

The king [John, a.d. 1215], with a facility somewhat suspicious, signed and sealed the charter which was required of him. This famous deed, commonly called the "Great Charter," either granted or secured very important liberties and privileges to every order of men in the kingdom. Hume.

3. An act of a legislative body creating a municipal or other corporation and defining its powers and privileges. Also, an instrument in writing from the constituted authorities of an order or society (as the Freemasons), creating a lodge and defining its powers.

4. A special privilege, immunity, or exemption.

My mother, Who has a charter to extol her blood, When she does praise me, grieves me. Shak.

5. (Com.) The letting or hiring a vessel by special contract, or the contract or instrument whereby a vessel is hired or let; as, a ship is offered for sale or charter. See Charter party, below. Charter land (O. Eng. Law), land held by charter, or in socage; bookland. -- Charter member, one of the original members of a society or corporation, esp. one named in a charter, or taking part in the first proceedings under it. -- Charter party [F. chartre partie, or charte partie, a divided charter; from the practice of cutting the instrument of contract in two, and giving one part to each of the contractors] (Com.), a mercantile lease of a vessel; a specific contract by which the owners of a vessel let the entire vessel, or some principal part of the vessel, to another person, to be used by the latter in transportation for his own account, either under their charge or his. -- People's Charter (Eng. Hist.), the document which embodied the demands made by the Chartists, so called, upon the English government in 1838.

Charter

Char"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chartered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chartering.]

1. To establish by charter.

2. To hire or let by charter, as a ship. See Charter party, under Charter, n.

Chartered

Char"tered (?), a.

1. Granted or established by charter; having, or existing under, a charter; having a privilege by charter.

The sufficiency of chartered rights. Palfrey.
The air, a chartered libertine. Shak.

2. Hired or let by charter, as a ship.

Charterer

Char"ter*er (?), n. One who charters; esp. one who hires a ship for a voyage.

Charterhouse

Char"ter*house` (?), n. A well known public school and charitable foundation in the building once used as a Carthusian monastery (Chartreuse) in London.

Charterist

Char"ter*ist, n. Same as Chartist.

Chartism

Chart"ism (?), n. [F. charte charter. Cf. Charte, Chart.] The principles of a political party in England (1838-48), which contended for universal suffrage, the vote by ballot, annual parliaments, equal electoral districts, and other radical reforms, as set forth in a document called the People's Charter.

Chartist

Chart"ist (?), n. A supporter or partisan of chartism. [Eng.]

Chartless

Chart"less, a.

1. Without a chart; having no guide.

2. Not mapped; uncharted; vague. Barlow.

Chartographer, n., Chartographic Char*tog"ra*pher (?), n., Char`to*graph"ic (, a., Char*tog"ra*phy (, n., etc. Same as Cartographer, Cartographic, Cartography, etc.

Chartomancy

Char"to*man`cy (?), n. [L. charta paper + -mancy. Cf. Cartomancy.] Divination by written paper or by cards.

Chartometer

Char*tom"e*ter (?), n. [Chart + -meter.] An instrument for measuring charts or maps.

Chartreuse

Char`treuse" (?), n. [F.]

1. A Carthusian monastery; esp. La Grande Chartreuse, mother house of the order, in the mountains near Grenoble, France.

2. An alcoholic cordial, distilled from aromatic herbs; -- made at La Grande Chartreuse.

Chartreux

Char`treux" (?), n. [F.] A Carthusian.

Chartulary

Char"tu*la*ry (?), n. See Cartulary.

Charwoman

Char"wom`an (?), n.; pl. Charwomen (#). [See Char a chore.] A woman hired for odd work or for single days.

Chary

Char"y (?), a. [AS. cearig careful, fr. cearu care. See Care.] Careful; wary; cautious; not rash, reckless, or spendthrift; saving; frugal.
His rising reputation made him more chary of his fame. Jeffrey.

Charybdis

Cha*ryb"dis (?), n. [L., Gr. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Chasable

Chas"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being chased; fit for hunting. Gower.

Chase

Chase (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chasing.] [OF. chacier, F. chasser, fr. (assumed) LL. captiare, fr. L. captare to strive to seize. See Catch.]

1. To pursue for the purpose of killing or taking, as an enemy, or game; to hunt.

We are those which chased you from the field. Shak.
Philologists, who chase A panting syllable through time and place. Cowper.

2. To follow as if to catch; to pursue; to compel to move on; to drive by following; to cause to fly; -- often with away or off; as, to chase the hens away.

Chased by their brother's endless malice from prince to prince and from place to place. Knolles.

3. To pursue eagerly, as hunters pursue game.

Chasing each other merrily. Tennyson.

Chase

Chase, v. i. To give chase; to hunt; as, to chase around after a doctor. [Colloq.]

Chase

Chase, n. [Cf. F. chasse, fr. chasser. See Chase, v.]

1. Vehement pursuit for the purpose of killing or capturing, as of an enemy, or game; an earnest seeking after any object greatly desired; the act or habit of hunting; a hunt. "This mad chase of fame." Dryden.

You see this chase is hotly followed. Shak.

2. That which is pursued or hunted.

Nay, Warwick, seek thee out some other chase, For I myself must hunt this deer to death. Shak.

3. An open hunting ground to which game resorts, and which is private properly, thus differing from a forest, which is not private property, and from a park, which is inclosed. Sometimes written chace. [Eng.]

4. (Court Tennis) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point. Chase gun (Naut.), a cannon placed at the bow or stern of an armed vessel, and used when pursuing an enemy, or in defending the vessel when pursued. -- Chase port (Naut.), a porthole from which a chase gun is fired. -- Stern chase (Naut.), a chase in which the pursuing vessel follows directly in the wake of the vessel pursued.

Chase

Chase, n. [F. ch\'a0se, fr. L. capsa box, case. See Case a box.] (Print.)

1. A rectangular iron frame in which pages or columns of type are imposed.

2. (Mil.) The part of a cannon from the re\'89nforce or the trunnions to the swell of the muzzle. See Cannon.

3. A groove, or channel, as in the face of a wall; a trench, as for the reception of drain tile.

4. (Shipbuilding) A kind of joint by which an overlap joint is changed to a flush joint, by means of a gradually deepening rabbet, as at the ends of clinker-built boats.

Chase

Chase, v. t. [A contraction of enchase.]

1. To ornament (a surface of metal) by embossing, cutting away parts, and the like.

2. To cut, so as to make a screw thread.

Chaser

Chas"er (?), n.

1. One who or that which chases; a pursuer; a driver; a hunter.

2. (Naut.) Same as Chase gun, esp. in terms bow chaser and stern chaser. See under Bow, Stern.

Chaser

Chas"er, n.

1. One who chases or engraves. See 5th Chase, and Enchase.

2. (Mech.) A tool with several points, used for cutting or finishing screw threads, either external or internal, on work revolving in a lathe.

Chasible

Chas"i*ble (?), n. See Chasuble.

Chasing

Chas"ing (?), n. The art of ornamenting metal by means of chasing tools; also, a piece of ornamental work produced in this way.

Chasm

Chasm (?), n. [L. chasma, Gr. Chaos.]

1. A deep opening made by disruption, as a breach in the earth or a rock; a yawning abyss; a cleft; a fissure.

That deep, romantic chasm which slanted down the green hill. Coleridge.

2. A void space; a gap or break, as in ranks of men.

Memory . . . fills up the chasms of thought. Addison.

Chasmed

Chasmed (?), a. Having gaps or a chasm. [R.]

Chasmy

Chas"my (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chasm; abounding in chasms. Carlyle.
They cross the chasmy torrent's foam-lit bed. Wordsworth.

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Chasse

Chas`se" (?), n. [F., fr. chass\'82, p. p. of chasser to chase.] A movement in dancing, as across or to the right or left.

Chasse

Chas`se", v. i. (Dancing) To make the movement called chass\'82; as, all chass\'82; chass\'82 to the right or left.

Chasselas

Chas"se*las (?), n. [F., from the village of Chasselas.] A white grape, esteemed for the table.

Chassepot

Chasse`pot" (?), n. [From the French inventor, A. A. Chassepot.] (Mil.) A kind of breechloading, center-fire rifle, or improved needle gun.

Chasseur

Chas`seur" (?), n. [F., a huntsman. See Chase to pursue.]

1. (Mil.) One of a body of light troops, cavalry or infantry, trained for rapid movements.

2. An attendant upon persons of rank or wealth, wearing a plume and sword.

The great chasseur who had announced her arrival. W. Irving.

Chassis

Chas"sis (?), n. [F. ch.] (Mil.) A traversing base frame, or movable railway, along which the carriage of a barbette or casemate gum moves backward and forward. [See Gun carriage.]

Chast

Chast (?), v. t. to chasten. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chaste

Chaste (?), a. [F. chaste, from L. castus pure, chaste; cf. Gr. to purify.]

1. Pure from unlawful sexual intercourse; virtuous; continent. "As chaste as Diana." Shak.

Whose bed is undefiled and chaste pronounced. Milton.

2. Pure in thought and act; innocent; free from lewdness and obscenity, or indecency in act or speech; modest; as, a chaste mind; chaste eyes.

3. Pure in design and expression; correct; free from barbarisms or vulgarisms; refined; simple; as, a chaste style in composition or art.

That great model of chaste, lofty, and eloquence, the Book of Common Prayer. Macaulay.

4. Unmarried. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- Undefiled; pure; virtuous; continent; immaculate; spotless. Chaste tree. Same as Agnus castus.

Chastely

Chaste"ly, adv. In a chaste manner; with purity.

Chasten

Chas"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chastened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastening.] [OE. chastien, OF. Chastier, F. Ch, fr. L. castigare to punish, chastise; castus pure + agere to lead, drive. See Chaste, Act, and cf. Castigate, Chastise.]

1. To correct by punishment; to inflict pain upon the purpose of reclaiming; to discipline; as, to chasten a son with a rod.

For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth. Heb. xii. 6.

2. To purify from errors or faults; to refine.

They [classics] chasten and enlarge the mind, and excite to noble actions. Layard.
Syn. -- To chastise; punish; correct; discipline; castigate; afflict; subdue; purify. To Chasten, Punish, Chastise. To chasten is to subject to affliction or trouble, in order to produce a general change for the better in life or character. To punish is to inflict penalty for violation of law, disobedience to authority, or intentional wrongdoing. To chastise is to punish a particular offense, as with stripes, especially with the hope that suffering or disgrace may prevent a repetition of faults.

Chastened

Chas"tened (?), a. Corrected; disciplined; refined; purified; toned down. Sir. W. Scott.
Of such a finished chastened purity. Tennyson.

Chastener

Chas"ten*er (?), n. One who chastens.

Chasteness

Chaste"ness (?), n.

1. Chastity; purity.

2. (Literature & Art) Freedom from all that is meretricious, gaundy, or affected; as, chasteness of design.

Chastisable

Chas*tis"a*ble (?), a. Capable or deserving of chastisement; punishable. Sherwood.

Chastise

Chas*tise" (?), v. t. [imp & p. p. Chastised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chastising.] [OE. chastisen; chastien + ending -isen + modern -ise, ize, L. izare, G. Chasten.]

1. To inflict pain upon, by means of stripes, or in any other manner, for the purpose of punishment or reformation; to punish, as with stripes.

How fine my master is! I am afraid He will chastise me. Shak.
I am glad to see the vanity or envy of the canting chemists thus discovered and chastised. Boyle.

2. To reduce to order or obedience; to correct or purify; to free from faults or excesses.

The gay, social sense, by decency chastised. Thomson.
Syn. -- See Chasten.

Chastisement

Chas"tise*ment (?), n. [From Chastise.] The act of chastising; pain inflicted for punishment and correction; discipline; punishment.
Shall I so much dishonor my fair stars, On equal terms to give him chastesement! Shak.
I have borne chastisement; I will not offend any more. Job xxxiv. 31.

Chastiser

Chas*tis"er (?), n. One who chastises; a punisher; a corrector. Jer. Taylor.
The chastiser of the rich. Burke.

Chastity

Chas"ti*ty (?), n. [F. chastet\'82, fr. L. castitas, fr. castus. See Chaste.]

1. The state of being chaste; purity of body; freedom from unlawful sexual intercourse.

She . . . hath preserved her spotless chastity. T. Carew.

2. Moral purity.

So dear to heaven is saintly chastity, That, when a soul is found sicerely so A thousand liveried angels lackey her. Milton.

3. The unmarried life; celibacy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. (Literature & Art) Chasteness.

Chasuble

Chas"u*ble (?), n. [F. chasuble, LL. casubula, cassibula, casula, a hooded garment, covering the person like a little house; cf. It. casupola, casipola, cottage, dim of L. casa cottage.] (Eccl.) The outer vestment worn by the priest in saying Mass, consisting, in the Roman Catholic Church, of a broad, flat, back piece, and a narrower front piece, the two connected over the shoulders only. The back has usually a large cross, the front an upright bar or pillar, designed to be emblematical of Christ's sufferings. In the Greek Church the chasuble is a large round mantle. [Written also chasible, and chesible.]

Chat

Chat (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chatted; p. pr. & vb. n. Chatting.] [From Chatter. \'fb22.] To talk in a light and familiar manner; to converse without form or ceremony; to gossip. Shak.
To chat a while on their adventures. Dryden.
Syn. -- To talk; chatter; gossip; converse.

Chat

Chat, v. t. To talk of. [Obs.]

Chat

Chat, n.

1. Light, familiar talk; conversation; gossip.

Snuff, or fan, supply each pause of chat, With singing, laughing, ogling, and all that. Pope.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the genus Icteria, allied to the warblers, in America. The best known species are the yelow-breasted chat (I. viridis), and the long chat (I. longicauda). In Europe the name is given to several birds of the family Saxicolid\'91, as the stonechat, and whinchat. Bush chat. (Zo\'94l.) See under Bush.

Chat

Chat, n.

1. A twig, cone, or little branch. See Chit.

2. pl. (Mining) Small stones with ore. Chat potatoes, small potatoes, such as are given to swine. [Local.]

Chateau

Cha`teau" (?), n.; pl. Chateux (#). [F. ch\'83teau a castle. See Castle.]

1. A castle or a fortress in France.

2. A manor house or residence of the lord of the manor; a gentleman's country seat; also, particularly, a royal residence; as, the chateau of the Louvre; the chateau of the Luxembourg. &hand; The distinctive, French term for a fortified caste of the middle ages is ch\'83teau-fort. Chateau en Espagne ( [F.], a castle in Spain, that is, a castle in the air, Spain being the region of romance.

Chatelaine

Chat"e*laine (?), n. [F. ch\'83telaine the wife of a castellan, the mistress of a chateau, a chatelaine chain.] An ornamental hook, or brooch worn by a lady at her waist, and having a short chain or chains attached for a watch, keys, trinkets, etc. Also used adjectively; as, a chatelaine chain.

Chatelet

Chat"e*let (?), n. [F. ch\'83telet, dim. of ch\'83teau. See Castle.] A little castle.

Chatellany

Chat"el*la*ny (?), n. [F. ch\'83tellenie.] Same as Castellany.

Chati

Cha`ti" (?), n. [Cf. F. chat cat.] (Zo\'94l.) A small South American species of tiger cat (Felis mitis).

Chatoyant

Cha*toy"ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of chatoyer to be chatoyant, fr. chat cat.] (Min.) Having a changeable, varying luster, or color, like that of a changeable silk, or oa a cat's eye in the dark.

Chatoyant

Cha*toy"ant, n. (Min.) A hard stone, as the cat's-eye, which presents on a polished surface, and in the interior, an undulating or wary light.

Chatoyment

Cha*toy"ment (?), n. [F. chatoiement. See Chatoyant.] Changeableness of color, as in a mineral; play of colors. Cleaceland.

Chattel

Chat"tel (?), n. [OF. chatel; another form of catel. See Cattle.] (Law) Any item of movable or immovable property except the freehold, or the things which are parcel of it. It is a more extensive term than goods or effects. &hand; Chattels are personal or real: personal are such as are movable, as goods, plate, money; real are such rights in land as are less than a freehold, as leases, mortgages, growing corn, etc. Chattel mortgage (Law), a mortgage on personal property, as distinguished from one on real property.

Chattelism

Chat"tel*ism (?), n. The act or condition of holding chattels; the state of being a chattel.

Chatter

Chat"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chattering.] [Of imitative origin. Cf. Chat, v. i. Chitter.]

1. To utter sounds which somewhat resemble language, but are inarticulate and indistinct.

The jaw makes answer, as the magpie chatters. Wordsworth.

2. To talk idly, carelessly, or with undue rapidity; to jabber; to prate.

To tame a shrew, and charm her chattering tongue. Shak.

3. To make a noise by rapid collisions.

With chattering teeth, and bristling hair upright. Dryden.

Chatter

Chat"ter, v. t. To utter rapidly, idly, or indistinctly.
Begin his witless note apace to chatter. Spenser.

Chatter

Chat"ter, n.

1. Sounds like those of a magpie or monkey; idle talk; rapid, thoughtless talk; jabber; prattle.

Your words are but idle and empty chatter. Longfellow.

2. Noise made by collision of the teeth, as in shivering.

Chatteration

Chat*ter*a"tion (?), n. The act or habit of chattering. [Colloq.]

Chatterer

Chat"ter*er (?), n.

1. A prater; an idle talker.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the family Ampelid\'91 -- so called from its monotonous note. The Bohemion chatterer (Ampelis garrulus) inhabits the arctic regions of both continents. In America the cedar bird is a more common species. See Bohemian chatterer, and Cedar bird.

Chattering

Chat"ter*ing (?), n. The act or habit of talking idly or rapidly, or of making inarticulate sounds; the sounds so made; noise made by the collision of the teeth; chatter.

Chattiness

Chat"ti*ness (?), n. The quality of being chatty, or of talking easily and pleasantly.

Chatty

Chat"ty (?), a. Given to light, familiar talk; talkative. Lady M. W. Montagu.

Chatty

Chat"ty, n. [Tamil sh\'beti.] A porous earthen pot used in India for cooling water, etc.

Chatwood

Chat"wood` (?), n. [Chat a little stick + wood.] Little sticks; twigs for burning; fuel. Johnson.

Chaud-medley

Chaud"-med`ley (?), n. [F. chaude m\'88l\'82e; chaud hot + m\'88ler (Formerly sometimes spelt medler) to mingle.] (Law) The killing of a person in an affray, in the heat of blood, and while under the influence of passion, thus distinguished from chance-medley or killing in self-defense, or in a casual affray. Burrill.

Chaudron

Chau"dron (?), n. See Chawdron. [Obs.]

Chauffer

Chauf"fer (?), n. [Cf. F. chauffoir a kind of stone, fr. chauffer to heat. See Chafe.] (Chem.) A table stove or small furnace, usually a cylindrical box of sheet iron, with a grate at the bottem, and an open top.

Chauldron

Chaul"dron (?), n. See Chawdron. [Obs.]

Chaun

Chaun (?), n. A gap. [Obs.] Colgrave.

Chaun

Chaun, v. t. & i. To open; to yawn. [Obs.]
O, chaun thy breast. Marston.

Chaunt

Chaunt (?), n. & v. See Chant.

Chaunter

Chaunt"er (?), n.

1. A street seller of ballads and other broadsides. [Slang, Eng.]

2. A deceitful, tricky dealer or horse jockey. [Colloq.]

He was a horse chaunter; he's a leg now. Dickens.

3. The flute of a bagpipe. See Chanter, n., 3.

Chaunterie

Chaunt"er*ie (?), n. See Chantry. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chaus

Cha"us (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) a lynxlike animal of Asia and Africa (Lynx Lybicus).

Chausses

Chausses (?), n. pl. [F.] The garment for the legs and feet and for the body below the waist, worn in Europe throughout the Middle Ages; applied also to the armor for the same parts, when fixible, as of chain mail.

Chaussure

Chaus`sure" (?), n. [F.] A foot covering of any kind.

Chauvinism

Chau"vin*ism (?), n. [F. chauvinisme, from Chauvin, a character represented as making grotesque and threatening displays of his attachment to his fallen chief, Napoleon I., in 1815.] Blind and absurd devotion to a fallen leader or an obsolete cause; hence, absurdly vainglorious or exaggerated patriotism. -- Chau"vin*ist, n. -- Chau`vin*is"tic (, a. &hand; To have a generous belief in the greatness of one's country is not chauvinism. It is the character of the latter quality to be wildly extravagant, to be fretful and childish and silly, to resent a doubt as an insult, and to offend by its very frankness. Prof. H. Tuttle.

Chavender

Chav"en*der (?), n. [Cf. Cheven.] (Zo\'94l.) The chub. Walton.

Chaw

Chaw (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chawing.] [See Chew.]

1. To grind with the teeth; to masticate, as food in eating; to chew, as the cud; to champ, as the bit.

The trampling steed, with gold and purple trapped, Chawing the foamy bit, there fiercely stood. Surrey.

2. To ruminate in thought; to consider; to keep the mind working upon; to brood over. Dryden. A word formerly in good use, but now regarded as vulgar.

Chaw

Chaw, n. [See Chaw, v. t.]

1. As much as is put in the mouth at once; a chew; a quid. [Law]

2. [Cf. Jaw.] The jaw. [Obs.] Spenser. Chaw bacon, a rustic; a bumpkin; a lout. (Law) -- Chaw tooth, a grinder. (Law)

Chawdron

Chaw"dron (?), n. [OF. chaudun, caudun, caldun; cf. G. kaldaunen guts, bowels, LL. calduna intestine, W. coluddyn gut, dim. of coludd bowels.] Entrails. [Obs.] [Written also chaudron, chauldron.] Shak.

Chay root

Chay" root` (?). [Tamil sh\'beya.] The root of the Oldenlandia umbellata, native in India, which yieds a durable red dyestuff. [Written also choy root.]

Chazy epoch

Cha*zy" ep"och (?). (Geol.) An epoch at the close of the Canadian period of the American Lower Silurian system; -- so named from a township in Clinton Co., New York. See the Diagram under Geology.

Cheap

Cheap (?), n. [AS. ce\'a0p bargain, sale, price; akin to D. Koop purchase, G. Kauf, ICel. kaup bargain. Cf. Cheapen, Chapman, Chaffer, Cope, v. i.] A bargain; a purchase; cheapness. [Obs.]
The sack that thou hast drunk me would have bought me lights as good cheap at the dearest chandler's in Europe. Shak.

Cheap

Cheap, a. [Abbrev. fr. "good cheap": a good purchase or bargain; cf. F. bon march\'82, \'85 bon march\'82. See Cheap, n., Cheapen.]

1. Having a low price in market; of small cost or price, as compared with the usual price or the real value.

Where there are a great sellers to a few buyers, there the thing to be sold will be cheap. Locke.

2. Of comparatively small value; common; mean.

You grow cheap in every subject's eye. Dryden.
Dog cheap, very cheap, -- a phrase formed probably by the catachrestical transposition of good cheap. [Colloq.]<-- = dirt cheap?-->

Cheap

Cheap, adv. Cheaply. Milton.

Cheap

Cheap, v. i. To buy; to bargain. [Obs.] Chaucer.
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Cheapen

Cheap"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheapened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cheapening.] [OE. cheapien, chepen, to trade, buy, sell, AS. ce\'a0pian; akin to D. koopen to buy, G. kaufen, Icel. kaupa, Goth. kaup\'d3n to trade. Cf. Chap to bargain.]

1. To ask the price of; to bid, bargain, or chaffer for. [Obsoles.]

Pretend to cheapen goods, but nothing buy. Swift.

2. [Cf. Cheap, a.] To beat down the price of; to lessen the value of; to depreciate. Pope.

My proffered love has cheapened me. Dryden.

Cheapener

Cheap"en*er (?), n. One who cheapens.

Cheap-jack, Cheap-john

Cheap"-jack` (?), Cheap"-john` (?), n. A seller of low-priced or second goods; a hawker.

Cheaply

Cheap"ly (?), adv. At a small price; at a low value; in a common or inferior manner.

Cheapness

Cheap"ness (?), n. Lowness in price, considering the usual price, or real value.

Chear

Chear (?), n. & v. [Obs.] See Cheer.

Cheat

Cheat (?), n. [rob. an abbrevation of escheat, lands or tenements that fall to a lord or to the state by forfeiture, or by the death of the tenant without heirs; the meaning being explained by the frauds, real or supposed, that were resorted to in procuring escheats. See Escheat.]

1. An act of deception or fraud; that which is the means of fraud or deception; a fraud; a trick; imposition; imposture.

When I consider life, 'tis all a cheat. Dryden.

2. One who cheats or deceives; an impostor; a deceiver; a cheater.

Airy wonders, which cheats interpret. Johnson

3. (Bot.) A troublesome grass, growing as a weed in grain fields; -- called also chess. See Chess.

4. (Law) The obtaining of property from another by an intentional active distortion of the truth. &hand; When cheats are effected by deceitful or illegal symbols or tokens which may affect the public at large and against which common prudence could not have guarded, they are indictable at common law. Wharton. Syn. -- Deception; imposture; fraud; delusion; artifice; trick; swindle; deceit; guile; finesse; stratagem.

Cheat

Cheat, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cheating.] [See CHeat, n., Escheat.]

1. To deceive and defraud; to impose upon; to trick; to swindle.

I am subject to a tyrant, a sorcerer, that by his cunning hath cheated me of this island. Shak.

2. To beguile. Sir W. Scott.

To cheat winter of its dreariness. W. Irving.
Syn. -- To trick; cozen; gull; chouse; fool; outwit; circumvent; beguile; mislead; dupe; swindle; defraud; overreach; delude; hoodwink; deceive; bamboozle.

Cheat

Cheat, v. i. To practice fraud or trickery; as, to cheat at cards.

Cheat

Cheat, n. [Perh. from OF. chet\'82 goods, chattels.] Wheat, or bread made from wheat. [Obs.] Drayton.
Their purest cheat, Thrice bolted, kneaded, and subdued in paste. Chapman.

Cheatable

Cheat"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being cheated.

Cheatableness

Cheat"a*ble*ness, n. Capability of being cheated.

Cheater

Cheat"er (?), n.

1. One who cheats.

2. An escheator. [R.] Shak.

Chebacco

Che*bac"co (?), n. [From Chebacco, the former name of Essex, a town in Massachusetts where such vessels were built.] (Naut.) A narrow-sterned boat formerly much used in the Newfoundland fisheries; -- called also pinkstern and chebec. Bartlett.

Chebec

Che"bec (?), n. (Naut.) See Chebacco.

Chebec

Che*bec" (?), n. [Named from its note.] (Zo\'94l.) A small American bird (Empidonax minimus); the least flycatcher.

Check

Check (?), n. [OE. chek, OF. eschec, F. \'82chec, a stop, hindrance, orig. check in the game of chess, pl. \'82checs chess, through AR., fr. Pers. sh\'beh king. See Shah, and cf. Checkmate, Chess, Checker.]

1. (Chess) A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece, expose it to immediate capture. A king so menaced is said to be in check, and must be made safe at the next move.

2. A condition of interrupted or impeded progress; arrest; stop; delay; as, to hold an enemy in check.

Which gave a remarkable check to the first progress of Christianity. Addison.
No check, no stay, this streamlet fears. Wordsworth.

3. Whatever arrests progress, or limits action; an obstacle, guard, restraint, or rebuff.

Useful check upon the administration of government. Washington.
A man whom no check could abash. Macaulay.

4. A mark, certificate, or token, by which, errors may be prevented, or a thing or person may be identified; as, checks placed against items in an account; a check given for baggage; a return check on a railroad.

5. A written order directing a bank or banker to pay money as therein stated. See Bank check, below.

6. A woven or painted design in squares resembling the patten of a checkerboard; one of the squares of such a design; also, cloth having such a figure.

7. (Falconry) The forsaking by a hawk of its proper game to follow other birds.

8. Small chick or crack. Bank check, a written order on a banker or broker to pay money in his keeping belonging to the signer. -- Check book, a book containing blank forms for checks upon a bank. -- Check hook, a hook on the saddle of a harness, over which a checkrein is looped. -- Check list, a list or catalogue by which things may be verified, or on which they may be checked. -- Check nut (Mech.), a secondary nut, screwing down upon the primary nut to secure it. Knight. -- Check valve (Mech.), a valve in the feed pipe of a boiler to prevent the return of the feed water. -- To take check, to take offense. [Obs.] Dryden. Syn. -- Hindrance; setback; interruption; obstruction; reprimand; censure; rebuke; reproof; repulse; rebuff; tally; counterfoil; counterbalance; ticket; draft.

Check

Check, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. checking.]

1. (Chess) To make a move which puts an adversary's piece, esp. his king, in check; to put in check.

2. To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

So many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and oppression. Burke.

3. To verify, to guard, to make secure, by means of a mark, token, or other check; to distinguish by a check; to put a mark against (an item) after comparing with an original or a counterpart in order to secure accuracy; as, to check an account; to check baggage.

4. To chide, rebuke, or reprove.

The good king, his master, will check him for it. Shak.

5. (Naut.) To slack or ease off, as a brace which is too stiffly extended.

6. To make checks or chinks in; to cause to crack; as, the sun checks timber. Syn. -- To restrain; curb; bridle; repress; control; hinder; impede; obstruct; interrupt; tally; rebuke; reprove; rebuff.

Check

Check (?), v. i. To make a stop; to pause; -- with at.
The mind, once jaded by an attempt above its power, either is disabled for the future, or else checks at any vigorous undertaking ever after. Locke.

2. To clash or interfere. [R.] Bacon.

3. To act as a curb or restraint.

It [his presence] checks too strong upon me. Dryden.

4. To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

5. (Falconry) To turn, when in pursuit of proper game, and fly after other birds.

And like the haggard, check at every feather That comes before his eye. Shak.

Check

Check, a. Checkered; designed in checks.

Checkage

Check"age (?), n.

1. The act of checking; as, the checkage of a name or of an item in a list.

2. The items, or the amount, to which attention is called by a check or checks.

Checker

Check"er, n. [From Check, v. t.] One who checks.

Checker

Check"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Checkering.] [From OF. eschequier a chessboard, F. \'82chiquier. See Check, n., and cf. 3d Checker.]

1. To mark with small squares like a checkerboard, as by crossing stripes of different colors.

2. To variegate or diversify with different qualities, color, scenes, or events; esp., to subject to frequent alternations of prosterity and adversity.

Our minds are, as it were, checkered with truth and falsehood. Addison.

Checker

Check"er, n. [OF. eschequier. See Checker, v. t.]

1. A piece in the game of draughts or checkers.

2. A pattern in checks; a single check.

3. Checkerwork. &hand; This word is also written chequer.

Checkerberry

Check"er*ber`ry (?), n.; pl. Checkerberries (#). (Bot.) A spicy plant and its bright red berry; the wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens). Also incorrectly applied to the partridge berry (Mitchella repens).

Checkerboard

Check"er*board (?), n. A board with sixty-four squares of alternate color, used for playing checkers or draughts.

Chackered

Chack"ered (?), a.

1. Marked with alternate squares or checks of different color or material.

Dancing in the checkered shade. Milton.

2. Diversified or variegated in a marked manner, as in appearance, character, circumstances, etc.

This checkered narrative. Macaulay.

Checkers

Check"ers (?), n. pl. [See Checher, v.] A game, called also daughts, played on a checkerboard by two persons, each having twelve men (counters or checkers) which are moved diagonally. The game is ended when either of the players has lost all his men, or can not move them.

Checkerwork

Check"er*work` (?), n.

1. Work consisting of or showing checkers varied alternately as to colors or materials.

2. Any aggregate of varied vicissitudes.

How strange a checkerwork of Providence is the life of man. De Foe.

Checklaton

Check"la*ton (?), n.

1. Ciclatoun. [Obs.]

2. Gilded leather. [Obs.] Spenser.

Checkless

Check"less, a. That can not be checked or restrained.

Checkmate

Check"mate, n. [F. \'82chec et mat, fr. Per. sh\'beh m\'bet ceckmate, lit., the king is dead, fr. Ar. m\'beta he died, is dead. The king, when made prisoner, or checkmated, is assumed to be dead, and the game is finished. See Chess.]

1. The position in the game of chess when a king is in check and cannot be released, -- which ends the game.

2. A complete check; utter defeat or overthrow.

Checkmate

Check"mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Checkmated; p. pr. & vb. n. Checkmating.]

1. (Chess) To check (an adversary's king) in such a manner that escape in impossible; to defeat (an adversary) by putting his king in check from which there is no escape.

2. To defeat completely; to terminate; to thwart.

To checkmate and control my just demands. Ford.

Checkrein

Check"rein` (?), n.

1. A short rein looped over the check hook to prevent a horse from lowering his head; -- called also a bearing rein.

2. A branch rein connecting the driving rein of one horse of a span or pair with the bit of the other horse.

Checkroll

Check"roll` (?), n. A list of servants in a household; -- called also chequer roll.

Checkstring

Check"string` (?), n. A cord by which a person in a carriage or horse car may signal to the driver.

Checkwork

Check"work (?), n. Anything made so as to form alternate squares lke those of a checkerboard.

Checky

Check"y (?), a. (Her.) Divided into small alternating squares of two tinctures; -- said of the field or of an armorial bearing. [Written also checquy, cheguy.]

Cheddar

Ched"dar (?), a. Of or pertaining to, or made at, Cheddar, in England; as, Cheddar cheese.

Cheek

Cheek (?), n. [OE. cheke, cheoke, AS. c\'82ace, c\'82oce; cf. Goth. kukjan to kiss, D. kaak cheek; perh. akin to E. chew, jaw.]

1. The side of the face below the eye.

2. The cheek bone. [Obs.] Caucer.

3. pl. (Mech.) Those pieces of a machine, or of any timber, or stone work, which form corresponding sides, or which are similar and in pair; as, the cheeks (jaws) of a vise; the cheeks of a gun carriage, etc.

4. pl. The branches of a bridle bit. Knight.

5. (Founding) A section of a flask, so made that it can be moved laterally, to permit the removal of the pattern from the mold; the middle part of a flask.

6. Cool confidence; assurance; impudence. [Slang] Cheek of beef. See Illust. of Beef. -- Cheek bone (Anat.) the bone of the side of the fase; esp., the malar bone. -- Cheek by jowl, side by side; very intimate. -- Cheek pouch (Zo\'94l.), a sacklike dilation of the cheeks of certain monkeys and rodents, used for holding food. -- Cheeks of a block, the two sides of the shell of a tackle block. -- Cheeks of a mast, the projection on each side of a mast, upon which the trestletrees rest. -- Cheek tooth (Anat.), a hinder or molar tooth. -- Butment cheek. See under Butment.

Cheek

Cheek (?), v. t. To be impudent or saucy to. [Slang.]

Cheeked

Cheeked (?), a. Having a cheek; -- used in composition. "Rose-cheeked Adonis." Shak.

Cheeky

Cheek"y, a Brazen-faced; impudent; bold. [Slang.]

Cheep

Cheep (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cheeped (?).] [Cf. Chirp]. To chirp, as a young bird.

Cheep

Cheep, v. t. To give expression to in a chirping tone.
Cheep and twitter twenty million loves. Tennyson.

Cheep

Cheep, n. A chirp, peep, or squeak, as of a young bird or mousse.

Cheer

Cheer (?), n. [OE. chere face, welcome, cheer, OF. chiere, F. ch\'8are, fr. LL. cara face, Gr. , L. cerebrum brain, G. hirn, and E. cranium.]

1. The face; the countenance or its expression. [Obs.] "Sweat of thy cheer." Wyclif.

2. Feeling; spirit; state of mind or heart.

Be of good cheer. Matt. ix. 2.
The parents . . . fled away with heavy cheer. Holland.

3. Gayety; mirth; cheerfulness; animation.

I have not that alacrity of spirit, Nor cheer of mind, that I was wont to have. Shak.

1. That which promotes good spirits or cheerfulness; provisions prepared for a feast; entertainment; as, a table loaded with good cheer.

5. A shout, hurrah, or acclamation, expressing joy enthusiasm, applause, favor, etc.

Welcome her, thundering cheer of the street. Tennyson.
Whzt cheer? Now do you fare? What is there that is cheering?

Cheer

Cheer, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cheered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. cheering.]

1. To cause to rejoice; to gladden; to make cheerful; -- often with up. Cowpe.

2. To infuse life, courage, animation, or hope, into; to inspirit; to solace or comfort.

The proud he tamed, the penitent he cheered. Dryden.

3. To salute or applaud with cheers; to urge on by cheers; as, to cheer hounds in a chase. To cheer ship, to salute a passing ship by cheers of sailors stationed in the rigging. Syn. -- To gladden; encourage; inspirit; comfort; console; enliven; refresh; exhilarate; animate; applaud.

Cheer

Cheer, v. i.

1. To grow cheerful; to become gladsome or joyous; -- usually with up.

At sight of thee my gloomy soul cheers up. A. Philips.

2. To be in any state or temper of mind. [Obs.]

How cheer'st thou, Jessica? Shak.

3. To utter a shout or shouts of applause, triumph, etc.

And even the ranks of Tusculum Could scare forbear to cheer. Macaulay.

Cheerer

Cheer"er (?), n. One who cheers; one who, or that which, gladdens. "Thou cheerer of our days." Wotton. "Prime cheerer, light." Thomson.

Cheerful

Cheer"ful (?), a. Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.
To entertain a cheerful disposition. Shak.
The cheerful birds of sundry kind Do chant sweet music. Spenser.
A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.
This general applause and cheerful shout. Shak.
Syn. -- Lively; animated; gay; joyful; lightsome; gleeful; blithe; airy; sprightly; jocund; jolly; joyous; vivacious; buoyant; sunny; happy; hopeful.

Cheerfully

Cheer"ful*ly, adv. In a cheerful manner, gladly.

Cheerfulness

Cheer"ful*ness, n. Good spirits; a state of moderate joy or gayety; alacrity.

Cheerily

Cheer"i*ly (?), adv. In a cheery manner.

Cheeriness

Cheer"i*ness, n. The state of being cheery.

Cheeringly

Cheer"ing*ly (?), adv. In a manner to cheer or encourage.

Cheerisness

Cheer"is*ness, n. Cheerfulness. [Obs.]
There is no Christian duty that is not to be seasoned and set off with cheerishness. Milton.

Cheerless

Cheer"less, a. Without joy, gladness, or comfort. -- Cheer"less*ly, adv. -- Cheer"less*ness, n.
My cheerful day is turned to cheerles night. Spenser.
Syn. -- Gloomy; sad; comfortless; dispiriting; dicsconsolate; dejected; melancholy; forlorn.

Cheerly

Cheer"ly (?), a. Gay; cheerful. [Obs.] Shak.

Cheerly

Cheer"ly, adv. Cheerily. [Archaic] Tennyson.

Cheerry

Cheer"ry (?), a. Cheerful; lively; gay; bright; pleasant; as, a cheery person.
His cheery little study, where the sunshine glimmered so pleasantly. Hawthorne.

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Cheese

Cheese (?), n. [OE. chese, AS. c\'c7se, fr. L. caseus, LL. casius. Cf. Casein.]

1. The curd of milk, coagulated usually with rennet, separated from the whey, and pressed into a solid mass in a hoop or mold.

2. A mass of pomace, or ground apples, pressed togehter in the form of a cheese.

3. The flat, circuliar, mucilaginous fruit of the dwarf mallow (Malva rotundifolia). [Colloq.]

4. A low courtesy; -- so called on account of the cheese form assumed by a woman's dress when she stoops after extending the skirts by a rapid gyration. De Quincey. Thackeray. Cheese cake, a cake made of or filled with, a composition of soft curds, sugar, and butter. Prior. -- Cheese fly (Zo\'94l.), a black dipterous insect (Piophila casei) of which the larv\'91 or maggots, called ckippers or hoppers, live in cheese. -- Cheese mite (Zo\'94l.), a minute mite (Tryoglyhus siro) in cheese and other articles of food. -- Cheese press, a press used in making cheese, to separate the whey from the curd, and to press the curd into a mold. -- Cheese rennet (Bot.), a plant of the Madder family (Golium verum, or yellow bedstraw), sometimes used to coagulate milk. The roots are used as a substitute for madder. -- Cheese vat, a vat or tub in which the curd is formed and cut or broken, in cheese making.

Cheeselep

Cheese"lep (?), n. [Cf. Keslop.] A bag in which rennet is kept.

Cheesemonger

Cheese"mon`ger (?), n. One who deals incheese. B. Jonson.

Cheeseparing

Cheese"par`ing (?), n. A thin portion of the rind of a cheese. -- a. Scrimping; mean; as, cheeseparing economy.

Cheesiness

Chees"i*ness (?), n. The quality of being cheesy.

Cheesy

Chees"y (?), a. Having the nature, qualities, taste, form, consistency, or appearance of cheese.

Cheetah

Chee"tah (?), n. [Hind. ch\'c6t\'be.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of leopard (Cyn\'91lurus jubatus) tamed and used for hunting in India. The woolly cheetah of South Africa is C. laneus. [Written also chetah.]

Chef

Chef (?), n. [F.]

1. A chief of head person.

2. The head cook of large establishment, as a club, a family, etc.

3. (Her.) Same as Chief.

Chef-d'\'d2uvre

Chef`-d'\'d2uvre" (?), n.; pl. Chefs-d'\'d2uvre (#). [F.] A masterpiece; a capital work in art, literature, etc.

Chegoe, Chegre

Cheg"oe (?), Cheg"re (?), n. See Chigoe.

Cheiloplasty

Chei"lo*plas`ty (?), n. [Gr. -plasty.] (Surg.) The process of forming an artificial tip or part of a lip, by using for the purpose a piece of healthy tissue taken from some neighboring part.

Cheilopoda

Chei*lop"o*da (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) See Ch.

Cheirepter

Chei*rep"ter (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cheiroptera.

Cheiroptera

Chei*rop"te*ra (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of mammalia, including the bats, having four toes of each of the anterior limbs elongated and connected by a web, so that they can be used like wings in flying. See Bat.

Cheiropterous

Chei*rop"ter*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Cheiroptera, or Bat family.

Cheiropterygium

Chei*rop`te*ryg"i*um (?), n.; pl. Cheiropterygia (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The typical pentadactyloid limb of the higher vertebrates.

Cheirosophy

Chei*ros"o*phy (?), n. [Gr. The art of reading character as it is delineated in the hand. -- Chei*ros"o*phist (, n.

Cheirotherium

Chei`ro*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Poleon.) A genus of extinct animals, so named from fossil footprints rudely resembling impressions of the human hand, and believed to have been made by labyrinthodont reptiles. See Illustration in Appendix.

Chekelatoun

Chek`e*la*toun" (?), n. See Ciclatoun. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chekmak

Chek"mak (?), n. A turkish fabric of silk and cotton, with gold thread interwoven.

Chela

Che"la (?), n.; pl. Chel\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The pincherlike claw of Crustacea and Arachnida.

Chelate

Che"late (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Cheliferous.

Chelerythrine

Chel`e*ryth"rine (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) Am alkaloidal principle obtained from the celandine, and named from the red color of its salts, It is a coloriess crystalline substance, and acts as an acrid narcotic poison. It is identical with sanguinarine.

Chelicera

Che*lic"e*ra (?), n.; pl. Chelicer\'91 (#) [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the anterior pair of mouth organs, terminated by a pincherlike claw, in scorpions and allied Arachnida. They are homologous with the falcers of spiders, and probably with the mandibles of insects.

Chelidon

Chel"i*don (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The hollow at the flexure of the arm.

Chelidonic

Chel`i*don"ic (?), a. [See Celandine.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the celandine. Cheidonic acid, a weak acid extracted fron the celandine (Chelidonium majus), as a white crystalline substance.

Chelidonius

Chel`i*do"ni*us (?), n. [L. (sc. lapillus.)] A small stone taken from the gizzard of a young swallow. -- anciently worn as a medicinal charm.

Chelifer

Chel"i*fer (?), n. [Gr. -fer.] (Zo\'94l.) See Book scorpion, under Book.

Cheliferous

Che*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Gr. -ferous.] (Zo\'94l.) Having cheliform claws, like a crab.

Cheliform

Chel"i*form (?), a. [Gr. -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a movable joint or finger closing againts a preceding joint or a projecting part of it, so that the whole may be ised for grasping, as the claw of a crab; pincherlike.

Chelone

Che*lo"ne (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A genus of hardy perennial flowering plants, of the order Scrophulariacea\'91., natives of North America; -- called also snakehead, turtlehead, shellflower, etc.

Chelonia

Che*lo"ni*a (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of reptiles, including the tortoises and turtles, perculiar in having a part of the vertebr\'91, ribs, and sternum united with the dermal plates so as to form a firm shell. The jaws are covered by a horny beak. See Reptilia; also, Illust. in Appendix.

Chelonian

Che*lo"ni*an (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to animals of the tortoise kind. -- n. One of the Chelonia.

Chelura

Che*lu"ra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine amphipod crustacea, which bore into and sometimes destroy timber.

Chely

Che"ly (?), n. A claw. See Chela. [Obs.]

Chemic

Chem"ic (?), n. [See Chenistry.]

1. A chemist; an alchemist. [Obs.]

2. (Bleaching) A solution of chloride of line.

Chemic

Chem"ic, a. Chemical. Blackw. Mag.

Chemical

Chem"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to chemistry; characterized or produced by the forces and operations of chemistry; employed in the processes of chemistry; as, chemical changes; chemical comnbinations. Chemical attraction ∨ affinity. See under Attraction.

Chemical

Chem"ic*al, n. A substance used for producing a chemical effect; a reagent.

Chemically

Chem"ic*al*ly, adv. According to chemical principles; by chemical process or operation.

Chemiglyphic

Chem`i*glyph"ic (?), a. [Chemical + Engraved by a voltaic battary.

Chemiloon

Chem`i*loon" (?), n. A garment for women, consisting of chemise and drawers united in one. [U. S.]

Chemise

Che*mise" (?), n. [F., shirt, fr. LL. camisa, camisia, shirt, thin dress; cf. G. hemd, or Olr. coimumse sort of garment. Cf. Camis.]

1. A shift, or undergarment, worn by women.

2. A wall that lines the face of a bank or earthwork.

Chemisette

Chem`i*sette" (?), n.[F., dim. of chemise.] An under-garment, worn by women, usually covering the neck, shoulders, and breast.

Chemism

Chem"ism (?), n. [Cf. F. chimisme. See Chemistry.] The force exerted between the atoms of elementary substance whereby they unite to form chemical compounds; chemical attaction; affinity; -- sometimes used as a general expression for chemical activity or relationship.

Chemist

Chem"ist, n. [Shortened from alchemist; cf. F. chimiste.] A person versed in chemistry or given to chemical investigation; an analyst; a maker or seller of chemicals or drugs.

Chemistry

Chem"is*try (?), n. [From Chemist. See Alchemy.]

1. That branch of science which treats of the composition of substances, and of the changes which they undergo in consequence of alterations in the constitution of the molecules, which depend upon variations of the number, kind, or mode of arrangement, of the constituent atoms. These atoms are not assumed to be indivisible, but merely the finest grade of subdivision hitherto attained. Chemistry deals with the changes in the composition and constitution of molecules. See Atom, Molecule. &hand; Historically, chemistry is an outgrowth of alchemy (or alchemistry), with which it was anciently identified.

2. An application of chemical theory and method to the consideration of some particular subject; as, the chemistry of iron; the chemistry of indigo.

3. A treatise on chemistry. &hand; This word and its derivatives were formerly written with y, and sometimes with i, instead of e, in the first syllable, chymistry, chymist, chymical, etc., or chimistry, chimist, chimical, etc.; and the pronunciation was conformed to the orthography. Inorganic chemistry, that which treats of inorganic or mineral substances. -- Organic chemistry, that which treats of the substances which from the structure of organized beings and their products, whether animal or vegetable; -- called also chemistry of the carbon compounds. There is no fundamental difference between organic and inorganic chemistry. -- Physiological chemistry, the chemistry of the organs and tissues of the body, and of the various physiological processes incident to life. -- Practical chemistry, or Applied chemistry, that which treats of the modes of manufacturing the products of chemistry that are useful in the arts, of their applications to economical purposes, and of the conditions essential to their best use. -- Pure chemistry, the consideration of the facts and theories of chemistry in their purely scientific relations, without necessary reference to their practical applications or mere utility.

Chemitype

Chem"i*type (?), n. [Chemical + -type.] (Engraving) One of a number of processes by which an impression from an engraved plate is obtained in relief, to be used for printing on an ordinary printing press.

Chemolysis

Che*mol"y*sis (?), n. [Chemical + Gr. A term sometimes applied to the decomposition of organic substance into more simple bodies, by the use of chemical agents alone. Thudichum.

Chemosmosis

Chem`os*mo"sis (?), n. [Chemical + osmosis.] Chemical action taking place through an intervening membrane.

Chemosmotic

Chem`os*mot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or produced by, chemosmosis. [R.]

Chemung period

Che*mung" pe"ri*od (?), (Geol.) A subdivision in the upper part of the Devonian system in America, so named from the Chemung River, along which the rocks are well developed. It includes the Portage and Chemung groups or epochs. See the Diagram under Geology.

Cheng

Cheng (?), n. [Chinese.] A chinese reed instrument, with tubes, blown by the mouth.

Chenille

Che*nille" (?), n. [F., prop., a caterpillar.] Tufted cord, of silk or worsted, for the trimimg of ladies' dresses, for embroidery and fringes, and for the weft of chenille rugs.

Chenomorph\'91

Che`no*mor"ph\'91 (?), n.; pl. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of birds, including the swans, ducks, geese, flamingoes and screamers.

Chepster

Chep"ster (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European starling. [Local, Eng.]

Cheque

Cheque (?), n. See Check.

Chequer

Cheq"uer (?), n. & v. Same as Checker.

Chequing

Che*quing" (?), n. A coin. See Sequin. Shak.

Chequy

Cheq"uy (?), n. (Her.) Same as Checky.

Cherif

Cher"if (?), n. See Cherif.

Cherimoyer

Cher`i*moy"er (?), n. [F. ch\'82rimolier.] (Bot.)

1. A small downy-leaved tree (Anona Cherimolia), with fragrant flowers. It is a native of Peru.

2. Its delicious fruit, which is succulent, dark purple, and similar to the custard apple of the West Indies.

Cherish

Cher"ish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cherished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cherising.] [F. ch\'82rir, fr. cher dear, fr. L. carus. See Caress, Finish.]

1. To treat with tenderness and affection; to nurture with care; to protect and aid.

We were gentle among you, even as a nurse cherisheth her children. 1 Thess. ii. 7.

2. To hold dear; to embrace with interest; to indulge; to encourage; to foster; to promote; as, to cherish religious principle.

To cherish virtue and humanity. Burke.
Syn. -- To nourish; foster; nurse; nurture; entertain; encourage; comfort; protect; support; See Nurture.

Cherisher

Cher"ish*er (?), n. One who cherishes.
The cherisher of my flesh and blood. Shak.

Cherishment

Cher"ish*ment (?), n. Encouragement; comfort. [Obs.]
Rich bounty and dear cherishment. Spenser.

Chermes

Cher"mes (?), n. See Kermes.

Cherogril

Cher"o*gril (?), n. [L. choerogryllus, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) See Cony.

Cherokees

Cher`o*kees" (?), n. pl.; sing. Cherokee. (Ethnol.) An Appalachian tribe of Indians, formerly inhabiting the region about the head waters of the Tennessee River. They are now mostly settled in the Indian Territory, and have become one of the most civilized of the Indian Tribes.

Cheroot

Che*root" (?), n. [Tamil shuruttu, prop., a roll.] A kind of cigar, originally brought from Mania, in the Philippine Islands; now often made of inferior or adulterated tabacco.

Cherry

Cher"ry (?), n. [OE. chery, for cherys, fr. F. cerise (cf. AS. cyrs cherry), fr. LL. ceresia, fr. L. cerasus Cherry tree, Gr.

1. (Bot.) A tree or shrub of the genus Prunus (Which also includes the plum) bearing a fleshy drupe with a bony stone; (a) The common garden cherry (Prunus Cerasus), of which several hundred varieties are cultivated for the fruit, some of which are, the begarreau, blackheart, black Tartarian, oxheart, morelle or morello, May-duke (corrupted from M\'82doc in France). (b) The wild cherry; as, prunus serotina (wild black cherry), valued for its timber; P. Virginiana (choke cherry), an American shrub which bears astringent fruit; P. avium and P. Padus, European trees (bird cherry).

2. The fruit of the cherry tree, a drupe of various colors and flavors.

3. The timber of the cherry tree, esp. of the black cherry, used in cabinetmaking, etc.

4. A peculiar shade of red, like that of a cherry. Barbadoes cherry. See under Barbadoes. -- Cherry bird (Zo\'94l.), an American bird; the cedar bird; -- so called from its fondness for cherries. -- Cherry bounce, cherry brandy and sugar. -- Cherry brandy, brandy in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry laurel (Bot.), an evergren shrub (Prunus Lauro-cerasus) common in shrubberies, the poisonous leaves of which have a flavor like that of bitter almonds. -- Cherry pepper (Bot.), a species of Capsicum (C. cerasiforme), with small, scarlet, intensely piquant cherry-shaped fruit. -- Cherry pit. (a) A child's play, in which cherries are thrown into a hole. Shak. (b) A cherry stone. -- Cherry rum, rum in which cherries have been steeped. -- Cherry sucker (Zo\'94l.), the European spotted flycatcher (Musicapa grisola); -- called also cherry chopper cherry snipe. Cherry tree, a tree that bears cherries. -- Ground cherry, Winter cherry, See Alkekengi.


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Cherry

Cher"ry (?), a. Like a red cherry in color; ruddy; blooming; as, a cherry lip; cherry cheeks.

Chersonese

Cher"so*nese (?), n. [Gr. A peninsula; a tract of land nearly surrounded by water, but united to a larger tract by a neck of land or isthmus; as, the Cimbric Chersonese, or Jutland; the Tauric Chersonese, or Crimea.

Chert

Chert (?), n. [Ir. ceart stone, perh. akin to E. crag.] (Min.) An impure, massive, flintlike quartz or hornstone, of a dull color.

Cherty

Chert"y (?), a. Like chert; containing chert; flinty.

Cherub

Cher"ub (?), n.; pl. Cherubs (#); but the Hebrew plural Cherubim (#) is also used. [Heb. ker\'d4b.]

1. A mysterious composite being, the winged footstool and chariot of the Almighty, described in Ezekiel i. and x.

I knew that they were the cherubim. Ezek. x. 20.
He rode upon a cherub and did fly. Ps. xviii. 10.

2. A symbolical winged figure of unknown form used in connection with the mercy seat of the Jewish Ark and Temple. Ez. xxv. 18.

3. One of a order of angels, variously represented in art. In European painting the cherubim have been shown as blue, to denote knowledge, as distinguished from the seraphim (see Seraph), and in later art the children's heads with wings are generally called cherubs.

4. A beautiful child; -- so called because artists have represented cherubs as beautiful children.

Cherubic, Cherubical

Che*ru"bic (?), Che*ru"bic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to cherubs; angelic. "The cherubic host." Milton.

Cherubim

Cher"u*bim (?), n. The Hebrew plural of Cherub.. Cf. Seraphim. &hand; Cherubims, in the King James version of the bible, is an incorrect form, made by adding the English plural termination to the Hebrew plural cherubim instead of to the singular cherub.

Cherubin

Cher"u*bin (?), a. Cherubic; angelic. [Obs.] Shak.

Cherubin

Cher"u*bin, n. A cherub. [Obs.] Dryden.

Cherup

Cher"up (?), v. i. [Prob. fr. chirp.] To make a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to chirp. See Chirrup. "Cheruping birds." Drayton.

Cherup

Cher"up, v. t. To excite or urge on by making a short, shrill, cheerful sound; to cherup to. See Chirrup.
He cherups brisk ear-erecting steed. Cowper.

Cherup

Cher"up, n. A short, sharp, cheerful noise; a chirp; a chirrup; as, the cherup of a cricket.

Chervil

Cher"vil (?), n. [AS. cerfille, fr. L. caerefolium, chaerephyllum, Gr. (Bot.) A plant (Anthriscus cerefolium) with pinnately divided aromatic leaves, of which several curled varieties are used in soups and salads.

Ches

Ches (?), pret. of Chese. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chese

Chese (?), v. t. To choose [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chesible

Ches"i*ble (?), n. See Chasuble.

Cheslip

Ches"lip (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The wood louse. [Prov. Eng.]

Chess

Chess (?), n. [OE. ches, F. \'82checs, prop. pl. of \'82chec check. See 1st Check.] A game played on a chessboard, by two persons, with two differently colored sets of men, sixteen in each set. Each player has a king, a queen, two bishops, two knights, two castles or rooks, and eight pawns.

Chess

Chess, n. (Bot.) A species of brome grass (Bromus secalinus) which is a troublesome weed in wheat flelds, and is often erroneously regarded as degenerate or changed wheat; it bears a very slight resemblance to oats, and if reaped and ground up with wheat, so as to be used for food, is said to produce narcotic effects; -- called also cheat and Willard's bromus. [U. S.] &hand; Other species of brome grass are called upright chess, soft chess, etc.

Chess-apple

Chess"-ap`ple (?), n. The wild service of Europe (Purus torminalis).

Chessboard

Chess"board` (?), n. The board used in the game of chess, having eight rows of alternate light and dark squares, eight in each row. See Checkerboard. &hand; The chessboard and the checkerboard are alike.

Chessel

Ches"sel (?), n. The wooden mold in which cheese is pressed. Simmonds.

Chesses

Chess"es (?), n. pl. [Cf. F. chassis a framework of carpenty.] (Mil.) The platforms, consisting of two or more planks doweled together, for the flooring of a temporary military bridge. Wilhelm.
A singular, chess, is sometimes used. "Each chess consists of three planks." Farrow.

Chessil

Ches"sil (?), n. [OE. chesil, AS. ceosel gravel, sand.] Gravel or pebbles. Halliwell.

Chessman

Chess"man (?), n.; pl. Chessmen (#). A piece used in the game of chess.

Chessome

Ches"some (#), n. [Cf. Chisley.] Mwllow earth; mold. [Obs.] Bacon.

Chesstree

Chess"tree` (?), n. [Cf. F chassis a framework of carpentry.] (Naut.) A piece of oak bolted perpendicularly on the side of a vessel, to aid in drawing down and securing the clew of the mainsail.

Chessy copper

Ches`sy" cop"per (?). (Min.) The mineral azurite, found in fine crystallization at Chessy, near Lyons; called also chessylite.

Chest

Chest (?), n. [OE. chest, chist, AS. cest, cist, cyst, L. cista, fr. Gr. Cist, Cistern.]

1. A large box of wood, or other material, having, like a trunk, a lid, but no covering of skin, leather, or cloth.

Heaps of money crowded in the chest. Dryden.

2. A coffin. [Obs.]

He is now dead and mailed in his cheste. Chaucer.

3. The part of the body inclosed by the ribs and breastbone; the thorax.

4. (Com.) A case in which certain goods, as tea, opium, etc., are transported; hence, the quantity which such a case contains.

5. (Mech.) A tight receptacle or box, usually for holding gas, steam, liguids, etc.; as, the steam chest of an engine; the wind chest of an organ. Bomb chest, See under Bomb. -- Chest of drawers, a case or movable frame containing drawers.

Chest

Chest (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chested.]

1. To deposit in a chest; to hoard.

2. To place in a coffin. [Obs.]

He dieth and is chested. Gen. 1. 26 (heading).

Chest

Chest (?), n. [AS. ce\'a0st.] Strife; contention; controversy. [Obs.] P. Plowman.

Chested

Chest"ed, a. Having (such) a chest; -- in composition; as, broad-chested; narrow-chested.

Chesterlite

Ches"ter*lite (?), n. [See -lite.] A variety of feldspar found in crystals in the county of Chester, Pennsylvania.

Chesteyn

Ches"teyn (?), n. The chestnut tree. [Obs.]
Wilwe, elm, plane, assch, box, chesteyn. Chaucer.

Chest founder

Chest" foun`der (?). (Far.) A rheumatic affection of the muscles of the breast and fore legs of a horse, affecting motion and respiration.

Chestnut

Chest"nut (?), n. [For chesten-nut; OE. chestein, chesten, chastein, chestnut, fr. AS. cisten in cistenbe\'a0m chestnut tree, influenced by OF. chastaigne, F. ch\'83taigne, both the AS. and the F. words coming from L. castanea a chestnut, Gr. Castanets.]

1. (Bot.) The edible nut of a forest tree (Castanea vesce) of Europe and America. Commonly two or more of the nuts grow in a prickly bur.

2. The tree itself, or its light, coarse-grained timber, used for ornamental work, furniture, etc.

3. A bright brown color, like that of the nut.

4. The horse chestnut (often so used in England).

5. One of the round, or oval, horny plates on the inner sides of the legs of the horse, and allied animals.

6. An old joke or story. [Slang] Chestnut tree, a tree that bears chestnuts.

Chestnut

Chest"nut, a. Of or pertaining of a chestnut; of a reddish brown color; as, chestnut curls.

Chetah

Che"tah (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cheetah.

Chetvert

Chet"vert (?), n. [Russ. chetverte.] A measure of grain equal to 0.7218 of an imperial quarter, or 5.95 Winchester bushels. [Russia]

Chevachie

Chev"a*chie` (?), n. See Chivachie. [Obs.]

Chevage

Che"vage (?), n. See Chiefage. [Obs.]

Cheval

Che*val" (?), n.; pl. Chevaux (#). [F. See Cavalcade.] A horse; hence, a support or frame. Cheval glass, a mirror swinging in a frame, and large enough to reflect the full leght figure.

Cheval-de-frise

Che*val"-de-frise" (?), n.; commonly used in the pl. Chevaux-de-frise. [F.; cheval horse + Frise Friesland, where it was first used.] (Mil.) A piece of timber or an iron barrel traversed with iron-pointed spikes or spears, five or six feet long, used to defend a passage, stop a breach, or impede the advance of cavalry, etc.
Obstructions of chain, boom, and cheval-de-frise. W. Irving.

Chevalier

Che`va*lier" (?), n. [F., fr. LL. caballarius. See Cavaller.]

1. A horseman; a knight; a gallant young man. "Mount, chevaliers; to arms." Shak.

2. A member of certain orders of knighthood. Chevalier d'industrie ( [F.], one who lives by persevering fraud; a pickpocket; a sharper. -- The Chevalier St. George (Eng. Hist.), James Francis Edward Stuart (son of James II.), called "The Pretender." -- The Young Chevalier, Charles Edward Stuart, son of the Chevalier St. George.

Chevaux

Che*vaux" (?), n. pl. See Cheval.

Cheve

Cheve (?), v. i. [OF. chevir. See Chievance.] To come to an issue; to turn out; to succed; as, to cheve well in a enterprise. [Prov. or Obs.] Holland.

Chevelure

Cheve*lure" (?), n. [F., head of hair.] A hairlike envelope.
The nucleus and chevelure of nebulous star. Sir. W. Hershel.

Cheven

Chev"en (?), n. [Cf. F. chevanne. Cf. Chavender.] (Zo\'94l.) A river fish; the chub. Sir T. Browne.

Cheventein

Chev"en*tein (?), n. A variant of Chieftain. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cheveril

Chev"er*il (?), n. [OF. chevrel, F. chevreau, kid, dim. of chevre goat, fr. L. capra. See Caper, v. i.] Soft leather made of kid skin. Fig.: Used as a symbol of flexibility. [Obs.]
Here's wit of cheveril, that stretches from an inch narrow to an ell broad. Shak.

Cheveril

Chev"er*il, a. Made of cheveril; pliant. [Obs.]
A cheveril conscience and a searching wit. Drayton.

Cheverliize

Chev"er*li*ize (?), v. i. To make as pliable as kid leather. [Obs.] Br. Montagu.

Chevet

Che*vet" (?), n. [F., head of the bed, dim. fr. chef head. See Chief.] (Arch.) The extreme end of the chancel or choir; properly the round or polygonal part.

Cheviot

Chev"i*ot (?), n.

1. A valuable breed of mountain sheep in Scotland, which takes its name from the Cheviot hills.

2. A woolen fabric, for men's clothing.

Chevisance

Chev"i*sance (?), n. [Of. chevisance, chevissance, fr. chevircome to an end, perform, fr. chef head, end, from L. caput head. See Chieve, Chief.]

1. Achievement; deed; performance. [Obs.]

Fortune, the foe of famous chevisance. Spenser.

2. A bargain; profit; gain. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

3. (O. Eng. Law) (a) A making of contracts. (b) A bargain or contract; an agreement about a matter in dispute, such as a debt; a business compact. (c) An unlawful agreement or contract.

Chevrette

Chev*rette" (?), n. [F., fr. ch\'82vre goat, fr. L. capra. Cf. Chevron.] (Mil.) A machine for raising guns or mortar into their carriages.

Chevron

Chev"ron (?), n. [F., rafter, chevron, from ch\'82vre goat, OF. chevre, fr. L. capra she-goat. See Cheveril.]

1. (Her.) One of the nine honorable ordinaries, consisting of two broad bands of the width of the bar, issuing, respectively from the dexter and sinister bases of the field and conjoined at its center.

2. (Mil.) A distinguishing mark, above the elow, on the sleeve of a noncommisioned officer's coat.

3. (Arch.) A zigzag molding, or group of moldings, common in Norman architecture. Chevron bones (Anat.), The V-shaped subvertebral arches which inclose the caudal blood vessels in some animals.

Chevroned

Chev"roned (?), p. a. Having a chevron; decorated with an ornamental figure of a zigzag from.
[A garment] whose nether parts, with their bases, were of watchet cloth of silver, chevroned all over with lace. B. Jonson.

Chevronel

Chev"ron*el (?), n. (Her.) A bearing like a chevron, but of only half its width.

Chevronwise

Chev"ron*wise` (?), adv. (Her.) In the manner of a chevron; as, the field may be divided chevronwise.

Chevrotain

Chev`ro*tain" (?), n. [F. chevrotin, OF. chevrot little goat, roe, dim. of chevre goat. See Chevron.] (Zo\'94l.) A small ruminant of the family Tragulid\'91 a allied to the musk deer. It inhabits Africa and the East Indies. See Kanchil.

Chevy

Chev"y (?), v. t. See Chivy, v. t. [Slang, Eng.]
One poor fellow was chevied about among the casks in the storm for ten minutes. London Times.

Chew

Chew (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chewed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chewing.] [As ce\'a2wan, akin to D. kauwen, G. kauen. Cf. Chaw, Jaw.]

1. To bite and grind with the teeth; to masticate.

2. To ruminate mentally; to meditate on.

He chews revenge, abjuring his offense. Prior.
To chew the cud, to chew the food ocer again, as a cow; to ruminate; hence, to meditate.
Every beast the parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws, and cheweth the cud among the beasts, that ye shall eat. Deut. xxiv. 6.

Chew

Chew, v. i. To perform the action of biting and grinding with the teeth; to ruminate; to meditate.
old politicians chew wisdom past. Pope.

Chew

Chew, n. That which is chewed; that which is held in the mouth at once; a cud. [Law]

Chewer

Chew"er (?), n. One who chews.

Chewet

Chew"et, n. A kind of meat pie. [Obs.]

Chewink

Che"wink (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An american bird (Pipilo erythrophthalmus) of the Finch family, so called from its note; -- called also towhee bunting and ground robin.

Cheyennes

Chey*ennes" (?), n. pl.; sing. cheyenne. (Ethnol.) A warlike tribe of indians, related to the blackfeet, formerly inhabiting the region of Wyoming, but now mostly on reservations in the Indian Territory. They are noted for their horsemanship.

Chian

Chi"an (?) a. [L. chius, fr. Chios the island Chios, Gr. Of or pertaining to Chios, an island in the \'92gean Sea. Chian earth, a dense, compact kind of earth, from Chios, used anciently as an astringent and a cosmetic. -- Chian turpentine, a fragrant, almost transparent turpentine, obtained from the Pistacia Terebinthus.

Chiaroscurist

Chi*a`ros*cu"rist (?), n. A painter who cares for and studies light and shade rather than color.

Chiaroscuro, Chiaro-oscuro

Chia`ro*scu"ro (?), Chi*a"ro-os*cu"ro (?), n. [It., clear dark.] (a) The arrangement of light and dark parts in a work of art, such as a drawing or painting, whether in monochrome or in color. (b) The art or practice of so arranging the light and dark parts as to produce a harmonious effect. Cf. Clair-obscur.

Chiasm, Chiasma

Chi"asm (?), Chi*as"ma (?), n. [NL. chiasma, fr. Gr. (Anat.) A commissure; especially, the optic commissure, or crucial union of the optic nerves. -- Chi*as"mal (, a..

Chiasmus

Chi*as"mus (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Chiasm.] (Rhet.) An inversion of the order of words or phrases, when repeated or subsequently referred to in a sentence; thus,
If e'er to bless thy sons My voice or hands deny, These hands let useful skill forsake, This voice in silence die. Dwight.

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Chiastolite

Chi*as"to*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite. See Chiasm. So called from the resemblance of the cross cuts of is crystals to the Greek letter χ.] (Min.) A variety of andalusite; -- called also macle. The tesselated apperance of a cross section is due to the symmetrical arrangement of impurities in the crystal.

Chibbal

Chib"bal (?), n. (Bot.) See Cibol.

Chibouque, Chibouk

Chi*bouque", Chi*bouk" (?), n. [F. chibouque, fr. Turk.] A Turkish pipe, usually with a mouthpiece of amber, a stem, four or five feet long and not pliant, of some valuable wood, and a bowl of baked clay.

Chic

Chic (?), n. [F.] Good form; style. [Slang] <-- adj. in good form, stylish; in current fashion, fashionable. -->

Chica

Chi"ca (?), n. [Sp.] A red coloring matter. extracted from the Bignonia Chica, used by some tribes of South American Indians to stain the skin.

2. A fermented liquor or beer made in South American from a decoction of maize.

3. A popular Moorish, Spanish, and South American dance, said to be the original of the fandango, etc.

Chicane

Chi*cane" (?), n. [F., prob. earlier meaning a dispute, orig. in the game of mall (F. mail), fr. LGr. chaug\'ben club or bat; or possibly ultimated fr. L. ciccus a trible.] The use of artful subterfuge, designed to draw away attention from the merits of a case or question; -- specifically applied to legal proceedings; trickery; chicanery; caviling; sophistry. Prior.
To shuffle from them by chicane. Burke.
To cut short this, I propound it fairly to your own canscience. Berkeley.

Chicane

Chi*cane", v. i. [Cf. F. chicaner. See Chicane, n.] To use shifts, cavils, or artifices. Burke.

Chicaner

Chi*can"er (?), n. [Cf. F. chicaneur.] One who uses chicanery. Locke.

Chicanery

Chi*can"er*y (?), n. [F. chicanerie.] Mean or unfair artifice to perplex a cause and obscure the truth; stratagem; sharp practice; sophistry.
Irritated by perpetual chicanery. Hallam.
Syn. -- Trickery; sophistry; stratagem.

Chicory

Chi"co*ry (?), n. See Chicory.

Chich

Chich (?), n.; pl. Chiches (. [F. chiche, pois chiche, a dwarf pea, from L. cicer the chick-pea.] (Bot.) The chick-pea.

Chicha

Chi"cha (?), n. [Sp.] See Chica.

Chichevache

Chiche"vache` (?), n. [F. chiche lean + vache cow.] A fabulous cow of enormous size, whose food was patient wives, and which was therefore in very lean condition.

Chichling, Chichling vetch

Chich"ling (?), Chich"ling vetch` (?), n. [Chich + -ling.] (Bot.) A leguminous plant (Lathyrus sativus), with broad flattened seeds which are sometimes used for food.

Chick

Chick (?), v. i. [OE. chykkyn, chyke, chicken.] To sprout, as seed in the ground; to vegetate. Chalmers.

Chick

Chick, n.

1. A chicken.

2. A child or young person; -- a term of endearment. Shak.

Chickabiddy

Chick"a*bid`dy (?), n. A chicken; a fowl; also, a trivial term of endearment for a child.

Chickadee

Chick"a*dee` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small bird, the blackcap titmouse (Parus atricapillus), of North America; -- named from its note.

Chickaree

Chick"a*ree` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The American red squirrel (Sciurus Hudsonius); -- so called from its cry.

Chickasaws

Chick"a*saws (?), n. pl.; sing. Chickasaw. (Ethnol.) A trible of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian) allied to the Choctaws. They formerly occupied the northern part of Alabama and Mississippi, but now live in the Indian Territory.

Chicken

Chick"en (?), n. [AS. cicen, cyceun, dim. of coc cock; akin to LG. kiken, k\'81ken, D. Kieken, kuiken, G. k\'81chkein. See Cock the animal.]

1. A young bird or fowl, esp. a young barnyard fowl.

2. A young person; a child; esp. a young woman; a maiden. "Stella is no chicken." Swift. Chicken cholera, a contagious disease of fowls; -- so called because first studied during the prevalence of a cholera epidemic in France. It has no resemblance to true cholera.

Chicken-breasted

Chick"en-breast`ed (?), a. Having a narrow, projecting chest, caused by forward curvature of the vertebral column.

Chicken-hearted

Chick"en-heart`ed (?), a. Timid; fearful; cowardly. Bunyan.

Chicken pox

Chick"en pox" (?). (Med.) A mild, eruptive disease, generally attacking children only; varicella.

Chickling

Chick"ling (?), n. [Chick+-ling.] A small chick or chicken.

Chick-pea

Chick"-pea` (?), n. [See Chich.]

1. (Bot.) A Small leguminous plant (Cicer arietinum) of Asia, Africa, and the sounth of Europe; the chick; the dwarf pea; the gram.

2. Its nutritious seed, used in cookery, and especially, when roasted (parched pulse), as food for travelers in the Eastern deserts.

Chickweed

Chick"weed` (?), n. (Bot.) The name of several caryophyllaseous weeds, especially Stellaria media, the seeds and flower buds of which are a favorite food of small birds.

Chicky

Chick"y (?), n. A chicken; -- used as a diminutive or pet name, especially in calling fowls.

Chicory

Chic"o*ry (?), n. [F. chicor\'82e, earlier also cichor\'82e, L. cichorium, fr. Gr. , , Cf. Succory.]

1. (Bot.) A branching perennial plant (Cichorium Intybus) with bright blue flowers, growing wild in Europe, Asia, and America; also cultivated for its roots and as a salad plant; succory; wild endive. See Endive.

2. The root, which is roasted for mixing with coffe.

Chide

Chide (?), v. t. [imp. Chid (?), or Chode (Obs.); p. p. Chidden (?), Chid; p. pr. & vb. n. Chiding.] [AS. c\'c6dan; of unknown origin.]

1. To rebuke; to reprove; to scold; to find fault with.

Upbraided, chid, and rated at. Shak.

2. Fig.: To be noise about; to chafe against.

The sea that chides the banks of England. Shak.
To chide hither, chide from, ∨ chide away, to cause to come, or to drive away, by scolding or reproof. Syn. -- To blame; rebuke; reprove; scold; censure; reproach; reprehend; reprimand.

Chide

Chide, v. i.

1. To utter words of disapprobation and displeasure; to find fault; to contend angrily.

Wherefore the people did chide with Moses. Ex. xvii. 2.

2. To make a clamorous noise; to chafe.

As doth a rock againts the chiding flood. Shak.

Chide

Chide, n. [AS. c\'c6d] A continuous noise or murmur.
The chide of streams. Thomson.

Chider

Chid"er (?), n. One who chides or quarrels. Shak.

Chideress

Chid"er*ess, n. She who chides. [Obs.]

Chidester

Chide"ster (?), n. [Chide + -ster.] A female scold. [Obs.]

Chidingly

Chid"ing*ly (?), adv. In a chiding or reproving manner.

Chief

Chief (?), n. [OE. chief, chef, OF. chief, F. chef, fr. L. caput head, possibly akin to E. head. Cf. Captain, Chapter]

1. The head or leader of any body of men; a commander, as of an army; a head man, as of a tribe, clan, or family; a person in authority who directs the work of others; the pricipal actio or agent.

2. The principal part; the most valuable portion.

The chief of the things which should be utterly destroyed.1. Sam. xv. 21

3. (Her.) The upper third part of the field. It is supposed to be composed of the dexter, sinister, and middle chiefs. In chief. (a) At the head; as, a commander in chief. (b) (Eng. Law) From the king, or sovereign; as, tenure in chief, tenure directly from the king. Syn. -- Chieftain; captain; general; commander; leader; head; principal; sachem; sagamore; sheik. -- Chief, chieftain, Commander, Leader. These words fluctuate somewhat in their meaning according to circumstances, but agree in the general idea of rule and authority. The term chief is now more usually applied to one who is a head man, leader, or commander in civil or military affairs, or holds a hereditary or acquired rank in a tribe or clan; as, the chief of police; the chief of an Indian tribe. A chieftain is the chief of a clan or tribe , or a military leader. A commander directs the movements of or has control over a body of men, as a military or naval force. A leader is one whom men follow, as in a political party, a legislative body, a military or scientific expedition, etc., one who takes the command and gives direction in particular enterprises.

Chief

Chief, a.

1. Highest in office or rank; principal; head. "Chief rulers." John. xii. 42.

2. Principal or most eminent in any quality or action; most distinguished; having most influence; taking the lead; most important; as, the chief topic of conversation; the chief interest of man.

3. Very intimate, near, or close. [Obs.]

A whisperer separateth chief friends. Prov. xvi. 28.
Syn. -- Principal; head; leading; main; paramount; supreme; prime; vital; especial; great; grand; eminent; master.

Chiefage

Chief"age (?), n. [OF. chevage, fr. chief head. See Chief.] A tribute by the head; a capitation tax. [Written also chevage and chivage.] [Obs.]

Chief baron

Chief" bar"on (?). (Eng. Law) The presiding judge of the court of exchequer.

Chiefest

Chief"est, a. [Superl. of Chief.] First or foremost; chief; principal. [Archaic] "Our chiefest courtier." Shak.
The chiefest among ten thousand. Canticles v. 10.

Chief hare

Chief" hare` (?). (Zo\'94l.) A small rodent (Lagamys princeps) inhabiting the summits of the Rocky Mountains; -- also called crying hare, calling hare, cony, American pika, and little chief hare. &hand; It is not a true hare or rabbit, but belongs to the curious family Lagomyid\'91.

Chief justice

Chief" jus"tice (?). The presiding justice, or principal judge, of a court. Lord Chief Justice of England, The presiding judge of the Queen's Bench Division of the High Court of Justice. The highest judicial officer of the realm is the Lord High Chancellor. -- Chief Justice of the United States, the presiding judge of the Supreme Court, and Highest judicial officer of the republic.

Chief-justiceship

Chief"-jus"tice*ship, n. The office of chief justice.
Jay selected the chief-justiceship as most in accordance with his tastes. The Century.

Chiefless

Chief"less (?), a. Without a chief or leader.

Chiefly

Chief"ly (?), adv.

1. In the first place; principally; pre\'89minently; above; especially.

Search through this garden; leave unsearched no nook; But chiefly where those two fair creatures lodge. Milton.

2. For the most part; mostly.

Those parts of the kingdom where the . . . estates of the dissenters chiefly lay. Swift.

Chiefrie

Chief"rie (?), n. A small rent paid to the lord paramount. [Obs.] Swift.

Chieftain

Chief"tain (?), n. [OE. cheftayn, chevetayn, OF. chevetain, F. capitaine, LL. capitanus, fr. L. caput head. Cf. Captain, and see chief.] A captain, leader, or commander; a chief; the head of a troop, army, or clan. Syn. -- Chief; commander; leader; head. See Chief.

Chieftaincy, Chieftainship

Chief"tain*cy (?), Chief"tain*ship, n. The rank, dignity, or office of a chieftain.

Chierte

Chier"te (?), n. [OF. chert\'82. See Charity.] Love; tender regard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chievance

Chiev"ance (?), n. [OF. chevance property, equiv. To chevisance, fr. chevir to accomplish. See Chevisance.] An unlawful bargain; traffic in which money is exported as discount. [Obs.] Bacon.

Chieve

Chieve (?), v. i. See Cheve, v. i. [Obs.]

Chiff-chaff

Chiff"-chaff (, n. [So called from its note.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of European warbler (Sylvia hippolais); -- called also chip-chap, and pettychaps.

Chiffonier, fem. Chiffo-ni\'8are

Chif`fo*nier" (?), fem. Chif`fo-ni\'8are" (?), n. [F. chiffonnier, fem. chiffonni\'8are, fr. chiffon rag, fr. chiffe a rag, fimsy cloth.]

1. One who gathers rags and odds and ends; a ragpicker.

2. A receptacle for rags or shreds.

3. A movable and ornamental closet or piece of furniture with shelves or drawers. G. Eliot.

Chignon

Chi"gnon (, n. [F., prop. equiv. to cha\'8cnon link, fr. cha\'8cne chain, fr. L. catena Cf. Chain.] A knot, boss, or mass of hair, natural or artificial, worn by a woman at the back of the head.
A curl that had strayed from her chignon. H. James.

Chigoe, Chigre

Chig"oe (?), Chig"re (?), n. [Cf. F. chigue, perh. fr. Catalan chic small, Sp. chico; or of Peruvian origin.] (Zo\'94l.) A species of flea (Pulex penetrans), common in the West Indies and South America, which often attacks the feet or any exposed part of the human body, and burrowing beneath the skin produces great irritation. When the female is allowed to remain and breed, troublesome sores result, which are sometimes dangerous. See Jigger. [Written also chegre, chegoe, chique, chigger, jigger.] &hand; The name is sometimes erroneously given to certain mites or ticks having similar habits.

Chikara

Chi*ka"ra (, n. [Hind.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The Ingoat antelope (Tragops Bennettii) Of India. (b) The Indian four-horned antelope (Tetraceros quadricornis).

Chilblain

Chil"blain` (?), n. [Chill + Blain.] A blain, sore, or inflammatory swelling, produced by exposure of the feet or hands to cold, and attended by itching, pain, and sometimes ulceration.

Chilblain

Chil"blain`, v. t. To produce chilblains upon.

Child

Child (?), n.; pl. Children (#). [AS. cild, pl. cildru; cf. Goth. kil\'edei womb, in-kil\'ed\'d3 with child.]

1. A son or a daughter; a male or female descendant, in the first degree; the immediate progeny of human parents; -- in law, legitimate offspring. Used also of animals and plants.

2. A descendant, however remote; -- used esp. in the plural; as, the children of Israel; the children of Edom.

3. One who, by character of practice, shows signs of relationship to, or of the influence of, another; one closely connected with a place, occupation, character, etc.; as, a child of God; a child of the devil; a child of disobedience; a child of toil; a child of the people.

4. A noble youth. See Childe. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. A young person of either sex. esp. one between infancy and youth; hence, one who exhibits the characteristics of a very young person, as innocence, obedience, trustfulness, limited understanding, etc.

When I was child. I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child; but when I became a man, I put away childish things. 1. Cor. xii. 11.

6. A female infant. [Obs.]

A boy or a child, I wonder? Shak.
To be with child, to be pregnant. -- Child's play, light work; a trifling contest.

Child

Child, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Childed; p. pr. & vb. n. Childing.] To give birth; to produce young.
This queen Genissa childing died. Warner.
It chanced within two days they childed both. Latimer.

Childbearing

Child"bear`ing (?), n. The act of producing or bringing forth children; parturition. Milton. Addison.

Childbed

Child"bed (?), n. The state of a woman bringing forth a child, or being in labor; parturition.

Childbirth

Child"birth (?), n. The act of bringing forth a child; travail; labor. Jer. Taylor.

Childcrowing

Child"crow`ing (?), n. (Med.) The crowing noise made by children affected with spasm of the laryngeal muscles; false croup.

Childe

Childe (?), n. A cognomen formerly prefixed to his name by the oldest son, until he succeeded to his ancestral titles, or was knighted; as, Childe Roland.

Childed

Child"ed (?), a. Furnished with a child. [Obs.]

Childermas day

Chil"dermas day` (?). [AS. cildam\'91sse-d\'91g; cild child +d\'91g day.] (Eccl.) A day (December 28) observed by mass or festival in commemoration of the children slain by Herod at Bethlehem; -- called also Holy Innocent's Day.
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Childhood

Child"hood (?), n. [AS. cildh\'bed; cild child + -h\'bed. See Child, and hood.]

1. The state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty.

I have walked before you from my childhood. 1. Sam. xii. 2.

2. Children, taken collectively. [R.]

The well-governed childhood of this realm. Sir. W. Scott.

3. The commencement; the first period.

The childhood of our joy. Shak.
Second childhood, the state of being feeble and incapable from old age.

Childing

Child"ing (?), a. [See Child, v. i.] Bearing Children; (Fig.) productive; fruitful. [R.] Shak.

Childish

Child"ish, a.

1. Of, pertaining to, befitting, or resembling, a child. "Childish innocence." Macaulay.

2. Peurile; trifling; weak.

Methinks that simplicity in her countenance is rather childish than innocent. Addison.
&hand; Childish, as applied tc persons who are grown up, is in a disparaging sense; as, a childish temper.

Childishly

Child"ish*ly, adv. In the manner of a child; in a trifling way; in a weak or foolish manner.

Childishness

Child"ish*ness, n. The state or quality of being childish; simplicity; harmlessness; weakness of intellect.

Childlessness

Child"less*ness, n. The state of being childless.

Childlike

Child"like (?), a. Resembling a child, or that which belongs to children; becoming a child; meek; submissive; dutiful. "Childlike obedience." Hooker. &hand; Childlike, as applied to persons grown up, is commonly in a good sense; as, childlike grace or simplicity; childlike modesty.

Childly

Child"ly, a. Having tthe character of a child; belonging, or appropriate, to a child. Gower.

Childly

Child"ly, adv. Like a child. Mrs. Browning.

Childness

Child"ness, n. The manner characteristic of a child. [Obs.] "Varying childness." Shak.

Children

Chil"dren (?), n.; pl. of Child.

Childship

Child"ship, n. The state or relation of being a child.

Chili

Chil"i (?), n. [Sp. chili, chile.] A kind of red pepper. See Capsicum [Written also chilli and chile.]

Chiliad

Chil"i*ad (?), n. [Gr. A thousand; the aggregate of a thousand things; especially, a period of a thousand years.
The world, then in the seventh chiliad, will be assumed up unto God. Sir. T. More.

Chiliagon

Chil"i*a*gon (?), n. [Gr. A plane figure of a thousand angles and sides. Barlow.

Chiliahedron

Chil"i*a*hedron (?), n. [Gr. A figure bounded by a thousand plane surfaces [Spelt also chilia\'89dron.]

Chilian

Chil"i*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to Chili. -- n. A native or citizen of Chili.

Chilian, Chiliarch

Chil"i*an (?), Chil"i*arch` (?), n. [Gr. The commander or chief of a thousand men.

Chiliarchy

Chil"i*arch`y (?), n. [Gr. A body consisting of a thousand men. Mitford.

Chiliasm

Chil"i*asm (?), n. [Gr.

1. The millennium.

2. The doctrine of the personal reign of Christ on earth during the millennium.

Chiliast

Chil"i*ast (?), n. [Gr. Chiliasm.] One who believes in the second coming of Christ to reign on earth a thousand years; a milllenarian.

Chiliastic

Chili*astic (?), a. Millenarian. "The obstruction offered by the chiliastic errors." J. A. Alexander.

Chill

Chill (?), n. [AS. cele, cyle, from the same root as celan, calan, to be cold; akin to D. kil cold, coldness, Sw. kyla to chill, and E. cool. See Cold, and cf. Cool.]

1. A moderate but disagreeable degree of cold; a disagreeable sensation of coolness, accompanied with shivering. "[A] wintry chill." W. Irving.

2. (Med.) A sensation of cold with convulsive shaking of the body, pinched face, pale skin, and blue lips, caused by undue cooling of the body or by nervous excitement, or forming the precursor of some constitutional disturbance, as of a fever.

3. A check to enthusiasm or warmth of feeling; discouragement; as, a chill comes over an assemblly.

4. An iron mold or portion of a mold, serving to cool rapidly, and so to harden, the surface of molten iron brought in contact with it. Raymond.

5. The hardened part of a casting, as the tread of a car wheel. Knight. Chill and fever, fever and ague.

Chill

Chill, a.

1. Moderately cold; tending to cause shivering; chilly; raw.

Noisome winds, and blasting vapors chill. Milton.

2. Affected by cold. "My veins are chill." Shak.

3. Characterized by coolness of manner, feeling, etc.; lacking enthusiasm or warmth; formal; distant; as, a chill reception.

4. Discouraging; depressing; dispiriting.

Chill

Chill, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chilled (ch\'ccld); p. pr. & vb. n. Chilling.]

1. To strike with a chill; to make chilly; to cause to shiver; to affect with cold.

When winter chilled the day. Goldsmith.

2. To check enthusiasm or warmth of feeling of; to depress; to discourage.

Every thought on God chills the gayety of his spirits. Rogers.

3. (Metal.) To produce, by sudden cooling, a change of crystallization at or near the surface of, so as to increase the hardness; said of cast iron.

Chill

Chill, v. i. (Metal.) To become surface-hardened by sudden cooling while solidifying; as, some kinds of cast iron chill to a greater depth than others.

Chilled

Chilled (?), a.

1. Hardened on the surface or edge by chilling; as, chilled iron; a chilled wheel.

2. (Paint.) Having that cloudiness or dimness of surface that is called "blooming."

Chilli

Chil"li (?), n. See Chili.

Chilliness

Chill"i*ness (?), n.

1. A state or sensation of being chilly; a disagreeable sensation of coldness.

2. A moderate degree of coldness; disagreeable coldness or rawness; as, the chilliness of the air.

3. Formality; lack of warmth.

Chilling

Chill"ing (?), a. Making chilly or cold; depressing; discouraging; cold; distant; as, a chilling breeze; a chilling manner. -- Chill"ing"ly, adv.

Chillness

Chill"ness, n. Coolness; coldness; a chill.
Death is the chillness that precedes the dawn. Longfellow.

Chilly

Chill"y (?), a. Moderately cold; cold and raw or damp so as to cause shivering; causing or feeling a disagreeable sensation of cold, or a shivering.

Chilognath

Chi"log*nath (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A myriapod of the order Chilognatha.

Chilognatha

Chi*log"na*tha (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the two principal orders of myriapods. They have numerous segments, each bearing two pairs of small, slender legs, which are attached ventrallly, near together.

Chiloma

Chi*lo"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] (Zo\'94l.) The tumid upper lip of certain mammals, as of a camel.

Chilopod

Chi"lo*pod (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A myriapod of the order Chilopoda.

Chilopoda

Chi*lop"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the orders of myriapods, including the centipeds. They have a single pair of elongated legs attached laterally to each segment; well developed jaws; and a pair of thoracic legs converted into poison fangs. They are insectivorous, very active, and some species grow to the length of a foot.

Chilostoma, Chilostomata

Chi*los"to*ma (?), Chi*lo*stom"a*ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An extensive suborder of marine Bryozoa, mostly with calcareous shells. They have a movable lip and a lid to close the aperture of the cells. [Also written Chillostomata.]

Chilostomatous

Chi`lo*stoma*tous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Chilostoma.

Chiltern Hundreds

Chiltern Hundreds (?). [AS. Chiltern the Chiltern, high hills in Buckinghamshire, perh. Fr. ceald cold + ern, \'91rn, place.] A tract of crown land in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire, England, to which is attached the nominal office of steward. As members of Parliament cannot resign, when they wish to go out they accept this stewardship, which legally vacates their seats.

Chim\'91ra

Chi*m\'91"ra (?), n. [NL. See Chimera.] (Zo\'94l.) A cartilaginous fish of several species, belonging to the order Holocephali. The teeth are few and large. The head is furnished with appendages, and the tail terminates in a point.

Chim\'91roid

Chi*m\'91"roid (?), a. [Chim\'91ra + old.] (Zo\'94l.) Related to, or like, the chim\'91ra.

Chimango

Chi*man"go [Native name] (Zo\'94l.) A south American carrion buzzard (Milvago chimango). See Caracara.

Chimb

Chimb (ch\'c6m), n. [AS. cim, in cimst\'ben base of a pillar; akin to D. kim, f. Sw. kim., G. kimme f.] The edge of a cask, etc; a chine. See Chine, n., 3. [Written also hime.]

Chimb

Chimb, v. i. Chime. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chime

Chime (?), n. [See Chimb.] See Chine, n., 3.

Chime

Chime (?), n. [OE. chimbe, prop., cymbal, OF. cymbe, cymble, in a dialectic form, chymble, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. Cymbal.]

1. The harmonious sound of bells, or of musical instruments.

Instruments that made melodius chime. Milton.

2. A set of bells musically tuned to each other; specif., in the pl., the music performed on such a set of bells by hand, or produced by mechanism to accompany the striking of the hours or their divisions.

We have heard the chimes at midnight. Shak.

3. Pleasing correspondence of proportion, relation, or sound. "Chimes of verse." Cowley.

Chime

Chime, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chiming.] [See Chime, n.]

1. To sound in harmonious accord, as bells.

2. To be in harmony; to agree; to sut; to harmonize; to correspond; to fall in with.

Everything chimed in with such a humor. W. irving.

3. To join in a conversation; to express assent; -- followed by in or in with. [Colloq.]

4. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming. Cowley

Chime

Chime (?), v. i.

1. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.

And chime their sounding hammers. Dryden.

2. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.

Chime his childish verse. Byron.

Chimer

Chim"er (?), n. One who chimes.

Chimera

Chime"ra (?), n.; pl. Chimeras (#). [L. chimaera a chimera (in sense 1), Gr. qymbr a yearling ewe.]

1. (Myth.) A monster represented as vomiting flames, and as having the head of a lion, the body of a goat, and the tail of a dragon. "Dire chimeras and enchanted isles." Milton.

2. A vain, foolish, or incongruous fancy, or creature of the imagination; as, the chimera of an author. Burke.

Chimere

Chi*mere" (?), n. [OF. chamarre., F. simarre (cf. It. zimarra), fr. Sp. chamarra, zamarra, a coat made of sheepskins, a sheepskin, perh. from Ar. samm\'d4r the Scythian weasel or marten, the sable. Cf. Simarre.] The upper robe worn by a bishop, to which lawn sleeves are usually attached. Hook.

Chimeric

Chi*mer"ic (?), a. Chimerical.

Chimerical

Chi*mer"ic*al (?), a. Merely imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wildly or vainly conceived; having, or capable of having, no existence except in thought; as, chimerical projects. Syn. -- Imaginary; fanciful; fantastic; wild; unfounded; vain; deceitful; delusive.

Chimerically

Chi*mer"ic*al*ly, adv. Wildy; vainly; fancifully.

Chiminage

Chim"i*nage (?), n. [OF. cheminage, fr. chemin way, road.] (Old Law) A toll for passage through a forest. [Obs.] Cowell.

Chimney

Chim"ney, n.; pl. Chimneys (#). [F. chemin\'82e, LL. caminata, fr. L. caminus furnace, fireplace, Gr.

1. A fireplace or hearth. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

2. That part of a building which contains the smoke flues; esp. an upright tube or flue of brick or stone, in most cases extending through or above the roof of the building. Often used instead of chimney shaft.

Hard by a cottage chimney smokes. Milton.

3. A tube usually of glass, placed around a flame, as of a lamp, to create a draft, and promote combustion.

4. (Min.) A body of ore, usually of elongated form, extending downward in a vein. Raymond. Chimney board, a board or screen used to close a fireplace; a fireboard. -- Chimney cap, a device to improve the draught of a chimney, by presenting an exit aperture always to leeward. -- Chimney corner, the space between the sides of the fireplace and the fire; hence, the fireside. -- Chimney hook, a hook for holding pats and kettles over a fire, -- Chimney money, hearth money, a duty formerly paid in England for each chimney. -- Chimney pot (Arch.), a cylinder of earthenware or sheet metal placed at the top of a chimney which rises above the roof. -- Chimney swallow. (Zo\'94l.) (a) An American swift (Ch\'91ture pelasgica) which lives in chimneys. (b) In England, the common swallow (Hirundo rustica). -- Chimney sweep, Chimney sweeper, one who cleans chimneys of soot; esp. a boy who climbs the flue, and brushes off the soot.

Chimney-breast

Chim"ney-breast` (?), n. (Arch.) The horizontal projection of a chimney from the wall in which it is built; -- commonly applied to its projection in the inside of a building only.

Chimney-piece

Chim"ney-piece` (?), n. (Arch.) A decorative construction around the opning of a fireplace.

Chimpanzee

Chim*pan"zee (?), n. [From the native name: cf. F. chimpanz\'82, chimpans\'82, chimpanz\'82e.] (Zo\'94l.) An african ape (Anthropithecus troglodytes <--, Pan troglodytes-->or Troglodytes niger) which approaches more nearly to man, in most respects, than any other ape. When full grown, it is from three to four feet high.

Chin

Chin (?), n. [AS. cin, akin to OS. kin, G kinn, Icel. kinn, cheek, Dan. & Sw. kind, L. gena, Gr. hanu. \'fb232.]

1. The lower extremity of the face below the mouth; the point of the under jaw.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The exterior or under surface embraced between the branches of the lower jaw bone, in birds.

China

Chi"na (?), n.

1. A country in Eastern Asia.

2. China ware, which is the modern popular term for porcelain. See Porcelain. China aster (Bot.), a well-known garden flower and plant. See Aster. -- China bean. See under Bean, 1. -- China clay See Kaolin. -- China grass, Same as Ramie. -- China ink. See India ink. -- China pink (Bot.), an anual or biennial species of Dianthus (D. Chiensis) having variously colored single or double flowers; Indian pink. -- China root (Med.), the rootstock of a species of Smilax (S. China, from the East Indies; -- formerly much esteemed for the purposes that sarsaparilla is now used for. Also the galanga root (from Alpinia Gallanga and Alpinia officinarum). -- China rose. (Bot.) (a) A popular name for several free-blooming varieties of rose derived from the Rosa Indica, and perhaps other species. (b) A flowering hothouse plant (Hibiscus Rosa-Sinensis) of the Mallow family, common in the gardens of China and the east Indies. -- China shop, a shop or store for the sale of China ware or of crockery. -- China ware, porcelain; -- so called in the 17th century because brought from the far East, and differing from the pottery made in Europa at that time; also, loosely, crockery in general. -- Pride of China, China tree. (Bot.) See Azedarach.


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Chinaldine

Chin*al"dine (?), n. [NL. chinium quinine + aldehyde.] (Chem.) See Quinaldine.

Chinaman

Chi"na*man (?), n.; pl. Chinamen (. A native of China; a Chinese.

Chincapin

Chin"ca*pin (?), n. See Chinquapin.

Chinch

Chinch (?), n. [Cf. Sp. chinche, fr. L. cimex.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The bedbug (Cimex lectularius).

2. (Zo\'94l.) A bug (Blissus leucopterus), which, in the United States, is very destructive to grass, wheat, and other grains; -- also called chiniz, chinch bug, chink bug. It resembles the bedbug in its disgusting odor.

Chincha

Chin"cha (?), n. [Cf. Chinchilla.] (Zo\'94l.) A south American rodent of the genus Lagotis.

Chinche

Chinche (?), a. [F. chiche miserly.] Parsimonious; niggardly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chincherie

Chinch"er*ie (?), n. Penuriousness. [Obs.]
By cause of his skarsete and chincherie. Caucer.

Chinchilla

Chin*chil"la (?), n. [Sp.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A small rodent (Chinchilla lanigera), of the size of a large squirrel, remarkable for its fine fur, which is very soft and of a pearly gray color. It is a native of Peru and Chili.

2. The fur of the chinchilla.

3. A heavy, longnapped, tufted woolen cloth.

Chinchona, Chincona

Chin*cho"na (?), Chin*co"na (?).See Cinchona.

Chin cough

Chin" cough" (?). [For chink cough; cf. As. cincung long laughter, Scot. kink a violent fit of coughing, akin to MHG. k\'c6chen to pant. Cf. Kinknaust, Cough.] Whooping cough.

Chine

Chine (?), n. [Cf. Chink.] A chink or cleft; a narrow and deep ravine; as, Shanklin Chine in the Isle of Wight, a quarter of a mile long and 230 feet deep. [Prov. Eng.] "The cottage in a chine." J. Ingelow.

Chine

Chine (?), n.[OF. eschine, F. \'82chine, fr. OHG. skina needle, prickle, shin, G. schiene splint, schienbein shin. For the meaning cf. L. spina thorn, prickle, or spine, the backbone. Cf. Shin.]

1. The backbone or spine of an animal; the back. "And chine with rising bristles roughly spread." Dryden.

2. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking. [See Illust. of Beef.]

3. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.

Chine

Chine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chined (?).]

1. To cut through the backbone of; to cut into chine pieces.

2. Too chamfer the ends of a stave and form the chine..

Chined

Chined (?), a.

1. Pertaining to, or having, a chine, or backbone; -- used in composition. Beau. & Fl.

2. Broken in the back. [Obs.]

He's chined, goodman. Beau. & Fl.

Chinese

Chi"nese" (?), a. Of or pertaining to China; peculiar to China. Chinese paper. See India paper, under India. -- Chinese wax, a snowy-wgite, waxlike substance brought from China. It is the bleached secretion of certain insects of the family Coccid\'91 especially Coccus Sinensis.

Chinese

Chi*nese", n. sing. & pl.

1. A native or natives of China, or one of that yellow race with oblique eyelids who live principally in China.

2. sing. The language of China, which is monosyllabic. &hand; Chineses was used as a plural by the contemporaries of Shakespeare and Milton.

Chink

Chink (?), n. [OE. chine, AS. c\'c6ne fissure, chink, fr. c\'c6nan to gape; akin to Goth. Keinan to sprout, G. keimen. Cf. Chit.] A small cleft, rent, or fissure, of greater length than breadth; a gap or crack; as, the chinks of wall.
Through one cloudless chink, in a black, stormy sky. Shines out the dewy morning star. Macaulay.

Chink

Chink, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chinked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinking.] To crack; to open.

Chink

Chink, v. t.

1. To cause to open in cracks or fissures.

2. To fill up the chinks of; as, to chink a wall.

Chink

Chink, n. [Of imitative origin. Cf. Jingle.]

1. A short, sharp sound, as of metal struck with a slight degree of violence. "Chink of bell." Cowper.

2. Money; cash. [Cant] "To leave his chink to better hands." Somerville.

Chink

Chink, v. t. To cause to make a sharp metallic sound, as coins, small pieces of metal, etc., by bringing them into collision with each other. Pope.

Chink

Chink, v. i. To make a slight, sharp, metallic sound, as by the collision of little pieces of money, or other small sonorous bodies. Arbuthnot.

Chinky

Chink"y (?), a. Full of chinks or fissures; gaping; opening in narrow clefts. Dryden.

Chinned

Chinned (?), a. Having a chin; -- used chiefly in compounds; as, short-chinned.

Chinoidine

Chi*noid"ine (?), n. [NL. chinium quinine (cf. G. & F. china Peruvian bark) + --oil + -ine.] (Chem.) See Quinodine.

Chinoline

Chin"o*line (?), n. [NL. chinium quinine (see Chinoldine) + L. oleum oil + -ine.] (Chem.) See Quinoline.

Chinone

Chi"none (?), n. [NL. chinium quinine (see Chinoidine.) + -one.] (Chem.) See Quinone.

Chinook

Chi*nook" (?), n.

1. (Ethnol.) One of a tribe of North American Indians now living in the state of Washington, noted for the custom of flattening their skulls. Chinooks also called Flathead Indians.

2. A warm westerly wind from the country of the Chinooks, sometimes experienced on the slope of the Rocky Mountains, in Montana and the adjacent territory.

3. A jargon of words from various languages (the largest proportion of which is from that of the Chinooks) generally understood by all the Indian tribes of the northwestern territories of the United States.

Chinquapin

Chin"qua*pin (?), n. (Bot.) A branching, nut-bearing tree or shrub (Castanea pumila) of North America, from six to twenty feet high, allied to the chestnut. Also, its small, sweet, edible nat. [Written also chincapin and chinkapin.] Chinquapin oak, a small shrubby oak (Quercus prinoides) of the Atlantic States, with edible acorns. -- Western Chinquapin, an evergreen shrub or tree (Castanopes chrysophylla) of the Pacific coast. In California it is a shrub; in Oregon a tree 30 to 125 feet high.

Chinse

Chinse (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Chinsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chinsing.] (Naut.) To thrust oakum into (seams or chinks) with a chisel , the point of a knife, or a chinsing iron; to calk slightly. Chinsing iron, a light calking iron.

Chintz

Chintz (?), n.; pl. Chintzes (#). [Hindi ch\'c6nt spotted cotton clooth, ch\'c6nt\'be spot.] Cotton cloth, printed with flowers and other devices, in a number of different colors, and often glazed. Swift.

Chioppine

Chiop*pine" (?), n. Same as Chopine, n.

Chip

Chip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chipped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chipping.] [Cf. G. kippen to cut off the edge, to clip, pare. Cf. Chop to cut.]

1. To cut small pieces from; to diminsh or reduce to shape, by cutting away a little at a time; to hew. Shak.

2. To break or crack, or crack off a portion of, as of an eggshell in hatching, or a piece of crockery.

3. To bet, as with chips in the game of poker. To chip in, to contribute, as to a fund; to share in the risks or expenses of. [Slang. U. S.]

Chip

Chip, v. i. To break or fly off in small pieces.

Chip

Chip, n.

1. A piece of wood, stone, or other substance, separated by an ax, chisel, or cutting instrument.

2. A fragment or piece broken off; a small piece.

3. Wood or Cuban palm leaf split into slips, or straw plaited in a special manner, for making hats or bonnets.

4. Anything dried up, withered, or without flavor; -- used contemptuously.

5. One of the counters used in poker and other games.

6. (Naut.) The triangular piece of wood attached to the log line. Buffalo chips. See under Buffalo. -- Chip ax, a small ax for chipping timber into shape. -- Chip bonnet, Chip hat, a bonnet or a hat made of Chip. See Chip, n., 3. -- A chip off the old block, a child who resembles either of his parents. [Colloq.] Milton.- Potato chips, Saratoga chips, thin slices of raw potato fried crisp.

Chipmunk

Chip"munk` (?), n. [Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A squirrel-like animal of the genus Tamias, sometimes called the striped squirrel, chipping squirrel, ground squirrel, hackee. The common species of the United States is the Tamias striatus. [Written also chipmonk, chipmuck, and chipmuk.]

Chipper

Chip"per (?), v. i. [Cf. Cheep, Chirp.] To chirp or chirrup. [ Prov. Eng.] Forby.

Chipper

Chip"per, a. Lively; cheerful; talkative. [U. S.]

Chippeways

Chip"pe*ways (?), n. pl.; sing. Chippeway. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the northern and weastern shores of Lake Superior; -- called also Objibways.

Chipping

Chip"ping (?), n.

1. A chip; a piece separated by a cutting or graving instrument; a fragment.

2. The act or process of cutting or breaking off small pieces, as in dressing iron with a chisel, or reducing a timber or block of stone to shape.

3. The breaking off in small pieces of the edges of potter's ware, porcelain, etc.

Chipping bird

Chip"ping bird` (?). (Zo\'94l.) The chippy.

Chipping squirrel

Chip"ping squir"rel (?). See Chipmunk.

Chippy

Chip"py (?), a. Abounding in, or resembling, chips; dry and tasteless.

Chippy

Chip"py (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small American sparrow (Spizella socialis), very common near dwelling; -- also called chipping bird and chipping sparrow, from its simple note.

Chips

Chips (?), n. (Naut.) A ship's carpenter. [Cant.]

Chiragra

Chi*ra"gra (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) Gout in the hand.

Chiragrical

Chi*rag"ric*al (?), a. Having the gout in the hand, or subject to that disease. Sir. T. Browne.

Chiretta

Chi*ret"ta (?), n. [Hind. chir\'be\'c6t\'be.] A plant (Agathotes Chirayta) found in Northern India, having medicinal properties to the gentian, and esteemed as a tonic and febrifuge.

Chirk

Chirk (?), v. i. [Cf. Chirp, also Creak.]

1. To shriek; to gnash; to utter harsh or shrill cries. [Obs.]

All full of chirkyng was that sorry place. Cheucer.

2. To chirp like a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chirk

Chirk, v. t. To cheer; to enliven; as, to chirk one up. [Colloq. New Eng. ]

Chirk

Chirk, a. [From Chirk, v. i.] Lively; cheerful; in good spirits. [Colloq. New Eng.]

Chirm

Chirm (?), v. i. [Cf. AS. cyrman, cirman, to cry out. \'fb24 Cf. Chirp.] To chirp or to make a mournful cry, as a bird. [Obs.] Huloet.

Chirognomy

Chi*rog"no*my (?), n. [Gr. The art of judging character by the shape and apperance of the hand.

Chirograph

Chi"ro*graph (?), n. [Gr. (Old. Law) (a) A writing which, reguiring a counterpart, was engrossed twice on the same piece of parchment, with a space between, in which was written the word chirographum, through which the parchment was cut, and one part given to each party. It answered to what is now called a charter party. (b) The last part of a fine of land, commonly called the foot of the fine. Bouvier.

Chirographer

Chi*rog"ra*pher (?), n.

1. One who practice the art or business of writing or engrossing.

2. See chirographist, 2. Chirographer of fines (Old Eng. Law), an officer in the court of common pleas, who engrossed fines.

Chirographic, Chirographical

Chi`ro*graph"ic (?), Chi`ro*graph"ic*al (?) a. Of or pertaining to chirography.

Chirographist

Chi*rog"ra*phist (?), n.

1. A chirographer; a writer or engrosser.

2. One who tells fortunes by examining the hand.

Chirography

Chi*rog"ra*phy (?), n.

1. The art of writing or engrossing; handwriting; as, skilled in chirography.

2. The art of telling fortunes by examining the hand.

Chirogymnast

Chi`ro*gym"nast (?), n. [Gr. A mechanocal contrivance for exercesing the fingers of a pianist.

Chirological

Chi`ro*log"ic*al (?), a. Relating to chirology.

Chirologist

Chi*rol"o*gist (?), n. One who communicates thoughts by signs made with the hands and fingers.

Chirology

Chi*rol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The art or practice of using the manual alphabet or of communicating thoughts by sings made by the hands and fingers; a substitute for spoken or written language in intercourse with the deaf and dumb. See Dactylalogy.

Chiromancer

Chi"ro*man`cer (?), n. One who practices chiromancy. Dryden.

Chiromancy

Chi"ro*mancy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy.] The art or practice of foretelling events, or of telling the fortunes or the disposition of persons by inspecting the hand; palmistry.

Chiromanist, Chiromantist

Chi"ro*man`ist (?), Chi"ro*man`tist (?) n. [Gr. A chiromancer.

Chiromantic, Chiromantical

Chi`ro*man"tic (?), Chi`ro*man"tic*al (?) a. Of or pertaining to chiromancy.

Chiromonic

Chi`ro*mon"ic (?), a. Relating to chironomy.

Chironomy

Chi*ron"o*my (?), n. [Gr. The art of moving the hands in oratory or in pantomime; gesture [Obs.]

Chiroplast

Chi"ro*plast (?), n. [Gr. (Mus.) An instrument to guid the hands and fingers of pupils in playing on the piano, etc.

Chiropodist

Chi*rop"o*dist (?), n. [Gr. One who treats diseases of the hands and feet; especially, one who removes corns and bunions.

Chiropody

Chirop"ody (?), n. The art of treating diseases of the hands and feet.

Chirosophist

Chiros"ophist (?), n. [Gr. Sophist.] A fortune teller.

Chirp

Chirp (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chirped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chirping.] [Of imitative orgin. Cf. Chirk, Chipper, Cheep, Chirm, Chirrup.] To make a shop, sharp, cheerful, as of small birds or crickets.

Chirp

Chirp, n. A short, sharp note, as of a bird or insect. "The chirp of flitting bird." Bryant.

Chirper

Chirp"er (?), n. One who chirps, or is cheerful.

Chirping

Chirp"ing (?), a. Cheering; enlivening.
He takes his chirping pint, he cracks his jokes. Pope.

Chirpingly

Chirp"ing*ly, adv. In a chirping manner.

Chirre

Chirre (?), v. i. [Cf. G. girren, AS. corian to murmur, complain. \'fb24.] To coo, as a pigeon. [Obs.]

Chirrup

Chir"rup (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chirruped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chirruping.] [See Chirp.] To quicken or animate by chirping; to cherup.

Chirrup

Chir"rup, v. i. To chirp. Tennyson.
The criket chirrups on the hearth. Goldsmith.

Chirrup

Chir"rup, n. The act of chirping; a chirp.
The sparrows' chirrup on the roof. Tennyson.

Chirrupy

Chir"rupy (?), a. Cheerful; joyous; chatty.

Chirurgeon

Chi*rur"geon (?), n. [F. chirurgien, from chirurgie surgery, fr. Gr. Surgeon, Work.] A surgeon. [Obs.]

Chirurgeonly

Chi*rur"geon*ly, adv. Surgically. [Obs.] Shak.

Chirurgery

Chi*rur"ger*y (?), n. [See Chirurgeon, and cf. Surgery.] Surgery. [Obs.]

Chirurgic, Chirurgical

Chi*rur"gic (?), Chirur"gical (?), a. [Cf. F. chirurgiquerurgical, L. Chirurgicus, Gr. Chirurgeon, and cf. Surgical.] Surgical [Obs.] "Chirurgical lore" Longfellow.
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Chisel

Chis"el (?), n. [OF. chisel, F. ciseau, fr. LL. cisellus, prob. for caesellus, fr. L. caesus, p. p. of caedere to cut. Cf. Scissors.] A tool with a cutting edge on one end of a metal blade, used in dressing, shaping, or working in timber, stone, metal, etc.; -- usually driven by a mallet or hammer. Cold chisel. See under Cold, a.

Chisel

Chis"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chiseled (?), or Chiselled (p. pr. & vb. n.
Chiseling, or Chiselling.] [Cf. F. ciseler.]

1. To cut, pare, gouge, or engrave with a chisel; as, to chisel a block of marble into a statue.

2. To cut close, as in a bargain; to cheat. [Slang]

Chisleu

Chis"leu (?), n. [Heb.] The ninth month of the Jewish ecclesiastical year, answering to a part of November with a part of December.

Chisley

Chis"ley (?), a. [AS. ceosel gravel or sand. Cf. Chessom.] Having a large admixture of small pebbles or gravel; -- said of a soil. Gardner.

Chit

Chit (?), n. [Cf. AS. c\'c6 shoot, sprig, from the same root as c\'c6nan to yawn. See Chink a cleft.]

1. The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes.

2. A child or babe; as, a forward chit; also, a young, small, or insignificant person or animal.

A little chit of a woman. Thackeray.

3. An excrescence on the body, as a wart. [Obs.]

4. A small tool used in cleaving laths. Knight.

Chit

Chit, v. i. To shoot out; to sprout.
I have known barley chit in seven hours after it had been thrown forth. Mortimer.

Chit

Chit, 3d sing. of Chide. Chideth. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chitchat

Chit"chat (?), n. [From Chat, by way of reduplication.] Familiar or trifling talk; prattle.

Chitin

Chi"tin (?), n. [See Chiton.] (Chem.) A white amorphous horny substance forming the harder part of the outer integument of insects, crustacea, and various other invertebrates; entomolin.

Chitinization

Chi`ti*ni*za"tion (?), n. The process of becoming chitinous.

Chitinous

Chi"ti*nous (?), a. Having the nature of chitin; consisting of, or containing, chitin.

Chiton

Chi"ton (?), n. [Gr.

1. An under garment among the ancient Greeks, nearly representing the modern shirt.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of a group of gastropod mollusks, with a shell composed of eight movable dorsal plates. See Polyplacophora.

Chitter

Chit"ter (?), v. i. [Cf. Chatter.]

1. To chirp in a tremulous manner, as a bird. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To shiver or chatter with cold. [Scot.] Burns.

Chitterling

Chit"ter*ling (?), n. The frill to the breast of a shirt, which when ironed out resembled the small entrails. See Chitterlings. [Obs.] Gascoigne.

Chitterlings

Chit"ter*lings (?), n. pl. [Cf. AS. cwi\'ed womb, Icel. kvi\'eb, Goth. qi\'edus, belly, womb, stomach, G. kutteln chitterlings.] (Cookery) The smaller intestines of swine, etc., fried for food.

Chittra

Chit"tra (?), n. [Native Indian name.] (Zo\'94l.) The axis deer of India.

Chitty

Chit"ty (?), a.

1. Full of chits or sprouts.

2. Childish; like a babe. [Obs.]

Chivachie

Chiv"a*chie` (?), n. [OF. chevauchie, chevauch\'82e; of the same origin as E. cavalcade.] A cavalry raid; hence, a military expedition. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Chivalric

Chiv"al*ric (?), a. [See Chivalry.] Relating to chivalry; knightly; chivalrous.

Chivalrous

Chiv"al*rous (?), a. [OF. chevalerus, chevalereus, fr. chevalier. See Chivalry.] Pertaining to chivalry or knight-errantry; warlike; heroic; gallant; high-spirited; high-minded; magnanimous.
In brave pursuit of chivalrous emprise. Spenser.

Chivalrously

Chiv"al*rous*ly, adv. In a chivalrous manner; gallantly; magnanimously.

Chivalry

Chiv"al*ry (?), n. [F. chevalerie, fr. chevalier knight, OF., horseman. See Chevalier, and cf. Cavalry.]

1. A body or order of cavaliers or knights serving on horseback; illustrious warriors, collectively; cavalry. "His Memphian chivalry." Milton.

By his light Did all the chivalry of England move, To do brave acts. Shak.

2. The dignity or system of knighthood; the spirit, usages, or manners of knighthood; the practice of knight-errantry. Dryden.

3. The qualifications or character of knights, as valor, dexterity in arms, courtesy, etc.

The glory of our Troy this day doth lie On his fair worth and single chivalry. Shak.

4. (Eng. Law) A tenure of lands by knight's service; that is, by the condition of a knight's performing service on horseback, or of performing some noble or military service to his lord.

5. Exploit. [Obs.] Sir P. Sidney. Court of chivalry, a court formerly held before the lord high constable and earl marshal of England as judges, having cognizance of contracts and other matters relating to deeds of arms and war. Blackstone.

Chive

Chive (?), n. (Bot.) A filament of a stamen. [Obs.]

Chive

Chive (?), n. [F. cive, fr. L. cepa, caepa, onion. Cf. Cives, Cibol.] (Bot.) A perennial plant (Allium Sch\'d2noprasum), allied to the onion. The young leaves are used in omelets, etc. [Written also cive.]

Chivy

Chiv"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chivied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chivying.] [Cf. Chevy.] To goad, drive, hunt, throw, or pitch. [Slang, Eng.] Dickens.

Chlamydate

Chlam"y*date (?), a. [L. chlamydatus dressed in a military cloak. See Chlamys.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a mantle; -- applied to certain gastropods.

Chlamyphore

Chlam"y*phore (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A small South American edentate (Chlamyphorus truncatus, and C. retusus) allied to the armadillo. It is covered with a leathery shell or coat of mail, like a cloak, attached along the spine.

Chlamys

Chla"mys (?), n.; pl. E. Chlamyses (#), L. Chlamydes (#). [L., from Gr. A loose and flowing outer garment, worn by the ancient Greeks; a kind of cloak.

Chloasma

Chlo*as"ma (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A cutaneous affection characterized by yellow or yellowish brown pigmented spots.

Chloral

Chlo"ral (?), n. [Chlorine + alcohol.]

1. (Chem.) A colorless oily liquid, CCl3.CHO, of a pungent odor and harsh taste, obtained by the action of chlorine upon ordinary or ethyl alcohol.

2. (Med.) Chloral hydrate. Chloral hydrate, a white crystalline substance, obtained by treating chloral with water. It produces sleep when taken internally or hypodermically; -- called also chloral.

Chloralamide

Chlo"ral*am`ide (?), n. [Chloral + amide.] (Chem.) A compound of chloral and formic amide used to produce sleep.

Chloralism

Chlo"ral*ism (?), n. (Med.) A morbid condition of the system resulting from excessive use of chloral.

Chloralum

Chlor`al"um (?), n. [Chlorine + aluminium.] An impure aqueous solution of chloride of aluminium, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant.

Chloranil

Chlor`an"il (?), n. [Chlorine + aniline.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance, C6Cl4.O2, regarded as a derivative of quinone, obtained by the action of chlorine on certain benzene derivatives, as aniline.

Chlorate

Chlo"rate (?), n. [Cf. F. chlorate. See Chlorine.] (Chem.) A salt of chloric acid; as, chlorate of potassium.

Chloraurate

Chlor`au"rate (?), n. [Chlorine + aurate.] (Chem.) See Aurochloride.

Chlorhydric

Chlor`hy"dric (?), a. [Chlorine + hydrogen + -ic.] (Chem.) Same as Hydrochloric.

Chlorhydrin

Chlor`hy"drin (?), n. (Chem.) One of a class of compounds formed from certain polybasic alcohols (and especially glycerin) by the substitution of chlorine for one or more hydroxyl groups.

Chloric

Chlo"ric (?), a. [From Chlorine.] Pertaining to, or obtained from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of five, or the next to its highest; as, chloric acid, HClO3. Chloric ether (Chem.), ethylene dichloride. See Dutch liquid, under Dutch.

Chloridate

Chlo"ri*date (?), v.t. To treat or prepare with a chloride, as a plate with chloride of silver, for the purposes of photography. R. Hunt.

Chloride

Chlo"ride (?), n. (Chem.) A binary compound of chlorine with another element or radical; as, chloride of sodium (common salt). Chloride of ammonium, sal ammoniac. -- Chloride of lime, bleaching powder; a grayish white substance, CaOClcalcium hypochlorite. See Hypochlorous acid, under Hypochlorous. -- Mercuric chloride, corrosive sublimate.

Chloridic

Chlo*rid"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chloride; containing a chloride.

Chloridize

Chlo"rid*ize (?), v. t. See Chloridate.

Chlorimetry

Chlo*rim"e*try (?), n. See Chlorometry.

Chlorinate

Chlo"rin*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chlorinated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chlorinating.] (Chem.) To treat, or cause to combine, with chlorine.

Chlorination

Chlo`ri*na"tion (?), n. The act or process of subjecting anything to the action of chlorine; especially, a process for the extraction of gold by exposure of the auriferous material to chlorine gas.

Chlorine

Chlo"rine (?), n. [Gr. Yellow.] (Chem.) One of the elementary substances, commonly isolated as a greenish yellow gas, two and one half times as heavy as air, of an intensely disagreeable suffocating odor, and exceedingly poisonous. It is abundant in nature, the most important compound being common salt. It is powerful oxidizing, bleaching, and disinfecting agent. Symbol Cl. Atomic weight, 35.4. Chlorine family, the elements fluorine, chlorine, bromine, and iodine, called the halogens, and classed together from their common peculiariries.

Chloriodic

Chlor`i*od"ic (?), a. Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.

Chloriodine

Chlor`i"o*dine (?), n. A compound of chlorine and iodine. [R.]

Chlorite

Chlo"rite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) The name of a group of minerals, usually of a green color and micaceous to granular in structure. They are hydrous silicates of alumina, iron, and magnesia. Chlorite slate, a schistose or slaty rock consisting of alumina, iron, and magnesia.

Chlorite

Chlo"rite, n. [Chlorous + -ite.] (Chem.) Any salt of chlorous acid; as, chlorite of sodium.

Chloritic

Chlo*rit"ic (?), a. [From 1st Chlorite.] Pertaining to, or containing, chlorite; as, chloritic sand.

Chlormethane

Chlor`meth"ane (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless gas, CH3Cl, of a sweet odor, easily condensed to a liquid; -- called also methyl chloride. <-- Also chloromethane. b. p. -23.7° C. It is sold as a liquid under pressure, and used to rapidly chill skin (so as to prevent swelling after an injury); in this fashion it also serves as a local anaesthetic. It chills by the cooling effect of the rapid evaporation of the liquid form, applied directly to the skin. Also used as a refrigerant. -->

Chloro-

Chlo"ro- (?). (Chem.) A prefix denoting that chlorine is an ingredient in the substance named.

Chlorocruorin

Chlo`ro*cru"o*rin (?), n. [Gr. cruorin.] (Physiol.) A green substance, supposed to be the cause of the green color of the blood in some species of worms. Ray Lankester.

Chlorodyne

Chlo"ro*dyne (?), n. [From chlorine, in imitation of anodyne.] (Med.) A patent anodyne medicine, containing opium, chloroform, Indian hemp, etc.

Chloroform

Chlo"ro*form (?), n. [Chlorine + formyl, it having been regarded as a trichloride of this radical: cf. F. chloroforme, G. chloroform.] (Chem.) A colorless volatile liquid, CHCl3, having an ethereal odor and a sweetish taste, formed by treating alcohol with chlorine and an alkali. It is a powerful solvent of wax, resin, etc., and is extensively used to produce an\'91sthesia in surgical operations; also externally, to alleviate pain.

Chloroform

Chlo"ro*form (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chloroformed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chloroforming.] To treat with chloroform, or to place under its influence.

Chloroleucite

Chlo`ro*leu"cite (?), n. [Gr. leucite.] (Bot.) Same as Chloroplastid.

Chlorometer

Chlo*rom"e*ter (?), n. [Cf. F. chlorom\'8atre. See Chlorine, and -meter.] An instrument to test the decoloring or bleaching power of chloride of lime.

Chlorometry

Chlo*rom"e*try (?), n. The process of testing the bleaching power of any combination of chlorine.

Chloropal

Chlo*ro"pal (?), n. [Gr. opal.] (Min.) A massive mineral, greenish in color, and opal-like in appearance. It is essentially a hydrous silicate of iron.

Chloropeptic

Chlo`ro*pep"tic (?), a. [Chlorine + peptic.] (Physiol. Chem.) Of or pertaining to an acid more generally called pepsin-hydrochloric acid.

Chlorophane

Chlo"ro*phane (?), n. [Gr. chlorophane.]

1. (Min.) A variety of fluor spar, which, when heated, gives a beautiful emerald green light.

2. (Physiol.) The yellowish green pigment in the inner segment of the cones of the retina. See Chromophane.

Chlorophyll

Chlo"ro*phyll (?), n. [Gr. chlorophylle.] (Bot.) Literally, leaf green; a green granular matter formed in the cells of the leaves (and other parts exposed to light) of plants, to which they owe their green color, and through which all ordinary assimilation of plant food takes place. Similar chlorophyll granules have been found in the tissues of the lower animals. [Written also chlorophyl.]

Chloroplastid

Chlo`ro*plas"tid (?), n. [Gr. plastid.] (Bot.) A granule of chlorophyll; -- also called chloroleucite.

Chloroplatinic

Chlo`ro*pla*tin"ic (?), a. (Chem.) See Platinichloric.

Chlorosis

Chlo*ro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. chlorose.]

1. (Med.) The green sickness; an an\'91mic disease of young women, characterized by a greenish or grayish yellow hue of the skin, weakness, palpitation, etc.

2. (Bot.) A disease in plants, causing the flowers to turn green or the leaves to lose their normal green color.

Chlorotic

Chlo*rot"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. chlorotique.] Pertaining to, or affected by, chlorosis.

Chlorous

Chlo"rous (?), a. [See Chlorine.]

1. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chlorine; -- said of those compounds of chlorine in which this element has a valence of three, the next lower than in chloric compounds; as, chlorous acid, HClO2.

2. (Chem. Physics) Pertaining to, or resembling, the electro-negative character of chlorine; hence, electro-negative; -- opposed to basylous or zincous. [Obs.]

Chlorpicrin

Chlor`pi"crin (?), n. (Chem.) A heavy, colorless liquid, CCl3.NO2, of a strong pungent odor, obtained by subjecting picric acid to the action of chlorine. [Written also chloropikrin.]

Chloruret

Chlo"ru*ret (?), n. [Cf. F. chlorure.] (Chem.) A chloride. [Obs.]

Choak

Choak (?), v. t. & i. See Choke.

Choanoid

Cho"a*noid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Anat.) Funnel-shaped; -- applied particularly to a hollow muscle attached to the ball of the eye in many reptiles and mammals.

Chocard

Cho"card (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The chough.

Chock

Chock (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chocking.] To stop or fasten, as with a wedge, or block; to scotch; as, to chock a wheel or cask.

Chock

Chock, v. i. To fill up, as a cavity. "The woodwork . . . exactly chocketh into joints." Fuller.

Chock

Chock, n.

1. A wedge, or block made to fit in any space which it is desired to fill, esp. something to steady a cask or other body, or prevent it from moving, by fitting into the space around or beneath it.

2. (Naut.) A heavy casting of metal, usually fixed near the gunwale. It has two short horn-shaped arms curving inward, between which ropes or hawsers may pass for towing, mooring, etc.

Chock

Chock, adv. (Naut.) Entirely; quite; as, chock home; chock aft.

Chock

Chock, v. t. [F. choquer. Cf. Shock, v. t.] To encounter. [Obs.]

Chock

Chock, n. An encounter. [Obs.]

Chockablock

Chock"a*block (?), a. (Naut.) Hoisted as high as the tackle will admit; brought close together, as the two blocks of a tackle in hoisting.

Chock-full

Chock"-full` (?), a. Quite full; choke-full.

Chocolate

Choc"o*late (?), n. [Sp., fr. the Mexican name of the cacao. Cf. Cacao, Cocoa.]

1. A paste or cake composed of the roasted seeds of the Theobroma Cacao ground and mixed with other ingredients, usually sugar, and cinnamon or vanilla.

2. The beverage made by dissolving a portion of the paste or cake in boiling water or milk. Chocolate house, a house in which customers may be served with chocolate. -- Chocolate nut. See Cacao.

Choctaws

Choc"taws (?), n. pl.; sing. Choctaw. (Ethnol.) A tribe of North American Indians (Southern Appalachian), in early times noted for their pursuit of agriculture, and for living at peace with the white settlers. They are now one of the civilized tribes of the Indian Territory.

Chode

Chode (?), the old imp. of chide. See Chide.

Chogset

Chog"set (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cunner.
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Choice

Choice (?), n. [OE. chois, OF. chois, F. choix, fr. choisir to choose; of German origin; cf. Goth. kausjan to examine, kiusan to choose, examine, G. kiesen. \'fb46. Cf. Choose.]

1. Act of choosing; the voluntary act of selecting or separating from two or more things that which is preferred; the determination of the mind in preferring one thing to another; election.

2. The power or opportunity of choosing; option.

Choice there is not, unless the thing which we take be so in our power that we might have refused it. Hooker.

3. Care in selecting; judgment or skill in distinguishing what is to be preferred, and in giving a preference; discrimination.

I imagine they [the apothegms of C\'91sar] were collected with judgment and choice. Bacon.

4. A sufficient number to choose among. Shak.

5. The thing or person chosen; that which is approved and selected in preference to others; selection.

The common wealth is sick of their own choice. Shak.

6. The best part; that which is preferable.

The flower and choice Of many provinces from bound to bound. Milton.
To make a choice of, to choose; to select; to separate and take in preference. Syn. - See Volition, Option.

Choice

Choice, a. [Compar. Choicer (?); superl. Choicest (?).]

1. Worthly of being chosen or preferred; select; superior; precious; valuable.

My choicest hours of life are lost. Swift.

2. Preserving or using with care, as valuable; frugal; -- used with of; as, to be choice of time, or of money.

3. Selected with care, and due attention to preference; deliberately chosen.

Choice word measured phrase. Wordsworth.
Syn. - Select; precious; exquisite; uncommon; rare; chary; careful/

Choiceful

Choice"ful (?), a. Making choices; fickle. [Obs.]
His choiceful sense with every change doth fit. Spenser.

Choicely

Choice"ly, adv.

1. With care in choosing; with nice regard to preference. "A band of men collected choicely, from each county some." Shak.

2. In a preferable or excellent manner; excellently; eminently. "Choicely good." Walton.

Choiceness

Choice"ness, n. The quality of being of particular value or worth; nicely; excellence.

Choir

Choir (?), n. [OE. quer, OF. cuer, F. ch\'d2ur, fr. L. chorus a choral dance, chorus, choir, fr. Gr. hortus garden, and E. yard. See Chorus.]

1. A band or organized company of singers, especially in church service. [Formerly written also quire.]

2. That part of a church appropriated to the singers.

3. (Arch.) The chancel. Choir organ (Mus.), one of the three or five distinct organs included in the full organ, each separable from the rest, but all controlled by one performer; a portion of the full organ, complete in itself, and more practicable for ordinary service and in the accompanying of the vocal choir. -- Choir screen, Choir wall (Arch.), a screen or low wall separating the choir from the aisles. -- Choir service, the service of singing performed by the choir. T. Warton.

Choke

Choke (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Choking.] [OE. cheken, choken; cf. AS. \'beceocian to suffocate, Icel. koka to gulp, E. chincough, cough.]

1. To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

With eager feeding food doth choke the feeder. Shak.

2. To obstruct by filling up or clogging any passage; to block up. Addison.

3. To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle.

Oats and darnel choke the rising corn. Dryden.

4. To affect with a sense of strangulation by passion or strong feeling. "I was choked at this word." Swift.

5. To make a choke, as in a cartridge, or in the bore of the barrel of a shotgun. To choke off, to stop a person in the execution of a purpose; as, to choke off a speaker by uproar.

Choke

Choke, v. i.

1. To have the windpipe stopped; to have a spasm of the throat, caused by stoppage or irritation of the windpipe; to be strangled.

2. To be checked, as if by choking; to stick.

The words choked in his throat. Sir W. Scott.

Choke

Choke, n.

1. A stoppage or irritation of the windpipe, producing the feeling of strangulation.

2. (Gun.) (a) The tied end of a cartridge. (b) A constriction in the bore of a shotgun, case of a rocket, etc.

Chokeberry

Choke"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) The small apple-shaped or pear-shaped fruit of an American shrub (Pyrus arbutifolia) growing in damp thickets; also, the shrub.

Chokecherry

Choke"cher`ry (?), n. (Bot.) The astringent fruit of a species of wild cherry (Prunus Virginiana); also, the bush or tree which bears such fruit.

Choke damp

Choke" damp` (?). See Carbonic acid, under Carbonic.

Chokedar

Cho`ke*dar" (?), n. [Hindi chauk\'c6-d\'ber.] A watchman; an officer of customs or police. [India]

Choke-full

Choke"-full` (?), a. Full to the brim; quite full; chock-full.

Choke pear

Choke" pear` (?).

1. A kind of pear that has a rough, astringent taste, and is swallowed with difficulty, or which contracts the mucous membrane of the mouth.

2. A sarcasm by which one is put to silence; anything that can not be answered. [Low] S. Richardson.

Choker

Chok"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, chokes.

2. A stiff wide cravat; a stock. [Slang]

Choke-strap

Choke"-strap` (?), n. (Saddlery) A strap leading from the bellyband to the lower part of the collar, to keep the collar in place.

Choking

Chok"ing (?), a.

1. That chokes; producing the feeling of strangulation.

2. Indistinct in utterance, as the voice of a person affected with strong emotion.

Choky Chokey

Chok"y Chok"ey (?), a.

1. Tending to choke or suffocate, or having power to suffocate.

2. Inclined to choke, as a person affected with strong emotion. "A deep and choky voice." Aytoun.

The allusion to his mother made Tom feel rather chokey. T. Hughes.

Chol\'91maa

Cho*l\'91"ma*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A disease characterized by severe nervous symptoms, dependent upon the presence of the constituents of the bile in the blood.

Cholagogue

Chol"a*gogue (?), a. [Gr. cholagogue.] (Med.) Promoting the discharge of bile from the system. -- n. An agent which promotes the discharge of bile from the system.

Cholate

Cho"late (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A salt of cholic acid; as, sodium cholate.

Cholecystis

Chol`e*cys"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The gall bladder.

Cholecystotomy

Chol`e*cys*tot"o*my (?), n. [Cholecystis + Gr. (Surg.) The operation of making an opening in the gall bladder, as for the removal of a gallstone.

Choledology

Chol`e*dol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy. Cf. F. chol\'82dologie.] (Med.) A treatise on the bile and bilary organs. Dunglison. &hand; Littr\'82 says that the word chol\'82dologie is absolutely barbarous, there being no Greek word cholology
.

Choleic

Cho*le"ic (?), a. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, bile; as, choleic acid.

Choler

Chol"er (?), n. [OE. coler, F. col\'8are anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. Gall, and cf. Cholera.]

1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.]

His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. I. Warton.

2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.

He is rash and very sudden in choler. Shak.

Cholera

Chol"er*a (?), n. [L., a bilious disease. See Choler.] (Med.) One of several diseases affecting the digestive and intestinal tract and more or less dangerous to life, esp. the one commonly called Asiatic cholera. Asiatic cholera, a malignant and rapidly fatal disease, originating in Asia and frequently epidemic in the more filthy sections of other lands, to which the germ or specific poison may have been carried. It is characterized by diarrhea, rice-water evacuations, vomiting, cramps, pinched expression, and lividity, rapidly passing into a state of collapse, followed by death, or by a stage of reaction of fever. -- Cholera bacillus. See Comma bacillus. -- Cholera infantum, a dangerous summer disease, of infants, caused by hot weather, bad air, or poor milk, and especially fatal in large cities. -- Cholera morbus, a disease characterized by vomiting and purging, with gripings and cramps, usually caused by imprudence in diet or by gastrointestinal disturbance. -- Chicken cholera. See under Chicken. -- Hog cholera. See under Hog. -- Sporadic cholera, a disease somewhat resembling the Asiatic cholera, but originating where it occurs, and rarely becoming epidemic.

Choleraic

Chol`er*a"ic (?), a. Relating to, or resulting from, or resembling, cholera.

Choleric

Chol"er*ic (?), a. [L. cholericus, Gr. chol\'82rique.]

1. Abounding with, or producing choler, or bile. Dryden.

2. Easily irritated; irascible; inclined to anger.

3. Angry; indicating anger; excited by anger. "Choleric speech." Sir W. Raleigh. Choleric temperament, the bilious temperament.

Cholericly

Chol"er*ic*ly, adv. In a choleric manner; angrily.

Choleriform

Chol"er*i*form` (?), a. [Cholera + -form.] Resembling cholera.

Cholerine

Chol"er*ine (?), n. (Med.) (a) The precursory symptoms of cholera. (b) The first stage of epidemic cholera. (c) A mild form of cholera.

Choleroid

Chol"er*oid, a. [Cholera + -oid.] Choleriform.

Cholesteric

Cho`les*ter"ic (?), a. [Cf. F. cholest\'82rique.] Pertaining to cholesterin, or obtained from it; as, cholesteric acid. Ure.

Cholesterin

Cho*les"ter*in (?), n. [Gr. cholest\'82rine. See Stearin.] (Chem.) A white, fatty, crystalline substance, tasteless and odorless, found in animal and plant products and tissue, and especially in nerve tissue, in the bile, and in gallstones.

Choliamb, Choliambic

Cho"li*amb (?), Cho`li*am"bic (?), n. [L. choliambus, Gr. (Pros.) A verse having an iambus in the fifth place, and a spondee in the sixth or last.

Cholic, Cholinic

Chol"ic (?), Cho*lin"ic (?), a. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, the bile. Cholic acid (Chem.), a complex organic acid found as a natural constituent of taurocholic and glycocholic acids in the bile, and extracted as a resinous substance, convertible under the influence of ether into white crystals.

Choline

Cho"line (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) See Neurine.

Cholochrome

Chol"o*chrome (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol.) See Bilirubin.

Choloph\'91in

Chol`o*ph\'91"in (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol.) See Bilirubin.

Choltry

Chol"try (?), n. A Hindoo caravansary.

Chomp

Chomp (?), v. i. To chew loudly and greedily; to champ. [Prov. Eng. & Colloq. U. S.] Halliwell.

Chondrification

Chon`dri*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.

Chondrify

Chon"dri*fy (?), v. t. & i. [Gr. -fy.] To convert, or be converted, into cartilage.

Chondrigen

Chon"dri*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of cartilage, converted by long boiling in water into a gelatinous body called chondrin.

Chondrigenous

Chon*drig"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. -genous.] (Physiol.) Affording chondrin.

Chondrin

Chon"drin (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A colorless, amorphous, nitrogenous substance, tasteless and odorless, formed from cartilaginous tissue by long-continued action of boiling water. It is similar to gelatin, and is a large ingredient of commercial gelatin.

Chondrite

Chon"drite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A meteoric stone characterized by the presence of chondrules.

Chondritic

Chon*drit"ic (?), a. (Min.) Granular; pertaining to, or having the granular structure characteristic of, the class of meteorites called chondrites.

Chondritis

Chon*dri"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of cartilage.

Chondro-

Chon"dro- (?). [Gr. A combining form meaning a grain, granular, granular cartilage, cartilaginous; as, the chondrocranium, the cartilaginous skull of the lower vertebrates and of embryos.

Chondrodite

Chon"dro*dite (?), n. [Gr. (Min.) A fluosilicate of magnesia and iron, yellow to red in color, often occurring in granular form in a crystalline limestone.

Chondroganoidea

Chon`dro*ga*noi"de*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.

Chondrogen

Chon"dro*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) Same as Chondrigen.

Chondrogenesis

Chon`dro*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. genesis.] (Physiol.) The development of cartilage.

Chondroid

Chon"droid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] Resembling cartilage.

Chondrology

Chon*drol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy: cf. F. chondrologie.] (Anat.) The science which treats of cartilages. Dunglison.

Chondroma

Chon*dro"ma (?), n.; pl. Chondromata (#). [NL., fr. Gr. -oma.] A cartilaginous tumor or growth.

Chondrometer

Chon*drom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] A steelyard for weighting grain.

Chondropterygian

Chon*drop`ter*yg"i*an (?), a. [Cf. F. chondropterygien.] Having a cartilaginous skeleton. -- n. One of the Chondropterygii.

Chondropterygii

Chon*drop`te*ryg"i*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A group of fishes, characterized by cartilaginous fins and skeleton. It includes both ganoids (sturgeons, etc.) and selachians (sharks), but is now often restricted to the latter. [Written also Chondropterygia.]

Chondrostei

Chon*dros"te*i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so named because the skeleton is cartilaginous.

Chondrotomy

Chon*drot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Anat.) The dissection of cartilages.

Chondrule

Chon"drule (?), n. [Dim. from Gr. (Min.) A peculiar rounded granule of some mineral, usually enstatite or chrysolite, found imdedded more or less aboundantly in the mass of many meteoric stones, which are hence called chondrites.

Choose

Choose (?), v. t. [imp. Chose (?); p. p. Chosen (?), Chose (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Choosing.] [OE. chesen, cheosen, AS. ce\'a2san; akin to OS. kiosan, D. kiezen, G. kiesen, Icel. kj\'d3sa, Goth. kiusan, L. gustare to taste, Gr. jush to enjoy. \'fb46. Cf. Choice, 2d Gust.]

1. To make choice of; to select; to take by way of preference from two or more objects offered; to elect; as, to choose the least of two evils.

Choose me for a humble friend. Pope.

2. To wish; to desire; to prefer. [Colloq.]

The landlady now returned to know if we did not choose a more genteel apartment. Goldsmith.
To choose sides. See under Side. Syn. - To select; prefer; elect; adopt; follow. -- To Choose, Prefer, Elect. To choose is the generic term, and denotes to take or fix upon by an act of the will, especially in accordance with a decision of the judgment. To prefer is to choose or favor one thing as compared with, and more desirable than, another, or more in accordance with one's tastes and feelings. To elect is to choose or select for some office, employment, use, privilege, etc., especially by the concurrent vote or voice of a sufficient number of electors. To choose a profession; to prefer private life to a public one; to elect members of Congress.

Choose

Choose, v. i.

1. To make a selection; to decide.

They had only to choose between implicit obedience and open rebellion. Prescott.

2. To do otherwise. "Can I choose but smile?" Pope. Can not choose but, must necessarily.

Thou canst not choose but know who I am. Shak.

Chooser

Choos"er (?), n. One who chooses; one who has the power or right of choosing; an elector. Burke.

Chop

Chop (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chopped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chopping.] [Cf. LG. & D. kappen, Dan. kappe, Sw. kappa. Cf. Chap to crack.]

1. To cut by striking repeatedly with a sharp instrument; to cut into pieces; to mince; -- often with up.


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2. To sever or separate by one more blows of a sharp instrument; to divide; -- usually with off or down.

Chop off your hand, and it to the king. Shak.

3. To seize or devour greedily; -- with up. [Obs.]

Upon the opening of his mouth he drops his breakfast, which the fox presently chopped up. L'estrange.

Chop

Chop (?), v. i.

1. To make a quick strike, or repeated strokes, with an ax or other sharp instrument.

2. To do something suddenly with an unexpected motion; to catch or attempt to seize.

Out of greediness to get both, he chops at the shadow, and loses the substance. L'Estrange.

3. To interrupt; -- with in or out.

This fellow interrupted the sermon, even suddenly chopping in. Latimer.

Chop

Chop, v. t. [Cf. D. koopen to buy. See Cheapen, v. t., and cf. Chap, v. i., to buy.]

1. To barter or truck.

2. To exchange; substitute one thing for another.

We go on chopping and changing our friends. L'Estrange.
To chop logic, to dispute with an affected use of logical terms; to argue sophistically.

Chop

Chop, v. i.

1. To purchase by way of truck.

2. (Naut.) To vary or shift suddenly; as, the wind chops about.

3. To wrangle; to altercate; to bandy words.

Let not the counsel at the bar chop with the judge. Bacon.

Chop

Chop, n. A change; a vicissitude. Marryat.

Chop

Chop, v. t. & i. To crack. See Chap, v. t. & i.

Chop

Chop, n.

1. The act of chopping; a stroke.

2. A piece chopped off; a slice or small piece, especially of meat; as, a mutton chop.

3. A crack or cleft. See Chap.

Chop

Chop, n. [See Chap.]

1. A jaw of an animal; -- commonly in the pl. See Chops.

2. A movable jaw or cheek, as of a wooden vise.

3. The land at each side of the mouth of a river, harbor, or channel; as, East Chop or West Chop. See Chops.

Chop

Chop, n. [Chin. & Hind. ch\'bep stamp, brand.]

1. Quality; brand; as, silk of the first chop.

2. A permit or clearance. Chop dollar, a silver dollar stamped to attest its purity. -- chop of tea, a number of boxes of the same make and quality of leaf. -- Chowchow chop. See under Chowchow. -- Grand chop, a ship's port clearance. S. W. Williams.

Chopboat

Chop"boat` (?), n. [Chin. chop sort, quality.] A licensed lighter employed in the transportation of goods to and from vessels. [China] S. W. Williams.

Chopchurch

Chop"church` (?), n. [See Chop to barter.] (Old Eng. Law) An exchanger or an exchange of benefices. [Cant]

Chopfallen

Chop`fall`en (?), a. Having the lower chop or jaw depressed; hence, crestfallen; dejected; dispirited;downcast. See Chapfallen.

Chophouse

Chop"house` (?), n. A house where chops, etc., are sold; an eating house.
The freedom of a chophouse. W. Irving.

Chophouse

Chop"house`, n. [See Chop quality.] A customhouse where transit duties are levied. [China] S. W. Williams.

Chopin

Chop"in (?), n. [F. chopine, fr. G. schoppen.] A liquid measure formerly used in France and Great Britain, varying from half a pint to a wine quart.

Chopin

Chop"in, n. See Chopine.

Chopine

Cho*pine" (?), n. [Cf. OF. chapin, escapin, Sp. chapin, Pg. chapim.] A clog, or patten, having a very thick sole, or in some cases raised upon a stilt to a height of a foot or more. [Variously spelt chioppine, chopin, etc.]
Your ladyship is nearer to heaven than when I saw you last, by the altitude of a chopine. Shak.

Chop-logic

Chop"-log`ic (?), n. One who bandies words or is very argunentative. [Jocular] Shak.

Chopness

Chop"ness (?), n. A kind of spade. [Eng.]

Chopper

Chop"per (?), n. One who, or that which, chops.

Chopping

Chop"ping (?), a. [Cf. Chubby.] Stout or plump; large. [Obs.] Fenton.

Chopping

Chop"ping, a. [See Chop to barter.] Shifting or changing suddenly, as the wind; also, having tumbling waves dashing against each other; as, a chopping sea.

Chopping

Chop"ping, n. Act of cutting by strokes. Chopping block, a solid block of wood on which butchers and others chop meat, etc. -- Chopping knife, a knife for chopping or mincing meat, vegetables, etc.; -- usually with a handle at the back of the blade instead of at the end.

Choppy

Chop"py (?), a. [Cf. Chappy.]

1. Full of cracks. "Choppy finger." Shak.

2. [Cf. Chop a change.] Rough, with short, tumultuous waves; as, a choppy sea.

Chops

Chops (?), n. pl. [See Chop a jaw.]

1. The jaws; also, the fleshy parts about the mouth.

2. The sides or capes at the mouth of a river, channel, harbor, or bay; as, the chops of the English Channel.

Chopstrick

Chop"strick" (?), n. One of two small sticks of wood, ivory, etc., used by the Chinese and Japanese to convey food to the mouth.

Choragic

Cho*rag"ic (?), a. [Gr. Of or pertaining to a choragus. Choragic monument, a building or column built by a victorious choragus for the reception and exhibition of the tripod which he received as a prize. Those of Lysicrates and Thrasyllus are still to be seen at Athens.

Choragus

Cho*ra"gus (?), n.; pl. Choragi (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) A chorus leader; esp. one who provided at his own expense and under his own supervision one of the choruses for the musical contents at Athens.

Choral

Cho"ral (?), a. [LL. choralis, fr. L. chorus. See Chorus.] Of or pertaining to a choir or chorus; singing, sung, or adapted to be sung, in chorus or harmony. Choral service, a service of song.

Choral

Cho"ral, n. (Mus.) A hymn tune; a simple sacred tune, sung in unison by the congregation; as, the Lutheran chorals. [Sometimes written chorale.]

Choralist

Cho"ral*ist (?), n. A singer or composer of chorals.

Chorally

Cho"ral*ly, adv. In the manner of a chorus; adapted to be sung by a choir; in harmony.

Chord

Chord (?), n. [L chorda a gut, a string made of a gut, Gr. cord. See Cord.]

1. The string of a musical instrument. Milton.

2. (Mus.) A combination of tones simultaneously performed, producing more or less perfect harmony, as, the common chord.

3. (Geom.) A right line uniting the extremities of the arc of a circle or curve.

4. (Anat.) A cord. See Cord, n., 4.

5. (Engin.) The upper or lower part of a truss, usually horizontal, resisting compression or tension. Waddell. Accidental, Common, and Vocal chords. See under Accidental, Common, and Vocal. -- Chord of an arch. See Illust. of Arch. -- Chord of curvature, a chord drawn from any point of a curve, in the circle of curvature for that point. -- Scale of chords. See Scale.

Chord

Chord, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chorded; p. pr. & vb. n. Chording.] To provide with musical chords or strings; to string; to tune.
When Jubal struck the chorded shell. Dryden.
Even the solitary old pine tree chords his harp. Beecher.

Chord

Chord, v. i. (Mus.) To accord; to harmonize together; as, this note chords with that.

Chorda

Chor"da (?), n. [NL., fr. L. chorda. See Chord.] (Anat.) A cord. Chorda dorsalis (. [NL., lit., cord of the back.] (Anat.) See Notochord.

Chordal

Chor"dal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chord.

Chordata

Chor*da"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. chorda cord.] (Zo\'94l.) A comprehensive division of animals including all Vertebrata together with the Tunicata, or all those having a dorsal nervous cord.

Chordee

Chor*dee" (?), n. [F. cord\'82, cord\'82e, p. p. of corder to cord.] (Med.) A painful erection of the penis, usually with downward curvature, occurring in gonorrhea.

Chore

Chore (?), n. [The same word as char work done by the day.] A small job; in the pl., the regular or daily light work of a household or farm, either within or without doors. [U. S.]

Chore

Chore, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Choring.] To do chores. [U. S.]

Chore

Chore (?), n. A choir or chorus. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Chorea

Cho*re"a (?). n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) St. Vitus's dance; a disease attended with convulsive twitchings and other involuntary movements of the muscles or limbs.

Choree

Cho*ree" (?), n. [F. chor\'82e.] See Choreus.

Choregraphic, Choregraphical

Cho`re*graph"ic (?), Cho`re*graph"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to choregraphy.

Choregraphy

Cho*reg"ra*phy (?), n. [GR. -graphy.] The art of representing dancing by signs, as music is represented by notes. Craig.

Choreic

Cho*re"ic (?), a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, chorea; convulsive.

Chorepiscopal

Cho`re*pis"co*pal (?), a. Pertaining to a chorepiscopus or his change or authority.

Chorepiscopus

Cho`re*pis"co*pus (?), n.; pl. Chorepiscopi (#). [L., fr. Gr. Bishop.] (Eccl.) A "country" or suffragan bishop, appointed in the ancient church by a diocesan bishop to exercise episcopal jurisdiction in a rural district.

Choreus, Choree

Cho*re"us (?), Cho*ree" (
, n. [L. choreus, Gr. chor\'82e.] (Anc. Pros.) (a) a trochee. (b) A tribrach.

Choriamb

Cho"ri*amb (?), n.; pl. Choriambs (. Same as Choriambus.

Choriambic

Cho`ri*am"bic (?), a. [L. choriambicus, gr. Pertaining to a choriamb. -- n. A choriamb.

Choriambus

Cho`ri*am"bus (?), n.; pl. L. Choriambi (#), E. Choriambuses (#). [L. choriambus, Gr. (Anc. Pros.) A foot consisting of four syllables, of which the first and last are long, and the other short (- \'de \'de -); that is, a choreus, or trochee, and an iambus united.

Choric

Cho"ric (?), a. [L. choricus, Gr. Of or pertaining to a chorus.
I remember a choric ode in the Hecuba. Coleridge.

Chorion

Cho"ri*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Anat.) (a) The outer membrane which invests the fetus in the womb; also, the similar membrane investing many ova at certain stages of development. (b) The true skin, or cutis.

2. (Bot.) The outer membrane of seeds of plants.

Chorisis

Cho"ri*sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) The separation of a leaf or floral organ into two more parts. &hand; In collateral chorisis the parts are side by side. -- In parallel or median chorisis they are one in front of another.

Chorist

Cho"rist (?), n. [F. choriste.] A singer in a choir; a chorister. [R.]

Chorister

Chor"is*ter (?), n. [See Chorus.]

1. One of a choir; a singer in a chorus. Dryden.

2. One who leads a choir in church music. [U. S.]

Choristic

Cho*ris"tic (?), a. Choric; choral. [R.]

Chorograph

Cho"ro*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.

Chorographer

Cho*rog"ra*pher (?), n.

1. One who describes or makes a map of a district or region. "The chorographers of Italy." Sir T. Browne.

2. A geographical antiquary; one who investigates the locality of ancient places.

Chorographical

Cho`ro*graph"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to chorography. -- Cho`ro*graph"ic*al*ly, adv.

Chorography

Cho*rog"ra*phy (?), n. [L. chorographia, Gr. the mapping or description of a region or district.
The chorography of their provinces. Sir T. Browne.

Choroid

Cho"roid (?), a. [gr. (Anat.) resembling the chorion; as, the choroid plexuses of the ventricles of the brain, and the choroid coat of the eyeball. -- n. The choroid coat of the eye. See Eye. Choroid plexus (Anat.), one of the delicate fringelike processes, consisting almost entirely of blood vessels, which project into the ventricles of the brain.

Choroidal

Cho*roid"al (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the choroid coat.

Chorology

Cho*rol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] (Biol.) The science which treats of the laws of distribution of living organisms over the earth's surface as to latitude, altitude, locality, etc.
Its distribution or chorology. Huxley.

Chorometry

Cho*rom"e*try (?), n. [Gr. -metry.] The art of surveying a region or district.

Chorus

Cho"rus (?), n.; pl. Choruses (#). [L., a dance in a ring, a dance accompanied with song; a chorus, a band of dancers and singers. Gr. Choir.]

1. (Antiq.) A band of singers and dancers.

The Grecian tragedy was at first nothing but a chorus of singers. Dryden.

2. (Gr. Drama) A company of persons supposed to behold what passed in the acts of a tragedy, and to sing the sentiments which the events suggested in couplets or verses between the acts; also, that which was thus sung by the chorus.

What the lofty, grave tragedians taught In chorus or iambic. Milton.

3. An interpreter in a dumb show or play. [Obs.]

4. (Mus.) A company of singers singing in concert.

5. (Mus.) A composition of two or more parts, each of which is intended to be sung by a number of voices.

6. (Mus.) Parts of a song or hymn recurring at intervals, as at the end of stanzas; also, a company of singers who join with the singer or choir in singer or choir in singing such parts.

7. The simultaneous of a company in any noisy demonstration; as, a Chorus of shouts and catcalls.

Chorus

Cho"rus, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chorused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chorusing.] To sing in chorus; to exclaim simultaneously. W. D. Howells.

Chose

Chose (?), n.; pl. Choses (#). [F., fr. L. causa cause, reason. See Cause.] (Law) A thing; personal property. Chose in action, a thing of which one has not possession or actual enjoyment, but only a right to it, or a right to demand it by action at law, and which does not exist at the time in specie; a personal right to a thing not reduced to possession, but recoverable by suit at law; as a right to recover money due on a contract, or damages for a tort, which can not be enforced against a reluctant party without suit. -- Chose in possession, a thing in possession, as distinguished from a thing in action. -- Chose local, a thing annexed to a place, as a mill. -- Chose transitory, a thing which is movable. Cowell. Blount.

Chose

Chose (?), imp. & p. p. of Choose.

Chosen

Cho"sen (?), p. p. of Choose. Selected from a number; picked out; choice.
Seven hundred chosen men left-handed. Judg. xx. 16.

Chosen

Cho"sen, n. One who, or that which is the object of choice or special favor.

Chouan

Chou"an (?), n. [F.] One of the royalist insurgents in western France (Brittany, etc.), during and after the French revolution.

Chough

Chough (?), n. [OE. choughe, kowe (and cf. OE. ca), fr. AS. ce\'a2; cf. also D. kauw, OHG. ch\'beha; perh. akin to E. caw. \'fb22. Cf. Caddow.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the Crow family (Fregilus graculus) of Europe. It is of a black color, with a long, slender, curved bill and red legs; -- also called chauk, chauk-daw, chocard, Cornish chough, red-legged crow. The name is also applied to several allied birds, as the Alpine chough. Cornish chough (Her.), a bird represented black, with red feet, and beak; -- called also aylet and sea swallow.

Chouicha

Chou"i*cha (?), n. [Native name] (Zo\'94l.) The salmon of the Columbia River or California. See Quinnat.

Chouka

Chou"ka (?), n. [Native name] (Zo\'94l.) The Indian four-horned antelope; the chikara.

Choule

Choule (?), n. [Obs.] See Jowl. Sir W. Scott.

Choultry

Choul"try (?), n. See Choltry.

Chouse

Chouse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Choused (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chousing.] [From Turk. ch\'be\'d4sh a messenger or interpreter, one of whom, attached to the Turkish embassy, in 1609 cheated the Turkish merchants resident in England out of \'9c4,000.] To cheat, trick, defraud; -- followed by of, or out of; as, to chouse one out of his money. [Colloq.]
The undertaker of the afore-cited poesy hath choused your highness. Landor.

Chouse

Chouse, n.

1. One who is easily cheated; a tool; a simpleton; a gull. Hudibras.

2. A trick; sham; imposition. Johnson.

3. A swindler. B. Jonson.

Chout

Chout (?), n. [Mahratta chauth one fourth part.] An assessment equal to a fourth part of the revenue. [India] J. Mill.

Chowchow

Chow"chow` (?), a. [Chin.] Consisting of several kinds mingled together; mixed; as, chowchow sweetmeats (preserved fruits put together).
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Chowchow chop, the last lighter containing the small sundry packages sent off to fill up a ship. S. W. Williams.

Chowchow

Chow"chow` (?), n. (Com.) A kind of mixed pickles.

Chowder

Chow"der (?), n. [F. chaudi\'8are a kettle, a pot. Cf. Caldron.]

1. (Cookery) A dish made of fresh fish or clams, biscuit, onions, etc., stewed together.

2. A seller of fish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell. Chowder beer, a liquor made by boiling black spruce in water and mixing molasses with the decoction.

Chowder

Chow"der, v. t. To make a chowder of.

Chowry

Chow"ry (?), n. [Hind. chaunri.] A whisk to keep off files, used in the East Indies. Malcom.

Chowter

Chow"ter (?), v. t. [Cf. OE. chowre, and Prov. E. chow, to grumble.] To grumble or mutter like a froward child. [Obs.] E. Phillips.

Choy root

Choy" root` (?). See Chay root.

Chrematistics

Chre`ma*tis"tics (?), n. [Gr. The science of wealth; the science, or a branch of the science, of political economy.

Chreotechnics

Chre`o*tech"nics (?), n. [Gr. The science of the useful arts, esp. agriculture, manufactures, and commerce. [R.]

Chrestomathic

Chres`to*math"ic (?), a. Teaching what is useful. "A chrestomathic school." Southey.

Chrestomathy

Chres*tom"a*thy (?), n. [Gr. A selection of passages, with notes, etc., to be used in acquiring a language; as, a Hebrew chrestomathy.

Chrism

Chrism (?), n. [OE. crisme, from AS. crisma; also OE. creme, fr. OF. cresme, like the AS. word fr. LL. chrisma, fr. Gr. friare, fricare, to rub, Skr. gharsh, E. friable, friction. Cf. Chrisom.] (Gr. & R. C. Church

1. Olive oil mixed with balm and spices, consecrated by the bishop on Maundy Thursday, and used in the administration of baptism, confirmation, ordination, etc.

2. The same as Chrisom.

Chrismal

Chris"mal (?), a. [LL. chrismalis.] Of or pertaining to or used in chrism.

Chrismation

Chris*ma"tion (?), n. [LL. chrismatio.] The act of applying the chrism, or consecrated oil.
Chrismation or cross-signing with ointment, was used in baptism. Jer. Taylor.

Chrismatory

Chris"ma*to*ry (?), n. [LL. chrismatorium.] A cruet or vessel in which chrism is kept.

Chrisom

Chris"om (?), n. [See Chrism.]

1. A white cloth, anointed with chrism, or a white mantle thrown over a child when baptized or christened. [Obs.]

2. A child which died within a month after its baptism; -- so called from the chrisom cloth which was used as a shroud for it. [Obs.] Blount.

Christ

Christ (?), n. [L. Christus, Gr. chri`ein to anoint. See Chrism.] The Anointed; an appellation given to Jesus, the Savior. It is synonymous with the Hebrew Messiah.

Christcross

Christ"cross` (?), n.

1. The mark of the cross, as cut, painted, written, or stamped on certain objects, -- sometimes as the sign of 12 o'clock on a dial.

The fescue of the dial is upon the christcross of noon. Old Play. Nares.

2. The beginning and the ending. [Obs.] Quarles.

Christcross-row

Christ"cross-row` (?), The alphabet; -- formerly so called, either from the cross usually set before it, or from a superstitious custom, sometimes practiced, of writing it in the form of a cross, by way of a charm.
From infant conning of the Christcross-row. Wordsworth.

Christen

Chris"ten (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Christened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Christening.] [AS. cristnian to make a Christian, fr. cristen a Christian.]

1. To baptize and give a Christian name to.

2. To give a name; to denominate. "Christen the thing what you will." Bp. Burnet.

3. To Christianize. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

4. To use for the first time. [Colloq.]

Christendom

Chris"ten*dom (?), n. [AS. cristend; cristen a Christian + -dom.]

1. The profession of faith in Christ by baptism; hence, the Christian religion, or the adoption of it. [Obs.] Shak.

2. The name received at baptism; or, more generally, any name or appelation. [Obs.]

Pretty, fond, adoptious christendoms. Shak.

3. That portion of the world in which Christianity prevails, or which is governed under Christian institutions, in distinction from heathen or Mohammedan lands.

The Arian doctrine which then divided Christendom. Milton
A wide and still widening Christendom. Coleridge.

4. The whole body of Christians. Hooker.

Christian

Chris"tian (?), n. [L. christianus, Gr. cristen. See Christ.]

1. One who believes, or professes or is assumed to believe, in Jesus Christ, and the truth as taught by Him; especially, one whose inward and outward life is conformed to the doctrines of Christ.

The disciples were called Christians first in Antioch. Acts xi. 26.

2. One born in a Christian country or of Christian parents, and who has not definitely becomes an adherent of an opposing system.

3. (Eccl.) (a) One of a Christian denomination which rejects human creeds as bases of fellowship, and sectarian names. They are congregational in church government, and baptize by immersion. They are also called Disciples of Christ, and Campbellites. (b) One of a sect (called Christian Connection) of open-communion immersionists. The Bible is their only authoritative rule of faith and practice. &hand; In this sense, often pronounced, but not by the members of the sects, kr\'c6s"chan.

Christian

Chris"tian (?), a.

1. Pertaining to Christ or his religion; as, Christian people.

3. Pertaining to the church; ecclesiastical; as, a Christian court. Blackstone.

4. Characteristic of Christian people; civilized; kind; kindly; gentle; beneficent.

The graceful tact; the Christian art. Tennyson.
Christian Commission. See under Commission. -- Christian court. Same as Ecclesiastical court. -- Christian era, the present era, commencing with the birth of Christ. It is supposed that owing to an error of a monk (Dionysius Exiguus, d. about 556) employed to calculate the era, its commencement was fixed three or four years too late, so that 1890 should be 1893 or 1894. -- Christian name, the name given in baptism, as distinct from the family name, or surname.

Christianism

Chris`tian*ism (?), n. [L. christianismus, Gr. christianisme.]

1. The Christian religion. [Obs.] Milton.

2. The Christian world; Christendom. [Obs.] Johnson

Christianite

Chris"tian*ite (?), n. [In sense (a) named after Christian Frederic, of Denmark; in sense (b) after Christian VII., of Denmark.] (Min.) (a) Same as Anorthite. [R.] (b) See Phillipsite.

Christianity

Chris*tian"i*ty (?), n. [OE. cristiente, OF. cristient\'82, F. chr\'82tient\'82, fr. L. christianitas. ]

1. The religion of Christians; the system of doctrines and precepts taught by Christ.

2. Practical conformity of one's inward and outward life to the spirit of the Christian religion

3. The body of Christian believers. [Obs.]

To Walys fled the christianitee Of olde Britons. Chaucer.

Christianization

Chris`tian*i*za"tion (?), n. The act or process of converting or being converted to a true Christianity.

Christianize

Chris"tian*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Christianized (; p. pr. vb. n. Christianizing.] [Cf. F. christianiser, L. christianizare, fr. Gr.

1. To make Christian; to convert to Christianity; as, to Christianize pagans.

2. To imbue with or adapt to Christian principles.

Christianized philosophers. I. Taylor.

Christianize

Chris"tian*ize, v. i. To adopt the character or belief of a Christian; to become Christian.
The pagans began to Christianize. Latham.

Christianlike

Chris"tian*like` (?), a. Becoming to a Christian.
A virtuous and a Christianlike conclusion. Shak.

Christianly

Chris"tian*ly, adv. In a manner becoming the principles of the Christian religion.
Sufferings . . . patiently and Christianly borne. Sharp.

Christianly

Chris"tian*ly, a. Christianlike. Longfellow.

Christianness

Chris"tian*ness, n. Consonance with the doctrines of Christianity. [Obs.] Hammond.

Christless

Christ"less (?), a. Without faith in Christ; unchristian. Tennyson.

Christlike

Christ"like` (?), a. Resembling Christ in character, actions, etc. -- Christ"like`ness, n.

Christly

Christ"ly, a. Christlike. H. Bushnell.

Christmas

Christ"mas (?), n. [Christ + mass.] An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality. Christmas box. (a) A box in which presents are deposited at Christmas. (b) A present or small gratuity given to young people and servants at Christmas; a Christmas gift. -- Christmas carol, a carol sung at, or suitable for, Christmas. -- Christmas day. Same as Christmas. -- Christmas eve, the evening before Christmas. -- Christmas fern (Bot.), an evergreen North American fern (Aspidium acrostichoides), which is much used for decoration in winter. -- Christmas flower, Christmas rose, the black hellebore, a poisonous plant of the buttercup family, which in Southern Europe often produces beautiful roselike flowers midwinter. -- Christmas tree, a small evergreen tree, set up indoors, to be decorated with bonbons, presents, etc., and illuminated on Christmas eve.

Christmastide

Christ"mas*tide` (?), n. [Christmas + tide time.] The season of Christmas.

Christocentric

Chris"to*cen"tric (?), a. [Christ + centric.] Making Christ the center, about whom all things are grouped, as in religion or history; tending toward Christ, as the central object of thought or emotion. J. W. Chadwick.

Christology

Chris*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Crist + -logy.] A treatise on Christ; that department of theology which treats of the personality, attributes, or life of Christ.

Christom

Chris"tom (?), n. See Chrisom. [Obs.] Shak.

Christophany

Chris*toph"a*ny (?), n. [Christ + Gr. An appearance of Christ, as to his disciples after the crucifixion.

Christ's-thorn

Christ's-thorn` (?), n. (Bot.) One of several prickly or thorny shrubs found in Palestine, especially the Paliurus aculeatus, Zizyphus Spina-Christi, and Z. vulgaris. The last bears the fruit called jujube, and may be considered to have been the most readily obtainable for the Crown of Thorns.

Chromascope

Chro"ma*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] An instrument for showing the optical effects of color.

Chromate

Chro"mate (?), n. [Cf. F. chromate. See Chrome.] (Chem.) A salt of chromic acid.

Chromatic

Chro*mat"ic (?), a. [L. chromaticus, Gr.

1. Relating to color, or to colors.

2. (Mus.) Proceeding by the smaller intervals (half steps or semitones) of the scale, instead of the regular intervals of the diatonic scale. &hand; The intermediate tones were formerly written and printed in colors. Chromatic aberration. (Opt.) See Aberration, 4. -- Chromatic printing, printing from type or blocks covered with inks of various colors. -- Chromatic scale (Mus.), the scale consisting of thirteen tones, including the eight scale tones and the five intermediate tones.

Chromatical

Chro*mat"ic*al (?), a. Chromatic. [Obs.]

Chromatically

Chro*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. In a chromatic manner.

Chromatics

Chro*mat"ics (?), n. The science of colors; that part of optics which treats of the properties of colors.

Chromatin

Chro"ma*tin (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) Tissue which is capable of being stained by dyes.

Chromatism

Chro"ma*tism (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Optics) The state of being colored, as in the case of images formed by a lens.

2. (Bot.) An abnormal coloring of plants.

Chromatogenous

Chro`ma*tog"e*nous (?), a. [Gr. -genous.] Producing color.

Chromatography

Chro`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. -graphy.] A treatise on colors

Chromatology

Chro`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] A treatise on colors.

Chromatophore

Chro"ma*to*phore` (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) A contractile cell or vesicle containing liquid pigment and capable of changing its form or size, thus causing changes of color in the translucent skin of such animals as possess them. They are highly developed and numerous in the cephalopods.

2. (Bot.) One of the granules of protoplasm, which in mass give color to the part of the plant containing them.

Chromatoscope

Chro"ma*to*scope` (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] (Astron.) A reflecting telescope, part of which is made to rotate eccentrically, so as to produce a ringlike image of a star, instead of a point; -- used in studying the scintillation of the stars.

Chromatosphere

Chro"ma*to*sphere` (?), n. A chromosphere. [R.]

Chromatrope

Chro"ma*trope (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Physics) An instrument for exhibiting certain chromatic effects of light (depending upon the persistence of vision and mixture of colors) by means of rapidly rotating disks variously colored.

2. A device in a magic lantern or stereopticon to produce kaleidoscopic effects.

Chromatype

Chro"ma*type (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Photog.) A colored photographic picture taken upon paper made sensitive with potassium bichromate or some other salt of chromium.

2. The process by which such picture is made.

Chrome

Chrome (?), n. Same as Chromium. Chrome alum (Chem.), a dark violet substance, (SO4)3Cr2.K2SO4.24H2O, analogous to, and crystallizing like, common alum. It is regarded as a double sulphate of chromium and potassium. -- Chrome green (a) The green oxide of chromium, Cr2O3, used in enamel painting, and glass staining. (b) A pigment made by mixing chrome yellow with Prussian blue. -- Chrome red, a beautiful red pigment originally prepared from the basic chromate of lead, but now made from red oxide of lead. -- Chrome yellow, a brilliant yellow pigment, PbCrO4, used by painters.

Chromic

Chro"mic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, chromium; -- said of the compounds of chromium in which it has its higher valence. Chromic acid, an acid, H2CrO4, analogous to sulphuric acid, not readily obtained in the free state, but forming well known salts, many of which are colored pigments, as chrome yellow, chrome red, etc. -- Chromic anhydride, a brilliant red crystalline substance, CrO3, regarded as the anhydride of chromic acid. It is one of the most powerful oxidizers known.

Chromid

Chro"mid (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Chromid\'91, a family of fresh-water fishes abundant in the tropical parts of America and Africa. Some are valuable food fishes, as the bulti of the Nile.

Chromidrosis

Chro`mi*dro"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Secretion of abnormally colored perspiration.

Chromism

Chro"mism (?), n. Same as Chromatism.

Chromite

Chro"mite (?), n.

1. (Min.) A black submetallic mineral consisting of oxide of chromium and iron; -- called also chromic iron.

2. (Chem.) A compound or salt of chromous hydroxide regarded as an acid. [R.]

Chromium

Chro"mi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Chem.) A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome. <-- used as an ingredient in stainless steel, or chrome steel. The yellow pigments are also used in paints, as in painting yellow stripes on macadam highways. -->

Chromo

Chro"mo (?), n.; pl. Chromos (#). [Abbrev. from chromolithograph.] A chromolithograph.

Chromoblast

Chro"mo*blast (?), n. [Gr. -blast.] An embryonic cell which develops into a pigment cell.

Chromogen

Chro"mo*gen (?), [Gr. -gen.]

1. (Biol.) Vegetable coloring matter other than green; chromule.

2. (Chem.) Any colored compound, supposed to contain one or more chromophores.

Chromogenic

Chro"mo*gen"ic (?), a. (Biol.) Containing, or capable of forming, chromogen; as, chromogenic bacteria.

Chromograph

Chro"mo*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph.] An apparatus by which a number of copies of written matter, maps, plans, etc., can be made; -- called also hectograph.
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Chromoleucite

Chro`mo*leu"cite (?), n. [Gr. leucite.] (Bot.) A chromoplastid.

Chromolithograph

Chro`mo*lith"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. lithograph.] A picture printed in tints and colors by repeated impressions from a series of stones prepared by the lithographic process.

Chromolithographer

Chro`mo*li*thog"ra*pher (?), n. One who is engaged in chromolithography.

Chromolithographic

Chro"mo*lith`o*graph"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or made by, chromolithography.

Chromolithohraphy

Chro"mo*li*thoh"ra*phy (?), n. Lithography adapted to printing in inks of various colors.

Chromophane

Chro"mo*phane (?), n. [Gr. (Physiol.) A general name for the several coloring matters, red, green, yellow, etc., present in the inner segments in the cones of the retina, held in solution by fats, and slowly decolorized by light; distinct from the photochemical pigments of the rods of the retina.

Chromophore

Chro"mo*phore (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) Any chemical group or residue (as NO

Chromophotography

Chro`mo*pho*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. photography.] The art of producing photographs in colors.

Chromophotolithograph

Chro"mo*pho`to*lith"o*graph (?), n. A photolithograph printed in colors.

Chromoplastid

Chro`mo*plas"tid (?), n. [Gr. plastid.] (Bot.) A protoplasmic granule of some other color than green; -- also called chromoleucite.

Chromosome

Chro"mo*some` (?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) One of the minute bodies into which the chromatin of the nucleus is resolved during mitotic cell division; the idant of Weismann.

Chromosphere

Chro"mo*sphere (?), n. [Gr. sphere.] (Astron.) An atmosphere of rare matter, composed principally of incandescent hydrogen gas, surrounding the sun and enveloping the photosphere. Portions of the chromosphere are here and there thrown up into enormous tongues of flame.

Chromospheric

Chro`mo*spher"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to the chromosphere.

Chromotype

Chro"mo*type (?), n. [Gr. -type.]

1. A sheet printed in colors by any process, as a chromolithograph. See Chromolithograph.

2. A photographic picture in the natural colors.

Chromous

Chro"mous (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or derived from, chromium, when this element has a valence lower than that in chromic compounds. Chromous acid, a bluish gray powder, CrO.OH, of weak acid properties and regard as an acid.

Chromule

Chro"mule (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A general name for coloring matter of plants other than chlorophyll, especially that of petals.

Chronic

Chron"ic (?), a. [L. chronicus, Gr. chronique.]

1. Relating to time; according to time.

2. Continuing for a long time; lingering; habitual. Chronic disease, one which is inveterate, of long continuance, or progresses slowly, in distinction from an acute disease, which speedly terminates.

Chronical

Chron"ic*al (?), a. Chronic.
Partly on a chronical, and partly on a topical method. J. A. Alexander.

Chronicle

Chron"i*cle (?), n. [OE. cronicle, fr. cronique, OF. cronique, F. chronique, L. chronica, fr. Gr. Chronic.]

1. An historical register or account of facts or events disposed in the order of time.

2. A narrative of events; a history; a record.

3. pl. The two canonical books of the Old Testament in which immediately follow 2 Kings. Syn. - Register; record; annals. See History.

Chronicle

Chron"i*cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chronicled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chronicling (?).] To record in a history or chronicle; to record; to register. Shak.

Chronicler

Chron"i*cler (?), n. A writer of a chronicle; a recorder of events in the order of time; an historian.
Such an honest chronicler as Griffith. Shak.

Chronique

Chro`nique" (?), n. [F. See Chronicle.] A chronicle. L. Addison.

Chronogram

Chron"o*gram (?), n. [Gr. chronogramme.]

1. An inscription in which certain numeral letters, made to appear specially conspicuous, on being added together, express a particular date or epoch, as in the motto of a medal struck by Gustavus Adolphus in 1632: ChrIstVs DVX; ergo trIVMphVs. - the capitals of which give, when added as numerals, the sum 1632.

2. The record or inscription made by a chronograph.

Chronogrammatic, Chronogrammatical

Chron`o*gram*mat"ic (?), Chron`o*gram*mat"ic*al (?), a. [Cf. F. chronogrammatique.] Belonging to a chronogram, or containing one.

Chronogrammatist

Chron`o*gram"ma*tist (?), n. A writer of chronograms.

Chronograph

Chron"o*graph (?), n. [Gr. -graph: cf. F. chronographe.]

1. An instrument for measuring or recording intervals of time, upon a revolving drum or strip of paper moved by clockwork. The action of the stylus or pen is controlled by electricity.

2. Same as Chronogram, 1. [R.]

3. A chronoscope.

Chronographer

Chro*nog"ra*pher (?), n. One who writes a chronography; a chronologer. Tooke.

Chronographic

Chron`o*graph"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a chronograph.

Chronography

Chro*nog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. Chronograph.] A description or record of past time; history. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Chronologer

Chro*nol"o*ger (?), n. Same as Chronologist.

Chronologic, Chronological

Chron`o*log"ic (?), Chron`o*log"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. Relating to chronology; containing an account of events in the order of time; according to the order of time; as, chronological tables. Raleigh. -- Chron`o*log"ic*al*ly, adv.

Chronologist, Chronologer

Chro*nol"o*gist (?), Chro*nol"o*ger (?), n. [Gr. A person who investigates dates of events and transactions; one skilled in chronology.
That learned noise and dust of the chronologist is wholly to be avoided. Locke.
THe most exact chronologers tell us that Christ was born in October, and not in December. John Knox.

Chronology

Chro*nol"o*gy (?), n.; pl. Chronologies (#). [Gr. chronologie.] The science which treats of measuring time by regular divisions or periods, and which assigns to events or transactions their proper dates.
If history without chronology is dark and confused, chronology without history is dry and insipid. A. Holmes.

Chronometer

Chro*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. chronom\'8atre.]

1. An instrument for measuring time; a timekeeper.

2. A portable timekeeper, with a heavy compensation balance, and usually beating half seconds; -- intended to keep time with great accuracy for use an astronomical observations, in determining longitude, etc.

3. (Mus.) A metronome. Box chronometer. See under Box. -- Pocket chronometer, a chronometer in the form of a large watch. -- To rate a chronometer. See Rate, v. t.

Chronometric, Chronometrical

Chron`o*met"ric (?), Chron`o*met"ric*al (?), a. [Cf. F. chronom\'82trique.] Pertaining to a chronometer; measured by a chronometer.

Chronometry

Chro*nom"e*try (?), n. [Cf. F. chronom\'82trie.] The art of measuring time; the measuring of time by periods or divisions.

Chronopher

Chron"o*pher (?), n. [Gr. An instrument signaling the correct time to distant points by electricity.

Chronoscope

Chron"o*scope (?), n. [Gr. -scope.] An instrument for measuring minute intervals of time; used in determining the velocity of projectiles, the duration of short-lived luminous phenomena, etc.

Chrysalid

Chrys"a*lid (?), a. Pertaining to a chrysalis; resembling a chrysalis.

Chrysalid

Chrys"a*lid, n.; pl. Chrysalids. See Chrysalis.

Chrysalis

Chrys"a*lis (?), n.; pl. Chrysalides (#). [L. chrysallis the gold-colored pupa of butterflies, Gr. Aurelia.] (Zo\'94l.) The pupa state of certain insects, esp. of butterflies, from which the perfect insect emerges. See Pupa, and Aurelia (a).

Chrysaniline

Chrys*an"i*line (?), n. [Gr. anilene.] (Chem.) A yellow substance obtained as a by-product in the manufacture of rosaniline. It dyes silk a fine golden-yellow color.

Chrysanthemum

Chrys*an"the*mum (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of composite plants, mostly perennial, and of many species including the many varieties of garden chrysanthemums (annual and perennial), and also the feverfew and the oxeye daisy.

Chrysarobin

Chrys`a*ro"bin (?), n. [Gr. araroba a foreign name of Goa powder + -in.] (Chem.) A bitter, yellow substance forming the essential constituent of Goa powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid proper; hence formerly called also chrysphanic acid.

Chrysaurin

Chrys*au"rin (?), n. [Gr. aurum gold. So called from its color.] An orange-colored dyestuff, of artificial production.

Chryselephantine

Chrys`el*e*phan"tine (?), a. [Gr. Composed of, or adorned with, gold and ivory. &hand; The chryselephantine statues of the Greeks were built up with inferior materials, veneered, as it were, with ivory for the flesh, and gold decorated with color for the hair and garments.

Chrysene

Chry"sene (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) One of the higher aromatic hydrocarbons of coal tar, allied to napthalene and anthracene. It is a white crystalline substance, C18H12, of strong blue fluorescence, but generally colored yellow by impurities.

Chrysoberyl

Chrys"o*ber`yl (?), n. [L. chrysoberyllus, Gr. (Min.) A mineral, found in crystals, of a yellow to green or brown color, and consisting of aluminia and glucina. It is very hard, and is often used as a gem.

Chrysochlore

Chrys"o*chlore (?), n. [Gr. chrysochlore.] (Zo\'94l.) A South African mole of the genus Chrysochloris; the golden mole, the fur of which reflects brilliant metallic hues of green and gold.

Chrysocolla

Chrys"o*col`la (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Min.) A hydrous silicate of copper, occurring massive, of a blue or greenish blue color.

Chrysogen

Chrys"o*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Chem.) A yellow crystalline substance extracted from crude anthracene.

Chrysography

Chry*sog"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr.

1. The art of writing in letters of gold.

2. A writing executed in letters of gold.

Chryso\'8bdine

Chrys*o"\'8b*dine (?), n. [Gr. -oid + -ine.] (Chem.) An artificial, yellow, crystalline dye, C6H5N2.C6H3(NH2)2. Also, one of a group of dyestuffs resembling chryso\'8bdine proper.

Chrysolite

Chrys"o*lite (?), n. [L. chrysolithos, Gr. chrysolithe.] (Min.) A mineral, composed of silica, magnesia, and iron, of a yellow to green color. It is common in certain volcanic rocks; -- called also olivine and peridot. Sometimes used as a gem. The name was also early used for yellow varieties of tourmaline and topaz.

Chrysology

Chry*sol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. -logy.] That branch of political economy which relates to the production of wealth.

Chrysopa

Chrys*o"pa (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of neuropterous insects. See Lacewing.

Chrysophane

Chrys"o*phane (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from rhubarb as a bitter, yellow, crystalline powder, and yielding chrysophanic acid on decomposition.

Chrysophanic

Chrys`o*phan"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, or resembling, chrysophane. Chrysophanic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance extracted from rhubarb, yellow dock, sienna, chrysarobin, etc., and shown to be a derivative of an anthracene. It is used in the treatment of skin diseases; -- called also rhein, rheic acid, rhubarbarin, etc.

Chrysoprase

Chrys"o*prase (?), n. [OE. crisopace, OF. crisoprace, F. chrysoprase, L. chrysoprasus, fr. Gr. (Min.) An apple-green variety of chalcedony, colored by nickel. It has a dull flinty luster, and is sometimes used in jewelry.

Chrysoprasus

Chry*sop"ra*sus (?), n. [L.] See Chrysoprase. Rev. xxi. 20.

Chrysosperm

Chrys"o*sperm (?), n. [Gr. The seed of gold; a means of creating gold. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Chrysotype

Chrys"o*type (?), n. [Gr. -type.]

1. A photographic picture taken upon paper prepared by the use of a sensitive salt of iron and developed by the application of chloride of gold. Abney.

2. 2process, invented by Sir J.Herschel.

Chthonic

Chthon"ic (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining to the earth; earthy; as, chthonic religions.
[The] chthonic character of the wife of Zeus. Max M\'81ller.

Chthonophagia, Chthonophagy

Chthon`o*pha"gi*a (?), Chtho*noph"a*gy (?), n. [NL. chthonophagia; Gr. A disease characterized by an irresistible desire to eat earth, observed in some parts of the southern United States, the West Indies, etc.

Chub

Chub (?), n. [This word seems to signify a large or thick fish. Cf. Sw. kubb a short and thick piece of wood, and perh. F. chabot chub.] (Zo\'94l.) A species to fresh-water fish of the Cyprinid\'91 or Carp family. The common European species is Leuciscus cephalus; the cheven. In America the name is applied to various fishes of the same family, of the genera Semotilus, Squalius, Ceratichthys, etc., and locally to several very different fishes, as the tautog, black bass, etc. Chub mackerel (Zo\'94l.), a species of mackerel (Scomber colias) in some years found in abundance on the Atlantic coast, but absent in others; -- called also bull mackerel, thimble-eye, and big-eye mackerel. -- Chub sucker (Zo\'94l.), a fresh-water fish of the United States (Erimyzon sucetta); -- called also creekfish.

Chubbed

Chub"bed (?), a. Chubby. [R.] H. Brooke.

Chubbedness

Chub"bed*ness, n. The state of being chubby.

Chubby

Chub"by (?), a. Like a chub; plump, short, and thick. "Chubby faces." I. Taylor.

Chub-faced

Chub"-faced` (?), a. Having a plump, short face.

Chuck

Chuck (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Chucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] [Imitative of the sound.]

1. To make a noise resembling that of a hen when she calls her chickens; to cluck.

2. To chuckle; to laugh. [R.] Marston.

Chuck

Chuck, v. t. To call, as a hen her chickens. Dryden.

Chuck

Chuck, n.

1. The chuck or call of a hen.

2. A sudden, small noise.

3. A word of endearment; -- corrupted from chick. "Pray, chuck, come hither." Shak.

Chuck

Chuck, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chucked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chucking.] [F. choquer to strike. Cf. Shock, v. t.]

1. To strike gently; to give a gentle blow to.

Chucked the barmaid under the chin. W. Irving.

2. To toss or throw smartly out of the hand; to pitch. [Colloq.] "Mahomet Ali will just be chucked into the Nile." Lord Palmerson.

3. (Mech.) To place in a chuck, or hold by means of a chuck, as in turning; to bore or turn (a hole) in a revolving piece held in a chuck.

Chuck

Chuck, n.

1. A slight blow or pat under the chin.

2. A short throw; a toss.

3. (Mach.) A contrivance or machine fixed to the mandrel of a lathe, for holding a tool or the material to be operated upon.


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Chuck farthing, a play in which a farthing is pitched into a hole; pitch farthing. -- Chuck hole, a deep hole in a wagon rut. -- Elliptic chuck, a chuck having a silder and an eccentric circle, which, as the work turns round, give it a sliding motion across the center which generates an ellipse. Knight.

Chuck

Chuck (?), n.

1. A small pebble; -- called also chuckstone and chuckiestone. [Scot.]

2. pl. A game played with chucks, in which one or more are tossed up and caught; jackstones. [Scot.]

Chuck

Chuck, n. A piece of the backbone of an animal, from between the neck and the collar bone, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking; as, a chuck steak; a chuck roast. [Colloq.]

Chuckle

Chuc"kle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Chuckled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chuckling (?).] [From lst Chuck.]

1. To call, as a hen her chickens; to cluck. [Obs.] Dryden.

2. To fondle; to cocker. [Obs.] Dryden.

Chuckle

Chuc"kle, n. A short, suppressed laugh; the expression of satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chuckle

Chuc"kle, v. i. [From lst Chuck.] To laugh in a suppressed or broken manner, as expressing inward satisfaction, exultation, or derision.

Chucklehead

Chuc"kle*head` (?), n. A person with a large head; a numskull; a dunce. [Low] Knowles.

Chuckleheaded

Chuc"kle*head`ed, a. Having a large head; thickheaded; dull; stupid. Smart.

Chuck-Will's-widow

Chuck`-Will's-wid"ow (?), n. (Zool.) A species of goatsucker (Antrostomus Carolinensis), of the southern United States; -- so called from its note.

Chud

Chud (?), v. t. [Cf. Chew, Cud.] To champ; to bite. [Obs.] A. Stafford.

Chuet

Chu"et (?), n. [From Chew, v. t.] Minced meat. [Obs.] Bacon.

Chufa

Chu"fa (?), n. [Sp.] (Bot.) A sedgelike plant (Cyperus esculentus) producing edible tubers, native about the Mediterranean, now cultivated in many regions; the earth almond.

Chuff

Chuff (?), n. [Perh. a modification of chub: cf. W. cyff stock, stump.] A coarse or stupid fellow. Shak.

Chuff

Chuff, a. Stupid; churlish. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Chuffily

Chuff"i*ly (?), adv. Clownishly; surlily.

Chuffiness

Chuff"i*ness, n. The quality of being chuffy.

Chuffy

Chuff"y (?), a.

1. Fat or puffed out in the cheeks.

2. Rough; clownish; surly.

Chulan

Chu"lan (?), n. (Bot.) The fragrant flowers of the Chloranthus inconspicuus, used in China for perfuming tea.

Chum

Chum (?), n. [Perh. a contraction fr. comrade or chamber fellow: cf. also AS. cuma a comer, guest.] A roommate, especially in a college or university; an old and intimate friend.

Chum

Chum, v. i. [imp. p. p. Chummed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Chumming.] To occupy a chamber with another; as, to chum together at college. [U. S.]

Chum

Chum, n. Chopped pieces of fish used as bait. [U. S.]

Chump

Chump (?), n. [Cf. Icel. kumbr a chopping, E. chop.] A short, thick, heavy piece of wood. Morton. Chump end, the thick end; as, the chump end of a joint of meat. Dickens.

Chunam

Chu*nam" (?), n. [Hind. ch\'d4n\'be, from Skr. c\'d4r\'c9a powder, dust; or a Dravidian word.] Quicklime; also, plaster or mortar. [India] Whitworth.

Chunk

Chunk (?), n. [Cf. Chump.] A short, thick piece of anything. [Colloq. U. S. & Prov. Eng.]

Chunky

Chunk"y (?), a. Short and thick. [U. S.] Kane.

Church

Church (?), n. [OE. chirche, chireche, cherche, Scot. kirk, from AS. circe, cyrice; akin to D. kerk, Icel. kirkja, Sw. kyrka, Dan. kirke, G. kirche, OHG. chirihha; all fr. Gr. \'87\'d4ra hero, Zend. \'87ura strong, OIr. caur, cur, hero. Cf. Kirk.]

1. A building set apart for Christian worship.

2. A Jewish or heathen temple. [Obs.] Acts xix. 37.

3. A formally organized body of Christian believers worshiping together. "When they had ordained them elders in every church." Acts xiv. 23.

4. A body of Christian believers, holding the same creed, observing the same rites, and acknowledging the same ecclesiastical authority; a denomination; as, the Roman Catholic church; the Presbyterian church.

5. The collective body of Christians.

6. Any body of worshipers; as, the Jewish church; the church of Brahm.

7. The aggregate of religious influences in a community; ecclesiastical influence, authority, etc.; as, to array the power of the church against some moral evil.

Remember that both church and state are properly the rulers of the people, only because they are their benefactors. Bulwer.
&hand; Church is often used in composition to denote something belonging or relating to the church; as, church authority; church history; church member; church music, etc. Apostolic church. See under Apostolic. -- Broad church. See Broad Church. -- Catholic ∨ Universal church, the whole body of believers in Christ throughout the world. -- Church of England, ∨ English church, the Episcopal church established and endowed in England by law. -- Church living, a benefice in an established church. -- Church militant. See under Militant. -- Church owl (Zo\'94l.), the white owl. See Barn owl. -- Church rate, a tax levied on parishioners for the maintenance of the church and its services. -- Church session. See under Session. -- Church triumphant. See under Triumphant. -- Church work, work on, or in behalf of, a church; the work of a particular church for the spread of religion. -- Established church, the church maintained by the civil authority; a state church.

Church

Church, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Churching.] To bless according to a prescribed form, or to unite with in publicly returning thanks in church, as after deliverance from the dangers of childbirth; as, the churching of women.

Church-ale

Church"-ale` (?), n. A church or parish festival (as in commemoration of the dedication of a church), at which much ale was used. Wright. Nares.

Church-bench

Church"-bench` (?), n. A seat in the porch of a church. Shak.

Churchdom

Church"dom (?), n. The institution, government, or authority of a church. [R.] Bp. Pearson.

Churchgoer

Church"go`er (?), n. One who attends church.

Churchgoing

Church"go`ing, a.

1. Habitually attending church.

2. Summoning to church.

The sound of the churchgoing bell. Cowper.

Church-haw

Church"-haw` (?), n. [Church + haw a yard.] Churchyard. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Churchism

Church"ism (?), n. Strict adherence to the forms or principles of some church organization; sectarianism.

Churchless

Church"less (?), a. Without a church. T. Fuller.

Churchlike

Church"like` (?), a. Befitting a church or a churchman; becoming to a clergyman. Shak.

Churchliness

Church"li*ness (?), n. Regard for the church.

Churchly

Church"ly, a. Pertaining to, or suitable for, the church; ecclesiastical.

Churchman

Church"man (?), n.; pl. Churchmen (#).

1. An ecclesiastic or clergyman.

2. An Episcopalian, or a member of the Established Church of England. "A zealous churchman." Macaulay.

3. One was is attached to, or attends, church.

Churchmanly

Church"man*ly, a. Pertaining to, or becoming, a churchman. Milman.

Churchmanship

Church"man*ship, n. The state or quality of being a churchman; attachment to the church.

Church modes

Church" modes` (?). (Mus.) The modes or scales used in ancient church music. See Gregorian.

Churchship

Church"ship, n. State of being a church. South.

Churchwarden

Church"ward`en (?), n.

1. One of the officers (usually two) in an Episcopal church, whose duties vary in different dioceses, but always include the provision of what is necessary for the communion service.

2. A clay tobacco pipe, with a long tube. [Slang, Eng.]

There was a small wooden table placed in front of the smoldering fire, with decanters, a jar of tobacco, and two long churchwardens. W. Black.

Churchwardenship

Church"ward`en*ship, n. The office of a churchwarden.

Churchy

Church"y, a. Relating to a church; unduly fond of church forms. [Colloq.]

Churchyard

Church"yard` (?), n. The ground adjoining a church, in which the dead are buried; a cemetery.
Like graves in the holy churchyard. Shak.
Syn. -- Burial place; burying ground; graveyard; necropolis; cemetery; God's acre.

Churl

Churl (?), n. [AS. ceorl a freeman of the lowest rank, man, husband; akin to D. karel, kerel, G. kerl, Dan. & Sw. karl, Icel. karl, and to the E. proper name Charles (orig., man, male), and perh. to Skr. j\'bera lover. Cf. Carl, Charles's Wain.]

1. A rustic; a countryman or laborer. "A peasant or churl." Spenser.

Your rank is all reversed; let men of cloth Bow to the stalwart churls in overalls. Emerson.

2. A rough, surly, ill-bred man; a boor.

A churl's courtesy rarely comes, but either for gain or falsehood. Sir P. Sidney.

3. A selfish miser; an illiberal person; a niggard.

Like to some rich churl hoarding up his pelf. Drayton.

Churl

Churl, a. Churlish; rough; selfish. [Obs.] Ford.

Churlish

Churl"ish, a.

1. Like a churl; rude; cross-grained; ungracious; surly; illiberal; niggardly. "Churlish benefits." Ld. Burleigh.

Half mankind maintain a churlish strife. Cowper.

2. Wanting pliancy; unmanageable; unyielding; not easily wrought; as, a churlish soil; the churlish and intractable nature of some minerals. Boyle.

Churlishly

Churl"ish*ly, adv. In a churlish manner.

Churlishness

Churl"ish*ness, n. Rudeness of manners or temper; lack of kindness or courtesy.

Churly

Churl"y (?), a. Rude; churlish; violent. Longfellow.

Churme, Chirm

Churme (?), Chirm (?), n. [See Chirm.] Clamor, or confused noise; buzzing. [Obs.]
The churme of a thousand taunts and reproaches. Bacon.

Churn

Churn (?), n. [OE. chirne, cherne, AS. ceren, cyrin; akin to D. karn, Dan. kierne. See Churn, v. t.] A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated (as by a plunging or revolving dasher) in order to separete the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.

Churn

Churn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Churned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Churning.] [OE. chernen, AS. cernan; akin to LG. karnen, G. kernen, D. karnen, Dan. kierne, Sw. k\'84rna, and also to E. corn, kernel, the meaning coming from the idea of extracting the kernel or marrow. See Kernel.]

1. To stir, beat, or agitate, as milk or cream in a churn, in order to make butter.

2. To shake or agitate with violence.

Churned in his teeth, the foamy venom rose. Addison.

Churn

Churn, v. i. To perform the operation of churning.

Churning

Churn"ing, n.

1. The act of one who churns.

2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.

Churrus

Chur"rus (?), n. [Hind. charas.] A powerfully narcotic and intoxicating gum resin which exudes from the flower heads, seeds, etc., of Indian hemp.

Churrworm

Churr"worm` (?), n. [AS. cyrran, cerran, to turn.] (Zo\'94l.) An insect that turns about nimbly; the mole cricket; -- called also fan cricket. Johnson.

Chuse

Chuse (?), v. t. See Choose. [Obs.]

Chute

Chute (?), n. [F. chute, prop. a fall.]

1. A framework, trough, or tube, upon or through which objects are made to slide from a higher to a lower level, or through which water passes to a wheel.

2. See Shoot.

Chutney, Chutnee

Chut"ney (?), Chut"nee (?), n. [Hind. chatn\'c6.] A warm or spicy condiment or pickle made in India, compounded of various vegetable substances, sweets, acids, etc.

Chylaceous

Chy*la"ceous (?), a. (Physiol.) Possessed of the properties of chyle; consisting of chyle.

Chylaqueous

Chy*la"que*ous (?), a. [Chyle + aqueous.] (Zo\'94l.) Consisting of chyle much diluted with water; -- said of a liquid which forms the circulating fluid of some inferior animals.

Chyle

Chyle (?), n. [NL. chylus, Gr. chyle; prob. akin to E. fuse to melt.] (Physiol.) A milky fluid containing the fatty matter of the food in a state of emulsion, or fine mechanical division; formed from chyme by the action of the intestinal juices. It is absorbed by the lacteals, and conveyed into the blood by the thoracic duct.

Chylifaction

Chyl`i*fac"tion (?), n. [Chyle + L. facere to make.] (Physiol.) The act or process by which chyle is formed from food in animal bodies; chylification, -- a digestive process.

Chylifactive

Chyl`i*fac"tive (?), a. (Physiol.) Producing, or converting into, chyle; having the power to form chyle.

Chyliferous

Chy*lif"er*ous (?), a. [Chyle + -ferous: cf. F. chylif\'8are.] (Physiol.) Transmitting or conveying chyle; as, chyliferous vessels.

Chylific

Chy*lif"ic (?), a. Chylifactive.

Chylification

Chyl`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. (Physiol.) The formation of chyle. See Chylifaction.

Chylificatory

Chy*lif"i*ca*to*ry (? ∨ ?), a. Chylifactive.

Chylify

Chy"li*fy (?), v. t. & i. [Chyle + -ly.] (Physiol.) To make chyle of; to be converted into chyle.

Chylopoetic

Chy`lo*po*et"ic (?), a. [Gr. chylopoiei^n to make into juice, chylo`s juice, chyle + poiei^n to make.] (Physiol.) Concerned in the formation of chyle; as, the chylopoetic organs.

Chylous

Chy"lous (?), a. [Cf. F. chyleux.] (Physiol.) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.

Chyluria

Chy*lu"ri*a (?), n. [NL. from Gr. (Med.) A morbid condition in which the urine contains chyle or fatty matter, giving it a milky appearance.

Chyme

Chyme (?), n. [L. chymus chyle, Gr. chyme. See Chyle.] (Physiol.) The pulpy mass of semi-digested food in the small intestines just after its passage from the stomach. It is separated in the intestines into chyle and excrement. See Chyle.

Chymic, Chymist, Chymistry

Chym"ic (?), Chym"ist, Chym"is*try (?). [Obs.] See Chemic, Chemist, Chemistry.

Chymiferous

Chy*mif"er*ous (?), a. [Chyme + -ferous.] (Physiol.) Bearing or containing chyme.

Chymification

Chym`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Chyme + L. facere to make: cf. F. Chymification.] (Physiol.) The conversion of food into chyme by the digestive action of gastric juice.

Chymify

Chym"i*fy (?), v. t. [Chyme + -fy: cf. F. chymifier.] (Physiol.) To form into chyme.

Chymous

Chy"mous (?), a. Of or pertaining to chyme.

Chyometer

Chy*om"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Chem.) An instrument for measuring liquids. It consists of a piston moving in a tube in which is contained the liquid, the quantity expelled being indicated by the graduation upon the piston rod.

Cibarious

Ci*ba"ri*ous (?), a. [L. cibaruus, fr. cibus food.] Pertaining to food; edible. Johnson.

Cibation

Ci*ba"tion (?), n. [L. cibatio, fr. cibare to feed.]

1. The act of taking food.

2. (Alchemy) The process or operation of feeding the contents of the crucilbe with fresh material. B. Jonson.

Cibol

Cib"ol (?), n. [F. ciboule, LL. cepula, cepola, dim. of L. cepa, caepa, caepe, an onion. Cf. Chibbal, Cives.] A perennial alliaceous plant (Allium fistulosum), sometimes called Welsh onion. Its fistular leaves areused in cookery.

Ciborium

Ci*bo"ri*um (?), n.: pl. Ciboria (#). [LL., fr. L. ciborium a cup, fr. Gr.

1. (Arch.) A canopy usually standing free and supported on four columns, covering the high altar, or, very rarely, a secondary altar.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The coffer or case in which the host is kept; the pyx.

Cicada

Ci*ca"da (?), n.; pl. E. Cicadas (#), L. Cicad\'91 (#). [L.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species of the genus Cicada. They are large hemipterous insects, with nearly transparent wings. The male makes a shrill sound by pecular organs in the under side of the abdomen, consisting of a pair of stretched membranes, acted upon by powerful muscles. A noted American species (C. septendecim) is called the seventeen year locust. Another common species is the dogday cicada.

Cicala

Ci*ca"la (?), n. [It., fr. L. cicada.] A cicada. See Cicada. "At eve a dry cicala sung." Tennison.

Cicatrice

Cic"a*trice (?), n. [F., fr. L. cicatrix.] A cicatrix.

Cicatricial

Cic`a*tri"cial (?), a. (Med.) Relating to, or having the character of, a cicatrix. Dunglison.

Cicatricle

Cic"a*tri`cle (?), n. [Cf. F. cicatricule, fr. L. cicatricula a small scar, fr. cicatrix a scar.] (Biol.) The germinating point in the embryo of a seed; the point in the yolk of an egg at which development begins.

Cicatrisive

Cic"a*tri`sive (?), a. Tending to promote the formation of a cicatrix; good for healing of a wound.
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Cicatrix

Ci*ca"trix (?), n.; pl. Cicatrices (#). [L.] (Med.) The pellicle which forms over a wound or breach of continuity and completes the process of healing in the latter, and which subsequently contracts and becomes white, forming the scar.

Cicatrizant

Cic"a*tri`zant (?), n. [Cf. F. cicatrisant, properly p. pr. of cicatriser.] (Med.) A medicine or application that promotes the healing of a sore or wound, or the formation of a cicatrix.

Cicatrization

Cic`a*tri*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. cicatrisation.] (Med.) The process of forming a cicatrix, or the state of being cicatrized.

Cicatrize

Cic"a*trize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cicatrized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cicatrizing.] [Cf. F. cicatriser, fr. cicatrice, L. cicatrix, scar.] (Med.) To heal or induce the formation of a cicatrix in, as in wounded or ulcerated flesh. Wiseman.

Cicatrize

Cic"a*trize, v. i. (Med.) To heal; to have a new skin.

Cicatrose

Cic"a*trose` (?), a. Full of scars. Craig.

Cicely

Cic"e*ly (?), n. [L. seselis, Gr. (Bot.) Any one of several umbelliferous plants, of the genera Myrrhis, Osmorrhiza, etc.

Cicero

Cic"e*ro (?), n. (Print.) Pica type; -- so called by French printers.

Cicerone

Ci`ce*ro"ne (?), n.; pl. It. Ciceroni (#), E. Cicerones (#). [It., fr. L. Cicero, the Roman orator. So called from the ordinary talkativeness of such a guide.] One who shows strangers the curiosities of a place; a guide.
Every glib and loquacious hireling who shows strangers about their picture galleries, palaces, and ruins, is termed by them [the Italians] a cicerone, or a Cicero. Trench.

Ciceronian

Cic`e*ro"ni*an (?), a. [L. Ciceronianus, fr. Cicero, the orator.] Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent.

Ciceronianism

Cic`e*ro"ni*an*ism (?), n. Imitation of, or resemblance to, the style or action Cicero; a Ciceronian phrase or expression. "Great study in Ciceronianism, the chief abuse of Oxford." Sir P. Sidney.

Cichoraceous

Cich`o*ra"ceous (?), a. [See Chicory.] Belonging to, or resembling, a suborder of composite plants of which the chicory (Cichorium) is the type.

Cich-pea

Cich"-pea` (?), n. The chick-pea. Holland.

Cicisbeism

Ci*cis"be*ism (?), n. The state or conduct of a cicisbeo.

Cicisbeo

Ci`cis*be"o (?), n.; pl. It. Cicisbei (#). [It.]

1. A professed admirer of a married woman; a dangler about women.

2. A knot of silk or ribbon attached to a fan, walking stick, etc. [Obs.]

Ciclatoun

Cic"la*toun` (?), n. [Of. ciclaton.] A costly cloth, of uncertain material, used in the Middle Ages. [Obs.] [Written also checklaton, chekelatoun.]
His robe was of ciclatoun, That coste many a Jane. Chaucer.

Cicurate

Cic"u*rate (?), v. t. [L. cicurare to tame, fr. cicur tame.] To tame. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cicuration

Cic`u*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. cicuration.] The act of taming. [Obs.] Ray.

Cicuta

Ci*cu"ta (?), n. [L., the poison hemlock.] (Bot.) a genus of poisonous umbelliferous plants, of which the water hemlock or cowbane is best known. &hand; The name cicuta is sometimes erroneously applied to Conium maculatum, or officinal hemlock.

Cicutoxin

Cic`u*tox"in (?), n. (Chem.) The active principle of the water hemlock (Cicuta) extracted as a poisonous gummy substance.

Cid

Cid (?), n. [Sp., fr. Ar. seid lord.]

1. Chief or commander; in Spanish literature, a title of Ruy Diaz, Count of Bivar, a champion of Christianity and of the old Spanish royalty, in the 11th century.

2. An epic poem, which celebrates the exploits of the Spanish national hero, Ruy Diaz.

Cider

Ci"der (?), n. [F. cidre, OF. sidre, fr. L. sicera a kind of strong drink, Gr. sh\'bekar to be intoxicated, sh\'c7k\'ber strong drink.] The expressed juice of apples. It is used as a beverage, for making vinegar, and for other purposes. &hand; Cider was formerly used to signify the juice of other fruits, and other kinds of strong liquor, but was not applied to wine. Cider brandy, a kind of brandy distilled from cider. -- Cider mill, a mill in which cider is made. -- Cider press, the press of a cider mill.

Ciderist

Ci`der*ist, n. A maker of cider. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Ciderkin

Ci"der*kin (?), n. [Cider + -kin.] A kind of weak cider made by steeping the refuse pomace in water.
Ciderkin is made for common drinking, and supplies the place of small beer. Mortimer.

Ci-devant

Ci`-de*vant" (?), a. [F., hitherto, formerly.] Former; previous; of times gone by; as, a cidevant governor.

Cierge

Cierge (?), n. [F., fr. L. cera wax.] A wax candle used in religous rites.

Cigar

Ci*gar" (?), n. [Sp. cigarro, orig., a kind of tobacco in the island of Cuba: cf. F. cigare.] A small roll of tobacco, used for smoking. Cigar fish (Zo\'94l.), a fish (Decapterus punctatus), allied to the mackerel, found on the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.

Cigarette

Cig`a*rette" (?), n. [F. cigarette.] A little cigar; a little fine tobacco rolled in paper for smoking.

Cilia

Cil"i*a (?), n. pl. Cilium, the sing., is rarely used. [L. cilium eyelid.]

1. (Anat.) The eyelashes.

2. (Biol.) Small, generally microscopic, vibrating appendages lining certain organs, as the air passages of the higher animals, and in the lower animals often covering also the whole or a part of the exterior. They are also found on some vegetable organisms. In the Infusoria, and many larval forms, they are locomotive organs.

3. (Bot.) Hairlike processes, commonly marginal and forming a fringe like the eyelash.

4. (Zo\'94l.) Small, vibratory, swimming organs, somewhat resembling true cilia, as those of Ctenophora.

Ciliary

Cil"ia*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. ciliaire.]

1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.

2. (Biol.) Pertaining to or connected with the cilia in animal or vegetable organisms; as, ciliary motion.

Ciliata

Cil`i*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL. See Cilia.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the orders of Infusoria, characterized by having cilia. In some species the cilia cover the body generally, in others they form a band around the mouth.

Ciliate, Ciliated

Cil"i*ate (?), Cil"i*a`ted (?), a. Provided with, or surrounded by, cilia; as, a ciliate leaf; endowed with vibratory motion; as, the ciliated epithelium of the windpipe.

Cilice

Cil"ice (?), n. [F. See Cilicious.] A kind of haircloth undergarment. Southey.

Cilician

Ci*li"cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Cilicia in Asia Minor. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Cilicia.

Cilicious

Ci*li"cious (?), a. [L. cilicium a covering, orig. made of Cilician goat's hair, fr. Cilicious Cilician, fr. Cilicia, a province of Asia Minor.] Made, or consisting, of hair. [Obs.]
A Cilicious or sackcloth habit. Sir T. Browne.

Ciliform, Ciliiform

Cil"i*form (?), Cil"i*i*form` (?), a. [Cilium + -form] Having the form of cilia; very fine or slender.

Ciliograde

Cil"i*o*grade (?), a. [Cilium + L. gradi to step: cf. F. ciliograde.] (Zo\'94l.) Moving by means of cilia, or cilialike organs; as, the ciliograde Medus\'91.

Cilium

Cil"i*um (?), n. [L., eyelid.] See Cilia.

Cill

Cill (?), n. See Sill., n. a foundation.

Cillosis

Cil*lo"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. L. cilium eyelid.] (Med.) A spasmodic trembling of the upper eyelid.

Cima

Ci"ma (?), n. (Arch.) A kind of molding. See Cyma.

Cimar

Ci*mar" (?), n. See Simar.

Cimbal

Cim"bal (?), n. [It. ciambella.] A kind of confectionery or cake. [Obs.] Nares.

Cimbia

Cim"bi*a (?), n. (Arch.) A fillet or band placed around the shaft of a column as if to strengthen it. [Written also cimia.]

Cimbrian

Cim"bri*an (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Cimbri. -- n. One of the Cimbri. See Cimbric.

Cimbric

Cim"bric (?), a. Pertaining to the Cimbri, an ancient tribe inhabiting Northern Germany. -- n. The language of the Cimbri.

Cimeliarch

Ci*me"li*arch (?), n. [L. cimeliarcha, Gr. A superintendent or keeper of a church's valuables; a churchwarden. [Obs.] Bailey.

Cimeter

Cim"e*ter (?), n. See Scimiter.

Cimex

Ci"mex (?), n.; pl. Cimices (#). [L., a bug.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of hemipterous insects of which the bedbug is the best known example. See Bedbug.

Cimia

Cim"i*a (?), n. (Arch.) See Cimbia.

Cimiss

Ci"miss (?), n. [L. cimex, -icis, a bug.] (Zo\'94l.) The bedbug. [Obs.] Wright.

Cimmerian

Cim*me"ri*an (?), a. [L. Cimmerius.] [Written also Kimmerian.]

1. Pertaining to the Cimmerii, a fabulous people, said to have lived, in very ancient times, in profound and perpetual darkness.

2. Without any light; intensely dark.

In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell. Milton.

Cimolite

Cim"o*lite (?), n. [Gr. Cimolus, an island of the Cyclades.] (Min.) A soft, earthy, clayey mineral, of whitish or grayish color.

Cinch

Cinch (?), n. [Sp. cincha, fr. L. cingere to gird.]

1. A strong saddle girth, as of canvas. [West. U. S.]

2. A tight grip. [Colloq.]

Cinchona

Cin*cho"na (?), n. [So named from the wife of Count Chinchon, viceroy of Peru in the seventeenth century, who by its use was freed from an intermittent fever, and after her return to Spain, contributed to the general propagation of this remedy.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of trees growing naturally on the Andes in Peru and adjacent countries, but now cultivated in the East Indies, producing a medicinal bark of great value.

2. (Med.) The bark of any species of cinchona containing three per cent. or more of bitter febrifuge alkaloids; Peruvian bark; Jesuits' bark.

Cinchonaceous

Cin`cho*na"ceous (?), a. Allied or pertaining to cinchona, or to the plants that produce it.

Cinchonic

Cin*chon"ic (?), a. Belonging to, or obtained from, cinchona. Mayne.

Cinchonidine

Cin*chon"i*dine (?), n. [From Cinchona.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids, found especially in red cinchona bark. It is a white crystalline substance, C19H22N2O, with a bitter taste and qualities similar to, but weaker than, quinine; -- sometimes called also cinchonidia.

Cinchonine

Cin"cho*nine (?), n. [From Cinchona: cf. F. cinchonine.] (Chem.) One of the quinine group of alkaloids isomeric with and resembling cinchonidine; -- called also cinchonia.

Cinchonism

Cin"cho*nism (?), n. [From Cinchona.] (Med.) A condition produced by the excessive or long-continued use of quinine, and marked by deafness, roaring in the ears, vertigo, etc.

Cinchonize

Cin"cho*nize (?), v. t. To produce cinchonism in; to poison with quinine or with cinchona.

Cincinnati epoch

Cin`cin*na"ti ep"och (?). (Geol.) An epoch at the close of the American lower Silurian system. The rocks are well developed near Cincinnati, Ohio. The group includes the Hudson River and Lorraine shales of New york.

Cincture

Cinc"ture (?), n. [L. cinctura, fr. cingere, cinctum, to gird.]

1. A belt, a girdle, or something worn round the body, -- as by an ecclesiastic for confining the alb.

2. That which encompasses or incloses; an inclosure. "Within the cincture of one wall." Bacon.

3. (Arch.) The fillet, listel, or band next to the apophyge at the extremity of the shaft of a column.

Cinctured

Cinc"tured (?), n. Having or wearing a cincture or gridle.

Cinder

Cin"der (?), n. [AS. sinder slag, dross; akin to Icel. sindr dross, Sw. sinder, G. sinter, D. sintel; perh. influenced by F. cendre ashes, fr. L. cinis. Cf. Sinter.]

1. Partly burned or vitrified coal, or other combustible, in which fire is extinct.

2. A hot coal without flame; an ember. Swift.

3. A scale thrown off in forging metal.

4. The slag of a furnace, or scoriaceous lava from a volcano. Cinder frame, a framework of wire in front of the tubes of a locomotive, to arrest the escape of cinders. -- Cinder notch (Metal.), the opening in a blast furnace, through which melted cinder flows out.

Cindery

Cin"der*y (?), a. Resembling, or composed of, cinders; full of cinders.

Cinefaction

Cin`e*fac"tion (?), n. [LL. cinefactio: L. cinis ashes + facere to make: cf. F. cin\'82faction.] Cineration; reduction to ashes. [Obs.]

Cinematic, Cinematical

Cin`e*mat"ic (?), Cin`e*mat"ic*al (?), a. See Kinematic.

Cinematics

Cin`e*mat"ics (?), n. sing. See Kinematics.

Cineraceous

Cin`er*a"ceous (?), a. [L. cineraceus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash-colored; cinerous.

Cineraria

Cin`e*ra"ri*a (?), n. [NL., fr. LL. cinerarius pert. to ashes, fr. cinis ashes. So called from the ash-colored down on the leaves.] (Bot.) A Linn\'91an genus of free-flowering composite plants, mostly from South Africa. Several species are cultivated for ornament.

Cinerary

Cin"er*a*ry (?), a. [L. cinerarius, fr. cinis ashes.] Pertaining to ashes; containing ashes. Cinerary urns, vessels used by the ancients to preserve the ashes of the dead when burned.

Cineration

Cin`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. cinis ashes: cf. F. cin\'82ration.] The reducing of anything to ashes by combustion; cinefaction.

Cinereous

Ci*ne"re*ous (?), a. [L. cinereus, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; ash-colored; grayish.

Cinerescent

Cin`er*es"cent (?), a. Somewhat cinereous; of a color somewhat resembling that of wood ashes.

Cineritious

Cin`er*i"tious (?), a. [L. cineritius, cinericius, fr. cinis ashes.] Like ashes; having the color of ashes, -- as the cortical substance of the brain.

Cinerulent

Ci*ner"u*lent (?), a. Full of ashes. [Obs.]

Cingalese

Cin`ga*lese" (?), n. sing. & pl. [Cf. F. Cingalais.] A native or natives of Ceylon descended from its primitive inhabitants; also (sing.), the language of the Cingalese. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cingalese. [Written also Singhalese.] &hand; Ceylonese is applied to the inhabitants of the island in general.

Cingle

Cin"gle (?), n. [L. cingula, cingulum, fr. cingere to gird.] A girth. [R.] See Surcingle.

Cingulum

Cin"gu*lum (?), n. [L., a girdle.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A distinct girdle or band of color; a raised spiral line as seen on certain univalve shells. (b) The clitellus of earthworms. (c) The base of the crown of a tooth.

Cinnabar

Cin"na*bar (?), n. [L. cinnabaris, Gr. qinb\'ber, Hind. shangarf.]

1. (Min.) Red sulphide of mercury, occurring in brilliant red crystals, and also in red or brown amorphous masses. It is used in medicine.

2. The artificial red sulphide of mercury used as a pigment; vermilion. Cinnabar Gr\'91corum (. [L. Graecorum, gen. pl., of the Greeks.] (Med.) Same as Dragon's blood. -- Green cinnabar, a green pigment consisting of the oxides of cobalt and zinc subjected to the action of fire. -- Hepatic cinnabar (Min.), an impure cinnabar of a liver-brown color and submetallic luster.

Cinnabarine

Cin"na*ba*rine (?), a. [Cf. F. cinabarin.] Pertaining to, or resembling, cinnabar; consisting of cinnabar, or containing it; as, cinnabarine sand.

Cinnamene

Cin"na*mene (?), n. [From Cinnamic.] (Chem.) Styrene (which was formerly called cinnamene because obtained from cinnamic acid). See Styrene.

Cinnamic

Cin*nam"ic (?), a. [From Cinnamon.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or obtained from, cinnamon. Cinnamic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, odorless substance. C6H5.C2H2C2H2.CO2H, formerly obtained from storax and oil of cinnamon, now made from certain benzene derivatives in large quantities, and used for the artificial production of indigo.

Cinnamomic

Cin`na*mom"ic (?), a. [L. cinnamomum cinnamon.] (Chem.) See Cinnamic.

Cinnamon

Cin"na*mon (?), n. [Heb. qinn\'bem\'d3n; cf. Gr. cinnamomum, cinnamon. The Heb. word itself seems to have been borrowed from some other language; cf. Malay k\'bej\'d4 m\'benis sweet wood.] (a) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices. (b) Cassia. Cinnamon stone (Min.), a variety of garnet, of a cinnamon or hyacinth red color, sometimes used in jewelry. -- Oil of cinnamon, a colorless aromatic oil obtained from cinnamon and cassia, and consisting essentially of cinnamic aldehyde, C6H5.C2H2.CHO. -- Wild cinnamon. See Canella.

Cinnamone

Cin"na*mone (?), n. [Cinnamic + -one.] A yellow crystalline substance, (C6H5.C2H2)2CO, the ketone of cinnamic acid.
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Cinnamyl

Cin"na*myl (?), n. [Cinnamic + -yl.] (Chem.) The hypothetical radical, (C6H5.C2H2)2C, of cinnamic compounds. [Formerly written also cinnamule.]

Cinnoline

Cin"no*line (?), n. [Cinnamic + quinoline.] A nitrogenous organic base, C8H6N2, analogous to quinoline, obtained from certain complex diazo compounds.

Cinque

Cinque (?), n. [F. cinq, fr. L. quinque five. See Five.] Five; the number five in dice or cards.

Cinquecento

Cin`que*cen"to (?), n. & a. [It., five hundred, abbrev. for fifteen hundred. The Cinquecento style was so called because it arose after the year 1500.] The sixteenth century, when applied to Italian art or literature; as, the sculpture of the Cinquecento; Cinquecento style.

Cinquefoil

Cinque"foil` (?), n. [Cinque five + foil, F. feuille leaf. See Foil.]

1. (Bot.) The name of several different species of the genus Potentilla; -- also called five-finger, because of the resemblance of its leaves to the fingers of the hand.

2. (Arch.) An ornamental foliation having five points or cups, used in windows, panels, etc. Gwilt. Marsh cinquefoil, the Potentilla palustris, a plant with purple flowers which grows in fresh-water marshes.

Cinque-pace

Cinque"-pace` (?), n. [Cinque + pace.] A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five. [Obs.] Nares. Shak.

Cinque Ports

Cinque" Ports` (?). [Cinque + port.] (Eng. Hist.) Five English ports, to which peculiar privileges were anciently accorded; -- viz., Hastings, Romney, Hythe, Dover, and Sandwich; afterwards increased by the addition of Winchelsea, Rye, and some minor places. Baron of the Cinque Ports. See under Baron.

Cinque-spotted

Cinque"-spot`ted, a. Five-spotted. [R.] Shak.

Cinter

Cin"ter (?), n. [F. cintre.] (Arch.) See Center.

Cinura

Ci*nu"ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The group of Thysanura which includes Lepisma and allied forms; the bristletails. See Bristletail, and Lepisma.

Cion

Ci"on (?), n. [OF. cion. See Scion.] See Scion.
The cion overruleth the stock; and the stock is but passive, and giveth aliment, but no motion, to the graft. Bacon.

Cipher

Ci"pher (?), n. [OF. cifre zero, F. Chiffre figure (cf. Sp.cifra, LL. cifra), fr. Ar. \'87ifrun, \'87afrun, empty, cipher, zero, fr. \'87afira to be empty. Cf. Zero.]

1. (Arith.) A character [0] which, standing by itself, expresses nothing, but when placed at the right hand of a whole number, increases its value tenfold.

2. One who, or that which, has no weight or influence.

Here he was a mere cipher. W. Irving.

3. A character in general, as a figure or letter. [Obs.]

This wisdom began to be written in ciphers and characters and letters bearing the forms of creatures. Sir W. Raleigh.

4. A combination or interweaving of letters, as the initials of a name; a device; a monogram; as, a painter's cipher, an engraver's cipher, etc. The cut represents the initials N. W.

5. A private alphabet, system of characters, or other mode of writing, contrived for the safe transmission of secrets; also, a writing in such characters.

His father . . . engaged him when he was very young to write all his letters to England in cipher. Bp. Burnet.
Cipher key, a key to assist in reading writings in cipher.

Cipher

Ci"pher, a. Of the nature of a cipher; of no weight or influence. "Twelve cipher bishops." Milton.

Cipher

Ci"pher, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciphered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Ciphering.] To use figures in a mathematical process; to do sums in arithmetic.
"T was certain he could write and cipher too. Goldsmith.

Cipher

Ci"pher, v. t.

1. To write in occult characters.

His notes he ciphered with Greek characters. Hayward.

2. To get by ciphering; as, to cipher out the answer.

3. To decipher. [Obs.] Shak.

4. To designate by characters. [Obs.] Shak.

Cipherer

Ci"pher*er (?), n. One who ciphers.

Cipherhood

Ci"pher*hood (?), n. Nothingness. [R.] Goodwin.

Cipolin

Cip"o*lin (?), n. [It. cippollino, prop., a little onion, fr. cipolla onion (cf. E. cibol). So called because its veins consist, like onions, of different strata, one lying upon another.] (Min.) A whitish marble, from Rome, containiing pale greenish zones. It consists of calcium carbonate, with zones and cloudings of talc.

Cippus

Cip"pus (?), n.; pl. Cippi (#). [L., stake, post.] A small, low pillar, square or round, commonly having an inscription, used by the ancients for various purposes, as for indicating the distances of places, for a landmark, for sepulchral inscriptions, etc. Gwilt.

Circ

Circ (?), n. [See Circus.] An amphitheatrical circle for sports; a circus. [R.] T. Warton.

Circar

Cir*car" (?), n. [See Sircar.] A district, or part of a province. See Sircar. [India]

Circassian

Cir*cas"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Circassia, in Asia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Circassia.

Circean

Cir*ce"an (?), a. [L. Circaeus.] Having the characteristics of Circe, daughter of Sol and Perseis, a mythological enchantress, who first charmed her victims and then changed them to the forms of beasts; pleasing, but noxious; as, a Circean draught.

Circensial, Circensian

Cir*cen"sial (?), Cir*cen"sian (?), a. [L. Circensis, ludi Circenses, the games in the Circus Maximus.] Of or pertaining to, or held in, the Circus, In Rome.
The pleasure of the Circensian shows. Holyday.

Circinal

Cir"ci*nal (?), a. [Gr. (Bot.) Circinate.

Circinate

Cir"ci*nate (?), a. [L. circinatus, p. p. of circinare to make round, fr. circinus a pair of compasses, from Gr. (Bot.) Rolled together downward, the tip occupying the center; -- a term used in reference to foliation or leafing, as in ferns. Gray.

Circinate

Cir"ci*nate (?), v. t. To make a circle around; to encompass. [Obs.] Bailey.

Circination

Cir`ci*na"tion (?), n. [L. circinatio circle.]

1. An orbicular motion. [Obs.] bailey.

2. A circle; a concentric layer. [Obs.] "The circinations and spherical rounds of onions." Sir T. Browne.

Circle

Cir"cle (?), n. [OE. cercle, F. cercle, fr. L. circulus (Whence also AS. circul), dim. of circus circle, akin to Gr. Circus, Circum-.]

1. A plane figure, bounded by a single curve line called its circumference, every part of which is equally distant from a point within it, called the center.

2. The line that bounds sush a figure; a circumference; a ring.

3. (Astron.) An instrument of observation, the graduated limb of which consists of an entire circle. &hand; When it is fixed to a wall in an observatory, it is called a mural circle; when mounted with a telescope on an axis and in Y's, in the plane of the meridian, a meridian or transit circle; when involving the principle of reflection, like the sextant, a reflecting circle; and when that of repeating an angle several times continuously along the graduated limb, a repeating circle.

4. A round body; a sphere; an orb.

It is he that sitteth upon the circle of the earth. Is. xi. 22.

5. Compass; circuit; inclosure.

In the circle of this forest. Shak.

6. A company assembled, or conceived to assemble, about a central point of interest, or bound by a common tie; a class or division of society; a coterie; a set.

As his name gradually became known, the circle of his acquaintance widened. Macaulay.

7. A circular group of persons; a ring.

8. A series ending where it begins, and repeating itself.

Thus in a circle runs the peasant's pain. Dryden.

9. (Logic) A form of argument in which two or more unproved statements are used to prove each other; inconclusive reasoning.

That heavy bodies descend by gravity; and, again, that gravity is a quality whereby a heavy body descends, is an impertinent circle and teaches nothing. Glanvill.

10. Indirect form of words; circumlocution. [R.]

Has he given the lie, In circle, or oblique, or semicircle. J. Fletcher.

11. A territorial division or district. &hand; The Circles of the Holy Roman Empire, ten in number, were those principalities or provinces which had seats in the German Diet. Azimuth circle. See under Azimuth. -- Circle of altitude (Astron.), a circle parallel to the horizon, having its pole in the zenith; an almucantar. -- Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve (Below). -- Circle of declination. See under Declination. -- Circle of latitude. (a) (Astron.) A great circle perpendicular to the plane of the ecliptic, passing through its poles. (b) (Spherical Projection) A small circle of the sphere whose plane is perpendicular to the axis. -- Circles of longitude, lesser circles parallel to the ecliptic, diminishing as they recede from it. -- Circle of perpetual apparition, at any given place, the boundary of that space around the elevated pole, within which the stars never set. Its distance from the pole is equal to the latitude of the place. -- Circle of perpetual occultation, at any given place, the boundary of the space around the depressed pole, within which the stars never rise. -- Circle of the sphere, a circle upon the surface of the sphere, called a great circle when its plane passes through the center of the sphere; in all other cases, a small circle. -- Diurnal circle. See under Diurnal. -- Dress circle, a gallery in a theater, generally the one containing the prominent and more expensive seats. -- Druidical circles (Eng. Antiq.), a popular name for certain ancient inclosures formed by rude stones circularly arranged, as at Stonehenge, near Salisbury. -- Family circle, a gallery in a theater, usually one containing inexpensive seats. -- Horary circles (Dialing), the lines on dials which show the hours. -- Osculating circle of a curve (Geom.), the circle which touches the curve at some point in the curve, and close to the point more nearly coincides with the curve than any other circle. This circle is used as a measure of the curvature of the curve at the point, and hence is called circle of curvature. -- Pitch circle. See under Pitch. -- Vertical circle, an azimuth circle. -- Voltaic circle or circuit. See under Circuit. -- To square the circle. See under Square. Syn. -- Ring; circlet; compass; circuit; inclosure.

Circle

Cir"cle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Circling (?).] [OE. cerclen, F. cercler, fr. L. circulare to make round. See Circle, n., and cf. Circulate.]

1. To move around; to revolve around.

Other planets circle other suns. Pope.

2. To encompass, as by a circle; to surround; to inclose; to encircle. Prior. Pope.

Their heads are circled with a short turban. Dampier.
So he lies, circled with evil. Coleridge.
To circle in, to confine; to hem in; to keep together; as, to circle bodies in. Sir K. Digby.

Circle

Cir"cle, v. i. To move circularly; to form a circle; to circulate.
Thy name shall circle round the gaping through. Byron.

Circled

Cir"cled (?), a. Having the form of a circle; round. "Monthly changes in her circled orb." Shak.

Circler

Cir"cler (?), n. A mean or inferior poet, perhaps from his habit of wandering around as a stroller; an itinerant poet. Also, a name given to the cyclic poets. See under Cyclic, a. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Circlet

Cir"clet (?), n.

1. A little circle; esp., an ornament for the person, having the form of a circle; that which encircles, as a ring, a bracelet, or a headband.

Her fair locks in circlet be enrolled. Spenser.

2. A round body; an orb. Pope.

Fairest of stars . . . that crown'st the smiling morn With thy bright circlet. Milton.

3. A circular piece of wood put under a dish at table. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Circocele

Cir"co*cele (?), n. See Cirsocele.

Circuit

Cir"cuit (?), n. [F. circuit, fr. L. circuitus, fr. circuire or circumire to go around; circum around + ire to go.]

1. The act of moving or revolving around, or as in a circle or orbit; a revolution; as, the periodical circuit of the earth round the sun. Watts.

2. The circumference of, or distance round, any space; the measure of a line round an area.

The circuit or compass of Ireland is 1,800 miles. J. Stow.

3. That which encircles anything, as a ring or crown.

The golden circuit on my head. Shak.

4. The space inclosed within a circle, or within limits.

A circuit wide inclosed with goodliest trees. Milton.

5. A regular or appointed journeying from place to place in the exercise of one's calling, as of a judge, or a preacher.

6. (a) (Law) A certain division of a state or country, established by law for a judge or judges to visit, for the administration of justice. Bouvier. (b) (Methodist Church) A district in which an itinerant preacher labors.

7. Circumlocution. [Obs.] "Thou hast used no circuit of words." Huloet. Circuit court (Law), a court which sits successively in different places in its circuit (see Circuit, 6). In the United States, the federal circuit courts are commonly presided over by a judge of the supreme court, or a special circuit judge, together with the judge of the district court. They have jurisdiction within statutory limits, both in law and equity, in matters of federal cognizance. Some of the individual States also have circuit courts, which have general statutory jurisdiction of the same class, in matters of State cognizance. -- Circuit or Circuity of action (Law), a longer course of proceedings than is necessary to attain the object in view. -- To make a circuit, to go around; to go a roundabout way. -- Voltaic or Galvanic circuit or circle, a continous electrical communication between the two poles of a battery; an arrangement of voltaic elements or couples with proper conductors, by which a continuous current of electricity is established.

Circuit

Cir"cuit, v. i. To move in a circle; to go round; to circulate. [Obs.] J. Philips.

Circuit

Cir"cuit, v. t. To travel around. [Obs.] "Having circuited the air." T. Warton.

Circuiteer

Cir`cuit*eer" (?), n. A circuiter. Pope.

Circuiter

Cir"cuit*er (?), n. One who travels a circuit, as a circuit judge. [R.] R. Whitlock.

Circuition

Cir`cu*i"tion (?), n. [L. circuitio. See Circuit.] The act of going round; circumlocution. [R.]

Circuitous

Cir*cu"i*tous (?), a. [LL. circuitosus.] Going round in a circuit; roundabout; indirect; as, a circuitous road; a circuitous manner of accompalishing an end. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ly, adv. -- Cir*cu"i*tous*ness, n. Syn. -- Tortuous; winding; sinuous; serpentine.

Circuity

Cir*cu"i*ty (?), n. A going round in a circle; a course not direct; a roundabout way of proceeding.

Circulable

Cir"cu*la*ble (?), a. That may be circulated.

Circular

Cir"cu*lar (?), a. [L. circularis, fr. circulus circle: cf. F. circulaire. See Circle.]

1. In the form of, or bounded by, a circle; round.

2. repeating itself; ending in itself; reverting to the point of beginning; hence, illogical; inconclusive; as, circular reasoning.

3. Adhering to a fixed circle of legends; cyclic; hence, mean; inferior. See Cyclic poets, under Cyclic.

Had Virgil been a circular poet, and closely adhered to history, how could the Romans have had Dido? Dennis.

4. Addressed to a circle, or to a number of persons having a common interest; circulated, or intended for circulation; as, a circular letter.

A proclamation of Henry III., . . . doubtless circular throughout England. Hallam.

5. Perfect; complete. [Obs.]

A man so absolute and circular In all those wished-for rarities that may take A virgin captive. Massinger.
Circular are, any portion of the circumference of a circle. -- Circular cubics (Math.), curves of the third order which are imagined to pass through the two circular points at infinity. -- Circular functions. (Math.) See under Function. -- Circular instruments, mathematical instruments employed for measuring angles, in which the graduation extends round the whole circumference of a circle, or 360°. -- Circular lines, straight lines pertaining to the circle, as sines, tangents, secants, etc. -- Circular note or letter. (a) (Com.) See under Credit. (b) (Diplomacy) A letter addressed in identical terms to a number of persons. -- Circular numbers (Arith.), those whose powers terminate in the same digits as the roots themselves; as 5 and 6, whose squares are 25 and 36. Bailey. Barlow. -- Circular points at infinity (Geom.), two imaginary points at infinite distance through which every circle in the plane is, in the theory of curves, imagined to pass. -- Circular polarization. (Min.) See under Polarization. -- Circular or Globular sailing (Naut.), the method of sailing by the arc of a great circle. -- Circular saw. See under Saw.

Circular

Cir"cu*lar, n. [Cf. (for sense 1) F. circulaire, lettre circulaire. See Circular, a.]

1. A circular letter, or paper, usually printed, copies of which are addressed or given to various persons; as, a business circular.

2. A sleeveless cloak, cut in circular form.

Circularity

Cir`cu*lar"i*ty (?), n. [LL. circularitas.] The quality or state of being circular; a circular form.

Circularly

Cir"cu*lar*ly (?), adv. In a circular manner.

Circulary

Cir"cu*la*ry (?), a. Circular; illogical. [Obs. & .] "Cross and circulary speeches." Hooker.

Circulate

Cir"cu*late (#), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Ciorculated; P. pr. & vb. n. Circulating.] [L. circulatus, p. p. of circulare, v. t., to surround, make round, circulari, v. i., to gather into a circle. See Circle.]

1. To move in a circle or circuitously; to move round and return to the same point; as, the blood circulates in the body. Boyle.

2. To pass from place to place, from person to person, or from hand to hand; to be diffused; as, money circulates; a story circulates.


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Circulating decimal. See Decimal. -- Circulating library, a library whose books are loaned to the public, usually at certain fixed rates. -- Circulating medium. See Medium.

Circulate

Cir"cu*late (?), v. t. To cause to pass from place to place, or from person to person; to spread; as, to circulate a report; to circulate bills of credit. Circulating pump. See under Pump. Syn. -- To spread; diffuse; propagate; disseminate.

Circulation

Cir`cu*la"tion (?), n. [L. circulatio: cf. F. circulation.]

1. The act of moving in a circle, or in a course which brings the moving body to the place where its motion began.

This continual circulation of human things. Swift.

2. The act of passing from place to place or person to person; free diffusion; transmission.

The true doctrines of astronomy appear to have had some popular circulation. Whewell.

3. Currency; circulating coin; notes, bills, etc., current for coin.

4. The extent to which anything circulates or is circulated; the measure of diffusion; as, the circulation of a newspaper.

5. (Physiol.) The movement of the blood in the blood-vascular system, by which it is brought into close relations with almost every living elementary constituent. Also, the movement of the sap in the vessels and tissues of plants.

Circulative

Cir"cu*la*tive (?), a. Promoting circulation; circulating. [R.] Coleridge.

Circulator

Cir"cu*la`tor (?), n. [Cf. L. circulator a peddler.] One who, or that which, circulates.

Circulatorious

Cir`cu*la*to"ri*ous (?), a. Travelling from house to house or from town to town; itinerant. [Obs.] "Circulatorious jugglers." Barrow.

Circulatory

Cir"cu*la*to*ry (?), a. [L. circulatorius pert. to a mountebank: cf. F. circulatoire.]

1. Circular; as, a circulatory letter. Johnson.

2. Circulating, or going round. T. Warton.

3. (Anat.) Subserving the purposes of circulation; as, circulatory organs; of or pertaining to the organs of circulation; as, circulatory diseases.

Circulatory

Cir"cu*la*to*ry, n. A chemical vessel consisting of two portions unequally exposed to the heat of the fire, and with connecting pipes or passages, through which the fluid rises from the overheated portion, and descends from the relatively colder, maintaining a circulation.

Circulet

Cir"cu*let (?), n. A circlet. [Obs.] Spenser.

Circuline

Cir"cu*line (?), a. Proceeding in a circle; circular. [Obs.] "With motion circuline". Dr. H. More.

Circum-

Cir"cum- (?). [Akin to circle, circus.] A Latin preposition, used as a prefix in many English words, and signifying around or about.

Circumagitate

Cir`cum*ag"i*tate (?), v. t. [Pref. circum + agitate.] To agitate on all sides. Jer. Taylor.

Circumambage

Cir`cum*am"bage (?), n. [Pref. circum- + ambage, obs. sing. of ambages.] A roundabout or indirect course; indirectness. [Obs.] S. Richardson.

Circumambiency

Cir`cum*am"bi*en*cy (?), n. The act of surrounding or encompassing. Sir T. Browne.

Circumambient

Cir`cum*am"bi*ent (?), a. [Pref. circum- + ambient.] Surrounding; inclosing or being on all sides; encompassing. "The circumambient heaven." J. Armstrong.

Circumambulate

Cir`cum*am"bu*late (?), v. t. [L. circumambulatus, p. p. of circumambulare to walk around; circum + ambulare. See Ambulate.] To walk round about. -- Cir`cum*am`bu*la"tion (#), n.

Circumbendibus

Cir`cum*bend"i*bus (?), n. A roundabout or indirect way. [Jocular] Goldsmith.

Circumcenter

Cir`cum*cen"ter (?), n. (Geom.) The center of a circle that circumscribes a triangle.

Circumcise

Cir"cum*cise (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumcised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Circumcising.] [L. circumcisus, p. p. of circumcidere to cut around, to circumcise; circum + caedere to cut; akin to E. c\'91sura, homicide, concise, and prob. to shed, v. t.]

1. To cut off the prepuce of foreskin of, in the case of males, and the internal labia of, in the case of females.

2. (Script.) To purify spiritually.

Circumciser

Cir"cum*ci`ser (?), n. One who performs circumcision. Milton.

Circumcision

Cir`cum*cision (?), n. [L. circumcisio.]

1. The act of cutting off the prepuce or foreskin of males, or the internal labia of females. &hand; The circumcision of males is practiced as a religious rite by the Jews, Mohammedans, etc.

2. (Script.) (a) The Jews, as a circumcised people. (b) Rejection of the sins of the flesh; spiritual purification, and acceptance of the Christian faith.

Circumclusion

Cir`cum*clu"sion (?), n. [L. circumcludere, -clusum, to inclose.] Act of inclosing on all sides. [R.]

Circumcursation

Cir`cum*cur*sa"tion (?), n. [L. circumcursare, -satum, to run round about.] The act of running about; also, rambling language. [Obs.] Barrow.

Circumdenudation

Cir`cum*den`u*da"tion (?), n. [Pref. circum- + denudation.] (Geol.) Denudation around or in the neighborhood of an object. Hills of circumdenudation, hills which have been produced by surface erosion; the elevations which have been left, after denudation of a mass of high ground. Jukes.

Circumduce

Cir`cum*duce" (?), v. t. [See Circumduct.] (Scots Law) To declare elapsed, as the time allowed for introducing evidence. Sir W. Scott.

Circumduct

Cir`cum*duct" (?), v. t. [L. circumductus, p. p. of circumducere to lead around; circum + ducere to lead.]

1. To lead about; to lead astray. [R.]

2. (Law) To contravene; to nullify; as, to circumduct acts of judicature. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Circumduction

Cir`cum*duc"tion (?), n. [L. circumductio.]

1. A leading about; circumlocution. [R.] Hooker.

2. An annulling; cancellation. [R.] Ayliffe.

3. (Phisiol.) The rotation of a limb round an imaginary axis, so as to describe a concial surface.

Circumesophagal

Cir`cum*e*soph"a*gal (?), a. [Pref. circum + esophagal.] (Anat.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.

Circumesophageal

Cir`cum*e`so*phag"e*al (?), a. (Anat.) Circumesophagal.

Circumfer

Cir"cum*fer (?), v. t. [L. circumferre; circum + ferre to bear. See lst Bear.] To bear or carry round. [Obs.] Bacon.

Circumference

Cir*cum"fer*ence (?), n. [L. circumferentia.]

1. The line that goes round or encompasses a circular figure; a periphery. Millon.

2. A circle; anything circular.

His ponderous shield . . . Behind him cast. The broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon. Milton.

3. The external surface of a sphere, or of any orbicular body.

Circumference

Cir*cum"fer*ence, v. t. To include in a circular space; to bound. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Circumferential

Cir*cum`fer*en"tial (?), a. [LL. circumferentialis.] Pertaining to the circumference; encompassing; encircling; circuitous. Parkhurst.

Circumferentially

Cir*cum`fer*en"tial*ly (?), adv. So as to surround or encircle.

Circumferentor

Cir*cum`fer*en"tor (?), n. [See Circumfer.]

1. A surveying instrument, for taking horizontal angles and bearings; a surveyor's compass. It consists of a compass whose needle plays over a circle graduated to 360°, and of a horizontal brass bar at the ends of which are standards with narrow slits for sighting, supported on a tripod by a ball and socket joint.

2. A graduated wheel for measuring tires; a tire circle.

Circumflant

Cir"cum*flant (?), a. [L. circumflans, p. pr. of circumflare.] Blowing around. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Circumflect

Cir"cum*flect (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflecting.] [L. circumflectere. See Circumflex.]

1. To bend around.

2. To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel. [R.]

Circumflection

Cir`cum*flec"tion (?), n. See Circumflexion.

Circumflex

Cir"cum*flex (?), n. [L. circumflexus a bending round, fr. circumflectere, circumflexum, to bend or turn about; circum + flectere to bend. See Flexible.]

1. A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable. Walker.

2. A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or Accent, n., 2.

Circumflex

Cir"cum*flex, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumflexed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Circumflexing (?).] To mark or pronounce with a circumflex. Walker.

Circumflex

Cir"cum*flex, a. [Cf. L. circumflexus, p. p.]

1. Moving or turning round; circuitous. [R.] Swift.

2. (Anat.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts.

Circumflexion

Cir`cum*flex"ion (?), n.

1. The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form.

2. A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.

Circumfluence

Cir*cum"flu*ence (?), n. A flowing round on all sides; an inclosing with a fluid.

Circumfluent, Circumfluous

Cir*cum"flu*ent (?), Cir*cum"flu*ous (?), a. [L. circumfluere, p. pr. of circumfluere; circum + fluere to flow; also L. circumfluus.] Flowing round; surrounding in the manner of a fluid. "The deep, circumfluent waves." Pope.

Circumforanean, Circumforaneous

Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*an (?), Cir`cum*fo*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. circumforaneus found in markets; circum + forum a market place.] Going about or abroad; walking or wandering from house to house. Addison.

Circumfulgent

Cir`cum*ful"gent (?), a. [Pref. circum- + fulgent.] Shining around or about.

Circumfuse

Cir`cum*fuse" (?), v. t. [L. circumfusus, p. p. of circumfundere to pour around; circum + fundere to pour.] To pour round; to spread round.
His army circumfused on either wing. Milton.

Circumfusile

Cir`cum*fu"sile (?), a. [Pref. circum- + L. fusilis fusil, a.] Capable of being poured or spread round. "Circumfusile gold." Pope.

Circumfusion

Cir`cum*fu"sion (?), n. [L. circumfusio.] The act of pouring or spreading round; the state of being spread round. Swift.

Circumgestation

Cir`cum*ges*ta"tion (?), n. [L. circumgestare to carry around; circum + gestare to carry.] The act or process of carrying about. [Obs.]
Circumgestation of the eucharist to be adored. Jer. Taylor.

Circumgyrate

Cir`cum*gy"rate (?), v. t. & i. [Pref. circum- + gyrate.] To roll or turn round; to cause to perform a rotary or circular motion. Ray.

Circumgyration

Cir`cum*gy*ra"tion (?), n. The act of turning, rolling, or whirling round.
A certain turbulent and irregular circumgyration. Holland.

Circumgyratory

Cir`cum*gy"ra*to*ry (?), a. Moving in a circle; turning round. Hawthorne.

Circumgyre

Cir`cum*gyre" (?), v. i. To circumgyrate. [Obs.]

Circumincession

Cir`cum*in*ces"sion (?), n. [Pref. circum- + L. incedere, incessum, to walk.] (Theol.) The reciprocal existence in each other of the three persons of the Trinity.

Circumjacence

Cir`cum*ja"cence (?), n. Condition of being circumjacent, or of bordering ou every side.

Circumjacent

Cir`cum*ja"cent (?), a. [L. circumjacens, p. pr. of circumjacere; circum + jac to lie.] Lying round; borderong on every side. T. Fuller.

Circumjovial

Cir`cum*jo"vi*al (?), n. [Pref. circum- + L. Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jove.] One of the moons or satellites of the planet Jupiter. [Obs.] Derham.

Circumlittoral

Cir`cum*lit"to*ral (?), a. [Pref. circum- + littus, littoris, shore; preferable form, litus, litoria.] Adjointing the shore.

Circumlocution

Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion (?), n. [L. circumlocutio, fr. circumloqui, -locutus, to make use of circumlocution; circum + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] The use of many words to express an idea that might be expressed by few; indirect or roundabout language; a periphrese.
the plain Billingagate way of calling names . . . would save abundance of time lost by circumlocution. Swift.
Circumlocution office, a term of riducle for a governmental office where business is delayed by passing through the hands of different officials.

Circumlocutional

Cir`cum*lo*cu"tion*al (?), a. Relating to, or consisting of, circumlocutions; periphrastic; circuitous.

Circumlocutory

Cir`cum*loc"u*to*ry (?), a. Characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic. Shenstone.
The officials set to work in regular circumlocutory order. Chambers's Journal.

Circummeridian

Cir`cum*me*rid"i*an (?), a. [Pref. circum- + meridian.] About, or near, the meridian.

Circummure

Cir`cum*mure" (?), v. t. [Pref. circum- + mure, v. t.] To encompass with a wall. Shak.

Circumnavigable

Cir`cum*nav"i*ga*ble (?), a. Capable of being sailed round. Ray.

Circumnavigate

Cir`cum*nav"i*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumnavigated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Circumnavigating (?).] [L. circumnavigatus, p. p. of circumnavigare to sail round; circum + navigare to navigate.] To sail completely round.
Having circumnavigated the whole earth. T. Fuller.

Circumnavigation

Cir`cum*nav`i*ga"tion (?), n. The act of circumnavigating, or sailing round. Arbuthnot.

Circumnavigator

Cir`cum*nav"iga`tor (?), n. One who sails round. W. Guthrie.

Circumnutate

Cir`cum*nu"tate (?), v. i. [Pref. circum- + nutate.] To pass through the stages of circumnutation.

Circumnutation

Cir`cum*nu*ta"tion (?), n. (Bot.) The successive bowing or bending in different directions of the growing tip of the stems of many plants, especially seen in climbing plants.

Circumpolar

Cir`cum*po"lar (?), a. [Pref. circum- + polar.] About the pole; -- applied to stars that revolve around the pole without setting; as, circumpolar stars.

Circumposition

Cir`cum*po*si"tion (?), n. [L. circumpositio, fr. circumponere, - positium, to place around.] The act of placing in a circle, or round about, or the state of being so placed. Evelyn.

Circumrotary, Circumrotatory

Cir`cum*ro"tary (?), Cir`cum*ro"ta*to*ry (?), a. [Pref. circum- + rotary, rotatory.] turning, rolling, or whirling round.

Circumrotate

Cir`cum*ro"tate (?), v. t. & i. [L. circumrotare; circum + rotare to turn round.] To rotate about. [R.]

Circumrotation

Cir`cum*ro*ta"tion (?), n. The act of rolling or revolving round, as a wheel; circumvolution; the state of being whirled round. J. Gregory.

Circumscissile

Cir`cum*scis"sile (?), a. [Pref. circum- + scissle.] (Bot.) Dehiscing or opening by a transverse fissure extending around (a capsule or pod). See Illust. of Pyxidium.

Circumscribable

Cir`cum*scrib"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being circumscribed.

Circumscribe

Cir`cum*scribe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumscribed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Circumscribing.] [L. circumscribere, -scriptum; circum + scribere to write, draw. See Soribe.]

1. to write or engare around. [R.]

Thereon is circumscribed this epitaph. Ashmole.

2. To inclose within a certain limit; to hem in; to surround; to bound; to confine; to restrain.

To circumscribe royal power. Bancroft.

3. (Geom.) To draw a line around si as to touch at certain points without cutting. See Inscribe, 5. Syn. -- To bound; limit; restrict; confine; abridge; restrain; environ; encircle; inclose; encompass.

Circumscriber

Cir`cum*scrib"er (?), n. One who, or that which, circumscribes.

Circumscriptible

Cir`cum*scrip"ti*ble (?), a. Capable of being circumscribed or limited by bounds.

Circumscription

Cir`cum*scrip"tion (?), n. [L. circumscriptio. See Circumscribe.]

1. An inscription written around anything. [R.] Ashmole.

2. The exterior line which determines the form or magnitude of a body; outline; periphery. Ray.

3. The act of limiting, or the state of being limited, by conditions or restraints; bound; confinement; limit.

The circumscriptions of terrestrial nature. Johnson.
I would not my unhoused, free condition Put into circumscription and confine. Shak.

Circumscriptive

Cir`cum*scrip"tive (?), a. Circumscribing or tending to circumscribe; marcing the limits or form of.

Circumscriptively

Cir`cum*scrip"tive*ly, adv. In a limited manner.

Circumscriptly

Cir"cum*script`ly (?), adv. In a literal, limited, or narrow manner. [R.] Milton.

Circumspect

Cir"cum*spect (?), a. [L. circumspectus, p. p. of circumspicere to look about one's self, to observe; circum + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy.] Attentive to all the circustances of a case or the probable consequences of an action; cautious; prudent; wary. Syn. -- See Cautious.

Circumspection

Cir`cum*spec"tion (?), n. [L. circumspectio.] Attention to all the facts and circumstances of a case; caution; watchfulness.
With silent circumspection, unespied. Milton.
Syn. -- Caution; prudence; watchfulness; deliberation; thoughtfulness; wariness; forecast.
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Circumspective

Cir`cum*spec"tive (?), a. Looking around everi way; cautious; careful of consequences; watchful of danger. "Circumspective eyes." Pope.

Circumspectively

Cir`cum*spec"tive*ly, adv. Circumspectly.

Circumspectly

Cir"cum*spect"ly (?), adv. In a circumspect manner; cautiously; warily.

Circumspectness

Cir"cum*spect"ness, n. Vigilance un guarding against evil from every quarter; caution.
[Travel] forces circumspectness on those abroad, who at home are nursed in security. Sir H. Wotton.

Circumstance

Cir"cum*stance (?), n. [L. circumstantia, fr. circumstans, -antis, p. pr. of circumstare to stand around; circum + stare to stand. See Stand.]

1. That which attends, or relates to, or in some way affects, a fact or event; an attendant thing or state of things.

The circumstances are well known in the country where they happened. W. Irving.

2. An event; a fact; a particular incident.

The sculptor had in his thoughts the conqoeror weeping for new worlds, or the like circumstances in histery. Addison.

3. Circumlocution; detail. [Obs.]

So without more circumstance at all I hold it fit that shake hands and part. Shak.

4. pl. Condition in regard to worldly estate; state of property; situation; surroundings.

When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations. Addison.
Not a circumstance, of no account. [Colloq.] -- Under the circumstances, taking all things into consideration. Syn. -- Event; occurrence; incident; situation; condition; position; fact; detail; item. See Event.

Circumstance

Cir"cum*stance, v. t. To place in a particular situation; to suppy relative incidents.
The poet took the matters of fact as they came down to him and circumstanced them, after his own manner. Addison.

Circumstanced

Cir"cum*stanced (?), p. a.

1. Placed in a particular position or condition; situated.

The proposition is, that two bodies so circumstanced will balance each other. Whewell.

2. Governed by events or circumstances. [Poetic & R.] "I must be circumstanced." Shak.

Circumstant

Cir"cum*stant (?), a. [L. circumstans. See Circumstance.] Standing or placed around; surrounding. [R.] "Circumstant bodies." Sir K. Digby.

Circumstantiable

Cir`cum*stan"tia*ble (?), a. Capable of being circumstantiated. [Obs.] Jer Taylor.

Circumstantial

Cir`cum*stan"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. circonstanciel.]

1. Consisting in, or pertaining to, circumstances or particular incidents.

The usual character of human testimony is substantial truth under circumstantial variety. Paley.

2. Incidental; relating to, but not essential.

We must therefore distinguish between the essentials in religious worship . . . and what is merely circumstantial. Sharp.

3. Abounding with circumstances; detailing or exhibiting all the circumstances; minute; particular.

Tedious and circumstantial recitals. Prior.
Circumstantial evidence (Law), evidence obtained from circumstances, which necessarily or usually attend facts of a particular nature, from which arises presumption. According to some authorities circumstantial is distinguished from positive evidence in that the latter is the testimony of eyewitnesses to a fact or the admission of a party; but the prevalent opinion now is that all such testimony is dependent on circumstances for its support. All testimony is more or less circumstantial. Wharton. Syn. -- See Minute.

Circumstantial

Cir`cum*stan"tial, n. Something incidental to the main subject, but of less importance; opposed to an essential; -- generally in the plural; as, the circumstantials of religion. Addison.

Circumstantiality

Cir`cum*stan`ti*al"i*ty (?), n. The state, characteristic, or quality of being circumstantial; particularity or minuteness of detail. "I will endeavor to describe with sufficient circumstantiality." De Quincey.

Circumstantially

Cir`cum*stan"tial*ly (?), adv.

1. In respect to circumstances; not essentially; accidentally.

Of the fancy and intellect, the powers are only circumstantially different. Glanvill.

2. In every circumstance or particular; minutely.

To set down somewhat circumstantially, not only the events, but the manner of my trials. Boyle.

Circumstantiate

Cir`cum*stan"ti*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumstantiated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Circumstantiating (?).] [See Circumstantiating (

1. To place in particular circumstances; to invest with particular accidents or adjuncts. [R.]

If the act were otherwise circumstantiated, it might will that freely which now it wills reluctantly. Bramhall.

2. To prove or confirm by circumstances; to entr into details concerning.

Neither will time permint to circumstantiate these particulars, which I have only touched in the general. State Trials (1661).

Circumterraneous

Cir`cum*ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [Pref. circum- + L. terra earth.] Being or dwelling around the earth. "Circumterraneous demouns." H. Hallywell.

Circumundulate

Cir`cum*un"du*late (?), v. t. [Pref. circum- + undulate.] To flow round, as waves. [R.]

Circumvallate

Cir`cum*val"late (?), v. t. [L. circumvallatus, p. p. of circumvallare to surround with a wall; circum + vallare to wall, fr. vallum rampart.] To surround with a rampart or wall. Johnson.

Circumvallate

Cir`cum*val"late (?), a.

1. Surrounded with a wall; inclosed with a rampart.

2. (Anat.) Surrounded by a ridle or elevation; as, the circumvallate papill\'91, near the base of the tongue.

Circumvallation

Cir`cum*val*la"tion (?), n. (Mil.) (a) The act of surrounding with a wall or rampart. (b) A line of field works made around a besieged place and the besieging army, to protect the camp of the besiegers against the attack of an enemy from without.

Circumvection

Cir`cum*vec"tion (?), n. [L. circumvectio; circum + vehere to carry.] The act of carrying anything around, or the state of being so carried.

Circumvent

Cir`cum*vent" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumvented; p. pr. vb. n. Circumventing.] [L. circumventis, p. p. of circumvenire, to come around, encompass, decieve; circum + venire to come, akin to E. come.] To gain advantage over by arts, stratagem, or deception; to decieve; to delude; to get around.
I circumvented whom I could not gain. Dryden.

Circumvention

Cir`cum*ven"tion (?), n. [L. circumventio.] The act of prevailing over another by arts, address, or fraud; deception; fraud; imposture; delusion.
A school in which he learns sly circumvention. Cowper.

Circumventive

Cir`cum*vent"ive (?), a. Tending to circumvent; deceiving by artifices; deluding.

Circumventor

Cir`cum*vent"or (?), n. [L.] One who circumvents; one who gains his purpose by cunning.

Circumvest

Cir`cum*vest" (?), v. t. [L. circumvestire; circum + vestire to clothe.] To cover round, as woth a garment; to invest. [Obs.]
Circumvested with much prejudice. Sir H. Wotton.

Circumvolant

Cir*cum"vo*lant (?), a. [L. circumvolans, p. pr. See Circumvolation.] Flying around.
The circumvolant troubles of humanity. G. Macdonald.

Circumvolation

Cir`cum*vo*la"tion (?), n. [L. circumvolate. -volatum, to fly around; circum + volare to fly.] The act of flying round. [R.]

Circumvolution

Cir`cum*vo*lu"tion (?), n. [See Circumvolve.]

1. The act of rolling round; the state of being rolled.

2. A thing rolled round another. Arbuthnot.

3. A roundabout procedure; a circumlocution.

He had neither time nor temper for sentimental circumvolutions. Beaconsfield.

Circumvolve

Cir`cum*volve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Circumvolved (?); p. pr. vb. n. Circumvolving.] [L. circumvolvere, -volutum; circum + volvere to roll.] To roll round; to cause to revolve; to put into a circular motion. Herrick.

Circumvolve

Cir`cum*volve", v. i. To roll round; to revolve.

Circus

Cir"cus (?), n.; pl. Circuses (#). [L. circus circle, ring, circus (in sense 1). See Circle, and cf. Cirque.]

1. (Roman Antiq.) A level oblong space surrounded on three sides by seats of wood, earth, or stone, rising in tiers one above another, and divided lengthwise through the middle by a barrier around which the track or course was laid out. It was used for chariot races, games, and public shows. &hand; The Circus Maximus at Rome could contain more than 100,000 spectators. Harpers' Latin Dict.

2. A circular inclosure for the exhibition of feats of horsemanship, acrobatic displays, etc. Also, the company of performers, with their equipage.

3. Circuit; space; inclosure. [R.]

The narrow circus of my dungeon wall. Byron.

Cirl bunting

Cirl" bun`ting (?). [Cf. It. cirlo.] (Zo\'94l.) A European bunting (Emberiza cirlus).

Cirque

Cirque (?), n. [F., fr. L. circus.]

1. A circle; a circus; a circular erection or arrangement of objects.

A dismal cirque Of Druid stones upon a forlorn moor. Keats.

2. A kind of circular valley in the side of a mountain, walled around by precipices of great height.

Cirrate

Cir"rate (?), a. [L. cirratus having ringlets, fr. cirrus a curl.] (Zo\'94l.) Having cirri along the margin of a part or organ.

Cirrhiferous

Cir*rhif"er*ous (?), a. See Cirriferous.

Cirrhose

Cir"rhose (?), a. Same as Cirrose.

Cirrhosis

Cir*rho"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. cirrhose. So called from the yellowish appearance which the diseased liver often presents when cut.] (Med.) A disease of the liver in which it usually becomes smaller in size and more dense and fibrous in consistence; hence sometimes applied to similar changes in other organs, caused by increase in the fibrous framework and decrease in the proper substance of the organ.

Cirrhotic

Cir*rhot"ic (?), a. Pertaining to, caused by, or affected with, cirrhosis; as, cirrhotic degeneration; a cirrhotic liver.

Cirrhous

Cir"rhous (?), a. See Cirrose.

Cirrhus

Cir"rhus (?), n. Same as Cirrus.

Cirri

Cir"ri (?), n. pl. See Cirrus.

Cirriferous

Cir*rif"er*ous (?), a. [Cirrus + -ferous.] Bearing cirri, as many plants and animals.

Cirriform

Cir"ri*form (?), a. [Cirrus + -form.] (Biol.) Formed like a cirrus or tendril; -- said of appendages of both animals and plants.

Cirrigerous

Cir*rig"er*ous (?), a. [Cirrus + -gerous.] (Biol.) Having curled locks of hair; supporting cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Cirrigrade

Cir"ri*grade (?), a. [Cirrus + L. gradi to walk.] (Biol.) Moving or moved by cirri, or hairlike appendages.

Cirriped

Cir"ri*ped (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cirripedia.

Cirripedia

Cir`ri*pe"di*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. cirrus curl + pes, pedis, foot.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Crustacea including the barnacles. When adult, they have a calcareous shell composed of several pieces. From the opening of the shell the animal throws out a group of curved legs, looking like a delicate curl, whence the name of the group. See Anatifa.

Cirrobranchiata

Cir`ro*bran`chi*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. E. cirrus + L. branchiae gills.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Mollusca having slender, cirriform appendages near the mouth; the Scaphopoda.

Cirro-cumulus

Cir`ro-cu"mu*lus (?), n. [Cirrus + cumulus.] (Meteor.) See under Cloud.

Cirrose

Cir"rose (?), a. [See Cirrus.] (Bot.) (a) Bearing a tendril or tendrils; as, a cirrose leaf. (b) Resembling a tendril or cirrus. [Spelt also cirrhose.]

Cirrostomi

Cir`ros"to*mi (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. E. cirrus + Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The lowest group of vertebrates; -- so called from the cirri around the mouth; the Leptocardia. See Amphioxus.

Cirro-stratus

Cir`ro-stra"tus (?), n. [Cirrus + stratus.] (Meteor.) See under Cloud.

Cirrous

Cir"rous (?), a.

1. (Bot.) Cirrose.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Tufted; -- said of certain feathers of birds.

Cirrus

Cir"rus (?), n.; pl. Cirri (#). [L., lock, curl, ringlet.] [Also written cirrhus.]

1. (Bot.) A tendril or clasper.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A soft tactile appendage of the mantle of many Mollusca, and of the parapodia of Annelida. Those near the head of annelids are Tentacular cirri; those of the last segment are caudal cirri. (b) The jointed, leglike organs of Cirripedia. See Annelida, and Polych\'91ta. &hand; In some of the inferior animals the cirri aid in locomotion; in others they are used in feeding; in the Annelida they are mostly organs of touch. Some cirri are branchial in function.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The external male organ of trematodes and some other worms, and of certain Mollusca.

4. (Meteor.) See under Cloud.

Cirsocele

Cir"so*cele (?), n. [Gr. (Med.) The varicose dilatation of the spermatic vein.

Cirsoid

Cir"soid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Med.) Varicose. Cirsoid aneurism, a disease of an artery in which it becomes dilated and elongated, like a varicose vein.

Cirsotomy

Cir*sot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) Any operation for the removal of varices by incision. Dunglison.

Cis-

Cis- (?). A Latin preposition, sometimes used as a prefix in English words, and signifying on this side.

Cisalpine

Cis*al"pine (?), a. [L. Cisalpinus; cis on this side + Alpinus Alpine.] On the hither side of the Alps with reference to Rome, that is, on the south side of the Alps; -- opposed to transalpine.

Cisatlantic

Cis`at*lan"tic (?), a. [Pref. cis- + Atlantic.] On this side of the Atlantic Ocean; -- used of the eastern or the western side, according to the standpoint of the writer. Story.

Cisco

Cis"co (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Lake herring (Coregonus Artedi), valuable food fish of the Great Lakes of North America. The name is also applied to C. Hoyi, a related species of Lake Michigan.

Ciselure

Ci`se*lure" (?), n. [F.] The process of chasing on metals; also, the work thus chased. Weale.

Cisleithan

Cis*lei"than (?), a. [Pref. cis- + Leitha.] On the Austrian side of the river Leitha; Austrian.

Cismontane

Cis*mon"tane (?), a. [Pref. cis- + L. mons mountain.] On this side of the mountains. See under Ultramontane.

Cispadane

Cis"pa*dane` (?), a. [Pref. cis- + L. Padanus, pert. to the Padus or Po.] On the hither side of the river Po with reference to Rome; that is, on the south side.

Cissoid

Cis"soid (?), n. [Gr. (Geom.) A curve invented by Diocles, for the purpose of solving two celebrated problems of the higher geometry; viz., to trisect a plane angle, and to construct two geometrical means between two given straight lines.

Cist

Cist (?), n. [L. cista box, chest, Gr. Chest.]

1. (Antiq.) A box or chest. Specifically: (a) A bronze receptacle, round or oval, frequently decorated with engravings on the sides and cover, and with feet, handles, etc., of decorative castings. (b) A cinerary urn. See Illustration in Appendix.

2. See Cyst.

Cisted

Cist"ed, a. Inclosed in a cyst. See Cysted.

Cistercian

Cis*ter"cian (?), n. [LL. Cistercium. F. C\'8cteaux, a convent not far from Dijon, in France: cf. F. cistercien.] (Eccl.) A monk of the prolific branch of the Benedictine Order, established in 1098 at C\'8cteaux, in France, by Robert, abbot of Molesme. For two hundred years the Cistercians followed the rule of St. Benedict in all its rigor. -- a. Of or pertaining to the Cistercians.
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Cistern

Cis"tern (?), n. [OE. cisterne, OF. cisterne, F. cisterne, fr. L. cisterna, fr. cista box, chest. See Cist, and cf. chest.]

1. An artificial reservoir or tank for holding water, beer, or other liquids.

2. A natural reservoir; a hollow place containing water. "The wide cisterns of the lakes." Blackmore.

Cistic

Cist"ic (?), a. See Cystic.

Cit

Cit (, n. [Contr. fr. citizen.] A citizen; an inhabitant of a city; a pert townsman; -- used contemptuously. "Insulted as a cit". Johnson
Which past endurance sting the tender cit. Emerson.

Citable

Cit"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being cited.

Citadel

Cit"a*del (?), n. [F. citadelle, It. citadella, dicitt city, fr. L. civitas. See City.] A fortress in or near a fortified city, commanding the city and fortifications, and intended as a final point of defense. Syn. - Stronghold. See Fortress.

Cital

Cit"al (?), n. [From Cite]

1. Summons to appear, as before a judge. [R.] Johnson

2. Citation; quotation [R.] Johnson.

Citation

Ci*ta"tion (?), n. [F. citation, LL. citatio, fr.L. citare to cite. See Cite]

1. An official summons or notice given to a person to appear; the paper containing such summons or notice.

2. The act of citing a passage from a book, or from another person, in his own words; also, the passage or words quoted; quotation.

This horse load of citations and fathers. Milton.

3. Enumeration; mention; as, a citation of facts.

4. (Law) A reference to decided cases, or books of authority, to prove a point in law.

Citator

Ci*ta"tor (?), n. One who cites. [R]

Citatory

Ci"ta*to*ry (?), a. [LL. citatirius.] Having the power or form of a citation; as, letters citatory.

Cite

Cite (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cited; p. pr. & vb. n. Citing] [F. citer, fr. L. citare, intens. of cire, ci\'c7re, to put in motion, to excite; akin to Gr.

1. To call upon officially or authoritatively to appear, as before a court; to summon.

The cited dead, Of all past ages, to the general doom Shall hasten. Milton.
Cited by finger of God. De Quincey.

2. To urge; to enjoin. [R.] Shak.

3. To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. Shak.

4. To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation.

The imperfections which you have cited. Shak.

5. To bespeak; to indicate. [Obs.]

Aged honor cites a virtuous youth. Shak.

6. (Law) To notify of a proceeding in court. Abbot Syn. -- To quote; mention, name; refer to; adduce; select; call; summon. See Quote.

Citer

Cit"er (?), n. One who cites.

Citess

Cit"ess (?), n. [From Cit.] A city woman [R.]

Cithara

Cith"a*ra (?), n. [L. Cf. Cittern, Guitar.] (Mus.) An ancient instrument resembling the harp.

Citharistic

Cith`a*ris"tic (?), a. [Gr. Pertaining, or adapted, to the cithara.

Cithern

Cith"ern (?), n. See Cittern.

Citicism

Cit"i*cism (?), n. [From cit.] The manners of a cit or citizen.

Citied

Cit"ied (?), a.

1. Belonging to, or resembling, a city. "Smoky, citied towns" [R.] Drayton.

2. Containing, or covered with, cities. [R.] "The citied earth." Keats.

Citified

Cit"i*fied (?), a. [City +-fy.] Aping, or having, the manners of a city.

Citigrad\'91

Cit`i*gra"d\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. citus swift (p. p. of cire, ciere, to move) + gradi to walk. See Cite.] (Zo\'94l.) A suborder of Arachnoidea, including the European tarantula and the wolf spiders (Lycosidae) and their allies, which capture their prey by rapidly running and jumping. See Wolf spider.

Citigrade

Cit"i*grade (?), a. [Cf. F. citigrade.] (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Citigrad\'91. -- n. One of the Citigrad\'91.

Citiner

Cit"i*ner (?), n. One who is born or bred in a city; a citizen. [Obs.] Champan.

Citizen

Cit"i*zen (?), n. [OE. citisein, OF. citeain, F. citoyen, fr. cit\'82 city. See City, and cf. Cit.]

1. One who enjoys the freedom and privileges of a city; a freeman of a city, as distinguished from a foreigner, or one not entitled to its franchises.

That large body of the working men who were not counted as citizens and had not so much as a vote to serve as an anodyne to their stomachs. G. Eliot.

2. An inhabitant of a city; a townsman. Shak.

3. A person, native or naturalized, of either sex, who owes allegiance to a government, and is entitled to reciprocal protection from it. &hand; This protection is . . . national protection, recognition of the individual, in the face of foreign nations, as a member of the state, and assertion of his security and rights abroad as well as at home. Abbot

4. One who is domiciled in a country, and who is a citizen, though neither native nor naturalized, in such a sense that he takes his legal status from such country.

Citizen

Cit"i*zen, a.

1. Having the condition or qualities of a citizen, or of citizens; as, a citizen soldiery.

2. Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of a city; characteristic of citizens; effeminate; luxurious. [Obs.]

I am not well, But not so citizen a wanton as To seem to die ere sick. Shak.

Citizeness

Cit"i*zen*ess, n. A female citizen. [R.]

Citizenship

Cit"i*zen*ship, n. The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.

Citole

Cit"ole (?), n. [OF. citole, fr. L. cithara. See Cittern.] (Mus.) A musical instrument; a kind of dulcimer. [Obs.]

Citraconic

Cit`ra*con"ic (?), a. [Citric + aconitic.] Pertaining to, derived from, or having certain characteristics of, citric and aconitic acids. Citraconic acid (Chem.), a white, crystalline, deliquescent substance, C3H4(CO2H)2, obtained by distillation of citric acid. It is a compound of the ethylene series.

Citrate

Cit"rate (?), n. [From Citric.] (Chem.) A salt of citric acid.

Citric

Cit"ric (?), a. [Cf. F. citrique. See Citron.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, the citron or lemon; as, citric acid. Citric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, C3H4OH.(CO2H)3, extracted from lemons, currants, gooseberies, etc., as a white crystalline substance, having a pleasant sour taste.

Citrination

Cit`ri*na"tion (?), n. [See Citrine.] The process by which anything becomes of the color of a lemon; esp., in alchemy, the state of perfection in the philosopher's stone indicated by its assuming a deep yellow color. Thynne.

Citrine

Cit"rine (?), a. [F. citrin. See Citron.] Like a citron or lemon; of a lemon color; greenish yellow. Citrine ointment (Med.), a yellowish mercurial ointment, the unquentum hydrargyri nitratis.

Citrine

Cit"rine, n. A yellow, pellucid variety of quartz.

Citron

Cit"ron (?), n. [F. citron, LL. citro, fr. L. citrus citron tree (cf. citreum, sc. malum, a citron), from Gr.

1. (Bot) A fruit resembling a lemon, but larger, and pleasantly aromatic. The thick rind, when candied, is the citron of commerce.

2. A citron tree.

3. A citron melon. Citron melon. (a) A small variety of muskmelon with sugary greenish flesh. (b) A small variety of watermelon, whose solid white flesh is used in making sweetmeats and preserves. -- Citron tree (Bot.), the tree which bears citrons. It was probably a native of northern India, and is now understood to be the typical form of Citrus Medica.

Citrus

Cit"rus (?), n. [L., a citron tree.] (Bot.) A genus of trees including the orange, lemon, citron, etc., originally natives of southern Asia.

Cittern

Cit"tern (?), n. [L.cithara, Gr. Cithara, Gittern.] (Mus.) An instrument shaped like a lute, but strung with wire and played with a quill or plectrum. [Written also cithern.] Shak. &hand; Not to be confounded with zither.

Cittern-head

Cit"tern-head` (?), n. Blockhead; dunce; -- so called because the handle of a cittern usually ended with a carved head. Marsion

City

Cit"y (, n.; pl. Cities (#). [OE. cite, F. citcivitas citizenship, state, city, fr. civis citizen; akin to Goth. heiwa (in heiwafrauja man of the house), AS. heirath marriage, prop., providing a house, E. hind a peasant.]

1. A large town.

2. A corporate town; in the United States, a town or collective body of inhabitants, incorporated and governed by a mayor and aldermen or a city council consisting of a board of aldermen and a common council; in Great Britain, a town corporate, which is or has been the seat of a bishop, or the capital of his see.

A city is a town incorporated; which is, or has been, the see of a bishop; and though the bishopric has been dissolved, as at Westminster, it yet remaineth a city. Blackstone
When Gorges constituted York a city, he of course meant it to be the seat of a bishop, for the word city has no other meaning in English law. Palfrey

3. The collective body of citizens, or inhabitants of a city. "What is the city but the people?" Shak. Syn. -- See Village.

City

Cit"y, a. Of or pertaining to a city. Shak. City council. See under Council. -- City court, The municipal court of a city. [U. S.] -- City ward, a watchman, or the collective watchmen, of a city. [Obs.] Fairfax.

Cive

Cive (?), n. (Bot.) Same as Chive.

Civet

Civ"et (?), n. [F. civette (cf. It. zibetto) civet, civet cat, fr. LGr. zub, zab, civet.]

1. A substance, of the consistence of butter or honey, taken from glands in the anal pouch of the civet (Viverra civetta). It is of clear yellowish or brownish color, of a strong, musky odor, offensive when undiluted, but agreeble when a small portion is mixed with another substance. It is used as a perfume.

2. (Zo\'94l) The animal that produces civet (Viverra civetta); -- called also civet cat. It is carnivorous, from two to three feet long, and of a brownish gray color, with transverse black bands and spots on the body and tail. It is a native of northern Africa and of Asia. The name is also applied to other species.

Civet

Civ"et (?), v. t. To scent or perfume with civet. Cowper

Civic

Civ"ic (?), a. [L.civicus, fr. civis citizen. See City.] Relating to, or derived from, a city or citizen; relating to man as a member of society, or to civil affairs. Civic crown (Rom. Antiq.), a crown or garland of oak leaves and acorns, bestowed on a soldier who had saved the life of a citizen in battle.

Civicism

Civ"i*cism (?), n. The principle of civil government.

Civics

Civ"ics (?), n. The science of civil government.

Civil

Civ"il (?), a. [L. civilis, fr. civis citizen: cf. F. civil. See City.]

1. Pertaining to a city or state, or to a citizen in his relations to his fellow citizens or to the state; within the city or state.

2. Subject to government; reduced to order; civilized; not barbarous; -- said of the community.

England was very rude and barbarous; for it is but even the other day since England grew civil. Spenser.

3. Performing the duties of a citizen; obedient to government; -- said of an individual.

Civil men come nearer the saints of God than others; they come within a step or two of heaven. Preston

4. Having the manners of one dwelling in a city, as opposed to those of savages or rustics; polite; courteous; complaisant; affable. &hand; "A civil man now is one observant of slight external courtesies in the mutual intercourse between man and man; a civil man once was one who fulfilled all the duties and obligations flowing from his position as a 'civis' and his relations to the other members of that 'civitas.'" Trench

5. Pertaining to civic life and affairs, in distinction from military, ecclesiastical, or official state.

6. Relating to rights and remedies sought by action or suit distinct from criminal proceedings. Civil action, an action to enforce the rights or redress the wrongs of an individual, not involving a criminal proceeding. -- Civil architecture, the architecture which is employed in constructing buildings for the purposes of civil life, in distinction from military and naval architecture, as private houses, palaces, churches, etc. -- Civil death. (Law.) See under Death. -- Civil engineering. See under Engineering. -- Civil law. See under Law. -- Civil list. See under List. -- Civil remedy (Law), that given to a person injured, by action, as opposed to a criminal prosecution. -- Civil service, all service rendered to and paid for by the state or nation other than that pertaining to naval or military affairs. -- Civil service reform, the substitution of business principles and methods for the spoils system in the conduct of the civil service, esp. in the matter of appointments to office. -- Civil state, the whole body of the laity or citizens not included under the military, maritime, and ecclesiastical states. -- Civil suit. Same as Civil action. -- CCivil war. See under War. -- Civil year. See under Year.

Civilian

Ci*vil"ian (?), n. [From Civil]

1. One skilled in the civil law.

Ancient civilians and writers upon government. Swift.

2. A student of the civil law at a university or college. R. Graves.

3. One whose pursuits are those of civil life, not military or clerical.

Civilist

Civ"il*ist (?), n. A civilian. [R.] Warbur

Civillty

Ci*vil"l*ty (?), n.; pl. Civilities (#). [L. civilitas: cf. F. civilit\'82. See Civil.]

1. The state of society in which the relations and duties of a citizen are recognized and obeyed; a state of civilization. [Obs.]

Monarchies have risen from barbarrism to civility, and fallen again to ruin. Sir J. Davies.
The gradual depature of all deeper signification from the word civility has obliged the creation of another word -- civilization. Trench.

2. A civil office, or a civil process [Obs.]

To serve in a civility. Latimer.

3. Courtesy; politeness; kind attention; good breeding; a polite act or expression.

The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be. Chesterfield.
The sweet civilities of life. Dryden.
Syn. -- Urbanity; affability; complaisance.

Civilizable

Civ"i*li`za*ble (?), a. Capable of being civilized.

Civilization

Civ`i*li*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. civilisation.]

1. The act of civilizing, or the state of being civilized; national culture; refinement.

Our manners, our civilization, and all the good things connected with manners, and with civilization, have, in this European world of ours, depended for ages upon two principles -- . . . the spirit of a gentleman, and spirit of religion. Burke

2. (Law) Rendering a criminal process civil. [Obs.]

Civilize

Civ"i*lize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Civilized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Civilizing.] [Cf. F. civilizer, fr.L. civilis civil. See Civil.]

1. To reclaim from a savage state; to instruct in the rules and customs of civilization; to educate; to refine.

Yet blest that fate which did his arms dispose Her land to civilize, as to subdue. Dryden

2. To admit as suitable to a civilized state. [Obs. or R.] "Civilizing adultery." Milton. Syn. -- To polish; refine; humanize.

Civilized

Civ"i*lized (?), a. Reclaimed from savage life and manners; instructed in arts, learning, and civil manners; refined; cultivated.
Sale of conscience and duty in open market is not reconcilable with the present state of civilized society. J. Quincy.

Civilizer

Civ"i*li*zer (?), n. One who, or that which, civilizes or tends to civilize.

Civily

Civ"i*ly (?), adv. In a civil manner; as regards civil rights and privileges; politely; courteously; in a well bred manner.

Civism

Civ"ism (?), n. [Cf.F. civisme, fr.L. civis citizen.] State of citizenship. [R.] Dyer.

Cizar

Ciz"ar (?), v. i. [From Cizars.] To clip with scissors. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Cizars

Ciz"ars (?), n. pl. Scissors. [Obs.] Swift.

Cize

Cize (?), n. Bulk; largeness. [Obs.] See Size.

Clabber

Clab"ber (?), n. [See Bonnyclabber] Milk curdled so as to become thick.

Clabber

Clab"ber, v. i. To become clabber; to lopper.

Clachan

Clach"an (?), n. [Scot., fr.Gael.] A small village containing a church. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott
Sitting at the clachon alehouse. R. L. Stevenson.

Clack

Clack (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clacked (?);p. pr. & vb. n. Clacking.] [Prob. of imitative origin; cf. F.claquer to clap, crack, D. klakken, MHG. klac crack, Ir. clagaim I make a noise, ring. Cf. Clack, n., Clatter, Click.]

1. To make a sudden, sharp noise, or a succesion of such noises, as by striking an object, or by collision of parts; to rattle; to click.

We heard Mr.Hodson's whip clacking on the ahoulders of the poor little wretches. Thackeray.
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2. To utter words rapidly and continually, or with abruptness; to let the tongue run.

Clack

Clack (?), v. t.

1. To cause to make a sudden, sharp noise, or succession of noises; to click.

2. To utter rapidly and inconsiderately. Feltham. To clack wool, to cut off the sheep's mark, in order to make the wool weigh less and thus yield less duty. [Eng.]

Clack

Clack, n. [Cf. F. claque a slap or smack, MHG. klac crack, W. clec crack, gossip. See Clack, v. t.]

1. A sharp, abrupt noise, or succession of noises, made by striking an object.

2. Anything that causes a clacking noise, as the clapper of a mill, or a clack valve.

3. Continual or importunate talk; prattle; prating.

Whose chief intent is to vaunt his spiritual clack. South.
Clack box (Mach.), the box or chamber in which a clack valve works. -- Clack dish, a dish with a movable lid, formerly carried by beggars, who clacked the lid to attract notice. Shak. Clack door (Mining), removable cover of the opening through which access is had to a pump valve. -- Clack valve (Mach.), a valve; esp. one hinged at one edge, which, when raised from its seat, falls with a clacking sound.

Clacker

Clack"er (?), n.

1. One who clacks; that which clacks; especially, the clapper of a mill.

2. A claqueur. See Claqueur.

Clad

Clad (?), v.t To clothe. [Obs.] Holland.

Clad

Clad, imp. & p. p. of Clothe.

Cladocera

Cla*doc"e*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of the Entomostraca. &hand; They have a bivalve shell, covering the body but not the head, and from four to six pairs of legs and two pairs of anten\'91, for use in swimming. They mostly inhabit fresh water.

Cladophyll

Clad"o*phyll (?), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A special branch, resembling a leaf, as in the apparent foliage of the broom (Ruscus) and of the common cultivated smilax (Myrsiphillum).

Claggy

Clag"gy (?), a. [Cf. Clog.] Adhesive; -- said of a roof in a mine to which coal clings.

Claik

Claik (?), n. See Clake.

Claim

Claim (kl\'bem), v. [imp. & p. p. Claimed (kl\'bemd); p. pr. & vb. n. Claiming.] [OE. clamen, claimen, OF. clamer, fr. L. clamare to cry out, call; akin to calare to proclaim, Gr. kal to sound, G. holen to fetch, E. hale haul.]

1. To ask for, or seek to obtain, by virtue of authority, right, or supposed right; to challenge as a right; to demand as due.

2. To proclaim. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. To call or name. [Obs.] Spenser.

4. To assert; to maintain. [Colloq.]

Claim

Claim, v. i. To be entitled to anything; to deduce a right or title; to have a claim.
We must know how the first ruler, from whom any one claims, came by his authority. Locke.

Claim

Claim, n. [Of. claim cry, complaint, from clamer. See Claim, v.t.]

1. A demand of a right or supposed right; a calling on another for something due or supposed to be due; an assertion of a right or fact.

2. A right to claim or demand something; a title to any debt, privilege, or other thing in possession of another; also, a title to anything which another should give or concede to, or confer on, the claimant. "A bar to all claims upon land." Hallam.

3. The thing claimed or demanded; that (as land) to which any one intends to establish a right; as a settler's claim; a miner's claim. [U.S. & Australia]

4. A laoud call. [Obs.] Spenser

To lay claim to, to demand as a right. "Doth he lay claim to thine inheritance?" Shak.

Claimable

Claim"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being claimed.

Claimant

Claim"ant (?), n. [Cf. OF. clamant, p. pr. of clamer. Cf.Clamant.] One who claims; one who asserts a right or title; a claimer.

Claimer

Claim"er (?), n. One who claims; a claimant.

Claimless

Claim"less, a. Having no claim.

Clair-obscur

Clair"-ob*scur" (, n. [F. See Clare-obscure.] See Chiaroscuro.

Clairvoyance

Clair*voy"ance (?), n. [F.] A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discering objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition.

Clairvoyant

Clair*voy"ant (?), a. [F., fr. clair clear + voyant, p. pr. of voir to see. See Clear, and Vision.] Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.

Clairvoyant

Clair*voy"ant n. One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.

Clake, Claik

Clake, Claik (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The bernicle goose; -- called also clack goose.<-- now called barnacle goose-->

Clam

Clam (?), n. [Cf. Clamp, Clam, v. t., Clammy.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; as, the long clam (Mya arenaria), the quahog or round clam (Venus mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species of the United States. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.

You shall scarce find any bay or shallow shore, or cove of sand, where you may not take many clampes, or lobsters, or both, at your pleasure. Capt. John Smith (1616).
Clams, or clamps, is a shellfish not much unlike a coclke; it lieth under the sand. Wood (1634).

2. (Ship Carp.) Strong pinchers or forceps.

3. pl. (Mech.) A kind of vise, usually of wood. Blood clam. See under Blood.

Clam

Clam (cl\'ddm), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clamming.] [Cf. AS. cl\'91man to clam, smear; akin to Icel. kleima to smear, OHG. kleimjan, chleimen, to defile, or E. clammy.] To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
A swarm of wasps got into a honey pot, and there they cloyed and clammed Themselves till there was no getting out again. L'Estrange.

Clam

Clam, v. i. To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere. [R.] Dryden

Clam

Clam, n. Claminess; moisture. [R.] "The clam of death." Carlyle.

Clam

Clam, n. [Abbrev. fr. clamor.] A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once. Nares.

Clam

Clam, v. t. & i. To produce, in bell ringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang. Nares.

Clamant

Cla"mant (?), a. [L. clamans, p. pr. of clamare to call. Cf. Claimant.] Crying earnestly, beseeching clamorousky. "Clamant children." Thomson.

Clamation

Cla*ma"tion (?), n. [LL. clamatio, fr. L. clamare to call.] The act of crying out. Sir T. Browne.

Clamatores

Clam`a*to"res (?), n. pl. [L. clamator, pl. clamatores, a bawler.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of passerine birds in which the vocal muscles are but little developed, so that they lack the power of singing.

Clamatorial

Clam`a*to"rial (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like or pertaining to the Clamatores.

Clambake

Clam"bake (?), n. The backing or steaming of clams on heated stones, between layers of seaweed; hence, a picnic party, gathered on such an occasion.

Clamber

Clam"ber (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clambered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clambering.] [OE clambren, clameren, to heap together, climb; akin to Icel. klambra to clamp, G. klammern. Cf. Clamp, Climb.] To climb with difficulty, or with hands and feet; -- also used figuratively.
The narrow street that clambered toward the mill. Tennyson.

Clamber

Clam"ber, n. The act of clambering. T. Moore.

Clamber

Clam"ber, v. t. To ascend by climbing with difficulty.
Clambering the walls to eye him. Shak.

Clamjamphrie

Clam*jam"phrie (?), n. Low, worthless people; the rabble. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Clammily

Clam"mi*ly (?), adv. In a clammy manner. "Oozing so clammily." Hood.

Clamminess

Clam"mi*ness, n. State of being clammy or viscous.

Clammy

Clam"my (?), a. [Compar. Clammier (?); superl. Clammiest.] [Cf. AS. cl\'bem clay. See Clam to clog, and cf. Clay.] Having the quality of being viscous or adhesive; soft and sticky; glutinous; damp and adhesive, as if covered with a cold perspiration.

Clamor

Clam"or (?), n. [OF. clamour, clamur, F. clameur, fr. L. clamor, fr. clamare to cry out. See Claim.]

1. A great outcry or vociferation; loud and continued shouting or exclamation. Shak.

2. Any loud and continued noise. Addison.

3. A continued expression of dissatisfaction or discontent; a popular outcry. Macaulay. Syn. -- Outcry; exclamation; noise; uproar.

Clamor

Clam"or, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clamoring.]

1. To salute loudly. [R.]

The people with a shout Rifted the air, clamoring their god with praise. Milton
.

2. To stun with noise. [R.] Bacon.

3. To utter loudly or repeatedly; to shout.

Clamored their piteous prayer incessantly. Longfellow.
To clamor bells, to repeat the strokes quickly so as to produce a loud clang. Bp. Warbur

Clamor

Clam"or, v. i. To utter loud sounds or outcries; to vociferate; to complain; to make importunate demands.
The obscure bird Clamored the livelong night. Shak.

Clamorer

Clam"or*er (?), n. One who clamors.

Clamorous

Clam"or*ous (?), a. [LL. clamorosus, for L. Clamosus: cf. OF. clamoreux.] Speaking and repeating loud words; full of clamor; calling or demanding loudly or urgently; vociferous; noisy; bawling; loud; turbulent. "My young ones were clamorous for a morning's excursion." Southey. -- Clam"or*ous*ly, adv. -- Clam"or*ous*ness, n.

Clamp

Clamp (?), n. [Cf. LG. & D. klamp, Dan. klampe, also D. klampen to fasten, clasp. Cf. Clam, Cramp.]

1. Something rigid that holds fast or binds things together; a piece of wood or metal, used to hold two or more pieces together.

2. (a) An instrument with a screw or screws by which work is held in its place or two parts are temporarily held together. (b) (Joinery) A piece of wood placed across another, or inserted into another, to bind or strengthen.

3. One of a pair of movable pieces of lead, or other soft material, to cover the jaws of a vise and enable it to grasp without bruising.

4. (Shipbuilding) A thick plank on the inner part of a ship's side, used to sustuan the ends of beams.

5. A mass of bricks heaped up to be burned; or of ore for roasting, or of coal coking.

6. A mollusk. See Clam. [Obs.]

Clamp nails, nails used to fasten on clamps in ships.

Clamp

Clamp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clamped (?; 215) p. pr. & vb. n. Clamping.]

1. To fasten with a clamp or clamps; to apply a clamp to; to place in a clamp.

2. To cover, as vegetables, with earth. [Eng.]

Clamp

Clamp, n. [Prob. an imitative word. Cf.Clank.] A heavy footstep; a tramp.

Clamp

Clamp, v. i. To tread heavily or clumsily; to clump.
The policeman with clamping feet. Thackeray.

Clamper

Clamp"er (?), n. An instrument of iron, with sharp prongs, attached to a boot or shoe to enable the wearer to walk securely upon ice; a creeper. Kane.

Clan

Clan (?), n. [Gael. clann offspring, descendants; akin to Ir. clann, cland, offspring, tribe, family; perh. from L. plania scion, slip, cutting. Cf. Plant, n.]

1. A tribe or collection of families, united under a chieftain, regarded as having the same common ancestor, and bearing the same surname; as, the clan of Macdonald. "I have marshaled my clan." Campbell.

2. A clique; a sect, society, or body of persons; esp., a body of persons united by some common interest or pursuit; -- sometimes used contemptuously.

Partidge and the rest of his clan may hoot me. Smolett.
The whole clan of the enlightened among us. Burke.

Clancular

Clan"cu*lar (?), a. [L. clancularius , from clanculum secretly, adv. dim. of clam secretly.] Conducted with secrecy; clandestine; concealed. [Obs.]
Not close and clancular, but frank and open. Barrow.

Clancularly

Clan"cu*lar*ly, adv. privately; secretly. [Obs.]

Clandestine

Clan*des"tine (?), a. [L. clandestinus, fr. clam secretly; akin to celare, E. conceal: cf. F. clandestin.] Conducted with secrecy; withdrawn from public notice, usually for an evil purpose; kept secret; hidden; private; underhand; as, a clandestine marriage. Locke. Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; concealed; underhand; sly; stealthy; surreptitious; furtive; fraudulent. -- Clan*des"tine*ly, adv. -- Clan*des"tine*ness, n.

Clandestinity

Clan`des*tin"i*ty (?), n. Privacy or secrecy. [R.]

Clang

Clang (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clanged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clanging.] [L. clangere; akin to Gr. clank.] To strike together so as to produce a ringing metallic sound.
The fierce Caretes . . . clanged their sounding arms. Prior.

Clang

Clang, v. i. To give out a clang; to resound. "Clanging hoofs." Tennyson.

Clang

Clang, n.

1. A loud, ringing sound, like that made by metallic substances when clanged or struck together.

The broadsword's deadly clang, As if a thousand anvils rang. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Mus.) Qualyty of tone.

Clangor

Clan"gor (?), n. [L., fr. clangere. See Clang, v. t.] A sharp, harsh, ringing sound. Dryden.

Clangorous

Clan"gor*ous (?), a. [LL. clangorosus.] Making a clangor; having a ringing, metallic sound.

Clangous

Clan"gous (?), a. Making a clang, or a ringing metallic sound. [Obs.]

Clanjamfrie

Clan*jam"frie (?), n. Same as Clamjamphrie. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Clank

Clank (?), n. [Akin to clink, and of imitative origin; cf. G. klang sound, D. klank. Cf. Clang.] A sharp, brief, ringing sound, made by a collision of metallic or other sonorous bodies; -- usually expressing a duller or less resounding sound than clang, and a deeper and stronger sound than clink.
But not in chains to pine, His spirit withered with tyeur clank. Byron.

Clank

Clank, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clanked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clanking.] To cause to sound with a clank; as, the prisoners clank their chains.

Clank

Clank, v. i. To sound with a clank.

Clankless

Clank"less, a. Without a clank. Byreon.

Clannish

Clan"nish (?), a. Of or pertaining to a clan; closely united, like a clan; disposed to associate only with one's clan or clique; actuated by the traditions, prejudices, habits, etc., of a clan. -- Clan"nish*ly, adv. -- Clan"nish*ness, n.

Clanship

Clan"ship, n. A state of being united togheter as in a clan; an association under a chieftain.

Clansman

Clans"man (?), n.; pl. Clansmen (#). One belonging to the same clan with another.

Clap

Clap (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clapped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clapping.] [AS. clappan; akin to Icel. & Sw. klappa, D, klappen, to clap, prate, G. klaffen, v.i., to split open, yelp, klopfen, v.t. & i., to knock.]

1. To strike; to slap; to strike, or strike together, with a quick motion, so, as to make a sharp noise; as, to clap one's hands; a clapping of wings.

Then like a bird it sits and sings, And whets and claps its silver wings. Marvell.

2. To thrust, drive, put, or close, in a hasty or abrupt manner; -- often followed by to, into, on, or upon.

He had just time to get in and clap to the door. Locke
Clap an extinguaisher upon your irony. Lamb.

3. To manifest approbation of, by striking the hands together; to applaud; as, to clap a performance. To clap hands. (a) To pledge faith by joining hands. [Obs.] Shak. (b) To express contempt or derision. [Obs.] Lam. ii. 15. To clap hold of, to seize roughly or quickly. -- To clap up. (a) To imprison hastily or without due formality. (b) To make or contrive hastily. [Obs.] "Was ever match clapped up so suddenly?" Shak.

Clap

Clap (?), v. i.

1. To knock, as at a door. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To strike the hands together in applause.

Their ladies bid them clap. Shak.

3. To come together suddenly with noise.

The doors around me clapped. Dryden.

4. To enter with alacrity and briskness; -- with to or into. [Obs.] "Shall we clap into it roundly, without . . . saying we are hoarse?" Shak.

5. To talk noisily; to chatter loudly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clap

Clap (?), n.

1. A loud noise made by sudden collision; a bang. "Give the door such a clap, as you go out, as will shake the whole room." Swift.

2. A burst of sound; a sudden explosion.

Horrible claps of thunder. Hakewill.

3. A single, sudden act or motion; a stroke; a blow.

What, fifty of my followers at a clap! Shak.

4. A striking of hands to express approbation.

Unextrected claps or hisses. Addison.

5. Noisy talk; chatter. [Obs.] Chaucer.

6. (Falconry) The nether part of the beak of a hawk. Clap dish. See Clack dish, under Clack, n. -- Clap net, a net for taking birds, made to close or clap together.

Clap

Clap (?), n. [Cf. OF. clapoir.] Gonorrhea.

Clapboard

Clap"board (?), n.

1. A narrow board, thicker at one edge than at the other; -- used for weatherboarding the outside of houses. [U. S.]

2. A stave for a cask. [Eng.] Halliwell.

Clapboard

Clap"board, v. t. To cover with clapboards; as, to clapboard the sides of a house. [U. S.] Bartlett.

Clapbread, Clapcake

Clap"bread` (?), Clap"cake` (?), n. Oatmeal cake or bread clapped or beaten till it is thin. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Clape

Clape (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird; the flicker.

Clapper

Clap"per (?), n.

1. A person who claps.

2. That which strikes or claps, as the tongue of a bell, or the piece of wood that strikes a mill hopper, etc. See Illust. of Bell. Clapper rail (Zo\'94l.), an Americam species of rail (Rallus scepitans).

Clapper

Clap"per, n. [F. clapier.] A rabbit burrow. [Obs.]

Clapperclaw

Clap"per*claw (?), v. t. [Clap + claw.]

1. To fight and scratch. C. Smart.

2. To abuse with the tongue; to revile; to scold.

Claps

Claps (?), v. t. Variant of Clasp [Obs.] Chaucer.

Claptrap

Clap"trap` (?), n.

1. A contrivance for clapping in theaters. [Obs.]

2. A trick or device to gain applause; humbug.

Claptrap

Clap"trap`, a. Contrived for the purpose of making a show, or gaining applause; deceptive; unreal.

Claque

Claque (?), n. [F.] A collection of persons employed to applaud at a theatrical exhibition.

Claqueur

Cla`queur" (?), n. [F.] One of the claque employed to applaud at a theater.

Clare

Clare (?), n. A nun of the order of St.Clare.

Clarence

Clar"ence (?), n. A close four-wheeled carriage, with one seat inside, and a seat for the driver.

Clarenceux, Clarencieux

Clar"en*ceux, Clar"en*cieux (?), n. (Her.) See King-at-arms.

Clarendon

Clar"en*don (?), n. A style of type having a narrow and heave face. It is made in all sizes. &hand; This line is in nonpareil Clarendon.

Clare-obscure

Clare"-ob*scure" (?), n. [L. clarus clear + obscurus obscure; cf. F. clair-obscur. Cf. Chiaroscuro.] (Painting) See Chiaroscuro.

Claret

Clar"et (?), n. [OE. claret, clare, clarry, OF. claret, clar, fr. cler, F. clair, clear, fr. L. clarus clear. See Clear.] The name firat given in England to the red wines of M

Claribella

Clar`i*bel"la (?), n. [NL., from L. clarus clear + bellus fine.] (Mus.) A soft, sweet stop, or set of open wood pipes in an organ.

Clarichord

Clar"i*chord (?), n. [F. clatocorde, fr.L. clarus clear + chorda string. See Chord.] A musical instrument, formerly in use, in form of a spinet; -- called also manichord and clavichord.

Clarification

Clar`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. clarification, L. clarificatio glorification.]

1. The act or process of making clear or transparent, by freeing visible impurities; as, the clarification of wine.

2. The act of freeing from obscurities.

The clarification of men's ideas. Whewell.

Clarifier

Clar"i*fi`er (?), n.

1. That which clarifies.

2. A vessel in which the process of clarification is conducted; as, the clarifier in sugar works. Ure.

Clarify

Clar"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clarified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clarifying.] [F. clarifier, from L. clarificare; clarus clear + facere to make. See Clear, and Fact.]

1. To make clear or bright by freeing from feculent matter; to defecate; to fine; -- said of liquids, as wine or sirup. "Boiled and clarified." Ure.

2. To make clear; to free from obscurities; to brighten or illuminate.

To clarify his reason, and to rectify his will. South.

3. To glorify. [Obs.]

Fadir, clarifie thi name. Wyclif (John ii. 28).

Clarify

Clar"i*fy, v. i.

1. To grow or become clear or transparent; to become free from feculent impurities, as wine or other liquid under clarification.

2. To grow clear or bright; to clear up.

Whosoever hath his mind fraught with many thoughts, his wits and understanding do clarify and break up in the discoursing with another. Bacon.

Clarigate

Clar"i*gate (?), v. i. [L. clarigare] To declare war with certain ceremonies. [Obs.] Holland.

Clarinet

Clar"i*net` (?), n. [F. clarinette, dim. of clarine, from L. clarus. See Clear, and cf. Clarion.] (Mus.) A wind instrument, blown by a single reed, of richer and fuller tone than the oboe, which has a double reed. It is the leading instrument in a military band. [Often improperly called clarionet.]

Clarino

Cla*ri"no (?), n. [It. a trumpet.] (Mus.) A reed stop in an organ.

Clarion

Clar"i*on (?), n. [OE. clarioun, OF. clarion, F. clairon, LL. clario, claro; so called from its clear tone, fr. L. clarus clear. See Clear.] A kind of trumpet, whose note is clear and shrill.
He sounds his imperial clarion along the whole line of battle. E. Everett.

Clarionet

Clar`i*o*net" (?), n. [See Clarion, Clarinet.] (Mus.) See Clarinet.

Clarisonus

Cla*ris"o*nus (?), a. [L. clarisonus; clarus + sonus.] Having a clear sound. [Obs.] Ash.

Claritude

Clar"i*tude (?), n. [L. claritudo, fr. clarus clear.] Clearness; splendor. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Clarity

Clar"i*ty (?), n. [L. claritas, fr. clarus clear: cf. F. clart\'82.] Clearness; brightness; splendor.
Floods, in whose more than crystal clarity, Innumerable virgin graces row. Beaumont.

Claro-obscuro

Cla"ro-ob*scu"ro (?), n. See Chiaroscuro.

Clarr\'82

Clar`r\'82", n. [See Claret.] Wine with a mixture of honey and species. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clart

Clart (?), v. t. [Cf. Armor. kalar mud, mire, kalara to dirt, Sw. lort mud.] To daub, smear, or spread, as with mud, etc. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Clarty

Clart"y (?), a. Sticky and foul; muddy; filthy; dirty. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Clary

Clar"y (?), v. i. [Cf. Clarion.] To make a loud or shrill noise. [Obs.] Golding.

Clary

Cla"ry (?), n. [Cf. LL. sclarea, scarlea, D. & G. scharlei, F. sclar\'82e.] (Bot.) A plant (Salvia sclarea) of the Sage family, used in flavoring soups. Clary water, a composition of clary flowers with brandy, etc., formerly used as a cardiac.

Clash

Clash (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clashing.] [Of imitative origin; cf. G. klatschen, Prov. G. kleschen, D. kletsen, Dan. klaske, E. clack.]

1. To make a noise by striking against something; to dash noisily together.

2. To meet in opposition; to act in a contrary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere.

However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony. Palfrey.

Clash

Clash, v. t. To strike noisily against or together.

Clash

Clash n.

1. A loud noise resulting from collision; a noisy collision of bodies; a collision.

The roll of cannon and clash of arms. Tennyson.

2. Opposition; contradiction; as between differing or contending interests, views, purposes, etc.

Clashes between popes and kings. Denham.

Clashingly

Clash"ing*ly, adv. With clashing.

Clasp

Clasp (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clasping] [OE. claspen, clapsen, prob. akin to E. clap.]

1. To shut or fasten together with, or as with, a clasp; to shut or fasten (a clasp, or that which fastens with a clasp).

2. To inclose and hold in the hand or with the arms; to grasp; to embrace.

3. To surround and cling to; to entwine about. "Clasping ivy." Milton.

Clasp

Clasp, n.

1. An adjustable catch, bent plate, or hook, for holding together two objects or the parts of anything, as the ends of a belt, the covers of a book, etc.

2. A close embrace; a throwing of the arms around; a grasping, as with the hand. Clasp knife, a large knife, the blade of which folds or shuts into the handle. -- Clasp lock, a lock which closes or secures itself by means of a spring.

Clasper

Clasp"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, clasps, as a tendril. "The claspers of vines." Derham.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) One of a pair of organs used by the male for grasping the female among many of the Crustacea. (b) One of a pair of male copulatory organs, developed on the anterior side of the ventral fins of sharks and other elasmobranchs. See Illust. of Chim\'91ra.

Claspered

Clasp"ered (?), a. Furnished with tendrils.

Class

Class (?), n. [F. classe, fr. L. classis class, collection, fleet; akin to Gr. claim, haul.]

1. A group of individuals ranked together as possessing common characteristics; as, the different classes of society; the educated class; the lower classes.

2. A number of students in a school or college, of the same standing, or pursuing the same studies.

3. A comprehensive division of animate or inanimate objects, grouped together on account of their common characteristics, in any classification in natural science, and subdivided into orders, families, tribes, gemera, etc.

4. A set; a kind or description, species or variety.

She had lost one class energies. Macaulay.

5. (Methodist Church) One of the sections into which a church or congregation is divided, and which is under the supervision of a class leader. Class of a curve (Math.), the kind of a curve as expressed by the number of tangents that can be drawn from any point to the curve. A circle is of the second class. -- Class meeting (Methodist Church), a meeting of a class under the charge of a class leader, for counsel and relegious instruction.

Class

Class (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Classed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Classing.] [Cf. F. classer. See Class, n.]

1. To arrange in classes; to classify or refer to some class; as, to class words or passages. &hand; In scientific arrangement, to classify is used instead of to class. Dana.

2. To divide into classes, as students; to form into, or place in, a class or classes.

Class

Class, v. i. To grouped or classed.
The genus or famiky under which it classes. Tatham.

Classible

Class"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being classed.

Classic, Classical

Clas"sic (?), Clas"sic*al (?), a. [L. classicus relating to the classes of the Roman people, and especially to the frist class; hence, of the first rank, superior, from classis class: cf. F. classique. See Class, n.]

1. Of or relating to the first class or rank, especially in literature or art.

Give, as thy last memorial to the age, One classic drama, and reform the stage. Byron.
Mr. Greaves may justly be reckoned a classical author on this subject [Roman weights and coins]. Arbuthnot.

2. Of or pertaining to the ancient Greeks and Romans, esp. to Greek or Roman authors of the highest rank, or of the period when their best literature was produced; of or pertaining to places inhabited by the ancient Greeks and Romans, or rendered famous by their deeds.

Though throned midst Latium's classic plains. Mrs. Hemans.
The epithet classical, as applied to ancient authors, is determined less by the purity of their style than by the period at which they wrote. Brande & C.
He [Atterbury] directed the classical studies of the undergraduates of his college. Macaulay.

3. Conforming to the best authority in literature and art; chaste; pure; refined; as, a classical style.

Classical, provincial, and national synods. Macaulay.
Classicals orders. (Arch.) See under Order.

Classic

Clas"sic, n.

1. A work of acknowledged excellence and authrity, or its author; -- originally used of Greek and Latin works or authors, but now applied to authors and works of a like character in any language.

In is once raised him to the rank of a legitimate English classic. Macaulay.

2. One learned in the literature of Greece and Rome, or a student of classical literature.

Classicalism

Clas"sic*al*ism (?), n.

1. A classical idiom, style, or expression; a classicism.

2. Adherence to what are supposed or assumed to be the classical canons of art.

Classicalist

Clas"sic*al*ist, n. One who adheres to what he thinks the classical canons of art. Ruskin.

Classicality, Classicalness

Clas`si*cal"i*ty (?), Clas"sic*al*ness (?), n. The quality of being classical.

Classically

Clas"sic*al*ly, adv.

1. In a classical manner; according to the manner of classical authors.

2. In the manner of classes; according to a regular order of classes or sets.

Classicism

Clas"si*cism (?), n. A classic idiom or expression; a classicalism. C. Kingsley.

Classicist

Clas"si*cist (?), n. One learned in the classics; an advocate for the classics.

Classifiable

Clas"si*fi`a*ble (?), a. Capable of being classified.

Classific

Clas*sif"ic (?), a. Characterizing a class or classes; relating to classification.

Classification

Clas`si*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. classification.] The act of forming into a class or classes; a distibution into groups, as classes, orders, families, etc., according to some common relations or affinities. Artificial classification. (Science) See under Artifitial.

Classificatory

Clas"si*fi*ca`to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to classification; admitting of classification. "A classificatory system." Earle.

Classifier

Clas"si*fi`er (?), n. One who classifies.

Classify

Clas"si*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & pp. Classified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Classifying.] [L. classis class + To distribute into classes; to arrange according to a system; to arrnge in sets according to some method founded on common properties or characters. Syn. -- To arrange; distibute; rank.

Classis

Clas"sis (?), n.; pl. Classes (#). [L. See Class, n.]

1. A class or order; sort; kind. [Obs.]

His opinion of that classis of men. Clarendon.

2. (Eccl.) An ecclesiastical body or judicat

Classman

Class"man (?), n.; pl. Classmen(#).

1. A member of a class; a classmate.

2. A candidate for graduation in arts who is placed in an honor class, as opposed to a passman, who is not classified. [Oxford, Eng.]

Classmate

Class"mate` (?), n. One who is in the same class with another, as at school or college.

Clastic

Clas"tic (?), a. [Gr.

1. Pertaining to what may be taken apart; as, clastic anatomy (of models).

2. (Min.) Fragmental; made up of brokas, sandstone is a clastic rock.

Clathrate

Clath"rate (?), a. [L. clathri latti

1. (Bot.) Shaped like a lattice; cancellate. Gray.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having the surface marked with raised lines resembling a lattice, as many shells.

Clatter

Clat"ter (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clattered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clattering.] [AS. cla a rattle, akin to D. klateren to rattle. Cf. Clack.]

1. To make a rattling sound by striking hard bodies together; to make a succession of abrupt, rattling sounds.

Clattering loud with clamk. Longfellow.

2. To talk fast and noisily; to rattle with the tongue.

I see thou dost but clatter. Spenser.

Clatter

Clat"ter, v. t. To make a rattling noise with.
You clatter still your brazen kettle. Swift.

Clatter

Clat"ter, n.

1. A rattling noise, esp. that made by the collision of hard bodies; also, any loud, abrupt sound; a repetition of abrupt sounds.

The goose let fall a golden egg With cackle and with clatter. Tennyson.

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3. Rapid, noisy talk; babble; chatter. "Hold still thy clatter." Towneley Myst. (15 th Cent. ).

Throw by your clatter And handle the matter. B. Jonson

Clatterer

Clat"ter*er (?), n. One who clatters.

Clatteringly

Clat"ter*ing*ly, adv. With clattering.

Claude Lorraine glass

Claude" Lor*raine" glass` (?). [Its name is supposed to be derived from the similarity of the effects it gives to those of a picture by Claude Lorrain (often written Lorraine).] A slightly convex mirror, commonly of black glass, used as a toy for viewing the reflected landscape.

Claudent

Clau"dent (?), a. [L. claudens, p. pr. of claudere to shut.] Shutting; confining; drawing together; as, a claudent muscle. [R.] Jonson

Claudicant

Clau"di*cant (?), a. [L. claudicans, p. pr. of claudicare to limp, fr. claudus lame.] Limping. [R.]

Claudication

Clau`di*ca"tion (?), n. [L. claudicatio.] A halting or limping. [R.] Tatler.

Clause

Clause (?), n. [F. clause, LL. clausa, equiv. to L. clausula clause, prop., close of claudere to shut, to end. See Close.]

1. A separate portion of a written paper, paragraph, or sentence; an article, stipulation, or proviso, in a legal document.

The usual attestation clause to a will. Bouvier.

2. (Gram.) A subordinate portion or a subdivision of a sentence containing a subject and its predicate.

Clause

Clause, n. [Obs.] See Letters clause ∨ close, under Letter.

Claustral

Claus"tral (?), a. [F., fr. LL. claustralis, fr. L. claustrum. See Cloister.] Cloistral. Ayliffe

Claustrum

Claus"trum (?), n.; pl. Claustra. [L., a bolt or bar.] (Anat.) A thin lamina of gray matter in each cerebral hemiphere of the brain of man. -- Claus"tral, a.

Clausular

Clau"su*lar (?; 135), a. [From L. clausula. See Clause, n.] Consisting of, or having, clauses. Smart.

Clausure

Clau"sure (?; 135), n. [L. clausura. See Closure.] The act of shutting up or confining; confinement. [R.] Geddes.

Clavate, Clavated

Cla"vate (?), Cla"va*ted (?), a. [L. clava club.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Club-shaped; having the form of a club; growing gradually thicker toward the top. [See Illust. of Antennae.]

Clave

Clave (?), imp. of Cleave. [Obs.]

Clavecin

Clav"e*cin (?), n. [F.] The harpsichord.

Clavel

Cla"vel (?), n. See Clevis.

Clavellate

Clav"el*late (?), a. See Clavate.

Clavellated

Clav"el*la`ted (?), a. [Cf. LL. cineres clavelatti ashes of burnt lees or dregs of wine, F. clavel an inferior sort of soda, E. clavate.] (Old Chem.) Said of potash, probably in reference to its having been obtained from billets of wood by burning. [Obs.]

Claver

Clav"er (?), n. [Obs.] See Clover. Holland.

Claver

Clav"er, n. Frivolous or nonsensical talk; prattle; chattering. [Scot. & North of Eng.]
Emmy found herself entirely at a loss in the midst of their clavers. Thackeray.

Clavichord

Clav"i*chord (?), n. [F. clavicorde, fr. L. clavis key + chorda string.] (Mus.) A keyed stringed instrument, now superseded by the pianoforte. See Clarichord.

Clavicle

Clav"i*cle (?), n. [F. clavicule, fr. L. clavicula a little key, tendril, dim. of clavis key, akin to claudere to shut. See Close, and cf. Clef.] (Anat.) The collar bone, which is joined at one end to the scapula, or shoulder blade, and at the other to the sternum, or breastbone. In man each clavicle is shaped like the letter

Clavicorn

Clav"i*corn (?), a. [Cf. F. clavicorne.] (Zo\'94l.) Having club-shaped antenn\'91. See Antenn\'91 -- n. One of the Clavicornes.

Clavicornes

Clav`i*cor"nes (?), n. pl. [NL.; Fr. L. clava club + cornu horn.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of beetles having club-shaped antenn\'91.

Clavicular

Cla*vic"u*lar (?), a. [Cf. F. claviculaire. See Clavicle.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the clavicle.

Clavier

Cla"vi*er (? F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. clavis key.] (Mus.) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium. &hand; Clavier (

Claviform

Clav"i*form (?), a. [L. clava club + -form.] (Bot.) Club-shaped; clavate. Craig.

Claviger

Clav"i*ger (?), n. [L., fr. clavis key + gerere to carry.] One who carries the keys of any place.

Claviger

Clav"i*ger, n. [L., fr. clava club + gerere to carry.] One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Clavigerous

Cla*vig"er*ous (?), a. Bearing a club or a key.

Clavis

Cla"vis (?), n.; pl. L. Claves (#), E. Clavises (#). [L.] A key; a glossary.

Clavus

Cla"vus (?), n. [L., a nail.] A callous growth, esp. one the foot; a corn.

Clavy

Cla"vy (?), n.; pl. Clavies (#). [Cf. F. claveau centerpiece of an arch.] (Arch.) A mantelpiece.

Claw

Claw (?), n. [AS. clawu, cl\'be, cle\'a2; akin to D. klaauw, G. Klaue, Icel. kl\'d3, SW. & Dan. klo, and perh. to E. clew.]

1. A sharp, hooked nail, as of a beast or bird.

2. The whole foot of an animal armed with hooked nails; the pinchers of a lobster, crab, etc.

3. Anything resembling the claw of an animal, as the curved and forked end of a hammer for drawing nails.

4. (Bot.) A slender appendage or process, formed like a claw, as the base of petals of the pink. Gray. Claw hammer, a hammer with one end of the metallic head cleft for use in extracting nails, etc. -- Claw hammer coat, a dress coat of the swallowtail pattern. [Slang] -- Claw sickness, foot rot, a disease affecting sheep.

Claw

Claw (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clawed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clawing.] [AS. clawan. See Claw, n.]

1. To pull, tear, or scratch with, or as with, claws or nails.

2. To relieve from some uneasy sensation, as by scratching; to tickle; hence, to flatter; to court. [Obs.]

Rich men they claw, soothe up, and flatter; the poor they contemn and despise. Holland.

3. To rail at; to scold. [Obs.]

In the aforesaid preamble, the king fairly claweth the great monasteries, wherein, saith he, religion, thanks be to God, is right well kept and observed; though he claweth them soon after in another acceptation. T. Fuller
Claw me, claw thee, stand by me and I will stand by you; -- an old proverb. Tyndale. To claw away, to scold or revile. "The jade Fortune is to be clawed away for it, if you should lose it." L'Estrange. To claw (one) on the back, to tickle; to express approbation. (Obs.) Chaucer. -- To claw (one) on the gall, to find falt with; to vex. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Claw

Claw, v. i. To scrape, scratch, or dig with a claw, or with the hand as a claw. "Clawing [in ash barrels] for bits of coal." W. D. Howells. To claw off (Naut.), to turn to windward and beat, to prevent falling on a lee shore.

Clawback

Claw"back` (?), n. A flatterer or sycophant. [Obs.] "Take heed of these clawbacks." Latimer.

Clawback

Claw"back`, a. Flattering; sycophantic. [Obs.]
Like a clawback parasite. Bp. Hall.

Clawback

Claw"back`, v. t. To flatter. [Obs.] Warner.

Clawed

Clawed (?), a. Furnished with claws. N. Grew.

Clawless

Claw"less, a. Destitute of claws.

Clay

Clay (?), n. [AS. cl\'d6g; akin to LG. klei, D. klei, and perh. to AS. cl\'bem clay, L. glus, gluten glue, Gr. glue. Cf. Clog.]

1. A soft earth, which is plastuc, or may be molded with the hands, consisting of hydrous silicate of alumunium. It is the result of the wearing down and decomposition, in part, of rocks containing aluminous minerals, as granite. Lime, magnesia, oxide of iron, and other ingredients, are often present as impurities.

2. (Poetry & Script.) Earth in general, as representing the elementary particles of the human body; hence, the human body as formed from such particles.

I also am formed out of the clay. Job xxxiii. 6.
The earth is covered thick with other clay, Which her own clay shall cover. Byron.
Bowlder clay. See under Bowlder. -- Brick clay, the common clay, containing some iron, and therefore turning red when burned. -- Clay cold, cold as clay or earth; lifeless; inanimate. -- Clay ironstone, an ore of iron consisting of the oxide or carbonate of iron mixed with clay or sand. -- Clay marl, a whitish, smooth, chalky clay. -- Clay mill, a mill for mixing and tempering clay; a pug mill. -- Clay pit, a pit where clay is dug. -- Clay slate (Min.), argillaceous schist; argillite. -- Fatty clays, clays having a greasy feel; they are chemical compounds of water, silica, and aluminia, as halloysite, bole, etc. -- Fire clay , a variety of clay, entirely free from lime, iron, or an alkali, and therefore infusible, and used for fire brick. -- Porcelain clay, a very pure variety, formed directly from the decomposition of feldspar, and often called kaolin. -- Potter's clay, a tolerably pure kind, free from iron.

Clay

Clay, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Claying.]

1. To cover or manure with clay.

2. To clarify by filtering through clay, as sugar.

Clay-brained

Clay"-brained` (?), a. Stupid. [Obs.] Shak.

Clayes

Clayes (?), n. pl. [F. claie hurdle.] (Fort.) Wattles, or hurdles, made with stakes interwoven with osiers, to cover lodgments. [Obs.]

Clayey

Clay"ey (?), a. Consisting of clay; abounding with clay; partaking of clay; like clay.

Clayish

Clay"ish, a. Partaking of the nature of clay, or containing particles of it.

Claymore

Clay"more` (?), n. [Gael. claidheamhmor a broadsword; Gael. claidheamh sword + mor great, large. Cf. Claymore.] A large two-handed sword used formerly by the Scottish Highlanders.

Claytonia

Clay*to"ni*a (?), n. [Named after Dr.John Clayton, an American botanist.] (Bot.) An American genus of perennial herbs with delicate blossoms; -- sometimes called spring beauty.

Cleading

Clead"ing (?), n. [Scot., clothing. See Cloth.]

1. A jacket or outer covering of wood, etc., to prevent radiation of heat, as from the boiler, cylinder. etc., of a steam engine.

2. The planking or boarding of a shaft, cofferdam, etc.

Clean

Clean (?), a. [Compar. Cleaner (; superl. Cleanest.] [OE. clene, AS. cl; akin to OHG. chleini pure, neat, graceful, small, G. klein small, and perh. to W. glan clean, pure, bright; all perh. from a primitive, meaning bright, shining. Cf. Glair.]

1. Free from dirt or filth; as, clean clothes.

2. Free from that which is useless or injurious; without defects; as, clean land; clean timber.

3. Free from awkwardness; not bungling; adroit; dexterous; as, aclean trick; a clean leap over a fence.

4. Free from errors and vulgarisms; as, a clean style.

5. Free from restraint or neglect; complete; entire.

When ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not make clean riddance of corners of thy field. Le

6. Free from moral defilement; sinless; pure.

Create in me a clean heart, O God. Ps. li. 10
That I am whole, and clean, and meet for Heaven Tennyson.

7. (Script.) Free from ceremonial defilement.

8. Free from that which is corrupting to the morals; pure in tone; healthy. "Lothair is clean." F. Harrison.

9. Well-proportioned; shapely; as, clean limbs. A clean bill of health, a certificate from the proper authrity that a ship is free from infection. -- Clean breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- To make a clean breast. See under Breast.

Clean

Clean, adv.

1. Without limitation or remainder; quite; perfectly; wholly; entirely. "Domestic broils clean overblown." Shak. "Clean contrary." Milton.

All the people were passed clean over Jordan. Josh. iii. 17.

2. Without miscarriage; not bunglingly; dexterously. [Obs.] "Pope came off clean with Homer." Henley.

Clean

Clean (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaning.] [See Clean, a., and cf. Cleanse.] To render clean; to free from whatever is foul, offensive, or extraneous; to purify; to cleanse. To clean out, to exhaust; to empty; to get away from (one) all his money. [Colloq.] De Quincey.

Clean-cut

Clean"-cut` (?), a. See Clear-cut.

Cleaner

Clean"er (?), n. One who, or that which, cleans.

Cleaning

Clean"ing, n.

1. The act of making clean.

2. The afterbirth of cows, ewes, etc. Gardner.

Cleanlily

Clean"li*ly (?), adv. In a cleanly manner.

Clean-limbed

Clean"-limbed` (?), a. With well-proportioned, unblemished limbs; as, a clean-limbed young fellow. Dickens.

Cleanliness

Clean"li*ness (?), n. [From Cleanly.] State of being cleanly; neatness of person or dress.
Cleanliness from head to heel. Swift.

Cleanly

Clean"ly (?), a. [Compar. Cleanlier (?); superl. Cleanliest.] [From Clean.]

1. Habitually clean; pure; innocent. "Cleanly joys." Glanvill.

Some plain but cleanly country maid. Dryden.
Displays her cleanly platter on the board. Goldsmith.

2. Cleansing; fitted to remove moisture; dirt, etc. [Obs.] "With cleanly powder dry their hair." Prior.

3. Adroit; skillful; dexterous; artful. [Obs.]

Through his fine handling and his cleanly play. Spenser.

Cleanly

Clean"ly (?), adv.

1. In a clean manner; neatly.

He was very cleanly dressed. Dickens.

2. Innocently; without stain. Shak.

3. Adroitly; dexterously. Middleton.

Cleanness

Clean"ness, n. [AS. cl. See Clean.]

1. The state or quality of being clean.

2. Purity of life or language; freedom from licentious courses. Chaucer.

Cleansable

Cleans"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being cleansed. Sherwood.

Cleanse

Cleanse (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleansed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleansing.] [AS. cl\'d6nsian, fr. cl\'d6ne clean. See Clean.] To render clean; to free from fith, pollution, infection, guilt, etc.; to clean.
If we walk in the light . . . the blood of Jesus Christ his son cleanseth us from all sin. 1 John i. 7.
Can'st thou not minister to a mind diseased, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the suffed bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart? Shak.

Cleanser

Cleans"er (?), n. [AS. cl.] One who, or that which, cleanses; a detergent. Arbuthnot.

Clean-timbered

Clean"-tim`bered (?), a. Well-propotioned; symmetrical. [Poetic] Shak.

Clear

Clear (?), a. [Compar. Clearer (?); superl. Clearest.] [OE. cler, cleer, OF. cler, F. clair, fr.L. clarus, clear, broght, loud, distinct, renownwd; perh. akin to L. clamare to call, E. claim. Cf. Chanticleer, Clairvoyant, Claret, Clarufy.]

1. Free from opaqueness; transparent; bright; light; luminous; unclouded.

The stream is so transparent, pure, and clear. Denham.
Fair as the moon, clear as the sun. Canticles vi. 10.

2. Free from ambiquity or indistinctness; lucid; perspicuous; plain; evident; manifest; indubitable.

One truth is clear; whatever is, is right. Pop

3. Able to perceive clearly; keen; acute; penetrating; discriminating; as, a clear intellect; a clear head.

Mother of science! now I feel thy power Within me clear, not only to discern Things in their causes, but to trace the ways Of highest agents. Milton.

4. Not clouded with passion; serene; cheerful.

With a countenance as clear As friendship wears at feasts. Shak.

5. Easily or distinctly heard; audible; canorous.

Hark! the numbers soft and clear Gently steal upon the ear. Pope.

6. Without mixture; entirely pure; as, clear sand.

7. Without defect or blemish, such as freckles or knots; as, a clear complexion; clear lumber.

8. Free from guilt or stain; unblemished.

Statesman, yet friend to truth! in soul sincere, In action faithful, and in honor clear. Pope.

9. Without diminution; in full; net; as, clear profit.

I often wished that I had clear, For life, six hundred pounds a-year. Swift
.

10. Free from impediment or obstruction; unobstructed; as, a clear view; to keep clear of debt.

My companion . . . left the way clear for him. Addison.

11. Free from embarrassment; detention, etc.

The cruel corporal whispered in my ear, Five pounds, if rightly tipped, would set me clear. Gay.
Clear breach. See under Breach, n., 4. -- Clear days (Law.), days reckoned from one day to another, excluding both the first and last day; as, from Sunday to Sunday there are six clear days. -- Clear stuff, boards, planks, etc., free from knots. Syn. -- Manifest; pure; unmixed; pellucid; transparent; luminous; obvious; visible; plain; evident; apparent; distinct; perspicuous. See Manifest.

Clear

Clear (?), n. (Carp.) Full extent; distance between extreme limits; especially; the distance between the nearest surfaces of two bodies, or the space between walls; as, a room ten feet square in the clear.

Clear

Clear, adv.

1. In a clear manner; plainly.

Now clear I understand What oft . . . thoughts have searched in vain. Milton.

2. Without limitation; wholly; quite; entirely; as, to cut a piece clear off.

Clear

Clear, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clearing.]

1. To render bright, transparent, or undimmed; to free from clouds.

He sweeps the skies and clears the cloudy north. Dryden.

2. To free from impurities; to clarify; to cleanse.

3. To free from obscurity or ambiguity; to relive of perplexity; to make perspicuous.

Many knotty points there are Which all discuss, but few can clear. Prior.

4. To render more quick or acute, as the understanding; to make perspicacious.

Our common prints would clear up their understandings. Addison

5. To free from impediment or incumbrance, from defilement, or from anything injurious, useless, or offensive; as, to clear land of trees or brushwood, or from stones; to clear the sight or the voice; to clear one's self from debt; -- often used with of, off, away, or out.

Clear your mind of cant. Dr. Johnson.
A statue lies hid in a block of marble; and the art of the statuary only clears away the superfluous matter. Addison.

6. To free from the imputation of guilt; to justify, vindicate, or acquit; -- often used with from before the thing imputed.

I . . . am sure he will clear me from partiality. Dryden.
How! wouldst thou clear rebellion? Addison.

7. To leap or pass by, or over, without touching or fallure; as, to clear a hedge; to clear a reef.

8. To gain without deduction; to net.

The profit which she cleared on the cargo. Macaulay.
To clear a ship at the customhouse, to exhibit the documents required by law, give bonds, or perform other acts requisite, and procure a permission to sail, and such papers as the law requires. -- To clear a ship for action, or To clear for action (Naut.), to remove incumbrances from the decks, and prepare for an engagement. -- To clear the land (Naut.), to gain such a distance from shore as to have sea room, and be out of danger from the land. -- To clear hawse (Naut.), to disentangle the cables when twisted. -- To clear up, to explain; to dispel, as doubts, cares or fears.

Clear

Clear (?), v. i.

1. To become free from clouds or fog; to become fair; -- often fallowed by up, off, or away.

So foul a sky clears without a strom. Shak.
Advise him to stay till the weather clears up. Swift.

2. To disengage one's self frpm incumbrances, distress, or entanglements; to become free. [rk> He that clears at once will relapse; for finding himself out of straits, he will revert to the customs; but he that cleareth by degrees induceth a habit of frugality. Bacon.

3. (Banking) To make exchanges of checks and bills, and settle balances, as is done in a clearing house.

4. To obtain a clearance; as, the steamer cleared for Liverpool to-day.

To clear out, to go or run away; to depart. [Colloq.]

Clearage

Clear"age (?), n. The act of reforming anything; clearance. [R.]

Clearance

Clear"ance (?), n.

1. The act of clearing; as, to make a through clearance.

2. A certificate that a ship or vessel has been cleared at the customhouse; permission to sail.

Every ship was subject to seizure for want of stamped clearances. Durke

3. Clear or net profit. Trollope.

4. (Mach.) The distance by which one object clears another, as the distance between the piston and cylinder head at the end of a stroke in a steam engine, or the least distance between the point of a cogwell tooth and the bottom of a space between teeth of a wheel with which it engages. Clearance space (Steam engine), the space inclosed in one end of the cylinder, between the valve or valves and the piston, at the beginning of a stroke; waste room. It includes the space caused by the piston's clearance and the space in ports, passageways, etc. Its volume is often expressed as a certain proportion of the volume swept by the piston in a single stroke.

Clear-cut

Clear"-cut` (?), a.

1. Having a sharp, distinct outline, like that of a cameo.

She has . . . a cold and clear-cut face. Tennyson.

2. Concisely and distinctly expressed.

Clearedness

Clear"ed*ness (?), n. The quality of being cleared.
Imputed by his friends to the clearedness, by his foes to the searedness, of his conscience. T. Fuller.

Clearer

Clear"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, clears.

Gold is a wonderful clearer of the understanding. Addison.

2. (Naut.) A tool of which the hemp for lines and twines, used by sailmakers, is finished.

Clear-headed

Clear"-head`ed (?), a. Having a clear understanding; quick of perception; intelligent. "He was laborious and clear-headed." Macaulay. -- Clear"-head`ed*ness, n.

Clearing

Clear"ing, n.

1. The act or process of making clear.

The better clearing of this point. South.

2. A tract of land cleared of wood for cultivation.

A lonely clearing on the shores of Moxie Lake. J. Burroughs.

3. A method adopted by banks and bankers for making an exchange of checks held by each against the others, and settling differences of accounts. &hand; In England, a similar method has been adopted by railroads for adjusting their accounts with each other.

4. The gross amount of the balances adjusted in the clearing house. Clearing house, the establishment where the business of clearing is carried on. See above, 3.

Clearly

Clear"ly, adv. In a clear manner.

Clearness

Clear"ness, n. The quality or state of being clear. Syn. -- Clearness, Perspicuity. Clearness has reference to our ideas, and springs from a distinct conception of the subject under consideration. Perspicuity has reference to the mode of expressing our ideas and belongs essentially to style. Hence we speak of a writer as having clear ideas, a clear arrangement, and perspicuous phraseology. We do at times speak of a person's having great clearness of style; but in such cases we are usually thinking of the clearness of his ideas as manifested in language. "Whenever men think clearly, and are thoroughly interested, they express themselves with perspicuity and force." Robertson.

Clear-seeing

Clear"-see`ing (?), a. Having a clear physical or mental vision; having a clear understanding.

Clear-shining

Clear"-shin`ing (?), a. Shining brightly. Shak.

Clear-sighted

Clear"-sight`ed (?), a. Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

Clear-sightedness

Clear"-sight`ed*ness, n. Acute discernment.

Clearstarch

Clear"starch` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clearstarched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clearstraching.] To stiffen with starch, and then make clear by clapping with the hands; as, to clearstarch muslin.

Clearstarcher

Clear"starch`er (?), n. One who clearstarches.

Clearstory, Clerestory

Clear"sto`ry (?), Clere"sto`ry, n. (Arch.) The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.

Clearwing

Clear"wing` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A lepidop terous insect with partially transparent wings, of the family \'92geriad\'91, of which the currant and peach-tree borers are examples.

Cleat

Cleat (kl\'c7t), n. [OE. clete wedge; cf.D. kloot ball, Ger. kloss, klotz, lump. clod, MHG. kl\'d3z lump, ball, wedge, OHG. chl\'d3z ball, round mass.]

1. (Carp.) A strip of wood or iron fastened on transversely to something in order to give strength, prevent warping, hold position, etc.

2. (Naut.) A device made of wood or metal, having two arms, around which turns may be taken with a line or rope so as to hold securely and yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

Cleat

Cleat, v. t. To strengthen with a cleat.

Cleavable

Cleav"a*ble (?), a. Capable of cleaving or being divided.

Cleavage

Cleav"age (?), n.

1. The act of cleaving or splitting.

2. (Crystallog.) The quality possessed by many crystallized substances of splitting readily in one or more definite directions, in which the cohesive attraction is a minimum, affording more or less smooth surfaces; the direction of the dividing plane; a fragment obtained by cleaving, as of a diamond. See Parting.

3. (Geol.) Division into lamin\'91, like slate, with the lamination not necessarily parallel to the plane of deposition; -- usually produced by pressure. Basal cleavage, cleavage parallel to the base of a crystal, or to the plane of the lateral axes. -- Cell cleavage (Biol.), multiplication of cells by fission. See Segmentation. -- Cubuc cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of a cube. -- Diagonal cleavage, cleavage parallel to ta diagonal plane. -- Egg clavage. (Biol.) See Segmentation. -- Lateral cleavage, cleavage parallel to the lateral planes. -- Octahedral, Dodecahedral, or Rhombohedral, cleavage, cleavage parallel to the faces of an octahedron, dodecahedron, or rhombohedron. -- Prismatic cleavage, cleavage parallel to a vertical prism.

Cleave

Cleave (, v. i. [.. Cleaved (, Clave (, (Obs.); p. p. Cleaved; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleovien, clivien, cliven, AS. cleofian, clifian; akin to OS. klib\'d3n, G. kleben, LG. kliven, D. kleven, Dan. kl\'91be, Sw. klibba, and also to G. kleiben to cleve, paste, Icel. kl\'c6fa to climb. Cf. Climb.]

1. To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast; to cling.

My bones cleave to my skin. Ps. cii. 5.
The diseases of Egypt . . . shall cleave unto thee. Deut. xxviii. 60.
Sophistry cleaves close to and protects Sin's rotten trunk, concealing its defects. Cowper.

2. To unite or be united closely in interest or affection; to adhere with strong attachment.

Therefore shall a man leave his father and his mother, and shall cleave unto his wife. Gen. ii. 24.
Cleave unto the Lord your God. Josh. xxiii. 8.

3. To fit; to be adapted; to assimilate. [Poetic.]

New honors come upon him, Like our strange garments, cleave not to their mold But with the aid of use. Shak.

Cleave

Cleave (?), v. t. [imp. Cleft (?), Clave (, Clove (, (Obsolescent); p. p. Cleft, Cleaved ( or Cloven (; p. pr. & vb. n. Cleaving.] [OE. cleoven, cleven, AS. cle\'a2fan; akin to OS. klioban, D. klooven, G. klieben, Icel. klj\'d4fa, Sw. klyfva, Dan. kl\'94ve and prob. to Gr. glubere to peel. Cf. Cleft.]

1. To part or divide by force; to split or rive; to cut.

O Hamlet, thou hast cleft my heart in twain. Shak.

2. To pert or open naturally; to divide.

Every beast that parteth the hoof, and cleaveth the cleft into two claws. Deut. xiv. 6.

Cleave

Cleave, v. i. To part; to open; to crack; to separate; as parts of bodies; as, the ground cleaves by frost.
The Mount of Olives shall cleave in the midst. Zech. xiv. 4.

Cleavelandite

Cleave"land*ite (?), n. [From Professor Parker Cleaveland.] (Min.) A variety of albite, white and lamellar in structure.

Cleaver

Cleav"er (?), n. One who cleaves, or that which cleaves; especially, a butcher's instrument for cutting animal bodies into joints or pieces.

Cleavers

Cleav"ers (?), n. [From Cleave to stick.] (Bot.) A species of Galium (G. Aparine), having a fruit set with hooked bristles, which adhere to whatever they come in contact with; -- called also, goose grass, catchweed, etc.

Cl\'82ch\'82

Cl\'82`ch\'82" (?), a. [F. cl\'82ch\'82.] (Her.) Charged with another bearing of the same figure, and of the color of the field, so large that only a narrow border of the first bearing remains visible; -- said of any heraldic bearing. Compare Voided.

Clechy

Cle"chy (?), a. See Cl\'82ch\'82.

Cledge

Cledge (?), n. [Cf. Clay.] (Mining.) The upper stratum of fuller's earth.

Cledgy

Cledg"y (?), a. Stiff, stubborn, clayey, or tenacious; as, a cledgy soil. Halliwell.

Clee

Clee (?), n. A claw. [rk> Holland.

Clee

Clee, n. (Zo\'94l.) The redshank.

Clef

Clef (?; 277), n. [F. clef key, a key in music, fr. L. clavis key. See Clavicle.] (Mus.) A character used in musical notation to determine the position and pitch of the scale as represented on the staff. &hand; The clefs are three in number, called the C, F, and G clefs, and are probably corruptions or modifications of these letters. They indicate that the letters of absolute pitch belonging to the lines upon which they are placed, are respectively C, F, and G. The F or bass clef, and the G or treble clef, are fixed in their positions upon the staff. The C clef may have three positions. It may be placed upon the first or lower line of the staff, in which case it is called soprano clef, upon the third line, in which case it called alto clef, or upon the fourth line, in which case tenor clef. It rarely or never is placed upon the second line, except in ancient music. See other forms of C clef under C, 2. Alto clef, Bass clef. See under Alto, Bass.

Cleft

Cleft (?), imp. & p. p. from Cleave.

Cleft

Cleft, a.

1. Divided; split; partly divided or split.

2. (Bot.) Incised nearly to the midrob; as, a cleft leaf.

Cleft

Cleft, n. [OE. clift; cf. Sw. klyft cave, den, Icel. kluft cleft, Dan. kl\'94ft, G. kluft. See Cleave to split and cf. 2d Clift, 1st Clough.]

1. A space or opening made by splitting; a crack; a crevice; as, the cleft of a rock. Is. ii. 21.

2. A piece made by splitting; as, a cleft of wood.

3. (Far.) A disease in horses; a crack on the band of the pastern. Branchial clefts. See under Branchial. Syn. -- Crack; crevice; fissure; chink; cranny.

Cleft-footed

Cleft"-foot`ed (?), a. Having a cloven foot.

Cleftgraft

Cleft"graft` (?), v. t. To ingraft by cleaving the stock and inserting a scion. Mortimer.

Cleg

Cleg (?), n. [Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael. crethleag.] (Zo\'94l.) A small breeze or horsefly. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.

Cleistogamic, Cleistogamous

Cleis`to*gam"ic (?), Cleis*tog"a*mous (?) a. [Gr. (Bot.) Having, beside the usual flowers, other minute, closed flowers, without petals or with minute petals; -- said of certain species of plants which possess flowers of two or more kinds, the closed ones being so constituted as to insure self-fertilization. Darwin.

Clem

Clem (?), v. t. & i. [Cf. clam to clog, or G. klemmen to pinch, Icel. kl, E. clamp.] To starve; to famish. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Clematis

Clem"a*tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of flowering plants, of many species, mostly climbers, having feathery styles, which greatly enlarge in the fruit; -- called also virgin's bower.

Clemence

Clem"ence (?), n. Clemency. [Obs.] Spenser.

Clemency

Clem"en*cy (?), n.; pl. Clemencies (#). [L. clementia, fr. clemens mild, calm.]

1. Disposition to forgive and spare, as offenders; mildness of temper; gentleness; tenderness; mercy.

Great clemency and tender zeal toward their subjects. Stowe.
They had applied for the royal clemency. Macaulay.

2. Mildness or softness of the elements; as, the clemency of the season. Syn. -- Mildness; tenderness; indulgence; lenity; mercy; gentleness; compassion; kindness.

Clement

Clem"ent (?), a. [L. clemens; -entis; cf. F. cl.] Mild in temper and disposition; merciful; compassionate. Shak. -- Clem"ent*ly, adv.

Clementine

Clem"ent*ine (?), a. Of or pertaining to Clement, esp. to St.Clement of Rome and the spurious homilies attributed to him, or to Pope Clement V. and his compilations of canon law.

Clench

Clench (?), n. & v. t. See Clinch.

Clepe

Clepe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cleped (?)(#); p. pr. & vb. n. Cleping. Cf. Ycleped.] [AS. clepan, cleopian, clipian, clypian, to cry, call.] To call, or name. [Obs.]
That other son was cleped Cambalo. Chaucer.

Clepe

Clepe, v. i. To make appeal; to cry out. [Obs.]
Wandering in woe, and to the heavens on high Cleping for vengeance of this treachery. Mir. for Mag.

Clepsine

Clep"si*ne (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of freshwater leeches, furnished with a proboscis. They feed upon mollusks and worms.

Clepsydra

Clep"sy*dra (?; 277), n. [L. from Gr. A water clock; a contrivance for measuring time by the graduated flow of a liquid, as of water, through a small aperture. See Illust. in Appendix.
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Cleptomania

Clep`to*ma"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] See Kleptomania.

Clerestory

Clere"sto`ry (?), n. Same as Clearstory.

Clergeon

Cler"geon (?), n. [F., dim. of clerc. See Clerk.] A chorister boy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clergial

Cler"gi*al (?), a. Learned; erudite; clercial. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clergical

Cler"gi*cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to the clergy; clerical; clerkily; learned. [Obs.] Milton.

Clergy

Cler"gy (?), n. [OE. clergie, clergi, clerge, OF. clergie, F. clergie (fr. clerc clerc, fr. L. clericus priest) confused with OF. clergi\'82, F. clerg\'82, fr. LL. clericatus office of priest, monastic life, fr. L. clericus priest, LL. scholar, clerc. Both the Old French words meant clergy, in sense 1, the former having also sense 2. See Clerk.]

1. The body of men set apart, by due ordination, to the service of God, in the Christian church, in distinction from the laity; in England, usually restricted to the ministers of the Established Church. Hooker.

2. Learning; also, a learned profession. [Obs.]

Sophictry . . . rhetoric, and other cleargy. Guy of Warwick.
Put their second sons to learn some clergy. State Papers (1515).

3. The privilege or benefit of clergy.

If convicted of a clergyable felony, he is entitled equally to his clergy after as before conviction. Blackstone.
Benefit of clergy (Eng., Law), the exemption of the persons of clergymen from criminal process before a secular judge -- a privilege which was extended to all who could read, such persons being, in the eye of the law, clerici, or clerks. This privilege was abridged and modified by various statutes, and finally abolished in the reign of George IV. (1827). -- Regular clergy, Secular clergy See Regular, n., and Secular, a.

Clergyable

Cler"gy*a*ble (?), a. Entitled to, or admitting, the benefit of clergy; as, a clergyable felony. Blackstone.

Clergyman

Cler"gy*man (?), n.; pl. Clergymen (#). An ordained minister; a man regularly authorized to peach the gospel, and administer its ordinances; in England usually restricted to a minister of the Established Church.

Cleric

Cler"ic (?), n. [AS., fr. L. clericus. See Clerk.] A clerk, a clergyman. [R.] Bp. Horsley.

Cleric

Cler"ic (?), a. Same as Clerical.

Clerical

Cler"ic*al (?), a. [LL. clericalis. See Clerk.]

1. Of or pertaining to the clergy; suitable for the clergy. "A clerical education." Burke.

2. Of or relating to a clerk or copyist, or to writing. "Clerical work." E. Everett. A clerical error, an error made in copying or writing.

Clericalism

Cler"ic*al*ism (?), n. An excessive devotion to the interests of the sacerdotal order; undue influence of the clergy; sacerdotalism.

Clericity

Cler*ic"i*ty (?), n. The state of being a clergyman.

Clerisy

Cler"i*sy (?), n. [LL. clericia. See Clergy.]

1. The literati, or well educated class.

2. The clergy, or their opinions, as opposed to the laity.

Clerk

Clerk (?; in Eng. ?; 277), n. [Either OF. clerc, fr. L. clericus a priest, or AS. clerc, cleric, clerk, priest, fr. L. clericus, fr. Gr. Clergy.]

1. A clergyman or ecclesiastic. [Obs.]

All persons were styled clerks that served in the church of Christ. Ayliffe.

2. A man who could read; a scholar; a learned person; a man of letters. [Obs.] "Every one that could read . . . being accounted a clerk." Blackstone.

He was no great clerk, but he was perfectly well versed in the interests of Europe. Burke.

3. A parish officer, being a layman who leads in reading the responses of the Episcopal church service, and otherwise assists in it. [Eng.] Hook.

And like unlettered clerk still cry "Amen". Shak.

4. One employed to keep records or accounts; a scribe; an accountant; as, the clerk of a court; a town clerk.

The clerk of the crown . . . withdrew the bill. Strype.
&hand; In some cases, clerk is synonymous with secretary. A clerk is always an officer subordinate to a higher officer, board, corporation, or person; whereas a secretary may be either a subordinate or the head of an office or department.

5. An assistant in a shop or store. [U. S.]

Clerk-ale

Clerk"-ale` (? in Eng. , n. A feast for the benefit of the parish clerk. [Eng.] T. Warton.

Clerkless

Clerk"less, a. Unlearned. [Obs.] E. Waterhouse.

Clerklike

Clerk"like` (?), a. Scholarlike. [Obs.] Shak.

Clerkliness

Clerk"li*ness (?), n. Scholarship. [Obs.]

Clerkly

Clerk"ly, a. Of or pertaining to a clerk. Cranmer.

Clerkly

Clerk"ly, adv. In a scholarly manner. [Obs.] Shak.

Clerkship

Clerk"ship, n. State, quality, or business of a clerk.

Cleromancy

Cler"o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. -mancy; cf. F. cl\'82romancie.] A divination by throwing dice or casting lots.

Cleronomy

Cle*ron"o*my (?), n. [Gr. Inheritance; heritage.

Clerstory

Cler"sto`ry (?), n. See Clearstory.

Clever

Clev"er (?), a. [Origin uncertain. Cf. OE. cliver eager, AS. clyfer (in comp.) cloven; or clifer a claw, perh. connected with E. cleave to divide, split, the meaning of E. clever perh. coming from the idea of grasping, seizing (with the mind).]

1. Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.

Though there were many clever men in England during the latter half of the seventeenth century, there were only two great creative minds. Macaulay.
Be good, sweet maid, and let who will be clever. C. Kingsley.

2. Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick. Byron.

3. Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.

"T would sound more clever To me and to my heirs forever. Swift.

4. Well-shaped; handsome. "The girl was a tight, clever wench as any was." Arbuthnot.

5. Good-natured; obliging. [U. S.] Syn. -- See Smart.

Cleverish

Clev"er*ish (?), a. Somewhat clever. [R.]

Cleverly

Clev"er*ly, adv. In a clever manner.
Never was man so clever absurd. C. Smart.

Cleverness

Clev"er*ness, n. The quality of being clever; skill; dexterity; adroitness. Syn. -- See Ingenuity.

Clevis

Clev"is (?), n. [Cf. Cleave to adhere, Clavel.] A piece of metal bent in the form of an oxbow, with the two ends perforated to receive a pin, used on the end of the tongue of a plow, wagen, etc., to attach it to a draft chain, whiffletree, etc.; -- called also clavel, clevy.

Clew, Clue

Clew (?), Clue, n. [OE. clewe, clowe, clue, AS. cleowen, cliwen, clywe ball of thread; akin to D. kluwen, OHG. chliwa, chliuwa, G. dim. kleuel, kn\'84uel, and perch. to L. gluma hull, husk, Skr. glaus sort of ball or tumor. Perch. akin to E. claw. \'fb26. Cf. Knawel.]

1. A ball of thread, yarn, or cord; also, The thread itself.

Untwisting his deceitful clew. Spenser.

2. That which guides or directs one in anything of a doubtful or intricate nature; that which gives a hint in the solution of a mystery.

The clew, without which it was perilous to enter the vast and intricate maze of countinental politics, was in his hands. Macaulay.

3. (Naut.) (a.) A lower corner of a square sail, or the after corner of a fore-and-aft sail. (b.) A loop and thimbles at the corner of a sail. (c.) A combination of lines or nettles by which a hammock is suspended. Clew garnet (Naut.), one of the ropes by which the clews of the courses of square-rigged vessels are drawn up to the lower yards. -- Clew line (Naut.), a rope by which a clew of one of the smaller square sails, as topsail, topgallant sail, or royal, is run up to its yard. -- Clew-line block (Naut.), The block through which a clew line reeves. See Illust. of Block.

Clew

Clew, v. t. [imp. & p. p. & vb. n. Clewing.] [Cf. D. kluwenen. See Clew, n.]

1. To direct; to guide, as by a thread. [Obs.]

Direct and clew me out the way to happiness. Beau. && Fl.

2. (Naut.) To move of draw (a sail or yard) by means of the clew garnets, clew lines, etc.; esp. to draw up the clews of a square sail to the yard. To clew down (Naut.), to force (a yard) down by hauling on the clew lines. -- To clew up (Naut.), to draw (a sail) up to the yard, as for furling.

Clich\'82

Cli`ch\'82" (?), n. [F. clich\'82, from clicher to stereotype.] A stereotype plate or any similar reproduction of ornament, or lettering, in relief. Clich\'82 casting, a mode of obtaining an impression from a die or woodcut, or the like, by striking it suddenly upon metal which has been fused and is just becoming solid; also, the casting so obtained.

Click

Click (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clicked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clicking.] [Prob. an onomatopoetic word: cf. OF. cliquier. See Clack, and cf. Clink, Clique.] To make a slight, sharp noise (or a succession of such noises), as by gentle striking; to tick.
The varnished clock that clicked behind the door. Goldsmith.

Click

Click, v. t.

1. To more with the sound of a click.

She clicked back the bolt which held the window sash. Thackeray.

2. To cause to make a clicking noise, as by striking together, or against something.

[Jove] clicked all his marble thumbs. Ben Jonson.
When merry milkmaids click the latch. Tennyson.

Click

Click, n.

1. A slight sharp noise, such as is made by the cocking of a pistol.

2. A kind of articulation used by the natives of Southern Africa, consisting in a sudden withdrawal of the end or some other portion of the tongue from a part of the mouth with which it is in contact, whereby a sharp, clicking sound is produced. The sounds are four in number, and are called cerebral, palatal, dental, and lateral clicks or clucks, the latter being the noise ordinarily used in urging a horse forward.

Click

Click, v. t. [OE. kleken, clichen. Cf. Clutch.] To snatch. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Click

Click, n. [Cf. 4th Click, and OF. clique latch.]

1. A detent, pawl, or ratchet, as that which catches the cogs of a ratchet wheel to prevent backward motion. See Illust. of Ratched wheel.

2. The latch of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

Click beetle

Click" bee"tle (?). (Zo\'94l.) See Elater.

Clicker

Click"er (?), n.

1. One who stands before a shop door to invite people to buy. [Low, Eng.]

2. (Print.) One who as has charge of the work of a companionship.

Clicket

Click"et (?), n. [OF. cliquet the latch of a door. See 5th Click.]

1. The knocker of a door. [Prov. Eng.]

2. A latch key. [Eng.] Chaucer.

Clicky

Click"y (?), a. Resembling a click; abounding in clicks. "Their strange clicky language." The Century.

Clidastes

Cli*das"tes (?), n. [NL., prob. from Gr. (Paleon.) A genus of exinct marine reptiles, allied to the Mosasaurus. See Illust. in Appendix.

Cliency

Cli"en*cy (?), n. State of being a client.

Client

Cli"ent (?), n. [L. cliens, -emtis, for cluens, one who hears (in relation to his protector), a client, fr. L. cluere to be named or called; akin to Gr. \'87ry, and E. loud: cf. F. client. See Loud.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) A citizen who put himself under the protection of a man of distinction and influence, who was called his patron.

2. A dependent; one under the protection of another.

I do think they are your friends and clients, And fearful to disturb you. B. Jonson.

3. (Law) One who consults a legal adviser, or submits his cause to his management.

Clientage

Cli"ent*age (?), n.

1. State of being client.

2. A body of clients. E. Everett.

Cliental

Cli*en"tal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a client.
A dependent and cliental relation. Burke.
I sat down in the cliental chair. Dickens.

Cliented

Cli"ent*ed (?), a. Supplied with clients. [R.]
The least cliented pettifiggers. R. Carew.

Clientelage

Cli*en"te*lage (?), n. See Clientele, n., 2.

Clientele

Cli`en*tele" (? or ?), n. [L. clientela: cf. F. client\'8ale.]

1. The condition or position of a client; clientship. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

2. The clients or dependents of a nobleman of patron.

3. The persons who make habitual use of the services of another person; one's clients, collectively; as, the clientele of a lawyer, doctor, notary, etc.

Clientship

Cli"ent*ship (?), n. Condition of a client; state of being under the protection of a patron. Dryden.

Cliff

Cliff (?), n. [AS. clif, cloef; akin to OS. klif, D. klif, klip, Icel. klif, Dan. & G. klippe, Sw. klippa; perh. orig. a climbing place. See Climb.] A high, steep rock; a precipice. Cliff swallow (Zo\'94l.), a North American swallow (Petrochelidon lunifrons), which builds its nest against cliffs; the eaves swallow.

Cliff

Cliff, n. (Mus.) See Clef. [Obs.]

Cliff limestone

Cliff" lime"stone` (?). (Geol.) A series of limestone strata found in Ohio and farther west, presenting bluffs along the rivers and valleys, formerly supposed to be of one formation, but now known to be partly Silurian and partly Devonian.

Cliffy

Cliff"y (?), a. Having cliffs; broken; craggy.

Clift

Clift (?), n. [See 1st Cliff, n.] A cliff. [Obs.]
That gainst the craggy clifts did loudly roar. Spenser.

Clift

Clift, n. [See Cleft, n.]

1. A cleft of crack; a narrow opening. [Obs.]

2. The fork of the legs; the crotch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clifted

Clift"ed, a. [From Clift a cleft.] Broken; fissured.

Climacter

Cli*mac"ter (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. climact\'8are. See Climax.] See Climacteric, n.

Climacteric

Cli*mac"ter*ic (? ∨ ?; 277), a. [L. climactericus, Gr. Climacter.] Relating to a climacteric; critical.

Climacteric

Cli*mac"ter*ic, n.

1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year.

2. Any critical period.

It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. Southey.
Grand ∨ Great climacteric, the sixty-third year of human life.
I should hardly yield my rigid fibers to be regenerated by them; nor begin, in my grand climacteric, to squall in their new accents, or to stammer, in my second cradle, the elemental sounds of their barbarous metaphysics. Burke.

Climacterical

Clim`ac*ter"ic*al (?), a. & n. See Climacteric. Evelyn.

Climatal

Cli"ma*tal (?), a. Climatic. Dunglison.

Climatarchic

Cli`ma*tar"chic (?), a. [Climate + Gr. Presiding over, or regulating, climates.

Climate

Cli"mate (?), n. [F. climat, L. clima, -atis, fr. Gr. lean, v. i. See Lean, v. i., and cf. Clime.]

1. (Anc. Geog.) One of thirty regions or zones, parallel to the equator, into which the surface of the earth from the equator to the pole was divided, according to the successive increase of the length of the midsummer day.

2. The condition of a place in relation to various phenomena of the atmosphere, as temperature, moisture, etc., especially as they affect animal or vegetable life.

Climate

Cli"mate, v. i. To dwell. [Poetic] Shak.

Climatic

Cli*mat"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to a climate; depending on, or limited by, a climate.

Climatical

Cli*mat"ic*al (?), a. Climatic.

Climatize

Cli"ma*tize (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Climatized (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Climatizing.] To acclimate or become acclimated.

Climatography

Cli`ma*tog"ra*phy (?), n. [Climate + -graphy.] A description of climates.

Climatological

Cli`ma*to*log"ic*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to climatology.

Climatologist

Cli`ma*tol"o*gist (?), n. One versed in, or who studies, climatology.

Climatology

Cli`ma*tol"o*gy (?), n. [Climate + -logy: cf. F. climatologie.] The science which treats of climates and investigates their phenomena and causes. Brande & C.

Climature

Cli"ma*ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. climature.] A climate. [Obs.] Shak.

Climax

Cli"max (?), n. [L., from Gr. Ladder, Lean, v. i.]

1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. Glanvill.

2. (Rhet.) A figure of which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each sicceeding one rise

"Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. J. D. Forbes.

3. The highest point; the greatest degree.

We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. I. Taylor.
To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.]

Climb

Climb (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Climbed (?), Obs. or Vulgar Clomb (; p. pr. & vb. n. Climbing.] [AS. climban; akin to OHG. chlimban, G. & D. klimmen, Icel. kl\'c6fa, and E. cleave to adhere.]

1. To ascend or mount laboriously, esp. by use of the hands and feet.

2. To ascend as if with effort; to rise to a higher point.

Black vapors climb aloft, and cloud the day. Dryden.

3. (Bot.) To ascend or creep upward by twining about a support, or by attaching itself by tendrills, rootlets, etc., to a support or upright surface.

Climb

Climb, v. t. To ascend, as by means of the hands and feet, or laboriously or slowly; to mount.

Climb

Climb, n. The act of one who climbs; ascent by climbing. Warburton.

Climbable

Climb"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being climbed.

Climber

Climb"er (?), n. One who, or that which, climbs: (a) (Bot.) A plant that climbs. (b) (Zo\'94l.) A bird that climbs, as a woodpecker or a parrot.

Climber

Climb"er, v. i. [From Climb; cf. Clamber.] To climb; to mount with effort; to clamber. [Obs.] Tusser.

Climbing

Climb"ing, p. pr. & vb. n. of Climb. Climbing fern. See under Fern. -- Climbing perch. (Zo\'94l.) See Anabas, and Labyrinthici.

Clime

Clime (?), n. [L. clima. See Climate.] A climate; a tract or region of the earth. See Climate.
Turn we to sutvey, Where rougher climes a nobler race display. Goldsmith.

Clinanthium

Cli*nan"thi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) The receptacle of the flowers in a composite plant; -- also called clinium.

Clinch

Clinch (?; 224), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinching.] [OE. clenchen, prop. causative of clink to cause to clink, to strike; cf. D. klinken to tinkle, rivet. See Clink.]

1. To hold firmly; to hold fast by grasping or embracing tightly. "Clinch the pointed spear." Dryden.

2. To set closely together; to close tightly; as, to clinch the teeth or the first. Swift.

3. The bend or turn over the point of (something that has been driven trough an object), so that it will hold fast; as, to clinch a nail.

4. To make conclusive; to confirm; to establish; as, to clinch an argument. South.

Clinch

Clinch, v. i. To hold fast; to grasp something firmly; to seize or grasp one another.

Clinch

Clinch (?), n.

1. The act or process of holding fast; that which serves to hold fast; a grip; a grasp; a clamp; a holdfast; as, to get a good clinch of an antagonist, or of a weapon; to secure anything by a clinch.

2. A pun. Pope.

3. (Naut.) A hitch or bend by which a rope is made fast to the ring of an anchor, or the breeching of a ship's gun to the ringbolts.

Clincher

Clinch"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, clinches; that which holds fast. Pope.

2. That which ends a dispute or controversy; a decisive argument.

Clincher-built

Clinch"er-built (?), a. See Clinker-built.

Cling

Cling (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clung (?), Clong (Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinging.] [AS. clingan to adhere, to wither; akin to Dan. klynge to cluster, crowd. Cf. Clump.] To adhere closely; to stick; to hold fast, especially by twining round or embracing; as, the tendril of a vine clings to its support; -- usually followed by to or together.
And what hath life for thee That thou shouldst cling to it thus? Mrs. Hemans.

Cling

Cling, v. t.

1. To cause to adhere to, especially by twining round or embraching. [Obs.]

I clung legs as close to his side as I could. Swift.

2. To make to dry up or wither. [Obs.]

If thou speak'st false, Upon the next tree shalt thou hang alive, Till famine cling thee. Shak.

Cling

Cling, n. Adherence; attachment; devotion. [R.]
A more tenacious cling to worldly respects. Milton.

Clingstone

Cling"stone` (?), a. Having the flesh attached closely to the stone, as in some kinds of peaches. -- n. A fruit, as a peach, whose flesh adheres to the stone.

Clingy

Cling"y (?), a. Apt to cling; adhesive. [R.]

Clinic

Clin"ic (?), n. [See Clinical.]

1. One confined to the bed by sickness.

2. (Eccl.) One who receives baptism on a sick bed. [Obs.] Hook.

3. (Med.) A school, or a session of a school or class, in which medicine or surgery is taught by the examination and treatment of patients in the presence of the pupils.

Clinical, Clinic

Clin"ic*al (?), Clin"ic (?), a. [Gr. clinique. See Lean, v. i.]

1. Of or pertaining to a bed, especially, a sick bed.

2. Of or pertaining to a clinic, or to the study of disease in the living subject. <-- 3. a lesson or series of lessons taught to persons not expert in some activity, in which the errors of the students are pointed out, and remedial actions are suggested. (fig.) (sports), a performance so excellent as to be considered a model for emulation. --> Clinical baptism, baptism administered to a person on a sick bed. -- Clinical instruction, instruction by means of clinics. -- Clinical lecture (Med.), a discourse upon medical topics illustrared by the exhibition and examination of living patients. -- Clinical medicine, Clinical surgery, that part of medicine or surgery which is occupied with the investigation of disease in the living subject.

Clinically

Clin"ic*al*ly, adv. In a clinical manner.

Clinique

Cli*nique" (?), n. [F.] (Med.) A clinic.

Clinium

Clin"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) See Clinanthium.

Clink

Clink (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clinked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clinking.] [OE. clinken; akin to G. klingen, D. klinken, SW. klinga, Dan. klinge; prob. of imitative origin. Cf. Clank, Clench, Click, v. i.] To cause to give out a slight, sharp, tinkling, sound, as by striking metallic or other sonorous bodies together.
And let me the canakin clink. Shak.

Clink

Clink (?), v. i.

1. To give out a slight, sharp, thinkling sound. "The clinking latch." Tennyson.

2. To rhyme. [Humorous]. Cowper.

Clink

Clink, n. A slight, sharp, tinkling sound, made by the collision of sonorous bodies. "Clink and fall of swords." Shak.

Clinkant

Clin"kant (?), a. See Clnquant.

Clinker

Clink"er (?), n. [From clink; cf. D. clinker a brick which is so hard that it makes a sonorous sound, from clinken to clink. Cf. Clinkstone.]

1. A mass composed of several bricks run together by the action of the fire in the kiln.

2. Scoria or vitrified incombustible matter, formed in a grate or furnace where anthracite coal in used; vitrified or burnt matter ejected from a volcano; slag.

3. A scale of oxide of iron, formed in forging.

4. A kind of brick. See Dutch klinker, under Dutch.

Clinker-built

Clink"er-built (?), a. (Naut.) Having the side planks (af a boat) so arranged that the lower edge of each overlaps the upper edge of the plank next below it like clapboards on a house. See Lapstreak.

Clinkstone

Clink"stone` (?; 110), n. [Clink + stone; -- from its sonorousness.] (Min.) An igneous rock of feldspathic composition, lamellar in structure, and clinking under the hammer. See Phonolite.

Clinodiagonal

Cli`no*di*ag"o*nal (?), n. [Gr. diagonal.] (Crystallog.) That diagonal or lateral axis in a monoclinic crystal which makes an oblique angle witch the vertical axis. See Crystallization. -- a. Pertaining to, or the direction of, the clinidiagonal.

Clinodome

Cli"no*dome` (?), n. [Gr. dome.] (Crystallog.) See under Dome.

Clinographic

Cli"no*graph"ic (?), a. [Gr. + -graph.] Pertaining to that mode of projection in drawing in which the rays of light are supposed to fall obliquely on the plane of projection.

Clinoid

Cli"noid (?), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Anat.) Like a bed; -- applied to several processes on the inner side of the sphenoid bone.

Clinometer

Cli*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. -meter.] (Geol.) An instrument for determining the dip of beds or strata, pr the slope of an embankment or cutting; a kind of plumb level. Dana.

Clinometric

Clin`o*met"ric (?), a.

1. Pertaining to, or ascertained by, the clinometer.

2. Pertaining to the oblique crystalline forms, or to solids which have oblique angles between the axes; as, the clinometric systems.

Clinometry

Cli*nom"e*try (?), n. (geol.) That art or operation of measuring the inclination of strata.

Clinopinacoid

Cli`no*pin"a*coid (?), n. [Gr. pinacoid.] (Crystallog.) The plane in crystals of the monoclinic system which is parallel to the vertical and the inclined lateral (clinidiagonal) axes.

Clinorhombic

Cli`no*rhom"bic (?), a. [Gr. rhombic: cf. F. clinorhombique.] (Crystallog.) Possessing the qualities of a prism, obliquely inclined to a rhombic base; monoclinic.

Clinquant

Clin"quant (?), a. [F.] Glittering; dressed in, or overlaid with, tinsel finery. [Obs.] Shak.

Clinquant

Clin"quant, n. Tinse;l; Dutch gold.

Clio

Cli"o (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Class. Myth.) The Muse who presided over history.

Clione

Cli*o"ne (?), n. A genus of naked pteropods. One species (Clione papilonacea), abundant in the Arctic Ocean, constitutes a part of the food of the Greenland whale. It is sometimes incorrectly called Clio.

Clip

Clip (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clipped (; p. pr. & vb. n. Clipping.] [OE. cluppen, clippen, to embrace, AS. clyran to embrace, clasp; cf. OHG. kluft tongs, shears, Icel, kl\'dfpa to pinch, squeeze, also OE. clippen to cut, shear, Dan. klippe to clip, cut, SW. & Icel. klippa.]

1. To embrace, hence; to encompass.

O . . . that Neptune's arms, who clippeth thee about, Would bear thee from the knowledge of thyself. Shak.

2. To cut off; as with shears or scissors; as, to clip the hair; to clip coin.

Sentenced to have his ears clipped. Macaulay.

3. To curtail; to cut short.

All my reports go with the modest truth; No more nor clipped, but so. Shak.
In London they clip their words after one manner about the court, another in the city, and a third in the suburbs. Swift.

Clip

Clip (?), v. i. To move swiftly; -- usually with indefinite it.
Straight flies as chek, and clips it down the wind. Dryden.

Clip

Clip, n.

1. An embrace. Sir P. Sidney.

2. A cutting; a shearing.

3. The product of a single shearing of sheep; a season's crop of wool.

4. A clasp or holder for letters, papers, etc.

5. An embracing strap for holding parts together; the iron strap, with loop, at the ends of a whiffletree. Knight.

6. (Far.) A projecting flange on the upper edge of a horseshoe, turned up so as to embrace the lower part of the hoof; -- called also toe clip and beak. Youatt.

7. A blow or stroke with the hand; as, he hit him a clip. [Colloq. U. S.]

Clipper

Clip"per (?), n.

1. One who clips; specifically, one who clips off the edges of coin. <-- sic. coin here is in the plural. -->

The value is pared off from it into the clipper's pocket. Locke.

2. A machine for clipping hair, esp. the hair of horses.

3. (Naut.) A vessel with a sharp bow, built and rigged for fast sailing. -- Clip"per-built` (, a. &hand; The name was first borne by "Baltimore clippers" famous as privateers in the early wars of the United States.

Clipping

Clip"ping (?), n.

1. The act of embracing. [Obs.]

2. The act of cutting off, curtailing, or diminishing; the practice of clipping the edges of coins.

clipping by Englishmen is robbing the honest man who receives clipped money. Locke.

3. That which is clipped off or out of something; a piece separated by clipping; as, newspaper clippings.

Clique

Clique (?), n. [F., fr. OF. cliquer to click. See Click, v. i.] A narrow circle of persons associated by common interests or for the accomplishment of a common purpose; -- generally used in a bad sense.

Clique

Clique, v. i. To To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot; -- used with together.

Cliquish

Cli"quish (?), a. Of or pertaining to a clique; disposed to from cliques; exclusive in spirit. -- Cli"*quish*ness, n.

Cliquism

Cli"quism (?), n. The tendency to associate in cliques; the spirit of cliques.

Clitellus

Cli*tel"lus (?), n. [NL., prob. fr. L. clitellae a packsadle.] (Zo\'94l.) A thickened glandular portion of the body of the adult earthworm, consisting of several united segments modified for reproductive purposes.

Clitoris

Cli"to*ris (? ∨ ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. labia pudendi.] (Anat.) A small organ at the upper part of the vulva, homologous to the penis in the male.

Clivers

Cliv"ers (? ∨ ?), n. See Cleavers.

Clivity

Cliv"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Clivities (#). [L. clivus hill.] Inclination; ascent or descent; a gradient. [R.]

Cloaca

Clo"a"ca (?), n.; pl. Cloac\'91 (#). [L.]

1. A sewer; as, the Cloaca Maxima of Rome.

2. A privy.

3. (Anat.) The common chamber into which the intestinal, urinary, and generative canals discharge in birds, reptiles, amphibians, and many fishes.

Cloacal

Clo*a"cal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cloaca.

Cloak

Cloak (?; 110), n. [Of. cloque cloak (from the bell-like shape), bell, F. cloche bell; perh. of Celtik origin and the same word as E. clock. See 1st Clock.]

1. A loose outer garment, extending from the neck downwards, and commonly without sleeves. It is longer than a cape, and is worn both by men and by women.

2. That which conceals; a disguise or pretext; an excuse; a fair pretense; a mask; a cover.

No man is esteemed any ways considerable for policy who wears religion otherwise than as a cloak. South.
Cloak bag, a bag in which a cloak or other clothes are carried; a portmanteau. Shak.

Cloak

Cloak, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloaked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloaking.] To cover with, or as with, a cloak; hence, to hide or conceal.
Now glooming sadly, so to cloak her matter. Spenser.
Syn. -- See Palliate.

Cloakedly

Cloak"ed*ly, adv. In a concealed manner.

Cloaking

Cloak"ing, n.

1. The act of covering with a cloak; the act of concealing anything.

To take heed of their dissembings and cloakings. Strype.

2. The material of which of which cloaks are made.

Cloakroom

Cloak"room` (?), n. A room, attached to any place of public resort, where cloaks, overcoats, etc., may be deposited for a time.

Clock

Clock (?), n. [AS. clucge bell; akin to D. klok clock, bell, G. glocke, Dan. klokke, Sw. klocka, Icel. klukka bell, LL. clocca, cloca (whence F. cloche); al perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. clog bell, clock, W. cloch bell. Cf. Cloak.]

1. A machine for measuring time, indicating the hour and other divisions by means of hands moving on a dial plate. Its works are moved by a weight or a spring, and it is often so constructed as to tell the hour by the stroke of a hammer on a bell. It is not adapted, like the watch, to be carried on the person.

2. A watcg, esp. one that strikes. [Obs.] Walton.

3. The striking of a clock. [Obs.] Dryden.

4. A figure or figured work on the ankle or side of a stocking. Swift. &hand; The phrases what o'clock? it is nine o'clock, etc., are contracted from what of the clock? it is nine of the clock, etc. Alarm clock. See under Alarm. -- Astronomical clock. (a) A clock of superior construction, with a compensating pendulum, etc., to measure time with great accuracy, for use in astronomical observatories; -- called a regulator when used by watchmakers as a standard for regulating timepieces. (b) A clock with mechanism for indicating certain astronomical phenomena, as the phases of the moon, position of the sun in the ecliptic, equation of time, etc. -- Electric clock. (a) A clock moved or regulated by electricity or electro-magnetism. (b) A clock connected with an electro-magnetic recording apparatus. -- Ship's clock (Naut.), a clock arranged to strike from one to eight strokes, at half hourly intervals, marking the divisions of the ship's watches. -- Sidereal clock, an astronomical clock regulated to keep sidereal time.

Clock

Clock (?), v. t. To ornament with figured work, as the side of a stocking.

Clock

Clock, v. t. & i. To call, as a hen. See Cluck. [R.]

Clock

Clock, n. (Zo\'94l.) A large beetle, esp. the European dung beetle (Scarab\'91us stercorarius).

Clocklike

Clock"like` (?), a. Like a clock or like clockwork; mechanical.
Their services are clocklike, to be set Blackward and vorward at their lord's command. B. Jonson.

Clockwork

Clock"work` (?), n. The machinery of a clock, or machinary resembling that of a clock; machinery which produced regularity of movement.

Clod

Clod (?), n. [OE. clodde, latter form of clot. See Clot.]

1. A lump or mass, especially of earth, turf, or clay. "Clods of a slimy substance." Carew. "Clods of iron and brass." Milton.

Climb the Andeclifted side. Grainger.
"Clods of blood." E. Fairfax.
The earth that casteth up from the plow a great clod, is not so good as that which casteth up a smaller clod. Bacon.

2. The ground; the earth; a spot of earth or turf.

The clod Where once their sultan's horse has trod. Swift.

3. That which is earthy and of little relative value, as the body of man in comparison with the soul.

This cold clod of clay which we carry about with us. T. Burnet.

4. A dull, gross, stupid fellow; a dolt Dryden.

5. A pert of the shoulder of a beef creature, or of the neck piece near the shoulder. See Illust. of Beef.

Clod

Clod (?), v.i To collect into clods, or into a thick mass; to coagulate; to clot; as, clodded gore. See Clot.
Clodded in lumps of clay. G. Fletcher.

Clod

Clod, v. t.

1. To pelt with clods. Jonson.

2. To throw violently; to hurl. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Cloddish

Clod"dish (?), a. Resembling clods; gross; low; stupid; boorish. Hawthorne. -- Clod"dish*ness, n.

Cloddy

Clod"dy (?), a. Consisting of clods; full of clods.

Clodhopper

Clod"hop`per (?), n. A rude, rustic fellow.

Clodhopping

Clod"hop`ping, a. Boorish; rude. C. Bront\'82.

Clodpate

Clod"pate` (?), n. A blockhead; a dolt.

Clodpated

Clod"pat`ed (?), a. Stupid; dull; doltish.

Clodpoll

Clod"poll` (?), n. [Clod + poll head.] A stupid fellow; a dolt. [Written also clodpole.] Shak.

Cloff

Cloff (?; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Formerly an allowance of two pounds in every three hundred weight after the tare and tret are subtracted; now used only in a general sense, of small deductions from the original weight. [Written also clough.] McCulloch.

Clog

Clog (?), n. [OE. clogge clog, Scot. clag, n., a clot, v., to to obstruct, cover with mud or anything adhesive; prob. of the same origin as E. clay.]

1. That which hinders or impedes motion; hence, an encumbrance, restraint, or impediment, of any kind.

All the ancient, honest, juridical principles and institutions of England are so many clogs to check and retard the headlong course of violence and opression. Burke.

2. A weight, as a log or block of wood, attached to a man or an animal to hinder motion.

As a dog . . . but chance breaks loose, And quits his clog. Hudibras.
A clog of lead was round my feet. Tennyson.

3. A shoe, or sandal, intended to protect the feet from wet, or to increase the apparent stature, and having, therefore, a very thick sole. Cf. Chopine.

In France the peasantry goes barefoot; and the middle sort . . . makes use of wooden clogs. Harvey.
Clog almanac, a primitive kind of almanac or calendar, formerly used in England, made by cutting notches and figures on the four edges of a clog, or square piece of wood, brass, or bone; -- called also a Runic staff, from the Runic characters used in the numerical notation. -- Clog dance, a dance performed by a person wearing clogs, or thick-soled shoes. -- Clog dancer.

Clog

Clog, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clogging.]

1. To encumber or load, especially with something that impedes motion; to hamper.

The winds of birds were clogged with ace and snow. Dryden.

2. To obstruct so as to hinder motion in or through; to choke up; as, to clog a tube or a channel.

3. To burden; to trammel; to embarrass; to perplex.

The commodities are clogged with impositions. Addison.
You 'll rue the time That clogs me with this answer. Shak.
Syn. -- Impede; hinder; obstruct; embarrass; burden; restrain; restrict.

Clog

Clog, v. i.

1. To become clogged; to become loaded or encumbered, as with extraneous matter.

In working through the bone, the teeth of the saw will begin to clog. S. Sharp.

2. To coalesce or adhere; to unite in a mass.

Move it sometimes with a broom, that the seeds clog not together. Evelyn.

Clogginess

Clog"gi*ness (?), n. The state of being clogged.

Clogging

Clog"ging, n. Anything which clogs. Dr. H. More.

Cloggy

Clog"gy (?), a. Clogging, or having power to clog.

Cloisonn\'82

Cloi`son*n\'82 (?), a. [F., partitioned, fr. cloison a partition.] Inlaid between partitions: -- said of enamel when the lines which divide the different patches of fields are composed of a kind of metal wire secured to the ground; as distinguished from champlev\'82 enamel, in which the ground is engraved or scooped out to receive the enamel. S. Wells Williams.

Cloister

Clois"ter (?), n. [OF. cloistre, F. clo\'8ctre, L. claustrum, pl. claustra, bar, bolt, bounds, fr. claudere, clausum, to close. See Close, v. t., and cf. Claustral.]

1. An inclosed place. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. A covered passage or ambulatory on one side of a court; (pl.) the series of such passages on the different sides of any court, esp. that of a monastery or a college.

But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloister's pale. Milton.

3. A monastic establishment; a place for retirement from the world for religious duties.

Fitter for a cloister than a crown. Daniel.
Cloister garth (Arch.), the garden or open part of a court inclosed by the cloisters. Syn. -- Cloister, Monastery, Nunnery, Convent, Abbey, Priory. Cloister and convent are generic terms, and denote a place of seclusion from the world for persons who devote their lives to religious purposes. They differ is that the distinctive idea of cloister is that of seclusion from the world, that of convent, community of living. Both terms denote houses for recluses of either sex. A cloister or convent for monks is called a monastery; for nuns, a nunnery. An abbey is a convent or monastic institution governed by an abbot or an abbess; a priory is one governed by a prior or a prioress, and is usually affiliated to an abbey.

Cloister

Clois"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloistered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloistering.] To confine in, or as in, a cloister; to seclude from the world; to immure.
None among them are throught worthy to be styled religious persons but those that cloister themselves up in a monastery. Sharp.

Cloisteral

Clois"ter*al (?), a. Cloistral. [Obs.] I. Walton.

Cloistered

Clois"tered (?), a.

1. Dwelling in cloisters; solitary. "Cloistered friars and vestal nuns." Hudibras.

In cloistered state let selfish sages dwell, Proud that their heart is narrow as their cell. Shenstone.

2. Furnished with cloisters. Sir H. Wotton.

Cloisterer

Clois"ter*er (?), n. [Cf. OF. cloistier.] One belonging to, or living in, a cloister; a recluse.

Cloistral

Clois"tral (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or confined in, a cloister; recluse. [Written also cloisteral.]
Best become a cloistral exercise. Daniel.

Cloistress

Clois"tress (?), n. A nun. [R.] Shak.

Cloke

Cloke (?), n. & v. See Cloak. [Obs.]

Clomb, Clomben

Clomb (?), Clomb"en (?), imp. & p. p. of Climb (for climbed). [Obs.]
The sonne, he sayde, is clomben up on hevene. Chaucer.

Clomp

Clomp (?), n. See Clamp.

Clong

Clong (?), imp. of Cling. [Obs.]

Clonic

Clon"ic (?), a. [Gr. clonique.] (Med.) Having an irregular, convulsive motion. Dunglison. Clonic spasm. (Med.) See under Spasm.

Cloom

Cloom (?), v. t. [A variant of clam to clog.] To close with glutinous matter. [Obs.] Mortimer.

Cloop

Cloop (?), n. [An onomatop\'d2ia.] The sound made when a cork is forcibly drawn from a bottle. "The cloop of a cork wrenched from a bottle." Thackeray.

Close

Close (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Closed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Closing.] [From OF. & F. clos, p. p. of clore to close, fr. L. claudere; akin to G. schliessen to shut, and to E. clot, cloister, clavicle, conclude, sluice. Cf. Clause, n.]

1. To stop, or fill up, as an opening; to shut; as, to close the eyes; to close a door.

2. To bring together the parts of; to consolidate; as, to close the ranks of an army; -- often used with up.

3. To bring to an end or period; to conclude; to complete; to finish; to end; to consummate; as, to close a bargain; to close a course of instruction.

One frugal supper did our studies close. Dryden.

4. To come or gather around; to inclose; to encompass; to confine.

The depth closed me round about. Jonah ii. 5.
But now thou dost thyself immure and close In some one corner of a feeble heart. Herbert.
A closed sea, a sea within the jurisdiction of some particular nation, which controls its navigation.

Close

Close, v. i.

1. To come together; to unite or coalesce, as the parts of a wound, or parts separated.

What deep wounds ever closed without a scar? Byron.

2. To end, terminate, or come to a period; as, the debate closed at six o'clock.

3. To grapple; to engange in hand-to-hand fight.

They boldly closed in a hand-to-hand contest. Prescott.
To close on or upon, to come to a mutual agreement; to agree on or join in. "Would induce France and Holland to close upon some measures between them to our disadvantage." Sir W. Temple. -- To close with. (a) To accede to; to consent or agree to; as, to close with the terms proposed. (b) To make an agreement with. -- To close with the land (Naut.), to approach the land.

Close

Close (?), n.

1. The manner of shutting; the union of parts; junction. [Obs.]

The doors of plank were; their close exquisite. Chapman.

2. Conclusion; cessation; ending; end.

His long and troubled life was drawing to a close. Macaulay.

3. A grapple in wrestling. Bacon.

4. (Mus.) (a) The conclusion of a strain of music; cadence. (b) A double bar marking the end.

At every close she made, the attending throng Replied, and bore the burden of the song. Dryden.
Syn. -- Conclusion; termination; cessation; end; ending; extremity; extreme.

Close

Close (? ∨ ?), n. [OF. & F. clos an inclosure, fr. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]

1. An inclosed place; especially, a small field or piece of land surrounded by a wall, hedge, or fence of any kind; -- specifically, the precinct of a cathedral or abbey.

Closes surrounded by the venerable abodes of deans and canons. Macaulay.

2. A narrow passage leading from a street to a court, and the houses within. [Eng.] Halliwell

3. (Law) The interest which one may have in a piece of ground, even though it is not inclosed. Bouvier.

Close

Close (?), a. [Compar. Closer (?); superl. Closest.] [Of. & F. clos, p. p. of clore. See Close, v. t.]

1. Shut fast; closed; tight; as, a close box.

From a close bower this dainty music flowed. Dryden.

2. Narrow; confined; as, a close alley; close quarters. "A close prison." Dickens.

3. Oppressive; without motion or ventilation; causing a feeling of lassitude; -- said of the air, weather, etc.

If the rooms be low-roofed, or full of windows and doors, the one maketh the air close, . . . and the other maketh it exceeding unequal. Bacon.

4. Strictly confined; carefully quarded; as, a close prisoner.

5. Out of the way observation; secluded; secret; hidden. "He yet kept himself close because of Saul." 1 Chron. xii. 1

"Her close intent." Spenser.

6. Disposed to keep secrets; secretive; reticent. "For servecy, no lady closer." Shak.

7. Having the parts near each other; dense; solid; compact; as applied to bodies; viscous; tenacious; not volatile, as applied to liquids.

The golden globe being put into a press, . . . the water made itself way through the pores of that very close metal. Locke.

8. Concise; to the point; as, close reasoning. "Where the original is close no version can reach it in the same compass." Dryden.

9. Adjoining; near; either in space; time, or thought; -- often followed by to.

Plant the spring crocuses close to a wall. Mortimer.
The thought of the Man of sorrows seemed a very close thing -- not a faint hearsay. G. Eliot.

10. Short; as, to cut grass or hair close.

11. Intimate; familiar; confidential.

League with you I seek And mutual amity, so strait, so close, That I with you must dwell, or you with me. Milton.

12. Nearly equal; almost evenly balanced; as, a close vote. "A close contest." Prescott.

13. Difficult to obtain; as, money is close. Bartlett.

14. Parsimonious; stingy. "A crusty old fellow, as close as a vise." Hawthorne.

15. Adhering strictly to a standard or original; exact; strict; as, a close translation. Locke.

16. Accurate; careful; precise; also, attentive; undeviating; strict; not wandering; as, a close observer.

17. (Phon.) Uttered with a relatively contracted opening of the mouth, as certain sounds of e and o in French, Italian, and German; -- opposed to open. Close borough. See under Borough. -- Close breeding. See under Breeding. -- Close communion, communion in the Lord's supper, restricted to those who have received baptism by immersion. -- Close corporation, a body or corporation which fills its own vacancies. -- Close fertilization. (Bot.) See Fertilization. -- Close harmony (Mus.), compact harmony, in which the tones composing each chord are not widely distributed over several octaves. -- Close time, a fixed period during which killing game or catching certain fish is prohibited by law. -- Close vowel (Pron.), a vowel which is pronounced with a diminished aperture of the lips, or with contraction of the cavity of the mouth. -- Close to the wind (Naut.), directed as nearly to the point from which the wind blows as it is possible to sail; closehauled; -- said of a vessel.

Close

Close (?), adv.

1. In a close manner.

2. Secretly; darkly. [Obs.]

A wondrous vision which did close imply The course of all her fortune and posterity. Spenser.

Close-banded

Close"-band`ed (?), a. Closely united.

Close-barred

Close"-barred` (?), a. Firmly barred or closed.

Close-bodied

Close"-bod`ied (?), a. Fitting the body exactly; setting close, as a garment. Ayliffe.

Close-fights

Close"-fights` (?), n. pl. (Naut.) Barriers with loopholes, formerly erected on the deck of a vessel to shelter the men in a close engagement with an enemy's boarders; -- called also close quarters. [Obs.]

Closefisted

Close"fist`ed (?), a. Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.

Closehanded

Close"hand`ed (?), a. Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.

Closehauled

Close"hauled` (?), a. (Naut.) Under way and moving as nearly as possible toward the direction from which the wind blows; -- said of a sailing vessel.

Closely

Close"ly, adv.

1. In a close manner.

2. Secretly; privately. [Obs.]

That nought she did but wayle, and often steepe Her dainty couch with tears which closely she did weepe. Spenser.

Closemouthed

Close"mouthed` (?), a. Cautious in speaking; secret; wary; uncommunicative.

Closen

Clos"en (?), v. t. To make close. [R.]

Closeness

Close"ness, n. The state of being close.
Half stifled by the closeness of the room. Swift.
We rise not against the piercing judgment of Augustus, nor the extreme caution or closeness of Tiberius. Bacon.
An affectation of closeness and covetousness. Addison.
Syn. -- Narrowness; oppressiveness; strictness; secrecy; compactness; conciseness; nearness; intimacy; tightness; stinginess; literalness.

Closer

Clos"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, closes; specifically, a boot closer. See under Boot.

2. A finisher; that which finishes or terminates.

3. (Masonry) The last stone in a horizontal course, if of a less size than the others, or a piece of brick finishing a course. Gwilt.

Closereefed

Close"reefed` (?), a. (Naut.) Having all the reefs taken in; -- said of a sail.

Close-stool

Close"-stool` (?), n. A utensil to hold a chamber vessel, for the use of the sick and infirm. It is usually in the form of a box, with a seat and tight cover.

Closet

Clos"et (?), n. [OF. closet little inclosure, dim. of clos. See Close an inclosure.]

1. A small room or apartment for retirement; a room for privacy.

A chair-lumbered closet, just twelve feet by nine. Goldsmith.
When thou prayest, enter into thy closet. Matt. vi. 6.

2. A small apartment, or recess in the side of a room, for household utensils, clothing, etc. Dryden. Closet sin, sin commited in privacy. Bp. Hall.

Closet

Clos"et, v. t. [imp. & p. pr. & vb. n. Closeting.]

1. To shut up in, or as in, a closet; to conceal. [R.]

Bedlam's closeted and handcuffed charge. Cowper.

2. To make into a closet for a secret interview.

He was to call a new legislature, to closet its members. Bancroft.
He had been closeted with De Quadra. Froude.

Close-tongued

Close"-tongued` (, a. Closemouthed; silent. "Close-tongued treason." Shak.
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Closh

Closh (?), n. [CF. F. clocher to limp, halt.] A disease in the feet of cattle; laminitis. Crabb.

Closh

Closh, n. [CF. D. klossen to play at bowls.] The game of ninepins. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Closure

Clo"sure (?, 135), n. [Of. closure, L. clausura, fr. clauedere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

1. The act of shutting; a closing; as, the closure of a chink.

2. That which closes or shuts; that by which separate parts are fastened or closed.

Without a seal, wafer, or any closure whatever. Pope.

3. That which incloses or confines; an inclosure.

O thou bloody prison . . . Within the guilty closure of thy walls Richard the Second here was hacked to death. Shak.

4. A conclusion; an end. [Obs.] Shak.

5. (Parliamentary Practice) A method of putting an end to debate and securing an immediate vote upon a measure before a legislative body. It is similar in effect to the previous question. It was first introduced into the British House of Commons in 1882. The French word cl\'93ture was originally applied to this proceeding.

Clot

Clot (?), n. [OE. clot, clodde, clod; akin to D. kloot ball, G. kloss clod, dumpling, klotz block, Dan. klods, Sw. klot bowl, globe, klots block; cf. AS. cl\'bete bur. Cf. Clod, n., Clutter to clot.] A concretion or coagulation; esp. a soft, slimy, coagulated mass, as of blood; a coagulum. "Clots of pory gore." Addison.
Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach. Bacon.
&hand; Clod and clot appear to be radically the same word, and are so used by early writers; but in present use clod is applied to a mass of earth or the like, and clot to a concretion or coagulation of soft matter.

Clot

Clot, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clotting.] To concrete, coagulate, or thicken, as soft or fluid matter by evaporation; to become a cot or clod.

Clot

Clot, v. t. To form into a slimy mass.

Clotbur

Clot"bur` (?), n. [Cf. Clote.]

1. The burdock. [Prov. Engl.] Prior.

2. Same as Cocklebur.

Clote

Clote (?), n. [AS. cl: cf. G. klette.] The common burdock; the clotbur. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Cloth

Cloth (?; 115), n.; pl. Cloths (#; 115), except in the sense of garments, when it is Clothes (kl\'d3thz ∨ kl\'d3z). [OE. clath cloth, AS. cl\'be\'ed cloth, garment; akin to D. kleed, Icel. kl\'91\'ebi, Dan. kl\'91de, cloth, Sw. kl\'84de, G. kleid garment, dress.]

1. A fabric made of fibrous material (or sometimes of wire, as in wire cloth); commonly, a woven fabric of cotton, woolen, or linen, adapted to be made into garments; specifically, woolen fabrics, as distinguished from all others.

2. The dress; raiment. [Obs.] See Clothes.

I'll ne'er distust my God for cloth and bread. Quarles.

3. The distinctive dress of any profession, especially of the clergy; hence, the clerical profession.

Appeals were made to the priesthood. Would they tamely permit so gross an insult to be offered to their cloth? Macaulay.
The cloth, the clergy, are constituted for administering and for giving the best possible effect to . . . every axiom. I. Taylor.
Body cloth. See under Body. -- Cloth of gold, a fabric woven wholly or partially of threads of gold. -- Cloth measure, the measure of length and surface by which cloth is measured and sold. For this object the standard yard is usually divided into quarters and nails. -- Cloth paper, a coarse kind of paper used in pressing and finishing woolen cloth. -- Cloth shearer, one who shears cloth and frees it from superfluous nap.

Clothe

Clothe (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clothed (Clad (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clothing.] [OE. clathen, clothen, clethen, AS. cl\'be\'ebian, cl\'91\'eban. See Cloth.]

1. To put garments on; to cover with clothing; to dress.

Go with me, to clothe you as becomes you. Shak.

2. To provide with clothes; as, to feed and clothe a family; to clothe one's self extravagantly.

Drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags. Prov. xxiii. 21
The naked every day he clad, When he put on his clothes. Goldsmith.

3. Fig.: To cover or invest, as with a garment; as, to clothe one with authority or power.

Language in which they can clothe their thoughts. Watts.
His sides are clothed with waving wood. J. Dyer.
Thus Belial, with with words clothed in reason's garb. Milton.

Clothe

Clothe (?), v. i. To wear clothes. [Poetic]
Care no more to clothe eat. Shak.

Clothes

Clothes (? ∨ ?; 277), n. pl. [From Cloth.]

1. Covering for the human body; dress; vestments; vesture; -- a general term for whatever covering is worn, or is made to be worn, for decency or comfort.

She . . . speaks well, and has excellent good clothes. Shak.
If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole. Mark. v. 28.

2. The covering of a bed; bedclothes.

She turned each way her frighted head, Then sunk it deep beneath the clothes. Prior.
Body clothes. See under Body. -- Clothes moth (Zo\'94l.), a small moth of the genus Tinea. The most common species (T. flavifrontella)is yellowish white. The larv\'91 eat woolen goods, furs, feathers, etc. They live in tubular cases made of the material upon which they feed, fastened together with silk. Syn. -- Garments; dress; clothing; apparel; attire; vesture; raiment; garb; costume; habit; habiliments.

Clotheshorse

Clothes"horse` (?), n. A frame to hang clothes on.

Clothesline

Clothes"line` (?), n. A rope or wire on which clothes are hung to dry.

Clothespin

Clothes"pin` (? ∨ ?), n. A forked piece of wood, or a small spring clamp, used for fastening clothes on a line.

Clothespress

Clothes"press` (?), n. A receptacle for clothes.

Clothier

Cloth"ier (?), n.

1. One who makes cloths; one who dresses or fulls cloth. Hayward.

2. One who sells cloth or clothes, or who makes and sells clothes.

Clothing

Cloth"ing (?), n.

1. Garments in general; clothes; dress; raiment; covering.

From others he shall stand in need of nothing, Yet on his brothers shall depend for clothing. Milton.
As for me, . . . my clothing was sackloth. Ps. xxxv. 13

2. The art of process of making cloth. [R.]

Instructing [refugees] in the art of clothing. Ray.

3. A covering of non-conducting material on the outside of a boiler, or steam chamber, to prevent radiation of heat. Knight.

4. (Mach.) See Card clothing, under 3d Card.

Clothred

Clot"hred (?), p. p. Clottered. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clotpoll

Clot"poll` (?), n. See Clodpoll. [Obs.] Shak.

Clotted

Clot"ted (?), a. Composed of clots or clods; having the quality or form of a clot; sticky; slimy; foul. "The clotted glebe." J. Philips.
When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.

Clotter

Clot"ter (?), v. i. [From Clot.] To concrete into lumps; to clot. [Obs.] "Clottered blood." Chapman.

Clotty

Clot"ty (?), a. [From Clot, n.] Full of clots, or clods. "Clotty matter." Harvey.

Cl\'93ture

Cl\'93`ture" (?), n. [F.] (Parliamentary Practice) See Closure, 5.

Clotweed

Clot"weed` (?), n. [See Clote.] Cocklebur.

Cloud

Cloud (?), n. [Prob. fr. AS. cld a rock or hillock, the application arising from the frequent resemblance of clouds to rocks or hillocks in the sky or air.]

1. A collection of visible vapor, or watery particles, susponded in the upper atmosphere.

I do set my bow in the cloud. Gen. ix. 13.
&hand; A classification of clouds according to their chief forms was first proposed by the meteorologist Howard, and this is still substantially employed. The following varieties and subvarieties are recognized: (a) Cirrus. This is the most elevated of all the forms of clouds; is thin, long-drawn, sometimes looking like carded wool or hair, sometimes like a brush or room, sometimes in curl-like or fleecelike patches. It is the cat's-tail of the sailor, and the mare's-tail of the landsman. (b) Cumulus. This form appears in large masses of a hemispherical form, or nearly so, above, but flat below, one often piled above another, forming great clouds, common in the summer, and presenting the appearance of gigantic mountains crowned with snow. It often affords rain and thunder gusts. (c) Stratus. This form appears in layers or bands extending horizontally. (d) Nimbus. This form is characterized by its uniform gray tint and ragged edges; it covers the sky in seasons of continued rain, as in easterly storms, and is the proper rain cloud. The name is sometimes used to denote a raining cumulus, or cumulostratus. (e) Cirro-cumulus. This form consists, like the cirrus, of thin, broken, fleecelice clouds, but the parts are more or less rounded and regulary grouped. It is popularly called mackerel sky. (f) Cirro-stratus. In this form the patches of cirrus coalesce in long strata, between cirrus and stratus. (g) Cumulo-stratus. A form between cumulus and stratus, often assuming at the horizon a black or bluish tint. -- Fog, cloud, motionless, or nearly so, lying near or in contact with the earth's surface. -- Storm scud, cloud lying quite low, without form, and driven rapidly with the wind.

2. A mass or volume of smoke, or flying dust, resembling vapor. "A thick cloud of incense." Ezek. viii. 11.

3. A dark vein or spot on a lighter material, as in marble; hence, a blemish or defect; as, a cloud upon one's reputation; a cloud on a title.

4. That which has a dark, lowering, or threatening aspect; that which temporarily overshadows, obscures, or depresses; as, a cloud of sorrow; a cloud of war; a cloud upon the intellect.

5. A great crowd or multitude; a vast collection. "So great a cloud of witnesses." Heb. xii. 1.

6. A large, loosely-knitted scarf, worn by women about the head. Cloud on a (or the) title (Law), a defect of title, usually superficial and capable of removal by release, decision in equity, or legislation. -- To be under a cloud, to be under suspicion or in disgrace; to be in disfavor. -- In the clouds, in the realm of facy and imagination; beyond reason; visionary.

Cloud

Cloud (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouded; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouding.]

1. To overspread or hide with a cloud or clouds; as, the sky is clouded.

2. To darken or obscure, as if by hiding or enveloping with a cloud; hence, to render gloomy or sullen.

One day too late, I fear me, noble lord, Hath clouded all thy happy days on earth. Shak.
Be not disheartened, then, nor cloud those looks. Milton.
Nothing clouds men's minds and impairs their honesty like prejudice. M. Arnold.

3. To blacken; to sully; to stain; to tarnish; to damage; -- esp. used of reputation or character.

I would not be a stander-by to hear My sovereign mistress clouded so, without My present vengeance taken. Shak.

4. To mark with, or darken in, veins or sports; to variegate with colors; as, to cloud yarn.

And the nice conduct of a clouded cane. Pope.

Cloud

Cloud, v. i. To grow cloudy; to become obscure with clouds; -- often used with up.
Worthies, away! The scene begins to cloud. Shak.

Coudage

Coud"age (?), n. Mass of clouds; cloudiness. [R.]
A scudding cloudage of shapes. Coleridge.

Cloudberry

Cloud"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) A species of raspberry (Rubus Cham\'91merous) growing in the northern regions, and bearing edible, amber-colored fruit.

Cloud-built

Cloud"-built (?), a. Built of, or in, the clouds; airy; unsubstantial; imaginary. Cowper.
So vanished my cloud-built palace. Goldsmith.

Cloud-burst

Cloud"-burst` (?), n. A sudden copious rainfall, as the whole cloud had been precipitated at once.

Cloud-capped

Cloud"-capped` (?), a. Having clouds resting on the top or head; reaching to the clouds; as, cloud-capped mountains.

Cloud-compeller

Cloud"-com*pel`ler (?), n. Cloud-gatherer; -- an epithet applied to Zeus. [Poetic.] Pope.

Cloudily

Cloud"i*ly (?), adv. In a cloudy manner; darkly; obscurely. Dryden.

Cloudiness

Cloud"i*ness, n. The state of being cloudy.

Clouding

Cloud"ing, n.

1. A mottled appearance given to ribbons and silks in the process of dyeing.

2. A diversity of colors in yarn, recurring at regular intervals. Knight.

Cloudland

Cloud"land` (?), n. Dreamland.

Cloudless

Cloud"less, a. Without a cloud; clear; bright.
A cloudless winter sky. Bankroft.
-- Cloud"less*ly, adv. -- Cloud"less*ness, n.

Cloudlet

Cloud"let (?), n. A little cloud. R. Browning.
Eve's first star through fleecy cloudlet peeping. Coleridge.

Cloudy

Cloud"y (, a. [Compar. Cloudier (; superl. Cloudiest.] [From Cloud, n.]

1. Overcast or obscured with clouds; clouded; as, a cloudy sky.

2. Consisting of a cloud or clouds.

As Moses entered into the tabernacle, the cloudy pillar descended. Ex. xxxiii. 9

3. Indicating gloom, anxiety, sullenness, or ill-nature; not open or cheerful. "A cloudy countenance." Shak.

4. Confused; indistinct; obscure; dark.

Cloudy and confused notions of things. Watts.

5. Lacking clearness, brightness, or luster. "A cloudy diamond." Boyle.

6. Marked with veins or sports of dark or various hues, as marble.

Clough

Clough (?), n. [OE. clough, cloghe, clou, clewch, AS. (assumed) cl\'d3h, akin to G. klinge ravine.]

1. A cleft in a hill; a ravine; a narrow valley. Nares.

2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land. Knight.

Clough

Clough (?; 115), n. (Com.) An allowance in weighing. See Cloff.

Clout

Clout (?), n. [AS. cl\'d4t a little cloth, piece of metal; cf. Sw. klut, Icel. kl\'d4tr a kerchief, or W. clwt a clout, Gael. clud.]

1. A cloth; a piece of cloth or leather; a patch; a rag.

His garments, nought but many ragged clouts, With thorns together pinned and patched was. Spenser.
A clout upon that head where late the diadem stood. Shak.

2. A swadding cloth.

3. A piece; a fragment. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.

A'must shoot nearer or he'll ne'er hit the clout. Shak.

5. An iron plate on an axletree or other wood to keep it from wearing; a washer.

6. A blow with the hand. [Low] Clout nail, a kind of wrought-iron nail heaving a large flat head; -- used for fastening clouts to axletrees, plowshares, etc., also for studding timber, and for various purposes.

Clout

Clout, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clouted; p. pr. & vb. n. Clouting.] [OE. clutien. clouten, to patch. See Clout, n.]

1. To cover with cloth, leather, or other material; to bandage; patch, or mend, with a clout.

And old shoes and clouted upon their feet. Josh. ix. 5.
Paul, yea, and Peter, too, had more skill in . . . clouting an old tent than to teach lawyers. Latimer.

2. To join or patch clumsily.

If fond Bavius vent his clouted song. P. Fletcher

3. To quard with an iron plate, as an axletree.

4. To give a blow to; to strike. [Low]

The . . . queen of Spain took off one of her chopines and clouted Olivarez about the noddle with it. Howell.

5. To stud with nails, as a timber, or a boot sole. Clouted cream, clotted cream, i. e., cream obtained by warming new milk. A. Philips. &hand; "Clouted brogues" in Shakespeare and "clouted shoon" in Milton have been understood by some to mean shoes armed with nails; by others, patched shoes.

Clouterly

Clout"er*ly (?), a. [From Clout, n.] Clumsy; awkward. [Obs.]
Rough-hewn, cloutery verses. E. Phillips.

Clove

Clove (?), imp. of Cleave. Cleft. Spenser. Clove hitch (Naut.) See under Hitch. -- Clove hook (Naut.), an iron two-part hook, with jaws overlapping, used in bending chain sheets to the clews of sails; -- called also clip hook. Knight.

Clove

Clove, n. [D. kloof. See Cleave, v. t.] A cleft; a gap; a ravine; -- rarely used except as part of a proper name; as, Kaaterskill Clove; Stone Clove.

Clove

Clove, n. [OE. clow, fr. F. clou nail, clou de girofle a clove, lit. nail of clove, fr. L. clavus nail, perh. akin to clavis key, E. clavicle. The clove was so called from its resemblance to a nail. So in D. kruidnagel clove, lit. herb-nail or spice-nail. Cf. Cloy.] A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree (Eugenia, ∨ Caryophullus, aromatica), a native of the Molucca Isles. Clove camphor. (Chem.) See Eugenin. -- Clove gillyflower, Clove pink (Bot.), any fragrant self-colored carnation.

Clove

Clove, n. [AS. clufe an ear of corn, a clove of garlic; cf. cle\'a2fan to split, E. cleave.]

1. (Bot.) One of the small bulbs developed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb, as in the case of garlic.

Developing, in the axils of its skales, new bulbs, of what gardeners call cloves. Lindley.

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2. A weight. A clove of cheese is about eight pounds, of wool, about seven pounds. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cloven

Clo"ven (?), p. p. & a. from Cleave, v. t. To show the cloven foot ∨ hoof, to reveal a devilish character, or betray an evil purpose, notwithstanding disguises, -- Satan being represented dramatically and symbolically as having cloven hoofs.

Cloven-footed, Cloven-hoofed

Clo"ven-foot`ed (?), Clo"ven-hoofed` (?), a. Having the foot or hoof divided into two parts, as the ox.

Clover

Clo"ver (?), n. [OE. claver, clover, AS. cl; akin to LG. & Dan. klever, D. klaver, G. klee, Sw. kl.] (Bot.) A plant of differend species of the genus Trifolium; as the common red clover, T. pratense, the white, T. repens, and the hare's foot, T. arvense. Clover weevil (Zo\'94l.) a small weevil (Apion apricans), that destroys the seeds of clover. -- Clover worm (Zo\'94l.), the larva of a small moth (Asopia costalis), often very destructive to clover hay. -- In clover, in very pleasant circumstances; fortunate. [Colloq.] -- Sweet clover. See Meliot.

Clovered

Clo"vered (?), a. Covered with growing clover.
Flocks thick nibbling through the clovered vale. Thomson.

Clowe-gilofre

Clowe"-gi*lof`re (?), n. [See 3d Clove, and Gilliflower.] Spice clove. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clown

Clown (?), n. [Cf. Icel. klunni a clumsy, boorish fellow, North Fries. kl clown, dial. Sw. klunn log, Dan. klunt log block, and E. clump, n.]

1. A man of coarse nature and manners; an awkward fellow; an illbred person; a boor. Sir P. Sidney.

2. One who works upon the soil; a rustic; a churl.

The clown, the child of nature, without guile. Cowper.

3. The fool or buffoon in a play, circus, etc.

The clown shall make those laugh whose lungs are tickle o'the sere. Shak.

Clown

Clown, v. i. To act as a clown; -- with it [Obs.]

Clownage

Clown"age (?), n. Behavior or manners of a clown; clownery. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Clownery

Clown"er*y (?), n. Clownishness. L'Estrange.

Clownish

Clown"ish, a. Of or resembling a clown, or characteristic of a clown; ungainly; awkward. "Clownish hands." Spenser. "Clownish mimic." Prior. -- Clown"ish*ly, adv. Syn. -- Coarse; rough; clumsy; awkward; ungainly; rude; uncivil; ill-bred; boorish; rustic; untutored.

Clownishness

Clown"ish*ness, n. The manners of a clown; coarseness or rudeness of behavior.
That plainness which the alamode people call clownishness. Locke.

Cloy

Cloy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cloyed (kloid); p. pr. & vb. n. Cloying.] [OE. cloer to nail up, F. clouer, fr. OF. clo nail, F. clou, fr. L. clavus nail. Cf. 3d Clove.]

1. To fill or choke up; to stop up; to clog. [Obs.]

The duke's purpose was to have cloyed the harbor by sinking ships, laden with stones. Speed.

2. To glut, or satisfy, as the appetite; to satiate; to fill to loathing; to surfeit.

[Who can] cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? Shak.
He sometimes cloys his readers instead of satisfying. Dryden.

3. To penetrate or pierce; to wound.

Which, with his cruel tusk, him deadly cloyed. Spenser.
He never shod horse but he cloyed him. Bacon.

4. To spike, as a cannon. [Obs.] Johnson.

5. To stroke with a claw. [Obs.] Shak.

Cloyless

Cloy"less, a. That does not cloy. Shak.

Cloyment

Cloy"ment (?), n. Satiety. [Obs.] Shak.

Club

Club (?), n. [CF. Icel. klubba, klumba, club, klumbuf a clubfoot, SW. klubba club, Dan. klump lump, klub a club, G. klumpen clump, kolben club, and E. clump.]

1. A heavy staff of wood, usually tapering, and wielded the hand; a weapon; a cudgel.

But make you ready your stiff bats and clubs; Rome and her rats are at the point of battle. Shak.

2. [Cf. the Spanish name bastos, and Sp. baston staff, club.] Any card of the suit of cards having a figure like the trefoil or clover leaf. (pl.) The suit of cards having such figure.

3. An association of persons for the promotion of some common object, as literature, science, politics, good fellowship, etc.; esp. an association supported by equal assessments or contributions of the members.

They talked At wine, in clubs, of art, of politics. Tennyson.
He [Goldsmith] was one of the nine original members of that celebrated fraternity which has sometimes been called the Literary Club, but which has always disclaimed that epithet, and still glories in the simple name of the Club. Macaulay.

4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.

They laid down the club. L'Estrange.
We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club. Pepys.
Club law, government by violence; lynch law; anarchy. Addison. - Club moss (Bot.), an evergreen mosslike plant, much used in winter decoration. The best know species is Lycopodium clavatum, but other Lycopodia are often called by this name. The spores form a highly inflammable powder. -- Club root (Bot.), a disease of cabbages, by which the roots become distorted and the heads spoiled. -- Club topsail (Naut.), a kind of gaff topsail, used mostly by yachts having a fore-and-aft rig. It has a short "club" or "jack yard" to increase its spread.

Club

Club (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clubbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clubbing.]

1. To beat with a club.

2. (Mil.) To throw, or allow to fall, into confusion.

To club a battalion implies a temporary inability in the commanding officer to restore any given body of men to their natural front in line or column. Farrow.

3. To unite, or contribute, for the accomplishment of a common end; as, to club exertions.

4. To raise, or defray, by a proportional assesment; as, to club the expense. To club a musket (Mil.), to turn the breach uppermost, so as to use it as a club.

Club

Club (?), v. i.

1. To form a club; to combine for the promotion of some common object; to unite.

Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream. Dryden.

2. To pay on equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense; to pay for something by contribution.

The owl, the raven, and the bat, Clubbed for a feather to his hat. Swift.

3. (Naut.) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Clubbable

Club"ba*ble (?), a. Suitable for membership in a club; sociable. [Humorous.] G. W. Curtis.

Clubbed

Clubbed (?), a. Shaped like a club; grasped like, or used as, a club. Skelton.

Clubber

Club"ber (?), n.

1. One who clubs.

2. A member of a club. [R.] Massinger.

Clubbish

Club"bish (?), a.

1. Rude; clownish. [Obs.]

2. Disposed to club together; as, a clubbish set.

Clubbist

Club"bist (?), n. A member of a club; a frequenter of clubs. [R.] Burke.

Clubfist

Club"fist` (?), n.

1. A large, heavy fist.

2. A coarse, brutal fellow. [Obs.] Mir. for Mag.

Clubfisted

Club"fist`ed, a. Having a large fist. Howell.

Clubfoot

Club"foot (?), n. [Club + foot.] (Med.) A short, variously distorted foot; also, the deformity, usually congenital, which such a foot exhibits; talipes.

Clubfooted

Club"foot`ed, a. Having a clubfoot.

Clubhand

Club"hand` (?), n. (Med.) A short, distorted hand; also, the deformity of having such a hand.

Clubhaul

Club"haul` (?), v. t. (Naut.) To put on the other tack by dropping the lee anchor as soon as the wind is out of the sails (which brings the vessel's head to the wind), and by cutting the cable as soon as she pays off on the other tack. Clubhauling is attempted only in an exigency.

Clubhouse

Club"house` (?), n. A house occupied by a club.

Clubroom

Club"room` (?), n. The apartment in which a club meets. Addison.

Club-rush

Club"-rush` (?), n. (Bot.) A rushlike plant, the reed mace or cat-tail, or some species of the genus Scirpus. See Bulrush.

Club-shaped

Club"-shaped (?), a. Enlarged gradually at the end, as the antenn\'91 of certain insects.

Cluck

Cluck (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clucked (?); p pr. & vb. n. Clucking.] [AS. cloccian; cf. D. klokken, G. glucken, glucksen, LG. klukken, Dan. klukke; all prob. of imitative origin.] To make the noise, or utter the call, of a brooding hen. Ray.

Cluck

Cluck, v. t. To call together, or call to follow, as a hen does her chickens.
She, poor hen, fond of no second brood, Has clucked three to the wars. Shak.

Cluck

Cluck, n.

1. The call of a hen to her chickens.

2. A click. See 3d Click, 2.

Clucking

Cluck"ing, n. The noise or call of a brooding hen.

Clue

Clue (?), n. [See Clew, n.] A ball of thread; a thread or other means of guidance. Same as Clew.
You have wound a goodly clue. Shak.
This clue once found unravels all the rest. Pope.
Serve as clues to guide us into further knowledge. Locke.

Clum

Clum (?), interj. Silence; hush. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Clumber

Clum"ber (?), n. [Named from the estate of the Duke of Newcastle.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of field spaniel, with short legs and stout body, which, unlike other spaniels, hunts silently.

Clump

Clump (?), n. [Cf. D. klomp lump, G. klump, klumpen, Dan. klump, Sw. kllimp; perh. akin to L. globus, E. globe. Cf. Club.]

1. An unshaped piece or mass of wood or other substance.

2. A cluster; a group; a thicket.

A clump of shrubby trees. Hawthorne.

3. The compressed clay of coal strata. Brande & C.

Clump

Clump, v. t. To arrange in a clump or clumps; to cluster; to group. Blackmore.

Clump

Clump, v. i. To tread clumsily; to clamp. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Clumper

Clump"er (?), v. t. [Cf. G. kl\'81mpern to clod. See Clump, n.] To form into clumps or masses. [Obs.]
Vapors . . . clumpered in balls of clouds. Dr. H. More.

Clumps

Clumps (?), n. A game in which questions are asked for the purpose of enabling the questioners to discover a word or thing previously selected by two persons who answer the questions; -- so called because the players take sides in two "clumps" or groups, the "clump" which guesses the word winning the game.

Clumpy

Clump"y (?), a. [From Clump, n.] Composed of clumps; massive; shapeless. Leigh Hunt.

Clumsily

Clum"si*ly (?), adv. In a clumsy manner; awkwardly; as, to walk clumsily.

Clumsiness

Clum"si*ness, n. The quality of being clusy.
The drudging part of life is chiefly owing to clumsiness and ignorance. Collier.

Clumsy

Clum"sy (?), a. [Compar. Clumsier (?); superl. Clumsiest.] [OE. clumsed benumbed, fr. clumsen to be benumbed; cf. Icel. klumsa lockjaw, dial. Sw. klummsen benumbed with cold. Cf. 1st Clam, and 1st Clamp.]

1. Stiff or benumbed, as with cold. [Obs.]

2. Without skill or grace; wanting dexterity, nimbleness, or readiness; stiff; awkward, as if benumbed; unwieldy; unhandy; hence; ill-made, misshapen, or inappropriate; as, a clumsy person; a clumsy workman; clumsy fingers; a clumsy gesture; a clumsy excuse.

But thou in clumsy verse, unlicked, unpointed, Hast shamefully defied the Lord's anointed. Dryden.
Syn. -- See Awkward.

Clunch

Clunch (?), n. [Perh. fr. clinch to make fast] .

1. (Mining) Indurated clay. See Bind, n., 3.

2. One of the hard beds of the lower chalk. Dana.

Clung

Clung (?), imp. & p. p. of Cling.

Clung

Clung, a. [Prop. p. p. fr. OE. clingen to wither. See Cling, v. i.] Wasted away; shrunken. [Obs.]

Cluniac

Clu"ni*ac (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A monk of the reformed branch of the Benedictine Order, founded in 912 at Cluny (or Clugny) in France. -- Also used as a.

Cluniacensian

Clu`ni*a*cen"sian (?), a. Cluniac.

Clupeoid

Clu"pe*oid (?), a. [L.clupea a kind of fish, NL., generic name of the herring + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Herring family.

Cluster

Clus"ter (?), n. [AS. cluster, clyster; cf. LG. kluster (also Sw. & Dan. klase a cluster of grapes, D. klissen to be entangled?.)]

1. A number of things of the same kind growing together; a bunch.

Her deeds were like great clusters of ripe grapes, Which load the bunches of the fruitful vine. Spenser.

2. A number of similar things collected together or lying contiguous; a group; as, a cluster of islands. "Cluster of provinces." Motley.

3. A number of individuals grouped together or collected in one place; a crowd; a mob.

As bees . . . Pour forth their populous youth about the hive In clusters. Milton.
We loved him; but, like beasts And cowardly nobles, gave way unto your clusters, Who did hoot him out o' the city. Shak.

Cluster

Clus"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Clustered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clustering.] To grow in clusters or assemble in groups; to gather or unite in a cluster or clusters.
His sunny hair Cluster'd about his temples, like a god's. Tennyson.
The princes of the country clustering together. Foxe.

Cluster

Clus"ter, v. t. To collect into a cluster or clusters; to gather into a bunch or close body.
Not less the bee would range her cells, . . . The foxglove cluster dappled bells. Tennyson.
Or from the forest falls the clustered snow. Thomson.
Clustered column (Arch.), a column which is composed, or appears to be composed, of several columns collected together.

Clusteringly

Clus"ter*ing*ly, adv. In clusters.

Clustery

Clus"ter*y (?), a. [From Cluster, n.] Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters. Johnson.

Clutch

Clutch (kl\'dcch; 224), n. [OE. cloche, cloke, claw, Scot. clook, cleuck, also OE. cleche claw, clechen, cleken, to seize; cf. AS. gel\'91ccan (where ge- is a prefix) to seize. Cf. Latch a catch.]

1. A gripe or clinching with, or as with, the fingers or claws; seizure; grasp. "The clutch of poverty." Cowper.

An expiring clutch at popularity. Carlyle.
But Age, with his stealing steps, Hath clawed me in his clutch. Shak.

2. pl. The hands, claws, or talons, in the act of grasping firmly; -- often figuratively, for power, rapacity, or cruelty; as, to fall into the clutches of an adversary.

I must have . . . little care of myself, if I ever more come near the clutches of such a giant. Bp. Stillingfleet.

3. (Mach.) A device which is used for coupling shafting, etc., so as to transmit motion, and which may be disengaged at pleasure.

4. Any device for gripping an object, as at the end of a chain or tackle.

5. (Zo\'94l.) The nest complement of eggs of a bird. Bayonet clutch (Mach.), a clutch in which connection is made by means of bayonets attached to arms sliding on a feathered shaft. The bayonets slide through holes in a crosshead fastened on the shaft.

Clutch

Clutch, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Clutched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Clutching.] [OE. clucchen. See Clutch, n.]

1. To seize, clasp, or gripe with the hand, hands, or claws; -- often figuratively; as, to clutch power.

A man may set the poles together in his head, and clutch the whole globe at one intellectual grasp. Collier.
Is this a dagger which I see before me . . . ? Come, let me clutch thee. Shak.

2. To close tightly; to clinch.

Not that I have the power to clutch my hand. Shak.

Clutch

Clutch, v. i. To reach (at something) as if to grasp; to catch or snatch; -- often followed by at.
Clutching at the phantoms of the stock market. Bankroft.

Clutter

Clut"ter (?), n. [Cf. W. cludair heap, pile, cludeirio to heap.]

1. A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

He saw what a clutter there was with huge, overgrown pots, pans, and spits. L'Estrange.

2. Clatter; confused noise. Swift.

Clutter

Clut"ter, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cluttered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cluttering.] To crowd together in disorder; to fill or cover with things in disorder; to throw into disorder; to disarrange; as, to clutter a room.

Clutter

Clut"ter, v. i. To make a confused noise; to bustle.
It [the goose] cluttered here, it chuckled there. Tennyson.

Clutter

Clut"ter, v. t. [From Clod, n.] To clot or coagulate, as blood. [Obs.] Holland.

Clypeastroid

Clyp`e*as"troid (?), a. [NL. Clypeaster (L. clupeus shield + aster star) + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or related to the genus Clupeaster; -- applied to a group of flattened sea urchins, with a rosette of pores on the upper side.
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Clypeate

Clyp"e*ate (?), a. [L. clupeatus, p. p. of clupeare to arm with a shield, fr. clupeus, clipeus shield.]

1. (Bot.) Shaped like a round buckler or shield; scutate.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Furnished with a shield, or a protective plate or shell.

Clypeiform

Clyp"e*i*form` (?), a. [L. clupeus shield + -form.] Shield-shaped; clypeate.

Clypeus

Clyp"e*us (?), n.; pl. Clypei (#). [L., a shield.] (Zo\'94l.) The frontal plate of the head of an insect.

Clysmian

Clys"mi*an (?), a. [Gr. Clyster.] Connected with, or related to, the deluge, or to a cataclysm; as, clysmian changes. Smart.

Clysmic

Clys"mic (?), a. Washing; cleansing.

Clyster

Clys"ter (?), n. [L., fr. G. hl\'d4trs pure, G. lauter: cf. F. clyst\'8are] (Med.) A liquid injected into the lower intestines by means of a syringe; an injection; an enema. Clyster pipe, a tube or pipe used for injections.

Cnemial

Cne"mi*al (?), a. [Gr. (Anat.) Pertaining to the shin bone. Cnemial crest, a crestlike prominence on the proximal end of the tibia of birds and some reptiles.

Cnida

Cni"da (?), n.; pl. Cnid\'91 (#). [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the peculiar stinging, cells found in C\'d2lenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell.

Cnidaria

Cni*da"ri*a (?), n., pl. [NL. See Cnida.] (Zo\'94l.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true C\'d2lenterata, i.e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata.

Cnidoblast

Cni"do*blast (?), n. [Cnida + -blast.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the cells which, in the C\'d2lenterata, develop into cnid\'91.

Cnidocil

Cni"do*cil (?), n. [Cnida + cilium eyelash.] (Zo\'94l.) The fine filiform process of a cnidoblast.

Co-

Co- (. A form of the prefix com-, signifying with, together, in conjunction, joint. It is used before vowels and some consonants. See Com-.

Coacervate

Co`a*cer"vate (?), a. [L. coacervatus, p. p. of coacervare to heap up; co- + acervare. See Acervate.] Raised into a pile; collected into a crowd; heaped. [R.] Bacon.

Coacervate

Co`a*cer"vate (?), v. t. To heap up; to pile. [R.]

Coacervation

Co*ac`er*va"tion (?), n. [L. coacervatio.] A heaping together. [R.] Bacon.

Coach

Coach (?; 224), n. [F. coche, fr. It. cocchio, dim. of cocca little boat, fr. L. concha mussel, mussel shell, Gr. \'87ankha. Cf. Conch, Cockboat, Cockle.]

1. A large, closed, four-wheeled carriage, having doors in the sides, and generally a front and back seat inside, each for two persons, and an elevated outside seat in front for the driver. &hand; Coaches have a variety of forms, and differ in respect to the number of persons they can carry. Mail coaches and tallyho coaches often have three or more seats inside, each for two or three persons, and seats outside, sometimes for twelve or more.

2. A special tutor who assists in preparing a student for examination; a trainer; esp. one who trains a boat's crew for a race. [Colloq.]

Wareham was studying for India with a Wancester coach. G. Eliot.

3. (Naut.) A cabin on the after part of the quarterdeck, usually occupied by the captain. [Written also couch.] [Obs.]

The commanders came on board and the council sat in the coach. Pepys.

4. (Railroad) A first-class passenger car, as distinguished from a drawing-room car, sleeping car, etc. It is sometimes loosely applied to any passenger car.

Coach

Coach, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coached (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaching.]

1. To convey in a coach. Pope.

2. To prepare for public examination by private instruction; to train by special instruction. [Colloq.]

I coached him before he got his scholarship. G. Eliot.

Coach

Coach, v. i. To drive or to ride in a coach; -- sometimes used with it. [Colloq.] "Coaching it to all quarters." E. Waterhouse.

Coachbox

Coach"box` (?). The seat of a coachman.

Coachdog

Coach"dog` (?; 115). (Zo\'94l.) One of a breed of dogs trained to accompany carriages; the Dalmatian dog.

Coachee

Coach"ee (?), n. A coachman [Slang]

Coachfellow

Coach"fel`low (?), n. One of a pair of horses employed to draw a coach; hence (Fig.), a comrade. Shak.

Coachman

Coach"man (?), n.; pl. Coachmen (#).

1. A man whose business is to drive a coach or carriage.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A tropical fish of the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.

Coachmanship

Coach"man*ship (?), n. Skill in driving a coach.

Coachwhip snake

Coach"whip` snake" (?). (Zo\'94l.) A large, slender, harmless snake of the southern United States (Masticophis flagelliformis). &hand; Its long and tapering tail has the scales so arranged and colored as to give it a braided appearance, whence the name.

Coact

Co*act" (?), v. t. [L. coactare, intens. fr. cogere, coactum, to force. See Cogent.] To force; to compel; to drive. [Obs.]
The faith and service of Christ ought to be voluntary and not coacted. Foxe.

Coact

Co*act", v. i. [Pref. co- + act, v.i.] To act together; to work in concert; to unite. [Obs.]
But if I tell you how these two did coact. Shak.

Coaction

Co*ac"tion (?), n. [L. coactio.] Force; compulsion, either in restraining or impelling. Sojth.

Coactive

Co*ac"tive (?), a. [In sense 1, fr. 1st Coact; in sense 2, fr. 2d Coact.]

1. Serving to compel or constrain; compulsory; restrictive.

Any coactive power or the civil kind. Bp. Warburton.

2. Acting in concurrence; united in action.

With what's unreal thou coactive art. Shak.

Coactively

Co*ac"tive*ly, adv. In a coactive manner.

Coactivity

Co`ac*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Unity of action.

Coadaptation

Co*ad`ap*ta"tion (?), n. Mutual adaption. R. Owen.

Coadapted

Co`a*dapt"ed (?), a. Adapted one to another; as, coadapted pulp and tooth. R. Owen.

Coadjument

Co*ad"ju*ment (?), n. Mutual help; co\'94peration. [R.] Johnson.

Coadjust

Co`ad*just" (?), v. t. To adjust by mutual adaptations. R. Owen.

Coadjustment

Co`ad*just"ment (?), n. Mutual adjustment.

Coadjutant

Co*ad"ju*tant (?), a. Mutually assisting or operating; helping. J. Philips.

Coadjutant

Co*ad"ju*tant, n. An assistant. R. North.

Coadjuting

Co*ad"ju*ting, a. Mutually assisting. [Obs.] Drayton.

Coadjutive

Co*ad"ju*tive (?), a. Rendering mutual aid; coadjutant. Feltham.

Coadjutor

Co`ad*ju"tor (?), n. [L. See Co-, and Aid.]

1. One who aids another; an assistant; a coworker.

Craftily outwitting her perjured coadjutor. Sheridan.

2. (R. C. Ch.) The assistant of a bishop or of a priest holding a benefice.

Coadjutorship

Co`ad*ju"tor*ship, n. The state or office of a coadjutor; joint assistance. Pope.

Coadjutress, Coadjutrix

Co`ad*ju"tress (?), Co`ad*ju"trix (?), n. A female coadjutor or assistant. Holland. Smollett.

Coadjuvancy

Co*ad"ju*van*cy (?), n. Joint help; co\'94peration. Sir T. Browne.

Coadjuvant

Co*ad"ju*vant (?), a. Co\'94perating.

Coadjuvant

Co*ad"ju*vant, n. (Med.) An adjuvant.

Coadunate

Co*ad"u*nate (?; 135), a. [L. coadunatus, p. p. of coadunare to unite. See Adunation.] (Bot.) United at the base, as contiguous lobes of a leaf.

Coadunation

Co*ad`u*na"tion (?), n. [L. coadunatio.] Union, as in one body or mass; unity. Jer. Taylor.
The coadunation of all the civilized provinces. Coleridge.

Coadunition

Co*ad`u*ni"tion (?), n. [Pref. co- + pref. ad- + unition.] Coadunation. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Coadventure

Co`ad*ven"ture (?; 135), n. An adventure in which two or more persons are partakers.

Coadventure

Co`ad*ven"ture, v. i. To share in a venture. Howell.

Coadventurer

Co`ad*ven"tur*er (?), n. A fellow adventurer.

Coafforest

Co`af*for"est (?), v. t. To convert into, or add to, a forest. Howell.

Coag

Coag (?), n. See Coak, a kind of tenon.

Coagency

Co*a"gen*cy (?), n. Agency in common; joint agency or agent. Coleridge.

Coagent

Co*a"gent (?), n. An associate in an act; a coworker. Drayton.

Coagment

Co`ag*ment" (?), v. t. [L. coagmentare, fr. coagmentum a joining together, fr. cogere. See Cogent.] To join together. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Coagmentation

Co*ag`men*ta"tion (?), n. [L. coagmentatio.] The act of joining, or the state of being joined, together; union. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Coagulability

Co*ag`u*la*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being coagulable; capacity of being coagulated. Ure.

Coagulable

Co*ag"u*la*ble (?), a. Capable of being coagulated. Boyle.

Coagulant

Co*ag"u*lant (?), n. [L. coagulans, p. pr.] That which produces coagulation.

Coagulate

Co*ag"u*late (?), a. [L. coagulatus, p. p. of coagulare to coagulate, fr. coagulum means of coagulation, fr. cogere, coactum, to drive together, coagulate. See Cogent.] Coagulated. [Obs.] Shak.

Coagulate

Co*ag"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coagulated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coagulating (?).] To cause (a liquid) to change into a curdlike or semisolid state, not by evaporation but by some kind of chemical reaction; to curdle; as, rennet coagulates milk; heat coagulates the white of an egg.

Coagulate

Co*ag"u*late, v. i. To undergo coagulation. Boyle. Syn. -- To thicken; concrete; curdle; clot; congeal.

Coagulated

Co*ag"u*la`ted (?), a. Changed into, or contained in, a coagulum or a curdlike mass; curdled. Coagulated proteid (Physiol. Chem.), one of a class of bodies formed in the coagulation of a albuminous substance by heat, acids, or other agents.

Coagulation

Co*ag`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. coagulatio.]

1. The change from a liquid to a thickened, curdlike, insoluble state, not by evaporation, but by some kind of chemical reaction; as, the spontaneous coagulation of freshly drawn blood; the coagulation of milk by rennet, or acid, and the coagulation of egg albumin by heat. Coagulation is generally the change of an albuminous body into an insoluble modification. <-- by heat is due to denaturation of protein. -->

2. The substance or body formed by coagulation.

Coagulative

Co*ag"u*la*tive (?), a. Having the power to cause coagulation; as, a coagulative agent. Boyle.

Coagulator

Co*ag"u*la`tor (?), n. That which causes coagulation. Hixley.

Coagulatory

Co*ag"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Serving to coagulate; produced by coagulation; as, coagulatory effects. Boyle.

Coagulum

Co*ag"u*lum (?), n.; pl. Coagula (#). [L. See Coagulate, a.] The thick, curdy precipitate formed by the coagulation of albuminous matter; any mass of coagulated matter, as a clot of bloot.

Coaita

Co*ai"ta (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The native name of certain South American monkeys of the genus Ateles, esp. A. paniscus. The black-faced coaita is Ateles ater. See Illustration in Appendix.

Coak

Coak (?), n. See Coke, n.

Coak

Coak, n.

1. (Carp.) A kind of tenon connecting the face of a scarfed timber with the face of another timber, or a dowel or pin of hard wood or iron uniting timbers. [Also spelt coag.]

2. A metallic bushing or strengthening piece in the center of a wooden block sheve.

Coak

Coak, v. t. (Carp.) To unite, as timbers, by means of tenons or dowels in the edges or face. Totten.

Coal

Coal (?), n. [AS. col; akin to D. kool, OHG. chol, cholo, G. kohle, Icel. kol, pl., Sw. kol, Dan. kul; cf. Skr. jval to burn. Cf. Kiln, Collier.]

1. A thoroughly charred, and extinguished or still ignited, fragment from wood or other combustible substance; charcoal.

2. (Min.) A black, or brownish black, solid, combustible substance, dug from beds or veins in the earth to be used for fuel, and consisting, like charcoal, mainly of carbon, but more compact, and often affording, when heated, a large amount of volatile matter. &hand; This word is often used adjectively, or as the first part of self-explaining compounds; as, coal-black; coal formation; coal scuttle; coal ship. etc. &hand; In England the plural coals is used, for the broken mineral coal burned in grates, etc.; as, to put coals on the fire. In the United States the singular in a collective sense is the customary usage; as, a hod of coal. Age of coal plants. See Age of Acrogens, under Acrogen. -- Anthracite or Glance coal. See Anthracite. -- Bituminous coal. See under Bituminous. -- Blind coal. See under Blind. -- Brown coal, ∨ Lignite. See Lignite. -- Caking coal, a bituminous coal, which softens and becomes pasty or semi-viscid when heated. On increasing the heat, the volatile products are driven off, and a coherent, grayish black, cellular mass of coke is left. -- Cannel coal, a very compact bituminous coal, of fine texture and dull luster. See Cannel coal. -- Coal bed (Geol.), a layer or stratum of mineral coal. -- Coal breaker, a structure including machines and machinery adapted for crushing, cleansing, and assorting coal. -- Coal field (Geol.), a region in which deposits of coal occur. Such regions have often a basinlike structure, and are hence called coal basins. See Basin. -- Coal gas, a variety of carbureted hydrogen, procured from bituminous coal, used in lighting streets, houses, etc., and for cooking and heating. -- Coal heaver, a man employed in carrying coal, and esp. in putting it in, and discharging it from, ships. -- Coal measures. (Geol.) (a) Strata of coal with the attendant rocks. (b) A subdivision of the carboniferous formation, between the millstone grit below and the Permian formation above, and including nearly all the workable coal beds of the world. -- Coal oil, a general name for mineral oils; petroleum. -- Coal plant (Geol.), one of the remains or impressions of plants found in the strata of the coal formation. -- Coal tar. See in the Vocabulary. -- To haul over the coals, to call to account; to scold or censure. [Colloq.] -- Wood coal. See Lignite.

Coal

Coal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coaled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaling.]

1. To burn to charcoal; to char. [R.]

Charcoal of roots, coaled into great pieces. Bacon.

2. To mark or delineate with charcoal. Camden.

3. To supply with coal; as, to coal a steamer.

Coal

Coal, v. i. To take in coal; as, the steaer coaled at Southampton.

Coal-black

Coal"-black (?), a. As black as coal; jet black; very black. Dryden.

Coalery

Coal"er*y (?), n. [Obs.] See Colliery.

Coalesce

Co`a*lesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coalesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coalescing.] [L. coalescere, coalitium; co- + alescere to grow up, incho. fr. alere to nourish. See Aliment, n.]

1. To grow together; to unite by growth into one body; as, the parts separated by a wound coalesce.

2. To unite in one body or product; to combine into one body or community; as, vapors coalesce.

The Jews were incapable of coalescing with other nations. Campbell.
Certain combinations of ideas that, once coalescing, could not be shaken loose. De Quincey.
Syn. -- See Add.

Coalescence

Co`a*les"cence (?), n. The act or state of growing together, as similar parts; the act of uniting by natural affinity or attraction; the state of being united; union; concretion.

Coalescent

Co`a*les"cent (?), a. [L. coalescens, p. pr.] Growing together; cohering, as in the organic cohesion of similar parts; uniting.

Coalfish

Coal"fish` (?), n. [Named from the dark color of the back.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The pollock; -- called also, coalsey, colemie, colmey, coal whiting, etc. See Pollock. (b) The beshow or candlefish of Alaska. (c) The cobia.

Coalgoose

Coal"goose` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The cormorant; -- so called from its black color.

Coalite

Co"a*lite (?), v. i. [L. coalitus, p. p. of coalescere. See Coalesce.] To unite or coalesce. [Obs.]
Let them continue to coalite. Bolingbroke.

Coalite

Co"a*lite, v. t. To cause to unite or coalesce. [Obs.]
Time has by degrees blended . . . and coalited the conquered with the conquerors. Burke.

Coalition

Co`a*li"tion (?), n. [LL. coalitio: cf. F. coalition. See Coalesce.]

1. The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms. Bentley.


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2. A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests.

A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg. J. Randolph.
The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.

Coalitioner

Co`a*li"tion*er (?), n. A coalitionist.

Coalitionist

Co`a*li"tion*ist, n. One who joins or promotes a coalition; one who advocates coalition.

Co-ally

Co`-al*ly" (?), n.; pl. Co-allies (#). A joint ally. Kent.

Coal-meter

Coal"-me`ter (?), n. A licensed or official coal measurer in London. See Meter. Simmonds.

Coalmouse

Coal"mouse` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small species of titmouse, with a black head; the coletit.

Coalpit

Coal"pit` (?), n.

1. A pit where coal is dug.

2. A place where charcoal is made. [U. S.]

Coal tar

Coal" tar` (?). A thick, black, tarry liquid, obtained by the distillation of bituminous coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas; used for making printer's ink, black varnish, etc. It is a complex mixture from which many substances have been obtained, especially hydrocarbons of the benzene or aromatic series. &hand; Among its important ingredients are benzene, aniline, phenol, naphtalene, anthracene, etc., which are respectively typical of many dye stuffs, as the aniline dyes, the phthale\'8bns, indigo, alizarin, and many flavoring extracts whose artificial production is a matter of great commercial importance.

Coal-whipper

Coal"-whip`per (?), n. One who raises coal out of the hold of a ship. [Eng.] Dickens.

Coal works

Coal" works (?). A place where coal is dug, including the machinery for raising the coal.

Coaly

Coal"y (?), a. [From Coal, n.] Pertaining to, or resembling, coal; containing coal; of the nature of coal.

Coamings

Coam"ings (?), n. pl. [Cf. Comb a crest.] (Naut.) Raised pieces of wood of iron around a hatchway, skylight, or other opening in the deck, to prevent water from running bellow; esp. the fore-and-aft pieces of a hatchway frame as distinguished from the transverse head ledges. [Written also combings.]

Coannex

Co`an*nex" (?), v. t. To annex with something else.

Coaptation

Co`ap*ta"tion (?), n. [L. coaptatio, fr. coaptare to fit together; co- + aptare. See Aptate.] The adaptation or adjustment of parts to each other, as of a broken bone or dislocated joint.

Coarct, Coarctate

Co*arct" (?), Co*arc"tate (?), v. t. [See Coarctate, a.]

1. To press together; to crowd; to straiten; to confine closely. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. To restrain; to confine. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Coarctate

Co*arc"tate (?), a. [L. coarctatus, p. p. of coarctare to press together; co- + arctare to press together, from arctus, p. p. See Arctation.] (Zo\'94l.) Pressed together; closely connected; -- applied to insects having the abdomen separated from the thorax only by a constriction. Coarctate pupa (Zo\'94l.), a pupa closely covered by the old larval skin, as in most Diptera.

Coarctation

Co`arc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. coarctatio.]

1. Confinement to a narrow space. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. Pressure; that which presses. [Obs.] Ray.

3. (Med.) A stricture or narrowing, as of a canal, cavity, or orifice.

Coarse

Coarse (?), a. [Compar. Coarser (?); superl. Coarsest.] [As this word was anciently written course, or cours, it may be an abbreviation of of course, in the common manner of proceeding, common, and hence, homely, made for common domestic use, plain, rude, rough, gross, e. g., "Though the threads be course." Gascoigne. See Course.]

1. Large in bulk, or composed of large parts or particles; of inferior quality or appearance; not fine in material or close in texture; gross; thick; rough; -- opposed to fine; as, coarse sand; coarse thread; coarse cloth; coarse bread.

2. Not refined; rough; rude; unpolished; gross; indelicate; as, coarse manners; coarse language.

I feel Of what coarse metal ye are molded. Shak.
To copy, in my coarse English, his beautiful expressions. Dryden.
Syn. -- Large; thick; rough; gross; blunt; uncouth; unpolished; inelegant; indelicate; vulgar.

Coarse-grained

Coarse"-grained` (?), a. Having a coarse grain or texture, as wood; hence, wanting in refinement.

Coarsely

Coarse"ly, adv. In a coarse manner; roughly; rudely; inelegantly; uncivilly; meanly. <-- #### q4 -->

Coarsen

Coars"en (?), v. t. To make coarse or vulgar; as, to coarsen one's character. [R.] Graham.

Coarseness

Coarse"ness (?), n. The quality or state of being coarse; roughness; melegance; vulgarity; grossness; as, coarseness of food, texture, manners, or language. "The coarseness of the sackcloth." Dr. H. More.
Pardon the coarseness of the illustration. L'Estrange.
A coarseness and vulgarity in all the proceedings. Burke.

Coarticulation

Co`ar*tic`u*la"tion (?), n. (Anat.) The unoin or articulation of bones to form a joint.

Co-assessor

Co`-as*sess"or (?), n. A joint assessor.

Coast

Coast (?), n. [OF. coste, F. c\'93te, rib, hill, shore, coast, L. costa rib, side. Cf. Accost, v. t., Cutlet.]

1. The side of a thing. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton.

2. The exterior line, limit, or border of a country; frontier border. [Obs.]

From the river, the river Euphrates, even to the uttermost sea, shall your coast be. Deut. xi. 24.

3. The seashore, or land near it.

He sees in English ships the Holland coast. Dryden.
We the Arabian coast do know At distance, when the species blow. Waller.
The coast is clear, the danger is over; no enemy in sight. Dryden. Fig.: There are no obstacles. "Seeing that the coast was clear, Zelmane dismissed Musidorus." Sir P. Sidney. Coast guard. (a) A body of men originally employed along the coast to prevent smuggling; now, under the control of the admiralty, drilled as a naval reserve. [Eng.] (b) The force employed in lifesaving stations along the seacoast. [U. S.] -- Coast rat (Zo\'94l.), a South African mammal (Bathyergus suillus), about the size of a rabbit, remarkable for its extensive burrows; -- called also sand mole. -- Coast waiter, a customhouse officer who superintends the landing or shipping of goods for the coast trade. [Eng.]

Coast

Coast (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coasted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coasting.] [OE. costien, costeien, costen, OF. costier, costoier, F. c\'93toyer, fr. Of. coste coast, F. c\'93te. See Coast, n.]

1. To draw or keep near; to approach. [Obs.]

Anon she hears them chant it lustily, And all in haste she coasteth to the cry. Shak.

2. To sail by or near the shore.

The ancients coasted only in their navigation. Arbuthnot.

3. To sail from port to port in the same country.

4. [Cf. OF. coste, F. c\'93te, hill, hillside.] To slide down hill; to slide on a sled, upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]

Coast

Coast, v. t.

1. To draw near to; to approach; to keep near, or by the side of. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

2. To sail by or near; to follow the coast line of.

Nearchus, . . . not knowing the compass, was fain to coast that shore. Sir T. Browne.

3. To conduct along a coast or river bank. [Obs.]

The Indians . . . coasted me along the river. Hakluyt.

Coastal

Coast"al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cast.

Coaster

Coast"er (?), n.

1. A vessel employed in sailing along a coast, or engaged in the coasting trade.

2. One who sails near the shore.

Coasting

Coast"ing (?), a. Sailing along or near a coast, or running between ports along a coast. Coasting trade, trade carried on by water between neighboring ports of the same country, as distinguished fron foreign trade or trade involving long voyages. -- Coasting vessel, a vessel employed in coasting; a coaster.

Coasting

Coast"ing, n.

1. A sailing along a coast, or from port to port; a carrying on a coasting trade.

2. Sliding down hill; sliding on a sled upon snow or ice. [Local, U. S.]

Coastwise, Coastways

Coast"wise` (?), Coast"ways` (?), adv. By way of, or along, the coast.

Coat

Coat (?; 110), n. [OF. cote, F. cotte, petticoat, cotte d'armes coat of arms, cotte de mailles coat of mail, LL. cota, cotta, tunic, prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. chozzo coarse mantle, G. klotze, D. kot, hut, E. cot. Cf. Cot a hut.]

1. An outer garment fitting the upper part of the body; especially, such a garment worn by men.

Let each His adamantine coat gird well. Milton.

2. A petticoat. [Obs.] "A child in coats." Locke.

3. The habit or vesture of an order of men, indicating the order or office; cloth.

Men of his coat should be minding their prayers. Swift.
She was sought by spirits of richest coat. Shak.

4. An external covering like a garment, as fur, skin, wool, husk, or bark; as, the horses coats were sleek.

Fruit of all kinds, in coat Rough or smooth rined, or bearded husk, or shell. Milton.

5. A layer of any substance covering another; a cover; a tegument; as, the coats of the eye; the coats of an onion; a coat of tar or varnish.

6. Same as Coat of arms. See below.

Hark, countrymen! either renew the fight, Or tear the lions out of England's coat. Shak.

7. A coat card. See below. [Obs.]

Here's a trick of discarded cards of us! We were ranked with coats as long as old master lived. Massinger.
Coat armor. See under Armor. -- Coat of arms (Her.), a translation of the French cotte d'armes, a garment of light material worn over the armor in the 15th and 16th centuries. This was often charged with the heraldic bearings of the wearer. Hence, an heraldic achievement; the bearings of any person, taken together. -- Coat card, a card bearing a coated figure; the king, queen, or knave of playing cards. "\'bfI am a coat card indeed.' \'bfThen thou must needs be a knave, for thou art neither king nor queen.'" Rowley. -- Coat link, a pair of buttons or studs joined by a link, to hold together the lappels of a double-breasted coat; or a button with a loop for a single-breasted coat. -- Coat of mail, a defensive garment of chain mail. See Chain mail, under Chain. -- Mast coat (Naut.), a piece of canvas nailed around a mast, where it passes through the deck, to prevent water from getting below. -- Sail coat (Naut.), a canvas cover laced over furled sails, and the like, to keep them dry and clean.

Coat

Coat (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coated; p. pr. & vb. n. Coating.]

1. To cover with a coat or outer garment.

2. To cover with a layer of any substance; as, to coat a jar with tin foil; to coat a ceiling.

Coatee

Coat*ee" (?), n. A coat with short flaps.

Coati

Co*a"ti (? ∨ , n. [From the native name: cf. F. coati.] (Zo\'94l.) A mammal of tropical America of the genus Nasua, allied to the raccoon, but with a longer body, tail, and nose. &hand; The red coati (N. socialis), called also coati mondi, inhabits Mexico and Central America. The brown coati (N. narica) is found in Surinam and Brazil.

Coating

Coat"ing (?), n.

1. A coat or covering; a layer of any substance, as a cover or protection; as, the coating of a retort or vial.

2. Cloth for coats; as, an assortment of coatings.

Coatless

Coat"less (?), a. Not wearing a coat; also, not possessing a coat.

Coax

Coax (?; 110), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coaxed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coaxing.] [Cf. OE. cokes fool, a person easily imposed upon, W. coeg empty, foolish; F. coquin knave, rogue.] To persuade by gentle, insinuating courtesy, flattering, or fondling; to wheedle; to soothe. Syn. -- To wheedle; cajole; flatter; persuade; entice.

Coax

Coax, n. A simpleton; a dupe. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

Coaxation

Co`ax*a"tion (?), n. [Gr. The act of croaking. [R] Dr. H. More.

Coaxer

Coax"er (?), n. One who coaxes.

Coaxingly

Coax"ing*ly, adv. In a coaxing manner; by coaxing.

Cob

Cob (?), n. [Cf. AS. cop, copp, head, top, D. kop, G. kopf, kuppe, LL. cuppa cup (cf. E. brainpan), and also W. cob tuft, spider, cop, copa, top, summit, cobio to thump. Cf. Cop top, Cup, n.]

1. The top or head of anything. [Obs.] W. Gifford.

2. A leader or chief; a conspicuous person, esp. a rich covetous person. [Obs.]

All cobbing country chuffs, which make their bellies and their bags their god, are called rich cobs. Nash.

3. The axis on which the kernels of maize or indian corn grow. [U. S.]

4. (Zo\'94l.) A spider; perhaps from its shape; it being round like a head.

5. (Zo\'94l.) A young herring. B. Jonson.

6. (Zo\'94l.) A fish; -- also called miller's thumb.

7. A short-legged and stout horse, esp. one used for the saddle. [Eng.]

8. (Zo\'94l.) A sea mew or gull; esp., the black-backed gull (Larus marinus). [Written also cobb.]

9. A lump or piece of anything, usually of a somewhat large size, as of coal, or stone.

10. A cobnut; as, Kentish cobs. See Cobnut. [Eng.]

11. Clay mixed with straw. [Prov. Eng.]

The poor cottager contenteth himself with cob for his walls, and thatch for his covering. R. Carew.

12. A punishment consisting of blows inflicted on the buttocks with a strap or a flat piece of wood. Wright.

13. A Spanish coin formerly current in Ireland, worth abiut 4s. 6d. [Obs.] Wright. Cob coal, coal in rounded lumps from the size of an egg to that of a football; -- called also cobbles. Grose. -- Cob loaf, a crusty, uneven loaf, rounded at top. Wright. -- Cob money, a kind of rudely coined gold and silver money of Spanish South America in the eighteenth century. The coins were of the weight of the piece of eight, or one of its aliquot parts.

Cob

Cob, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbing.]

1. To strike [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

2. (Mining) To break into small pieces, as ore, so as to sort out its better portions. Raymond.

3. (Naut.) To punish by striking on the buttocks with a strap, a flat piece of wood, or the like.

Cob\'91a

Co*b\'91"a (?), n. [Named after D. Cobo, a Spanish botanist.] A genus of climbing plants, native of Mexico and South America. C. scandens is a consrvatory climber with large bell-shaped flowers.

Cobalt

Co"balt (?; 277, 74), n. [G. kobalt, prob. fr. kobold, kobel, goblin, MHG. kobolt; perh. akin to G. koben pigsty, hut, AS. cofa room, cofgodas household gods, Icel. kofi hut. If so, the ending -old stands for older -walt, -wald, being the same as -ald in E. herald and the word would mean ruler or governor in a house, house spirit, the metal being so called by miners, because it was poisonous and troublesome. Cf. Kobold, Cove, Goblin.]

1. (Chem.) A tough, lustrous, reddish white metal of the iron group, not easily fusible, and somewhat magnetic. Atomic weight 59.1. Symbol Co. &hand; It occurs in nature in combination with arsenic, sulphur, and oxygen, and is obtained from its ores, smaltite, cobaltite, asbolite, etc. Its oxide colors glass or any flux, as borax, a fine blue, and is used in the manufacture of smalt. It is frequently associated with nickel, and both are characteristic ingredients of meteoric iron.

2. A commercial name of a crude arsenic used as fly poison. Cobalt bloom. Same as Erythrite. -- Cobalt blue, a dark blue pigment consisting of some salt of cobalt, as the phosphate, ignited with alumina; -- called also cobalt ultramarine, and Thenard's blue. -- Cobalt crust, earthy arseniate of cobalt. -- Cobalt glance. (Min.) See Cobaltite. -- Cobalt green, a pigment consisting essentially of the oxides of cobalt and zinc; -- called also Rinman's green. -- Cobalt yellow (Chem.), a yellow crystalline powder, regarded as a double nitrite of cobalt and potassium.

Cobaltic

Co*balt"ic (?; 74), a. [Cf. F. cobaltique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said especially of those compounds in which cobalt has higher valence; as, cobaltic oxide. Luteo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex yellow compounds of ammonia and cobaltic salts. -- Roseo-cobaltic compounds (Chem.), an extensive series of complex red compounds of cobalt and ammonia. Modifications of these are the purpureo-cobaltic compounds.

Cobaltiferous

Co`balt*if"er*ous (?), a. [Cobalt + -ferous.] (Min.) Containing cobalt.

Cobaltine, Cobaltite

Co"balt*ine (?), Co"balt*ite (?) n. (Min.) A mineral of a nearly silver-white color, composed of arsenic, sulphur, and cobalt.

Cobaltous

Co*balt"ous (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or containing, cobalt; -- said esp. of cobalt compounds in which the metal has its lower valence. Cobaltous chloride, a crystalline compound, CoCl2, of a pale rose color when hydrous, blue when dehydrated. Its solution is used for a sympathetic ink, the writing being nearly colorless when dried in the air, owing to absorbed moisture, and becoming bright blue when warmed.

Cobbing

Cob"bing (?), a. Haughty; purse-proud. See Cob, n., 2. [Obs.] Withals (1608).

Cobble

Cob"ble (?), n. A fishing boat. See Coble.

Cobble

Cob"ble, n. [From Cob a lump. See Cob, n., 9, and cf. Copple, Copplestone.]

1. A cobblestone. "Their slings held cobbles round." Fairfax.

2. pl. Cob coal. See under Cob.

Cobble

Cob"ble (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cobbled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cobbling (?).] [OF. cobler, copler, to join or knit together, couple, F. coupler, L. copulare to couple, join. Cf. Couple, n. & v. t.]

1. To make or mend coarsely; to patch; to botch; as, to cobble shoes. Shak. "A cobbled saddle." Thackeray.

2. To make clumsily. "Cobbled rhymes." Dryden.

3. To pave with cobblestones.

Cobbler

Cob"bler (?), n.

1. A mender of shoes. Addison.

2. A clumsy workman. Shak.

3. A beverage. See Sherry cobbler, under Sherry. Cobbler fish (Zo\'94l.), a marine fish (Blepharis crinitus) of the Atlantic. The name alludes to its threadlike fin rays.

Cobblestone

Cob"ble*stone` (?), n. A large pebble; a rounded stone not too large to be handled; a small boulder; -- used for paving streets and for other purposes.

Cobby

Cob"by (?), a. [From Cob, n.]

1. Headstrong; obstinate. [Obs.] Brockett.

2. Stout; hearty; lively. [Obs.]

Cobelligerent

Co`bel*lig"er*ent (?), a. Carryng on war in conjunction with another power.

Cobelligerent

Co`bel*lig"er*ent, n. A nation or state that carries on war in connection with another.

Cobia

Co"bi*a (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An oceanic fish of large size (Elacate canada); the crabeater; -- called also bonito, cubbyyew, coalfish, and sergeant fish.

Cobiron

Cob"i`ron (?), n. [From Cob the top.] An andiron with a knob at the top. Bacon.

Cobishop

Co`bish"op (?), n. A joint or coadjutant bishop. Ayliffe.

Coble

Co"ble (?), n. [AS. cuopel; cf. W. ceubal skiff, ferryboat.] A flat-floored fishing boat with a lug sail, and a drop rudder extending from two to four feet below the keel. It was originally used on the stormy coast of Yorkshire, England.

Cobnut

Cob"nut` (?), n.

1. (Com.) A large roundish variety of the cultivated hazelnut.

2. A game played by children with nuts.

Coboose

Co*boose" (?), n. See Caboose.

Cobourg

Co"bourg (?), n. [Named from the town of Coburg in Germany.] A thin worsted fabric for women's dresses.

Cobra

Co"bra (?), n. See Copra.

Cobra

Co"bra, n. The cobra de capello.

Cobra de capello

Co"bra de ca*pel"lo (?). [Pg., serpent of the hood.] (Zo\'94l.) The hooded snake (Naia tripudians), a highly venomous serpent inhabiting India.<-- now Naja -->

Cobstone

Cob"stone` (?), n. Cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.]

Cobswan

Cob"swan` (?), n. A large swan. B. Jonson.

Cobwall

Cob"wall` (?), n. [Cob clay mixed with straw + wall.] A wall made of clay mixed with straw.

Cobweb

Cob"web` (?), n. [Cob a spider + web.]

1. The network spread by a spider to catch its prey.

2. A snare of insidious meshes designed to catch the ignorant and unwary.

I can not but lament thy splendid wit Entangled in the cobwebs of the schools. Cowper.

3. That which is thin and unsubstantial, or flimsy and worthless; rubbish.

The dust and cobwebs of that uncivil age. Sir P. Sidney.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The European spotted flycatcher. Cobweb lawn, a fine linen, mentioned in 1640 as being in pieces of fifteen yards. Beck. Draper's Dict.

Such a proud piece of cobweb lawn. Beau. & Fl.
Cobweb micrometer, a micrometer in which threads of cobwed are substituted for wires.

Cobwebbed

Cob"webbed` (?), a. Abounding in cobwebs. "The cobwebbed cottage." Young.

Cobwebby

Cob"web`by (?), a. Abounding in cobwebs, or any fine web; resembling a cobweb.

Cobwork

Cob"work` (?), a. Built of logs, etc., laid horizontally, with the ends dovetailed together at the corners, as in a log house; in marine work, often surrounding a central space filled with stones; as, a cobwork dock or breakwater.

Coca

Co"ca (?), n. [Sp., fr. native name.] The dried leaf of a South American shrub (Erythroxylon Coca). In med., called Erythroxylon. &hand; Coca leaves resemble tea leaves in size, shape, and odor, and are chewed (with an alkali) by natives of Peru and Bolivia to impart vigor in prolonged exertion, or to sustain strength in absence of food. Mexican coca, an American herb (Richardsonia scabra), yielding a nutritious fodder. Its roots are used as a substitute for ipecacuanha.

Cocagne

Coc*agne" (?), n. [F. cocagne, pays de cocagne; of uncertian origin, cf. Prov. F. couque cake, Catal. coca, L. coquere to cook; as if the houses in this country were covered with cakes. Cf. Cook, Cockney.]

1. An imaginary country of idleness and luxury.

2. The land of cockneys; cockneydom; -- a term applied to London and its suburbs. Smart.

Cocaine

Co"ca*ine (?), n. (Chem.) A powerful alkaloid, C17H21NO4, obtained from the leaves of coca. It is a bitter, white, crystalline substance, and is remarkable for producing local insensibility to pain.

Cocciferous

Coc*cif"er*ous (?), a. [L. coccum a berry + -ferous. See Coccus.] Bearing or producing berries; bacciferous; as, cocciferrous trees or plants.

Coccinella

Coc`ci*nel"la (?), n. [NL., fr. L. coccineus scarlet-colored. See Cochoneal.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small beetles of many species. They and their larv\'91 feed on aphids or plant lice, and hence are of great benefit to man. Also called ladybirds and ladybugs.

Coccobacterium

Coc`co*bac*te"ri*um (?), n.; pl. Coccobacteria (#). [NL., fr. Gr. bacterium. So called from its round shape.] (Biol.) One of the round variety of bacteria, a vegetable organism, generally less than a thousandth of a millimeter in diameter.

Coccolite

Coc"co*lite (?), n. [Gr. -lite: cf. F. coccalite.] (Min.) A granular variety of pyroxene, green or white in color.

Coccolith

Coc"co*lith (?), n. [Gr. -lith.] (Biol.) One of a kind of minute, calcareous bodies, probably vegetable, often abundant in deep-sea mud.

Coccosphere

Coc"co*sphere (?), n. [Gr. sphere.] (Biol.) A small, rounded, marine organism, capable of braking up into coccoliths.

Coccosteus

Coc*cos"te*us (?), n. [NL., from Gr. (Paleon.) An extinct genus of Devonian ganoid fishes, having the broad plates about the head studded with berrylike tubercles.

Cocculus Indicus

Coc"cu*lus In"di*cus (?), n. [NL. cocculus (dim. of L. coccum kermes berry) + L. Indicus of India.] (Bot.) The fruit or berry of the Anamirta Cocculus, a climbing plant of the East Indies. It is a poisonous narcotic and stimulant.

Coccus

Coc"cus (?), n.; pl. Cocci (#). [NL., fr. Gr. Cochineal.]

1. (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).

3. (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.

Coccygeal

Coc*cyg"e*al (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the coccyx; as, the coccygeal vertebr\'91. Coccygeal glands (Zo\'94l.) , glands situated at the base of the tail of birds. They secrete the oil with which the plumage is dressed.

Coccygeous

Coc*cyg"e*ous (?), a. Coccygeal. [R.]

Coccyx

Coc"cyx (?), n.; pl. L. Coccyges (#). [L., cuckoo, Gr. (Anat.) The end of the vertebral column beyond the sacrum in man and tailless monkeys. It is composed of several vertebr\'91 more or less consolidated.

Cochineal

Coch"i*neal (?; 277), [Sp. cochinilla, dim. from L. coccineus, coccinus, scarlet, fr. coccum the kermes berry, G. Quercus coccifera; but cf. also Sp. cochinilla wood louse, dim. of cochina sow, akin to F. cochon pig.] A dyestuff consisting of the dried bodies of females of the Coccus cacti, an insect native in Mexico, Central America, etc., and found on several species of cactus, esp. Opuntia cochinellifera. &hand; These insects are gathered from the plant, killed by the application of heat, and exposed to the sun to dry. When dried they resemble small, rough berries or seeds, of a brown or purple color, and form the cochineal of the shops, which is used for making carmine, and also as a red dye. &hand; Cochineal contains as its essential coloring matter carminic acid, a purple red amorphous substance which yields carmine red.

Cochineal fig

Coch"i*neal fig (?), (Bot.) A plant of Central and Southern Anerica, of the Cactus familly, extensively cultivated for the sake of the cochineal insect, which lives on it.

Cochin fowl

Co"chin fowl` (?), (Zo\'94l.) A large variety of the domestic fowl, originally from Cochin China (Anam).

Cochlea

Coch"le*a (?), n. [L., a snail, or snail shell, Gr. (Anat.) An appendage of the labyrinth of the internal ear, which is elongated and coiled into a spiral in mammals. See Ear.

Cochlear

Coch"le*ar (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cochlea.

Cochleare

Coch`le*a"re (?), n. [L.]

1. A spoon. Andrews.

2. (Med) A spoonful. Dungleson.

Cocleariform

Coc`le*ar"i*form (?), a. [Cochleare + -form.] Spoon-shaped.

Cochleary

Coch"le*a*ry (?), a. [L. cochlearum penfor snails (meaning formerly given, snail shell). See Cjchlea.] Same as Cochleate.

Cochleate, Cochleated

Coch"le*ate (?), Coch"le*a`ted (?), a. [L. cochleatus spiral or screw-formed. See Cochlea.] Having the form of a snail shell; spiral; turbinated.

Cock

Cock (?), n. [AS. coc; of unkown origin, perh. in imitation of the cry of the cock. Cf. Chicken.]

1. The male of birds, particulary of gallinaceous or domestic fowls.

2. A vane in the shape of a cock; a weathercock.

Drenched our steeples, drowned the cocks! Shak.

3. A chief man; a leader or master. [Humorous]

Sir Andrew is the cock of the club, since he left us. Addison.

4. The crow of a cock, esp. the first crow in the morning; cockcrow. [Obs.]

He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. Shak.

5. A faucet or valve. &hand; Jonsons says, "The handly probably had a cock on the top; things that were contrived to turn seem anciently to have had that form, whatever was the reason." Skinner says, because it used to be constructed in forma crit\'91 galli, i.e., in the form of a cock's comb.

6. The style of gnomon of a dial. Chambers.

7. The indicator of a balance. Johnson.

8. The bridge piece which affords a bearing for the pivot of a balance in a clock or watch. Knight. Ball cock. See under Ball. -- Chaparral cock. See under Chaparral. -- Cock and bull story, an extravagant, boastful story; a canard. -- Cock of the plains (Zo\'94l.) See Sage cock. -- Cock of the rock (Zo\'94l.), a South American bird (Rupicola aurantia) having a beautiful crest. -- Cock of the walk, a chief or master; the hero of the hour; one who has overcrowed, or got the better of, rivals or competitors. -- Cock of the woods. See Capercailzie.

Cock

Cock (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cocked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cocking.] [Cf. Gael. coc to cock.]

1. To set erect; to turn up.

Our Lightfoot barks, and cocks his ears. Gay.
Dick would cock his nose in scorn. Swift.

2. To shape, as a hat, by turning up the brim.

3. To set on one side in a pert or jaunty manner.

They cocked their hats in each other's faces. Macaulay.

4. To turn (the eye) obliquely and partially close its lid, as an expression of derision or insinuation. Cocked hat. (a) A hat with large, stiff flaps turned up to a peaked crown, thus making its form triangular; -- called also three-cornered hat<-- or tricorn -->. (b) A game similar to ninepins, except that only three pins are used, which are set up at the angles of a triangle.

Cock

Cock, v. i. To strut; to swagger; to look big, pert, or menacing. Addison.

Cock

Cock, n. The act of cocking; also, the turn so given; as, a cock of the eyes; to give a hat a saucy cock.

Cock

Cock, n. [It. cocca notch of an arrow.]

1. The notch of an arrow or crossbow.

2. The hammer in the lock of a firearm. At cock, At full cock, with the hammer raised and ready to fire; -- said of firearms, also, jocularly, of one prepared for instant action. -- At half cock. See under Half. -- Cock feather (Archery), the feather of an arrow at right angles to the direction of the cock or notch. Nares.

Cock

Cock, v. t. To draw the hammer of (a firearm) fully back and set it for firing.

Cock

Cock, v. i. To draw back the hammer of a firearm, and set it for firing.
Cocked, fired, and missed his man. Byron.

Cock

Cock, n. [Cf. Icel. k\'94kkr lump, Dan. kok heap, or E. cock to set erect.] A small concial pile of hay.

Cock

Cock, v. t. To put into cocks or heaps, as hay.
Under the cocked hay. Spenser.

Cock

Cock, n. [Of. coque, F. coche, a small vessel, L. concha muscle shell, a vessel. See Coach, and cf.Cog A small boat.
Yond tall anchoring bark [appears] Diminished to her cock; her cock, a buoy Almost too small for sight. Shak.

Cock

Cock, n. A corruption or disguise of the word God, used in oaths. [Obs.] "By cock and pie." Shak.

Cockade

Cock*ade" (?), n. [F. cocarble, fr. coquard vain, OF. coquart, fr. coq cock, prob. of imitative origin. The ornament is so named from its resemblance to the crest of a cock. Cf. Coquette.] A badge, usually in the form of a rosette, or knot, and generally worn upon the hat; -- used as an indication of military or naval service, or party allegiance, and in England as a part of the livery to indicate that the wearer is the servant of a military or naval officer.
Seduced by military liveries and cockades. Burke.

Cockaded

Cock*ad"ed (?), a. Wearing a cockade. Young.

Cock-a-hoop

Cock`-a-hoop" (?), a. Boastful; defiant; exulting. Also used adverbially.

Cockal

Cock"al (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]

1. A game played with sheep's bones instead of dice [Obs.]

2. The bone used in playing the game; -- called also huckle bone. [Obs.] Nares.

A little transverse bone Which boys and bruckeled children call (Playing for points and pins) cockal. Herrick.

Cockaleekie

Cock`a*leek"ie (?), n. [From cock + leek.] A favorite soup in Scotland, made from a capon highly seasoned, and boiled with leeks and prunes.

Cockamaroo

Cock`a*ma*roo" (?), n. The Russian variety of bagatelle.

Cockateel

Cock"a*teel (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) An Australian parrot (Calopsitta Nov\'91-Hollandi\'91); -- so called from its note.

Cockatoo

Cock`a*too (?), n. [Malayan kakat\'d4a.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the Parrot family, of the subfamily Cacatuin\'91, having a short, strong, and much curved beak, and the head ornamented with a crest, which can be raised or depressed at will. There are several genera and many species; as the broad-crested (Plictolophus, ∨ Cacatua, cristatus), the sulphur-crested (P. galeritus), etc. The palm or great black cockatoo of Australia is Microglossus aterrimus. Cock"a*trice
(?; 277), n. [OF. cocatrice crocodile, F. cocatrix, cocatrice. The word is a corruption from the same source as E. crocodile, but was confused with cock the bird, F. coq, whence arose the fable that the animal was produced from a cock's egg. See Crocodile.]
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1. A fabulous serpent whose breath and look were said to be fatal. See Basilisk.

That bare vowel, I, shall poison more Than the death-darting eye of cockatrice. Shak.

2. (Her.) A representation of this serpent. It has the head, wings, and legs of a bird, and tail of a serpent.

3. (Script.) A venomous serpent which which cannot now be identified.

The weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's [Rev. Ver. basilisk's] den. Is. xi. 8.

4. Any venomous or deadly thing.

This little cockatrice of a king. Bacon.

Cockbill

Cock"bill (?), v. t. [See Cock to set erect.] (Naut.) To tilt up one end of so as to make almost vertical; as, to cockbill the yards as a sign of mourning. To cockbill the anchor, to suspend it from the cathead preparatory to letting it go. See Acockbill.

Cockboat

Cock"boat` (?), n. [See Cock a boat.] A small boat, esp. one used on rivers or near the shore.

Cock-brained

Cock"-brained` (?), a. Giddy; rash. Milton.

Cockchafer

Cock"chaf`er (?), n. [See Chafer the beetle.] (Zo\'94l.) A beetle of the genus Melolontha (esp. M. vulgaris) and allied genera; -- called also May bug, chafer, or dorbeetle.

Cockcrow, Cockcrowing

Cock"crow (?), Cock"crow`ing, n. The time at which cooks first crow; the early morning.

Cocker

Cock"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cockering.] [OE. cokeren; cf. W. cocru to indulge, fondle, E. cock the bird, F. coqueliner to dandle (Cotgrave), to imitate the crow of a cock, to run after the girls, and E. cockle, v.] Th treat with too great tenderness; to fondle; to indulge; to pamper.
Cocker thy child and he shall make thee afraid. Ecclesiasticus xxx. 9.
Poor folks cannot afford to cocker themselves up. J. Ingelow.

Cocker

Cock"er, n. [From Cock the bird.]

1. One given to cockfighting. [Obs.] Steele.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A small dog of the spaniel kind, used for starting up woodcocks, etc.

Cocker

Cock"er, n. [OE. coker qyiver, boot, AS. cocer quiver; akin to G. k\'94cher quiver, and perh. originally meaning receptacle, holder. Cf. Quiver (for arrows).] A rustic high shoe or half-boots. [Obs.] Drayton.

Cockerel

Cock"er*el (?), n. [Prob. a double dim. of cock.] A young cock.

Cocket

Cock"et (?), a. [F. coquet coquettish. See Coquette, n.] Pert; saucy. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Cocket

Cock"et, n.

1. (Eng. Law) A customhouse seal; a certified document given to a shopper as a warrant that his goods have been duly enstered and have paid duty.

2. An office in a customhouse where goods intended for export are entered. [Eng.]

3. A measure for bread. [Obs.] Blount.

Cockeye

Cock"eye` (?), n. [From cock to turn up.] A squinting eye. Forby.

Cockeye

Cock"eye`, n. (Mach.) The socket in the ball of a millstone, which sits on the cockhead.

Cockfight

Cock"fight` (?), n. A match or contest of gamecocks.

Cockfighting

Cock"fight`ing, n. The act or practice of pitting gamecocks to fight.

Cockfighting

Cock"fight`ing, a. Addicted to cockfighting.

Cockhead

Cock"head` (?), n. (Mach.) The rounded or pointed top of a grinding mill spindle, forming a pivot on which the stone is balanced.

Cockhorse

Cock"horse` (?), n.

1. A child's rocking-horse.

Ride a cockhorse to Banbury cross. Mother Goose.

2. A high or tall horse. [R.]

Cockhorse

Cock"horse`, a.

1. Lifted up, as one is on a tall horse.

2. Lofty in feeling; exultant; pround; upstart.

Our painted fools and cockhorse peasantry. Marlowe.

Cockieleekie

Cock`ie*leek"ie (?), n. Same as Cockaleekie.

Cocking

Cock"ing, n. Cockfighting. Ben Jonson.

Cockle

Coc"kle (?), n. [OE. cockes cockles, AS. s sea cockles, prob, from Celtic; cf. W. cocs cockles, Gael. cochull husk. Perh. influenced by EF. coquille shell, a dim. from the root of E. conch. Cf. Coach.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A bivalve mollusk, with radiating ribs, of the genus Cardium, especially C. edule, used in Europe for food; -- sometimes applied to similar shells of other genera.

2. A cockleshell.

3. The mineral black tourmaline or schorl; -- so called by the Cornish miners. Raymond.

4. The fire chamber of a furnace. [Eng.] Knight.

5. A hop-drying kiln; an oast. Knight.

6. The dome of a heating furnace. Knight. Cockle hat, a hat ornamented with a cockleshell, the badge of a pilgrim. Shak. -- Cockle stairs, winding or spiral stairs.

Cockle

Coc"kle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cockled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cockling (?).] [Of uncertian origin.] To cause to contract into wrinkles or ridges, as some kinds of cloth after a wetting. Cockling sea, waves dashing against each other with a short and quick motion. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Cockle

Coc"kle, n. [AS. coccel, cocel; cf. Gael. cogall tares, husks, cockle.] (Bot.) (a) A plant or weed that grows among grain; the corn rose (Luchnis Githage). (b) The Lotium, or darnel.

Cocklebur

Coc"kle*bur` (?), n. (Bot.) A coarse, composite weed, having a rough or prickly fruit; one of several species of the genus Xanthium; -- called also clotbur.

Cockled

Coc"kled (?), a. Inclosed in a shell.
The tender horns of cockled snails. Shak.

Cockled

Coc"kled, a. Wrinkled; puckered.
Showers soon drench the camlet's cockled grain. Gay.

Cockler

Coc"kler (?), n. One who takes and sells cockles.

Cockleshell

Coc"kle*shell` (?), n.

1. One of the shells or valves of a cockle.

2. A light boat.

To board the cockleshell in those plunding waters. W. Black.

Cockloft

Cock"loft` (?; 115) n. [Prop., a loft where cocks roost.] An upper loft; a garret; the highest room in a building. Dryden. Swift.

Cockmaster

Cock"mas`ter (?), n. One who breeds gamecocks. L'Estrange.

Cockmatch

Cock"match` (?), n. A cockfight.

Cockney

Cock"ney (?), n.; pl. Cockneys (#). [OE. cocknay, cokenay, a spoiled child, effeminate person, an egg; prob. orig. a cock's egg, a small imperfect egg; OE. cok cock + nay, neye, for ey egg (cf. Newt), AS. \'91g. See 1st Cock, Egg, n.]

1. An effeminate person; a spoilt child. "A young heir or cockney, that is his mother's darling." Nash (1592).

This great lubber, the world, will prove a cockney. Shak.

2. A native or resident of the city of London; -- used contemptuosly.

A cockney in a rural village was stared at as much as if he had entered a kraal of Hottentots. Macaulay.

Cockney

Cock"ney, a. Of or relating to, or like, cockneys.

Cockneydom

Cock"ney*dom (?), n. The region or home of cockneys; cockneys, collectively. Thackeray.

Cockneyfi

Cock"ney*fi (?), v. t. [Cockney + -fy.] To form with the manners or character of a cockney. [Colloq.]

Cockneyish

Cock"ney*ish, a. Characteristic of, or resembling, cockneys.

Cockneyism

Cock"ney*ism (?), n. The charasteristics, manners, or dialect, of a cockney.

Cock-padle

Cock"-pad`le (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zo\'94l.) See Lumpfish. [Scot.]

Cockpit

Cock"pit` (?), n.

1. A pit, or inclosed area, for cockfights.

Henry the Eight had built . . . a cockpit. Macaulay.

2. The Privy Council room at Westminster; -- so called because built on the site of the cockpit of Whitehall palace. Brande & C.

3. (Naut.) (a) That part of a war vessel appropriated to the wounded during an engagement. (b) In yachts and other small vessels, a space lower than the rest of the deck, which affords easy access to the cabin.

Cockroach

Cock"roach (?), n. [Sp. cucaracha.] (Zo\'94l.) An orthopterus insect of the genus Blatta, and allied genera. &hand; The species are numerous, especially in hot countries. Those most commonly infesting houses in Europe and North America are Blatta orientalis, a large species often called black beetle, and the Croton bug (Ectobia Germanica).

Cockscomb

Cocks"comb (?), n. [1st cock, n. + comb crest.]

1. See Coxcomb.

2. (Bot.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli.

Cockshead

Cocks"head` (?), n. (Bot.) A leguminous herb (Onobrychis Caput-galli), having small spiny-crested pods.

Cockshut

Cock"shut` (?), n. A kind of net to catch woodcock. [Obs.] Nares. Cockshut time ∨ light, evening twilight; nightfall; -- so called in allusion to the tome at which the cockshut used to be spread. [Obs.] Shak. B. Jonson.

Cockshy

Cock"shy` (?), n.

1. A game in which trinkets are set upon sticks, to be thrown at by the players; -- so called from an ancient popular sport which consisted in "shying" or throwing cudgels at live cocks.

2. An object at which stones are flung.

"Making a cockshy of him," replied the hideous small boy. Dickens.

Cockspur

Cock"spur (?), n. (Bot.) A variety of Crat\'91gus, or hawthorn (C. Crus-galli), having long, straight thorns; -- called also Cockspur thorn.

Cocksure

Cock"sure` (?), a.

1. Perfectly safe. [Obs.]

We steal as in a castle, cocksure: . . . we walk invisible. Shak.

2. Quite certain. [Colloq.]

I throught myself cocksure of the horse which he readily promised me. Pope.

Cockswain

Cock"swain (?, colloq. ?), n. [Cock a boat + swain; hence, the master of a boat.] The steersman of a boat; a petty officer who has charge of a boat and its crew.

Cocktail

Cock"tail` (?), n.

1. A beverage made of brandy, whisky, or gin, iced, flavored, and sweetened. [U. S.]

2. (Stock Breeding) A horse, not of pure breed, but having only one eighth or one sixteenth impure blood in his veins. Darwin.

3. A mean, half-hearted fellow; a coward. [Slang, Eng.]

It was in the second affair that poor little Barney showed he was a cocktail. Thackeray.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A species of rove beetle; -- so called from its habit of elevating the tail.

Cockup

Cock"up (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large, highly esteemed, edible fish of India (Lates calcarifer); -- also called begti.

Cockweed

Cock"weed (?), n. (Bot.) Peppergrass. Johnson.

Cocky

Cock"y (?), a. [See Cocket.] Pert. [Slang]

Coco, n. ∨ Coco palm

Co"co (?), n.Co"co palm (?). See Cocoa.

Cocoa, n., Cocoa palm

Co"coa (?), n., Co"coa palm` (?) [Sp. & Pg. coco cocoanut, in Sp. also, cocoa palm. The Portuguese name is said to have been given from the monkeylike face at the base of the nut, fr. Pg. coco a bugbear, an ugly mask to frighten children. Cf., however, Gr. (Bot.) A palm tree producing the cocoanut (Cocos nucifera). It grows in nearly all tropical countries, attaining a height of sixty or eighty feet. The trunk is without branches, and has a tuft of leaves at the top, each being fifteen or twenty feet in length, and at the base of these the nuts hang in clusters; the cocoanut tree.

Cocoa

Co"coa, n. [Corrupted fr. cacao.] A preparation made from the seeds of the chocolate tree, and used in making, a beverage; also the beverage made from cocoa or cocoa shells. Cocoa shells, the husks which separate from the cacao seeds in preparing them for use.

Cocoanut

Co"coa*nut` (?), n. The large, hard-shelled nut of the cocoa palm. It yields an agreeable milky liquid and a white meat or albumen much used as food and in making oil.

Cocobolo, Cocobolas

Co`co*bo"lo (?), Co`co*bo"las (?), n. [Sp. cocobolo.] (Bot.) A very beautiful and hard wood, obtained in the West India Islands. It is used in cabinetmaking, for the handles of tools, and for various fancy articles.

Cocoon

Co*coon" (?), n. [F. cocon, dim. of coque shell of egge and insects, fr. L. concha mussel shell. See Conch.]

1. An oblong case in which the silkworn lies in its chrysalis state. It is formed of threads of silk spun by the worm just before leaving the larval state. From these the silk of commerce is prepared.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The case constructed by any insect to contain its larva or pupa. (b) The case of silk made by spiders to protect their eggs. (c) The egg cases of mucus, etc., made by leeches and other worms.

Cocoonery

Co*coon"er*y (?), n. A building or apartment for silkworms, when feeding and forming cocoons.

Coctible

Coc"ti*ble (?), a. [See Coctile.] Capable of being cooked. Blount.

Coctile

Coc"tile (?), a. [L. coctilis, fr. coguere. See Cook.] Made by baking, or exposing to heat, as a brick.

Coction

Coc"tion (?), n. [L. coctio.]

1. Act of boiling.

2. (Med.) (a) Digestion. [Obs.] (b) The change which the humorists believed morbific matter undergoes before elimination. [Obs.] Dunglison.

Cocus wood

Co"cus wood` (?). A West Indian wood, used for making flutes and other musical instruments.

Cod

Cod (?), n. [AS. codd small bag; akin to Icel. koddi pillow, Sw. kudde cushion; cf. W. cod, ciod, bag, shell.]

1. A husk; a pod; as, a peascod. [Eng.] Mortimer.

2. A small bag or pouch. [Obs.] Halliwell.

3. The scortum. Dunglison.

4. A pillow or cushion. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cod

Cod, n. [Cf. G. gadde, and (in Heligoland) gadden, L. gadus merlangus.] (Zo\'94l.) An important edible fish (Gadus morrhua), Taken in immense numbers on the northern coasts of Europe and America. It is especially abundant and large on the Grand Bank of Newfoundland. It is salted and dried in large quantities. &hand; There are several varieties; as shore cod, from shallow water; bank cod, from the distant banks; and rock cod, which is found among ledges, and is often dark brown or mottled with red. The tomcod is a distinct species of small size. The bastard, blue, buffalo, or cultus cod of the Pacific coast belongs to a distinct family. See Buffalo cod, under Buffalo. Cod fishery, the business of fishing for cod. -- Cod line, an eighteen-thread line used in catching codfish. McElrath.

Coda

Co"da (?), n. [It., tail, fr. L. cauda.] (Mus.) A few measures added beyond the natural termination of a composition.

Codder

Cod"der (?), n. A gatherer of cods or peas. [Obs. or Prov.] Johnson.

Codding

Cod"ding (?), a. Lustful. [Obs.] Shak.

Coddle

Cod"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coddled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coddling (?).] [Cf. Prov. E. caddle to coax, spoil, fondle, and Cade, a. & v. t.] [Written also codle.]

1. To parboil, or soften by boiling.

It [the guava fruit] may be coddled. Dampier.

2. To treat with excessive tenderness; to pamper.

How many of our English princes have been coddled at home by their fond papas and mammas! Thackeray.
He [Lord Byron] never coddled his reputation. Southey.

Coddymoddy

Cod"dy*mod"dy (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A gull in the plumage of its first year.

Code

Code (?), n. [F., fr. L. codex, caudex, the stock or

1. A body of law, sanctioned by legislation, in which the rules of law to be specifically applied by the courts are set forth in systematic form; a compilation of laws by public authority; a digest. &hand; The collection of laws made by the order of Justinian is sometimes called, by way of eminence. "The Code" Wharton.

2. Any system of rules or regulations relating to one subject; as, the medical code, a system of rules for the regulation of the professional conduct of physicians; the naval code, a system of rules for making communications at sea means of signals. Code civil ∨ Code Napoleon, a code enacted in France in 1803 and 1804, embodying the law of rights of persons and of property generally. Abbot.

Codefendant

Co`de*fend"ant (?), n. A joint defendant. Blackstone.

Codeine

Co*de"ine (?), n. [Gr. cod.] (Chem.) One of the opium alkaloids; a white crystalline substance, C18H21NO3, similar to and regarded as a derivative of morphine, but much feebler in its action; -- called also codeia.

Codetta

Co*det"ta (?), n. [It., dim. of coda tail.] (Mus.) A short passage connecting two sections, but not forming part of either; a short coda.

Codex

Co"dex (?), n.; pl. Codices (#). [L. See Code.]

1. A book; a manuscript.

2. A collection or digest of laws; a code. Burrill.

3. An ancient manuscript of the Sacred Scriptures, or any part of them, particularly the New Testament.

4. A collection of canons. Shipley.

Codfish

Cod"fish (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of fish. Same as Cod.

Codger

Codg"er (?), n. [Cf. Cadger.]

1. A miser or mean person.

2. A singular or odd person; -- a familiar, humorous, or depreciatory appellation. [Colloq.]

A few of us old codgers met at the fireside. Emerson.

Codical

Cod"i*cal (?), a. Ralating to a codex, or a code.

Codicil

Cod"i*cil (?), n. [L. codicillus, dim. of codex: cf. F. codicille. See Code.] (Law) A clause added to a will.

Codicillary

Cod`i*cil"la*ry (?), a. [L. codicillaris, codicillarius.] Of the nature of a codicil.

Codification

Co`di*fi*ca"tion (? ∨ ?), n. [Cf. F. codification.] The act or process of codifying or reducing laws to a code.

Codifier

Co"di*fi`er (? ∨ ?), n. One who codifies.

Codify

Co"di*fy (? ∨ ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Codified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Codifying.] [Code + -fy: cf. F. codifier.] To reduce to a code, as laws.

Codilla

Co*dil"la (?), n. [Cf. L. codicula a little tail, dim. of cauda tail.] (Com.) The coarse tow of flax and hemp. McElrath.

Codille

Co*dille" (?), n. [F. codile.] A term at omber, signifying that the game is won. Pope.

Codist

Co"dist (?), n. A codifier; a maker of codes. [R.]

Codle

Co"dle (?), v. t. See Coddle.

Codlin, Codling

Cod"lin (?), Cod"ling (?), n. [Cf. AS. cod\'91ppel a quince.] (a) An apple fit to stew or coddle. (b) An immature apple.
A codling when 't is almost an apple. Shak.
Codling moth (Zo\'94l.), a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.

Codling

Cod"ling, n. [Dim. of cod the fish.] (Zo\'94l.) A young cod; also, a hake.

Cod liver

Cod" liv`er (?), n. The liver of the common cod and allied species. Cod-liver oil, an oil obtained fron the liver of the codfish, and used extensively in medicine as a means of supplying the body with fat in cases of malnutrition.

Codpiece

Cod"piece` (?), n. [Cod, n., piece.] A part of male dress in front of the breeches, formerly made very conspicuous. Shak. Fosbroke.

C\'d2cilian

C\'d2*cil"i*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See C\'91cilian.

Coeducation

Co*ed`u*ca"tion (?; 135), n. An educating together, as of persons of different sexes or races.<-- usu. of different sexes. --> Co*ed`u*ca"tion*al (, a.

Coefficacy

Co*ef"fi*ca*cy (?), n. Joint efficacy.

Coefficiency

Co`ef*fi"cien*cy (?), n. Joint efficiency; co\'94peration. Glanvill.

Coefficient

Co`ef*fi"cient (?), a. Co\'94perating; acting together to produce an effect. Co`ef*fi"cient*ly, adv.

Coefficient

Co`ef*fi"cient, n.

1. That which unites in action with something else to produce the same effect.

2. [Cf. F. coefficient.] (Math.) A number or letter put before a letter or quantity, known or unknown, to show how many times the latter is to be taken; as, 6x; bx; here 6 and b are coefficients of x.

3. (Physics) A number, commonly used in computation as a factor, expressing the amount of some change or effect under certain fixed conditions as to temperature, length, volume, etc.; as, the coefficient of expansion; the coefficient of friction. Arbitrary coefficient (Math.), a literal coefficient placed arbitrarily in an algebraic, expression, the value of the coefficient being afterwards determined by the conditions of the problem.

Coehorn

Coe"horn (?), n. [From its inventor, Baron Coehorn.] (Mil.) A small bronze mortar mounted on a wooden block with handles, and light enough to be carried short distances by two men.

C\'d2lacanth

C\'d2l"a*canth (? or , a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having hollow spines, as some ganoid fishes.

C\'d2lentera ∨ C\'d2lenterata

C\'d2*len"te*ra (?)C\'d2*len`te*ra"ta, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A comprehensive group of Invertebrata, mostly marine, comprising the Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Ctenophora. The name implies that the stomach and body cavities are one. The group is sometimes enlarged so as to include the sponges.

C\'d2lenterate

C\'d2*len"ter*ate (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the C\'d2lentra. -- n. One of the C\'d2lentera.

C\'d2lia

C\'d2"li*a (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) A cavity. &hand; The word is applied to the ventricles of the brain, the different venticles being indicated by prefixes like those characterizing the parts of the brain in which the cavities are found; as, epic\'d2lia, mesoc\'d2lia, metac\'d2lia, proc\'d2lia, etc. B. G. Wilder.

C\'d2liac, Celiac

C\'d2"li*ac, Ce"li*ac (?), a. [L. coeliacus, Gr. Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen. C\'d2liac artery (Anat.), the artery which issues from the aorta just below the diaphragm; -- called also c\'d2liac axis. -- C\'d2liac flux, C\'d2liac passion (Med.), a chronic flux or diarrhea of undigested food.

C\'d2lodont

C\'d2"lo*dont (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having hollow teeth; -- said of a group lizards. -- n. One of a group of lizards having hollow teeth.

C\'d2lospermous

C\'d2l`o*sper"mous (? ∨ , a. [Gr. (Bot.) Hollow-seeded; having the ventral face of the seedlike carpels incurved at the ends, as in coriander seed.

C\'d2lum

C\'d2"lum (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) See Body cavity, under Body.

Coemption

Co*emp"tion (?; 215), n. [L. co\'89mptio, fr. co\'89mere to buy up. See Emption.] The act of buying the whole quantity of any commodity. [R.] Bacon.

Coendoo

Co*en"doo (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The Brazilian porcupine (Cercolades, ∨ Sphingurus, prehensiles), remarkable for its prehensile tail.

C\'d2nenchym, C\'d2nenchyma

C\'d2*nen"chym (?), C\'d2*nen"chy*ma (?) n. [NL. coenenchyma, fr. Gr. parenchyma.] (Zo\'94l.) The common tissue which unites the polyps or zooids of a compound anthozoan or coral. It may be soft or more or less ossified. See Coral.

C\'d2nesthesis

C\'d2n`es*the"sis (? ∨ ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Physiol.) Common sensation or general sensibility, as distinguished from the special sensations which are located in, or ascribed to, separate organs, as the eye and ear. It is supposed to depend on the ganglionic system.

C\'d2nobite

C\'d2n"o*bite (? ∨ ?), n. See Cenobite.

C\'d2n\'d2cium

C\'d2*n\'d2"ci*um (? ∨ ?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The common tissue which unites the various zooids of a bryozoan.

C\'d2nogamy

C\'d2*nog"a*my (?), n. [Gr. The state of a community which permits promiscuous sexual intercourse among its members; -- as in certain primitive tribes or communistic societies. [Written also cenogamy.]

C\'d2nosarc

C\'d2n"o*sarc (? ∨ ?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The common soft tissue which unites the polyps of a compound hydroid. See Hydroidea.

C\'d2nurus

C\'d2*nu"rus (?), n. [NL. fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The larval stage of a tapeworm (T\'91nia c\'d2nurus) which forms bladderlike sacs in the brain of sheep, causing the fatal disease known as water brain, vertigo, staggers or gid. &hand; This bladder worm has on its surface numerous small heads, each of which, when swallowed by a dog, becomes a mature tapeworm in the dog's intestine.

Coequal

Co*e"qual (?), a. [L. coaequalis; co- + aequalis equal.] Being on an equality in rank or power. -- n. One who is on an equality with another.
In once he come to be a cardinal, He'll make his cap coequal with the crown. Shak.

Coequality

Co`e*qual"i*ty (?), n. The state of being on an equality, as in rank or power.

Coequally

Co*e"qual*ly (?), adv. With coequality.

Coerce

Co*erce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coerced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coercing.] [L. co\'89rcere; co- + arcere to shut up, to press together. See Ark.]

1. To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb. Burke.

Punishments are manifold, that they may coerce this profligate sort. Ayliffe.

2. To compel or constrain to any action; as, to coerce a man to vote for a certain candidate.

3. To compel or enforce; as, to coerce obedience. Syn. -- To Coerce, Compel. To compel denotes to urge on by force which cannot be resisted. The term aplies equally to physical and moral force; as, compelled by hunger; compelled adverse circumstances; compelled by parental affection. Coerce had at first only the negative sense of checking or restraining by force; as, to coerce a bad man by punishments or a prisoner with fetters. It has now gained a positive sense., viz., that of driving a person into the performance of some act which is required of him by another; as, to coerce a man to sign a contract; to coerce obedience. In this sense (which is now the prevailing one), coerce differs but little from compel, and yet there is a distinction between them. Coercion is usually acomplished by indirect means, as threats and intimidation, physical force being more rarely employed in coercing.

Coercible

Co"er"ci*ble (?), a. Capable of being coerced. -- Co*er"ci*ble*ness, n.

Coercion

Co*er"cion (?), n. [L. coercio, fr. coercere. See Coerce.]

1. The act or process of coercing.

2. (Law) The application to another of either physical or moral force. When the force is physical, and cannot be resisted, then the act produced by it is a nullity, so far as concerns the party coerced. When the force is moral, then the act, though voidable, is imputable to the party doing it, unless he be so paralyzed by terror as to act convulsively. At the same time coercion is not negatived by the fact of submission under force. "Coactus volui" (I consented under compulsion) is the condition of mind which, when there is volition forced by coercion, annuls the result of such coercion. Wharton.

Coercitive

Co*er"ci*tive (?), a. Coercive. "Coercitive power in laws." Jer. Taylor.

Coercive

Co*er"cive (?), a. Serving or intended to coerce; having power to constrain. -- Co*er"cive*ly, adv. -- Co*er"cive*ness, n.
Coercive power can only influence us to outward practice. Bp. Warburton.
Coercive ∨ Coercitive force (Magnetism), the power or force which in iron or steel produces a slowness or difficulty in imparting magnetism to it, and also interposes an obstacle to the return of a bar to its natural state when active magnetism has ceased. It plainly depends on the molecular constitution of the metal. Nichol.
The power of resisting magnetization or demagnization is sometimes called coercive force. S. Thompson.

C\'d2rulignone

C\'d2`ru*lig"none (?), n. [L. coeruleus cerulean + lignum wood + E. quinone.] (Chem.) A bluish violet, crystalline substance obtained in the purification of crude wood vinegar. It is regarded as a complex quinone derivative of diphenyl; -- called also cedriret.

Coessential

Co`es*sen"tial (?), a. Partaking of the same essence. -- Co`es*sen"tial*ly, adv.
We bless and magnify that coessential Spirit, eternally proceeding from both [The Father and the Son]. Hooker.

Coessentiality

Co`es*sen`ti*al"i*ty (? ∨ ?; 106), n. Participation of the same essence. Johnson.

Coestablishment

Co`es*tab"lish*ment (?), n. Joint establishment. Bp. Watson.

Coestate

Co`es*tate" (?), n. Joint estate. Smolett.

Coetanean

Co`e*ta"ne*an (?), n. A personcoetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.]

Coetaneous

Co`e*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. coaetaneus; co- + aetas age.] Of the same age; beginning to exist at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co`e*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv.
And all [members of the body] are coetaneous. Bentley.

Coeternal

Co`e*ter"nal (?), a. Equally eternal. -- Co`e*ter"nal*ly, adv
A . . . coetanean of the late earl of SouthamptoAubrey.
.
Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven first born! Or of the Eternal coeternal beam. Milton.

Coeternity

Co`e*ter"ni*ty (?), n. Existence from eternity equally with another eternal being; equal eternity.

Coeval

Co*e"val (?), a. [L. coaevus; co- + aevum lifetime, age. See Age, n.] Of the same age; existing during the same period of time, especially time long and remote; -- usually followed by with.
Silence! coeval with eternity! Pope.
Oaks coeval spread a mournful shade. Cowper.

Coeval

Co*e"val, n. One of the same age; a contemporary.
As if it were not enough to have outdone all your coevals in wit. Pope.

Coevous

Co*e"vous (?), a. Coeaval [Obs.] South.

Coexecutor

Co`ex*ec"u*tor (?), n. A joint executor.

Coexecutrix

Co`ex*ec"u*trix (?), n. A joint executrix.

Coexist

Co`ex*ist (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coexisted; p. pr. & vb. n. Coexisting.] To exist at the same time; -- sometimes followed by with.
Of substances no one has any clear idea, farther than of certain simple ideas coexisting together. Locke.
So much purity and integrity . . . coexisting with so much decay and so many infirmities. Warburton.

Coexistence

Co`ex*ist"ence (?), n. Existence at the same time with another; -- contemporary existence.
Without the help, or so much as the coexistence, of any condition. Jer. Taylor.

Coexistent

Co`ex*ist"ent (?), a. Existing at the same time with another. -- n. That which coexists with another.
The law of coexistent vibrations. Whewell.

Coexisting

Co`ex*ist"ing, a. Coexistent. Locke.

Coextend

Co`ex*tend, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coextended; p. pr. & vb. n. Coextending.] To extend through the same space or time with another; to extend to the same degree.
According to which the least body may be coextended with the greatest. Boyle.
Has your English language one single word that is coextended through all these significations? Bentley.

Coextension

Co`ex*ten"sion (?), n. The act of extending equally, or the state of being equally extended.

Coextensive

Co`ex*ten"sive (?), a. Equally extensive; having as, consciousness and knowledge are coextensive. Sir W. Hamilton. - - Co`ex*ten"sive*ly, adv. -- Co`ex*ten"sive*ness, n.

Coffee

Cof"fee (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. Caf\'82.]

1. The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.

2. The coffee tree. &hand; There are several species of the coffee tree, as, Coffea Arabica, C. occidentalis, and C. Liberica. The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called "beans" or "berries".

3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.

They have in Turkey a drink called coffee . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. Bacon.
&hand; The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London. Coffee bug (Zo\'94l.), a species of scale insect (Lecanium coff\'91a), often very injurious to the coffee tree. -- Coffee rat (Zo\'94l.) See Musang.

Coffeehouse

Cof"fee*house` (?), n. A house of entertainment, where guests are supplied with coffee and other refreshments, and where men meet for conversation.
The coffeehouse must not be dismissed with a cursory mention. It might indeed, at that time, have been not improperly called a most important political institution . . . The coffeehouses were the chief organs through which the public opinion of the metropolis vented itself . . . Every man of the upper or middle class went daily to his coffeehouse to learn the news and discuss it. Every coffeehouse had one or more orators, to whose eloquence the crowd listened with admiration, and who soon became what the journalists of our own time have been called -- a fourth estate of the realm. Macaulay.

Coffeeman

Cof"fee*man (?), n. One who keeps a coffeehouse. Addison.

Coffeepot

Cof"fee*pot (?), n. A covered pot im which coffee is prepared,

Coffeeroom

Cof"fee*room` (?), n. A public room where coffee and other refreshments may be obtained.

Coffer

Cof"fer (?; 115), n. [OF. cofre, F. coffre, L. cophinus basket, fr. Gr. Coffin, n.]

1. A casket, chest, or trunk; especially, one used for keeping money or other valuables. Chaucer.

In ivory coffers I have stuffed my crowns. Shak.

2. Fig.: Treasure or funds; -- usually in the plural.

He would discharge it without any burden to the queen's coffers, for honor sake. Bacon.
Hold, here is half my coffer. Shak.

3. (Arch.) A panel deeply recessed in the ceiling of a vault, dome, or portico; a caisson.

4. (Fort.) A trench dug in the botton of a dry moat, and extending across it, to enable the besieged to defend it by a raking fire.

5. The chamber of a canal lock; also, a caisson or a cofferdam. Coffer dam. (Engin.) See Cofferdam, in the Vocabulary. -- Coffer fish. (Zo\'94l.) See Cowfish.

Coffer

Cof"fer, v. t.

1. To put into a coffer. Bacon.

2. (Mining.) To secure from leaking, as a chaft, by ramming clay behind the masonry or timbering. Raymond.

3. To form with or in a coffer or coffers; to turnish with a coffer or coffers.

Cofferdam

Cof"fer*dam (?), n. A water-tight inclosure, as of piles packed with clay, from which the water is pumped to expose the bottom (of a river, etc.) and permit the laying of foundations, building of piers, etc.

Cofferer

Cof"fer*er (?), n. One who keeps treasures in a coffer. [R.]

Cofferwork

Cof"fer*work` (?), n. (Masonry) Rubblework faced with stone. Knight.

Coffin

Cof"fin (?; 115), n. [OE., a basket, receptacle, OF. cofin, fr. L. cophinus. See Coffer, n.]

1. The case in which a dead human body is inclosed for burial.

They embalmed him [Joseph], and he was put in a coffin. Gen. 1. 26.

2. A basket. [Obs.] Wyclif (matt. xiv. 20).

3. A casing or crust, or a mold, of pastry, as for a pie.

Of the paste a coffin I will rear. Shak.

4. A conical paper bag, used by grocers. [Obs.] Nares.

5. (Far.) The hollow crust or hoof of a horse's foot, below the coronet, in which is the coffin bone. Coffin bone, the foot bone of the horse and allied animals, inclosed within the hoof, and corresponding to the third phalanx of the middle finger, or toe, of most mammals. -- Coffin joint, the joint next above the coffin bone.

Coffin

Cof"fin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coffined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coffining.] To inclose in, or as in, a coffin.
Would'st thou have laughed, had I come coffined home? Shak.
Devotion is not coffined in a cell. John Hall (1646).

Coffinless

Cof"fin*less, a. Having no coffin.

Coffle

Cof"fle (?; 115), n. [Ar. kafala caravan.] A gang of negro slaves being driven to market.

Cog

Cog (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cogged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogging.] [Cf. W. coegio to make void, to beceive, from coeg empty, vain, foolish. Cf. Coax, v. t.]

1. To seduce, or draw away, by adulation, artifice, or falsehood; to wheedle; to cozen; to cheat. [R.]

I'll . . . cog their hearts from them. Shak.

2. To obtrude or thrust in, by falsehood or deception; as, to cog in a word; to palm off. [R.]

Fustian tragedies . . . have, by concerted applauses, been cogged upon the town for masterpieces. J. Dennis
To cog a die, to load so as to direct its fall; to cheat in playing dice. Swift.

Cog

Cog (?), v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to play false; to lie; to wheedle; to cajole.
For guineas in other men's breeches, Your gamesters will palm and will cog. Swift.

Cog

Cog, n. A trick or deception; a falsehood. Wm. Watson.

Cog

Cog, n. [Cf. Sw. kugge a cog, or W. cocos the cogs of a wheel.]

1. (Mech.) A tooth, cam, or catch for imparting or receiving motion, as on a gear wheel, or a lifter or wiper on a shaft; originally, a separate piece of wood set in a mortise in the face of a wheel.

2. (Carp.) (a) A kind of tenon on the end of a joist, received into a notch in a bearing timber, and resting flush with its upper surface. (b) A tenon in a scarf joint; a coak. Knight.

3. (Mining.) One of the rough pillars of stone or coal left to support the roof of a mine.

Cog

Cog, v. t. To furnish with a cog or cogs. Cogged breath sound (Auscultation), a form of interrupted respiration, in which the interruptions are very even, three or four to each inspiration. Quain.

Cog

Cog, n. [OE. cogge; cf. D. kog, Icel. kuggr Cf. Cock a boat.] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Cogency

Co"gen*cy (?), n. [See Cogent.] The quality of being cogent; power of compelling conviction; conclusiveness; force.
An antecedent argument of extreme cogency. J. H. Newman.

Cogenial

Co*ge"ni*al (?), a. Congenial. [Obs.]

Cogent

Co"gent (?), a. [L. cogens, p. pr. of cogere to drive together, to force; co- + agere to drive. See Agent, a., and cf. Coact to force, Coagulate, p. a.]

1. Compelling, in a physical sense; powerful. [Obs.]

The cogent force of nature. Prior.

2. Having the power to compel conviction or move the will; constraining; conclusive; forcible; powerful; not easily reasisted.

No better nor more cogent reason. Dr. H. More.
Proofs of the most cogent description. Tyndall.
The tongue whose strains were cogent as commands, Revered at home, and felt in foreign lands. Cowper.
Syn. -- Forcible; powerful; potent; urgent; strong; persuasive; convincing; conclusive; influential.

Cogently

Co"gent*ly, adv. In a cogent manner; forcibly; convincigly; conclusively. Locke.

Cogger

Cog"ger (?), n. [From Cog to wheedle.] A flatterer or deceiver; a sharper.

Coggery

Cog"ger*y, n. Trick; deception. Bp. Watson.

Coggle

Cog"gle (?), n. [See Cog small boat.] A small fishing boat. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Coggle

Cog"gle, n. [Cf. Cobble a cobblestone.] A cobblestone. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Cogitability

Cog`i*ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being cogitable; conceivableness.

Cogitable

Cog"i*ta*ble (?), a. [L. cogitabilis, fr. cogitare to think.] Capable of being brought before the mind as a throught or idea; conceivable; thinkable.
Creation is cogitable by us only as a putting forth of divine power. Sir W. Hamilton.

Cogitabund

Cog"i*ta*bund` (?), a. [L. cogitabundus.] Full of thought; thoughtful. [R.] Leigh Hunt.

Cogitate

Cog"i*tate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cogitated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cogitating.] [L. cogitatus, p. p. of cogitare to reflect upon, prob. fr. co- + the root of aio I say; hence, prop., to discuss with one's self. Cf. Adage.] To engage in continuous thought; to think.
He that calleth a thing into his mind, whether by impression or recordation, cogitateth and considereth, and he that employeth the faculty of his fancy also cogitateth. Bacon.

Cogitate

Cog"i*tate, v. t. To think over; to plan.
He . . . is our witness, how we both day and night, revolving in our minds, did cogitate nothing more than how to satisfy the parts of a good pastor. Foxe.

Cogitation

Cog`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. cogitatio: cf. F. cogitation.] The act of thinking; thought; meditation; contemplation. "Fixed in cogitation deep." Milton.

Cogitative

Cog"i*ta*tive (?), a. [Cf. LL. cogitativus.]

1. Possessing, or pertaining to, the power of thinking or meditating. "Cogitative faculties." Wollaston.

2. Given to thought or contemplation. Sir H. Wotton.

Cogman

Cog"man (?), n. A dealer in cogware or coarse cloth. [Obs.] Wright.

Cognac

Co"gnac` (?), n. [F.] A kind of French brandy, so called from the town of Cognac.

Cognate

Cog"nate (?), a. [L. cognatus; co- + gnatus, natus, p. p. of nasci, anciently gnasci, to be born. See Nation, and cf. Connate.]

1. Allied by blood; kindred by birth; specifically (Law), related on the mother's side.

2. Of the same or a similar nature; of the same family; proceeding from the same stock or root; allied; kindred; as, a cognate language.

Cognate

Cog"nate, n.

1. (Law) One who is related to another on the female side. Wharton.

2. One of a number of things allied in origin or nature; as, certain letters are cognates.

Cognateness

Cog"nate*ness, n. The state of being cognate.

Cognati

Cog*na"ti (?), n. pl. [L.] (Law) Relatives by the mother's side. Wharton.

Cognation

Cog*na"tion (?), n. [L. cognatio.]

1. Relationship by blood; descent from the same original; kindred.

As by our cognation to the body of the first Adam. Jer. Taylor.

2. Participation of the same nature. Sir T. Browne.

A like temper and cognation. Sir K. Digby.

3. (Law) That tie of consanguinity which exists between persons descended from the same mother; -- used in distinction from agnation.

Cognatus

Cog*na"tus (?), n. [L., a kinsman.] (Law) A person cinnected through cognation.

Cognisor ∨, Cognisee

Cog`ni*sor" (? ∨ ?), Cog`ni*see (?), n. See Cognizor, Cognizee.

Cognition

Cog*ni"tion (?), n. [L. cognitio, fr. cognoscere, cognitum, to become acquainted with, to know; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to get a knowledge of. See Know, v. t.]

1. The act of knowing; knowledge; perception.

I will not be myself nor have cognation Of what I feel: I am all patience. Shak.

2. That which is known.

Cognitive

Cog"ni*tive (?), a. Knowing, or apprehending by the understanding; as, cognitive power. South.

Cognizable

Cog"ni*za*ble (? ∨ , a. [F. connaissable, fr. conna\'8ctre to know, L. cognoscere. See Cognition.]

1. Capable of being known or apprehended; as, cognizable causes.

2. Fitted to be a subject of judicial investigation; capable of being judicially heard and determined.

Cognizable both in the ecclesiastical and secular courts. Ayliffe.

Cognizably

Cog"ni*za*bly, adv. In a cognizable manner.

Cognizance

Cog"ni*zance (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [OF. conissance, conoissance, F. conaissance, LL. cognoscentia, fr. L. cognoscere to know. See Cognition, and cf. Cognoscence, Connoisseur.]

1. Apprehension by the understanding; perception; observation.

Within the cognizance and lying under the control of their divine Governor. Bp. Hurd

2. Recollection; recognition.

Who, soon as on that knight his eye did glance, Eftsoones of him had perfect cognizance. Spenser.

3. (Law) (a) Jurisdiction, or the power given by law to hear and decide controversies. (b) The hearing a matter judicially. (c) An acknowledgment of a fine of lands and tenements or confession of a thing done. [Eng.] (d) A form of defense in the action of replevin, by which the defendant insists that the goods were lawfully taken, as a distress, by defendant, acting as servant for another. [Eng.] Cowell. Mozley & W.

4. The distinguishing mark worn by an armed knight, usually upon the helmet, and by his retainers and followers: Hence, in general, a badge worn by a retainer or dependent, to indicate the person or party to which he belonged; a token by which a thing may be known.

Wearing the liveries and cognizance of their master. Prescott.
This pale and angry rose, As cognizance of my blood-drinking hate. Shak.

Cognizant

Cog"ni*zant (? ∨ ?), a. [See Cognizance, and cf. Connusant.] Having cognizance or knowledge. (of).

Cognize

Cog"nize (?), v. t. [Cf. Cognizant, Recognize.] To know or perceive; to recognize.
The reasoning faculty can deal with no facts until they are cognized by it. H. Spencer.

Cognizee

Cog`ni*zee" (? ∨ ?), n. (Law) One to whom a fine of land was ackowledged. Blackstone.

Cognizor

Cog`ni*zor (?), n. [See Cognizance.] (Law) One who ackowledged the right of the plaintiff or cognizee in a fine; the defendant. Blackstone.

Cognomen

Cog*no"men (?), n. [L.: co- + (g)nomen name.]

1. The last of the three names of a person among the ancient Romans, denoting his house or family.

2. (Eng. Law) A surname.

Cognominal

Cog*nom"i*nal (?), a. Of or pertaining to a cognomen; of the nature of a surname.

Cognominal

Cog*nom"i*nal, n. One bearing the same name; a namesake. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cognomination

Cog*nom`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. cognominatio.] A cognomen or surname. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Cognoscence

Cog*nos"cence (?), n. [LL. cognoscentia. See Cognizance.] Cognizance. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Cognoscente

Cog`nos*cen"te (?), n.; pl. Cognoscenti (#). [OIt. cognoscente, p. pr. of cognoscere, It. conoscere to know.] A conoisseur. Mason.

Cognoscibility

Cog*nos`ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being cognoscible. Cudworth.

Cognoscible

Cog*nos"ci*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of being known. "Matters intelligible and cognoscible." Sir M. Hale.

2. Liable to judicial investigation. Jer. Taylor.

Cognoscitive

Cog*nos"ci*tive (?), a. Having the power of knowing. [Obs.] "An innate cognoscitive power." Cudworth.

Cognovit

Cog*no"vit (?), n. [L., he has acknowledged.] (Law) An instrument in writting whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff's demand to be just. Mozley & W.

Coguardian

Co*guard"i*an (?), n. A joint guardian.

Cogue

Cogue (?), n. [Cf. Cog a small boat.] A small wooden vessel; a pail. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Cogware

Cog"ware` (?), n. A coarse, narrow cloth, like frieze, used by the lower classes in the sixteenth century. Halliwell.

Cogwheel

Cog"wheel` (?), n. A wheel with cogs or teeth; a gear wheel. See Illust. of Gearing.

Cohabit

Co*hab"it (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohabited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohabiting.] [L. cohabitare; co- + habitare to dwell, to have possession of (a place), freg. of habere to have. See Habit, n. & v.]

1. To inhabit or reside in company, or in the same place or country.

The Philistines were worsted by the captived ark . . . : they were not able to cohabit with that holy thing. South.

2. To dwell or live together as husband and wife.

The law presumes that husband and wife cohabit together, even after a voluntary separation has taken place between them. Bouvier.
&hand; By the common law as existing in the United States, marriage is presumed when a man and woman cohabit permanently together, being reputed by those who know them to be husband and wife, and admitting the relationship. Wharton.

Cohabitant

Co*hab"it*ant (?), n. [L. cohabitans, p. pr.] One who dwells with another, or in the same place or country.
No small number of the Danes became peaceable cohabitants with the Saxons in England. Sir W. Raleigh.

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Cohabitation

Co*hab"i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. cohabitatio.]

1. The act or state of dwelling together, or in the same place with another. Feltham.

2. (Law) The living together of a man and woman in supposed sexual relationship.

That the duty of cohabitation is released by the cruelty of one of the parties is admitted. Lord Stowell.

Cohabiter

Co*hab"it*er (?), n. A cohabitant. Hobbes.

Coheir

Co*heir (?), n. A joint heir; one of two or more heirs; one of several entitled to an inheritance.

Coheiress

Co*heir"ess (?), n. A female heir who inherits with other heiresses; a joint heiress.

Coheirship

Co*heir"ship, n. The state of being a coheir.

Coherald

Co*her"ald (?), n. A joint herald.

Cohere

Co*here" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cohered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Cohering (?).] [L. cohaerere, cohaesum; co- + haerere to stick, adhere. See Aghast, a.]

1. To stick together; to cleave; to be united; to hold fast, as parts of the same mass.

Neither knows he . . . how the solid parts of the body are united or cohere together. Locke.

2. To be united or connected together in subordination to one purpose; to follow naturally and logically, as the parts of a discourse, or as arguments in a train of reasoning; to be logically consistent.

They have been inserted where they best seemed to cohere. Burke.

3. To suit; to agree; to fit. [Obs.]

Had time cohered with place, or place with wishing. Shak.
Syn. -- To cleave; unite; adhere; stick; suit; agree; fit; be consistent.

Coherence, Coherency

Co*her"ence (?), Co*her"en*cy (?), n. [L. cohaerentia: cf. F. coh\'82rence.]

1. A sticking or cleaving together; union of parts of the same body; cohesion.

2. Connection or dependence, proceeding from the subordination of the parts of a thing to one principle or purpose, as in the parts of a discourse, or of a system of philosophy; consecutiveness.

Coherence of discourse, and a direct tendency of all the parts of it to the argument in hand, are most eminently to be found in him. Locke.

Coherent

Co*her"ent (?), a. [L. cohaerens, p. pr. See Cohere.]

1. Sticking together; cleaving; as the parts of bodies; solid or fluid. Arbuthnot.

2. Composed of mutually dependent parts; making a logical whole; consistent; as, a coherent plan, argument, or discourse.

3. Logically consistent; -- applied to persons; as, a coherent thinker. Watts.

4. Suitable or suited; adapted; accordant. [Obs.]

Instruct my daughter how she shall persever, That time and place, with this deceit so lawful, May prove coherent. Shak.

Coherently

Co*her"ent*ly, adv. In a coherent manner.

Cohesibility

Co*he`si*bil"i*ty (? ∨ ?), n. The state of being cohesible. Good.

Cohesible

Co*he"si*ble (?), a. Capable of cohesion.

Cohesion

Co*he"sion (?), n. [Cf. F. coh\'82sion. See Cohere.]

1. The act or state of sticking together; close union.

2. (Physics) That from of attraction by which the particles of a body are united throughout the mass, whether like or unlike; -- distinguished from adhesion, which unites bodies by their adjacent surfaces.

Solids and fluids differ in the degree of cohesion, which, being increased, turns a fluid into a solid. Arbuthnot.

3. Logical agreement and dependence; as, the cohesion of ideas. Locke.

Cohesive

Co*he"sive (?), a.

1. Holding the particles of a homogeneous body together; as, cohesive attraction; producing cohesion; as, a cohesive force.

2. Cohering, or sticking together, as in a mass; capable of cohering; tending to cohere; as, cohesive clay. Cohesive attraction. See under Attraction. -- Co*he"sive*ly, adv. -- Co*he"sive*ness, n.

Cohibit

Co*hib"it (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohibiting.] [L. cohibitus, p. p. of cohibere to confine; co- + habere to hold.] To restrain. [Obs.] Bailey.

Cohibition

Co`hi*bi"tion (?), n. [L. cohibitio.] Hindrance; restraint. [Obs.]

Cohobate

Co`ho*bate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cohobated; p. pr. & vb. n. Cohobating.] [LL. cohobare; prob. of Arabic origin: cf. F. cohober.] (Anc. Chem.) To repeat the distillation of, pouring the liquor back upon the matter remaining in the vessel. Arbuthnot.

Cohobation

Co`ho*ba"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. cohobation.] (Anc. Chem.) The process of cohobating. Grew.

Cohorn

Co"horn (?), n. (Mil.) See Coehorn.

Cohort

Co"hort (?), n. [L. cohors, prop. an inclosure: cf. F. cohorte. See Court, n.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) A body of about five or six hundred soldiers; the tenth part of a legion.

2. Any band or body of warriors.

With him the cohort bright Of watchful cherubim. Milton.

3. (Bot.) A natural group of orders of plants, less comprehensive than a class.

Cohosh

Co"hosh (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial American herb (Caulophyllum thalictroides), whose roostock is used in medicine; -- also called pappoose root. The name is sometimes also given to the Cimicifuga racemosa, and to two species of Act\'91a, plants of the Crowfoot family.

Coif

Coif (koif), n. [OF. coife, F. coiffe, LL. cofea, cuphia, fr. OHG. kuppa, kuppha, miter, perh. fr. L. cupa tub. See Cup, n. ; but cf. also Cop, Cuff the article of dress, Quoif, n.] A cap. Specifically: (a) A close-fitting cap covering the sides of the head, like a small hood without a cape. (b) An official headdress, such as that worn by certain judges in England. [Writting also quoif.]
From point and saucy ermine down To the plain coif and russet gown. H. Brocke.
The judges, . . . althout they are not of the first magnitude, nor need be of the degree of the coif, yet are they considerable. Bacon.

Coif

Coif (koif), v. t. [Cf. F. coiffer.] To cover or dress with, or as with, a coif.
And coif me, where I'm bald, with flowers. J. G. Cooper.

Coifed

Coifed (koift), a. Wearing a coif.

Coiffure

Coif"fure (?), n. [F., fr. coiffer. See Coif.] A headdress, or manner of dressing the hair. Addison.

Coigne

Coigne (koin), n. [See Coin, n.] A quoin.
See you yound coigne of the Capitol? yon corner stone? Shak.

Coigne, Coigny

Coigne, Coign"y (?), n. The practice of quartering one's self as landlord on a tenant; a quartering of one's self on anybody. [Ireland] Spenser.

Coil

Coil (koil), v.t. [imp. & p. p. Coiled (koild); p. pr. & vb. n. Coiling.] [OF. coillir, F. cueillir, to collect, gather together, L. coligere; col- + legere to gather. See Legend, and cf. Cull, v. t., Collect.]

1. To wind cylindrically or spirally; as, to coil a rope when not in use; the snake coiled itself before springing.

2. To encircle and hold with, or as with, coils. [Obs. or R.] T. Edwards.

Coil

Coil, v. i. To wind itself cylindrically or spirally; to form a coil; to wind; -- often with about or around.
You can see his flery serpents . . . Coiting, playing in the water. Longfellow.

Coil

Coil, n.

1. A ring, series of rings, or spiral, into which a rope, or other like thing, is wound.

The wild grapevines that twisted their coils from trec to tree. W. Irving.

2. Fig.: Entanglement; toil; mesh; perplexity.

3. A series of connected pipes in rows or layers, as in a steam heating apparatus. Induction coil. (Elec.) See under Induction. -- Ruhmkorff's coil (Elec.), an induction coil, sometimes so called from Ruhmkorff (, a prominent manufacturer of the apparatus.

Coil

Coil, n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. goil fume, rage.] A noise, tumult, bustle, or confusion. [Obs.] Shak.

Coilon

Coi"lon (?), n. [F. See Cullion.] A testicle. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Coin

Coin (koin), n. [F. coin, formerly also coing, wedge, stamp, corner, fr. L. cuneus wedge; prob. akin to E. cone, hone. See Hone, n., and cf. Coigne, Quoin, Cuneiform.]

1. A quoin; a corner or external angle; a wegde. See Coigne, and Quoin.

2. A piece of metal on which certain characters are stamped by government authority, making it legally current as money; -- much used in a collective sense.

It is alleged that it [a subsidy] exceeded all the current coin of the realm. Hallam.

3. That which serves for payment or recompense.

The loss of present advantage to flesh and blood is repaid in a nobler coin. Hammond.
Coin balance. See Illust. of Balance. -- To pay one in his own coin, to return to one the same kind of injury or ill treatment as has been received from him. [Colloq.]

Coin

Coin, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coined (koind); p. pr. & vb. n. Coining.]

1. To make of a definite fineness, and convert into coins, as a mass of metal; to mint; to manufacture; as, to coin silver dollars; to coin a medal.

2. To make or fabricate; to invent; to originate; as, to coin a word.

Some tale, some new pretense, he daily coined, To soothe his sister and delude her mind. Dryden.

3. To acquire rapidly, as money; to make.

Tenants cannot coin rent just at quarter day. Locke.

Coin

Coin, v. i. To manufacture counterfeit money.
They cannot touch me for coining. Shak.

Coinage

Coin"age (?), n. [From Coin, v. t., cf. Cuinage.]

1. The act or process of converting metal into money.

The care of the coinage was committed to the inferior magistrates. Arbuthnot.

2. Coins; the aggregate coin of a time or place.

3. The cost or expense of coining money.

4. The act or process of fabricating or inventing; formation; fabrication; that which is fabricated or forged. "Unnecessary coinage . . . of words." Dryden.

This is the very coinage of your brain. Shak.

Coincide

Co`in*cide" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coincided (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coinciding.] [L. co- + incidere to fall on; in + cadere to fall: cf. F. co\'8bncider. See Chance, n.]

1. To occupy the same place in space, as two equal triangles, when placed one on the other.

If the equator and the ecliptic had coincided, it would have rendered the annual revoluton of the earth useless. Cheyne.

2. To occur at the same time; to be contemporaneous; as, the fall of Granada coincided with the discovery of America.

3. To correspond exactly; to agree; to concur; as, our aims coincide.

The rules of right jugdment and of good ratiocination often coincide with each other. Watts.

Coincidence

Co*in"ci*dence (?), n. [Cf. F. co\'8bncidence.]

1. The condition of occupying the same place in space; as, the coincidence of circles, surfaces, etc. Bentley.

2. The condition or fact of happening at the same time; as, the coincidence of the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

3. Exact correspondence in nature, character, result, circumstances, etc.; concurrence; agreement.

The very concurrence and coincidence of ao many evidences . . . carries a great weight. Sir M. Hale.
Those who discourse . . . of the nature of truth . . . affirm a perfect coincidence between truth and goodness. South.

Coincibency

Co*in"ci*ben*cy (?), n. Coincidence. [R.]

Coincident

Co*in"ci*dent (?), a. [Cf. F. co\'8bncident.] Having coincidence; occupying the same place; contemporaneous; concurrent; -- followed by with.
Christianity teaches nothing but what is perfectly suitable to, and coincident with, the ruling principles of a virtuous and well-inclined man. South.

Coincident

Co*in"ci*dent (?), n. One of two or more coincident events; a coincidence. [R.] "Coincidents and accidents." Froude.

Coincidental

Co*in`ci*den"tal (?), a. Coincident.

Coincidently

Co*in"ci*dent*ly (?), adv. With coincidence.

Coincider

Co`in*cid"er (?), n. One who coincides with another in an opinion.

Coindication

Co*in`di*ca"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. co\'8bdication.] One of several signs or sumptoms indicating the same fact; as, a coindication of disease.

Coiner

Coin"er (?), n.

1. One who makes or stamps coin; a maker of money; -- usually, a maker of counterfeit money.

Precautions such as are employed by coiners and receivers of stolen goods. Macaulay.

2. An inventor or maker, as of words. Camden.

Coinhabitant

Co`in*hab"it*ant (?), n. One who dwells with another, or with others. "Coinhabitants of the same element." Dr. H. More.

Coinhere

Co`in*here" (?), v. i. To inhere or exist together, as in one substance. Sir W. Hamilton.

Coinheritance

Co`in*her"it*ance (?), n. Joint inheritance.

Coinheritor

Co`in*her"it*or (?), n. A coheir.

Coinitial

Co`in*i"tial (?), a. (Math.) Having a common beginning.

Coinquinate

Co*in"qui*nate (?), v. t. [L. coinquinatus, p. p. of coinquinare to defile. See Inquinate.] Topollute. [Obs.] Skelton.

Coinquination

Co*in`qui*na"tion (?), n. Defilement. [Obs.]

Coinstantaneous

Co*in"stan*ta"ne*ous (?), a. Happening at the same instant. C. Darwin.

Cointense

Co`intense" (?), a. Equal in intensity or degree; as, the relations between 6 and 12, and 8 and 16, are cointense. H. Spencer.

Cointension

Co`in*ten"sion (?), n. The condition of being of equal in intensity; -- applied to relations; as, 3 : 6 and 6 : 12 are relations of cointension.
Cointension . . . is chosen indicate the equality of relations in respect of the contrast between their terms. H. Spencer.

Coir

Coir (koir), n. [Tamil kayiru.]

1. A material for cordage, matting, etc., consisting of the prepared fiber of the outer husk of the cocoanut. Homans.

2. Cordage or cables, made of this material.

Coistril

Cois"tril (?), n. [Prob. from OF. coustillier groom or lad. Cf. Custrel.]

1. An inferior groom or lad employed by an esquire to carry the knight's arms and other necessaries. [Written also coistrel.]

2. A mean, paltry fellow; a coward. [Obs.] Shak.

Coit

Coit (koit), n. [See Quoit.] A quoit. [Obs.] Carew.

Coit

Coit, v. t. To throw, as a stone. [Obs.] See Quoit.

Coition

Co*i"tion (?), n. [L. coitio, fr. coire to come together; co- + ire to go.] A coming together; sexual intercourse; copulation. Grew.

Cojoin

Co*join" (?), v. t. To join; to conjoin. [R.] Shak.

Cojuror

Co*ju"ror (?), n. One who swears to another's credibility. W. Wotton.

Coke

Coke (?), n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [Written also coak.] Gas coke, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens.

Coke

Coke, v. t. To convert into coke.

Cokenay

Coke"nay (?), n. A cockney. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cokernut

Co"ker*nut` (?), n. (Com.) The cocoanut. &hand; A mode of spelling introduced by the London customhouse to distinguish more widely between this and other articles spelt much in the same manner.

Cokes

Cokes (?), n. [OE. Cf. Coax.] A simpleton; a gull; a dupe. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Cokewold

Coke"wold (?), n. Cuckold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Col

Col- (with
, together. See Com-.

Col

Col (?), n. [F., neck, fr. L. collum neck.] A short ridge connecting two higher elevations or mountains; the pass over such a ridge.

Colaborer

Co*la"bor*er (?), n. One who labors with another; an associate in labor.

Colander

Col"an*der (?), n. [L. colans, -antis, p. pr. of colare to filter, to strain, fr. colum a strainer. Cf. Cullis, Culvert.] A utensil with a bottom perforated with little holes for straining liquids, mashed vegetable pulp, etc.; a strainer of wickerwork, perfprated metal, or the like.

Colation

Co*la"tion (?), n. [See Colander.] The act or process of straining or filtering. [R.]

Colatitude

Co*lat"i*tude (?; 134), n. [Formed like cosine. See Cosine.] The complement of the latitude, or the difference between any latitude and ninety degrees.

Colature

Col"a*ture (?; 135), n. [L. colatura, from colare: cf. F. colature. See Colander.] The process of straining; the matter strained; a strainer. [R.]

Colbertine

Col"ber*tine (?), n. [From Jean Baptiste Colbert, a minister of Louis XIV., who encouraged the lace manufacture in France.] A kind of lace. [Obs.]
Pinners edged with colbertine. Swift.
Difference rose between Mechlin, the queen of lace, and colbertine. Young.

Colchicine

Col"chi*cine (? ∨ ?), n. [Cf. F. colchicine.] (Chem.) A powerful vegetable alkaloid, C17H19NO5, extracted from the Colchicum autumnale, or meadow saffron, as a white or yellowish amorphous powder, with a harsh, bitter taste; -- called also colchicia.

Colchicum

Col"chi*cum (?), n. [L., a plant with a poisonous root, fr. Colchicus Colchian, fr. Colchis, Gr. (Bot.) A genus of bulbous-rooted plants found in many parts of Europe, including the meadow saffron. &hand; Preparations made from the poisonous bulbs and seeds, and perhaps from the flowers, of the Colchicum autumnale (meadow saffron) are used as remedies for gout and rheumatism.

Colcothar

Col"co*thar (?), n. [NL. colcothar vitrioli, fr. Ar. qolqotar.] (Chem.) Polishing rouge; a reddish brown oxide of iron, used in polishing glass, and also as a pigment; -- called also crocus Martis.

Cold

Cold (?), a. [Compar. Colder (?); superl. Coldest.] [OE. cold, cald, AS. cald, ceald; akin to OS. kald, D. koud, G. kalt, Icel. kaldr, Dan. kold, Sw. kall, Goth. kalds, L. gelu frost, gelare to freeze. Orig. p. p. of AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala to freeze. Cf. Cool, a., Chill, n.]

1. Deprived of heat, or having a low temperature; not warm or hot; gelid; frigid. "The snowy top of cold Olympis." Milton.

2. Lacking the sensation of warmth; suffering from the absence of heat; chilly; shivering; as, to be cold.

3. Not pungent or acrid. "Cold plants." Bacon

4. Wanting in ardor, intensity, warmth, zeal, or passion; spiritless; unconcerned; reserved.

A cold and unconcerned spectator. T. Burnet.
No cold relation is a zealous citizen. Burke.

5. Unwelcome; disagreeable; unsatisfactory. "Cold news for me." "Cold comfort." Shak.

6. Wanting in power to excite; dull; uninteresting.

What a deal of cold business doth a man misspend the better part of life in! B. Jonson.
The jest grows cold . . . when in comes on in a second scene. Addison.

7. Affecting the sense of smell (as of hunting dogs) but feebly; having lost its odor; as, a cold scent.

8. Not sensitive; not acute.

Smell this business with a sense as cold As is a dead man's nose. Shak.

9. Distant; -- said, in the game of hunting for some object, of a seeker remote from the thing concealed.

10. (Paint.) Having a bluish effect. Cf. Warm, 8. Cold abscess. See under Abscess. -- Cold blast See under Blast, n., 2. Cold blood. See under Blood, n., 8. -- Cold chill, an ague fit. Wright. -- Cold chisel, a chisel of peculiar strength and hardness, for cutting cold metal. Weale. -- Cold cream. See under Cream. -- Cold slaw. See Cole slaw. -- In cold blood, without excitement or passion; deliberately.

He was slain in cold blood after thefight was over. Sir W. Scott.
To give one the cold shoulder, to treat one with neglect. Syn. -- Gelid; bleak; frigid; chill; indifferent; unconcerned; passionless; reserved; unfeeling; stoical.

Cold

Cold, n.

1. The relative absence of heat or warmth.

2. The sensation produced by the escape of heat; chilliness or chillness.

When she saw her lord prepared to part, A deadly cold ran shivering to her heart. Dryden.

3. (Med.) A morbid state of the animal system produced by exposure to cold or dampness; a catarrh. Cold sore (Med.), a vesicular eruption appearing about the mouth as the result of a cold, or in the course of any disease attended with fever.<-- causative virus Herpes simplex --> -- To leave one out in the cold, to overlook or neglect him. [Colloq.] Cold, v. i. To become cold. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cold-blooded

Cold"-blood`ed (?), a.

1. Having cold blood; -- said of fish or animals whose blood is but little warmer than the water or air about them.

2. Deficient in sensibility or feeling; hard-hearted.

3. Not thoroughbred; -- said of animals, as horses, which are derived from the common stock of a country.

Coldfinch

Cold"finch` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A British wagtail.

Cold-hearted

Cold"-heart`ed (?), a. Wanting passion or feeling; indifferent. -- Cold"-heart`ed*ness, n.

Coldish

Cold"ish (?), a. Somewhat cold; cool; chilly.

Coldly

Cold"ly, adv. In a cold manner; without warmth, animation, or feeling; with indifference; calmly.
Withdraw unto some private place, And reason coldly of your grievances. Shak.

Coldness

Cold"ness, n. The state or quality of being cold.

Cold-short

Cold"-short` (?), a. Brittle when cold; as, cold-short iron.

Cold-shut

Cold"-shut` (?), a. (Metal.) Closed while too cold to become thoroughly welded; -- said of a forging or casting. -- n. An imperfection caused by such insufficient welding.

Cole

Cole (?), n. [OE. col, caul, AS. cawl, cawel, fr. L. caulis, the stalk or stem of a plant, esp. a cabbage stalk, cabbage, akin to Gr. Cauliflower, Kale.] (Bot.) A plant of the Brassica or Cabbage genus; esp. that form of B. oleracea called rape and coleseed.

Co-legatee

Co-leg`a*tee" (?), n. A joint legatee.

Colegoose

Cole"goose` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Coalgoose.

Colemanite

Cole"man*ite (?), n. [From W.T. Coleman of San Francisco.] (Min.) A hydrous borate of lime occurring in transparent colorless or white crystals, also massive, in Southern California.

Colemouse

Cole"mouse` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Coletit.

Coleopter

Co`le*op"ter (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Coleoptera.

Coleoptera

Co`le*op"te*ra (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of insects having the anterior pair of wings (elytra) hard and horny, and serving as coverings for the posterior pair, which are membranous, and folded transversely under the others when not in use. The mouth parts form two pairs of jaws (mandibles and maxill\'91) adapted for chewing. Most of the Coleoptera are known as beetles and weevils.

Coleopteral, Coleopterous

Co`le*op"ter*al (?), Co`le*op"ter*ous (?) a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Having wings covered with a case or sheath; belonging to the Coleoptera.

Coleopteran

Co`le*op"ter*an (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the order of Coleoptera.

Coleopterist

Co`le*op"ter*ist, n. One versed in the study of the Coleoptera.

Coleorhiza

Co`le*o*rhi"za (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. A sheath in the embryo of grasses, inclosing the caulicle. Gray.

Coleperch

Cole"perch` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of small black perch.

Colera

Col"e*ra (?), n. [L. cholera. See Choler.] Bile; choler. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Coleridgian

Cole*ridg"i*an (?), a. Pertaining to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, or to his poetry or metaphysics.

Coleseed

Cole"seed` (?), n. The common rape or cole.

Coleslaw

Cole"slaw` (?), n. [D. kool slaa cabbage salad.] A salad made of sliced cabbage.

Co-lessee

Co`-les*see" (?), n. A partner in a lease taen.

Co-lessor

Co`-les*sor" (?), n. A partner in giving a lease.

Colestaff

Cole"staff` (?), n. See Colstaff.

Colet, Collet

Col"et (?), Col"let[Corrupted fr. acolyte.] An inferior church servant. [Obs.] See Acolyte.

Coletit or Coaltit

Cole"tit` or Coal"tit (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small European titmouse (Parus ater), so named from its black color; -- called also coalmouse and colemouse.

Coleus

Co"le*us (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the Mint family, cultivated for its bright-colored or variegated leaves.

Colewort

Cole"wort` (?), n. [AS. cawlwyrt; cawl cole + wyrt wort. Cf. Collards.]

1. A variety of cabbage in which the leaves never form a compact head.

2. Any white cabbage before the head has become firm.

Colfox

Col"fox` (?), n. A crafty fox. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Colic

Col"ic (?), n. [F. colique, fr. L. colicus sick with the colic, GR. Colon.] (Med.) A severe paroxysmal pain in the abdomen, due to spasm, obstruction, or distention of some one of the hollow viscera. Hepatic colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a gallstone from the liver or gall bladder through the bile duct. -- Intestinal colic, ∨ Ordinary colic, pain due to distention of the intestines by gas. -- Lead colic, Painter's colic, a violent form of intestinal colic, associated with obstinate constipation, produced by chronic lead poisoning. -- Renal colic, the severe pain produced by the passage of a calculus from the kidney through the ureter. -- Wind colic. See Intestinal colic, above.

Colic

Col"ic, a.

1. Of or pertaining to colic; affecting the bowels. Milton.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the colon; as, the colic arteries.

Colical

Col"ic*al (?), a. Of, pertaining to, or of the nature of, colic. Swift.

Colicky

Col"ick*y (?), a. Pertaining to, or troubled with, colic; as, a colicky disorder.

Colicroot

Col"ic*root` (?), n. A bitter American herb of the Bloodwort family, with the leaves all radical, and the small yellow or white flowers in a long spike (Aletris farinosa and A. aurea). Called sometimes star grass, blackroot, blazing star, and unicorn root.

Colin

Col"in (?), n. [F. colin; prop. a dim. of Colas, contr. fr. Nicolas Nicholas.] (Zo\'94l.) The American quail or bobwhite. The name is also applied to other related species. See Bobwhite.

Coliseum

Col`i*se"um (?), n. [NL. (cf. It. coliseo, colosseo), fr. L. colosseus colossal, fr. colossus a colossus. See Colossus, and cf. Colosseum.] The amphitheater of Vespasian at Rome, the largest in the world. [Written also Colosseum.]

Colitis

Co*li"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. -itis.] (Med.) An inflammation of the large intestine, esp. of its mucous membrane; colonitis.

Coll

Coll (?), v. t. [OF. coler, fr. L. collum neck.] To embrace. [Obs.] "They coll and kiss him." Latimer.

Collaborateur

Col*la`bo*ra*teur" (?), n. [F.] See Collaborator.

Collaboration

Col*lab`o*ra"tion (?), n. The act ofworking together; united labor.

Collaborator

Col*lab"o*ra`tor (?), n. [L. collaborare to labor together; col- + laborare to labor: cf. F. collaborateur.] An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

Collagen

Col"la*gen (?), n. [Gr. -gen.] (Physiol. Chem.) The chemical basis of ordinary connective tissue, as of tendons or sinews and of bone. On being boiled in water it becomes gelatin or glue.

Collagenous

Col*lag"e*nous (?), a. (Physiol.) Containing or resembling collagen.

Collapse

Col*lapse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Collapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collapsing] [L. collapsus, p. p. of collabi to collapse; col- + labi to fall, slide. See Lapse.]

1. To fall together suddenly, as the sides of a hollow vessel; to close by falling or shrinking together; to have the sides or parts of (a thing) fall in together, or be crushed in together; as, a flue in the boiler of a steam engine sometimes collapses.

A balloon collapses when the gas escapes from it. Maunder.

2. To fail suddenly and completely, like something hollow when subject to too much pressure; to undergo a collapse; as, Maximilian's government collapsed soon after the French army left Mexico; many financial projects collapse after attaining some success and importance.

Collapse

Col*lapse" (?), n.

1. A falling together suddenly, as of the sides of a hollow vessel.

2. A sudden and complete failure; an utter failure of any kind; a breakdown. [Colloq.]

3. (Med.) Extreme depression or sudden failing o

Collapsion

Col*lap"sion (?), n. [L. collapsio.] Collapse. [R.] Johnson.

Collar

Col"lar (?), n. [OE. coler, coller, OF. colier, F. collier, necklace, collar, fr. OF. col neck, F. cou, fr. L. collum; akin to AS. heals, G. & Goth. hals. Cf. Hals, n.]

1. Something worn round the neck, whether for use, ornament, restraint, or identification; as, the collar of a coat; a lady's collar; the collar of a dog.

2. (Arch.) (a) A ring or cinture. (b) A collar beam.

3. (Bot.) The neck or line of junction between the root of a plant and its stem. Gray.

4. An ornament worn round the neck by knights, having on it devises to designate their rank or order.

5. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A ringlike part of a mollusk in connection with esophagus. (b) A colored ring round the neck of a bird or mammal.

6. (Mech.) A ring or round flange upon, surrounding, or against an object, and used for rastraining motion within given limits, or for holding something to its place, or for hibing an opening around an object; as, a collar on a shaft, used to prevent endwise motion of the shaft; a collar surrounding a stovepipe at the place where it enters a wall. The flanges of a piston and the gland of a stuffing box are sometimes called collars.

7. (Naut.) An eye formed in the bight or bend of a shroud or stay to go over the masthead; also, a rope to which certain parts of rigging, as dead-eyes, are secured.

8. (Mining) A curb, or a horizontal timbering, around the mouth of a shaft. Raymond. Collar beam (Arch.), a horizontal piece of timber connecting and tying together two opposite rafters; -- also, called simply collar. -- Collar of brawn, the quantity of brawn bound up in one parcel. [Eng.] Johnson. -- Collar day, a day of great ceremony at the English court, when persons, who are dignitaries of honorary orders, wear the collars of those orders. -- To slip the collar, to get free; to disentangle one's self from difficulty, labor, or engagement. Spenser.

Collar

Col"lar, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collaring.]

1. To seize by the collar.

2. To put a collar on. To collar beef (or other meat), to roll it up, and bind it close with a string preparatory to cooking it.

Collar bone

Col"lar bone` (?). (Anat.) The clavicle.

Collards

Col"lards (?), n., pl. [Corrupted fr. colewort.] Young cabbage, used as "greens"; esp. a kind cultivated for that purpose; colewort. [Colloq. Souther U. S.]

Collared

Col"lared (?), a.

1. Wearing a collar. "Collared with gold." Chaucer.

2. (Her.) Wearing a collar; -- said of a man or beast used as a bearing when a collar is represented as worn around the neck or loins.

3. Rolled up and bound close with a string; as, collared beef. See To collar beef, under Collar, v. t.

Collatable

Col*lat"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being collated. Coleridge.

Collate

Col*late" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collated; p. pr. & vb. n. Collating.] [From Collation.]

1. To compare critically, as books or manuscripts, in order to note the points of agreement or disagreement.

I must collage it, word, with the original Hebrew. Coleridge.

2. To gather and place in order, as the sheets of a book for binding.

3. (Eccl.) To present and institute in a benefice, when the person presenting is both the patron and the ordinary; -- followed by to.

4. To bestow or confer. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Collate

Col*late", v. i. (Ecl.) To place in a benefice, when the person placing is both the patron and the ordinary.
If the bishop neglets to collate within six months, the right to do it devolves on the archbishop. Encyc. Brit.

Collateral

Col*lat"er*al (?), a. [LL. collateralis; col- + lateralis lateral. See Lateral.]

1. Coming from, being on, or directed toward, the side; as, collateral pressure. "Collateral light." Shak.

2. Acting in an indirect way.

If by direct or by collateral hand They find us touched, we will our kingdom give . . . To you in satisfaction. Shak.

3. Related to, but not strictly a part of, the main thing or matter under consideration; hence, subordinate; not chief or principal; as, collateral interest; collateral issues.

That he [Attebury] was altogether in the wrong on the main question, and on all the collateral questions springing out of it, . . . is true. Macaulay.

4. Tending toward the same conclusion or result as something else; additional; as, collateral evidence.

Yet the attempt may give Collateral interest to this homely tale. Wordsworth.

5. (Genealogy) Descending from the same stock or ancestor, but not in the same line or branch or one from the other; -- opposed to lineal. &hand; Lineal descendants proceed one from another in a direct line; collateral relations spring from a common ancestor, but from different branches of that common stirps or stock. Thus the children of brothers are collateral relations, having different fathers, but a common grandfather. Blackstone.


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Collateral assurance, that which is made, over and above the deed itself. -- Collateral circulation (Med. & Physiol.), circulation established through indirect or subordinate branches when the supply through the main vessel is obstructed. -- Collateral issue. (Law) (a) An issue taken upon a matter aside from the merits of the case. (b) An issue raised by a criminal convict who pleads any matter allowed by law in bar of execution, as pardon, diversity of person, etc. (c) A point raised, on cross-examination, aside from the issue fixed by the pleadings, as to which the answer of the witness, when given, cannot subsequently be contradicted by the party asking the question. -- Collateral security, security for the performance of covenants, or the payment of money, besides the principal security, <-- collateral damage (Mil.) damage caused by a military operation, such as a bombing, to objects or persons not themselves the intended target of the attack. -->

Collateral

Col*lat"er*al (?), n.

1. A collateral relative. Ayliffe.

2. Collateral security; that which is pledged or deposited as collateral security.

Collaterally

Col*lat"er*al*ly, adv.

1. Side by side; by the side.

These pulleys . . . placed collaterally. Bp. Wilkins.

2. In an indirect or subordinate manner; indirectly.

The will hath force upon the conscience collaterally and indirectly. Jer. Taylor.

3. In collateral relation; not lineally.

Collateralness

Col*lat"er*al*ness, n. The state of being collateral.

Collation

Col*la"tion (?), n. [OE. collacioun speech, conference, reflection, OF. collacion, F. collation, fr. L. collatio a bringing together, comparing, fr. collatum (used as the supine of conferre); col- + latium (used as the supine of ferre to bear), for tlatum. See Tolerate, v. t.]

1. The act of collating or comparing; a comparison of one copy er thing (as of a book, or manuscript) with another of a like kind; comparison, in general. Pope.

2. (Print.) The gathering and examination of sheets preparatory to binding.

3. The act of conferring or bestowing. [Obs.]

Not by the collation of the king . . . but by the people. Bacon.

4. A conference. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. (Eccl. Law) The presentation of a clergyman to a benefice by a bishop, who has it in his own gift.

6. (Law) (a) The act of comparing the copy of any paper with its original to ascertain its conformity. (b) The report of the act made by the proper officers.

7. (Scots Law) The right which an heir has of throwing the whole heritable and movable estates of the deceased into one mass, and sharing it equaly with others who are of the same degree of kindred. &hand; This also obtains in the civil law, and is found in the code of Louisiana. Bouvier.

8. (Eccles.) A collection of the Lives of the Fathers or other devout work read daily in monasteries.

9. A light repast or luncheon; as, a cold collation; -- first applied to the refreshment on fast days that accompanied the reading of the collation in monasteries.

A collation of wine and sweetmeats. Whiston.
Collation of seals (Old Law), a method of ascertaining the genuineness of a seal by comparing it with another known to be genuine. Bouvier.

Collation

Col*la"tion, v. i. To partake of a collation. [Obs.]
May 20, 1658, I . . . collationed in Spring Garden. Evelyn.

Collationer

Col*la"tion*er (?), n. (Print.) One who examines the sheets of a book that has just been printed, to ascertain whether they are correctly printed, paged, etc. [Eng.]

Collatitious

Col`la*ti"tious (?), a. [L. collatitius. See Collation.] Brought together; contributed; done by contributions. [Obs.] Bailey.

Collative

Col*la"tive (?), a. [L. collativus brought together. ] Passing or held by collation; -- said of livings of which the bishop and the patron are the same person.

Collator

Col*la"tor (?), n. [L.]

1. One who collates manuscripts, books, etc. Addison.

2. (Eccl. Law) One who collates to a benefice.

3. One who confers any benefit. [Obs.] Feltham.

Collaud

Col*laud" (?), v. t. [L. collaudare; col- + laudare to praise.] To join in praising. [Obs.] Howell.

Colleague

Col"league (?), n. [F. coll\'b5gue, L. collega one chosen at the same time with another, a partner in office; col- + legare to send or choose as deputy. See Legate.] A partner or associate in some civil or ecclesiastical office or employment. It is never used of partners in trade or manufactures. Syn. -- Helper; assistant; coadjutor; ally; associate; companion; confederate.

Colleague

Col*league" (?), v.t & i. To unite or associate with another or with others. [R.] Shak.

Colleagueship

Col"league*ship, n. Partnership in office. Milton.

Collect

Col*lect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collected; p. pr. & vb. n. Collecting.] [L. collecrus, p. p. of collerige to bind together; col- + legere to gather: cf. OF. collecter. See Legend, and cf. Coil, v. t., Cull, v. t.]

1. To gather into one body or place; to assemble or bring together; to obtain by gathering.

A band of men Collected choicely from each country. Shak.
'Tis memory alone that enriches the mind, by preserving what our labor and industry daily collect. Watts.

2. To demand and obtain payment of, as an account, or other indebtedness; as, to collect taxes.

3. To infer from observed facts; to conclude from premises. [Archaic.] Shak.

Which sequence, I conceive, is very ill collected. Locke.
To collect one's self, to recover from surprise, embarrassment, or fear; to regain self-control. Syn. -- To gather; assemble; congregate; muster; accumulate; garner; aggregate; amass; infer; deduce.

Collect

Col*lect", v. i.

1. To assemble together; as, the people collected in a crowd; to accumulate; as, snow collects in banks.

2. To infer; to conclude. [Archaic]

Whence some collect that the former word imports a plurality of persons. South.

Collect

Col"lect, n. [LL. collecta, fr. L. collecta a collection in money; an assemblage, fr. collerige: cf. F. collecte. See Collect, v. t.] A short, comprehensive prayer, adapted to a particular day, occasion, or condition, and forming part of a liturgy.
The noble poem on the massacres of Piedmont is strictly a collect in verse. Macaulay.

Collectanea

Col`lec*ta"ne*a (?), n. pl. [Neut. pl. from L. collectaneus collected, fr. colligere. See Collect, v. t.] Passages selected from various authors, usually for purposes of instruction; miscellany; anthology.

Collected

Col*lect"ed (?), a.

1. Gathered together.

2. Self-possessed; calm; composed.

Collectedly

Col*lect"ed*ly, adv. Composedly; coolly.

Collectedness

Col*lect"ed*ness, n. A collected state of the mind; self-possession.

Collectible

Col*lect"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being collected.

Collection

Col*lec"tion (?), n. [L. collectio: cf. F. collection.]

1. The act or process of collecting or of gathering; as, the collection of specimens.

2. That which is collected; as: (a) A gathering or assemblage of objects or of persons. "A collection of letters." Macaulay. (b) A gathering of money for charitable or other purposes, as by passing a contribution box for freewill offerings. "The collection for the saints." 1 Cor. xvi. 1 (c) (Usually in pl.) That which is obtained in payment of demands. (d) An accumulation of any substance. "Collections of moisture." Whewell. "A purulent collection." Dunglison.

3. The act of inferring or concluding from premises or observed facts; also, that which is inferred. [Obs.]

We may safely say thus, that wrong collections have been hitherto made out of those words by modern divines. Milton.

4. The jurisdiction of a collector of excise. [Eng.] Syn. -- Gathering; assembly; assemblage; group; crowd; congregation; mass; heap; compilation.

Collectional

Col*lec"tion*al (-al), a. Of or pertaining to collecting.
The first twenty-five [years] must have been wasted for collectional purposes. H. A. Merewether.

Collective

Col*lect"ive (?), a. [L. collectivus: cf. F. collectif.]

1. Formed by gathering or collecting; gathered into a mass, sum, or body; congregated or aggregated; as, the collective body of a nation. Bp. Hoadley.

2. Deducing consequences; reasoning; inferring. [Obs.] "Critical and collective reason." Sir T. Browne.

3. (Gram.) Expressing a collection or aggregate of individuals, by a singular form; as, a collective name or noun, like assembly, army, juri, etc.

4. Tending to collect; forming a collection.

Local is his throne . . . to fix a point, A central point, collective of his sons. Young.

5. Having plurality of origin or authority; as, in diplomacy, a note signed by the representatives of several governments is called a collective note. Collective fruit (Bot.), that which is formed from a mass of flowers, as the mulberry, pineapple, and the like; -- called also multiple fruit. Gray.

Collective

Col*lect"ive, n. (Gram.) A collective noun or name.

Collectively

Col*lect"ive*ly, adv. In a mass, or body; in a collected state; in the aggregate; unitedly.

Collectiveness

Col*lect"ive*ness, n. A state of union; mass.

Collectivism

Col*lect"iv*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. collectivisme.] (Polit. Econ.) The doctrine that land and capital should be owned by society collectively or as a whole; communism. W. G. Summer.

Collectivist

Col*lect"iv*ist, n. [Cf. F. collectiviste.] An advocate of collectivism. -- a. Relating to, or characteristic of, collectivism.

Collector

Col*lect"or (?), n. [LL. collector one who collects: cf. F. collecteur.]

1. One who collects things which are separate; esp., one who makes a business or practice of collecting works of art, objects in natural history, etc.; as, a collector of coins.

I digress into Soho to explore a bookstall. Methinks I have been thirty years a collector. Lamb.

2. A compiler of books; one who collects scattered passages and puts them together in one book.

Volumes without the collector's own reflections. Addison.

3. (Com.) An officer appointed and commissioned to collect and receive customs, duties, taxes, or toll.

A great part of this is now embezzled . . . by collectors, and other officers. Sir W. Temple.

4. One authorized to collect debts.

5. A bachelor of arts in Oxford, formerly appointed to superintend some scholastic proceedings in Lent. Todd.

Collectorate

Col*lect"or*ate (?), n. The district of a collector of customs; a collectorship.

Collectorship

Col*lect"or*ship, n. The office of a collector of customs or of taxes.

Collegatary

Col*leg"a*ta*ry (?), n. [L. collegetarius. See Legatary.] (Law) A joint legatee.

College

Col"lege (?), n. [F. coll\'8age, L. collegium, fr. collega colleague. See Colleague.]

1. A collection, body, or society of persons engaged in common pursuits, or having common duties and interests, and sometimes, by charter, peculiar rights and privileges; as, a college of heralds; a college of electors; a college of bishops.

The college of the cardinals. Shak.
Then they made colleges of sufferers; persons who, to secure their inheritance in the world to come, did cut off all their portion in this. Jer. Taylor.

2. A society of scholars or friends of learning, incorporated for study or instruction, esp. in the higher branches of knowledge; as, the colleges of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, and many American colleges. &hand; In France and some other parts of continental Europe, college is used to include schools occupied with rudimentary studies, and receiving children as pupils.

3. A building, or number of buildings, used by a college. "The gate of Trinity College." Macaulay.

4. Fig.: A community. [R.]

Thick as the college of the bees in May. Dryden.
College of justice, a term applied in Scotland to the supreme civil courts and their principal officers. -- The sacred college, the college or cardinals at Rome.

Collegial

Col*le"gi*al (?), n. [LL. collegialis.] Collegiate. [R.]

Collegian

Col*le"gi*an (?), n. A member of a college, particularly of a literary institution so called; a student in a college.

Collegiate

Col*le"gi*ate (?), a. [L. collegiatus.] Of or pertaining to a college; as, collegiate studies; a collegiate society. Johnson. Collegiate church. (a) A church which, although not a bishop's seat, resembles a cathedral in having a college, or chapter of canons (and, in the Church of England, a dean), as Westminster Abbey. (b) An association of churches, possessing common revenues and administered under the joint pastorate of several ministers; as, the Reformed (Dutch) Collegiate Church of New York.

Collegiate

Col*le"gi*ate, n. A member of a college. Burton.

Collembola

Col*lem"bo*la (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The division of Thysanura which includes Podura, and allied forms.

Collenchyma

Col*len"chy*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. parenchyma.] (Bot.) A tissue of vegetable cells which are thickend at the angles and (usually) elongated.

Collet

Col"let (?), n. [F. collet, dim. fr. L. collum neck. See Collar.]

1. A small collar or neckband. Foxe.

2. (Mech.) A small metal ring; a small collar fastened on an arbor; as, the collet on the balance arbor of a watch; a small socket on a stem, for holding a drill.

3. (Jewelry) (a) The part of a ring containing the bezel in which the stone is set. (b) The flat table at the base of a brilliant. See Illust. of Brilliant.

How full the collet with his jewel is! Cowley.

Colleterial

Col`le*te"ri*al (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the colleterium of insects. R. Owen.

Colleterium

Col`le*te"ri*um (?), n. [NL. See Colletic.] (Zo\'94l.) An organ of female insects, containing a cement to unite the ejected ova.

Colletic

Col*let"ic (?), a. [L. colleticus suitable for gluing, Gr. Agglutinant. -- n. An agglutinant.

Colley

Col"ley (?), n. See Collie.

Collide

Col*lide" (?), v. i. [L. collidere, collisum; col- + laedere to strike. See Lesion.] To strike or dash against each other; to come into collision; to clash; as, the vessels collided; their interests collided.
Across this space the attraction urges them. They collide, they recoil, they oscillate. Tyndall.
No longer rocking and swaying, but clashing and colliding. Carlyle.

Collide

Col*lide", v. t. To strike or dash against. [Obs.]
Scintillations are . . . inflammable effluencies from the bodies collided. Sir T. Browne.

Collidine

Col"li*dine (?), n. [Gr. (Chem.) One of a class of organic bases, C8H11N, usually pungent oily liquids, belonging to the pyridine series, and obtained from bone oil, coal tar, naphtha, and certain alkaloids.

Collie

Col"lie (?), n. [Gael. cuilean whelp, puppy, dog.] (Zo\'94l.) The Scotch shepherd dog. There are two breeds, the rough-haired and smooth-haired. It is remarkable for its intelligence, displayed especially in caring for flocks. [Written also colly, colley.]

Collied

Col"lied (?), p. & a. Darkened. See Colly, v. t.

Collier

Col"lier (?), n. [OE. colier. See Coal.]

1. One engaged in the business of digging mineral coal or making charcoal, or in transporting or dealing in coal.

2. A vessel employed in the coal trade.

Colliery

Col"lier*y (?), n.; pl. Collieries (#). [Cf. Coalery, Collier.]

1. The place where coal is dug; a coal mine, and the buildings, etc., belonging to it.

2. The coal trade. [Obs.] Johnson.

Colliflower

Col"li*flow`er (?), n. See Cauliflower.

Colligate

Col"li*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colligated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colligating.] [L. colligatus, p. p. of colligare to collect; co- + ligare to bind.]

1. To tie or bind together.

The pieces of isinglass are colligated in rows. Nicholson.

2. (Logic) To bring together by colligation; to sum up in a single proposition.

He had discovered and colligated a multitude of the most wonderful . . . phenomena. Tundall.

Colligate

Col"li*gate, a. Bound together.

Colligation

Col`li*ga"tion (?), n. [L. colligatio.]

1. A binding together. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Logic) That process by which a number of isolated facts are brought under one conception, or summed up in a general proposition, as when Kepler discovered that the various observed positions of the planet Mars were points in an ellipse. "The colligation of facts." Whewell.

Colligation is not always induction, but induction is always colligation. J. S. Mill.

Collimate

Col"li*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collimated; p. p. & vb. n. Collimating.] [See Collimation.] (Physics & Astron.) To render parallel to a certain line or direction; to bring into the same line, as the axes of telescopes, etc.; to render parallel, as rays of light.
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Collimating eyepiece, an eyepiece with a diagonal reflector for illumination, used to determine the error of collimation in a transit instrument by observing the image of a cross wire reflected from mercury, and comparing its position in the field with that of the same wire seen directly. -- Collimating lens (Optics), a lens used for producing parallel rays of light.

Collimation

Col`li*ma"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. collimation, fr. a false reading (collimare) for L. collineare to direct in a straight line; col- + linea line. Cf. Collineation.] The act of collimating; the adjustment of the line of the sights, as the axial line of the telescope of an instrument, into its proper position relative to the other parts of the instrument. Error of collimation, the deviation of the line collimation of an astronomical instrument from the position it ought to have with respect to the axis of motion of the instrument. -- Line of collimation, the axial line of the telescope of an astronomical or geodetic instrument, or the line which passes through the optical center of the object glass and the intersection of the cross wires at its focus.

Collimator

Col"li*ma`tor (?), n.

1. (Astron.) A telescope arranged and used to determine errors of collimation, both vertical and horizontal. Nichol.

2. (Optics) A tube having a convex lens at one end and at the other a small opening or slit which is at the principal focus of the lens, used for producing a beam of parallel rays; also, a lens so used.

Collin

Col"lin (?), n. [Gr. A very pure form of gelatin.

Colline

Col"line (?), n. [F. colline, fr. L. collis a hill.] A small hill or mount. [Obs.]
And watered park, full of fine collines and ponds. Evelyn.

Collineation

Col*lin`e*a"tion (?), n. [L. collineare to direct in a straight line. See Collimation.] The act of aiming at, or directing in a line with, a fixed object. [R.] Johnson.

Colling

Coll"ing (?), n. [From Coll, v. t.] An embrace; dalliance. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Collingly

Coll"ing*ly, adv. With embraces. [Obs.] Gascoigne.

Collingual

Col*lin"gual (?), a. Having, or pertaining to, the same language.

Colliquable

Col*liq"ua*ble (?), a. Liable to melt, grow soft, or become fluid. [Obs.] Harvey.

Colliquament

Col*liq"ua*ment (?), n. The first rudiments of an embryo in generation. Dr. H. More.

Colliquate

Col"li*quate (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Colliquated; p. pr. & vb. n. Colliquating.] [Pref. col- + L. liquare, liquatum, to melt.] To change from solid to fluid; to make or become liquid; to melt. [Obs.]
The ore of it is colliquated by the violence of the fire. Boyle.
[Ice] will colliquate in water or warm oil. Sir T. Browne.

Colliquation

Col`li*qua"tion (?), n.

1. A melting together; the act of melting; fusion.

When sand and ashes are well melted together and suffered to cool, there is generated, by the colliquation, that sort of concretion we call "glass". Boyle.

2. (Med.) A processive wasting or melting away of the solid parts of the animal system with copious excretions of liquids by one or more passages. [Obs.]

Colliquative

Col*liq"ua*tive (?), a. Causing rapid waste or exhaustion; melting; as, collequative sweats.

Colliquefaction

Col*liq`ue*fac"tion (?), n. [L. colliquefactus melted; col- + liquefacere; liqu\'c7re to be liquid + facere to make.] A melting together; the reduction of different bodies into one mass by fusion.
The incorporation of metals by simple colliquefaction. Bacon.

Collish

Col"lish (?), n. (Shoemaking) A tool to polish the edge of a sole. Knight.

Collision

Col*li"sion (?), n. [L. collisio, fr. collidere. See Collide.]

1. The act of striking together; a striking together, as of two hard bodies; a violent meeting, as of railroad trains; a clashing.

2. A state of opposition; antagonism; interference.

The collision of contrary false principles. Bp. Warburton.
Sensitive to the most trifling collisions. W. Irving.
Syn. -- Conflict; clashing; encounter; opposition.

Collisive

Col*li"sive (?), a. Colliding; clashing. [Obs.]

Collitigant

Col*lit"i*gant (?), a. Disputing or wrangling. [Obs.] -- n. One who litigates or wrangles. [Obs.]

Collocate

Col"lo*cate (?), a. [L. collocatus, p. p. of collocare. See Couch.] Set; placed. [Obs.] Bacon.

Collocate

Col"lo*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collocated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collocating (?).] To set or place; to set; to station. <-- sic. why is set repeated? -->
To marshal and collocate in order his battalions. E. Hall.

Collocation

Col`lo*ca"tion (?), n. [L. collocatio.] The act of placing; the state of being placed with something else; disposition in place; arrangement.
The choice and collocation of words. Sir W. Jones.

Collocution

Col`lo*cu"tion (?), n. [L. collocutio, fr. colloqui, -locutum, to converse; col- + loqui to speak. See Loquacious.] A speaking or conversing together; conference; mutual discourse. Bailey.

Collocutor

Col"lo*cu`tor (?), n. [L. collocutor] One of the speakers in a dialogue. Derham.

Collodion

Col*lo"di*on (?), n. [Gr. Colloid.] (Chem.) A solution of pyroxylin (soluble gun cotton) in ether containing a varying proportion of alcohol. It is strongly adhesive, and is used by surgeons as a containing for wounds; but its chief application is as a vehicle for the sensitive film in photography. Collodion process (Photog.), a process in which a film of sensitized collodion is used in preparing the plate for taking a picture. -- Styptic collodion, collodion containing an astringent, as tannin.

Collodionize

Col*lo"di*on*ize (?), v. t. To prepare or treat with collodion. R. Hunt.

Collodiotype

Col*lo"di*o*type (?), n. A picture obtained by the collodion process; a melanotype or ambrotype.

Collodium

Col*lo"di*um (?), n. See Collodion.

Collogue

Col*logue" (?), v. i. [Cf. L. colloqui and E. dialogue. Cf. Collocution.] To talk or confer secretly and confidentially; to converse, especially with evil intentions; to plot mischief. [Archaic or Colloq.]
Pray go in; and, sister, salve the matter, Collogue with her again, and all shall be well. Greene.
He had been colloguing with my wife. Thackeray.

Colloid

Col"loid (?), a. [Gr. -oid. Cf. Collodion.] Resembling glue or jelly; characterized by a jellylike appearance; gelatinous; as, colloid tumors.

Colloid

Col"loid (?), n.

1. (Physiol. Chem.) A substance (as albumin, gum, gelatin, etc.) which is of a gelatinous rather than a crystalline nature, and which diffuses itself through animal membranes or vegetable parchment more slowly than crystalloids do; -- opposed to crystalloid.

2. (Med.) A gelatinous substance found in colloid degeneration and colloid cancer. Styptic colloid (Med.), a preparation of astringent and antiseptic substances with some colloid material, as collodion, for ready use.

Colloidal

Col*loid"al (?), a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, colloids.

Colloidality

Col`loi*dal"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being colloidal.

Collop

Col"lop (?), n. [Of uncertain origin; cf. OF. colp blow, stroke, piece, F. coup, fr. L. colophus buffet, cuff, Gr. [Written also colp.]

1. A small slice of meat; a piece of flesh.

God knows thou art a collop of my flesh. Shak.
Sweetbread and collops were with skewers pricked. Dryden.

2. A part or piece of anything; a portion.

Cut two good collops out of the crown land. Fuller.

Colloped

Col"loped (?), a. Having ridges or bunches of flesh, like collops.
With that red, gaunt, and colloped neck astrain. R. Browning.

Collophore

Col"lo*phore (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A suckerlike organ at the base of the abdomen of insects belonging to the Collembola. (b) An adhesive marginal organ of the Lucernariae.

Colloquial

Col*lo"qui*al (?), a. [See Colloqui.] Pertaining to, or used in, conversation, esp. common and familiar conversation; conversational; hence, unstudied; informal; as, colloquial intercourse; colloquial phrases; a colloquial style. -- Col*lo"qui*al*ly, adv.
His [Johnson's] colloquial talents were, indeed, of the highest order. Macaulay.

Colloquialism

Col*lo"qui*al*ism (?), n. A colloquial expression, not employed in formal discourse or writing.

Colloquialize

Col*lo"qui*al*ize (?), v. t. To make colloquial and familiar; as, to colloquialize one's style of writing.

Colloquist

Col"lo*quist (?), n. A speaker in a colloquy or dialogue. Malone.

Colloquy

Col"lo*quy (?), n.; pl. Colloquies (#). [L. colloquium. See Collocution.]

1. Mutual discourse of two or more persons; conference; conversation.

They went to Worms, to the colloquy there about religion. A. Wood.

2. In some American colleges, a part in exhibitions, assigned for a certain scholarship rank; a designation of rank in collegiate scholarship.

Collow

Col"low (?), n. Soot; smut. See 1st Colly. [Obs.]

Colluctancy

Col*luc"tan*cy (?), n. [L. colluctari to struggle with.] A struggling to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature. [Obs.]

Colluctation

Col`luc*ta"tion (?), n. [L. colluctatio, fr. colluctari to struggle with; col- + luctari to struggle.] A struggling; a contention. [Obs.]
Colluctation with old hags and hobgoblins. Dr. H. More.

Collude

Col*lude" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Colluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Colluding.] [L. colludere, -lusum; col- + ludere to play. See Ludicrous.] To have secretly a joint part or share in an action; to play into each other's hands; to conspire; to act in concert.
If they let things take their course, they will be represented as colluding with sedition. Burke.

Colluder

Col*lud"er (?), n. One who conspires in a fraud.

Collum

Col"lum (?), n.; pl. Colla (#). [L., neck.]

1. (Anat.) A neck or cervix. Dunglison.

2. (Bot.) Same as Collar. Gray.

Collusion

Col*lu"sion (?), n. [L. collusio: cf. F. collusion. See Collude.]

1. A secret agreement and cooperation for a fraudulent or deceitful purpose; a playing into each other's hands; deceit; fraud; cunning.

The foxe, maister of collusion. Spenser.
That they [miracles] be done publicly, in the face of the world, that there may be no room to suspect artifice and collusion. Atterbury.
By the ignorance of the merchants or dishonesty of the weavers, or the collusion of both, the ware was bad and the price excessive. Swift.

2. (Law) An agreement between two or more persons to defraud a person of his rights, by the forms of law, or to obtain an object forbidden by law. Bouvier. Abbott. Syn. -- Collusion, Connivance. A person who is guilty of connivance intentionally overlooks, and thus sanctions what he was bound to prevent. A person who is guilty of collusion unites with others (playing into their hands) for fraudulent purposes.

Collusive

Col*lu"sive (?), a.

1. Characterized by collusion; done or planned in collusion. "Collusive and sophistical arguings." J. Trapp. "Collusive divorces." Strype.

2. Acting in collusion. "Collusive parties." Burke. -- Col*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- Col*lu"sive*ness, n.

Collusory

Col*lu"so*ry (?), a. [L. collusorius.] Collusive.

Collutory

Col"lu*to*ry (?), n. [L. colluere, collutum, to wash.] (Med.) A medicated wash for the mouth.

Colly

Col"ly (?), n. [From Coal.] The black grime or soot of coal. [Obs.] Burton.

Colly

Col"ly, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Collied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Collying.] To render black or dark, as of with coal smut; to begrime. [Archaic.]
Thou hast not collied thy face enough. B. Jonson.
Brief as the lighting in the collied night. Shak.

Colly

Col"ly (?), n. A kind of dog. See Collie.

Collybist

Col"ly*bist (?), n. [Gr. A money changer. [Obs.]
In the face of these guilty collybists. Bp. Hall.

Collyrium

Col*lyr"i*um (?), n.; pl. E. Collyriums (#), L. Collyria (#). [L., fr. Gr. (Med.) An application to the eye, usually an eyewater.

Colocolo

Col`o*co"lo (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American wild cat (Felis colocolo), of the size of the ocelot.

Colocynth

Col"ocynth (?), n. [L. colocynthis, Gr. Coloquintida.] (Med.) The light spongy pulp of the fruit of the bitter cucumber (Citrullus, ∨ Cucumis, colocynthis), an Asiatic plant allied to the watermelon; coloquintida. It comes in white balls, is intensely bitter, and a powerful cathartic. Called also bitter apple, bitter cucumber, bitter gourd.

Colocynthin

Col`o*cyn"thin (?), n. [Cf. F. colocynthine.] (Chem.) The active medicinal principle of colocynth; a bitter, yellow, crystalline substance, regarded as a glucoside.

Cologne

Co*logne" (?), n. [Originally made in Cologne, the French name of K\'94ln, a city in Germany.] A perfumed liquid, composed of alcohol and certain aromatic oils, used in the toilet; -- called also cologne water and eau de cologne.

Cologne earth

Co*logne" earth` (?). [From Cologne the city.] (Min.) An earth of a deep brown color, containing more vegetable than mineral matter; an earthy variety of lignite, or brown coal.

Colombier

Col"om*bier (?), n. [F.] A large size of paper for drawings. See under Paper.

Colombin

Co*lom"bin (?), n. (Chem.) See Calumbin.

Colombo

Co*lom"bo (?), n. (Med.) See Calumba.

Colon

Co"lon (?), n. [L. colon, colum, limb, member, the largest of the intestines, fr. Gr. colon. Cf. Colic.]

1. (Anat.) That part of the large intestines which extends from the c\'91cum to the rectum. [See Illust of Digestion.]

2. (Gram.) A point or character, formed thus [:], used to separate parts of a sentence that are complete in themselves and nearly independent, often taking the place of a conjunction.

Colonel

Colo"nel (?), n. [F. colonel, It. colonello, prop., the chief or commander of a column, fr. colonna column, L. columna. See Column.] (Mil.) The chief officer of a regiment; an officer ranking next above a lieutenant colonel and next below a brigadier general.

Colonelcy

Colo"nel*cy (?), n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

Colonelship

Colo"nel*ship, n. Colonelcy. Swift.

Coloner

Col"o*ner (?), n. A colonist. [Obs.] Holland

Colonial

Co*lo"ni*al (?), a. [Cf. F. colonial.] Of or pertaining to a colony; as, colonial rights, traffic, wars.

Colonical

Co*lon"i*cal (?), a. [L. colonus husbandman.] Of or pertaining to husbandmen. [Obs.]

Colonist

Col"o*nist (?), n. A member or inhabitant of a colony.

Colonitis

Col`o*ni"tis (?), n. (Med.) See Colitis.

Colonization

Col`o*ni*za"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. colonisation.] Tha act of colonizing, or the state of being colonized; the formation of a colony or colonies.
The wide continent of America invited colonization. Bancroft.

Colonizationist

Col`o*ni*za"tion*ist, n. A friend to colonization, esp. (U. S. Hist) to the colonization of Africa by emigrants from the colored population of the United States.

Colonize

Col"o*nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Colonizing.] [Cf. F. coloniser.] To plant or establish a colony or colonies in; to people with colonists; to migrate to and settle in. Bacon.
They that would thus colonize the stars with inhabitants. Howell.

Colonize

Col"o*nize, v. i. To remove to, and settle in, a distant country; to make a colony. C. Buchanan.

Colonizer

Col"o*ni`zer (?), n. One who promotes or establishes a colony; a colonist. Bancroft.

Colonnade

Col`on*nade" (?), n. [F. colonnade, It. colonnata, fr. colonna column. See Colonel.] (Arch.) A series or range of columns placed at regular intervals with all the adjuncts, as entablature, stylobate, roof, etc. &hand; When in front of a building, it is called a portico; when surrounding a building or an open court or square, a peristyle.

Colony

Col"o*ny (?), n.; pl. Colonies (#). [L. colonia, fr. colonus farmer, fr. colere to cultivate, dwell: cf. F. colonie. Cf. Culture.]

1. A company of people transplanted from their mother country to a remote province or country, and remaining subject to the jurisdiction of the parent state; as, the British colonies in America.

The first settlers of New England were the best of Englishmen, well educated, devout Christians, and zealous lovers of liberty. There was never a colony formed of better materials. Ames.

2. The district or country colonized; a settlement.

3. A company of persons from the same country sojourning in a foreign city or land; as, the American colony in Paris.

4. (Nat. Hist.) A number of animals or plants living or growing together, beyond their usual range.

Colophany

Col"o*pha`ny (? ∨ ?), n. See Colophony.

Colophene

Co"lo*phene (? ∨ ?), n. (Chem.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene.
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Colophon

Col"o*phon (?), n. [L. colophon finishing stroke, Gr. culmen top, collis hill. Cf. Holm.] An inscription, monogram, or cipher, containing the place and date of publication, printer's name, etc., formerly placed on the last page of a book.
The colophon, or final description, fell into disuse, and . . . the title page had become the principal direct means of identifying the book. De Morgan.
The book was uninjured from title page to colophon. Sir W. Scott.

Colophonite

Col"o*pho*nite (? ∨ ?), n. [Cf. F. colophonite. So named from its resemblance to the color of colophony.] (Min.) A coarsely granular variety of garnet.

Colophony

Col"o*pho`ny (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [Gr. Rosin.

Coloquintida

Col`o*quin"ti*da (?), n. See Colocynth. Shak.

Color

Col"or (?), n. [Written also colour.] [OF. color, colur, colour, F. couleur, L. color; prob. akin to celare to conceal (the color taken as that which covers). See Helmet.]

1. A property depending on the relations of light to the eye, by which individual and specific differences in the hues and tints of objects are apprehended in vision; as, gay colors; sad colors, etc. &hand; The sensation of color depends upon a peculiar function of the retina or optic nerve, in consequence of which rays of light produce different effects according to the length of their waves or undulations, waves of a certain length producing the sensation of red, shorter waves green, and those still shorter blue, etc. White, or ordinary, light consists of waves of various lengths so blended as to produce no effect of color, and the color of objects depends upon their power to absorb or reflect a greater or less proportion of the rays which fall upon them.

2. Any hue distinguished from white or black.

3. The hue or color characteristic of good health and spirits; ruddy complexion.

Give color to my pale cheek. Shak.

4. That which is used to give color; a paint; a pigment; as, oil colors or water colors.

5. That which covers or hides the real character of anything; semblance; excuse; disguise; appearance.

They had let down the boat into the sea, under color as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship. Acts xxvii. 30.
That he should die is worthy policy; But yet we want a color for his death. Shak.

6. Shade or variety of character; kind; species.

Boys and women are for the most part cattle of this color. Shak.

7. A distinguishing badge, as a flag or similar symbol (usually in the plural); as, the colors or color of a ship or regiment; the colors of a race horse (that is, of the cap and jacket worn by the jockey).

In the United States each regiment of infantry and artillery has two colors, one national and one regimental. Farrow.

8. (Law) An apparent right; as where the defendant in trespass gave to the plaintiff an appearance of title, by stating his title specially, thus removing the cause from the jury to the court. Blackstone. &hand; Color is express when it is asverred in the pleading, and implied when it is implied in the pleading. Body color. See under Body. -- Color blindness, total or partial inability to distinguish or recognize colors. See Daltonism. -- Complementary color, one of two colors so related to each other that when blended together they produce white light; -- so called because each color makes up to the other what it lacks to make it white. Artificial or pigment colors, when mixed, produce effects differing from those of the primary colors, in consequence of partial absorption. -- Of color (as persons, races, etc.), not of the white race; -- commonly meaning, esp. in the United States, of negro blood, pure or mixed. -- Primary colors, those developed from the solar beam by the prism, viz., red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet, which are reduced by some authors to three, -- red, green, and violet-blue. These three are sometimes called fundamental colors. -- Subjective ∨ Accidental color, a false or spurious color seen in some instances, owing to the persistence of the luminous impression upon the retina, and a gradual change of its character, as where a wheel perfectly white, and with a circumference regulary subdiveded, is made to revolve rapidly over a dark object, the teeth, of the wheel appear to the eye of different shades of color varying with the rapidity of rotation. See Accidental colors, under Accidental.

Color

Col"or (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Colored (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Coloring.] [F. colorer.]

1. To change or alter the bue or tint of, by dyeing, staining, painting, etc.; to dye; to tinge; to aint; to stain.

The rays, to speak properly, are not colored; in them there is nothing else than a certain power and disposition to stir up a sensation of this or that color. Sir I. Newton.

2. To change or alter, as if by dyeing or painting; to give a false appearance to; usually, to give a specious appearance to; to cause to appear attractive; to make plausible; to palliate or excuse; as, the facts were colored by his prejudices.

He colors the falsehood of \'92neas by an express command from Jupiter to forsake the queen. Dryden.

3. To hide. [Obs.]

That by his fellowship he color might Both his estate and love from skill of any wight. Spenser.

Color

Col"or, v. i. To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

Colorable

Col"or*a*ble (?), a. Specious; plausible; having an appearance of right or justice. "Colorable pretense for infidility." Bp. Stillingfleet. -- Col"or*a*ble*ness, n. -- Col"or*a*bly, adv.
Colorable and subtle crimes, that seldom are taken within the walk of human justice. Hooker.

Colorado beetle

Col`o*ra"do bee"tle (?). (Zo\'94l.) A yellowish beetle (Doryphora decemlineata), with ten longitudinal, black, dorsal stripes. It has migrated eastwards from its original habitat in Colorado, and is very destructive to the potato plant; -- called also potato beetle and potato bug. See Potato beetle.

Colorado group

Col`o*ra"do group (?). (Geol.) A subdivision of the cretaceous formation of western North America, especially developed in Colorado and the upper Missouri region.

Coloradoite

Col`o*ra"do*ite (?), n. (Min.) Mercury telluride, an iron-black metallic mineral, found in Colorado.

Colorate

Col"or*ate (?), a. [L. coloratus, p. p. of colorare to color.] Colored. [Obs.] Ray.

Coloration

Col`or*a"tion (?), n. The act or art of coloring; the state of being colored. Bacon.
The females . . . resemble each other in their general type of coloration. Darwin.

Colorature

Col"or*a*ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. G. coloratur, fr. LL. coloratura.] (Mus.) Vocal music colored, as it were, by florid ornaments, runs, or rapid passages.

Color-blind

Col"or-blind (?), a. Affected with color blindness. See Color blindness, under Color, n.

Colored

Col"ored (?), a.

1. Having color; tinged; dyed; painted; stained.

The lime rod, colored as the glede. Chaucer.
The colored rainbow arched wide. Spenser.

2. Specious; plausible; aborned so as to appear well; as, a highly colored description. Sir G. C. Lewis.

His colored crime with craft to cloke. Spenser.

3. Of some other color than black or white.

4. (Ethnol.) Of some other color than white; specifically applied to negroes or persons having negro blood; as, a colored man; the colored people.

5. (Bot.) Of some other color than green.

Colored, meaning, as applied to foliage, of some other color than green. Gray.
&hand; In botany, green is not regarded as a color, but white is. Wood.

Colorific

Col`or*if"ic (?; 277), a. [L. color color + facere to make: cf. F. colorifique.] Capable of communicating color or tint to other bodies.

Colorimeter

Col`or*im"e*ter (?), n. [Color + -meter: cf. F. colorim\'8atre.] An instrument for measuring the depth of the color of anything, especially of a liquid, by comparison with a standard liquid.

Coloring

Col"or*ing (?), n.

1. The act of applying color to; also, that which produces color.

2. Change of appearance as by addition of color; appearance; show; disguise; misrepresentation.

Tell the whole story without coloring or gloss. Compton Reade.
Dead coloring. See under Dead.

Colorist

Col"or*ist (?), n. [Cf. F. coloriste.] One who colors; an artist who excels in the use of colors; one to whom coloring is of prime importance.
Titian, Paul Veronese, Van Dyck, and the rest of the good colorists. Dryden.

Colorless

Col"or*less, a.

1. Without color; not distinguished by any hue; transparent; as, colorless water.

2. Free from any manifestation of partial or peculiar sentiment or feeling; not disclosing likes, dislikes, prejudice, etc.; as, colorless music; a colorless style; definitions should be colorless.

Colorman

Col"or*man (?), n.; pl. Colormen (#). A vender of paints, etc. Simmonds.

Color sergeant

Col"or ser"geant. See under Sergeant.

Colossal

Co*los"sal (?), a. [Cf. F. cossal, L. colosseus. See Colossus.]

1. Of enormous size; gigantic; huge; as, a colossal statue. "A colossal stride." Motley.

2. (Sculpture & Painting) Of a size larger than heroic. See Heroic.

Colossean

Col`os*se"an (?), a. Colossal. [R.]

Colosseum

Col`os*se"um (?), n. [Neut., fr. L. coloseus gigantic. See Coliseum.] The amphitheater of Vespasian in Rome. [Also written Coliseum.]

Colossus

Co*los"sus (?), n.; pl. L. Colossi (#), E. Colossuses (#). [L., fr. Gr.

1. A statue of gigantic size. The name was especially applied to certain famous statues in antiquity, as the Colossus of Nero in Rome, the Colossus of Apollo at Rhodes.

He doth bestride the narrow world Like a colossus. Shak.
&hand; There is no authority for the statement that the legs of the Colossus at Rhodes extended over the mouth of the harbor. Dr. Wm. Smith.

2. Any man or beast of gigantic size.

Colostrum

Co*los"trum (?), n. [L., biestings.] (Med.) (a) The first milk secreted after delivery; biestings. (b) A mixture of turpentine and the yolk of an egg, formerly used as an emulsion.

Colotomy

Co*lot"o*my (?), n. [Gr. (Surg.) An operation for opening the colon

Colour

Col"our (?), n. See Color.

Colp

Colp (?), n. See Collop.

Colportage

Col"por`tage (?), n. [F.] The distribution of religious books, tracts, etc., by colporteurs.

Colporter

Col"por`ter (?), n. Same as Colporteur.

Colporteur

Col"por`teur (?; 277), n. [F. colporteur one who carries on his neck, fr. colporter to carry on one's neck; col (L. collum) neck + porter (L. portare) to carry.] A hawker; specifically, one who travels about selling and distributing religious tracts and books.

Colstaff

Col"staff` (?), n. [F. col neck + E. staff. Cf. Coll.] A staff by means of which a burden is borne by two persons on their shoulders.

Colt

Colt (?; 110), n. [OE. colt a young horse, ass, or camel, AS. colt; cf. dial. Sw. kullt a boy, lad.]

1. The young of the equine genus or horse kind of animals; -- sometimes distinctively applied to the male, filly being the female. Cf. Foal. &hand; In sporting circles it is usual to reckon the age of colts from some arbitrary date, as from January 1, or May 1, next preceding the birth of the animal.

2. A young, foolish fellow. Shak.

3. A short knotted rope formerly used as an instrument of punishment in the navy. Ham. Nav. Encyc. Colt's tooth, an imperfect or superfluous tooth in young horses. -- To cast one's colt's tooth, to cease from youthful wantonness. "Your colt's tooth is not cast yet." Shak. -- To have a colt's tooth, to be wanton. Chaucer.

Colt

Colt (?; 110), v. i. To frisk or frolic like a colt; to act licentiously or wantonly. [Obs.]
They shook off their bridles and began to colt. Spenser.

Colt

Colt, v. t.

1. To horse; to get with young. Shak.

2. To befool. [Obs.] Shak.

Colter

Col"ter (?), n. [AS. culter, fr. L. culter plowshare, knife. Cf. Cutlass.] A knife or cutter, attached to the beam of a plow to cut the sward, in advance of the plowshare and moldboard. [Written also coulter.]

Coltish

Colt"ish (?), a. Like a colt; wanton; frisky.
He was all coltish, full of ragery. Chaucer.
-- Colt"ish*ly, adv. -- Colt"ish*ness, n.

Coltsfoot

Colts"foot` (?), n. (Bot.) A perennial herb (Tussilago Farfara), whose leaves and rootstock are sometimes employed in medicine. Butterbur coltsfoot (Bot.), a European plant (Petasites vulgaris).

Colt's tooth

Colt's" tooth` (?). See under Colt.

Coluber

Col"u*ber (?), n. [L., a serpent.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of harmless serpents. &hand; Linn\'91us placed in this genus all serpents, whether venomous or not, whose scales beneath the tail are arranged in pairs; but by modern writers it is greatly restricted.

Colubrine

Col"u*brine (?), a. [L. colubrinus.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) like or related to snakes of the genus Coluber.

2. Like a snake; cunning; crafty. Johnson.

Colugo

Co*lu"go (?), n. [Prob. an aboriginal name.] (Zo\'94l.) A peculiar East Indian mammal (Galleopithecus volans), having along the sides, connecting the fore and hind limbs, a parachutelike membrane, by means of which it is able to make long leaps, like the flying squirrel; -- called also flying lemur.

Columba

Co*lum"ba (?), n. (Med.) See Calumba.

Columb\'91

Co*lum"b\'91 (?), n. pl.; [L. columba pigeon.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of birds, including the pigeons.

Columbarium

Col`um*ba"ri*um (?), n.; pl. L. Columbaria (#) [L. See Columbary.] (Rom. Antiq.) (a) A dovecote or pigeon house. (b) A sepulchral chamber with niches for holding cinerary urns.

Columbary

Col"um*ba*ry (?), n.; pl. Columbaries (#). [L. columbarium, fr. columba a dove.] A dovecote; a pigeon house. Sir T. Browne.

Columbate

Co*lum"bate (?), n. [Cf. F. colombate. See Columbium.] (Chem.) A salt of columbic acid; a niobate. See Columbium.

Columbatz fly

Co*lum"batz fly` (?). [From Kolumbatz, a mountain in Germany.] (Zo\'94l.) See Buffalo fly, under Buffalo.

Columbella

Col`um*bel"la (?), n. [NL., dim. of L. columba a dove. So called from a fancied resemblance in color and form, of some species.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of univale shells, abundant in tropical seas. Some species, as Columbella mercatoria, were formerly used as shell money.

Columbia

Co*lum"bi*a (?), n. America; the United States; -- a poetical appellation given in honor of Columbus, the discoverer. Dr. T. Dwight.

Columbiad

Co*lum"bi*ad (?), n. [From Columbia the United States.] (Mil.) A form of seacoast cannon; a long, chambered gun designed for throwing shot or shells with heavy charges of powder, at high angles of elevation. &hand; Since the War of 1812 the Columbiad has been much modified form now used in seacoast defense is often called the Rodman gun.

Columbian

Co*lum"bi*an (?), a. [From Columbia.] Of or pertaining to the United States, or to America.

Columbic

Co*lum"bic (?), a. [From Columbium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, columbium or niobium; niobic. Columbic acid (Chem.), a weak acid derived from columbic or niobic oxide, Nb2O5; -- called also niobic acid.

Columbic

Co*lum"bic, a. [From Columbo.] Pertaining to, or derived from, the columbo root. Columbic acid (Chem.), an organic acid extracted from the columbo root as a bitter, yellow, amorphous substance.

Columbier

Co*lum"bi*er (?), n. See Colombier.

Columbiferous

Col"um*bif"er*ous (?), a. [Columbium + -ferous.] Producing or containing columbium.

Columbin

Co*lum"bin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline, bitter substance. See Calumbin.

Columbine

Col"um*bine (?), a. [L. columbinus, fr. columba dove.] Of or pertaining to a dove; dovelike; dove-colored. "Columbine innocency." Bacon.

Columbine

Col"um*bine, n. [LL. columbina, L. columbinus dovelike, fr. columba dove: cf. F. colombine. Perh. so called from the beaklike spurs of its flowers.]

1. (Bot.) A plant of several species of the genus Aquilegia; as, A. vulgaris, or the common garden columbine; A. Canadensis, the wild red columbine of North America.

2. The mistress or sweetheart of Harlequin in pantomimes. Brewer.

Columbite

Co*lum"bite (?), n. [Cf. F. colombite. See Columbium.] (Min.) A mineral of a black color, submetallic luster, and high specific specific gravity. It is a niobate (or columbate) of iron and manganese, containing tantalate of iron; -- first found in New England.
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Columbium

Co*lum"bi*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Columbia America.] (Chem.) A rare element of the vanadium group, first found in a variety of the mineral columbite occurring in Connecticut, probably at Haddam. Atomic weight 94.2. Symbol Cb or Nb. Now more commonly called niobium.

Columbo

Co*lum"bo (?), n. (Med.) See Calumba.

Columella

Col`u*mel"la (?), n. [L., dim. of columen column. See Column.]

1. (Bot.) (a) An axis to which a carpel of a compound pistil may be attached, as in the case of the geranium; or which is left when a pod opens. (b) A columnlike axis in the capsule of mosses.

2. (Anat.) A term applied to various columnlike parts; as, the columnella, or epipterygoid bone, in the skull of many lizards; the columella of the ear, the bony or cartilaginous rod connecting the tympanic membrane with the internal ear.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The upright pillar in the axis of most univalve shells. (b) The central pillar or axis of the calicles of certain corals.

Columelliform

Col`u*mel"li*form (?), a. [Columella + -form.] Shaped like a little column, or columella.

Column

Col"umn (?), n. [L. columna, fr. columen, culmen, fr. cellere (used only in comp.), akin to E. excel, and prob. to holm. See Holm, and cf. Colonel.]

1. (Arch.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order.

2. Anything resembling, in form or position, a column an architecture; an upright body or mass; a shaft or obelisk; as, a column of air, of water, of mercury, etc. ; the Column Vend\'93me; the spinal column.

3. (Mil.) (a) A body of troops formed in ranks, one behind the other; -- contradistinguished from line. Compare Ploy, and Deploy. (b) A small army.

4. (Naut.) A number of ships so arranged as to follow one another in single or double file or in squadrons; -- in distinction from "line", where they are side by side.

5. (Print.) A perpendicular set of lines, not extending across the page, and separated from other matter by a rule or blank space; as, a column in a newspaper.

6. (Arith.) A perpendicular line of figures.

7. (Bot.) The body formed by the union of the stamens in the Mallow family, or of the stamens and pistil in the orchids. Attached column. See under Attach, v. t. -- Clustered column. See under Cluster, v. t. -- Column rule, a thin strip of brass separating columns of type in the form, and making a line between them in printing.

Columnar

Co*lum"*nar (?), a. [L. columnaris, fr. columna.] Formed in columns; having the form of a column or columns; like the shaft of a column. Columnar epithelium (Anat.), epithelium in which the cells are priismatic in form, and set upright on the surface they cover. -- Columnar structure (Geol.), a structure consisting of more or less regular columns, usually six-sided, but sometimes with eight or more sides. The columns are often fractured transversely, with a cup joint, showing a concave surface above. This structure is characteristic of certain igneous rocks, as basalt, and is due to contraction in cooling.<-- like at Giant's causeway, Ireland?-->

Columnarity

Col`um*nar"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being columnar.

Columnated

Co*lum"na*ted (?), a. Having columns; as, columnated temples.

Columned

Col"umned (?), a. Having columns.
Troas and Ilion's columned citadel. Tennyson.

Columniation

Co*lum`ni*a"tion (?), n. The employment or arrangement of columns in a structure. Gwilt.

Colure

Co*lure" (?), n.; pl. Colures (#). [F. colure, L. coluri, pl., fr. Gr. (Astron. & Geog.) One of two great circles intersecting at right angles in the poles of the equator. One of them passes through the equinoctial points, and hence is denominated the equinoctial colure; the other intersects the equator at the distance of 90° from the former, and is called the solstitial colure.
Thrice the equinoctial line He circled; four times crossed the car of night From pole to pole, traversing each colure. Milton.

Coly

Co"ly (?), n.; pl. Colies (#). [NL. colius, prob. fr. Gr. Any bird of the genus Colius and allied genera. They inhabit Africa.

Colza

Col"za (?), n. [F., fr. D. koolzaad, prob., cabbage seed; kool (akin to E. cole) + zaad akin to E. seed.] (Bot.) A variety of cabbage (Brassica oleracea), cultivated for its seeds, which yield an oil valued for illuminating and lubricating purposes; summer rape.

Com-

Com-. A prefix from the Latin preposition cum, signifying with, together, in conjunction, very, etc. It is used in the form com- before b, m, p, and sometimes f, and by assimilation becomes col- before l, cor- before r, and con- before any consonant except b, h, l, m, p, r, and w. Before a vowel com- becomes co-; also before h, w, and sometimes before other consonants.

Coma

Co"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Cemetery.] A state of profound insensibility from which it is difficult or impossible to rouse a person. See Carus.

Coma

Co"ma, n. [L., hair, fr. Gr.

1. (Astron.) The envelope of a comet; a nebulous covering, which surrounds the nucleus or body of a comet.

2. (Bot.) A tuft or bunch, -- as the assemblage of branches forming the head of a tree; or a cluster of brachts when empty and terminating the inflorescence of a plant; or a tuft of long hairs on certain seeds. Coma Berenices ( [L.] (Astron.), a small constellation north of Virgo; -- called also Berenice's Hair.

Comanches

Co*man"ches (? ∨ ?), n. pl.; sing. Comanche (? ∨ ?) . (Ethnol.) A warlike, savage, and nomadic tribe of the Shoshone family of Indians, inhabiting Mexico and the adjacent parts of the United States; -- called also Paducahs. They are noted for plundering and cruelty.

Comart

Co"mart` (?), n. A covenant. [Obs.] Shak.

Comate

Co"mate (?; 277), a. [L. comatus, fr. comare to clothe with hair, fr. coma hair.] Encompassed with a coma, or bushy appearance, like hair; hairy.

Co-mate

Co"-mate` (?), n. [Pref. co- + mate.] A companion. Shak.

Comatose

Co"ma*tose` (? ∨ ?; 277), a. [From Coma lethargy.] Relating to, or resembling, coma; drowsy; lethargic; as, comatose sleep; comatose fever.

Comatons

Co"ma*tons (?), a. Comatose.

Comatula

Co*mat"u*la (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. comatulus having hair neatly curled, dim. fr. coma hair.] (Zo\'94l.) A crinoid of the genus Antedon and related genera. When young they are fixed by a stem. When adult they become detached and cling to seaweeds, etc., by their dorsal cirri; -- called also feather stars.

Comatulid

Co*mat"u*lid (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Any crinoid of the genus Antedon or allied genera.

Comb

Comb (?; 110), n. [AS.. camb; akin to Sw., Dan., & D. kam, Icel. kambr, G. kamm, Gr. jambha tooth.]

1. An instrument with teeth, for straightening, cleansing, and adjusting the hair, or for keeping it in place.

2. An instrument for currying hairy animals, or cleansing and smoothing their coats; a currycomb.

3. (Manuf. & Mech.) (a) A toothed instrument used for separating and cleansing wool, flax, hair, etc. (b) The serrated vibratory doffing knife of a carding machine. (c) A former, commonly cone-shaped, used in hat manufacturing for hardening the soft fiber into a bat. (d) A tool with teeth, used for chasing screws on work in a lathe; a chaser. (e) The notched scale of a wire micrometer. (f) The collector of an electrical machine, usually resembling a comb. <-- "former" in (c) is a noun. -->

4. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The naked fleshy crest or caruncle on the upper part of the bill or hood of a cock or other bird. It is usually red. (b) One of a pair of peculiar organs on the base of the abdomen of scorpions.

5. The curling crest of a wave.

6. The waxen framework forming the walls of the cells in which bees store their honey, eggs, etc.; honeycomb. "A comb of honey." Wyclif.

When the bee doth leave her comb. Shak.

7. The thumbpiece of the hammer of a gunlock, by which it may be cocked.

Comb

Comb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Combing.] To disentangle, cleanse, or adjust, with a comb; to lay smooth and straight with, or as with, a comb; as, to comb hair or wool. See under Combing.
Comb down his hair; look, look! it stands upright. Shak.

Comb

Comb, v. i. [See Comb, n., 5.] (Naut.) To roll over, as the top or crest of a wave; to break with a white foam, as waves.

Comb, Combe

Comb, Combe (? ∨ ?), n. [AS. comb, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwm a dale, valley.] That unwatered portion of a valley which forms its continuation beyond and above the most elevated spring that issues into it. [Written also coombe.] Buckland.
A gradual rise the shelving combe Displayed. Southey.

Comb

Comb, n. A dry measure. See Coomb.

Combat

Com"bat (? ∨ ?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Combated; p. pr. & vb. n. Combating.] [F. combattre; pref. com- + battre to beat, fr. L. battuere to strike. See Batter.] To struggle or contend, as with an opposing force; to fight.
To combat with a blind man I disdain. Milton.
After the fall of the republic, the Romans combated only for the choice of masters. Gibbon.

Combat

Com"bat, v. t. To fight with; to oppose by force, argument, etc.; to contend against; to resist.
When he the ambitious Norway combated. Shak.
And combated in silence all these reasons. Milton.
Minds combat minds, repelling and repelled. Goldsmith.
Syn. -- To fight against; resist; oppose; withstand; oppugn; antagonize; repel; resent.

Combat

Com"bat, n. [Cf. F. combat.]

1. A fight; a contest of violence; a struggle for supremacy.

My courage try by combat, if thou dar'st. Shak.
The noble combat that 'twixt joy and sorrow was fought in Paulina. Shak.

2. (Mil.) An engagement of no great magnitude; or one in which the parties engaged are not armies. Single combat, one in which a single combatant meets a single opponent, as in the case of David and Goliath; also a duel. Syn. -- A battle; engagement; conflict; contest; contention; struggle; fight, strife. See Battle, Contest.

Combatable

Com"bat*a*ble (? ∨ ?), a. [Cf. F. combattable.] Such as can be, or is liable to be, combated; as, combatable foes, evils, or arguments.

Combatant

Com"bat*ant (?), a. [F. combattant, p. pr.] Contending; disposed to contend. B. Jonson.

Combatant

Com"bat*ant, n. [F. combattant.] One who engages in combat. "The mighty combatants." Milton.
A controversy which long survived the original combatants. Macaulay

Combater

Com"bat*er (?), n. One who combats. Sherwood.

Combative

Com"bat*ive (?) or (

Combativeness

Com"bat*ive*ness, n.

1. The quality of being combative; propensity to contend or to quarrel.

2. (Phren.) A cranial development supposed to indicate a combative disposition.

Combattant

Com`bat`tant" (?), a. [F.] (Her.) In the position of fighting; -- said of two lions set face to face, each rampant.

Combbroach

Comb"broach` (?), n. A tooth of a wool comb. [Written also combrouch.]

Combe

Combe (? ∨ ?), n. See Comb.

Comber

Comb"er (?), n.

1. One who combs; one whose occupation it is to comb wool, flax, etc. Also, a machine for combing wool, flax, etc.

2. A long, curling wave.

Comber

Com"ber (?), v. t. To cumber. [Obs.] Spenser.

Comber

Com"ber, n. Encumbrance. [Obs.]

Comber

Com"ber (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The cabrilla. Also, a name applied to a species of wrasse. [Prov. Eng.]

Combinable

Com*bin"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. combinable.] Capable of combinding; consistent with. [R.] M. Arnold. -- Com*bin"a*ble*ness, n.

Combinate

Com"bi*nate (?), a. [LL. combinatus, p. p.] United; joined; betrothed. [R.]
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Combination

Com`bi*na"tion (?), n. [LL. combinatio. See Combine.]

1. The act or process of combining or uniting persons and things.

Making new compounds by new combinations. Boyle.
A solemn combination shall be made Of our dear souls. Shak.

2. The result of combining or uniting; union of persons or things; esp. a union or alliance of persons or states to effect some purpose; -- usually in a bad sense.

A combination of the most powerful men in Rome who had conspired my ruin. Melmoth.

3. (Chem.) The act or process of uniting by chemical affinity, by which substances unite with each other in definite proportions by weight to form distinct compounds.

4. pl. (Math.) The different arrangements of a number of objects, as letters, into groups. &hand; In combinations no regard is paid to the order in which the objects are arranged in each group, while in variations and permutations this order is respected. Brande & C. Combination car, a railroad car containing two or more compartments used for different purposes. [U. S.] -- Combination lock, a lock in which the mechanism is controlled by means of a movable dial (sometimes by several dials or rings) inscribed with letters or other characters. The bolt of the lock can not be operated until after the dial has been so turned as to combine the characters in a certain order or succession. -- Combination room, in the University of Cambridge, Eng., a room into which the fellows withdraw after dinner, for wine, dessert, and conversation. -- Combination by volume (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio by which gaseous elements and compounds unite in definite proportions by volume to form distinct compounds. -- Combination by weight (Chem.), the act, process, or ratio, in which substances unite in proportions by weight, relatively fixed and exact, to form distinct compounds. See Law of definite proportions, under Definite. Syn. -- Cabal; alliance; association; league; union; confederacy; coalition; conspiracy. See Cabal.

Combine

Com*bine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Combined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Combining.] [LL. combinare, combinatum; L. com- + binus, pl. bini, two and two, double: cf. F. combiner. See Binary.]

1. To unite or join; to link closely together; to bring into harmonious union; to cause or unite so as to form a homogeneous, as by chemical union.

So fitly them in pairs thou hast combined. Milton.
Friendship is the which really combines mankind. Dr. H. More.
And all combined, save what thou must combine By holy marriage. Shak.
Earthly sounds, though sweet and well combined. Cowper.

2. To bind; to hold by a moral tie. [Obs.]

I am combined by a sacred vow. Shak.

Combine

Com*bine", v. i.

1. To form a union; to agree; to coalesce; to confederate.

You with your foes combine, And seem your own destruction to design Dryden.
So sweet did harp and voice combine. Sir W. Scott.

2. To unite by affinity or natural attraction; as, two substances, which will not combine of themselves, may be made to combine by the intervention of a third.

3. (Card Playing) In the game of casino, to play a card which will take two or more cards whose aggregate number of pips equals those of the card played. Combining weight (Chem.), that proportional weight, usually referred to hydrogen as a standard, and for each element fixed and exact, by which an element unites with another to form a distinct compound. The combining weights either are identical with, or are multiples or multiples of, the atomic weight. See Atomic weight, under Atomic, a.

Combined

Com*bined" (?), a. United closely; confederated; chemically united.

Combinedly

Com*bin"ed*ly (?), adv. In combination or co\'94peration; jointly.

Combiner

Com*bin"er (?), n. One who, or that which, combines.

Combing

Comb"ing (?), n.

1. The act or process of using a comb or a number of combs; as, the combing of one's hair; the combing of wool. &hand; The process of combing is used in straightening wool of long staple; short wool is carded.

2. pl. (a) That which is caught or collected with a comb, as loose, tangled hair. (b) Hair arranged to be worn on the head.

The baldness, thinness, and . . . deformity of their hair is supplied by borders and combings. Jer. Taylor.
(c) (Naut.) See Coamings. Combing machine (Textile Manuf.), a machine for combing wool, flax, cotton, etc., and separating the longer and more valuable fiber from the shorter. See also Carding machine, under Carding.

Combless

Comb"less, a. Without a comb or crest; as, a combless ceck.

Comboloio

Com`bo*lo"io (?), n. A Mohammedan rosary, consisting of ninety-nine beads. Byron.

Comb-shaped

Comb"-shaped` (?), a. (Bot.) Pectinate.

Combust

Com*bust" (?), a. [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertian origin; cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. plush to burn.]

1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Astron.) So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.]

Planets that are oft combust. Milton.

Combustibility

Com*bus`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being combustible.

Combustible

Com*bus"ti*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. combustble.]

1. Capable of taking fire and burning; apt to catch fire; inflammable.

Sin is to the soul like fire to combustible matter. South.

2. Ea

Arnold was a combustible character. W. Irving.

Combustible

Com*bus"ti*ble (?), n. A substance that may bee set on fire, or which is liable to take fire and burn.
All such combustibles as are cheap enough for common use go under the name of fuel. Ure.

Combustibleness

Com*bus"ti*ble*ness, n. Combustibility.

Combustion

Com*bus"tion (?; 106), n. [L. combustio: cf. F. combustion.]

1. The state of burning.

2. (Chem.) The combination of a combustible with a supporter of combustion, producing heat, and sometimes both light and heat.

Combustion results is common cases from the mutual chemical action and reaction of the combustible and the oxygen of the atmosphere, whereby a new compound is formed. Ure.
Supporter of combustion (Chem.), a gas as oxygen, the combination of which with a combustible, as coal, constitutes combustion.

3. Violent agitation; confusion; tumult. [Obs.]

There [were] great combustions and divisions among the heads of the university. Mede.
But say from whence this new combustion springs. Dryden.

Combustious

Com*bus"tious (?), a. Inflammable. [Obs.] Shak.

Come

Come (?), v. i. [imp. Came (?); p. p. Come (?); p. pr & vb. n. Coming.] [OE. cumen, comen, AS. cuman; akin to OS.kuman, D. komen, OHG. queman, G. kommen, Icel. koma, Sw. komma, Dan. komme, Goth. giman, L. venire (gvenire), Gr. gam. \'fb23. Cf. Base, n., Convene, Adventure.]

1. To move hitherward; to draw near; to approach the speaker, or some place or person indicated; -- opposed to go.

Look, who comes yonder? Shak.
I did not come to curse thee. Tennyson.

2. To complete a movement toward a place; to arrive.

When we came to Rome. Acts xxviii. 16.
Lately come from Italy. Acts vviii. 2.

3. To approach or arrive, as if by a journey or form a distance. "Thy kingdom come." Matt. vi. 10.

The hour is comming, and now is. John. v. 25.
So quik bright things come to confusion. Shak.

4. To approach or arrive, as the result of a cause, or of the act of another.

From whence come wars? James iv. 1.
Both riches and honor come of thee! Chron. xxix. 12.

5. To arrive in sight; to be manifest; to appear.

Then butter does refuse to come. Hudibras.

6. To get to be, as the result of change or progress; -- with a predicate; as, to come united.

How come you thus estranged? Shak.
How come her eyes so bright? Shak.
&hand; Am come, is come, etc., are frequently used instead of have come, has come, etc., esp. in poetry. The verb to be gives adjectival significance to the participle as expressing a state or condition of the subject, while the auxiliary have expresses simply the completion of the action signified by the verb.
Think not that I am come to destroy. Matt. v. 17.
We are come off like Romans. Shak.
The melancholy days are come, the saddest of the year. Bryant.
Come may properly be used (instead of go) in speaking of a movement hence, or away, when there is reference to an approach to the person addressed; as, I shall come home next week; he will come to your house to-day. It is used with other verbs almost as an auxiliary, indicative of approach to the action or state expressed by the verb; as, how came you to do it? Come is used colloquially, with reference to a definite future time approaching, without an auxilliary; as, it will be two years, come next Christmas; i. e., when Christmas shall come.
They were cried In meeting, come next Sunday. Lowell.
Come, in the imperative, is used to excite attention, or to invite to motion or joint action; come, let us go. "This is the heir; come, let us kill him." Matt. xxi. 38. When repeated, it sometimes expresses haste, or impatience, and sometimes rebuke. "Come, come, no time for lamentation now." Milton.
To come, yet to arrive, future. "In times to come." Dryden. "There's pippins and cheese to come." Shak. -- To come about. (a) To come to pass; to arrive; to happen; to result; as, how did these things come about? (b) To change; to come round; as, the ship comes about. "The wind is come about." Shak.
On better thoughts, and my urged reasons, They are come about, and won to the true side. B. Jonson.
-- To come abroad. (a) To move or be away from one's home or country. "Am come abroad to see the world." Shak. (b) To become public or known. [Obs.] "Neither was anything kept secret, but that it should come abroad." Mark. iv. 22. -- To come across, to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. "We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars." E. A. Freeman. "Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across." H. R. Heweis. -- To come after. (a) To follow. (b) To come to take or to obtain; as, to come after a book. -- To come again, to return. "His spirit came again and he revived." Judges. xv. 19. -- To come and go. (a) To appear and disappear; to change; to alternate. "The color of the king doth come and go." Shak. (b) (Mech.) To play backward and forward. -- To come at. (a) To reach; to arrive within reach of; to gain; as, to come at a true knowledge of ourselves. (b) To come toward; to attack; as, he came at me with fury. -- To come away, to part or depart. -- To come between, to interverne; to separate; hence, to cause estrangement. -- To come by. (a) To obtain, gain, acquire. "Examine how you came by all your state." Dryden. (b) To pass near or by way of. -- To come down. (a) To descend. (b) To be humbled. -- To come down upon, to call to account, to reprimand. [Colloq.] Dickens. -- To come home. (a) To retuen to one's house or family. (b) To come close; to press closely; to touch the feelings, interest, or reason. (b) (Naut.) To be loosened from the ground; -- said of an anchor. -- To come in. (a) To enter, as a town, house, etc. "The thief cometh in." Hos. vii. 1. (b) To arrive; as, when my ship comes in. (c) To assume official station or duties; as, when Lincoln came in. (d) To comply; to yield; to surrender. "We need not fear his coming in" Massinger. (e) To be brought into use. "Silken garments did not come in till late." Arbuthnot. (f) To be added or inserted; to be or become a part of. (g) To accrue as gain from any business or investment. (h) To mature and yield a harvest; as, the crops come in well. (i) To have sexual intercourse; -- with to or unto. Gen. xxxviii. 16. (j) To have young; to bring forth; as, the cow will come in next May. [U. S.] -- To come in for, to claim or receive. "The rest came in for subsidies." Swift. -- To come into, to join with; to take part in; to agree to; to comply with; as, to come into a party or scheme. -- To come it ever, to hoodwink; to get the advantage of. [Colloq.] -- To come near or nigh, to approach in place or quality to be equal to. "Nothing ancient or modern seems to come near it." Sir W. Temple. -- To come of. (a) To descend or spring from. "Of Priam's royal race my mother came." Dryden. (b) To result or follow from. "This comes of judging by the eye." L'Estrange. -- To come off. (a) To depart or pass off from. (b) To get free; to get away; to escape. (c) To be carried through; to pass off; as, it came off well. (d) To acquit one's self; to issue from (a contest, etc.); as, he came off with honor; hence, substantively, a come off, an escape; an excuse; an evasion. [Colloq.] (e) To pay over; to give. [Obs.] (f) To take place; to happen; as, when does the race come off? (g) To be or become after some delay; as, the weather came off very fine. (h) To slip off or be taken off, as a garment; to separate. (i) To hurry away; to get through. Chaucer. -- To come off by, to suffer. [Obs.] "To come off by the worst." Calamy. -- To come off from, to leave. "To come off from these grave disquisitions." Felton. -- To come on. (a) To advance; to make progress; to thrive. (b) To move forward; to approach; to supervene. -- To come out. (a) To pass out or depart, as from a country, room, company, etc. "They shall come out with great substance." Gen. xv. 14. (b) To become public; to appear; to be published. "It is indeed come out at last." Bp. Stillingfleet. (c) To end; to result; to turn out; as, how will this affair come out? he has come out well at last. (d) To be introduced into society; as, she came out two seasons ago. (e) To appear; to show itself; as, the sun came out. (f) To take sides; to take a stand; as, he came out against the tariff.<-- (g) To publicly admit oneself to be homosexual. --> -- To come out with, to give publicity to; to disclose. -- To come over. (a) To pass from one side or place to another. "Perpetually teasing their friends to come over to them." Addison. (b) To rise and pass over, in distillation. -- To come over to, to join. -- To come round. (a) To recur in regular course. (b) To recover. [Colloq.] (c) To change, as the wind. (d) To relent. J. H. Newman. (e) To circumvent; to wheedle. [Colloq.] -- To come short, to be deficient; to fail of attaining. "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God." Rom. iii. 23. -- To come to. (a) To consent or yield. Swift. (b) (Naut.) (with the accent on to) To luff; to brin the ship's head nearer the wind; to anchor. (c) (with the accent on to) To recover, as from a swoon. (d) To arrive at; to reach. (e) To amount to; as, the taxes come to a large sum. (f) To fall to; to be received by, as an inheritance. Shak. -- To come to blows. See under Blow. -- To come to grief. See under Grief. -- To come to a head. (a) To suppurate, as a boil. (b) To mature; to culminate; as a plot. -- To come to one's self, to recover one's senses. -- To come to pass, to happen; to fall out. -- To come to the scratch. (a) (Prize Fighting) To step up to the scratch or mark made in the ring to be toed by the combatants in beginning a contest; hence: (b) To meet an antagonist or a difficulty bravely. [Colloq.] -- To come to time. (a) (Prize Fighting) To come forward in order to resume the contest when the interval allowed for rest is over and "time" is called; hence: (b) To keep an appointment; to meet expectations. [Colloq.] -- To come together. (a) To meet for business, worship, etc.; to assemble. Acts i. 6. (b) To live together as man and wife. Matt. i. 18. -- To come true, to happen as predicated or expected. -- To come under, to belong to, as an individual to a class. -- To come up (a) to ascend; to rise. (b) To be brought up; to arise, as a question. (c) To spring; to shoot or rise above the earth, as a plant. (d) To come into use, as a fashion. -- To come up the capstan (Naut.), to turn it the contrary way, so as to slacken the rope about it. -- To come up the tackle fall (Naut.), to slacken the tackle gently. Totten. -- To come up to, to rise to; to equal. -- To come up with, to overtake or reach by pursuit. -- To come upon. (a) To befall. (b) To attack or invade. (c) To have a claim upon; to become dependent upon for support; as, to come upon the town. (d) To light or chance upon; to find; as, to come upon hid treasure.

Come

Come (?), v. t. To carry through; to succeed in; as, you can't come any tricks here. [Slang] To come it, to succeed in a trick of any sort. [Slang]

Come

Come, n. Coming. Chaucer.

Co-meddle

Co-med"dle (?), v. t. To mix; to mingle, to temper. [Obs.] Shak.

Comedian

Co*me"di*an (?), n. [Cf. F. com\'82dien.]

1. An actor or player in comedy. "The famous comedian, Roscius." Middleton.

2. A writer of comedy. Milton.

Com\'82dienne

Co*m\'82`di*enne" (?), n. [F., fem. of com.] A women who plays in comedy.

Comedietta

Co*me`di*et"ta (?), n. [It.] A dramatic sketch; a brief comedy.

Comedo

Com"e*do (?), n.; pl. Comedones (#). [L., a glutton. See Comestible.] (Med.) A small nodule or cystic tumor, common on the nose, etc., which on pressure allows the escape of a yellow wormlike mass of retained oily secretion, with a black head (dirt).

Comedown

Come"down` (?), n. A downfall; an humillation. [Colloq.]

Comedy

Com"e*dy (?), n.; pl. Comedies (#). [F. com\'82die, L. comoedia, fr. Gr. home) + Home, and Ode.] A dramatic composition, or representation of a bright and amusing character, based upon the foibles of individuals, the manners of society, or the ludicrous events or accidents of life; a play in which mirth predominates and the termination of the plot is happy; -- opposed to tragedy.
With all the vivacity if comedy. Macaulay.
Are come to play a pleasant comedy. Shak.

Comelily

Come"li*ly (?), adv. In a suitable or becoming manner. [R.] Sherwood.
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Comeliness

Come"li*ness (?), n. [See Comely.] The quality or state of being comely.
Comeliness is a disposing fair Of things and actions in fit time and place. Sir J. Davies.
Strength, comeliness of shape, or amplest merit. Milton.
Comeliness signifies something less forcible than beauty, less elegant than grace, and less light than prettiness. Johnson.

Comely

Come"ly (?), a. [Compar. Comelier (?); superl. Comeliest.] [OE. comeliche, AS. cyml\'c6c; cyme suitable (fr. cuman to come, become) + l\'c6c like.]

1. Pleasing or agreeable to the sight; well-proportioned; good-looking; handsome.

He that is comely when old and decrepit, surely was very beautiful when he was young. South.
Not once perceive their foul disfigurement But boast themselves more comely than before. Milton.

2. Suitable or becoming; proper; agreeable.

This is a happier and more comely time Than when these fellows ran about the streets, Crying confusion. Shak.
It is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. Ps. cxlvii. 1.

Comely

Come"ly, adv. In a becoming manner. Ascham.

Come-outer

Come-out"er (?), n. One who comes out or withdraws from a religious or other organization; a radical reformer. [Colloq. U. S.]

Comer

Com"er (?), n. One who comes, or who has come; one who has arrived, and is present. All comers, all who come, or offer, to take part in a matter, especially in a contest or controversy. "To prove it against all comers." Bp. Stillingfleet.

Comes

Co"mes (?), n. [L., a companion.] (Mus.) The answer to the theme (dux) in a fugue.

Comessation

Com`es*sa"tion (?), n. [L. comissatio, comessatio.] A reveling; a rioting. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Comestible

Co*mes"ti*ble (?), a. [F. comestible, fr. L. comesus, comestus, p. p. pf comedere to eat; com- + edere to eat.] Suitable to be eaten; eatable; esculent.
Some herbs are most comestible. Sir T. Elyot.

Comestible

Co*mes"ti*ble, n. Something suitable to be eaten; -- commonly in the plural. Thackeray.

Comet

Com"et (?), n. [L. cometes, cometa, from Gr. coma: cf. F. com\'8ate.] (Astron.) A member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in its perihelion, and receding to a very great distance from it at its aphelion. A comet commonly consists of three parts: the nucleus, the envelope, or coma, and the tail; but one or more of these parts is frequently wanting. See Illustration in Appendix.

Cometarium

Com`e*ta"ri*um (?), n. [NL.] (Astron.) An instrument, intended to represent the revolution of a comet round the sun. Hutton.

Cometary

Com"et*a*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. com\'82taire.] Pertaining to, or resembling, a comet. Cheyne.

Comet-finder, ∨ Comet-seeker

Com"et-find`er (?), ∨ Com"et-seek`er (?), n. (Astron.) A telescope of low power, having a large field of view, used for finding comets.

Cometic

Co*met"ic (?), a. Relating to a comet.

Cometographer

Com`et*og"ra*pher (?), n. One who describes or writes about comets.

Cometography

Com`et*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Comet + -graphy: cf. F. com\'82tographie.] A description of, or a treatise concerning, comets.

Cometollgy

Com`et*ol"l*gy (?), n. [Comet + -logy.] The department of astronomy relating to comets.

Comfit

Com"fit (?), n. [F. confit, prop. a p. p., fr. confire to preserve, pickle, fr. L. conficere to prepare; con- + facere to make. See Fact, and cf. Confect.] A dry sweetmeat; any kind of fruit, root, or seed preserved with sugar and dried; a confection.

Comfit

Com"fit, v. t. To preserve dry with sugar.
The fruit which does so quickly waste, . . . Thou comfitest in sweets to make it last. Cowley.

Comfiture

Com"fi*ture (?; 135), n. [F. confiture; cf. LL. confecturae sweetmeats, confectura a preparing. See Comfit, and cf. Confiture.] See Comfit, n.

Comfort

Com"fort (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comforted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comforting.] [F. conforter, fr. L. confortare to strengthen much; con- + fortis strong. See Fort.]

1. To make strong; to invigorate; to fortify; to corroborate. [Obs.] Wyclif.

God's own testimony . . . doth not a little comfort and confirm the same. Hooker.

2. To assist or help; to aid. [Obs.]

I . . . can not help the noble chevalier: God comfort him in this necessity! Shak.

3. To impart strength and hope to; to encourage; to relieve; to console; to cheer,

Light excelleth in comforting the spirits of men. Bacon.
That we may be adle to comfort them that are in any affliction. 2 Cor. i. 4. (Rev. Ver. ).
A perfect woman, nobly planned, To warn, to comfort, and command. Wordsworth.
Syn. -- To cheer; solace; console; revive; encourage; enliven; invigorate; inspirit, gladden; recreate; exhilarate; refresh; animate; confirm; strengthen. -- To Comfort, Console, Solace. These verbs all suppose some antecedent state of suffering or sorrow. Console in confined to the act giving sympathetic relief to the mind under affliction or sorrow, and points to some definite source of that relief; as, the presence of his friend consoled him; he was much consoled by this intelligence. The act of consoling commonly implies the inculcation of resignation. Comfort points to relief afforded by the communication of positive pleasure, hope, and strength, as well as by the diminution of pain; as, "They brought the young man alive, and were not a little comforted." Acts xx. 12. Solace is from L. solacium, which means according to Dumesnil, consolation inwardly felt or applied to the case of the sufferer. Hence, the verb to solace denotes the using of things for the purpose of affording relief under sorrow or suffering; as, to solace one's self with reflections, with books, or with active employments.

Comfort

Com"fort (?), n. [OF. confort, fr. conforter.]

1. Assistance; relief; support. [Obs. except in the phrase "aid and comfort." See 5 below.] Shak.

2. Encouragement; solace; consolation in trouble; also, that which affords consolation.

In comfort of her mother's fears. Shak.
Cheer thy spirit with this comfort. Shak.
Speaking words of endearment where words of comfort availed not. Longfellow.

3. A state of quiet enjoyment; freedom from pain, want, or anxiety; also, whatever contributes to such a condition.

I had much joy and comfort in thy love. Phil. 7 (Rev. Ver. ).
He had the means of living in comfort. Macaulay.

4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.]

5. (Law) Unlawful support, countenance, or encouragement; as, to give aid and comfort to the enemy. Syn. -- Comfort, Consolation. Comfort has two meanings:

1. Strength and relief received under affliction;

2. Positive enjoyment, of a quiet, permanent nature, together with the sources thereof; as, the comfort of love; surrounded with comforts; but it is with the former only that the word consolation is brought into comparison. As thus compared, consolation points to some specific source of relief for the afflicted mind; as, the consolations of religion. Comfort supposes the relief to be afforded by imparting positive enjoyment, as well as a diminution of pain. "Consolation, or comfort, signifies some alleviation to that pain to which it is not in our power to afford the proper and adequate remedy; they imply rather an augmentation of the power of bearing, than a diminution of the burden." Johnson.

Comfortable

Com"fort*a*ble (?), a. [OF. confortable.]

1. Strong; vigorous; valiant. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Thy conceit is nearer death than thy powers. For my sake be comfortable; hold death a while at the arm's end. Shak.

2. Serviceable; helpful. [Obs.]

Be comfortable to my mother, your mistress, and make much of her. Shak.

3. Affording or imparting comfort or consolation; able to comfort; cheering; as, a comfortable hope. "Kind words and comfortable." Cowper.

A comfortable provision made for their subsistence. Dryden.

4. In a condition of comfort; having comforts; not suffering or anxious; hence, contented; cheerful; as, to lead a comfortable life.

My lord leans wondrously to discontent; His comfortable temper has forsook him: He is much out of health. Shak.

5. Free, or comparatively free, from pain or distress; -- used of a sick person. [U. S.]

Comfortable

Com"fort*a*ble, n. A stuffed or quilted coverlet for a bed; a comforter; a comfort. [U. S.]

Comfortableness

Com"fort*a*ble*ness, n. State of being comfortable or comforting manner.
Speak ye comfortably to Jerusalem. Is. xl. 2.

Comforter

Com"fort*er (?), n.

1. One who administers comfort or consolation.

Let no comforter delight mine ear But such a one whose wrongs do suit with mine. Shak.

2. (Script.) The Holy Spirit, -- reffering to his office of comforting believers.

But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things. John xiv. 26.

3. A knit woolen tippet, long and narrow. [U. S.]

The American schoolboy takes off his comforter and unbuttons his jacket before going in for a snowball fight. Pop. Sci. Monthly.

4. A wadded bedquilt; a comfortable. [U. S.] Job's comforter, a boil. [Colloq.]

Comfortless

Com"fort*less, a. Without comfort or comforts; in want or distress; cheerless.
Comfortless through turanny or might. Spenser.
Syn. -- Forlorn; desolate; cheerless; inconsolable; disconsolate; wretched; miserable. -- Com"fort*less*ly, adv. -- Com"fort*less*ness, n.
When all is coldly, comfortlessly costly. Milton.

Comfortment

Com"fort*ment (?), n. Act or process of administering comfort. [Obs.]
The gentle comfortment and entertainment of the said embassador. Hakluyt.

Comfortress

Com"fort*ress (?), n. A woman who comforts.
To be your comfortress, and to preserve you. B. Jonson.

Comfrey

Com"frey (?), n. [Prob. from F. conferve, L. conferva, fr. confervere to boil together, in medical language, to heal, grow together. So called on account of its healing power, for which reason it was also called consolida.] (Bot.) A rough, hairy, perennial plant of several species, of the genus Symphytum. &hand; A decoction of the mucilaginous root of the "common comfrey" (S. officinale) is used in cough mixtures, etc.; and the gigantic "prickly comfrey" (S. asperrimum) is somewhat cultivated as a forage plant.

Comic

Com"ic (?), a. [L. comicus pertaining to comedy, Gr. comique. See Comedy.]

1. Relating to comedy, as distinct from tragedy.

I can not for the stage a drama lay, Tragic or comic, but thou writ'st the play. B. Jonson.

2. Causing mirth; ludicrous. "Comic shows." Shak.

Comic

Com"ic, n. A comedian. [Obs.] Steele.

Comical

Com"ic*al (?), a.

1. Relating to comedy.

They deny it to be tragical because its catastrphe is a wedding, which hath ever been accounted comical. Gay.

2. Exciting mirth; droll; laughable; as, a comical story. "Comical adventures." Dryden. Syn. -- Humorous; laughable; funny. See Droll. -- Com"ic*al*ly, adv. -- Com"ic*al"ness, n.

Comicality

Com`i*cal"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Comicalities (#). The quality of being comical; something comical.

Comicry

Com"ic*ry (?), n. The power of exciting mirth; comicalness. [R.] H. Giles.

Coming

Com"ing (?), a.

1. Approaching; of the future, especially the near future; the next; as, the coming week or year; the coming exhibition.

Welcome the coming, speed the parting, guest. Pope.
Your coming days and years. Byron.

2. Ready to come; complaisant; fond. [Obs.] Pope.

Coming

Com"ing, n.

1. Approach; advent; manifestation; as, the coming of the train.

2. Specifically: The Second Advent of Christ. Coming in. (a) Entrance; entrance way; manner of entering; beginning. "The goings out thereof, and the comings in thereof." Ezek. xliii. 11 (b) Income or revenue. "What are thy comings in?" Shak.

Comitia

Co*mi"ti*a (?), n., pl. [L.] (Rom. Antiq.) A public assembly of the Roman people for electing officers or passing laws. &hand; There were three kinds of comitia: comitia curiata, or assembly of the patricians, who voted in curi\'91; comitia centuriata, or assembly of the whole Roman people, who voted by centuries; and comitia tributa, or assembly of the plebeians according to their division into tribes.

Comitial

Co*mi"tial (?), a. [L. comitialis.] Relating to the comitia, or popular assembles of the Romans for electing officers and passing laws. Middleton.

Comity

Com"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Comities (#). [L. comitas, fr. comis courteous, kind.] Mildness and suavity of manners; courtesy between equals; friendly equals; friendly civility; as, comity of manners; the comity of States. Comity of nations (International Law), the courtesy by which nations recognize within their own territory, or in their courts, the peculiar institutions of another nation or the rights and privileges acquired by its citizens in their own land. By some authorities private international law rests on this comity, but the better opinion is that it is part of the common law of the land, and hence is obligatory as law. Syn. -- Civility; good breeding; courtesy; good will.

Comma

Com"ma (?), n. [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. Capon.]

1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.

2. (Mus.) A small interval (the difference beyween a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus. -- Comma butterfly (Zo\'94l.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.

Command

Com*mand" (?; 61), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Commanding.] [OE. comaunden, commanden, OF. comander, F. commander, fr. L. com- + mandare to commit to, to command. Cf. Commend, Mandate.]

1. To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

We are commanded to forgive our enemies, but you never read that we are commanded to forgive our friends. Bacon.
Go to your mistress: Say, I command her come to me. Shak.

2. To exercise direct authority over; to have control of; to have at one's disposal; to lead.

Monmouth commanded the English auxiliaries. Macaulay.
Such aid as I can spare you shall command. Shak.

3. To have within a sphere of control, influence, access, or vision; to dominate by position; to guard; to overlook.

Bridges commanded by a fortified house. Motley.
Up to the eastern tower, Whose height commands as subject all the vale. Shak.
One side commands a view of the finest garden. Addison.

4. To have power or influence of the nature of authority over; to obtain as if by ordering; to reeceive as a due; to challenge; to claim; as, justice commands the respect and affections of the people; the best goods command the best price.

'Tis not in mortals to command success. Addison.

5. To direct to come; to bestow. [Obs.]

I will command my blessing upon you. Lev. xxv. 21.
Syn. -- To bid; order; direct; dictate; charge; govern; rule; overlook.

Command

Com*mand", v. i.

1. To have or to exercise direct authority; to govern; to sway; to influence; to give an order or orders.

And reigned, commanding in his monarchy. Shak.
For the king had so commanded concerning [Haman]. Esth. iii. 2.

2. To have a view, as from a superior position.

Far and wide his eye commands. Milton.

Command

Com*mand", n.

1. An authoritative order requiring obedience; a mandate; an injunction.

A waiting what command their mighty chief Had to impose. Milton.

2. The possession or exercise of authority.

Command and force may often create, but can never cure, an aversion. Locke.

3. Authority; power or right of control; leadership; as, the forces under his command.

4. Power to dominate, command, or overlook by means of position; scope of vision; survey.

Te steepy stand Which overlooks the vale with wide command. Dryden.

5. Control; power over something; sway; influence; as, to have command over one's temper or voice; the fort has command of the bridge.

He assumed an absolute command over his readers. Druden.

6. A body of troops, or any naval or military force or post, or the whole territory under the authority or control of a particular officer.


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Word of command (Mil.), a word or phrase of definite and established meaning, used in directing the movements of soldiers; as, aim; fire; shoulder arms, etc. Syn. -- Control; sway; power; authority; rule; dominion; sovereignty; mandate; order; injunction; charge; behest. See Direction.

Commandable

Com*mand"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being commanded.

Commandant

Com`man*dant" (?), n. [F., orig. p. pr. of commander.] A commander; the commanding officer of a place, or of a body of men; as, the commandant of a navy-yard.

Commandatory

Com*mand"a*to*ry (?), a. Mandatory; as, commandatory authority. [Obs.]

Commander

Com*mand"er (?), n. [Cf. F. commandeur. Cf. Commodore, Commender.]

1. A chief; one who has supreme authority; a leader; the chief officer of an army, or of any division of it.

A leader and commander to the people. Is. lv. 4.

2. (Navy) An officer who ranks next below a captain, -- ranking with a lieutenant colonel in the army.

3. The chief officer of a commandery.

4. A heavy beetle or wooden mallet, used in paving, in sail lofts, etc. Commander in chief, the military title of the officer who has supreme command of the land or naval forces or the united forces of a nation or state; a generalissimo. The President is commander in chief of the army and navy of the United States. Syn. -- See Chief.

Commandership

Com*mand"er*ship, n. The office of a commander.

Commandery

Com*mand"er*y (?), n.; pl. Commanderies (#). [F. commanderie.]

1. The office or rank of a commander. [Obs.]

2. A district or a manor with lands and tenements appertaining thereto, under the control of a member of an order of knights who was called a commander; -- called also a preceptory.

3. An assembly or lodge of Knights Templars (so called) among the Freemasons. [U. S.]

4. A district under the administration of a military commander or governor. [R.] Brougham.

Commanding

Com*mand"ing, a.

1. Exercising authority; actually in command; as, a commanding officer.

2. Fitted to impress or control; as, a commanding look or presence.

3. Exalted; overlooking; having superior strategic advantages; as, a commanding position. Syn. -- Authoritative; imperative; imperious.

Commandingly

Com*mand"ing*ly, adv. In a commanding manner.

Commandment

Com*mand"ment (?), n. [OF. commandement, F. commandement.]

1. An order or injunction given by authority; a command; a charge; a precept; a mandate.

A new commandment I give unto you, that ye love one another. John xiii. 34.

2. (Script.) One of the ten laws or precepts given by God to the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

3. The act of commanding; exercise of authority.

And therefore put I on the countenance Of stern commandment. Shak.

4. (Law) The offense of commanding or inducing another to violate the law. The Commandments, The Ten Commandments, the Decalogue, or summary of God's commands, given to Moses at Mount Sinai. (Ex. xx.)

Commandress

Com*mand"ress (?), n. A woman invested with authority to command. Hooker.

Commandry

Com*mand"ry (?), n. See Commandery.

Commark

Com"mark` (?), n. [Of. comarque, or LL. commarca, commarcha; com- + marcha, boundary. See March a confine.] The frontier of a country; confines. [Obs.] Shelton.

Commaterial

Com`ma*te"ri*al (?), a. Consisting of the same material. [Obs.] Bacon.

Commatic

Com*mat"ic (?), a. [L. commaticus, Gr. Comma.] Having short clauses or sentences; brief; concise.

Commatism

Com"ma*tism (?), n. [See Commatic.] Conciseness in writing. Bp. Horsley.

Commeasurable

Com*meas"ur*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. Commensurable.] Having the same measure; commensurate; proportional.
She being now removed by death, a commeasurable grief took as full possession of him as joy had one. I. Walton.

Commeasure

Com*meas"ure (?), v. t. To be commensurate with; to equal. Tennyson.

Commemorable

Com*mem"o*ra"ble (?), a. [L. commemorabilis.] Worthy to be commemorated.

Commemorate

Com*mem"o*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commemorated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commemorating.] [L. commemoratus, p. p. of commemorare to remember; com- + memorare to mention, fr. memor mindful. See Memory.] To call to remembrance by a special act or observance; to celebrate with honor and solemnity; to honor, as a person or event, by some act of respect of affection, intended to preserve the remembrance of the person or event; as, to commemorate the sufferings and dying love of our Savior by the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; to commemorate the Declaration of Independence by the observance of the Fourth of July.
We are called upon to commemorate a revolution. Atterbury.
Syn. -- See Celebrate.

Commemoration

Com*mem`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. commemoratio.]

1. The act of commemorating; an observance or celebration designed to honor the memory of some person or event.

This sacrament was designed to be a standing commemoration of the death and passion of our Lord. Abp. Tillotson.
The commonwealth which . . . chooses the most flagrant act of murderous regicide treason for a feast of eternal commemoration. Burke.

2. Whatever serves the purpose of commemorating; a memorial. Commemoration day, at the University of Oxford, Eng., an annual observance or ceremony in honor of the benefactors of the University, at which time honorary degrees are conferred.

Commemorative

Com*mem"o*ra*tive (?), a. Tending or intended to commemorate. "A sacrifice commemorative of Christ's offering up his body for us." Hammond.
An inscription commemorative of his victory. Sir G. C. Lewis.

Commemorator

Com*mem"o*ra`tor (?), n. [L.] One who commemorates.

Commemoratory

Com*mem"o*ra*to*ry (?), a. Serving to commemorate; commomerative. Bp. Hooper.

Commence

Com*mence" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commenced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commencing.] [F. commencer, OF. commencier, fr. L. com- + initiare to begin. See Initiate.]

1. To have a beginning or origin; to originate; to start; to begin.

Here the anthem doth commence. Shak.
His heaven commences ere the world be past. Goldsmith.

2. To begin to be, or to act as. [Archaic]

We commence judges ourselves. Coleridge.

3. To take a degree at a university. [Eng.]

I question whether the formality of commencing was used in that age. Fuller.

Commence

Com*mence", v. t. To enter upon; to begin; to perform the first act of.
Many a wooer doth commence his suit. Shak.
&hand; It is the practice of good writers to use the verbal noun (instead of the infinitive with to) after commence; as, he commenced studying, not he commenced to study.

Commencement

Com*mence"ment (?), n. [F. comencement.]

1. The first existence of anything; act or fact of commencing; rise; origin; beginnig; start.

The time of Henry VII . . . nearly coincides with the commencement of what is termed "modern history."

2. The day when degrees are conferred by colleges and universities upon students and others.

Commend

Com*mend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commended; p. pr. & vb. n. Commending.] [L. commendare; com- + mandare to intrust to one's charge, enjoin, command. Cf. Command, Mandate.]

1. To commit, intrust, or give in charge for care or preservation.

His eye commends the leading to his hand. Shak.
Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. Luke xxiii. 46.

2. To recommend as worthy of confidence or regard; to present as worthy of notice or favorable attention.

Among the objects of knowlwdge, two especially commend themselves to our contemplation. Sir M. Hale.
I commend unto you Phebe our sister. Rom. xvi. 1.

3. To mention with approbation; to praise; as, to commend a person or an act.

Historians commend Alexander for weeping when he read the actions of Achilles. Dryden.

4. To mention by way of courtesy, implying remembrance and good will. [Archaic]

Commend me to my brother. Shak.

Commend

Com*mend", n.

1. Commendation; praise. [Obs.]

Speak in his just commend. Shak.

2. pl. Compliments; greetings. [Obs.]

Hearty commends and much endeared love to you. Howell.

Commendable

Com*mend"a*ble (?), a. (Formerly accented on the first syllable.) [L. commendabilis.] Worthy of being commended or praised; laudable; praiseworthy.
Order and decent ceremonies in the church are not only comely but commendable. Bacon.
-- Com*mend"a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mend"a*bly, adv.

Commendam

Com*men"dam (?), n. [LL. dare in commendam to give into trust.] (Eng. Eccl. Law) A vacant living or benefice commended to a cleric (usually a bishop) who enjoyed the revenue until a pastor was provided. A living so held was said to be held in commendam. The practice was abolished by law in 1836.
There was [formerly] some sense for commendams. Selden.
Partnership in commendam. See under Partnership.

Commendatary

Com*mend"a*ta*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. commendataire, LL. commendatarius.] One who holds a living in commendam.

Commendation

Com`men*da"tion (?), n. [L. commendatio.]

1. The act of commending; praise; favorable representation in words; recommendation.

Need we . . . epistles of commendatiom? 2 Cor. iii. 1.
By the commendation of the great officers. Bacon.

2. That which is the ground of approbation or praise.

Good nature is the most godlike commendation of a man. Dryden.

3. pl. A message of affection or respect; compliments; greeting. [Obs.]

Hark you, Margaret; No princely commendations to my king? Shak.

Commendator

Com*mend"a*tor (? ∨ ?), n. [LL.] One who holds a benefice in commendam; a commendatary. Chalmers.

Commendatory

Com*mend"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. commendatorius.]

1. Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising. "Commendatory verses." Pope.

2. Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop. Burke. Commendatory prayer (Book of Common Prayer), a prayer read over the dying. "The commendatory prayer was said for him, and, as it ended, he [William III.] died." Bp. Burnet.

Commendatory

Com*mend"a*to*ry, n. A commendation; eulogy. [R.] "Commendatories to our affection." Sharp.

Commender

Com*mend"er (?), n. One who commends or praises.

Commensal

Com*men"sal (?), n. [LL. commensalis; L. com- + mensa table: cf. F. commensal. Cf. Mensal.]

1. One who eats at the same table. [Obs.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) An animal, not truly parasitic, which lives in with, or on, another, partaking usually of the same food. Both species may be benefited by the association.

Commensal

Com*men"sal (?), a. Having the character of a commensal.

Commensalism

Com*men"sal*ism (?), n. The act of eating together; table fellowship.

Commensality

Com`men*sal"i*ty (?), n. Fellowship at table; the act or practice of eating at the same table. [Obs.] "Promiscuous commensality." Sir T. Browne.

Commensation

Com`men*sa"tion (?), n. Commensality. [Obs.]
Daniel . . . declined pagan commensation. Sir T. Browne.

Commensurability

Com*men`su*ra*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. commensurabilite.] The quality of being commersurable. Sir T. Browne.

Commensurable

Com*men"su*ra*ble (?), a. [L. commensurabilis; pref. com- + mensurable. See Commensurate, and cf. Commeasurable.] Having a common measure; capable of being exactly measured by the same number, quantity, or measure. -- Com*men"su*ra*ble*ness, n. Commensurable numbers ∨ quantities (Math.), those that can be exactly expressed by some common unit; thus a foot and yard are commensurable, since both can be expressed in terms of an inch, one being 12 inches, the other 36 inches. -- Numbers, ∨ Quantities, commensurable in power, those whose squares are commensurable.

Commensurably

Com*men"su*ra*bly (?), adv. In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.

Commensurate

Com*men"su*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commensurated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commensurating.] [Pref. com- + mensurate.]

1. To reduce to a common measure. Sir T. Browne.

2. To proportionate; to adjust. T. Puller

Commensurate

Com*men"su*rate (?), a.

1. Having a common measure; commensurable; reducible to a common measure; as, commensurate quantities.

2. Equal in measure or extent; proportionate.

Those who are persuaded that they shall continue forever, can not choose but aspire after a hapiness commensurate to their duration. Tillotson.

Commensurately

Com*men"su*rate*ly, adv.

1. In a commensurate manner; so as to be equal or proportionate; adequately.

2. With equal measure or extent. Goodwin.

Commensurateness

Com*men"su*rate*ness, n. The state or quality of being commensurate. Foster.

Commensuration

Com*men`su*ra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. commensuration.] The act of commensurating; the state of being commensurate.
All fitness lies in a particular commensuration, or proportion of one thing to another. South.

Comment

Com"ment (?; 277), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commented; p. pr. & vb. n. Commenting.] [F. commenter, L. commentary to meditate upon, explain, v. intens, of comminisci, commentus, to reflect upon, invent; com- + the root of meminisse to remember, mens mind. See Mind.] To make remarks, observations, or criticism; especially, to write notes on the works of an author, with a view to illustrate his meaning, or to explain particular passages; to write annotations; -- often followed by on or upon.
A physician to comment on your malady. Shak.
Critics . . . proceed to comment on him. Dryden.
I must translate and comment. Pope.

Comment

Com"ment, v. t. To comment on. [Archaic.] Fuller.

Comment

Com"ment, n. [Cf. OF. comment.]

1. A remark, observation, or criticism; gossip; discourse; talk.

Their lavish comment when her name was named. Tennyson.

2. A note or observation intended to explain, illustrate, or criticise the meaning of a writing, book, etc.; explanation; annotation; exposition.

All the volumes of philosophy, With all their comments. Prior.

Commentary

Com"men*ta*ry (?), n.; pl. Commentaries (#). [L. commentarius, commentarium, note book, commentary: cf. F. commentaire. See Comment, v. i.]

1. A series of comments or annotations; esp., a book of explanations or expositions on the whole or a part of the Scriptures or of some other work.

This letter . . . was published by him with a severe commentary. Hallam.

2. A brief account of transactions or events written hastily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

Commentate

Com"men*tate (?), v. t. & i. [L. commentatus, p. p. of commentari to meditate.] To write comments or notes upon; to make comments. [R.]
Commentate upon it, and return it enriched. Lamb.

Commentation

Com`men*ta"tion (?), n.

1. The act or process of commenting or criticising; exposition. [R.]

The spirit of commentation. Whewell.

2. The result of the labors of a commentator.

Commentator

Com"men*ta`tor (?), n. [L. commentator: cf. F. commentateur.] One who writes a commentary or comments; an expositor; an annotator.
The commentator's professed object is to explain, to enforce, to illustrate doctrines claimed as true. Whewell.

Commentatorial

Com`men*ta*to"ri*al (? ∨ , a. Pertaining to the making of commentaries. Whewell.

Commentatorship

Com"men*ta`tor*ship (?), n. The office or occupation of a commentator.

Commenter

Com"ment`er (?), n. One who makes or writes comments; a commentator; an annotator.

Commentitious

Com`men*ti"tious (?), a. [L. commentitius.] Fictitious or imaginary; unreal; as, a commentitious system of religion. [Obs.] Warburton.

Commerce

Com"merce (?), n. (Formerly accented on the second syllable.) [F. commerce, L. commercium; com- + merx, mercis, merchadise. See Merchant.]

1. The exchange or buying and selling of commodities; esp. the exchange of merchandise, on a large scale, between different places or communities; extended trade or traffic.

The public becomes powerful in proportion to the opulence and extensive commerce of private men. Hume.

2. Social intercourse; the dealings of one person or class in society with another; familiarity.

Fifteen years of thought, observation, and commerce with the world had made him [Bunyan] wiser. Macaulay.

3. Sexual intercourse. W. Montagu.

4. A round game at cards, in which the cards are subject to exchange, barter, or trade. Hoyle. Chamber of commerce. See Chamber. Syn. -- Trade; traffic; dealings; intercourse; interchange; communion; communication.

Commerce

Com*merce" (? ∨ , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Commerced (#); p>. pr. & vb. n. Commercing.] [Cf. F. commercer, fr. LL. commerciare.]

1. To carry on trade; to traffic. [Obs.]

Beware you commerce not with bankrupts. B. Jonson.

2. To hold intercourse; to commune. Milton.

Commercing with himself. Tennyson.
Musicians . . . taught the people in angelic harmonies to commerce with heaven. Prof. Wilson.

Commercial

Com*mer"cial (?), a. [Cf. F. commercial.] Of or pertaining to commerce; carrying on or occupied with commerce or trade; mercantile; as, commercial advantages; commercial relations. "Princely commercial houses." Macaulay. Commercial college, a school for giving instruction in commercial knowledge and business. -- Commercial law. See under Law. -- Commercial note paper, a small size of writing paper, usually about 5 by 7\'ab or 8 inches. -- Commercial paper, negotiable paper given in due course of business. It includes bills of exchange, promissory notes, bank cheks, etc. -- Commercial traveler, an agent of a wholesale house who travels from town to town to solicit orders. Syn. -- See Mercantile.

Commercialism

Com*mer"cial*ism (?), n. The commercial spirit or method. C. Kingsley.

Commercially

Com*mer"cial*ly, adv. In a commercial manner.

Commigrate

Com"mi*grate (?), v. i. [L. commigrare, commigratum.] To migrate together. [R.]

Commigration

Com`mi*gra"tion (?), n. [L. commigratio.] Migration together. [R.] Woodward.

Commination

Com`mi*na"tion (?), n. [L. comminatio, from comminary to threaten; com- + minari to threaten: cf. F. commination.]

1. A threat or threatening; a denunciation of punishment or vengeance.

With terrible comminations to all them that did resist. I. Taylor.

2. An office in the liturgy of the Church of England, used on Ash Wednesday, containing a recital of God's anger and judgments against sinners.

Comminatory

Com*min"a*to"ry (?), a. [Cf. F. comminatoire.] Threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms. B. Jonson.

Commingle

Com*min"gle (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Commingled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commingling (?).] To mingle together; to mix in one mass, or intimately; to blend. Bacon.

Comminute

Com"mi*nute (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comminuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comminuting.] [L. comminutus, p. p. of comminuere to comminute; com- + minuere to lessen. See Minute.] To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth. Pennant. Comminuted fracture. See under Fracture.

Comminution

Com`mi*nu"tion (?), n.

1. The act of reducing to a fine powder or to small particles; pulverization; the state of being comminuted. Bentley.

2. (Surg.) Fracture (of a bone) into a number of pieces. Dunglison.

3. Gradual diminution by the removal of small particles at a time; a lessening; a wearing away.

Natural and necessary comminution of our lives. Johnson.

Commiserable

Com*mis"er*a*ble (?), a. Pitiable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Commiserate

Com*mis"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commiserated; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiserating.] [L. commiseratus, p. p. of commiserari to commiserate; com- + miserari to pity. See Miserable.] To feel sorrow, pain, or regret for; to pity.
Then must we those, who groan, beneath the weight Of age, disease, or want, commiserate. Denham.
We should commiserate our mutual ignorance. Locke.
Syn. -- To pity; compassionate; lament; condole.

Commiseration

Com*mis`er*a"tion (?), n. [F. commis, fr. L. commiseratio a part of an oration intended to exite compassion.] The act of commiserating; sorrow for the wants, afflictions, or distresses of another; pity; compassion.
And pluck commiseration of his state From brassy bosoms and rough hearts of flint. Shak.
Syn. -- See Sympathy.

Commiserative

Com*mis"er*a*tive (?), a. Feeling or expressing commiseration. Todd.

Commiserator

Com*mis"er*a`tor (?), n. One who pities.

Commissarial

Com`mis*sa"ri*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a commissary.

Commissariat

Com`mis*sa"ri*at (?; 277), n. [F. commissariat.] (Mil.) (a) The organized system by which armies and military posts are supplied with food and daily necessaries. (b) The body of officers charged with such service.

Commissary

Com"mis*sa*ry (?), n.; pl. Commissaries (#). [LL. commissarius, fr. L. commissus, p. p. of committere to commit, intrust to. See Commit.]

1. One to whom is committed some charge, duty, or office, by a superior power; a commissioner.

Great Destiny, the Commissary of God. Donne.

2. (Eccl.) An officer on the bishop, who exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction in parts of the diocese at a distance from the residence of the bishop. Ayliffe.

3. (Mil.) (a) An officer having charge of a special sevice; as, the commissary of musters. (b) An officer whose business is to provide food for a body of troops or a military post; -- officially called commissary of subsistence. [U. S.]

Washington wrote to the President of Congress . . . urging the appointment of a commissary general, a quartermaster general, a commissary of musters, and a commissary of artillery. W. Irving
Commissary general, an officer in charge of some special department of army service; as: (a) The officer in charge of the commissariat and transport department, or of the ordinace store department. [Eng.] (b) The commissary general of subsistence. [U. S.] -- Commissary general of subsistence (Mil. U. S.), the head of the subsistence department, who has charge of the purchase and issue of provisions for the army.

Commissaryship

Com"mis*sa*ry*ship (?), n. The office or employment of a commissary. Ayliffe.

Commission

Com*mis"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. commissio. See Commit.]

1. The act of committing, doing, or performing; the act of perpetrating.

Every commission of sin introduces into the soul a certain degree of hardness. South.

2. The act of intrusting; a charge; instructions as to how a trust shall be executed.

3. The duty or employment intrusted to any person or persons; a trust; a charge.

4. A formal written warrant or authority, granting certain powers or privileges and authorizing or commanding the performance of certain duties.

Let him see our commission. Shak.

5. A certificate conferring military or naval rank and authority; as, a colonel's commission.

6. A company of persons joined in the performance of some duty or the execution of some trust; as, the interstate commerce commission.

A commission was at once appointed to examine into the matter. Prescott.

7. (Com.) (a) The acting under authority of, or on account of, another. (b) The thing to be done as agent for another; as, I have three commissions for the city. (c) The brokerage or allowance made to a factor or agent for transacting business for another; as, a commission of ten per cent on sales. See Del credere. Commission of array. (Eng. Hist.) See under Array. -- Commission of bankrupty, a commission apointing and empowering certain persons to examine into the facts relative to an alleged bankrupty, and to secure the bankrupt's lands and effects for the creditors. -- Commission of lunacy, a commission authoring and inquiry whether a person is a lunatic or not. -- Commission merchant, one who buys or sells goods on commission, as the agent of others, receiving a rate per cent as his compensation. -- Commission, ∨ Commissioned, officer (Mil.), one who has a commission, in distingtion from a noncommossioned or warrant officer. -- Commission of the peace, a commission under the great seal, constituting one or more persons justices of the peace. [Eng.] -- To put a vessel into commission (Naut.), to equip and man a goverment vessel, and send it out on service after it has been laid up; esp., the formal act of tacking command of a vessel for service, hoisting the flag, reading the orders, etc. -- To put a vessel out of commission (Naut.), to detach the officers and crew and retire it from active service, temporarily or permanently. -- To put the great seal, ∨ the Treasury, into commission, to place it in the hands of a commissioner or commissioners during the abeyance of the ordinary administration, as between the going out of one lord keeper and accession of another. [Eng.] -- The United States Christians Commission, an organization among the people of the North, during the Civil War, which afforded material comforts to the Union soldiers, and performed services of a religious character in the field and in hospitals. -- The United States Sanitary Commission, an organization formed by the people of the North to co\'94perate with and supplement the medical department of the Union armies during the Civil War. Syn. -- Charge; warrant; authority; mandate; office; trust; employment.

Commission

Com*mis"sion (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commissioned (?); p. pr & vb. n. Commissioning.]

1. To give a commission to; to furnish with a commission; to empower or authorize; as, to commission persons to perform certain acts; to commission an officer.

2. To send out with a charge or commission.

A chosen band He first commissions to the Latian land. Dryden.
Syn. -- To appoint; depute; authorize; empower; delegate; constitute; ordain.

Commissional, Commissionary

Com*mis"sion*al (?), Com*mis"sion*a*ry (?) a. Of pertaining to, or conferring, a commission; conferred by a commission or warrant. [R.]
Delegate or commissionary authority. Bp. Hall.

Commissionate

Com*mis"sion*ate (?), v. t. To commission [Obs.]

Commissioner

Com*mis"sion*er (?), n.

1. A person who has a commission or warrant to perform some office, or execute some bussiness, for the goverment, corporation, or person employing him; as, a commissioner to take affidavits or to adjust claims.

To another adress which requisted that a commission might be sent to examine into the state of things in Ireland, William returned a gracious answer, and desired the Commons to name the commissioners. Macaulay.

2. An officer having charge of some department or bureau of the public service.

Herbert was first commissioner of the Admiralty. Macaulay.
The commissioner of patents, the commissioner of the land office, the commissioner of Indian affairs, are subotdinates of the secretary of the interior. Bartlett.
Commissioner of deeds, an officer having authority to take affidavits, depositions, acknowledgment of deeds, etc., for use in the State by which he is appointed. [U. S.] -- County commissioners, certain administrative officers in some of the States, invested by local laws with various powers in reference to the roads, courthouses, financial matters, etc., of the county. [U. S.]

Commissionnaire

Com*mis`sion*naire" (?; F. ?), n. [F., fr. L. commissio.]

1. An agent or factor; a commission merchant.

2. One of a class of attendants, in some European cities, who perform miscellaneous services for travelers.

Commissionship

Com*mis"sion*ship (?), n. The office of commissioner. Sir W. Scott.

Commissive

Com*mis"sive (?), a. Relating to commission; of the nature of, or involving, commission. [R.]

Commissural

Com*mis"su*ral (? ∨ ?), a. Of or pertaining to a commissure.

Commissure

Com*mis"sure (? ∨ ?; 134-6), n. [L. commissura a joing together: cf. F. commissure. See Commit.]

1. A joint, seam, or closure; the place where two bodies, or parts of a body, meet and unite; an interstice, cleft, or juncture.

2. (Anat. & Zo\'94l.) (a) The point of union between two parts, as the angles of the lips or eyelids, the mandibles of a bird, etc. (b) A collection of fibers connecting parts of the brain or spinal marrow; a chiasma.

3. (Bot.) The line of junction or cohering face of two carpels, as in the parsnip, caraway, etc.

Commit

Com*mit" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commited; p. pr. & vb. n. Commiting.] [L. committere, commissum, to connect, commit; com- + mittere to send. See Mission.]

1. To give in trust; to put into charge or keeping; to intrust; to consign; -- used with to, unto.

Commit thy way unto the Lord. Ps. xxxvii. 5.
Bid him farewell, commit him to the grave. Shak.

2. To put in charge of a jailor; to imprison.

These two were commited. Clarendon.

3. To do; to perperate, as a crime, sin, or fault.

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Ex. xx. 14.

4. To join a contest; to match; -- followed by with. [R.] Dr. H. More.

5. To pledge or bind; to compromise, expose, or endanger by some decisive act or preliminary step; -- often used reflexively; as, to commit one's self to a certain course.

You might have satisfied every duty of political friendship, without commiting the honor of your sovereign. Junius.
Any sudden assent to the proposal . . . might possibly be considered as committing the faith of the United States. Marshall.

6. To confound. [An obsolete Latinism.]

Committing short and long [quantities]. Milton.
To commit a bill (Legislation), to refer or intrust it to a committee or others, to be considered and reported. -- To commit to memory, ∨ To commit, to learn by heart; to memorize. Syn. -- To Commit, Intrust, Consign. These words have in common the idea of transferring from one's self to the care and custody of another. Commit is the widest term, and may express only the general idea of delivering into the charge of another; as, to commit a lawsuit to the care of an attorney; or it may have the special sense of intrusting with or without limitations, as to a superior power, or to a careful servant, or of consigning, as to writing or paper, to the flames, or to prison. To intrust denotes the act of committing to the exercise of confidence or trust; as, to intrust a friend with the care of a child, or with a secret. To consign is a more formal act, and regards the thing transferred as placed chiefly or wholly out of one's immediate control; as, to consign a pupil to the charge of his instructor; to consign goods to an agent for sale; to consign a work to the press.

Commit

Com"mit, v. i. To sin; esp., to be incontinent. [Obs.]
Commit not with man's sworn spouse. Shak.

Commitment

Com*mit"ment (?), n.

1. The act of commiting, or putting in charge, keeping, or trust; consigment; esp., the act of commiting to prison.

They were glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower, whence he was within few days enlarged. Clarendon.

2. A warrant or order for the imprisonment of a person; -- more frequently termed a mittimus.

3. The act of referring or intrusting to a committee for consideration and report; as, the commitment of a petition or a bill.

4. A doing, or preperation, in a bad sense, as of a crime or blunder; commission.

5. The act of pledging or engaging; the act of exposing, endangering, or compromising; also, the state of being pledged or engaged. Hamilton.

Committable

Com*mit"ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being committed.

Committal

Com*mit"tal (?), n. The act of commiting, or the state of being committed; commitment.

Committee

Com*mit"tee (?), n. [Cf. OF. comit\'82 company, and LL. comitatus jurisdiction or territory of a count, county, assize, army. The word was apparently influenced by the verb commit, but not directly formed from it. Cf. County.] One or more persons elected or appointed, to whom any matter or bussiness is referred, either by a legislative body, or by a court, or by any collective body of men acting together. Commitee of the whole [house], a committee, embracing all the members present, into which a legislative or deliberative body sometimes resolves itself, for the purpose of considering a particular measure under the operation of different rules from those governing the general legislative proceedings. The committee of the whole has its own chairman, and reports its action in the form of recommendations. -- Standing committee. See under Standing.
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Committee

Com`mit*tee" (?), n. [From Commit, v. t.] (Law) One to whom the charge of the person or estate of another, as of a lunatic, is committed by suitable authority; a guardian.

Committeeman

Com*mit"tee*man (?), n. A member of a committee.

Committer

Com*mit"ter (?), n.

1. One who commits; one who does or perpetrates. South.

2. A fornicator. [Obs.] T. Decker.

Committible

Com*mit"ti*ble (?), a. Capable of being committed; liable to be committed. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Commix

Com*mix" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Commixed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commixing.] [Pref. com+ + mix: cf. L. commixtus, p. p.of commiscere. See Mix.] To mix or mingle together; to blend.
The commixed impressions of all the colors do stir up and beget a sensation of white. Sir I. Newton.
To commix With winds that sailors rail at. Shak.

Commixion

Com*mix"ion (?), n. [See Commix.] Commixture. Shak.

Commixtion

Com*mix"tion (?; 106), n. [L. commixtio.] Commixture; mingling. [R.]
An exact commixtion of the ingredients. Boyle.

Commixture

Com*mix"ture (?; 135), n. [L. commixtura.]

1. The act or process of mixing; the state of being mingled; the blending of ingredients in one mass or compound.

In the commixture of anything that is more oily or sweet, such bodies are least apt to putrefy. Bacon.

2. The mass formed by mingling different things; a compound; a mixture. Bacon.

Commodate

Com"mo*date (?), n. [L. commodatum thing lent, loan.] (Scots Law) A gratuitous loan.

Commode

Com*mode" (?), n. [F. commode, fr. commode convenient, L. commodus; com- + modus measure, mode. See Mode.]

1. A kind of headdress formerly worn by ladies, raising the hair and fore part of the cap to a great height.

Or under high commodes, with looks erect. Granville.

2. A piece of furniture, so named according to temporary fashion; as: (a) A cheat of drawers or a bureau. (b) A night stand with a compartment for holding a chamber vessel. (c) A kind of close stool. (d) A movable sink for a wash bowl, with closet.

Commodious

Com*mo"di*ous (?), a. [LL. commodiosus, fr. L. commodum convenience, fr. commodus. See Commode.] Adapted to its use or purpose, or to wants and necessities; serviceable; spacious and convenient; roomy and comfortable; as, a commodious house. "A commodious drab." Shak. "Commodious gold." Pope.
The haven was not commodious to winter in. Acts. xxvii. 12.
Syn. -- Convenient; suitable; fit; proper; advantageous; serviceable; useful; spacious; comfortable.

Commodiously

Com*mo"di*ous*ly, adv. In a commodious manner.
To pass commodiously this life. Milton.

Commodiousness

Com*mo"di*ous*ness, n. State of being commodious; suitableness for its purpose; convience; roominess.
Of cities, the greatness and riches increase according to the commodiousness of their situation. Sir W. Temple.
The commodiousness of the harbor. Johnson.

Commodity

Com*mod"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Commodities (#). [F. commodit, fr. L. commoditas. See Commode.]

1. Convenience; accommodation; profit; benefit; advantage; interest; commodiousness. [Obs.]

Drawn by the commodity of a footpath. B. Jonson.
Men may seek their own commodity, yet if this were done with injury to others, it was not to be suffered. Hooker.

2. That which affords convenience, advantage, or profit, especially in commerce, including everything movable that is bought and sold (except animals), -- goods, wares, merchandise, produce of land and manufactures, etc.

3. A parcel or quantity of goods. [Obs.]

A commodity of brown paper and old ginger. Shak.

Commodore

Com"mo*dore` (?), n. [Prob. a corruption of commander, or Sp. comendador a knight of a military order who holds a commandery; also a superior of a monastery;, fr. LL. commendare to command. Cf. Commend, Command, Commander.]

1. (U. S. Navy) An officer who ranks next above a captain; sometimes, by courtesy, the senior captain of a squadron. The rank of commodore corresponds with that of brigadier general in the army.

2. (Brititsh Navy) A captain commanding a squadron, or a division of a fleet, or having the temporary rank of rear admiral.

3. A title given courtesy to the senior captain of a line of merchant vessels, and also to the chief officer of a yachting or rowing club.

4. A familiar for the flagchip, or for the principal vessel of a squadron or fleet.

Common

Com"mon (?), a. [Compar. Commoner (?); superl. Commonest.] [OE. commun, comon, OF. comun, F. commun, fr. L. communis; com- + munis ready to be of service; cf. Skr. mi to make fast, set up, build, Coth. gamains common, G. gemein, and E. mean low, common. Cf. Immunity, Commune, n. & v.]

1. Belonging or relating equally, or similary, to more than one; as, you and I have a common interest in the property.

Though life and sense be common to men and brutes. Sir M. Hale.

2. Belonging to or shared by, affecting or serving, all the members of a class, consired together; general; public; as, propertis common to all plants; the common schools; the Book of Common Prayer.

Such actions as the common good requereth. Hocker.
The common enemy of man. Shak.

3. Often met with; usual; frequent; customary.

Grief more than common grief. Shak.

4. Not distinguished or exceptional; inconspicuous; ordinary; plebeian; -- often in a depreciatory sense.

The honest, heart-felt enjoyment of common life. W. Irving.
This fact was infamous And ill beseeming any common man, Much more a knight, a captain and a leader. Shak.
Above the vulgar flight of common souls. A. Murpphy.

5. Profane; polluted. [Obs.]

What God hath cleansed, that call not thou common. Acts x. 15.

6. Given to habits of lewdness; prostitute.

A dame who herself was common. L'Estrange.
Common bar (Law) Same as Blank bar, under Blank. -- Common barrator (Law), one who makes a business of instigating litigation. -- Common Bench, a name sometimes given to the English Court of Common Pleas. -- Common brawler (Law), one addicted to public brawling and quarreling. See Brawler. -- Common carrier (Law), one who undertakes the office of carrying (goods or persons) for hire. Such a carrier is bound to carry in all cases when he has accommodation, and when his fixed price is tendered, and he is liable for all losses and injuries to the goods, except those which happen in consequence of the act of God, or of the enemies of the country, or of the owner of the property himself. -- Common chord (Mus.), a chord consisting of the fundamental tone, with its third and fifth. -- Common council, the representative (legislative) body, or the lower branch of the representative body, of a city or other munisipal corporation. -- Common crier, the crier of a town or city. -- Common divisor (Math.), a number or quantity that divides two or more numbers or quantities without a remainder; a common measure. -- Common gender (Gram.), the gender comprising words that may be of either the masculine or the feminine gender. -- Common law, a system of jurisprudence developing under the guidance of the courts so as to apply a consistent and reasonable rule to each litigated case. It may be superseded by statute, but unless superseded it controls. Wharton. It is by others defined as the unwritten law (especially of England), the law that receives its binding force from immemorial usage and universal reception, as ascertained and expressed in the judgments of the courts. This term is often used in contradistinction from statute law. Many use it to designate a law common to the whole country. It is also used to designate the whole body of English (or other) law, as distinguished from its subdivisions, local, civil, admiralty, equity, etc. See Law. -- Common lawyer, one versed in common law. -- Common lewdness (Law), the habitual performance of lewd acts in public. -- Common multiple (Arith.) See under Multiple. -- Common noun (Gram.), the name of any one of a class of objects, as distinguished from a proper noun (the name of a particular person or thing). -- Common nuisance (Law), that which is deleterious to the health or comfort or sense of decency of the community at large. -- Common pleas, one of the three superior courts of common law at Westminster, presided over by a chief justice and four puisne judges. Its jurisdiction is confined to civil matters. Courts bearing this title exist in several of the United States, having, however, in some cases, botth civil and criminal jurisdiction extending over the whole State. In other States the jurisdiction of the common pleas is limited to a county, and it is sometimes called a county court. Its powers are generally defined by statute. -- Common prayer, the liturgy of the Church of England, or of the Protestant Episcopal church of the United States, which all its clergy are enjoined use. It is contained in the Book of Common Prayer. -- Common school, a school maintained at the public expense, and open to all. -- Common scold (Law), a woman addicted to scolding indiscriminately, in public. -- Common seal, a seal adopted and used by a corporation. -- Common sense. (a) A supposed sense which was held to be the common bond of all the others. [Obs.] Trench. (b) Sound judgment. See under Sense. -- Common time (Mus.), that variety of time in which the measure consists of two or of four equal portions. -- In common, equally with another, or with others; owned, shared, or used, in community with others; affecting or affected equally. -- Out of the common, uncommon; extraordinary. -- Tenant in common, one holding real or personal property in common with others, having distinct but undivided interests. See Joint tenant, under Joint. -- To make common cause with, to join or ally one's self with. Syn. -- General; public; popular; universal; frequent; ordinary; customary; usual; familiar; habitual; vulgar; mean; trite; stale; threadbare; commonplace. See Mutual, Ordinary, General.

Common

Com"mon (?), n.

1. The people; the community. [Obs.] "The weal o' the common." Shak.

2. An inclosed or uninclosed tract of ground for pleasure, for pasturage, etc., the use of which belongs to the public; or to a number of persons.

3. (Law) The right of taking a profit in the land of another, in common either with the owner or with other persons; -- so called from the community of interest which arises between the claimant of the right and the owner of the soil, or between the claimants and other commoners entitled to the same right. Common appendant, a right belonging to the owners or occupiers of arable land to put commonable beasts upon the waste land in the manor where they dwell. -- Common appurtenant, a similar right applying to lands in other manors, or extending to other beasts, besides those which are generally commonable, as hogs. -- Common because of vicinage ∨ neighborhood, the right of the inhabitants of each of two townships, lying contiguous to each other, which have usually intercommoned with one another, to let their beasts stray into the other's fields. -- Common in gross ∨ at large, a common annexed to a man's person, being granted to him and his heirs by deed; or it may be claimed by prescriptive right, as by a parson of a church or other corporation sole. Blackstone. -- Common of estovers, the right of taking wood from another's estate. -- Common of pasture, the right of feeding beasts on the land of another. Burill. -- Common of piscary, the right of fishing in waters belonging to another. -- Common of turbary, the right of digging turf upon the ground of another.

Common

Com"mon, v. i.

1. To converse together; to discourse; to confer. [Obs.]

Embassadors were sent upon both parts, and divers means of entreaty were commoned of. Grafton.

2. To participate. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

3. To have a joint right with others in common ground. Johnson.

4. To board together; to eat at a table in common.

Commonable

Com"mon*a*ble (?), a.

1. Held in common. "Forests . . . and other commonable places." Bacon.

2. Allowed to pasture on public commons.

Commonable beasts are either beasts of the plow, or such as manure the ground. Blackstone.

Commonage

Com"mon*age (?), n. [Cf. OF. communage.] The right of pasturing on a common; the right of using anything in common with others.
The claim of comonage . . . in most of the forests. Burke.

Commonalty

Com"mon*al*ty (?), n.; pl. Commonalties (#). [Of. communalt\'82; F. communaut\'82, fr. communal. See Communal.]

1. The common people; those classes and conditions of people who are below the rank of nobility; the commons.

The commonalty, like the nobility, are divided into several degrees. Blackstone.
The ancient fare of our kings differed from that of the commonalty in plenteousness only. Landon.

2. The majority or bulk of mankind. [Obs.] Hooker.

Commoner

Com"mon*er (?), n.

1. One of the common people; one having no rank of nobility.

All below them [the peers] even their children, were commoners, and in the eye law equal to each other. Hallam.

2. A member of the House of Commons.

3. One who has a joint right in common ground.

Much good land might be gained from forests . . . and from other commonable places, so as always there be a due care taken that the poor commoners have no injury. Bacon.

4. One sharing with another in anything. [Obs.] Fuller.

5. A student in the university of Oxford, Eng., who is not dependent on any foundation for support, but pays all university charges; -- at Cambrige called a pensioner.

6. A prostitute. [Obs.] Shak.

Commonish

Com"mon*ish, a. Somewhat common; commonplace; vulgar.

Commonition

Com`mo*ni"tion (?), n. [L. commonitio. See Monition.] Advice; warning; instruction. [Obs.] Bailey.

Commonitive

Com*mon"i*tive (?), a. Monitory. [Obs.]
Only commemorative and commonitive. Bp. Hall.

Commonitory

Com*mon"i*to*ry (?), a. [L. commonitorius.] Calling to mind; giving admonition. [Obs.] Foxe.

Commonly

Com"mon*ly (?), adv.

1. Usually; generally; ordinarily; frequently; for the most part; as, confirmed habits commonly continue trough life.

2. In common; familiary. [Obs.] Spenser.

Commonness

Com"mon*ness, n.

1. State or quality of being common or usual; as, the commonness of sunlight.

2. Triteness; meanness.

Commonplace

Com"mon*place` (?), a. Common; ordinary; trite; as, a commonplace person, or observation.

Commonplace

Com"mon*place`, n.

1. An idea or expression wanting originality or interest; a trite or customary remark; a platitude.

2. A memorandum; something to be frequently consulted or referred to.

Whatever, in my reading, occurs concerning this our fellow creature, I do never fail to set it down by way of commonplace. Swift.
Commonplace book, a book in which records are made of things to be remembered.

Commonplace

Com"mon*place`, v. t. To enter in a commonplace book, or to reduce to general heads. Felton.

Commonplace

Com"mon*place`, v. i. To utter commonplaces; to indulge in platitudes. [Obs.] Bacon.

Commonplaceness

Com"mon*place`ness, n. The quality of being commonplace; commonness.

Commons

Com"mons (?), n. pl.,

1. The mass of the people, as distinguished from the titled chasses or nobility; the commonalty; the common people. [Eng.]

'T is like the commons, rude unpolished hinds, Could send such message to their sovereign. Shak.
The word commons in its present ordinary signification comprises all the people who are under the rank of peers. Blackstone.

2. The House of Commons, or lower house of the British Parliament, consisting of representatives elected by the qualified voters of counties, boroughs, and universities.

It is agreed that the Commons were no part of the great council till some ages after the Conquest. Hume.

3. Provisions; food; fare, -- as that provided at a common table in colleges and universities.

Their commons, though but coarse, were nothing scant. Dryden.

4. A club or association for boarding at a common table, as in a college, the members sharing the expenses equally; as, to board in commons.

5. A common; public pasture ground.

To shake his ears, and graze in commons. Shak.
Doctors' Commons, a place near St. Paul's Chuchyard in London where the doctors of civil law used to common together, and where were the ecclesiastical and admiralty courts and offices having jurisdiction of marriage licenses, divorces, registration of wills, etc. -- To be on short commons, to have small allowance of food. [Colloq.]

Common sense

Com"mon sense" (?). See Common sense, under Sense.

Commonty

Com"mon*ty (?), n. (Scots Law) A common; a piece of land in which two or more persons have a common right. Bell.

Commonweal

Com"mon*weal" (?), n. [Common + weal.] Commonwealth.
Such a prince, So kind a father of the commonweal. Shak.

Commonwealth

Com"mon*wealth` (?; 277), n. [Common + wealth well-being.]

1. A state; a body politic consisting of a certain number of men, united, by compact or tacit agreement, under one form of government and system of laws.

The trappings of a monarchy would set up an ordinary commonwealth. Milton.

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&hand; This term is applied to governments which are considered as free or popular, but rarely, or improperly, to an absolute government. The word signifies, strictly, the common well-being or happiness; and hence, a form of government in which the general welfare is regarded rather than the welfare of any class.

2. The whole body of people in a state; the public.

3. (Eng. Hist.) Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I., in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659. Syn. -- State; realm; republic.

Commorance

Com"mo*rance (?), n. See Commorancy.

Commorancy

Com"mo*ran*cy (?), n.

1. (Law) A dwelling or ordinary residence in a place; habitation.

Commorancy consists in usually lying there. Blackstone.

2. (Am. Law) Residence temporarily, or for a short time.

Commorant

Com"mo*rant (?), n. [L. commorans, p. pr. of commorari to abide; com- + morari to delay.]

1. (Law) Ordinarily residing; inhabiting.

All freeholders within the precinct . . . and all persons commorant therein. Blackstone.

2. (Am. Law) Inhabiting or occupying temporarily.

Commorant

Com"mo*rant, n. A resident. Bp. Hacket.

Commoration

Com`mo*ra"tion (?), n. [L. commoratio.] The act of staying or residing in a place. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Commorient

Com*mo"ri*ent (?), a. [L. commoriens, p. pr. of commoriri.] Dying together or at the same time. [R.] Sir G. Buck.

Commorse

Com*morse" (?), n. [L. commorsus, p. p. of commordere to bite sharply.] Remorse. [Obs.] "With sad commorse." Daniel.

Commote

Com*mote" (?), v. t. [See Commove.] To commove; to disturb; to stir up. [R.]
Society being more or less commoted and made uncomfortable. Hawthorne.

Commotion

Com*mo"tion (?), n. [L. commotio: cf. F. commotion. See Motion.]

1. Disturbed or violent motion; agitation.

[What] commotion in the winds! Shak.

2. A popular tumult; public disturbance; riot.

When ye shall hear of wars and commotions. Luke xxi. 9.

3. Agitation, perturbation, or disorder, of mind; heat; excitement. "He could not debate anything without some commotion." Clarendon. Syn. -- Excitement; agitation; perturbation; disturbance; tumult; disorder; violence.

Commove

Com*move" (?), v. t. [inp. & p. p. Commoved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Commoving.] [L. commovere, commotum; com- + movere to move.]

1. To urge; to persuade; to incite. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To put in motion; to disturb; to unsettle. [R.]

Straight the sands, Commoved around, in gathering eddies play. Thomson.

Communal

Com"mu*nal (? ∨ ?), a. [Cf. F. communal.] Pertaining to a commune.

Communalism

Com"mu*nal*ism (?), n. A French theory of government which holds that commune should be a kind of independent state, and the national government a confederation of such states, having only limited powers. It is advocated by advanced French republicans; but it should not be confounded with communism.

Communalist

Com"mu*nal*ist, n. [Cf. F. communaliste.] An advocate of communalism.

Communalistic

Com`mu*nal*is"tic (?), a. Pertaining to communalism.

Commune

Com*mune" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Communed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Communing.] [OF. communier, fr. L. communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See Common, and cf. Communicate.]

1. To converse together with sympathy and confidence; to interchange sentiments or feelings; to take counsel.

I would commune with you of such things That want no ear but yours. Shak.

2. To receive the communion; to partake of the eucharist or Lord's supper.

To commune under both kinds. Bp. Burnet.
To commune with one's self ∨ one's heart, to think; to reflect; to meditate.

Commune

Com"mune (?), n. Communion; sympathetic intercourse or conversation between friends.
For days of happy commune dead. Tennyson.

Commune

Com"mune (?), n. [F., fr. commun. See Common.]

1. The commonalty; the common people. [Obs.] Chaucer.

In this struggle -- to use the technical words of the time -- of the "commune", the general mass of the inhabitants, against the "prudhommes" or "wiser" few. J. R. Green.

2. A small terrotorial district in France under the government of a mayor and municipal council; also, the inhabitants, or the government, of such a district. See Arrondissement.

3. Absolute municipal self-government. The Commune of Paris, ∨ The Commune (a) The government established in Paris (1792-94) by a usurpation of supreme power on the part of representatives chosen by the communes; the period of its continuance is known as the "Reign of Terror." (b) The revolutionary government, modeled on the commune of 1792, which the communists, so called, attempted to establish in 1871.

Communicability

Com*mu`ni*ca*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. communicabilit\'82.] The quality of being communicable; capability of being imparted.

Communicable

Com*mu"ni*ca*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. communicable, LL. communicabilis.]

1. Capable of being communicated, or imparted; as, a communicable disease; communicable knowledge.

2. Communicative; free-speaking. [Obs.] B. Jonson. -- Com*mu"ni*ca*ble*ness, n. -- Com*mu"ni*ca"bly, adv.

Communicant

Com*mu"ni*cant (?), n. [L. communicans, p. pr.]

1. One who partakes of, or is entitled to partake of, the sacrament of the Lord's supper; a church member.

A never-failing monthly communicant. Atterbury.

2. One who communicates. Foxe.

Communicant

Com*mu"ni*cant (?), a. Communicating. [R.] Coleridge.

Communicate

Com*mu"ni*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Communicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Communicating.] [L. communicatus, p. p. of communicare to communicate, fr. communis common. See Commune, v. i.]

1. To share in common; to participate in. [Obs.]

To thousands that communicate our loss. B. Jonson

2. To impart; to convey; as, to communicate a disease or a sensation; to communicate motion by means of a crank.

Where God is worshiped, there he communicates his blessings and holy influences. Jer. Taylor.

3. To make known; to recount; to give; to impart; as, to communicate information to any one.

4. To administer the communion to. [R.]

She [the church] . . . may communicate him. Jer. Taylor.
&hand; This verb was formerly followed by with before the person receiving, but now usually takes to after it.
He communicated those thoughts only with the Lord Digby. Clarendon.
Syn. -- To impart; bestow; confer; reveal; disclose; tell; announce; recount; make known. -- To Communicate, Impart, Reveal. Communicate is the more general term, and denotes the allowing of others to partake or enjoy in common with ourselves. Impart is more specific. It is giving to others a part of what we had held as our own, or making them our partners; as, to impart our feelings; to impart of our property, etc. Hence there is something more intimate in imparting intelligence than in communicating it. To reveal is to disclose something hidden or concealed; as, to reveal a secret.

Communicate

Com*mu"ni*cate, v. i.

1. To share or participate; to possess or enjoy in common; to have sympathy.

Ye did communicate with my affliction. Philip. iv. 4.

2. To give alms, sympathy, or aid.

To do good and to communicate forget not. Heb. xiii. 16.

3. To have intercourse or to be the means of intercourse; as, to communicate with another on business; to be connected; as, a communicating artery.

Subjects suffered to communicate and to have intercourse of traffic. Hakluyt.
The whole body is nothing but a system of such canals, which all communicate with one another. Arbutnot.

4. To partake of the Lord's supper; to commune.

The primitive Christians communicated every day. Jer. Taylor.

Communication

Com*mu`ni*ca"tion (?), n. [L. communicatio.]

1. The act or fact of communicating; as, communication of smallpox; communication of a secret.

2. Intercourse by words, letters, or messages; interchange of thoughts or opinions, by conference or other means; conference; correspondence.

Argument . . . and friendly communication. Shak.

3. Association; company.

Evil communications corrupt manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33.

4. Means of communicating; means of passing from place to place; a connecting passage; connection.

The Euxine Sea is conveniently situated for trade, by the communication it has both with Asia and Europe. Arbuthnot.

5. That which is communicated or imparted; intelligence; news; a verbal or written message.

6. Participation in the Lord's supper. Bp. Pearson.

7. (Rhet.) A trope, by which a speaker assumes that his hearer is a partner in his sentiments, and says we, instead of I or you. Beattie. Syn. -- Correspondence; conference; intercourse.

Communicative

Com*mu"ni*ca*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. Communicatif, LL. communicativus.] Inclined to communicate; ready to impart to others.
Determine, for the future, to be less communicative. Swift.

Communicativeness

Com*mu"ni*ca*tive*ness, n. The quality of being communicative. Norris.

Communicator

Com*mu"ni*ca`tor (?), n. [L.] One who communicates. Boyle.

Communicatory

Com*mu"ni*ca"to*ry (?), a. [LL. communicatorius.] Imparting knowledge or information.
Canonical and communicatory letters. Barrow.

Communion

Com*mun"ion (?), n. [L. communio: cf. F. communion. See Common.]

1. The act of sharing; community; participation. "This communion of goods." Blackstone.

2. Intercourse between two or more persons; esp., intimate association and intercourse implying sympathy and confidence; interchange of thoughts, purposes, etc.; agreement; fellowship; as, the communion of saints.

We are naturally induced to seek communion and fellowship with others. Hooker.
What communion hath light with darkness? 2 Cor. vi. 14.
Bare communion with a good church can never alone make a good man. South.

3. A body of Christians having one common faith and discipline; as, the Presbyterian communion.

4. The sacrament of the eucharist; the celebration of the Lord's supper; the act of partaking of the sacrament; as, to go to communion; to partake of the communion. Close communion. See under Close, a. -- Communion elements, the bread and wine used in the celebration of the Lord's supper. -- Communion service, the celebration of the Lord's supper, or the office or service therefor. -- Communion table, the table upon which the elements are placed at the celebration of the Lord's supper. -- Communion in both kinds, participation in both the bread and wine by all communicants. -- Communion in one kind, participation in but one element, as in the Roman Catholic Church, where the laity partake of the bread only. Syn. -- Share; participation; fellowship; converse; intercourse; unity; concord; agreement.

Communism

Com"mu*nism (?), n. [F. communisme, fr. commun common.] A scheme of equalizing the social conditions of life; specifically, a scheme which contemplates the abolition of inequalities in the possession of property, as by distributing all wealth equally to all, or by holding all wealth in common for the equal use and advantage of all. &hand; At different times, and in different countries, various schemes pertaining to socialism in government and the conditions of domestic life, as well as in the distribution of wealth, have been called communism.

Communist

Com"mu*nist (?), n. [F. communiste.]

1. An advocate for the theory or practice of communism.

2. A supporter of the commune of Paris.

Communistic

Com`mu*nis"tic (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to communism or communists; as, communistic theories.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Living or having their nests in common, as certain birds.

Community

Com*mu"ni*ty (?), n.; pl. Communities (#). [L. communitas: cf. OF. communit\'82. Cf. Commonalty, and see Common.]

1. Common possession or enjoyment; participation; as, a community of goods.

The original community of all things. Locke.
An unreserved community of thought and feeling. W. Irwing.

2. A body of people having common rights, privileges, or interests, or living in the same place under the same laws and regulations; as, a community of monks. Hence a number of animals living in a common home or with some apparent association of interests.

Creatures that in communities exist. Wordsworth.

3. Society at large; a commonwealth or state; a body politic; the public, or people in general.

Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community. Hallam.
&hand; In this sense, the term should be used with the definite article; as, the interests of the community.

4. Common character; likeness. [R.]

The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth. H. Spencer.

5. Commonness; frequency. [Obs.]

Eyes . . . sick and blunted with community. Shak.

Commutability

Com*mu`ta*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being commutable.

Commutable

Com*mut"a*ble (?), a. [L. commutabilis.] Capable of being commuted or interchanged.
The predicate and subject are not commutable. Whately.

Commutableness

Com*mut"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being commutable; interchangeableness.

Commutation

Com`mu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. commutatio: cf. F. commutation.]

1. A passing from one state to another; change; alteration; mutation. [R.]

So great is the commutation that the soul then hated only that which now only it loves. South.

2. The act of giving one thing for another; barter; exchange. [Obs.]

The use of money is . . . that of saving the commutation of more bulky commodities. Arbuthnot.

3. (Law) The change of a penalty or punishment by the pardoning power of the State; as, the commutation of a sentence of death to banishment or imprisonment.

Suits are allowable in the spiritual courts for money agreed to be given as a commutation for penance. Blackstone.

4. A substitution, as of a less thing for a greater, esp. a substitution of one form of payment for another, or one payment for many, or a specific sum of money for conditional payments or allowances; as, commutation of tithes; commutation of fares; commutation of copyright; commutation of rations. Angle of commutation (Astron.), the difference of the geocentric longitudes of the sun and a planet. -- Commutation of tithes, the substitution of a regular payment, chargeable to the land, for the annual tithes in kind. -- Commutation ticket, a ticket, as for transportation, which is the evidence of a contract for service at a reduced rate. See 2d Commute, 2.

Commutative

Com*mut"a*tive (?), a. [CF. F. commutatif.] Relative to exchange; interchangeable; reciprocal. -- Com*mut"a*tive"ly, adv.
Rich traders, from their success, are presumed . . . to have cultivated an habitual regard to commutative justice. Burke.

Commutator

Com"mu*ta`tor (?), n. (Elec.) A piece of apparatus used for reversing the direction of an electrical current; an attachment to certain electrical machines, by means of which alternating currents are made to be continuous or to have the same direction.

Commute

Com*mute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Commuted; p. pr. & vb. n. Commuting.] [L. commutare, -mutatum; com- + mutare to change. See Mutation.] To exchange; to put or substitute something else in place of, as a smaller penalty, obligation, or payment, for a greater, or a single thing for an aggregate; hence; to lessen; to diminish; as, to commute a sentence of death to one of imprisonment for life; to commute tithes; to commute charges for fares.
The sounds water and fire, being once annexed to those two elements, it was certainly more natural to call beings participating of the first "watery", and the last "fiery", than to commute the terms, and call them by the reverse. J. Harris
The utmost that could be obtained was that her sentence should be commuted from burning to beheading. Macaulay.

Commute

Com*mute", v. i.

1. To obtain or bargain for exemption or substitution; to effect a commutation.

He . . . thinks it unlawful to commute, and that he is bound to pay his vow in kind. Jer. Taylor.

2. To pay, or arrange to pay, in gross instead of part by part; as, to commute for a year's travel over a route.

Commuter

Com*mut"er (?), n. One who commutes; especially, one who commutes in traveling.

Commutual

Com*mu"tu*al (?; 135), a. [Pref. com- + mutual.] Mutual; reciprocal; united. [R.]
There, with commutual zeal, we both had strove. Pope.

Comose

Co"mose (? ∨ ?), a. [L. comosus hairy, from coma hair.] (Bot.) Bearing a tuft of soft hairs or down, as the seeds of milkweed. Gray.

Compact

Com*pact" (?), p. p. & a [L. compactus, p. p. of compingere to join or unite; com- + pangere to fasten, fix: cf. F. compacte. See Pact.]

1. Joined or held together; leagued; confederated. [Obs.] "Compact with her that's gone." Shak.

A pipe of seven reeds, compact with wax together. Peacham.

2. Composed or made; -- with of. [Poetic]

A wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapor. Milton.

3. Closely or firmly united, as the particles of solid bodies; firm; close; solid; dense.

Glass, crystal, gems, and other compact bodies. Sir I. Newton.

4. Brief; close; pithy; not diffuse; not verbose; as, a compact discourse. Syn. -- Firm; close; solid; dense; pithy; sententious.

Compact

Com*pact", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compacted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compacting.]

1. To thrust, drive, or press closely together; to join firmly; to consolidate; to make close; -- as the parts which compose a body.

Now the bright sun compacts the precious stone. Blackstone.

2. To unite or connect firmly, as in a system.

The whole body fitly joined together and compacted by that which every joint supplieth. Eph. iv. 16.

Compact

Com"pact (?), n. [L. compactum, fr. compacisci, p. p. compactus, to make an agreement with; com- + pacisci to make an agreement. See Pact.] An agreement between parties; a covenant or contract.
The law of nations depends on mutual compacts, treaties, leagues, etc. Blackstone.
Wedlock is described as the indissoluble compact. Macaulay.
The federal constitution has been styled a compact between the States by which it was ratified. Wharton.
Syn. -- See Covenant.

Compacted

Com*pact"ed (?), a. Compact; pressed close; concentrated; firmly united.

Compactedly

Com*pact"ed*ly, adv. In a compact manner.

Compactedness

Com*pact"ed*ness, n. A state of being compact.

Compacter

Com*pact"er (?), n. One who makes a compact.

Compactible

Com*pact"i*ble (?), a. That may be compacted.

Compaction

Com*pac"tion (?), n. [L. compactio.] The act of making compact, or the state of being compact. [Obs.] Bacon.

Compactly

Com*pact"ly (?), adv. In a compact manner; with close union of parts; densely; tersely.

Compactness

Com*pact"ness, n. The state or quality of being compact; close union of parts; density.

Compacture

Com*pac"ture (?; 135), n. [L. compactura.] Close union or connection of parts; manner of joining; construction. [Obs.] "With comely compass and compacture strong." Spenser.

Compages

Com*pa"ges (?), n. sing & pl. [L., fr. compingere. See Compact, v. t.] A system or structure of many parts united.
A regular compages of pipes and vessels. Ray.

Compaginate

Com*pag"i*nate (?), v. t. [L. compaginare, compaginatum.] To unite or hold together; as, the side pieces compaginate the frame. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Compagination

Com*pag`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. compaginatio.] Union of parts; structure. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Companable

Com"pa*na*ble (?), a. [OF. compaignable.] Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Companator

Com"pa*na`tor (?), n. [LL. companatores, pl.] (Eccl.) Same as Impanator.

Companiable

Com*pan"i*a*ble (?), a. Companionable; sociable. [Obs.] Bacon.

Companion

Com*pan"ion (?), n. [F. compagnon, OF. compaing, fr. as assumed LL. companio (cf. companium fellowship, a mess), fr. L. com- + panis bread. See Pantry.]

1. One who accompanies or is in company with another for a longer or shorter period, either from choice or casually; one who is much in the company of, or is associated with, another or others; an associate; a comrade; a consort; a partner.

The companions of his fall. Milton.
The companion of fools shall smart for it. Prov. xiii. 20 (Rev. Ver. )
Here are your sons again; and I must lose Two of the sweetest companions in the world. Shak.
A companion is one with whom we share our bread; a messmate. Trench.

2. A knight of the lowest rank in certain orders; as, a companion of the Bath.

3. A fellow; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak.

4. [Cf. OSp. compa\'a4a an outhouse, office.] (Naut.) (a) A skylight on an upper deck with frames and sashes of various shapes, to admit light to a cabin or lower deck. (b) A wooden hood or penthouse covering the companion way; a companion hatch. Companion hatch (Naut.), a wooden porch over the entrance or staircase of the cabin. -- Companion ladder (Naut.), the ladder by which officers ascend to, or descend from, the quarter-deck. Totten. -- Companion way (Naut.), a staircase leading to the cabin. -- Knights companions, in certain honorary orders, the members of the lowest grades as distinguished from knights commanders, knights grand cross, and the like. Syn. -- Associate; comrade; mate; compeer; partner; ally; confederate; coadjutor; accomplice.

Companion

Com*pan"ion, v. t.

1. To be a companion to; to attend on; to accompany. [R.] Ruskin.

2. To qualify as a companion; to make equal. [Obs.]

Companion me with my mistress. Shak.

Companionable

Com*pan"ion*a*ble (?), a. Fitted to be a companion; fit for good fellowship; agreeable; sociable. "Each companionable guest." Mallett. "Companionable wit." Clarendon. -- Com*pan"ion*a*ble*ness, n. -- Com*pan"ion*a*bly, adv.

Companionless

Com*pan"ion*less, a. Without a companion.

Companionship

Com*pan"ion*ship, n. Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one. Shak.
He never seemed to avail himself of my sympathy other than by mere companionship. W. Irwing

Company

Com"pa*ny (?), n.; pl. Companies (#). [F. compagnie, fr. OF. compaing. See Companion.]

1. The state of being a companion or companions; the act of accompaying; fellowship; companionship; society; friendly intercourse. Shak.

Evil company doth corrupt good manners. 1 Cor. xv. 33. (Rev. Ver. ).
Brethren, farewell: your company along I will not wish. Milton.

2. A companion or companions.

To thee and thy company I bid A hearty welcome. Shak.

3. An assemblage or association of persons, either permanent or transient.

Thou shalt meet a company of prophets. 1 Sam. x. 5.

4. Guests or visitors, in distinction from the members of a family; as, to invite company to dine.

5. Society, in general; people assembled for social intercourse.

Nature has left every man a capacity of being agreeable, though not of shining in company. Swift.

6. An association of persons for the purpose of carrying on some enterprise or business; a corporation; a firm; as, the East India Company; an insurance company; a joint-stock company.

7. Partners in a firm whose names are not mentioned in its style or title; -- often abbreviated in writing; as, Hottinguer & Co.

8. (Mil.) A subdivision of a regiment of troops under the command of a captain, numbering in the United States (full strength) 100 men.

9. (Naut.) The crew of a ship, including the officers; as, a whole ship's company.

10. The body of actors employed in a theater or in the production of a play. To keep company with. See under Keep, v. t. Syn. -- Assemblage; assembly; society; group; assembly; society; group; circle; crowd; troop; crew; gang; corporation; association; fraternity; guild; partnership; copartnery; union; club; party; gathering.

Company

Com"pa*ny (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Companied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Companying.] To accompany or go with; to be companion to. [Obs.]

Company

Com"pa*ny, v. i.

1. To associate.

Men which have companied with us all the time. Acts i. 21.

2. To be a gay companion. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. To have sexual commerce. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Comparable

Com"pa*ra*ble (?), a. [L. comparabilis: cf. F. comparable.] Capable of being compared; worthy of comparison.
There is no blessing of life comparable to the enjoyment of a discreet and virtuous friend. Addison.
-- Com"pa*ra*ble*ness, n. -- Com"pa*ra*bly, adv.

Comparate

Com"pa*rate (?), n. [L. comparatum, fr. comparatus, p. p. of comparare. See 1st Compare.] (Logic) One of two things compared together.

Comparation

Com`pa*ra"tion (?), n. [L. comparatio. See Compare to get.] A making ready; provision. [Obs.]

Comparative

Com*par"a*tive (?), a. [L. comparativus: cf. F. comparatif.]

1. Of or pertaining to comparison. "The comparative faculty." Granvill.

2. Proceeding from, or by the method of, comparison; as, the comparative anatomy.

3. Estimated by comparison; relative; not positive or absolute, as compared with another thing or state.

The recurrence of comparative warmth and cold. Whewell.
The bubble, by reason of its comparative levity to the fluid that incloses it, would necessarily ascend to the top. Bentley.

4. (Gram.) Expressing a degree greater or less than the positive degree of the quality denoted by an adjective or adverb. The comparative degree is formed from the positive by the use of -er, more, or less; as, brighter, more bright, or less bright. Comparative sciences, those which are based on a comprehensive comparison of the range of objects or facts in any branch or department, and which aim to study out and treat of the fundamental laws or systems of relation pervading them; as, comparative anatomy, comparative physiology, comparative philology.

Comparative

Com*par"a*tive, n. (Gram.) The comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs; also, the form by which the comparative degree is expressed; as, stronger, wiser, weaker, wore stormy, less windy, are all comparatives.
In comparatives is expressed a relation of two; as in superlatives there is a relation of many.

2. An equal; a rival; a compeer. [Obs.]

Gerard ever was His full comparative. Beau. & Fl.

3. One who makes comparisons; one who affects wit. [Obs.] "Every beardless vain comparative." Shak.

Comparatively

Com*par"a*tive*ly, adv. According to estimate made by comparison; relatively; not positively or absolutely.
With but comparatively few exceptions. Prescott.

Comparator

Com"pa*ra`tor (? ∨ ?), n. [L., a comparater.] (Physics) An instrument or machine for comparing anything to be measured with a standard measure; -- applied especially to a machine for comparing standards of length.

Compare

Com*pare" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compared (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Comparing.] [L.comparare, fr. compar like or equal to another; com- + par equal: cf. F. comparer. See Pair, Peer an equal, and cf. Compeer.]

1. To examine the character or qualities of, as of two or more persons or things, for the purpose of discovering their resemblances or differences; to bring into comparison; to regard with discriminating attention.

Compare dead happiness with living woe. Shak.
The place he found beyond expression bright, Compared with aught on earth. Milton.
Compare our faces and be judge yourself. Shak.
To compare great things with small. Milton.

2. To represent as similar, for the purpose of illustration; to liken.

Solon compared the people unto the sea, and orators and counselors to the winds; for that the sea would be calm and quiet if the winds did not trouble it. Bacon.

3. (Gram.) To inflect according to the degrees of comparison; to state positive, comparative, and superlative forms of; as, most adjectives of one syllable are compared by affixing "-er" and "-est" to the positive form; as, black, blacker, blackest; those of more than one syllable are usually compared by prefixing "more" and "most", or "less" and "least", to the positive; as, beautiful, more beautiful, most beautiful. Syn. -- To Compare, Compare with, Compare to. Things are compared with each other in order to learn their relative value or excellence. Thus we compare Cicero with Demosthenes, for the sake of deciding which was the greater orator. One thing is compared to another because of a real or fanciful likeness or similarity which exists between them. Thus it has been common to compare the eloquence of Demosthenes to a thunderbolt, on account of its force, and the eloquence of Cicero to a conflagration, on account of its splendor. Burke compares the parks of London to the lungs of the human body.

Compare

Com*pare" (?), v. i.

1. To be like or equal; to admit, or be worthy of, comparison; as, his later work does not compare with his earlier.

I should compare with him in excellence. Shak.

2. To vie; to assume a likeness or equality.

Shall pack horses . . . compare with C\'91sars? Shak.

Compare

Com*pare", n.

1. Comparison. [Archaic]

His mighty champion, strong beyond compare. Milton.
Their small galleys may not hold compare With our tall ships. Waller.

2. Illustration by comprison; simile. [Obs.]

Rhymes full of protest, of oath, and big compare. Shak.
Beyond compare. See Beyond comparison, under Comparison.

Compare

Com*pare", v. t. [L. comparare to prepare, procure; com- + parare. See Prepare, Parade.] To get; to procure; to obtain; to acquire [Obs.]
To fill his bags, and richesse to compare. Spenser.

Comparer

Com*par"er (?), n. One who compares.

Comparison

Com*par"i*son (? ∨ ?), n. [F. comparaison, L. comparatio. See 1st Compare.]

1. The act of comparing; an examination of two or more objects with the view of discovering the resemblances or differences; relative estimate.

As sharp legal practitioners, no class of human beings can bear comparison with them. Macaulay.
The miracles of our Lord and those of the Old Testament afford many interesting points of comparison. Trench.

2. The state of being compared; a relative estimate; also, a state, quality, or relation, admitting of being compared; as, to bring a thing into comparison with another; there is no comparison between them.

3. That to which, or with which, a thing is compared, as being equal or like; illustration; similitude.

Whereto shall we liken the kingdom of God? Or with what comparison shall we compare it? Mark iv. 30.

4. (Gram.) The modification, by inflection or otherwise, which the adjective and adverb undergo to denote degrees of quality or quantity; as, little, less, least, are examples of comparison.

5. (Rhet.) A figure by which one person or thing is compared to another, or the two are considered with regard to some property or quality, which is common to them both; e.g., the lake sparkled like a jewel.

6. (Phren.) The faculty of the reflective group which is supposed to perceive resemblances and contrasts. Beyond comparison, so far superior as to have no likeness, or so as to make comparison needless. -- In comparison of, In comparison with, as compared with; in proportion to. [Archaic] "So miserably unpeopled in comparison of what it once was." Addison. -- Comparison of hands (Law), a mode of proving or disproving the genuineness of a signature or writing by comparing it with another proved or admitted to be genuine, in order to ascertain whether both were written by the same person. Bouvier. Burrill.

Comparison

Com*par"i*son, v. t. To compare. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Compart

Com*part" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comparted; p. pr. & vb. n. Comparting.] [L. compartiri; com- + partiri, partire to share, pars, partis, part, share: cf. OF. compartir. See Part, v. t.] To divide; to mark out into parts or subdivisions. [R.]
The crystal surface is comparted all In niches verged with rubies. Glover.

Compartition

Com`par*ti"tion (?), n. [LL. compartitio.] The act of dividing into parts or compartments; division; also, a division or compartment. [Obs.]
Their temples . . . needed no compartitions. Sir H. Wotton.

Compartment

Com*part"ment (?), n. [F. compartiment, OF. compartir to divide. See Compart.]

1. One of the parts into which an inclosed portion of space is divided, as by partitions, or lines; as, the compartments of a cabinet, a house, or a garden.

In the midst was placed a large compartment composed of grotesque work. Carew.

2. (Shipbuilding) One of the sections into which the hold of a ship is divided by water-tight bulkheads.

Compartner

Com*part"ner (?), n. See Copartner. [Obs.]

Compass

Com"pass (?), n. [F. compas, fr. LL. compassus circle, prop., a stepping together; com- + passus pace, step. See Pace, Pass.]

1. A passing round; circuit; circuitous course.

They fetched a compass of seven day's journey. 2 Kings iii. 9.
This day I breathed first; time is come round, And where I did begin, there shall I end; My life is run his compass. Shak.

2. An inclosing limit; boundary; circumference; as, within the compass of an encircling wall.

3. An inclosed space; an area; extent.

Their wisdom . . . lies in a very narrow compass. Addison.

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4. Extent; reach; sweep; capacity; sphere; as, the compass of his eye; the compass of imagination.

The compass of his argument. Wodsworth.

5. Moderate bounds, limits of truth; moderation; due limits; -- used with within.

In two hundred years before (I speak within compass), no such commission had been executed. Sir J. Davies.

6. (Mus.) The range of notes, or tones, within the capacity of a voice or instument.

You would sound me from my lowest note to the top of my compass. Shak.

7. An instrument for determining directions upon the carth's surface by means of a magnetized bar or needle turning freely upon a pivot and pinting in a northerly and southerly direction.

He that firat discovered the use of the compass did more for the supplying and increase of useful commodities than those who built workhouses. Locke.

8. A pair of compasses. [R.]

To fix one foot of their compass wherever they please. Swift.

9. A circle; a continent. [Obs.]

The tryne compas [the threefold world containing earth, sea, and heaven. Skeat.] Chaucer.
Azimuth compass. See under Azimuth. -- Beam compass. See under Beam. -- Compass card, the eircular card attached to the needles of a mariner's compass, on which are marked the thirty-two points or rhumbs. -- Compass dial, a small pocket compass fitted with a sundial to tell the hour of the day. -- Compass plane (Carp.), a plane, convex in the direction of its length on the under side, for smoothing the concave faces of curved woodwork. -- Compass plant, Compass flower (Bot.), a plant of the American prairies (Silphium laciniatum), not unlike a small sunflower; rosinweed. Its lower and root leaves are vertical, and on the prairies are disposed to present their edges north and south.
Its leaves are turned to the north as true as the magnet: This is the compass flower. Longefellow.
-- Compass saw, a saw with a narrow blade, which will cut in a curve; -- called also fret saw and keyhole saw. -- Compass timber (Shipbuilding), curved or crooked timber. -- Compass window (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position. -- Surveyor's compass, an instrument used in surveying for measuring horizontal angles. See Circumferentor. -- Variation compass, a compass of delicate construction, used in observations on the variations of the needle. -- To fetch a compass, to make a circuit.

Compass

Com"pass (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compassed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassing.] [F. compasser, LL. compassare.]

1. To go about or entirely round; to make the circuit of.

Ye shall compass the city seven times. Josh. vi. 4.
We the globe can compass soon. Shak.

2. To inclose on all sides; to surround; to encircle; to envior; to invest; to besiege; -- used with about, round, around, and round about.

With terrors and with clamors compassed round. Milton.
Now all the blessings
Of a glad cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round.uke xix. 43.

3. To reach round; to circumvent; to get within one's power; to obtain; to accomplish.

If I can chek my erring love, I will: If not, to compass her I'll use my skill. Shak.
How can you to compass your designs? Denham.

4. To curve; to bend into a circular form. [Obs. except in carpentry and shipbuilding.] Shak.

5. (Law) To purpose; to intend; to imagine; to plot.

Compassing and imagining the death of the king are synonymous terms; compassing signifying the purpose or design of the mind or will, and not, as in common speech, the carrying such design to effect. Blackstone.

Compassable

Com"pass*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being compassed or accomplished. Burke.

Compassed

Com"passed (?), a. Rounded; arched. [Obs.]
She came . . . into the compassed window. Shak.

Compasses

Com"pass*es (?), n., pl. An instrument for describing circles, measuring figures, etc., consisting of two, or (rarely) more, pointed branches, or legs, usually joined at the top by a rivet on which they move. &hand; The compasses for drawing circles have adjustable pen points, pencil points, etc.; those used for measuring without adjustable points are generally called dividers. See Dividers. Bow compasses. See Bow-compass. -- Caliber compasses, Caliper compasses. See Calipers. -- Proportional, Triangular, etc., compasses. See under Proportional, etc.

Compassing

Com"pass*ing (?), a. (Shipbuilding) Curved; bent; as, compassing timbers.

Compassion

Com*pas"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. compassio, fr. compati to have compassion; com- + pati to bear, suffer. See Patient.] Literally, suffering with another; a sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity; commiseration.
Womanly igenuity set to work by womanly compassion. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Pity; sympathy; commiseration; fellow-feeling; mercy; condolence. See Pity.

Compassion

Com*pas"sion, v. t. To pity. [Obs.] Shak.

Compassionable

Com*pas"sion*a*ble (?), a. Deserving compassion or pity; pitiable. [R.] Barrow.

Compassionate

Com*pas"sion*ate (?), a.

1. Having a temper or disposition to pity; sympathetic; merciful.

There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate. South.

2. Complaining; inviting pity; pitiable. [R.] Shak. Syn. -- Sympathizing; tender; merciful; pitiful.

Compassionate

Com*pas"sion*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compassionated (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Compassionating (#).] To have compassion for; to pity; to commiserate; to sympathize with.
Compassionates my pains, and pities me. Addison.

Compassionately

Com*pas"sion*ate*ly (?), adv. In a compassionate manner; mercifully. Clarendon.

Compassionateness

Com*pas"sion*ate*ness, n. The quality or state of being compassionate.

Compassless

Com"pass*less (?), a. Having no compass. Knowles.

Compaternity

Com`pa*ter"ni*ty (?), n. [LL. compaternitas, fr. compater godfather; com- + pater father.] The relation of a godfather to a person. [Obs.]
The relation of gossipred or compaternity by the cannon law is a spiritual affinity. Sir J. Da

Compatibility

Com*pat`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. compatibilit.] The quality or power of being compatible or congruous; congruity; as, a compatibility of tempers; a compatibility of properties.

Compatible

Com*pat"i*ble (?), a. [F., fr. LL.compatibilis, fr. L. compati. See Compassion.] Capable of existing in harmony; congruous; suitable; not repugnant; -- usually followed by with.
Our poets have joined together such qualities as are by nature the most compatible. Broome.
Syn. -- Consistent; suitable; agreeable; accordant.

Compatibleness

Com*pat"i*ble*ness, n. Compatibility; consistency; fitness; agreement.

Compatibly

Com*pat"i*bly, adv. In a compatible manner.

Commpatient

Comm*pa"tient (?), a. [L. compatients, p. pr. of compati. See Compassion.] Suffering or enduring together. [Obs.] Sir G. Buck.

Compatriot

Com*pa"tri*ot (?), n. [F. compatriote, LL. compatriotus; com- + patriota a native. See Patriot, and cf. Copatriot.] One of the same country, and having like interests and feeling.
The distrust with which they felt themselves to be regarded by their compatriots in America. Palfrey.

Compatriot

Com*pa"tri*ot, a. Of the same country; having a common sentiment of patriotism.
She [Britain] rears to freedom an undaunted race, Compatriot, zealous, hospitable, kind. Thomson.

Compatriotism

Com*pa"tri*ot*ism (?), n. The condition of being compatriots.

Compear

Com*pear" (?), v. i. [F. comparior, L. compar; com- + par to appear.]

1. To appear. [Obs.]

2. (Law) To appear in court personally or by attorney. [Scot]

Compeer

Com*peer" (?), [OE. comper, through French fr. L. compar; com- + par equal. See Peer an equal, and cf. 1st Compare.] An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.
And him thus answer 'd soon his bold compeer. Milton.

Compeer

Com*peer", v. t. To be equal with; to match. [R.]
In my rights, By me invested, he compeers the best. Shak.

Compeer, Compeir

Com*peer", Com*peir" (?), v. i. See Conpear.

Compel

Com*pel" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compelled (?); p. pr. & vb. n Compelling.] [L. compellere, compilstum, to drive together, to compel, urge; com- + pellere to drive: cf. OF. compellir. See Pulse.]

1. To drive or urge with force, or irresistibly; to force; to constrain; to oblige; to necessitate, either by physical or moral force.

Wolsey . . . compelled the people to pay up the whole subsidy at once. Hallam.
And they compel one Simon . . . to bear his cross. Mark xv. 21.

2. To take by force or violence; to seize; to exact; to extort. [R.]

Commissions, which compel from each The sixth part of his substance. Shak.

3. To force to yield; to overpower; to subjugate.

Easy sleep their weary limbs compelled. Dryden.
I compel all creatures to my will. Tennyson.

4. To gather or unite in a crowd or company. [A Latinism] "In one troop compelled." Dryden.

5. To call forth; to summon. [Obs.] Chapman.

She had this knight from far compelled. Spenser.
Syn. -- To force; constrain; oblige; necessitate; coerce. See Coerce.

Compel

Com*pel" (?), v. i. To make one yield or submit. "If she can not entreat, I can not compel." Shak.

Compellable

Com*pel"la*ble (?), a. Capable of being compelled or constrained. Blackstone.

Compellably

Com*pel"la*bly, adv. By compulsion.

Compellation

Com`pel*la"tion (?), n. [L. compellatio, fr. compellare to accost, fr. compellere. See Compel.] Style of address or salutation; an appellation. "Metaphorical compellations." Milton.
He useth this endearing compellation, "My little children." Bp. Beveridge.
The peculiar compellation of the kings in France is by "Sire," which is nothing else but father. Sir W. Temple.

Compellative

Com*pel"la*tive (?), n. (Gram.) The name by which a person is addressed; an appellative.

Compellatory

Com*pel"la*to*ry (?), a. Serving to compel; compulsory. [R.]

Compeller

Com*pel"ler (?), n. One who compels or constrains.

Compend

Com"pend (?), n. A compendium; an epitome; a summary.
A compend and recapitulation of the Mosaical law. Bp. Burnet.

Compendiarious

Com*pen`di*a"ri*ous (?), a. [L. compendiarius.] Short; compendious. [Obs.] Bailey.

Compendiate

Com*pen"di*ate (?), v. t. [L. compendiatus, p. p. of compendiare to shorten, fr. compendium.] To sum or collect together. [Obs.] Bp. King.

Compendious

Com*pen"di*ous (?), a. [L. compendiosus.] Containing the substance oe general principles of a subject or work in a narrow compass; abridged; summarized.
More compendious and exeditious ways. Woodward.
Three things be required in the oration of a man having authority -- that it be compendious, sententious, and delectable. Sir T. Elyot.
Syn. -- Short; summary; abridged; condensed; comprehensive; succinct; brief; concise.

Compendiously

Com*pen"di*ous*ly, dv. In a compendious manner.
Compendiously exressed by the word chaos. Bentley.

Compendiousness

Com*pen"di*ous*ness, n. The state or quality of being compendious.

Compendium

Com*pen"di*um (?), n.; pl. E. Compendiums (#), L. Compendia (#). [L. compendium that which is wieghed, saved, or shortened, a short way, fr. compendere to weigh; com- + pendere to weigh. See Pension, and cf. Compend.] A brief compilation or composition, containing the principal heads, or general principles, of a larger work or system; an abridgment; an epitome; a compend; a condensed summary.
A short system or compendium of a sience. I. Watts.
Syn. -- See Abridgment.

Compensate

Com"pen*sate (? ∨ ?; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Compensating.] [L. compensatus, p. p. of compensare, prop., to weigh several things with one another, to balance with one another, verb intens. fr. compendere. See Compendum.]

1. To make equal return to; to remunerate; to recompence; to give an equivalent to; to requite suitably; as, to compensate a laborer for his work, or a merchant for his losses.

2. To be equivalent in value or effect to; to counterbalance; to make up for; to make amends for.

The length of the night and the dews thereof do compensate the heat of the day. Bacon.
The pleasures of life do not compensate the miseries. Prior.
Syn. -- To recompense; remunerate; indemnify; reward; requite; counterbalance.

Compensate

Com"pen*sate, v. i. To make amends; to supply an equivalent; -- followed by for; as, nothing can compensate for the loss of reputation.

Compensation

Com`pen*sa"tion (?), n. [L. compensatio a weighing, a balancing of accounts.]

1. The act or principle of compensating. Emerson.

2. That which constitutes, or is regarded as, an equivalent; that which makes good the lack or variation of something else; that which compensates for loss or privation; amends; remuneration; recompense.

The parliament which dissolved the monastic foundations . . . vouchsafed not a word toward securing the slightest compensation to the dispossessed owners. Hallam.
No pecuniary compensation can possibly reward them. Burke.

3. (Law) (a)The extinction of debts of which two persons are reciprocally debtors by the credits of which they are reciprocally creditors; the payment of a debt by a credit of equal amount; a set-off. Bouvier. Wharton. (b) A recompense or reward for some loss or service. (c) An equivalent stipulated for in contracts for the sale of real eatate, in which it is customary to privide that errors in description, etc., shall not avoid, but shall be the subject of compensation. Compensation balance, or Compensated balance, a kind of balance wheel for a timepiece. The rim is usually made of two different expansibility under changes of temperature, so arranged as to counteract each other and preserve uniformity of movement. -- Compensation pendulum. See Pendulum. Syn. -- Recompense; reward; indemnification; consideration; requital; satisfaction; set-off.

Compensative

Com*pen"sa*tive (?), a. [LL. compensativus.] Affording compensation.

Compensative

Com*pen"sa*tive, n. Compensation. [R.] Lamb.

Compensator

Com"pen*sa`tor (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, compensates; -- a name applied to various mechanical devices.

2. (Naut.) An iron plate or magnet placed near the compass on iron vessels to neutralize the effect of the ship's attraction on the needle.

Compensatory

Com*pen"sa*to*ry (?), a. Serving for compensation; making amends. Jer. Taylor.
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Compense

Com*pense" (?), v. t. [F. compenser. See Compensate.] To compensate. [Obs.] Bacon.

Comperendinate

Com`pe*ren"di*nate (?), v. t. [L. comperendinatus, p. p. of comperendinare to defer (the time of trial.)] To delay. Bailey.

Compesce

Com*pesce" (?), v. t. [L. compescere.] To hold in check; to restrain. [R.] Carlyle.

Compete

Com*pete" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Competed; p. pr. & vb. n. Competing.] [L. completere, competitum; com- + petere to seek. See Petition.] To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.
The rival statesmen, with eyes fixed on America, were all the while competing for European alliances. Bancroft.

Competence, Competency

Com"pe*tence (?), Com"pe*ten*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. comp\'82tence, from L. competentia agreement.]

1. The state of being competent; fitness; ability; adequacy; power.

The loan demonstrates, in regard to instrumental resources, the competency of this kingdom to the assertion of the common cause. Burke.
To make them act zealously is not in the competence of law. Burke.

2. Property or means sufficient for the necessaries and conveniences of life; sifficiency without excess.

Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words -- health, peace, and competence. Pope.
Superfluity comes sooner by white hairs, but competency lives longer. Shak.

3. (Law) (a) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence. (b) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court. Kent.

Competent

Com"pe*tent (?; 94), a. [F. comp\'82tent, p. pr. of comp\'82ter to be in the competency of, LL. competere to strive after together, to agree with; hence, to be fit. See Compete.]

1. Answering to all requirements; adeqouate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit. "A competent knowledge of the world." Arrerbury. "Competent age." Grafton. "Competent statesmen." Palfrey. /"A competent witness." Bouvier.

2. Rightfully or properly belonging; incident; -- followed by to. [Rare, except in legal usage.]

That is the privillege of the infinite Author of things, . . . but is not competent to any finite being. Locke.
Syn. -- See Qualified.

Competently

Com"pe*tent*ly, adv. In a competent manner; adequately; suitably.

Competible

Com*pet"i*ble (?), a. Compatible; suitable; consistent. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Competition

Com`pe*ti"tion (?), n. [L. competitio. See Conpete.] The act of seeking, or endevearing to gain, what another is endeavoring to gain at the same time; common strife for the same objects; strife for superiority; emulous contest; rivalry, as for approbation, for a prize, or as where two or more persons are engaged in the same business and each seeking patronage; -- followed by for before the object sought, and with before the person or thing competed with.
Competition to the crown there is none, nor can be. Bacon.
A portrait, with which one of Titian's could not come in competititon. Dryden.
There is no competition but for the second place. Dryden.
Where competition does not act at all there is complete monopoly. A. T. Hadley.
Syn. -- Emulation; rivalry; rivalship; contest; struggle; contention; opposition; jealousy. See Emulation.

Competitive

Com*pet"i*tive (?), a. Of or pertaining to competition; producing competition; competitory; as, a competitive examination.

Competitor

Com*pet"i*tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. comp\'82titeur.]

1. One who seeks what another seeks, or claims what another claims; one who competes; a rival.

And can not brook competitors in love. Shak.

2. An associate; a confederate. [Obs.]

Every hour more competitors Flock to their aid, and still their power increaseth. Shak.

Competitory

Com*pet"i*to*ry (?), a. Acting in competition; competing; rival.

Competitress

Com*pet"i*tress (?), n. A woman who competes.

Competitrix

Com*pet"i*trix (?), n. [L.] A competitress.

Compilation

Com"pi*la"tion (?), n. [L. compilatio: cf. F. compilation.]

1. The act or process of compiling or gathering together from various sources.

2. That which is compiled; especially, a book or document composed of materials gathering from other books or documents.

His [Goldsmith's] compilations are widely distinguished from the compilations of ordinary bookmakers. Macaulay.

Compilator

Com"pi*la`tor (?), n. [L.] Compiler. [Obs.]

Compile

Com*pile" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compiling.] [F. compiler, fr.L. compilare to plunder, pillage; com- + pilare to plunder. See Pill, v. t., Pillage.]

1. To put together; to construct; to build. [Obs.]

Before that Merlin died, he did intend A brazen wall in compass to compile. Spenser.

2. To contain or comprise. [Obs.]

Which these six books compile. Spenser.

3. To put together in a new form out of materials already existing; esp., to put together or compose out of materials from other books or documents.

He [Goldsmith] compiled for the use of schools a History of Rome. Macaulay.

4. To write; to compose. [Obs.] Sir W. Temple.

Compilement

Com*pile"ment (?), n. Compilation. [R.]

Compiler

Com*pil"er (?), n. [OE. compiluor; cf. OF. compileor, fr. L. compilator.] One who compiles; esp., one who makes books by compilation.

Compinge

Com*pinge" (?), v. t. [L. compingere.] To compress; to shut up. [Obs.] Burton.

Complacence, Complacency

Com*pla"cence (?), Com*pla"cen*cy (?), n. [LL. complacentia: cf. F. complaisance. See Complacent, and cf. Complaisance.]

1. Calm contentment; satisfaction; gratification.

The inward complacence we find in acting reasonably and virtuously. Atterbury.
Others proclaim the infirmities of a great man with satisfaction and complacency, if they discover none of the like in themselves. Addison.

2. The cause of pleasure or joy. "O thou, my sole complacence." Milton.

3. The manifestation of contentment or satisfaction; good nature; kindness; civility; affability.

Complacency, and truth, and manly sweetness, Dwell ever on his tongue, and smooth his thoughts. Addison.
With mean complacence ne'er betray your trust. Pope.

Complacent

Com*pla"cent (?), a. [L. complacens very pleasing, p. pr. of complacere; com- + placere to please: cf. F. complaisant. See Please and cf. Complaisant.] Self-satisfied; contented; kindly; as, a complacent temper; a complacent smile.
They look up with a sort of complacent awe . . . to kings. Burke.

Complacential

Com`pla*cen"tial (?), a. Marked by, or causing, complacence. [Obs.] "Complacential love." Baxter.

Complacently

Com*pla"cent*ly (?), adv. In a complacent manner.

Complain

Com*plain" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complained (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Complaining.] [F. complaindre, LL. complangere; com- + L. plangere to strike, beat, to beat the breast or head as a sign of grief, to lament. See Plaint.]

1. To give utterance to expression of grief, pain, censure, regret. etc.; to lament; to murmur; to find fault; -- commonly used with of. Also, to creak or squeak, as a timber or wheel.

O lose of sight, of three I most complain! Milton.

2. To make a formal accusation; to make a charge.

Now, Master Shallow, you'll complain of me to the king? Shak.
Syn. -- To repine; grumble; deplore; bewail; grieve; mourn; regret; murmur.

Complain

Com*plain", v. t. To lament; to bewail. [Obs.]
They might the grievance inwardly complain. Daniel.
By chaste Lucrece's soul that late complain'd Her wrongs to us. Shak.

Complainable

Com*plain"a*ble (?), a. That may be complained of. [R.] Feltham.

Complainant

Com*plain"ant (?), n. [F. complaignant, p. pr. of complaindre.]

1. One who makes complaint.

Eager complainants of the dispute. Collier.

2. (Law) (a) One who commences a legal process by a complaint. (b) The party suing in equity, answering to the plaintiff at common law.

He shall forfeit one moiety to the use of the town, and the other moiety to the use of the complainant. Statutes of Mass.

Complainer

Com*plain"er (?), n. One who complains or laments; one who finds fault; a murmurer. Beattie.
Speechless complainer, I will learn thy thought. Shak.

Complaint

Com*plaint" (?), n. [F. complainte. See Complain.]

1. Expression of grief, regret, pain, censure, or resentment; lamentation; murmuring; accusation; fault-finding.

I poured out my complaint before him. Ps. cxlii. 2.
Grievous complaints of you. Shak.

2. Cause or subject of complaint or murmuring.

The poverty of the clergy in England hath been the complaint of all who wish well to the church. Swift.

3. An ailment or disease of the body.

One in a complaint of his bowels. Arbuthnot.

4. (Law) A formal allegation or charge against a party made or presented to the appropriate court or officer, as for a wrong done or a crime committed (in the latter case, generally under oath); an information; accusation; the initial bill in proceedings in equity. Syn. -- Lamentation; murmuring; sorrow; grief; disease; illness; disorder; malady; ailment.

Complaintful

Com*plaint"ful (?), a. Full of complaint. [Obs.]

Complaisance

Com"plai*sance` (?; 277), n. [F. complaisance. See Complaisant, and cf. Complacence.] Disposition to please or oblige; obliging compliance with the wishes of others; a deportment indicative of a desire to please; courtesy; civility.
These [ladies] . . . are by the just complaisance and gallantry of our nation the most powerful part of our people. Addison.
They strive with their own hearts and keep them down, In complaisance to all the fools in town. Young.
Syn. -- Civility; courtesy; urbanity; suavity; affability; good breeding.

Complaisant

Com"plai*sant (?), a. [F. complaisant, p. pr. of complaire to acquiesce as a favor, fr. L. complacere. See Complacent.] Desirous to please; courteous; obliging; compliant; as, a complaisant gentleman.
There are to whom my satire seems too bold: Scarce to wise Peter complaisant enough. Pope.
Syn. -- Obliging; courteous; affable; gracious; civil; polite; well-bred. See Obliging. -- Com"plai*sant`ly, adv. -- Com"plai*sant`ness, n.

Complanar

Com*pla"nar (?), a. See Coplanar.

Complanate

Com"pla*nate (? ∨ , a. [L. complanatus, p. p. of complanare to make plane. See Plane, v. t.] Flattened to a level surface. [R.]

Complanate

Com"pla*nate (?), v. t. To make level. [R.]

Complected

Com*plect"ed (?), a. Complexioned. [Low, New Eng.]

Complement

Com"ple*ment (?), n. [L. complementun: cf. F. compl\'82ment. See Complete, v. t., and cf. Compliment.]

1. That which fills up or completes; the quantity or number required to fill a thing or make it complete.

2. That which is required to supply a deficiency, or to complete a symmetrical whole.

History is the complement of poetry. Sir J. Stephen.

3. Full quantity, number, or amount; a complete set; completeness.

To exceed his complement and number appointed him which was one hundred and twenty persons. Hakluyt.

4. (Math.) A second quantity added to a given quantity to make equal to a third given quantity.

5. Something added for ornamentation; an accessory. [Obs.]

Without vain art or curious complements. Spenser.

6. (Naut.) The whole working force of a vessel.

7. (Mus.) The interval wanting to complete the octave; -- the fourth is the complement of the fifth, the sixth of the third.

8. A compliment. [Obs.] Shak. Arithmetical compliment of a logarithm. See under Logarithm. -- Arithmetical complement of a number (Math.), the difference between that number and the next higher power of 10; as, 4 is the complement of 6, and 16 of 84. -- Complement of an arc ∨ angle (Geom.), the difference between that arc or angle and 90°. -- Complement of a parallelogram. (Math.) See Gnomon. -- In her complement (Her.), said of the moon when represented as full.

Complement

Com"ple*ment (?), v. t.

1. To supply a lack; to supplement. [R.]

2. To compliment. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Complemental

Com`ple*men"tal (?), a.

1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony." Prynne.

2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] Shak. Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration. -- Complemental males (Zo\'94l.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.

Complementary

Com`ple*men"ta"ry (?), a. Serving to fill out or to complete; as, complementary numbers. Complementary colors. See under Color. -- Complementary angles (Math.), two angles whose sum is 90\'f8.

Complementary

Com`ple*men"ta*ry, n. [See Complimentary.] One skilled in compliments. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Complete

Com"plete" (?), a. [L. completus, p. p. of complere to fill. See Full, a., and cf. Comply, Compline.]

1. Filled up; with no part or element lacking; free from deficienty; entire; perfect; consummate. "Complete perfections." Milton.

Ye are complete in him. Col. ii. 10.
That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel Revesit'st thus the glimpses of the moon. Shak.

2. Finished; ended; concluded; completed; as, the edifice is complete.

This course of vanity almost complete. Prior.

3. (Bot.) Having all the parts or organs which belong to it or to the typical form; having calyx, corolla, stamens, and pistil. Syn. -- See Whole.

Complete

Com*plete", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Completed; p. pr. & vb. n. Completing.] To bring to a state in which there is no deficiency; to perfect; to consummate; to accomplish; to fulfill; to finish; as, to complete a task, or a poem; to complete a course of education.
Bred only and completed to the taste Of lustful appetence. Milton.
And, to complete her bliss, a fool for mate. Pope.
Syn. -- To perform; execute; terminate; conclude; finish; end; fill up; achieve; realize; effect; consummate; accomplish; effectuate; fulfill; bring to pass.

Completely

Com*plete"ly, adv. In a complete manner; fully.

Completement

Com*plete"ment (?), n. Act of completing or perfecting; completion. [Obs.] Dryden.

Completeness

Com*plete"ness, n. The state of being complete.

Completion

Com*ple"tion (?), n. [L. completio a filling, a fulfillment.]

1. The act or process of making complete; the getting through to the end; as, the completion of an undertaking, an education, a service.

The completion of some repairs. Prescott.

2. State of being complete; fulfillment; accomplishment; realization.

Predictions receiving their completion in Christ. South.

Completive

Com*ple"tive (?), a. [L. completivus: cf. F. compl.] Making complete. [R.] J. Harris.

Completory

Com*ple"to*ry (?), a. Serving to fulfill.
Completory of ancient presignifications. Barrow.

Completory

Com"ple*to"ry (? ∨ ?), n. [L. completorium.] (Eccl.) Same as Compline.

Complex

Com"plex (?), a. [L. complexus, p. p. of complecti to entwine around, comprise; com- + plectere to twist, akin to plicare to fold. See Plait, n.]

1. Composed of two or more parts; composite; not simple; as, a complex being; a complex idea.

Ideas thus made up of several simple ones put together, I call complex; such as beauty, gratitude, a man, an army, the universe. Locke.

2. Involving many parts; complicated; intricate.

When the actual motions of the heavens are calculated in the best possible way, the process is difficult and complex. Whewell.
Complex fraction. See Fraction. -- Complex number (Math.), in the theory of numbers, an expression of the form a + b&root;-1, when a and b are ordinary integers. Syn. -- See Intricate.

Complex

Com"plex, n. [L. complexus] Assemblage of related things; colletion; complication.
This parable of the wedding supper comprehends in it the whole complex of all the blessings and privileges exhibited by the gospel. South.
Complex of lines (Geom.), all the possible straight lines in space being considered, the entire system of lines which satisfy a single relation constitute a complex; as, all the lines which meet a given curve make up a complex. The lines which satisfy two relations constitute a congruency of lines; as, the entire system of lines, each one of which meets two given surfaces, is a congruency.
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Complexed

Com*plexed" (?), a. Complex, complicated. [Obs.] "Complexed significations." Sir T. Browne.

Complexedness

Com*plex"ed*ness (?), n. The quality or state of being complex or involved; complication.
The complexedness of these moral ideas. Locke.

Complexion

Com*plex"ion (?), n. [F. complexion, fr. L. complexio. See Complex, a.]

1. The state of being complex; complexity. [Obs.]

Though the terms of propositions may be complex, yet . . . it is proprly called a simple syllogism, since the complexion does not belong to the syllogistic form of it. I. Watts.

2. A combination; a complex. [Archaic]

This paragraph is . . . a complexion of sophisms. Coleridge.

3. The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature. [Obs.]

If his complexion incline him to melancholy. Milton.
It is the complexion of them all to leave the dam. Shak.

4. The color or hue of the skin, esp. of the face.

Tall was her stature, her complexion dark. Wordswoorth.
Between the pale complexion of true love, And the red glow of scron and proud disdain. Shak.

5. The general appearance or aspect; as, the complexion of the sky; the complexion of the news.

Complexional

Com*plex"ion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to constitutional complexion.
A moral rather than a complexional timidity. Burke.

Complexionally

Com*plex"ion*al*ly, adv. Constitutionally. [R.]
Though corruptible, not complexionally vicious. Burke.

Complexionary

Com*plex"ion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to the complexion, or to the care of it. Jer. Taylor.

Complexioned

Com*plex"ioned (?), a. Having (such) a complexion; -- used in composition; as, a dark-complexioned or a ruddy-complexioned person.
A flower is the best-complexioned grass, as a pearl is the best-colored clay. Fuller.

Complexity

Com*plex"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Complexities (#). [Cf. F. complexit\'82.]

1. The state of being complex; intricacy; entanglement.

The objects of society are of the greatest possible complexity. Burke.

2. That which is complex; intricacy; complication.

Many-corridored complexities Of Arthur's palace. Tennyson.

Complexly

Com"plex`ly (?), adv. In a complex manner; not simply.

Complexness

Com"plex`ness, n. The state of being complex; complexity. A. Smith.

Complexus

Com*plex"us (?), n. [L., an embracing.] A complex; an aggregate of parts; a complication.

Compliable

Com*pli"a*ble (?), a. Capable of bending or yielding; apt to yield; compliant.
Another compliable mind. Milton.
The Jews . . . had made their religion compliable, and accemodated to their passions. Jortin.

Compliance

Com*pli"ance (?), n. [See Comply.]

1. The act of complying; a yielding; as to a desire, demand, or proposal; concession; submission.

What compliances will remove dissension? Swift.
Ready compliance with the wishes of his people. Macaulay.

2. A disposition to yield to others; complaisance.

A man of few words and of great compliance. Clarendon.
Syn. -- Concession; submission; consent; obedience; performance; execution; acqquiescence; assent.

Compliancy

Com*pli"an*cy (?), n. Compliance; disposition to yield to others. Goldsmith.

Compliant

Com*pli"ant (?), a. Yielding; bending; pliant; submissive. "The compliant boughs." Milton.

Compliantly

Com*pli"ant*ly, adv. In a compliant manner.

Complicacy

Com"pli*ca*cy (?), n. A state of being complicate or intricate. Mitford.

Complicant

Com"pli*cant (?), a. [L. complicans, p. pr.] (Zo\'94l.) Overlapping, as the elytra of certain beetles.

Complicate

Com"pli*cate (?), a. [L. complicatus, p. p. of complicare to fold together. See Complex.]

1. Composed of two or more parts united; complex; complicated; involved.

How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful is man! Young.

2. (Bot.) Folded together, or upon itself, with the fold running lengthwise.

Complicate

Com"pli*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Complicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Complicating.] To fold or twist together; to combine intricately; to make complex; to combine or associate so as to make intricate or difficult.
Nor can his complicated sinews fail. Young.
Avarice and luxury very often become one complicated principle of action. Addison.
When the disease is complicated with other diseases. Arbuthnot.

Complicately

Com"pli*cate*ly (?), adv. In a complex manner.

Complicateness

Com"pli*cate*ness, n. Complexity. Sir M. Hale.

Complication

Com`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. compliasion: cf. F. complication.]

1. The act or process of complicating; the state of being complicated; intricate or confused relation of parts; entaglement; complexity.

A complication of diseases. Macaulay.
Through and beyond these dark complications of the present, the New England founders looked to the great necessities of future times. Palfrey.

2. (Med.) A disease or diseases, or adventitious circumstances or conditions, coexistent with and modifying a primary disease, but not necessarily connected with it.

Complice

Com"plice (?), n.; pl. Complices (#). [F., fr. L. complex, -plicis, closely connected with one, confederate. See Complicate, and cf. Accomplice.] An accomplice. [Obs.]
To quell the rebels and their complices. Shak.

Complicity

Com*plic"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Complicities (#). [F. complicit\'82.] The state of being an accomplice; participation in guilt.

Complier

Com*pli"er (?), n. One who complies, yields, or obeys; one of an easy, yieldy temper. Swift.

Compliment

Com"pli*ment (?), n. [F. compliment. It complimento, fr. comlire to compliment, finish, suit, fr. L. complere to fill up. See Complete, and cf. Complement.] An expression, by word or act, of approbation, regard, confidence, civility, or admiration; a flattering speech or attention; a ceremonious greeting; as, to send one's compliments to a friend.
Tedious waste of time, to sit and hear So many hollow compliments and lies. Milton.
Many a compliment politely penned. Cowper.
To make one a compliment, to show one respect; to praise one in a flattering way.Locke. -- To make one's compliments to, to offer formal courtesias to. -- To stand on compliment, to treat with ceremony. Syn. -- See Adulation.

Compliment

Com"pli*ment (?), v. t. To praise, flatter, or gratify, by expressions of approbation, respect, or congratulation; to make or pay a compliment to.
Monarchs should their inward soul disguise; . . . Should compliment their foes and shun their friends. Prior.
Syn. -- To praise; flatter; adulate; commend.

Compliment

Com"pli*ment, v. i. To pass compliments; to use conventional expressions of respect.
I make the interlocutors, upon occasion, compliment with one another. Boyle.

Complimental

Com`pli*men"tal (?), a. Complimentary. [Obs.]
Languages . . . grow rich and abundant in complimental phrases, and such froth. Sir H. Wotton.
-- Com`pli*men"tal*ly, adv. [Obs.] Boyle. -- Com`pli*men"tal*ness, n. [Obs.] Hammond.

Complimentary

Com`pli*men"ta*ry (?), a. Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket. "Complimentary addresses." Prescott.

Complimentative

Com`pli*men"ta*tive (?), a. Complimentary. [R.] Boswell.

Complimenter

Com"pli*ment`er (?), n. One who compliments; one given to complimenting; a flatterer.

Compline, Complin

Com"pline, Com"plin (?), n. [From OE. complie, OF. complie, F. complies, pl., fr. LL. completa (prop. fem. of L. completus) the religious exercise which completes and closes the service of the day. See Complete.] (Eccl.) The last division of the Roman Catholic breviary; the seventh and last of the canonical hours of the Western church; the last prayer of the day, to be said after sunset.
The custom of godly man been to shut up the evening with a compline of prayer at nine of the night. Hammond.

Complot

Com"plot (?), n. [F. complot, prob. for comploit, fr.L. complicitum, prop. p. p. of complicare, but equiv. to complicatio complication, entangling. See Complicate, and cf. Plot.] A plotting together; a confederacy in some evil design; a conspiracy.
I know their complot is to have my life. Shak.

Complot

Com*plot" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Complotted; p. pr. & vb. n. Complotting.] [Cf. F. comploter, fr. complot.] To plot or plan together; to conspire; to join in a secret design.
We find them complotting together, and contriving a new scence of miseries to the Trojans. Pope.

Complotment

Com*plot"ment (?), n. A plotting together. [R.]

Complotter

Com*plot"ter (?), n. One joined in a plot. Dryden.

Complutensian

Com`plu*ten"sian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Complutum (now Alcala de Henares) a city near Madrid; as, the Complutensian Bible.

Compluvium

Com*plu"vi*um (?), n. [L.] (Arch.) A space left unroofed over the court of a Roman dwelling, through which the rain fell into the impluvium or cistern.

Comply

Com*ply" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Complied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Complying.] [Perh. formed fr. compliment, influenced by ply, pliant, which are of different origin: cf. It. complire to compliment, finish, suit. See Compliment, Complete.]

1. To yield assent; to accord; agree, or acquiesce; to adapt one's self; to consent or conform; -- usually followed by with.

Yet this be sure, in nothing to comply, Scandalous or forbidden in our law. Milton.
They did servilely comply with the people in worshiping God by sensible images. Tillotson.
He that complies against his will Is of his own opinion still. Hudibras.

2. To be ceremoniously courteous; to make one's compliments. [Obs.] Shak.

Comply

Com*ply", v. t. [See comply, v. i.]

1. To fulfill; to accomplish. [Obs.] Chapman.

2. [Cf. L. complicare to fold up. See Ply.] To infold; to embrace. [Obs.]

Seemed to comply, Cloudlike, the daintie deitie. Herrick.

Compone

Com*pone" (?), v. t. [L. componere. See Compound.] To compose; to settle; to arrange. [Obs.]
A good pretense for componing peace. Strype.

Compone

Com*po"ne (?), a. [F.] See Compony.

Component

Com*po"nent (?), a. [L. componens, p. pr. of componere. See Compound, v. t.] Serving, or helping, to form; composing; constituting; constituent.
The component parts of natural bodies. Sir I. Newton.

Component

Com*po"nent, n. A constituent part; an ingredient. Component of force (Mech.), a force which, acting conjointly with one or more forces, produces the effect of a single force or resultant; one of a number of forces into which a single force may be resolved.

Compony, Compon\'82

Com*po"ny (?), Com*po"n\'82 (?), a. [F. compon\'82.] (Her.) Divided into squares of alternate tinctures in a single row; -- said of any bearing; or, in the case of a bearing having curved lines, divided into patches of alternate colors following the curve. If there are two rows it is called counter-compony.

Comport

Com*port" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Comported; p. pr. & vb. n. Comporting.] [F. comporter, LL. comportare, fr.L. comportare to bring together; com- + portare to carry. See Port demeanor.]

1. To bear or endure; to put up (with); as, to comport with an injury. [Obs.] Barrow.

2. To agree; to accord; to suit; -- sometimes followed by with.

How ill this dullness doth comport with greatness. Beau. & Fl.
How their behavior herein comported with the institution. Locke.

Comport

Com*port" (?), v. t.

1. To bear; to endure; to brook; to put with. [Obs.]

The malcontented sort That never can the present state comport. Daniel.

2. To carry; to conduct; -- with a reflexive pronoun.

Observe how Lord Somers . . . comported himself. Burke.

Comport

Com"port (?, formerly , n. [Cf.OF. comport.] Manner of acting; behavior; conduct; deportment. [Obs.]
I knew them well, and marked their rude comport. Dryden.

Comportable

Com*port"a*ble (?), a. Suitable; consistent. [Obs.] "Some comportable method." Wotton.

Comportance

Com*port"ance (?), n. Behavior; comport. [Obs.]
Goodly comportance each to other bear. Spenser.

Comportation

Com`por*ta"tion (?), n. [L. comportatio.] A bringing together. [Obs.] Bp. Richardson.

Comportment

Com*port"ment (?), n. [F. comportement.] Manner of acting; behavior; bearing.
A graceful comportment of their bodies. Cowley.
Her serious and devout comportment. Addison.

Compose

Com*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Composed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Composing.] [F. composer; com- + poser to place. The sense is that of L. componere, but the prigin is different. See Pose, v. t.]

1. To form by putting together two or more things or parts; to put together; to make up; to fashion.

Zeal ought to be composed of the hidhest degrees of all pious affection. Bp. Sprat.

2. To form the substance of, or part of the substance of; to constitute.

Their borrowed gold composed The calf in Oreb. Milton.
A few useful things . . . compose their intellectual possessions. I. Watts.

3. To construct by mental labor; to design and execute, or put together, in a manner involving the adaptation of forms of expression to ideas, or to the laws of harmony or proportion; as, to compose a sentence, a sermon, a symphony, or a picture.

Let me compose Something in verse as well as prose. Pope.
The genius that composed such works as the "Standard" and "Last Supper". B. R. Haydon.

4. To dispose in proper form; to reduce to order; to put in proper state or condition; to adjust; to regulate.

In a peaceful grave my corpse compose. Dryden.
How in safety best we may Compose our present evils. Milton.

5. To free from agitation or disturbance; to tranquilize; to soothe; to calm; to quiet.

Compose thy mind; Nor frauds are here contrived, nor force designed. Dryden.

6. (Print.) To arrange (types) in a composing stick in order for printing; to set (type).

Compose

Com*pose", v. i. To come to terms. [Obs.] Shak.

Composed

Com*posed" (?), a. Free from agitation; calm; sedate; quiet; tranquil; self-possessed.
The Mantuan there in sober triumph sate, Composed his posture, and his look sedate. Pope.
-- Com*pos"ed*ly (, adv. -- Com*pos"ed*ness, n.

Composer

Com*pos"er (?), n.

1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.

If the thoughts of such authors have nothing in them, they at least . . . show an honest industry and a good intention in the composer. Addison.
His [Mozart's] most brilliant and solid glory is founded upon his talents as a composer. Moore (Encyc. of Mus. ).

2. One who, or that which, quits or calms; one who adjust a difference.

Sweet composes of the pensive sGay.

Composing

Com*pos"ing, a.

1. Tending to compose or soothe.

2. Pertaining to, or used in, composition. Composing frame (Print.), a stand for holding cases of type when in use. -- Composing rule (Print.), a thin slip of brass or steel, against which the type is arranged in a composing stick, or by the aid of which stickfuls or handfuls or type are lifted; -- called also setting rule. -- Composing stick (Print.), an instrument usually of metal, which the compositor holds in his left hand, and in which he arranges the type in words and lines. It has one open side, and one adjustable end by means of which the length of the lines, and consequently the width of the page or column, may be determined.

Composit\'91

Com*pos"i*t\'91 (?), n. pl. [NL., from L. compositus made up of parts. See Composite.] (Bot.) A large family of dicotyledonous plants, having their flowers arranged in dense heads of many small florets and their anthers united in a tube. The daisy, dandelion, and asters, are examples.

Composite

Com*pos"ite (?; 277), a. [L. compositus made up of parts, p. p. of componere. See Compound, v. t., and cf. Compost.]

1. Made up of distinct parts or elements; compounded; as, a composite language.

Happiness, like air and water . . . is composite. Landor.

2. (Arch.) Belonging to a certain order which is composed of the Ionic order grafted upon the Corinthian. It is called also the Roman or the Italic order, and is one of the five orders recognized by the Italian writers of the sixteenth century. See Capital.


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3. (Bot.) Belonging to the order Composit\'91; bearing involucrate heads of many small florets, as the daisy, thistle, and dandelion. Composite carriage, a railroad car having compartments of different classes. [Eng.] -- Composite number (Math.), one which can be divided exactly by a number exceeding unity, as 6 by 2 or 3.<-- the opposite of prime number -->. -- Composite photograph ∨ portrait, one made by a combination, or blending, of several distinct photographs. F. Galton. -- Composite sailing (Naut.), a combination of parallel and great circle sailing. -- Composite ship, one with a wooden casing and iron frame.

Composite

Com*pos"ite (?; 277), n. That which is made up of parts or compounded of several elements; composition; combination; compound. [R.]

Composition

Com`po*si"tion (?), n. [F. composition, fr. L. compositio. See Composite.]

1. The act or art of composing, or forming a whole or integral, by placing together and uniting different things, parts, or ingredients. In specific uses: (a) The invention or combination of the parts of any literary work or discourse, or of a work of art; as, the composition of a poem or a piece of music. "The constant habit of elaborate composition." Macaulay. (b) (Fine Arts) The art or practice of so combining the different parts of a work of art as to produce a harmonious whole; also, a work of art considered as such. See 4, below. (c) The act of writing for practice in a language, as English, Latin, German, etc. (d) (Print.) The setting up of type and arranging it for printing.

2. The state of being put together or composed; conjunction; combination; adjustment.

View them in composition with other things. I. Watts.
The elementary composition of bodies. Whewell.

3. A mass or body formed by combining two or more substances; as, a chemical composition.

A omposition that looks . . . like marble. Addison.

4. A literary, musical, or artistic production, especially one showing study and care in arrangement; -- often used of an elementary essay or translation done as an educational exercise.

5. Consistency; accord; congruity. [Obs.]

There is no composition in these news That gives them credit. Shak.

6. Mutual agreement to terms or conditions for the settlement of a difference or controversy; also, the terms or conditions of settlement; agreement.

Thus we are agreed: I crave our composition may be written. Shak.

7. (Law) The adjustment of a debt, or avoidance of an obligation, by some form of compensation agreed on between the parties; also, the sum or amount of compensation agreed upon in the adjustment.

Compositions for not taking the order of knighthood. Hallam.
Cleared by composition with their creditors. Blackstone.

8. Synthesis as opposed to analysis.

The investigation of difficult things by the method of analysis ought ever to precede the method of composition. Sir I. Newton.
Composition cloth, a kind of clotch covered with a preparation making it waterproof. -- Composition deed, an agreement for composition between a debtor and several creditors. -- Composition plane (Crystallog.), the plane by which the two individuals of a twin crystal are united in their reserved positions. -- Composition of forces (Mech.), the finding of a single force (called the resultant) which shall be equal in effect to two or more given forces (called the components) when acting in given directions. Herbert. -- Composition metal, an alloy resembling brass, which is sometimes used instead of copper for sheathing vessels; -- also called Muntz metal and yellow metal. -- Composition of proportion (Math.), an arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the arrangement of four proportionals so that the sum of the third and fourth to the fourth.Compositive
Beclowns it properly indeed. B. Jonson.

Com*pos"i*tive (?), a. [L. compositivus.] Having the quality of entering into composition; compounded. [R.]

Compositor

Com*pos"i*tor (?), n. [L., an arranger.]

1. One who composes or sets in order.

2. (Print.) One who sets type and arranges it for use.

Compositous

Com*pos"i*tous (?), a. (Bot.) Belonging to the Composit\'91; composite. [R.] Darwin.

Compossible

Com*pos"si*ble (?), a. [Pref. com- + possible.] Able to exist with another thing; consistent. [R.] Chillingworth.

Compost

Com"post (?; 277), n.[OF. compost, fr. L. compositus, p. p. See Composite.]

1. A mixture; a compound. [R.]

A sad compost of more bitter than sweet. Hammond.

2. (Agric.) A mixture for fertilizing land; esp., a composition of various substances (as muck, mold, lime, and stable manure) thoroughly mingled and decomposed, as in a compost heap.

And do not spread the compost on the weeds To make them ranker. Shak.

Compost

Com"post, v. t.

1. To manure with compost.

2. To mingle, as different fertilizing substances, in a mass where they will decompose and form into a compost.

Composture

Com*pos"ture (?; 135), n. [L. compositura, -postura, a joining.] Manure; compost. [Obs.] Shak.

Composure

Com*po"sure (?), n. [From Compose.]

1. The act of composing, or that which is composed; a composition. [Obs.]

Signor Pietro, who had an admirable way both of composure [in music] and teaching. Evelyn.

2. Orderly adjustment; disposition. [Obs.]

Various composures and combinations of these corpuscles. Woodward.

3. Frame; make; temperament. [Obs.]

His composure must be rare indeed Whom these things can not blemish. Shak.

4. A settled state; calmness; sedateness; tranquillity; repose. "We seek peace and composure." Milton.

When the passions . . . are all silent, the mind enjoys its most perfect composure. I. Watts.

5. A combination; a union; a bond. [Obs.] Shak.

Compotation

Com`po*ta"tion (?), n. [L. compotatio; com- + potare to drink.] The act of drinking or tippling together. [R.]
The fashion of compotation. Sir W. Scott.

Compotator

Com"po*ta`tor (?), n. [L.] One who drinks with another. [R.] Pope.

Compote

Com"pote (?), n. [F. See Compost.] A preparation of fruit in sirup in such a manner as to preserve its form, either whole, halved, or quartered; as, a compote of pears. Littr
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Compound

Com"pound (?), n. [Malay kompund a village.] In the East Indies, an inclosure containing a house, outbuildings, etc.

Compound

Com*pound" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Compounding.] [OE. componen, compounen, L. componere, compositum; com-+ ponere to put set. The d is excrescent. See Position, and cf. Compon\'82.]

1. To form or make by combining different elements, ingredients, or parts; as, to compound a medicine.

Incapacitating him from successfully compounding a tale of this sort. Sir W. Scott.

2. To put together, as elements, ingredients, or parts, in order to form a whole; to combine, mix, or unite.

We have the power of altering and compounding those images into all the varieties of picture. Addison.

3. To modify or change by combination with some other thing or part; to mingle with something else.

Only compound me with forgotten dust. Shak.

4. To compose; to constitute. [Obs.]

His pomp and all what state compounds. Shak.

5. To settle amicably; to adjust by agreement; to compromise; to discharge from obligation upon terms different from those which were stipulated; as, to compound a debt.

I pray, my lords, let me compound this strife. Shak.
To compound a felony, to accept of a consideration for forbearing to prosecute, such compounding being an indictable offense. See Theftbote.

Compound

Com*pound", v. i. To effect a composition; to come to terms of agreement; to agree; to settle by a compromise; -- usually followed by with before the person participating, and for before the thing compounded or the consideration.
Here's a fellow will help you to-morrow; . . . compound with him by the year. Shak.
They were at last glad to compound for his bare commitment to the Tower. Clarendon.
Cornwall compounded to furnish ten oxen after Michaelmas for thirty pounds. R. Carew.
Compound for sins they are inclined to By damning those they have no mind to. Hudibras.

Compound

Com"pound (?), a. [OE. compouned, p. p. of compounen. See Compound, v. t.] Composed of two or more elements, ingredients, parts; produced by the union of several ingredients, parts, or things; composite; as, a compound word.
Compound substances are made up of two or more simple substances. I. Watts.
Compound addition, substraction, multiplication, division (Arith.), the addition, substraction, etc., of compound numbers. -- Compound crystal (Crystallog.), a twin crystal, or one seeming to be made up of two or more crystals combined according to regular laws of composition. -- Compound engine (Mech.), a form of steam engine in which the steam that has been used in a high-pressure cylinder is made to do further service in a larger low-pressure cylinder, sometimes in several larger cylinders, successively. -- Compound ether. (Chem.) See under Ether. -- Compound flower (Bot.), a flower head resembling a single flower, but really composed of several florets inclosed in a common calyxlike involucre, as the sunflower or dandelion. -- Compound fraction. (Math.) See Fraction. -- Compound fracture. See Fracture. -- Compound householder, a householder who compounds or arranges with his landlord that his rates shall be included in his rents. [Eng.] -- Compound interest. See Interest. -- Compound larceny. (Law) See Larceny. -- Compound leaf (Bot.), a leaf having two or more separate blades or leaflets on a common leafstalk. -- Compound microscope. See Microscope. -- Compound motion. See Motion. -- Compound number (Math.), one constructed according to a varying scale of denomination; as, 3 cwt., 1 qr., 5 lb.; -- called also denominate number. -- Compound pier (Arch.), a clustered column. -- Compound quantity (Alg.), a quantity composed of two or more simple quantities or terms, connected by the sign + (plus) or - (minus). Thus, a + b - c, and bb - b, are compound quantities. -- Compound radical. (Chem.) See Radical. -- Compound ratio (Math.), the product of two or more ratios; thus ab:cd is a ratio compounded of the simple ratios a:c and b:d. -- Compound rest (Mech.), the tool carriage of an engine lathe. -- Compound screw (Mech.), a screw having on the same axis two or more screws with different pitch (a differential screw), or running in different directions (a right and left screw). -- Compound time (Mus.), that in which two or more simple measures are combined in one; as, 6-8 time is the joining of two measures of 3-8 time. -- Compound word, a word composed of two or more words; specifically, two or more words joined together by a hyphen.

Compound

Com"pound, n.

1. That which is compounded or formed by the union or mixture of elements ingredients, or parts; a combination of simples; a compound word; the result of composition. Shak.

Rare compound of oddity, frolic, and fun. Goldsmith.
When the word "bishopric" was first made, it was made as a compound. Earle.

2. (Chem.) A union of two or more ingredients in definite proportions by weight, so combined as to form a distinct substance; as, water is a compound of oxygen and hydrogen. &hand; Every definite chemical compound always contains the same elements, united in the same proportions by weight, and with the same internal arrangement. Binary compound (Chem.). See under Binary. -- Carbon compounds (Chem.). See under Carbon.

Compoundable

Com*pound"a*ble (?), a. That may be compounded.

Compounder

Com*pound"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, compounds or mixes; as, a compounder of medicines.

2. One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish, ends by compromises. "Compounder in politics." Burke.

3. One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.

Religious houses made compounders For the horrid actions of their founders. Hudibras.

4. One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take. [Eng.] A. Wood.

5. (Eng. Hist.) A Jacobite who favored the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.

Comprador

Com`pra*dor (?), n. [Pg., a buyer.] A kind of steward or agent. [China] S. W. Williams

Comprecation

Com`pre*ca"tion (?), n. [L. comprecatio, fr. comprecari to pray to. See Precarious.] A praying together. [Obs.] Bp. Wilkins.

Comprehend

Com`pre*hend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprehended; p. pr. & vb. n. Comprehending.] [L. comprehendere, comprehensum; com- + prehendere to grasp, seize; prae before + hendere (used only in comp.). See Get, and cf. Comprise.]

1. To contain; to embrace; to include; as, the states comprehended in the Austrian Empire.

Who hath . . . comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure. Is. xl. 12.

2. To take in or include by construction or implication; to comprise; to imply.

Comprehended all in this one word, Discretion. Hobbes.
And if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying. Rom. xiii. 9.

3. To take into the mind; to grasp with the understanding; to apprehend the meaning of; to understand.

At a loss to comprehend the question. W. Irwing.
Great things doeth he, which we can not comprehend. Job. xxxvii. 5.
Syn. -- To contain; include; embrace; comprise; inclose; grasp; embody; involve; imply; apprehend; imagine; conceive; understand. See Apprehend.

Comprehensibility

Com`pre*hen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality or state of being comprehensible; capability of being understood.

Comprehensible

Com"pre*hen"si*ble (?), a. [L. comprehensibilis: cf. F. compre\'82hensible.]

1. Capable of being comprehended, included, or comprised.

Lest this part of knowledge should seem to any not comprehensible by axiom, we will set down some heads of it. Bacon.

2. Capable of being understood; intelligible; conceivable by the mind.

The horizon sets the bounds . . . between what is and what is not comprehensible by us. Locke.

Comprehensibleness

Com`pre*hen"si*ble*ness, n. The quality of being comprehensible; comprehensibility.

Comprehensibly

Com`pre*hen"si*bly, adv.

1. With great extent of signification; comprehensively. Tillotson.

2. Intelligibly; in a manner to be comprehended or understood.

Comprehension

Com`pre*hen"sion (?), n. [L. comprehensio: cf. F. compr\'82hension.]

1. The act of comprehending, containing, or comprising; inclusion.

In the Old Testament there is a close comprehension of the New; in the New, an open discovery of the Old. Hooker.

2. That which is comrehended or inclosed within narrow limits; a summary; an epitome. [Obs.]

Though not a catalogue of fundamentals, yet . . . a comprehension of them. Chillingworth.

3. The capacity of the mind to perceive and understand; the power, act, or process of grasping with the intellect; perception; understanding; as, a comprehension of abstract principles.

4. (Logic) The complement of attributes which make up the notion signified by a general term.

5. (Rhet.) A figure by which the name of a whole is put for a part, or that of a part for a whole, or a definite number for an indefinite.

Comprehensive

Com`pre*hen"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. compr\'82hensif.]

1. Including much; comprising many things; having a wide scope or a full view.

A very comprehensive definition. Bentley.
Large and comprehensive idea. Channing.

2. Having the power to comprehend or understand many things. "His comprehensive head." Pope.

3. (Zo\'94l.) Possessing peculiarities that are characteristic of several diverse groups. &hand; The term is applied chiefly to early fossil groups which have a combination of structures that appear in more fully developed or specialized forms in later groups. Synthetic, as used by Agssiz, is nearly synonymous. Syn. -- Extensive; wide; large; full; compendious.

Comprehensively

Com`pre*hen"sive*ly, adv. In a comprehensive manner; with great extent of scope.

Comprehensiveness

Com`pre*hen"sive*ness, n. The quality of being comprehensive; extensiveness of scope.
Compare the beauty and comprehensiveness of legends on ancient coins. Addison.

Comprehensor

Com`pre*hen"sor (?), n. One who comprehends; one who has attained to a full knowledge. [Obs.]
When I shall have dispatched this weary pilgrimage, and from a traveler shall come to be a comprehensor, farewell faith and welcome vision. Bp. Hall.

Compress

Com*press" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compressed (?); p. pr & vb. n. Compressing.] [L. compressus, p. p. of comprimere to compress: com- + premere to press. See Press.]

1. To press or squeeze together; to force into a narrower compass; to reduce the volume of by pressure; to compact; to condense; as, to compress air or water.

Events of centuries . . . compressed within the compass of a single life. D. Webster.
The same strength of expression, though more compressed, runs through his historical harangues. Melmoth.

2. To embrace sexually. [Obs.] Pope. Syn. -- To crowd; squeeze; condense; reduce; abridge.

Compress

Com"press (?), n. [F. compresse.] (Surg.) A folded piece of cloth, pledget of lint, etc., used to cover the dressing of wounds, and so placed as, by the aid of a bandage, to make due pressure on any part.

Compressed

Com*pressed" (?), a.

1. Pressed together; compacted; reduced in volume by pressure.

2. (Bot.) Flattened lengthwise. Compessed air engine, an engine operated by the elastic force of compressed air.

Compressibility

Com*press`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. compressibilit\'82.] The quality of being compressible of being compressible; as, the compressibility of elastic fluids.

Compressible

Com*press"i*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. compressible.] Capable of being pressed together or forced into a narrower compass, as an elastic or spongy substance.

Compressibleness

Com*press"ible*ness, n. The quality of being compressible; compressibility.

Compression

Com*pres"sion (?), n. [L. compressio: cf. F. compression.] The act of compressing, or state of being compressed. "Compression of thought." Johnson.

Compressive

Com*press"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. compressif.] Compressing, or having power or tendency to compress; as, a compressive force.

Compressor

Com*press"or (?), n. [L.] Anything which serves to compress; as: (a) (Anat.) A muscle that compresses certain parts. (b) (Surg.) An instrument for compressing an artery (esp., the femoral artery) or other part. (c) An apparatus for confining or flattening between glass plates an object to be examined with the microscope; -- called also compressorium. (d) (Mach.) A machine for compressing gases; especially, an air compressor.

Compressure

Com*pres"sure (?; 135), n. Compression.

Comprint

Com*print" (?), v. t. & i.

1. To print together.

2. (O. Eng. Law) To print surreptitiously a work belonging to another. E. Phillips.

Comprint

Com"print (?), n. (O. Eng. Law) The surreptitious printing of another's copy or book; a work thus printed.

Comprisal

Com*pris"al (?), n. The act of comprising or comprehending; a compendium or epitome.
A comprisal . . . and sum of all wickedness. Barrow.

Comprise

Com*prise" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Comprised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Comprising.] [From F. compris, comprise, p. p. of comprendre, L. comprehendere. See Comprehend.] To comprehend; to include.
Comprise much matter in few words. Hocker.
Friendship does two souls in one comprise. Roscommon.
Syn. -- To embrace; include; comprehend; contain; encircle; inclose; involve; imply.

Comprobate

Com"pro*bate (?), v. i. [L. comprobatus, p. p. of comprobare, to approve wholly.] To agree; to concur. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Comprobation

Com`pro*ba"tion (?), n. [L. comprobatio.]

1. Joint attestation; proof. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. Approbation. [Obs.] Foxe.

Compromise

Com"pro*mise (?), n. [F. compromis, fr. L. compromissum a mutual promise to abide by the decision of an arbiter, fr. compromittere to make such a promise; com- + promittere to promise. See Promise.]

1. A mutual agreement to refer matters in dispute to the decision of arbitrators. [Obs.] Burrill.

2. A settlement by arbitration or by mutual consent reached by concession on both sides; a reciprocal abatement of extreme demands or rights, resulting in an agreement.

But basely yielded upon compromise That which his noble ancestors achieved with blows. Shak.
All government, indeed every human benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and every prudent act, is founded on compromise and barter. Burke.
An abhorrence of concession and compromise is a never failing characteristic of religious factions. Hallam.

3. A committal to something derogatory or objectionable; a prejudicial concession; a surrender; as, a compromise of character or right.

I was determined not to accept any fine speeches, to the compromise of that sex the belonging to which was, after all, my strongest claim and title to them. Lamb.

Compromise

Com"pro*mise, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromised (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Compromising.] [From Compromise, n.; cf. Compromit.]

1. To bind by mutual agreement; to agree. [Obs.]

Laban and himself were compromised That all the eanlings which were streaked and pied Should fall as Jacob's hire. Shak.

2. To adjust and settle by mutual concessions; to compound.

The controversy may easily be compromised. Fuller.

3. To pledge by some act or declaration; to endanger the life, reputation, etc., of, by some act which can not be recalled; to expose to suspicion.

To pardon all who had been compromised in the late disturbances. Motley.

Compromise

Com"pro*mise, v. i.

1. To agree; to accord. [Obs.]

2. To make concession for concilation and peace.

Compromiser

Com"pro*mi`ser (?), n. One who compromises.

Compromissorial

Com`pro*mis*so"ri*al (?), a. Relating to compromise. [R.] Chalmers.

Compromit

Com"pro*mit` (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Compromitted; p. pr. & vb. n. Compromitting.] [L. compromittere. See Compromise, n.]

1. To pledge by some act or declaration; to promise. State Trials (1529).

2. To put to hazard, by some indiscretion; to endanger; to compromise; as, to compromit the honor or the safety of a nation.

Comprovincial

Com`pro*vin"cial (?), a. Belonging to, or associated in, the same province. [Obs.] -- n. One who belongs to the same province. [Obs.]
The six islands, comprovincial In ancient times unto Great Britiain. Spenser.

Comsognathus

Com*sog"na*thus (? , n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Dinosauria found in the Jurassic formation, and remarkable for having several birdlike features.

Compt

Compt (kount, formerly k\'cemt; 215), n. [F. compte. See Count an account.] Account; reckoning; computation. [Obs.] Shak.

Compt

Compt, v. t. [F. compter. See Count, v. t.] To compute; to count. [Obs.] See Count.

Compt

Compt, a. [L. comptus, p. p. of comere to care for, comb, arrange, adorn.] Neat; spruce. [Obs.] Cotgrave.

Compter

Compt"er (?), n. A counter. [Obs.] Shak.

Compte rendu

Compte" ren`du (?). [F.] A report of an officer or agent.

Comptible

Compt"i*ble (?), a. [See Compt, v. t.] Accountable; responsible; sensitive. [Obs.]
I am very comptible even to the least sinister usage. Shak.

Comptly

Compt"ly (?), adv. Neatly. [Obs.] Sherwood.

Comptrol

Comp*trol" (?), n. & v. See Control.

Comptroler

Comp*trol"er (?), n. A controller; a public officer whose duty it is to examine certify accounts.

Compulsative

Com*pul"sa*tive (?), a. [From L. compulsare, v. intens. of compellere. See Compel.] Compulsatory. [R.] Shak.

Compulsatively

Com*pul"sa*tive*ly, adv. By compulsion. [R.]

Compulsatory

Com*pul"sa*to*ry (?), a. Operating with force; compelling; forcing; constraininig; resulting from, or enforced by, compulsion. [R.]
To recover of us, by strong hand And terms compulsatory, those foresaid lands. Shak.

Compulsion

Com*pul"sion (?), n. [L. compulsio. See Compel.] The act of compelling, or the state of being compelled; the act of driving or urging by force or by physical or moral constraint; subjection to force.
If reasons were as plentiful as blackberries, I would give no man a reason upon compulsion. Shak.
With what complusion and laborious flight We sunk thus low. Milton.
Syn. -- See Constraint.

Compulsive

Com*pul"sive (?), a. Having power to compel; exercising or applying compulsion.
Religion is . . . inconsistent with all compulsive motives. Sharp.

Compulsively

Com*pul"sive*ly, adv. By compulsion; by force.

Compulsorily

Com*pul"so*ri*ly (?), adv. In a compulsory manner; by force or constraint.

Compulsory

Com*pul"so*ry (?), a. [LL. compulsorius.]

1. Having the power of compulsion; constraining.

2. Obligatory; enjoined by authority; necessary; due to complusion.

This contribution therestening fall infinitely short of their hopes, they soon made it compulsory. Burke.

Compunct

Com*punct" (?), a. [LL. compunctus, p. p.] Affected with compunction; conscience-stricken. [Obs.]

Compunction

Com*punc"tion (?), n. [OF. compunction, F. componction, L. compunctio, fr. compungere, compunctum, to prick; com- + pungere to prick, sting. See Pungent.]

1. A pricking; stimulation. [Obs.]

That acid piecering spirit which, with such activity and compunction, invadeth the brains and nostrils. Sir T. Browne.

2. A picking of heart; poignant grief proceeding from a sense of guilt or consciousness of causing pain; the sting of conscience.

He acknowledged his disloyalty to the king, with expressions of great compunction. Clarendon.
Syn. -- Compunction, Remorse, Contrition. Remorse is anguish of soul under a sense of guilt or consciousness of having offened God or brought evil upon one's self or others. Compunction is the pain occasioned by a wounded and awakened conscience. Neither of them implies true contrition, which denotes self-condemnation, humiliation, and repentance. We speak of the gnawings of remorse; of compunction for a specific act of transgression; of deep contrition in view of our past lives. See Regret.

Compunctionless

Com*punc"tion*less, a. Without compunction.

Compunctious

Com*punc"tious (?), a. Of the nature of compunction; caused by conscience; attended with, or causing, compunction.
That no compunctious vistings of nature Shake my fell purpose. Shak.

Compunctiously

Com*punc"tious*ly, adv. With compunction.

Compunctive

Com*punc"tive (?), a. Sensitive in respect of wrongdoing; conscientious. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Compurgation

Com`pur*ga"tion (?), n. [L. compurgatio, fr. compurgare to purify wholly; com- + purgare to make pure. See Purge, v. t.]

1. (Law) The act or practice of justifying or confirming a man's veracity by the oath of others; -- called also wager of law. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager.

2. Exculpation by testimony to one's veracity or innocence.

He was privileged from his childhood from suspicion of incontinency and needed no compurgation. Bp. Hacket.

Compurgator

Com"pur*ga`tor (?), n. [LL.] One who bears testimony or swears to the veracity or innocence of another. See Purgation; also Wager of law, under Wager. <-- = character witness. -->
All they who know me . . . will say they have reason in this matter to be my compurgators. Chillingworth.

Compurgatorial

Com*pur`ga*to"ri*al (?), a. Relating to a compurgator or to compurgation. "Their compurgatorial oath." Milman.

Computable

Com*put"a*ble (?), a. [L. computabilis.] Capable of being computed, numbered, or reckoned.
Not easily computable by arithmetic. Sir M. Hale.
<-- computable number. -->

Computation

Com`pu*ta"tion (?), n. [L. computatio: cf. F. computation.]

1. The act or process of computing; calculation; reckoning.

By just computation of the time. Shak.
By a computation backward from ourselves. Bacon.

2. The result of computation; the amount computed. Syn. -- Reckoning; calculation; estimate; account.

Compute

Com*pute" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Computed; p. pr. & vb. n. Computing.] [L. computare. See Count, v. t.] To determine calculation; to reckon; to count.
Two days, as we compute the days of heaven. Milton.
What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. Burns.
Syn. -- To calculate; number; count; recken; estimate; enumerate; rate. See Calculate.

Compute

Com*pute", n. [L. computus: cf. F. comput.] Computation. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Computer

Com*put"er (?), n. One who computes. <-- a machine which computes -->

Computist

Com"pu*tist (?), n. A computer.

Comrade

Com"rade (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [Sp. camarada, fr. L. camara, a chamber; hence, a chamber-fellowship, and then a chamber-fellow: cf. F. camarade. Cf. Chamber.] A mate, companion, or associate.
And turned my flying comrades to the charge. J. Baillie.
I abjure all roofs, and choose . . . To be a comrade with the wolf and owl. Shak.

Comradery

Com"rade*ry (?), n. [Cf. F. camarederie.] The spirit of comradeship; comradeship. [R.]
"Certainly", said Dunham, with the comradery of the smoker. W. D. Howells.

Comradeship

Com"rade*ship, n. The state of being a comrade; intimate fellowship.

Comrogue

Com"rogue` (?), n. A fellow rogue. [Obs.]

Comtism

Com"tism (? ∨ ?), n. [Named after the French philosopher, Auguste Comte.] Positivism; the positive philosophy. See Positivism.

Comtist

Com"tist (?), n. A disciple of Comte; a positivist.

Con

Con- (cum
, signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Con

Con, adv. [Abbrev. from L. contra against.] Against the affirmative side; in opposition; on the negative side; -- The antithesis of pro, and usually in connection with it. See Pro.

Con

Con, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conning.] [AS. cunnan to know, be able, and (derived from this) cunnian to try, test. See Can, v. t. & i.]

1. To know; to understand; to acknowledge. [Obs.]

Of muses, Hobbinol, I con no skill. Spenser.
They say they con to heaven the highway. Spenser.

2. To study in order to know; to peruse; to learn; to commit to memory; to regard studiously.

Fixedly did look Upon the muddy waters which he conned As if he had been reading in a book. Wodsworth.
I did not come into Parliament to con my lesson. Burke.
To con answer, to be able to answer. [Obs.] -- To con thanks, to thank; to acknowledge obligation. [Obs.] Shak.

Con

Con, v. t. [See Cond.] (Naut.) To conduct, or superintend the steering of (a vessel); to watch the course of (a vessel) and direct the helmsman how to steer.

Conacre

Con*a"cre (?), v. t. To underlet a proportion of, for a single crop; -- said of a farm. [Ireland]

Conacre

Con*a"cre, n. A system of letting a proportion of a farm for a single crop. [Ireland] Also used adjectively; as, the conacre system or principle. Mozley & W.

Conarium

Co*na"ri*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.) The pineal gland.

Conation

Co*na"tion (?), n. [L. conatio.] (Philos.) The power or act which directs or impels to effort of any kind, whether muscular or psychical.
Of conation, in other words, of desire and will. J. S. Mill.

Conative

Co"na*tive (? ∨ ?), a. [See Conatus.] Of or pertaining to conation.
This division of mind into the three great classes of the cognitive faculties, the feelings, . . . and the exertive or conative powers, . . . was first promulgated by Kant. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conatus

Co*na"tus (?), n. [L., fr. conatus, p. p. of conari to attempt.] A natural tendency inherent in a body to develop itself; an attempt; an effort.
What conatus could give prickles to the porcupine or hedgehog, or to the sheep its fleece? Paley.

Concamerate

Con*cam"er*ate (?), v. t. [L. concameratus, p. p. of concamerare to arch over. See Camber.]

1. To arch over; to vault.

Of the upper beak an inch and a half consisteth of one concamerated bone. Grew.

2. To divide into chambers or cells. Woodward.

Concameration

Con*cam`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. concameratio.]

1. An arch or vault.

2. A chamber of a multilocular shell. Glanvill.

Concatenate

Con*cat"e*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concatenated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concatenating.] [L. concatenatus, p. p. of concatenare to concatenate. See Catenate.] To link together; to unite in a series or chain, as things depending on one another.
This all things friendly will concatenate. Dr. H. More

Concatenation

Con*cat`e*na"tion (?), n. [L. concatenatio.] A series of links united; a series or order of things depending on each other, as if linked together; a chain, a succession.
The stoics affirmed a fatal, unchangeable concatenation of causes, reaching even to the illicit acts of man's will. South.
A concatenation of explosions. W. Irving.

Concause

Con*cause" (?), n. A joint cause. Fotherby.
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Concavation

Con`ca*va"tion (?), n. The act of making concave.

Concave

Con"cave (? ∨ ?; 277), a. [L. concavus; con- + cavus hollow: cf. F. concave. See Cave a hollow.]

1. Hollow and curved or rounded; vaulted; -- said of the interior of a curved surface or line, as of the curve of the of the inner surface of an eggshell, in opposition to convex; as, a concave mirror; the concave arch of the sky.

2. Hollow; void of contents. [R.]

As concave . . . as a worm-eaten nut. Shak.

Concave

Con"cave, n. [L. concavum.]

1. A hollow; an arched vault; a cavity; a recess.

Up to the fiery concave towering hight. Milton.

2. (Mech.) A curved sheath or breasting for a revolving cylinder or roll.

Concave

Con"cave, v. t. [imp. & p. p. concaved (; p. pr.& vb. n. Concaving.] To make hollow or concave.

Concaved

Con"caved (?), a. (Her.) Bowed in the form of an arch; -- called also arched.

Concaveness

Con"cave*ness, n. Hollowness; concavity.

Concavity

Con*cav"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Concavities (#). [L. concavitas: cf. F. concavit\'82. See Concave.] A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

Concavo-concave

Con*ca`vo-con"cave (?), a. Concave or hollow on both sides; double concave.

Concavo-convex

Con*ca`vo-con"vex (?), a.

1. Concave on one side and convex on the other, as an eggshell or a crescent.

2. (Optics) Specifically, having such a combination of concave and convex sides as makes the focal axis the shortest line between them. See Illust. under Lens.

Concavous

Con*ca*"vous (?), a. [L. concavus.] Concave. Abp. potter. -- Con*ca"vous*ly, adv.

Conceal

Con*ceal" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concealed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Concealing.] [OF. conceler, L. concelare; con- + celareto hide; akin to AS. helan, G. hehlen, E. hele (to cover), helmet. See Hell, Helmet.] To hide or withdraw from observation; to cover; to cover or keep from sight; to prevent the discovery of; to withhold knowledge of.
It is the glory of God to conceal a thing. Prov. xxv. 2.
Declare ye among the nations, . . . publish and conceal not. Jer. 1. 2.
He which finds him shall deserve our thanks, . . . He that conceals him, death. Shak.
Syn. -- To hide; secrete; screen; cover; disguise; dissemble; mask; veil; cloak; screen. -- To Conceal, Hide, Disguise, Dissemble, Secrete. To hide is the generic term, which embraces all the rest. To conceal is simply not make known what we wish to keep secret. In the Bible hide often has the specific meaning of conceal. See 1 Sam. iii. 17, 18. To disguise or dissemble is to conceal by assuming some false appearance. To secrete is to hide in some place of secrecy. A man may conceal facts, disguise his sentiments, dissemble his feelings, secrete stolen goods.
Bur double griefs afflict concealing hearts. Spenser.
Both dissemble deeply their affections. Shak.
We have in these words a primary sense, which reveals a future state, and a secondary sense, which hides and secretes it. Warburton.

Concealable

Con*ceal"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being concealed.

Concealed

Con*cealed" (?), a. Hidden; kept from sight; secreted. -- Con*ceal"ed*ly (, adv. -- Con*ceal"ed*ness, n. Concealed weapons (Law), dangerous weapons so carried on the person as to be knowingly or willfully concealed from sight, -- a practice forbidden by statute.<-- in some states! -->

Concealer

Con*ceal"er (?), n. One who conceals.

Concealment

Con*ceal"ment (?), n. [OF. concelement.]

1. The act of concealing; the state of being concealed.

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. Shak.
Some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak.

2. A place of hiding; a secret place; a retreat frem observation.

The cleft tree Offers its kind concealment to a few. Thomson.

3. A secret; out of the way knowledge. [Obs.]

Well read in strange concealments. Shak.

4. (Law) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known. Wharton.

Concede

Con*cede" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceded; p. pr. & vb. n. Conceding.] [L. concedere, concessum; con- + cedere to go along, give way, yield: cf. F. conc\'82der. See Cede.]

1. To yield or suffer; to surrender; to grant; as. to concede the point in question. Boyle.

2. To grant, as a right or privilege; to make concession of.

3. To admit to be true; to acknowledge.

We concede that their citizens were those who lived under different forms. Burke.
Syn. -- To grant; allow; admit; yield; surrender.

Concede

Con*cede", v. i. To yield or make concession.
I wished you to concede to America, at a time when she prayed concession at our feet. Burke.

Conceit

Con*ceit" (?), n. [Through French, fr. L. conceptus a conceiving, conception, fr. concipere to conceive: cf. OF. p. p. nom. conciez conceived. See Conceive, and cf. Concept, Deceit.]

1. That which is conceived, imagined, or formed in the mind; idea; thought; image; conception.

In laughing, there ever procedeth a conceit of somewhat ridiculous. Bacon.
A man wise in his own conceit. Prov. xxvi. 12.

2. Faculty of conceiving ideas; mental faculty; apprehension; as, a man of quick conceit. [Obs.]

How often, alas! did her eyes say unto me that they loved! and yet I, not looking for such a matter, had not my conceit open to understand them. Sir P. Sidney.

3. Quickness of apprehension; active imagination; lively fancy.

His wit's as thick as Tewksbury mustard; there's more conceit in him than is in a mallet. Shak.

4. A fanciful, odd, or extravagant notion; a quant fancy; an unnatural or affected conception; a witty thought or turn of expression; a fanciful device; a whim; a quip.

On his way to the gibbet, a freak took him in the head to go off with a conceit. L'Estrange.
Some to conceit alone their works confine, And glittering thoughts struck out at every line. Pope.
Tasso is full of conceits . . . which are not only below the dignity of heroic verse but contrary to its nature. Dryden.

5. An overweening idea of one's self; vanity.

Plumed with conceit he calls aloud. Cotton.

6. Design; pattern. [Obs.] Shak. In conceit with, in accord with; agreeing or conforming. -- Out of conceit with, not having a favorable opinion of; not pleased with; as, a man is out of conceit with his dress. -- To put [one] out conceit with, to make one indifferent to a thing, or in a degree displeased with it.

Conceit

Con*ceit" (?), v. t. To conceive; to imagine. [Archaic]
The strong, by conceiting themselves weak, are therebly rendered as inactive . . . as if they really were so. South.
One of two bad ways you must conceit me, Either a coward or a flatterer. Shak.

Conceit

Con*ceit", v. i. To form an idea; to think. [Obs.]
Those whose . . . vulgar apprehensions conceit but low of matrimonial purposes. Milton.

Conceited

Con*ceit"ed, a.

1. Endowed with fancy or imagination. [Obs.]

He was . . . pleasantly conceited, and sharp of wit. Knolles.

2. Entertaining a flattering opinion of one's self; vain.

If you think me too conceited Or to passion quickly heated. Swift.
Conceited of their own wit, science, and politeness. Bentley.

3. Curiously contrived or designed; fanciful. [Obs.]

A conceited chair to sleep in. Evelyn.
Syn. -- Vain; proud; opinionated; egotistical.

Conceitedly

Con*ceit"ed*ly, adv.

1. In an egotistical manner.

2. Fancifully; whimsically.

Conceitedness

Con*ceit"ed*ness, n. The state of being conceited; conceit; vanity. Addison.

Conceitless

Con*ceit"less, a. Without wit; stupid. [Obs.]
Think'st thou I am so shallow, so conceitless. To be seduced by thy flattery? Shak.

Conceivable

Con*ceiv"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. concevable.] Capable of being conceived, imagined, or understood. "Any conceivable weight." Bp. Wilkins.
It is not conceivable that it should be indeed that very person whose shape and voice it assumed. Atterbury.
-- Con*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n. -- Con*ceiv"a*bly, adv.

Conceive

Con*ceive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conceiving.] [OF. conzoivre, concever, conceveir, F. concevoir, fr. L. oncipere to take, to conceive; con- + capere to seize or take. See Capable, and cf. Conception.]

1. To receive into the womb and begin to breed; to begin the formation of the embryo of.

She hath also conceived a son in her old age. Luke i. 36.

2. To form in the mind; to plan; to devise; to generate; to originate; as, to conceive a purpose, plan, hope.

It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life. Gibbon.
Conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood. Is. lix. 13.

3. To apprehend by reason or imagination; to take into the mind; to know; to imagine; to comprehend; to understand. "I conceive you." Hawthorne.

O horror, horror, horror! Tongue nor heart Cannot conceive nor name thee! Shak.
You will hardly conceive him to have been bred in the same climate. Swift.
Syn. -- To apprehend; imagine; suppose; understand; comprehend; believe; think.

Conceive

Con*ceive", v. i.

1. To have an embryo or fetus formed in the womb; to breed; to become pregnant.

A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son. Isa. vii. 14.

2. To have a conception, idea, or opinion; think; -- with of.

Conceive of things clearly and distinctly in their own natures. I. Watts.

Conceiver

Con*ceiv"er (?), n. One who conceives.

Concelebrate

Con*cel"e*brate (?), v. t. [L. concelebratus, p. p. of concelebrare to concelebrate.] To celebrate together. [Obs.] Holland.

Concent

Con*cent" (?), n. [L. concentus, fr. concinere to sing together; con- + canere to sing.]

1. Concert of voices; concord of sounds; harmony; as, a concent of notes. [Archaic.] Bacon.

That undisturbed song of pure concent. Milton.

2. Consistency; accordance. [Obs.]

In concent to his own principles. Atterbury.

Concenter, Concentre

Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concentered or Concentred (; p. pr & vb. n. Concentering (?) or Concentring (.] [F. concentrer, fr. L. con- + centrum center. See Center, and cf. Concentrate] To come to one point; to meet in, or converge toward, a common center; to have a common center.
God, in whom all perfections concenter. Bp. Beveridge.

Concenter, Concentre

Con*cen"ter, Con*cen"tre, v. t. To draw or direct to a common center; to bring together at a focus or point, as two or more lines; to concentrate.
In thee concentering all their precious beams. Milton.
All is concentered in a life intense. Byren.

Concentrate

Con*cen"trate (? ∨ ?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concentrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Concentrating.] [Pref. con- + L. centrum center. Cf. Concenter.]

1. To bring to, or direct toward, a common center; to unite more closely; to gather into one body, mass, or force; to fix; as, to concentrate rays of light into a focus; to concentrate the attention.

(He) concentrated whole force at his own camp. Motley.

2. To increase the strength and diminish the bulk of, as of a liquid or an ore; to intensify, by getting rid of useless material; to condense; as, to concentrate acid by evaporation; to concentrate by washing; -- opposed to dilute.

Spirit of vinegar concentrated and reduced to its greatest strength. Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- To combine; to condense; to consolidate.

Concentrate

Con*cen"trate (? ∨ ?), v. i. To approach or meet in a common center; to consolidate; as, population tends to concentrate in cities.

Concentration

Con`cen*tra"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. concentration.]

1. The act or process of concentrating; the process of becoming concentrated, or the state of being concentrated; concentration.

Concentration of the lunar beams. Boyle.
Intense concetration of thought. Sir J. Herschel.

2. The act or process of reducing the volume of a liquid, as by evaporation.

The acid acquires a higher degree of concentration. Knight.

3. (Metal.) The act or process of removing the dress of ore and of reducing the valuable part to smaller compass, as by currents of air or water.

Concentrative

Con*cen"tra*tive (?), a. Serving or tending to concentrate; characterized by concentration.
A discrimination is only possible by a concentrative act, or act of attention. Sir W. Hamilton.

Concentrativeness

Con*cen"tra*tive*ness, n.

1. The quality of concentrating.

2. (Phren.) The faculty or propensity which has to do with concentrating the intellectual the intellectual powers. Combe.

Concentrator

Con"cen*tra`tor (?), n. (Mining) An apparatus for the separation of dry comminuted ore, by exposing it to intermittent puffs of air. Knight.

Concentric, Concentrical

Con*cen"tric (?), Con*cen"tric*al (?), a. [F. concentrique. See Concenter.] Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another.
Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. Sir I. Newton.
Concentrical rings like those of an onion. Arbuthnot.

Concentric

Con*cen"tric, n. That which has a common center with something else.
Its pecular relations to its concentrics. Coleridge.

Concentrically

Con*cen"tric*al*ly, adv. In a concentric manner.

Concentricity

Con`cen*tric"i*ty (?), n. The state of being concentric.

Concentual

Con*cen"tu*al (?), a. [From Concent.] Possesing harmony; accordant. [R.] Warton.

Concept

Con"cept (?), n. [L. conceptus (cf. neut. conceptum fetus), p. p. of concipere to conceive: cf. F. concept. See Conceit.] An abstract general conception; a notion; a universal.
The words conception, concept, notion, should be limited to the thought of what can not be represented in the imagination; as, the thought suggested by a general term. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conceptacle

Con*cep"ta*cle (?), n. [L. conceptaculum, fr. concipere to receive. See Conceive.]

1. That in which anything is contained; a vessel; a receiver or receptacle. [Obs.] Woodward.

2. (Bot.) (a) A pericarp, opening longitudinally on one side and having the seeds loose in it; a follicle; a double follicle or pair of follicles. (b) One of the cases containing the spores, etc., of flowerless plants, especially of algae.

Conceptibility

Con*cep`ti*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being conceivable; conceivableness. Cudworth.

Conceptible

Con*cep"ti*ble (?), a. [See Conceive.] Capable of being conceived; conceivable. Sir M. Hale.

Conception

Con*cep"tion (?), n. [F. conception, L. conceptio, fr. concipere to conceive. See Conceive.]

1. The act of conceiving in the womb; the initiation of an embryonic animal life.

I will greaty multiply thy sorrow and thy conception. Gen. iii. 16.

2. The state of being conceived; beginning.

Joy had the like conception in our eyes. Shak.

3. The power or faculty of apprehending of forming an idea in the mind; the power of recalling a past sensation or perception.

Under the article of conception, I shall confine myself to that faculty whose province it is to enable us to form a notion of our past sensations, or of the objects of sense that we have formerly perceived. Stewart.

4. The formation in the mind of an image, idea, or notion, apprehension.

Conception consists in a conscious act of the understanding, bringing any given object or impression into the same class with any number of other objects or impression, by means of some character or characters common to them all. Coleridge.

5. The image, idea, or notion of any action or thing which is formed in the mind; a concept; a notion; a universal; the product of a rational belief or judgment. See Concept.

He [Herodotus] says that the sun draws or attracts the water; a metaphorical term obviously intended to denote some more general and abstract conception than that of the visible operation which the word primarily signifies. Whewell.

6. Idea; purpose; design.

Note this dangerous conception. Shak.

7. Conceit; affected sentiment or thought. [Obs.]

He . . . is full of conceptions, points of epigram, and witticism. Dryden.
Syn. -- Idea; notion; perception; apprehemsion; comprehension.
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Conceptional

Con*cep"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to conception.

Conceptionalist

Con*cep"tion*al*ist, n. A conceptualist.

Conceptious

Con*cep"tious, a. Apt to conceive; fruitful. [Obs.] Shak.

Conceptive

Con*cep"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. conceptif, L. conceptivus.] Capable of conceiving. Sir T. Browne

Conceptual

Con*cep"tu*al (?), a. Pertaining to conception.

Conceptualism

Con*cep"tu*al*ism (?), n. (Metaph.) A theory, intermediate between realism and nominalism, that the mind has the power of forming for itself general conceptions of individual or single objects. Stewart.

Conceptualist

Con*cep"tu*al*ist, n. (Metaph.) One who maintains the theory of conceptualism. Stewart.

Concern

Con*cern" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concerned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Concerning.] [F. concerner, LL. concernere to regard, concern, fr. L. concernere to mix or mingle together, as in a sieve for separating; con- + cernere to separate, sift, distinguish by the senses, and especially by the eyes, to perceive, see. See Certain.]

1. To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.

Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ. Acts xxviii. 31.
Our wars with France have affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those with any other nation. Addison.
It much concerns a preacher first to learn The genius of his audience and their turn. Dodsley.
Ignorant, so far as the usual instruction is concerned. J. F. Cooper.

2. To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest; as, a good prince concerns himself in the happiness of his subjects.

They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favor. Rogers.

Concern

Con*cern", v. i. To be of importance. [Obs.]
Which to deny concerns more than avails. Shak.

Concern

Con*cern", n.

1. That which relates or belongs to one; business; affair.

The private concerns of fanilies. Addison.

2. That which affects the welfare or happiness; interest; moment.

Mysterious secrets of a high concern. Roscommon.

3. Interest in, or care for, any person or thing; regard; solicitude; anxiety.

O Marcia, let me hope thy kind concerns And gentle wishes follow me to beattle. {\*\bkmkstart last}\error \*\bkmkend last}Addison.

4. (Com.) Persons connected in business; a firm and its business; as, a banking concern. The whole concern, all connected with a particular affair or business. Syn. -- Care; anxiety; solicitude; interest; regard; business; affair; matter; moment. See Care.

Concerned

Con*cerned" (?), a. [See Concern, v. t., 2.] Disturbed; troubled; solicitous; as, to be much concerned for the safety of a friend.

Concernedly

Con*cern"ed*ly (?), adv. In a concerned manner; solicitously; sympathetically.

Concerning

Con*cern"ing, prep. Pertaining to; regarding; having relation to; respecting; as regards.
I have accepted thee concerning this thing. Gen. xix. 21.
The Lord hath spoken good concerning Israel. Num. x. 29.

Concerning

Con*cern"ing, a. Important. [Archaic]
So great and so concerning truth. South.

Concerning

Con*cern"ing (?), n.

1. That in which one is concerned or interested; concern; affair; interest. "Our everlasting concernments." I. Watts.

To mix with thy concernments I desist. Milton.

2. Importance; moment; consequence.

Let every action of concernment to begun with prayer. Jer. Taylor.

3. Concern; participation; interposition.

He married a daughter to the earl without any other approbation of her father or concernment in it, than suffering him and her come into his presence. Clarendon.

4. Emotion of mind; solicitude; anxiety.

While they are so eager to destory the fame of others, their ambition is manifest in their concernment. Dryden.

Concert

Con*cert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concerted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concerting.] [F. concerter, It. concertare, conertare, prob. from L. consertus, p. p. of conserere to join together; con- + serere to join together, influenced by concertare to contend; con- + centare to strive; properly, to try to decide; fr. cernere to distinguish. See Series, and cf. Concern.]

1. To plan together; to settle or adjust by conference, agreement, or consultation.

It was concerted to begin the siege in March. Bp. Burnet.

2. To plan; to devise; to arrange.

A commander had more trouble to concert his defense before the people than to plan . . . the compaign. Burke.

Concert

Con*cert", v. i. To act in harmony or conjunction; to form combined plans.
The ministers of Denmark were appointed to concert with Talbot. Bp. Burnet

Concert

Con"cert (?), n. [F. concert, It. concerto, conserto, fr. concertare. See Concert, v. t.]

1. Agreement in a design or plan; union formed by mutual communication of opions and viewa; accordance in a scheme; harmony; simultaneous action.

All these discontens, how ruinous soever, have arisen from the want of a due communication and concert. Swift.

2. Musical accordance or harmony; concord.

Let us in concert to the season sing. Cowper.

3. A musical entertainment in which several voices or instruments take part.

Visit by night your lady's chamber window With some sweet concert. Shak.
And boding screech owls make the concert full. Shak.
Concert pitch. See under Pitch.

Concertante

Con`cer*tan"te (?; It. ?), n. [It., orig p. pr. of concertare to form or perform a concert. See Concert.] (Mus.) A concert for two or more principal instruments, with orchestral accompaniment. Also adjectively; as, concertante parts.

Concertation

Con`cer*ta"tion (?), n. [L. concertatio.] Strife; contention. [Obs.] Bailey.

Concertative

Con*cer"ta*tive (?), a. [L. concertativus.] Contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Bailey.

Concerted

Con*cert"ed (?), a. Mutually contrived or planned; agreed on; as, concerted schemes, signals. Concerted piece (Mus.), a composition in parts for several voices or instrument, as a trio, a quartet, etc.

Concertina

Con`cer*ti"na (?), n. [From It. concerto a concert.] A small musical imstrument on the principle of the accordion. It is a small elastic box, or bellows, having free reeds on the inside, and keys and handles on the outside of each of the two hexagonal heads.

Concertino

Con`cer*ti"no (?), n. [See Concertina.] (Mus.) A piece for one or more solo instruments with orchestra; -- more concise than the concerto.

Concertion

Con*cer"tion (?), n. Act of concerting; adjustment. [R.] Young.

Concertmeister

Con*cert`meis"ter (?), n. [G.] (Mus.) The head violinist or leader of the strings in an orchestra; the sub-leader of the orchestra; concert master.

Concerto

Con*cer"to (?; It. ?), n.; pl. Concertos (#). [It. See Concert, n.] (Mus.) A composition (usually in symphonic form with three movements) in which one instrument (or two or three) stands out in bold relief against the orchestra, or accompaniment, so as to display its qualities or the performer's skill.

Concession

Con*ces"sion (?), n. [L. concessio, fr. concedere: cf. F. concession. See Concede.]

1. The act of conceding or yielding; usually implying a demand, claim, or request, and thus distinguished from giving, which is voluntary or spontaneous.

By mutual concession the business was adjusted. Hallam.

2. A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.

This is therefore a concession , that he doth . . . believe the Scriptures to be sufficiently plain. Sharp.
When a lover becomes satisfied by small compliances without further pursuits, then expect to find popular assemblies content with small concessions. Swift.

Concessionist

Con*ces"sion*ist, n. One who favors concession.

Concessive

Con*ces"sive (?), a. [L. concessivus.] Implying concession; as, a concessive conjunction. Lowth.

Concessively

Con*ces"sive*ly, adv. By way of concession.

Concessory

Con*ces"so*ry (?), a. Conceding; permissive.

Concettism

Con*cet"tism (?), n. The use of concetti or affected conceits. [R.] C. Kingsley.

Concetto

Con*cet"to (?; It. ?), n.; pl. Concetti (#). [It., fr. L. conceptus. See Conceit.] Affected wit; a conceit. Chesterfield.

Conch

Conch (?), n. [L. concha, Gr. Coach, n.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A name applied to various marine univalve shells; esp. to those of the genus Strombus, which are of large size. S. gigas is the large pink West Indian conch. The large king, queen, and cameo conchs are of the genus Cassis. See Cameo. &hand; The conch is sometimes used as a horn or trumpet, as in fogs at sea, or to call laborers from work.

2. In works of art, the shell used by Tritons as a trumpet.

3. One of the white natives of the Bahama Islands or one of their descendants in the Florida Keys; -- so called from the commonness of the conch there, or because they use it for food.

4. (Arch.) See Concha, n.

5. The external ear. See Concha, n., 2.

Concha

Con"cha (?), n. [LL. (in sense 1), fr. concha. See Conch.]

1. (Arch.) The plain semidome of an apse; sometimes used for the entire apse.

2. (Anat.) The external ear; esp. the largest and deepest concavity of the external ear, surrounding the entrance to the auditory canal.

Conchal

Con"chal (?), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the concha, or external ear; as, the conchal cartilage.

Conchifer

Con"chi*fer (?), n. [Cf. F. conchof\'8are.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Conchifera.

Conchifera

Con*chif"e*ra (?), n, pl. [NL., fr. L. concha + ferre to bear.] (Zo\'94l.) That class of Mollusca which includes the bivalve shells; the Lamellibranchiata. See Mollusca.

Conchiferous

Con*chif"er*ous (?), a. Producing or having shells.

Conchiform

Con"chi*form, a. [Conch + -form.] Shaped like one half of a bivalve shell; shell-shaped.

Conchinine

Con"chi*nine (? ∨ ?), n. [Formed by transposition fr. cinchonine.] See Quinidine.

Conchite

Con"chite (?), n. [Cf. F. conchite. See Conch.] (Paleon.) A fossil or petrified conch or shell.

Conchitic

Con*chit"ic (?), a. Composed of shells; containing many shells.

Conchoid

Con"choid (?), n. [Gr. concho\'8bde.] (Geom.) A curve, of the fourth degree, first made use of by the Greek geometer, Nicomedes, who invented it for the purpose of trisecting an angle and duplicating the cube.

Conchoidal

Con*choid"al (?), a. [Cf. F. concho\'8bdal.] (Min.) Having elevations or depressions in form like one half of a bivalve shell; -- applied principally to a surface produced by fracture.

Conchological

Con`cho*log"ic*al (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or connected with, conchology.

Conchologist

Con*chol"o*gist (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One who studies, or is versed in, conchology.

Conchology

Con*chol"o*gy (?), n. [Conch + -logy.] (Zo\'94l.) The science of Mollusca, and of the shells which they form; malacology.

Conchometer

Con*chom"e*ter (?), n. [Conch + -meter.] (Zo\'94l.) An instrument for measuring shells, or the angle of their spire.

Conchometry

Con*chom"e*try (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The art of measuring shells or their curves; conchyliometry.

Concho-spiral

Con`cho-spi"ral (?), n. A kind of spiral curve found in certain univalve shells. Agassiz.

Conchylaceous, Conchyliaceous

Con`chy*la"ceous (?), Con*chyl`i*a"ceous (?), a. [L. conchylium shell, Gr. Conch.] Of or pertaining to shells; resembling a shell; as, conchyliaceous impressions. Kirwan.

Conchyliologist, n., Conchyliology

Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gist (?), n., Con*chyl`i*ol"o*gy (?), n. See Conchologist, and Conchology.

Conchyliometry

Con*chyl`i*om"e*try (?), n. [Gr. -metry.] Same as Conchometry.

Conchylious

Con*chyl"i*ous (?), a. Conchylaceous.

Conciator

Con"ci*a`tor (?), n. [It. conciatore, fr. conciare to adjust, dress, fr. L. comtus, p. p. See Compt, a.] (Glass Works) The person who weighs and proportions the materials to be made into glass, and who works and tempers them.

Concierge

Con`cierge" (?), n. [F.] One who keeps the entrance to an edifice, public or private; a doorkeeper; a janitor, male or female.

Conciliable

Con*cil"i*a*ble (?), n. [L. conciliabulum, fr. concitium assembly: cf. F. conciliabule. See Council.] A small or private assembly, especially of an ecclesiastical nature. [Obs.] Bacon.

Conciliable

Con*cil"i*a*ble, a. [Cf. F. conciliable.] Capable of being conciliated or reconciled. Milton.

Conciliabule

Con*cil"i*a*bule (?), n. [See Conciliable, n.] An obscure ecclesiastical council; a conciliable. Milman.

Conciliar, Conciliary

Con*cil"i*ar (?), Con*cil"i*a*ry (?) a. [Cf. F. conciliare.] Of or pertaining to, or issued by, a council. Jer. Taylor.

Conciliate

Con*cil"i*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conciliated; p. pr & vb. n. Conciliating.] [L. conciliatus, p. p. of conciliare to draw or bring together, unite, from concilium council. See Council.] To win ower; to gain from a state of hostility; to gain the good will or favor of; to make friendly; to mollify; to propitiate; to appease.
The rapacity of his father's administration had excited such universal discontent, that it was found expedient to conciliate the nation. Hallam.
Syn. -- To reconcile; propitiate; appease; pacify.

Conciliation

Con*cil`i*a"tion (?), n. [L. conciliatio.] The act or process of conciliating; the state of being conciliated.
The house has gone further; it has declared conciliation admissible previous to any submission on the part of America. Burke.

Conciliative

Con*cil"i*a*tive (?), a. Conciliatory. Coleridge.

Conciliator

Con*cil"i*a`tor (?), n. [L.] One who conciliates.

Conciliatory

Con*cil"i*a*to*ry (?; 106), a. Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
The only alternative, therefore, was to have recourse to the conciliatory policy. Prescott.

Concinnate

Con*cin"nate (?), v. t. [L. concinnatus, p. p. of concinnare to concinnate. See Concinnity.] To place fitly together; to adapt; to clear. [Obs.] Holland.

Concinnity

Con*cin"ni*ty (?), n. [L. concinnitas, fr. concinnus skillfully put together, beautiful. Of uncertain origin.] Internal harmony or fitness; mutual adaptation of parts; elegance; -- used chiefly of style of discourse. [R.]
An exact concinnity and eveness of fancy. Howell.

Concinnous

Con*cin"nous (?), a. [L. concinnus.] Characterized by concinnity; neat; elegant. [R.]
The most concinnous and most rotund of proffessors, M. Heyne. De Quiency.

Concionate

Con"cio*nate (?), v. i. [L. concionatus, p. p. of concionari to adress.] To preach. [Obs.] Lithgow.

Concionator

Con"cio*na`tor (?), n. [L.]

1. An haranguer of the people; a preacher.

2. (Old Law) A common councilman. [Obs.]

Concionatory

Con"cio*na`to*ry (?; 106), a. Of or pertaining to preaching or public addresses. [Obs.] Howell.

Concise

Con*cise" (?), a. [L. concisus cut off, short, p. p. of concidere to cut to pieces; con- + caedere to cut; perh. akin to scindere to cleave, and to E. shed, v.t.; cf. F. concis.] Expressing much in a few words; condensed; brief and compacted; -- used of style in writing or speaking.
The concise style, which expresseth not enough, but leaves somewhat to be understood. B. Jonson.
Where the author is . . . too brief and concise, amplify a little. I. Watts.
Syn. -- Laconic; terse; brief; short; compendious; summary; succinct. See Laconic, and Terse.

Concisely

Con*cise"ly, adv. In a concise manner; briefly.

Conciseness

Con*cise"ness, n. The quality of being concise.

Concision

Con*ci"sion (?), n. [L. concisio: cf. F. concision. See Concise.] A cutting off; a division; a schism; a faction. South.

Concitation

Con`ci*ta"tion (?), n. [L. concitatio. See Concite.] The act of stirring up, exciting, or agitating. [Obs.] "The concitation of humors." Sir T. Browne.

Concite

Con*cite" (?), v. t. [L. concitare; con- + citare. See Cite.] To excite or stir up. [Obs.] Cotgrave.
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Conclamation

Con`cla*ma"tion (?), n. [L. conclamatio.] An outcry or shout of many together. [R.]
Before his funeral conclamation. May (Lucan).

Conclave

Con"clave (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [F., fr. L. conclave a room that may locked up; con- + clavis key. See Clavicle.]

1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.

2. The body of cardinals shut up in the conclave for the election of a pope; hence, the body of cardinals.

It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal. South.

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London. Macaulay.
To be in conclave, to be engaged in a secret meeting; -- said of several, or a considerable number of, persons.

Conclavist

Con"cla`vist (?), n. [Cf. F. conclaviste, It. conclavista.] One of the two ecclesiastics allowed to attend a cardinal in the conclave.

Conclude

Con*clude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Concluding.] [L. concludere, conclusum; con- + claudere to shut. See Close, v. t.]

1. To shut up; to inclose. [Obs.]

The very person of Christ [was] concluded within the grave. Hooker.

2. To include; to comprehend; to shut up together; to embrace. [Obs.]

For God hath concluded all in unbelief. Rom. xi. 32.
The Scripture hath concluded all under sin. Gal. iii. 22.

3. To reach as an end of reasoning; to infer, as from premises; to close, as an argument, by inferring; -- sometimes followed by a dependent clause.

No man can conclude God's love or hatred to any person by anything that befalls him. Tillotson.
Therefore we conclude that a man is justified by faith. Rom. iii. 28.

4. To make a final determination or judgment concerning; to judge; to decide.

But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. Addison.
Is it concluded he shall be protector? Shak.

5. To bring to an end; to close; to finish.

I will conclude this part with the speech of a counselor of state. Bacon.

6. To bring about as a result; to effect; to make; as, to conclude a bargain. "If we conclude a peace." Shak.

7. To shut off; to restrain; to limit; to estop; to bar; -- generally in the passive; as, the defendant is concluded by his own plea; a judgment concludes the introduction of further evidence argument.

If therefore they will appeal to revelation for their creation they must be concluded by it. Sir M. Hale.
Syn. -- To infer; decide; determine; settle; close; finish; terminate; end.

Conclude

Con*clude", v. i.

1. To come to a termination; to make an end; to close; to end; to terminate.

A train of lies, That, made in lust, conclude in perjuries. Dryden.
And, to conclude, The victory fell on us. Shak.

2. To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.

Can we conclude upon Luther's instability? Bp. Atterbury.
Conclude and be agreed. Shak.

Concludency

Con*clud"en*cy (?), n. Deduction from premises; inference; conclusion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Concludent

Con*clud"ent (?), a. [L. concludens, p. pr.] Bringing to a close; decisive; conclusive. [Obs.]
Arguments highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

Concluder

Con*clud"er (?), n. One who concludes.

Concludingly

Con*clud"ing*ly, adv. Conclusively. [R.] Digby.

Conclusible

Con*clu"si*ble (?), a. Demonstrable; determinable. [Obs.] Hammond.

Conclusion

Con*clu"sion (?), n. [F., fr. L. conclusio. See Conclude.]

1. The last part of anything; close; termination; end.

A fluorish of trumpets announced the conclusion of the contest. Prescott.

2. Final decision; determination; result.

And the conclusion is, she shall be thine. Shak.

3. Any inference or result of reasoning.

4. (Logic) The inferred proposition of a syllogism; the necessary consequence of the conditions asserted in two related propositions called premises. See Syllogism.

He granted him both the major and minor, but denied him the conclusion. Addison.

5. Drawing of inferences. [Poetic]

Your wife Octavia, with her modest eyes And still conclusion. Shak.

6. An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn. [Obs.]

We practice likewise all conclusions of grafting and inoculating. Bacon.

7. (Law) (a) The end or close of a pleading, e.g., the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace," etc. (b) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position. Wharton. Conclusion to the country (Law), the conclusion of a pleading by which a party "puts himself upon the country," i.e., appeals to the verdict of a jury. Mozley & W. -- In conclusion. (a) Finally. (b) In short. -- To try conclusions, to make a trial or an experiment.

Like the famous ape, To try conclusions, in the basket creep. Shak.
Syn. -- Inference; deduction; result; consequence; end; decision. See Inference.

Conclusive

Con*clu"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. conclusif.] Belonging to a close or termination; decisive; convincing; putting an end to debate or question; leading to, or involving, a conclusion or decision.
Secret reasons . . . equally conclusive for us as they were for them. Rogers.
Conclusive evidence (Law), that of which, from its nature, the law allows no contradiction or explanation. -- Conclusive presumption (Law), an inference which the law makes so peremptorily that it will not allow it to be overthrown by any contrary proof, however strong. Syn. -- Final; ultimate; unanswerable. See Final.

Conclusively

Con*clu"sive*ly (?), adv. In the way of conclusion; decisively; positively. Burke.

Conclusiveness

Con*clu"sive*ness, n. The quality of being conclusive; decisiveness.

Conclusory

Con*clu"so*ry (?), a. Conclusive. [R.]

Concoct

Con*coct" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Concocting.] [L. concoctus, p. p. of concoquere to cook together, to digest, mature; con- + coquere to cook. See Cook.]

1. To digest; to convert into nourishment by the organs of nutrition. [Obs.]

Food is concocted, the heart beats, the blood circulates. Cheyne.

2. To purify or refine chemically. [Obs.] Thomson.

3. To prepare from crude materials, as food; to invent or prepare by combining different ingredients; as, to concoct a new dish or beverage.

4. To digest in the mind; to devise; to make up; to contrive; to plan; to plot.

He was a man of a feeble stomach, unable to concoct any great fortune. Hayward.

5. To mature or perfect; to ripen. [Obs.] Bacon.

Concocter

Con*coct"er (?), n. One who concocts.

Concoction

Con*coc"tion (?), n. [L. concoctio.]

1. A change in food produced by the organs of nutrition; digestion. [Obs.]

2. The act of concocting or preparing by combining different ingredients; also, the food or compound thus prepared.

3. The act of digesting in the mind; planning or devising; rumination. Donne.

4. (Med.) Abatement of a morbid process, as a fever and return to a normal condition. [Obs.]

5. The act of perfecting or maturing. [Obs.] Bacon.

Concoctive

Con*coct"ive (?), a. Having the power of digesting or ripening; digestive.
Hence the concoctive powers, with various art, Subdue the cruder aliments to chyle. J. Armstrong.

Concolor

Con"col`or (?), a. [L. concolor; con- + color color.] Of the same color; of uniform color. [R.] "Concolor animals." Sir T. Browne.

Concolorous

Con"col`or*ous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of the same color throughout.

Concomitance, Concomitancy

Con*com"i*tance (?), Con*com"i*tan*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. concomitance, fr. LL. concomitantia.]

1. The state of accompanying; accompaniment.

The secondary action subsisteth not alone, but in concomitancy with the other. Sir T. Browne.

2. (R.C.Ch.) The doctrine of the existence of the entire body of Christ in the eucharist, under each element, so that the body and blood are both received by comunication in one kind only.

Concomitant

Con*com"i*tant (?), a. [F., fr. L. con- + comitari to accompany, comes companion. See Count a nobleman.] Accompanying; conjoined; attending.
It has pleased our wise Creator to annex to several objects, as also to several of our thoughts, a concomitant pleasure. Locke.

Concomitant

Con*com"i*tant, n. One who, or that which, accompanies, or is collaterally connected with another; a companion; an associate; an accompaniment.
Reproach is a concomitant to greatness. Addison.
The other concomitant of ingratitude is hardheartedness. South.

Concomitantly

Con*com"i*tant*ly, adv. In company with others; unitedly; concurrently. Bp. pearson.

Concord

Con"cord (?), n. [F. concorde, L. concordia, fr. concors of the same mind, agreeing; con- + cor, cordis, heart. See Heart, and cf. Accord.]

1. A state of agreement; harmony; union.

Love quarrels oft in pleasing concord end. Milton.

2. Agreement by stipulation; compact; covenant; treaty or league. [Obs.]

The concord made between Henry and Roderick. Davies.

3. (Gram.) Agreement of words with one another, in gender, number, person, or case.

4. (Old Law) An agreement between the parties to a fine of land in reference to the manner in which it should pass, being an acknowledgment that the land in question belonged to the complainant. See Fine. Burril.

5. [Prob. influenced by chord.] (Mus.) An agreeable combination of tones simultaneously heard; a consonant chord; consonance; harmony.

Concord

Con"cord, n. A variety of American grape, with large dark blue (almost black) grapes in compact clusters.

Concord

Con*cord" (?), v. i. [F. concorder, L. concordare.] To agree; to act together. [Obs.] Clarendon.

Concordable

Con*cord"a*ble (?), a. [L. concordabilis.] Capable of according; agreeing; harmonious.

Concordance

Con*cord"ance (?), n. [F., fr. LL. concordantia.]

1. Agreement; accordance.

Contrasts, and yet concordances. Carlyle.

2. (Gram.) Concord; agreement. [Obs.] Aschlam.

3. An alphabetical verbal index showing the places in the text of a book where each principal word may be found, with its immediate context in each place.

His knowledge of the Bible was such, that he might have been called a living concordance. Macaulay.

4. A topical index or orderly analysis of the contents of a book.

Concordancy

Con*cord"an*cy (?), n. Agreement. W. Montagu.

Concordant

Con*cord"ant (?), a. [L. concordans, p. pr. of concordare: cf. F. concordant. See Concord.] Agreeing; correspondent; harmonious; consonant.
Were every one employed in points concordant to their natures, professions, and arts, commonwealths would rise up of themselves. Sir T. Browne

Concordantly

Con*cord"ant*ly, adv. In a concordant manner.

Concordat

Con*cor"dat (?), n. [F. concordat, L. concordato, prop. p. p. of concordare. See Concord.]

1. A compact, covenant, or agreement concerning anything.

2. An agreement made between the pope and a sovereign or government for the regulation of ecclesiastical matters with which both are concerned; as, the concordat between Pope Pius VIL and Bonaparte in 1801. Hook.

Concordist

Con*cord"ist (?), n. The compiler of a concordance.

Concorporate

Con*cor"po*rate (?), v. t. & i. [L. concorporatus, p. p. of concorporare.] To unite in one mass or body; to incorporate. [Archaic.] Jer. Taylor.

Concorporate

Con*cor"po*rate (?), a. United in one body; incorporated. [Archaic] B. Jonson.

Concorporation

Con*cor`po*ra"tion (?), n. [L. concorporatio.] Union of things in one mass or body. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Concourse

Con"course (?), n. [F. concours, L. concursus, fr. concurrere to run together. See Concur.]

1. A moving, flowing, or running together; confluence.

The good frame of the universe was not the product of chance or fortuitous concourse of particles of matter. Sir M. Hale.

2. An assembly; a gathering formed by a voluntary or spontaneous moving and meeting in one place.

Amidst the concourse were to be seen the noble ladies of Milan, in gay, fantastic cars, shining in silk brocade. Prescott.

3. The place or point of meeting or junction of two bodies. [Obs.]

The drop will begin to move toward the concourse of the glasses. Sir I. Newton.

4. An open space where several roads or paths meet; esp. an open space in a park where several roads meet.

5. Concurrence; co\'94peration. [Obs.]

The divine providence is wont to afford its concourse to such proceeding. Barrow.

Concreate

Con`cre*ate" (? ∨ ?), v. t. To create at the same time.
If God did concreate grace with Adam. Jer. Taylor.

Concremation

Con`cre*ma"tion (? ∨ ?), n. [L. concrematio, fr. concremare. See Cremate.] The act of burning different things together. [Obs.]

Concrement

Con"cre*ment (?), n. [L. concrementum, fr. concrescere. See Concrete.] A growing together; the collection or mass formed by concretion, or natural union. [Obs.]
The concrement of a pebble or flint. Sir M. Hale

Concrescence

Con*cres"cence (?), n. [L. concrescentia.] Coalescence of particles; growth; increase by the addition of particles. [R.] Sir W. Raleigh.

Concrescible

Con*cres"ci*ble (?), a. [F.] Capable of being changed from a liquid to a solid state. [Obs.]
They formed a . . . fixed concrescible oil. Fourcroy (Trans. ).

Concrescive

Con*cres"cive (?), a. Growing together, or into union; uniting. [R.] Eclec. Rev.

Concrete

Con"crete (? ∨ ?), a. [L. concretus, p. p. of concrescere to grow together; con- + crescere to grow; cf. F. concret. See Crescent.]

1. United in growth; hence, formed by coalition of separate particles into one mass; united in a solid form.

The first concrete state, or consistent surface, of the chaos must be of the same figure as the last liquid state. Bp. Burnet.

2. (Logic) (a) Standing for an object as it exists in nature, invested with all its qualities, as distingushed from standing for an attribute of an object; -- opposed to abstract. Hence: (b) Applied to a specific object; special; particular; -- opposed to general. See Abstract, 3.

Concrete is opposed to a abstract. The names of individuals are concrete, those of classes abstract. J. S. Mill.
Concrete terms, while they express the quality, do also express, or imply, or refer to, some subject to which it belongs. I. Watts.
Concrete number, a number associated with, or applied to, a particular object, as three men, five days, etc., as distinguished from an abstract number, or one used without reference to a particular object. -- Concrete quantity, a physical object or a collection of such objects. Davies & Peck. -- Concrete science, a physical science, one having as its subject of knowledge concrete things instead of abstract laws. -- Concrete sound or movement of the voice, one which slides continuously up or down, as distinguished from a discrete movement, in which the voice leaps at once from one line of pitch to another. Rush.

Concrete

Con"crete, n.

1. A compound or mass formed by concretion, spontaneous union, or coalescence of separate particles of matter in one body.

To divide all concretes, minerals and others, into the same number of distinct substances. Boyle.

2. A mixture of gravel, pebbles, or broken stone with cement or with tar, etc., used for sidewalks, roadways, foundations, etc., and esp. for submarine structures.

3. (Logic) A term designating both a quality and the subject in which it exists; a concrete term.

The concretes "father" and "son" have, or might have, the abstracts "paternity" and "filiety". J. S. Mill.

4. (Sugar Making) Sugar boiled down from cane juice to a solid mass.

Concrete

Con*crete" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concreted; p. pr & vb. n. Concreting.] To unite or coalesce, as separate particles, into a mass or solid body. &hand; Applied to some substances, it is equivalent to indurate; as, metallic matter concretes into a hard body; applied to others, it is equivalent to congeal, thicken, inspissate, coagulate, as in the concretion of blood. "The blood of some who died of the plague could not be made to concrete." Arbuthnot.

Concrete

Con*crete", v. t.

1. To form into a mass, as by the cohesion or coalescence of separate particles.

There are in our inferior world divers bodies that are concreted out of others. Sir M. Hale.

2. To cover with, or form of, concrete, as a pavement.

Concretely

Con*crete"ly, adv. In a concrete manner.

Concreteness

Con*crete"ness, n. The quality of being concrete.

Concretion

Con*cre"tion (?), n. [L. concretio.]

1. The process of concreting; the process of uniting or of becoming united, as particles of matter into a mass; solidification.


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2. A mass or nodule of solid matter formed by growing together, by congelation, condensation, coagulation, induration, etc.; a clot; a lump; a calculus.

Accidental ossifications or deposits of phosphates of lime in certain organs . . . are called osseous concretions. Dunglison.

3. (Geol.) A rounded mass or nodule produced by an aggregation of the material around a center; as, the calcareous concretions common in beds of clay.

Concretional

Con*cre"tion*al (?), a. Concretionary.

Concretionary

Con*cre"tion*a*ry (?), a. Pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions.

Concretive

Con*cre"tive (?), a. Promoting concretion. Sir T. Browne.

Concretively

Con*cre"tive*ly, adv. In a concrete manner.

Concreture

Con*cre"ture (?; 135), n. A mass formed by concretion. [Obs.] Johnson.

Concrew

Con*crew" (?), v. i. [See Concrete, a., and Accrue.] To grow together. [Obs.] Spenser.

Concrimination

Con*crim`i*na"tion (?), n. A joint accusation.

Concubinacy

Con*cu"bi*na*cy (?), n. The practice of concubinage. [Obs.] Strype.

Concubinage

Con*cu"bi*nage (?), n.

1. The cohabiting of a man and a woman who are not legally married; the state of being a concubine. &hand; In some countries, concubinage is marriage of an inferior kind, or performed with less solemnity than a true or formal marriage; or marriage with a woman of inferior condition, to whom the husband does not convey his rank or quality. Under Roman law, it was the living of a man and woman in sexual relations without marriage, but in conformity with local law.

2. (Law) A plea, in which it is alleged that the woman suing for dower was not lawfully married to the man in whose lands she seeks to be endowed, but that she was his concubine.

Concubinal

Con*cu"bi*nal (?), a. [L. concubinalis.] Of or pertaining to concubinage.

Concubinarian

Con*cu`bi*na"ri*an (?), a. & n. Concubinary.
The married and concubinarian, as well as looser clergy. Milman.

Concubinary

Con*cu"bi*na*ry (?), a. [LL. concubinarius.] Relating to concubinage; living in concubinage.

Concubinary

Con*cu"bi*na*ry, n.; pl. Concubinaries (#). One who lives in concubinage. Jer. Taylor.

Concubinate

Con*cu"bi*nate (?), n. [L. concubinatus.] Concubinage. [Obs.] Johnson.

Concubine

Con"cu*bine (?), n. [F., fr. L. concubina; con- + cubare to lie down, concumbere to lie together, akin to E. cubit.]

1. A woman who cohabits with a man without being his wife; a paramour. &hand; Concubine has been sometimes, but rarely, used of a male paramour as well as of a female. Trench.

2. A wife of inferior condition; a lawful wife, but not united to the man by the usual ceremonies, and of inferior condition. Such were Hagar and Keturah, the concubines of Abraham; and such concubines were allowed by the Roman laws. Their children were not heirs of their father.

Conculcate

Con*cul"cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Concultated; p. pr. & vb. n. Conculcating.] [L. conculcatus, p. p. of conculcare to conculcate fr. calx heel.] To tread or trample under foot. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu -- Con`cul*ca"tion (, n. [Obs.]

Concupiscence

Con*cu"pis*cence (?), n. [F., fr. L. concupiscentia.] Sexual lust; morbid carnal passion.
Concupiscence like a pestilence walketh in darkness. Horne.

Concupiscent

Con*cu"pis*cent (?), a. [L. concupiscens, p. pr. of concupiscere, v. incho. of concupere to long for; con- + cupere. See Covet.] Having sexual lust; libidinous; lustful; lecherous; salacious. Johnson.

Concupiscential

Con*cu`pis*cen"tial (?), a. Relating to concupiscence. [Obs.] Johnson.

Concupiscentious

Con*cu`pis*cen"tious (?), a. Concupiscent. [Obs.]

Concupiscible

Con*cu`pis*ci*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. concupiscible.]

1. Exciting to, or liable to be affected by, concupiscence; provoking lustful desires. Shak.

2. Exciting desire, good or evil.

The schools reduce all the passions to these two heads, the concupiscible and irascible appetite. South.

Concupiscibleness

Con*cu"pis*ci*ble*ness, n. The state of being concupiscible. [Obs.]

Concupy

Con"cu*py (?), n. Concupiscence. [Used only in "Troilus and Cressida"] Shak.

Concur

Con*cur" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Concurred (; p. pr. & vb. n. Concurring.] [L. concurrere to run together, agree; con- + currere to run. See Current.]

1. To run together; to meet. [Obs.]

Anon they fierce encountering both concurred With grisly looks and faces like their fates. J. Hughes.

2. To meet in the same point; to combine or conjoin; to contribute or help toward a common object or effect.

When outward causes concur. Jer. Colier.

3. To unite or agree (in action or opinion); to join; to act jointly; to agree; to coincide; to correspond.

Mr. Burke concurred with Lord Chatham in opinion. Fox.
Tories and Whigs had concurred in paying honor to Walker. Makaulay.
This concurs directly with the letter. Shak.

4. To assent; to consent. [Obs.] Milton. Syn. -- To agree; unite; combine; conspire; coincide; approve; acquiesce; assent.

Concurrence

Con*cur"rence (?), n. [F., competition, equality of rights, fr. LL. concurrentia competition.]

1. The act of concurring; a meeting or coming together; union; conjunction; combination.

We have no other measure but our own ideas, with the concurence of other probable reasons, to persuade us. Locke.

2. A meeting of minds; agreement in opinion; union in design or act; -- implying joint approbation.

Tarquin the Proud was expelled by the universal concurrence of nobles and people. Swift.

3. Agreement or consent, implying aid or contribution of power or influence; co\'94peration.

We collect the greatness of the work, and the necessity of the divine concurrence to it. Rogers.
An instinct that works us to its own purposes without our concurrence. Burke.

4. A common right; coincidence of equal powers; as, a concurrence of jurisdiction in two different courts.

Concurrency

Con*cur"ren*cy (?), n. Concurrence.

Concurrent

Con*cur"rent (?), a. [F. concurrent, L. concurrens, p. pr. of concurrere.]

1. Acting in conjunction; agreeing in the same act or opinion; contibuting to the same event of effect; co\'94perating.

I join with these laws the personal presence of the kings' son, as a concurrent cause of this reformation. Sir J. Davies.
The concurrent testimony of antiquity. Bp. Warburton.

2. Conjoined; associate; concomitant; existing or happening at the same time.

There is no difference the concurrent echo and the iterant but the quickness or slowness of the return. Bacon.
Changes . . . concurrent with the visual changes in the eye. Tyndall.

3. Joint and equal in authority; taking cognizance of similar questions; operating on the same objects; as, the concurrent jurisdiction of courts.

4. (Geom.) Meeting in one point. Syn. -- Meeting; uniting; accompanying; conjoined; associated; coincident; united.

Concurrent

Con*cur"rent, n.

1. One who, or that which, concurs; a joint or contributory cause.

To all affairs of importance there are three necessary concurrents . . . time, industry, and faculties. Dr. H. More.

2. One pursuing the same course, or seeking the same objects; hence, a rival; an opponent.

Menander . . . had no concurrent in his time that came near unto him. Holland.

3. (Chron.) One of the supernumerary days of the year over fifty-two complete weeks; -- so called because they concur with the solar cycle, the course of which they follow.

Concurrently

Con*cur"rent*ly, adv. With concurrence; unitedly.

Concurrentness

Con*cur"rent*ness, n. The state or quality of being concurrent; concurrence.

Concurring

Con*cur"ring (?), a. Agreeing. Concurring figure (Geom.), one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which correspondends with another in all its parts.

Concuss

Con*cuss" (?), v. t. [L. concussus, p. p. of concutere. See Concussion.]

1. To shake or agitate. "Concussed with uncertainty." Daniel.

2. (Law) To force (a person) to do something, or give up something, by intimidation; to coerce. Wharton.

Concussation

Con`cus*sa"tion (?), n. A violent shock or agitation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Concussion

Con*cus"sion (?), n. [L. concussio, fr. concutere, concussum, to shake violenty; con- + quatere to shake. See Cashier, Quash.]

1. A shaking or agitation; a shock; caused by the collision of two bodies.

It is believed that great ringing of bells, in populous cities, hath dissipated pestilent air; which may be from the concussion of the air. Bacon.

2. (Med.) A condition of lowered functional activity, without visible structural change, produced in an organ by a shock, as by fall or blow; as, a concussion of the brain.

3. (Civil Law) The unlawful forcing of another by threats of violence to yield up something of value.

Then concussion, rapine, pilleries, Their catalogue of accusations fill. Daniel.
Concussion fuse (Mil.), one that is ignited by the concussion of the shell when it strikes. Syn. -- See Shock.

Concussive

Con*cus"sive (?), a. Having the power or quality of shaking or agitating. Johnson.

Cond

Cond (?), v. t. [OE. conduen, condien, F. conduire to conduct, fr. L. conducere. See Conduct, and cf. Con (Naut.), Conn. Cun.] (Naut.) To con, as a ship.

Condemn

Con*demn" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condemned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condemning (? ∨ ]. [L. condemnare; con- + damnare to condemn: cf. F. condamner. See Damn.]

1. To pronounce to be wrong; to disapprove of; to censure.

Condemn the fault, and not the actor of it! Why, every fault's condemned ere it be done. Shak.
Wilt thou condemn him that is most just? Job xxxiv. 17.

2. To declare the guilt of; to make manifest the faults or unworthiness of; to convict of guilt.

The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it. Matt. xii. 42.

3. To pronounce a judicial sentence against; to sentence to punishment, suffering, or loss; to doom; -- with to before the penalty.

Driven out from bliss, condemned In this abhorred deep to utter woe. Milton.
To each his sufferings; all are men, Condemned alike to groan. Gray.
And they shall condemn him to death. Matt. xx. 18.
The thief condemned, in law already dead. Pope.
No flocks that range the valley free, To slaughter I condemn. Goldsmith.

4. To amerce or fine; -- with in before the penalty.

The king of Egypt . . . condemned the land in a hundred talents of silver. 2 Cron. xxxvi. 3.

5. To adjudge or pronounce to be unfit for use or service; to adjudge or pronounce to be forfeited; as, the ship and her cargo were condemned.

6. (Law) To doom to be taken for public use, under the right of eminent domain. Syn. -- To blame; censure; reprove; reproach; upbraid; reprobate; convict; doom; sentence; adjudge.

Condemnable

Con"dem*na"ble (?), a. [L. condemnabilis.] Worthy of condemnation; blamable; culpable.

Condemnation

Con"dem*na"tion (?), n. [L. condemnatio.]

1. The act of condemning or pronouncing to be wrong; censure; blame; disapprobation.

In every other sense of condemnation, as blame, censure, reproof, private judgment, and the like. Paley.

2. The act of judicially condemning, or adjudging guilty, unfit for use, or forfeited; the act of dooming to punishment or forfeiture.

A legal and judicial condemnation. Paley.
Whose condemnation is pronounced. Shak.

3. The state of being condemned.

His pathetic appeal to posterity in the hopeless hour of condemnation. W. Irving.

4. The ground or reason of condemning.

This is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather light, because their deeds were evil. John iii. 19.

Condemnatory

Con*dem"na*to*ry (?), a. Condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree.

Condemned

Con*demned" (?), a.

1. Pronounced to be wrong, guilty, worthless, or forfeited; adjudged or sentenced to punishment, destruction, or confiscation.

2. Used for condemned persons.

Richard Savage . . . had lain with fifty pounds weight of irons on his legs in the condemned ward of Newgate. Macaulay.

Condemner

Con*dem"ner (? ∨ ?), n. One who condemns or censures.

Condensability

Con*den`sa*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being condensed.

Condensable

Con*den"sa*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. condensable.] Capable of being condensed; as, vapor is condensable.

Condensate

Con*den"sate (?), a. [L. condensatus, p. p. of condensare. See Condense, v. t.] Made dense; condensed.
Water . . . thickened or condensate. Peacham.

Condensate

Con*den"sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensated; p. pr. & vb. n. Condensating.] To condense. [R.] Hammond.

Condensation

Con`den*sa"tion (?), n. [L. condensatio: cf. F. condensation.]

1. The act or process of condensing or of being condensed; the state of being condensed.

He [Goldsmith] was a great and perhaps an unequaled master of the arts of selection and condensation. Macaulay.

2. (Physics) The act or process of reducing, by depression of temperature or increase of pressure, etc., to another and denser form, as gas to the condition of a liquid or steam to water.

3. (Chem.) A rearrangement or concentration of the different constituents of one or more substances into a distinct and definite compound of greater complexity and molecular weight, often resulting in an increase of density, as the condensation of oxygen into ozone, or of acetone into mesitylene. Condensation product (Chem.), a substance obtained by the polymerization of one substance, or by the union of two or more, with or without separation of some unimportant side products. -- Surface condensation, the system of condensing steam by contact with cold metallic surfaces, in distinction from condensation by the injection of cold water.

Condensative

Con*den"sa*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. condensatif.] Having the property of condensing.

Condense

Con*dense" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condensed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condensing.] [L. condensare; con- + densare to make thick or dense, densus thick, dense: cf. F. condenser. See Dense, and cf. Condensate.]

1. To make more close, compact, or dense; to compress or concentrate into a smaller compass; to consolidate; to abridge; to epitomize.

In what shape they choose, Dilated or condensed, bright or obscure. Milton.
The secret course pursued at Brussels and at Madrid may be condensed into the usual formula, dissimulation, procrastination, and again dissimulation. Motley.

2. (Chem. & Physics) To reduce into another and denser form, as by cold or pressure; as, to condense gas into a liquid form, or steam into water. Condensed milk, milk reduced to the consistence of very thick cream by evaporation (usually with addition of sugar) for preservation and transportation. -- Condensing engine, a steam engine in which the steam is condensed after having exerted its force on the piston. Syn. -- To compress; contract; crowd; thicken; concentrate; abridge; epitomize; reduce.

Condense

Con*dense", v. i.

1. To become more compact; to be reduced into a denser form.

Nitrous acid is gaseous at ordinary temperatures, but condenses into a very volatile liquid at the zero of Fahrenheit. H. Spencer.

2. (Chem.) (a) To combine or unite (as two chemical substances) with or without separation of some unimportant side products. (b) To undergo polymerization.

Condense

Con*dense", a. [L. condensus.] Condensed; compact; dense. [R.]
The huge condense bodies of planets. Bentley.

Condenser

Con*dens"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, condenses.

2. (Physic) (a) An instrument for condensing air or other elastic fluids, consisting of a cylinder having a movable piston to force the air into a receiver, and a valve to prevent its escape. (b) An instrument for concentrating electricity by the effect of induction between conducting plates separated by a nonconducting plate. (c) A lens or mirror, usually of short focal distance, used to concentrate light upon an object.


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3. (Chem.) An apparatus for receiving and condensing the volatile products of distillation to a liquid or solid form, by cooling.

4. (Steam Engine) An apparatus, separate from the cylinder, in which the exhaust steam is condensed by the action of cold water or air. See Illust. of Steam engine. Achromatic condenser (Optics), an achromatic lens used as a condenser. -- Bull's-eye condenser, ∨ Bull's-eye (Optics), a lens of short focal distance used for concentrating rays of light. -- Injection condenser, a vessel in which steam is condensed by the direct contact of water. -- Surface condenser, an apparatus for condensing steam, especially the exhaust of a steam engine, by bringing it into contact with metallic surface cooled by water or air.

Condensible

Con*den"si*ble (?), a. Capable of being condensed; as, a gas condensible to a liquid by cold.

Conder

Cond"er (?), n. [From Cond.] One who watches shoals of fish; a balker. See Balker.

Condescend

Con`de*scend" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condescended; p. pr. & vb. n. Condescending.] [F. condescendre, LL. condescendere, fr. L. con- + descendere. See Descend.]

1. To stoop or descend; to let one's self down; to submit; to waive the privilege of rank or dignity; to accommodate one's self to an inferior. "Condescend to men of low estate." Rom. xii. 16.

Can they think me so broken, so debased With corporal servitude, that my mind ever Will condescend to such absurd commands? Milton.
Spain's mighty monarch, In gracious clemency, does condescend, On these conditions, to become your friend. Dryden.
Often used ironically, implying an assumption of superiority.
Those who thought they were honoring me by condescending to address a few words to me. F. W. Robinson.

2. To consent. [Obs.]

All parties willingly condescended heruento. R. Carew.
Syn. -- To yield; stoop; descend; deign; vouchsafe.

Condescendence, Condescendency

Con`de*scend"ence (?), Con`de*scend"en*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. condescendance.] Condescension. [Obs.]

Condescendingly

Con`de*scend"ing*ly (?), adv. In a condescending manner. Atterbury.

Condescension

Con`de*scen"sion (?), n. [L. condescensio.] The act of condescending; voluntary descent from one's rank or dignity in intercourse with an inferior; courtesy toward inferiors.
It forbids pride . . . and commands humility, modesty, and condescension to others. Tillotson.
Such a dignity and condescension . . . as are suitable to a superior nature. Addison.
Syn. -- Complaisance; courtesy; affability.

Condescent

Con`de*scent" (?), n. [Cf. Condescend, Descent.] An act of condescension. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Condign

Con*dign" (?), a. [F. condigne, L. condignus very worthy; con- + dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Digne.]

1. Worthy; suitable; deserving; fit. [Obs.]

Condign and worthy praise. Udall.
Herself of all that rule she deemend most condign. Spenser.

2. Deserved; adequate; suitable to the fault or crime. "Condign censure." Milman.

Unless it were a bloody murderer . . . I never gave them condign punishment. Shak.

Condignity

Con*dig"ni*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. condignit\'82.] (Scholastic Theol.) Merit, acguired by works, which can claim reward on the score of general benevolence.
Such a worthiness of condignity, and proper merit of the heavenly glory, cannot be found in any the best, most perfect, and excellent of created beings. Bp. Bull.

Condignly

Con*dign"ly (?), adv. According to merit.

Condignness

Con*dign"ness, n. Agreeableness to deserts; suitableness.

Condiment

Con"di*ment (?), n. [L. condimentum, fr. condire. See Condite.] Something used to give relish to food, and to gratify the taste; a pungment and appetizing substance, as pepper or mustard; seasoning.
As for radish and the like, they are for condiments, and not for nourishment. Bacon.

Condisciple

Con`dis*ci"ple (?), n. [L. condiscipulus. See Disciple.] A schoolfellow; a fellow-student. [R.]

Condite

Con"dite (?), a. [L. conditus, p. p. of condire to preserve, pickle, season. See Recondite.] Preserved; pickled. [Obs.] Burton.

Condite

Con*dite" (?), v. t. To pickle; to preserve; as, to condite pears, quinces, etc. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Condition

Con*di"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. conditio (better condicio) agreement, compact, condition; con- + a root signifying to show, point out, akin to dicere to say, dicare to proclaim, dedicate. See Teach, Token.]

1. Mode or state of being; state or situation with regard to external circumstances or influences, or to physical or mental integrity, health, strength, etc.; predicament; rank; position, estate.

I am in my condition A prince, Miranda; I do think, a king. Shak.
And O, what man's condition can be worse Than his whom plenty starves and blessings curse? Cowley.
The new conditions of life. Darwin.

2. Essential quality; property; attribute.

It seemed to us a condition and property of divine powers and beings to be hidden and unseen to others. Bacon.

3. Temperament; disposition; character. [Obs.]

The condition of a saint and the complexion of a devil. Shak.

4. That which must exist as the occasion or concomitant of something else; that which is requisite in order that something else should take effect; an essential qualification; stipulation; terms specified.

I had as lief take her dowry with this condition, to be whipped at the high cross every morning. Shak.
Many are apt to believe remission of sins, but they believe it without the condition of repentance. Jer. Taylor.

5. (Law) A clause in a contract, or agreement, which has for its object to suspend, to defeat, or in some way to modify, the principal obligation; or, in case of a will, to suspend, revoke, or modify a devise or bequest. It is also the case of a future uncertain event, which may or may not happen, and on the occurrence or non-occurrence of which, the accomplishment, recission, or modification of an obligation or testamentary disposition is made to depend. Blount. Tomlins. Bouvier. Wharton. Equation of condition. (Math.) See under Equation. -- On ∨ Upon condition (that), used for if in introducing conditional sentences. "Upon condition thou wilt swear to pay him tribute . . . thou shalt be placed as viceroy under him." Shak. -- Conditions of sale, the terms on which it is proposed to sell property by auction; also, the instrument containing or expressing these terms. Syn. -- State; situation; circumstances; station; case; mode; plight; predicament; stipulation; qualification; requisite; article; provision; arrangement. See State.

Condition

Con*di"tion (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conditioned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conditioning.]

1. To make terms; to stipulate.

Pay me back my credit, And I'll condition with ye. Beau. & Fl.

2. (Metaph.) To impose upon an object those relations or conditions without which knowledge and thought are alleged to be impossible.

To think of a thing is to condition. Sir W. Hamilton.

Condition

Con*di"tion, v. t. [Cf. LL. conditionare. See Condition, n.]

1. To invest with, or limit by, conditions; to burden or qualify by a condition; to impose or be imposed as the condition of.

Seas, that daily gain upon the shore, Have ebb and flow conditioning their march. Tennyson.

2. To contract; to stipulate; to agree.

It was conditioned between Saturn and Titan, that Saturn should put to death all his male children. Sir W. Raleigh.

3. (U. S. Colleges) To put under conditions; to require to pass a new examination or to make up a specified study, as a condition of remaining in one's class or in college; as, to condition a student who has failed in some branch of study.

4. To test or assay, as silk (to ascertain the proportion of moisture it contains). McElrath. <-- 5. train; acclimate. -->

Conditional

Con*di"tion*al (?), a. [L. conditionalis.]

1. Containing, implying, or depending on, a condition or conditions; not absolute; made or granted on certain terms; as, a conditional promise.

Every covenant of God with man . . . may justly be made (as in fact it is made) with this conditional punishment annexed and declared. Bp. Warburton.

2. (Gram. & Logic) Expressing a condition or supposition; as, a conditional word, mode, or tense.

A conditional proposition is one which asserts the dependence of one categorical proposition on another. Whately.
The words hypothetical and conditional may be . . . used synonymously. J. S. Mill.

Conditional

Con*di"tion*al, n.

1. A limitation. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A conditional word, mode, or proposition.

Disjunctives may be turned into conditionals. L. H. Atwater.

Conditionality

Con*di`tion*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being conditional, or limited; limitation by certain terms.

Conditionally

Con*di"tion*al*ly (?), adv. In a conditional manner; subject to a condition or conditions; not absolutely or positively. Shak.

Conditionate

Con*di"tion*ate (?), a. [LL. conditionatus, p. p. See Condition, v. t.] Conditional. [Obs.]
Barak's answer is faithful, though conditionate. Bp. Hall.

Conditionate

Con*di"tion*ate (?), v. t.

1. To qualify by conditions; to regulate. [Obs.]

2. To put under conditions; to render conditional.

Conditioned

Con*di"tioned (?), a.

1. Surrounded; circumstanced; in a certain state or condition, as of property or health; as, a well conditioned man.

The best conditioned and unwearied spirit. Shak.

2. Having, or known under or by, conditions or relations; not independent; not absolute.

Under these, thought is possible only in the conditioned interval. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conditionly

Con*di"tion*ly, adv. Conditionally. [Obs.]

Conditory

Con"di*to*ry (?), n.; pl. Conditories (#). [L. conditorium, fr. condere to hide. See Recondite.] A repository for holding things; a hinding place.

Condog

Con*dog" (?; 115), v. i. [A punning corruption of concur.] To concur; to agree. [Burlesque] &hand; This word appears in early dictionaries as a synonym for the word agree; thus. "Agree; concurre, cohere, condog, condescend." Cockeram.

Condolatory

Con*do"la*to*ry (?), a. Expressing condolence. Smart.

Condole

Con*dole" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Condoled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoling.] [L. condolere; con- + dolere to feel pain, grieve. See Doleful.] To express sympathetic sorrow; to grieve in sympathy; -- followed by with.
Your friends would have cause to rejoice, rather than condole with you. Sir W. Temple.

Condole

Con*dole", v. t. To lament or grieve over. [R.]
I come not, Samson, to condole thy chance. Milton.

Condolement

Con*dole"ment (?), n.

1. Condolence. "A pitiful condolement." Milton.

2. Sorrow; mourning; lamentation. Shak.

Condolence

Con*do"lence (?), n. [Cf. F. condol\'82ance.] Expression of sympathy with another in sorrow or grief.
Their congratulations and their condolences. Steele.
A special mission of condolence. Macaulay.

Condoler

Con*dol"er (?), n. One who condoles.

Condonation

Con`do*na"tion (?), n. [L. condonatio a giving away.]

1. The act of condoning or pardoning.

2. (Law) Forgiveness, either express or implied, by a husband of his wife or by a wife of her husband, for a breach of marital duty, as adultery, with an implied condition that the offense shall not be repeated. Bouvier. Wharton.

Condone

Con*done" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Condoned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Condoning.] [L. condonare, -donatum, to give up, remit, forgive; con- + donare to give. See Donate.]

1. To pardon; to forgive.

A fraud which he had either concocted or condoned. W. Black.
It would have been magnanimous in the men then in power to have overlooked all these things, and, condoning the politics, to have rewarded the poetry of Burns. J. C. Shairp.
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2. (Law) To pardon; to overlook the offense of; esp., to forgive for a violation of the marriage law; -- said of either the husband or the wife.

Condor

Con"dor (?), n. [Sp. condor, fr. Peruvian cuntur.] (Zo\'94l.) A very large bird of the Vulture family (Sarcorhamphus gryphus), found in the most elevated parts of the Andes. <-- also California condor -->

Condottiere

Con`dot*tie"re (?), n.; pl. Condottieri (#). [It., captain.] A military adventurer of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, who sold his services, and those of his followers, to any party in any contest.

Conduce

Con*duce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Conduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Conducing.] [L. conducere to bring together, conduce, hire; con- + ducere to lead. See Duke and cf. Conduct, n., Cond.] To lead or tend, esp. with reference to a favorable or desirable result; to contribute; -- usually followed by to or toward.
He was sensible how much such a union would conduce to the happiness of both. Macaulay.
The reasons you allege do more conduce To the hot passion of distemper'd blood. Shak.
Syn. -- To contribute; aid; assist; tend; subserve.

Conduce

Con*duce", v. t. To conduct; to lead; to guide. [Obs.]
He was sent to conduce hither the princess. Sir H. Wotton.

Conducent

Con*du"cent (?), a. [L. conducens, p. pr.] Conducive; tending.
Conducent to the good success of this business. Abp. Laud.

Conducibility

Con*du"ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being conducible; conducibleness. Bp. Wilkins.

Conducible

Con*du"ci*ble (?), a. [L. conducibilis.] Conducive; tending; contributing. Bacon.
All his laws are in themselves conducible to the temporal interest of them that observe them. Bentley.

Conducibleness

Con*du"ci*ble*ness, n. Quality of being conducible.

Conducibly

Con*du"ci*bly, adv. In a manner to promote. [R.]

Conducive

Con*du"cive (?), a. Loading or tending; helpful; contributive; tending to promote.
However conducive to the good or our country. Addison.

Conduciveness

Con*du"cive*ness, n. The quality of conducing.

Conduct

Con"duct (?), n. [LL. conductus defense, escort, fr. L. conductus, p. p. of conducere. See Conduce, and cf. Conduit.]

1. The act or method of conducting; guidance; management.

Christianity has humanized the conduct of war. Paley.
The conduct of the state, the administration of its affairs. Ld. Brougham.

2. Skillful guidance or management; generalship.

Conduct of armies is a prince's art. Waller.
Attacked the Spaniards . . . with great impetuosity, but with so little conduct, that his forces were totally routed. Robertson.

3. Convoy; escort; guard; guide. [Archaic]

I will be your conduct. B. Jonson.
In my conduct shall your ladies come. Shak.

4. That which carries or conveys anything; a channel; a conduit; an instrument. [Obs.]

Although thou been conduct of my chame. Shak.

5. The manner of guiding or carrying one's self; personal deportment; mode of action; behavior.

All these difficulties were increased by the conduct of Shrewsbury. Macaulay.
What in the conduct of our life appears So well designed, so luckily begun, But when we have our wish, we wish undone? Dryden.

6. Plot; action; construction; manner of development.

The book of Job, in conduct and diction. Macaulay.
Conduct money (Naut.), a portion of a seaman's wages retained till the end of his engagement, and paid over only if his conduct has been satisfactory. Syn. -- Behavior; deportment; demeanor; bearing; management; guidance. See Behavior.

Conduct

Con*duct" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Conducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Conducting.] [See Conduct, n.]

1. To lead, or guide; to escort; to attend.

I can conduct you, lady, to a low But loyal cottage, where you may be safe. Milton.

2. To lead, as a commander; to direct; to manage; to carry on; as, to conduct the affairs of a kingdom.

Little skilled in the art of conducting a siege. Prescott.

3. To behave; -- with the reflexive; as, he conducted himself well.

4. (Physics) To serve as a medium for conveying; to transmit, as heat, light, electricity, etc.

5. (Mus.) To direct, as the leader in the performance of a musical composition.

Conduct

Con*duct", v. i.

1. To act as a conductor (as of heat, electricity, etc.); to carry.

2. To conduct one's self; to behave. [U. S.]

Conductibility

Con*duct`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. conductibilit\'82.]

1. Capability of being conducted; as, the conductibility of heat or electricity.

2. Conductivity; capacity for receiving and transmitting.

Conductible

Con*duct"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being conducted.
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Conduction

Con*duc"tion (?), n. [L. conductio a bringing together: cf. F. conduction.]

1. The act of leading or guiding. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. The act of training up. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

3. (Physics) Transmission through, or by means of, a conductor; also, conductivity.

[The] communication [of heat] from one body to another when they are in contact, or through a homogenous body from particle to particle, constitutes conduction. Amer. Cyc.

Conductive

Con*duct"ive (?), a. Having the quality or power of conducting; as, the conductive tissue of a pistil.
The ovarian walls . . . are seen to be distinctly conductive. Goodale (Gray's Bot. ).

Conductivity

Con`duc*tiv"i*ty (?), n. The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity (Physics), the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of<-- a--> plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces differ in temperature by one degree. J. D. Everett. -- Thermometic conductivity (Physics), the thermal conductivity when the unit of heat employed is the heat required to raise <--a -->unit volume of the substance one degree.

Conductor

Con*duct"or (?), n. [LL., a carrier, transporter, L., a lessee.]

1. One who, or that which, conducts; a leader; a commander; a guide; a manager; a director.

Zeal, the blind conductor of the will. Dryden.

2. One in charge of a public conveyance, as of a railroad train or a street car. [U. S.]

3. (Mus.) The leader or director of an orchestra or chorus.

4. (Physics) A substance or body capable of being a medium for the transmission of certain forces, esp. heat or electricity; specifically, a lightning rod.

5. (Surg.) A grooved sound or staff used for directing instruments, as lithontriptic forceps, etc.; a director.

6. (Arch.) Same as Leader. Prime conductor (Elec.), the largest conductor of an electrical machine, serving to collect, accumulate, or retain the electricity.

Conductory

Con*duct"o*ry (?), a. [LL. conductorius.] Having the property of conducting. [R.]

Conductress

Con*duct"ress (?), n. A woman who leads or directs; a directress.

Conduit

Con"duit (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [F., fr. LL. conductus escort, conduit. See Conduct.]

1. A pipe, canal, channel, or passage for conveying water or fluid.

All the conduits of my blood froze up. Shak.
This is the fountain of all those bitter waters, of which, through a hundred different conduits, we have drunk. Burke.

2. (Arch.) (a) A structure forming a reservoir for water. Oxf. Gloss. (b) A narrow passage for private communication.

Conduplicate

Con*du"pli*cate (?), a. [L. conduplicatus, p. p. of conduplicare. See Duplicate.] (Bot.) Folded lengthwise along the midrib, the upper face being within; -- said of leaves or petals in vernation or \'91stivation.

Conduplication

Con*du`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [L. conduplicatio.] A doubling together or folding; a duplication. [R.]

Condurango

Con`du*ran"go (?), n. (Med.) See Cundurango.

Condurrite

Con*dur"rite (?), n. (Min.) A variety of the mineral domeykite, or copper arsenide, from the Condurra mine in Cornwall, England.

Condylar

Con"dy*lar (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to a condyle. Condylar foramen (Anat.), a formen in front of each condyle of the occipital bone; -- sometimes called the anterior condylar foramen when a second, or posterior, foramen is present behind the condyle, as often happens in man.

Condyle

Con"dyle (? ∨ ?), n. [L. condylus knuckle, joint, Gr. condyle.] (Anat.) A bony prominence; particularly, an eminence at the end of a bone bearing a rounded articular surface; -- sometimes applied also to a concave articular surface.

Condyloid

Con"dy*loid (?), a. [Condyle + -oid: cf. F. condylo\'8bde.] (Anat.) Shaped like or pertaining to a condyle.

Condyloma, Condylome

Con`dy*lo"ma (?), Con"dy*lome (?), n.; pl. Condylomata (#) or (#), E. Condylomes (#). [NL. condyloma, fr. Gr. -oma.] (Med.) A wartlike new growth on the outer skin or adjoining mucous membrance. &hand; There are two kinds of condylomata, the pointed and the broad, the latter being of syphilitic origin.

Condyloped

Con*dyl"o*ped (?), n. [Gr. -pod.] (Zo\'94l.) An arthropod.

Cone

Cone (?), n. [L. conus cone (in sense 1), Gr. \'87ana whetstone, L. cuneus wedge, and prob. to E. hone. See Hone, n.]

1. (Geom.) A solid of the form described by the revolution of a right-angled triangle about one of the sides adjacent to the right angle; -- called also a right cone. More generally, any solid having a vertical point and bounded by a surface which is described by a straight line always passing through that vertical point; a solid having a circle for its base and tapering to a point or vertex.

2. Anything shaped more or less like a mathematical cone; as, a volcanic cone, a collection of scori\'91 around the crater of a volcano, usually heaped up in a conical form.

Now had Night measured with her shadowy cone Half way up hill this vast sublunar vault. Milton.

3. (Bot.) The fruit or strobile of the Conifer\'91, as of the pine, fir, cedar, and cypress. It is composed of woody scales, each one of which has one or two seeds at its base.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A shell of the genus Conus, having a conical form. Cone of rays (Opt.), the pencil of rays of light which proceed from a radiant point to a given surface, as that of a lens, or conversely. -- Cone pulley. See in the Vocabulary. -- Oblique ∨ Scalene cone, a cone of which the axis is inclined to the plane of its base. -- Eight cone. See Cone, 1.

Cone

Cone (?), v. t. To render coneshaped; to bevel like the circular segment of a cone; as, to cone the tires of car wheels.

Cone-in-cone

Cone"-in-cone" (?), a. (Geol.) Consisting of a series of parallel cones, each made up of many concentric cones closely packed together; -- said of a kind of structure sometimes observed in sedimentary rocks.

Coneine

Co*ne"ine (? ∨ ?; 104), n. (Chem.) See Conine.

Conepate, Conepatl

Co"ne*pate (?), Co"ne*patl (?), n. [Mexican conepatl and epatl.] (Zo\'94l.) The skunk.

Cone pulley

Cone" pul"ley (?). A pulley for driving machines, etc., having two or more parts or steps of different diameters; a pulley having a conical shape.

Coney

Co"ney (? ∨ ?), n.

1. (Zo\'94l.) A rabbit. See Cony.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A fish. See Cony.

Confab

Con"fab (?), n. [Contr. from confabulation.] Familiar talk or conversation. [Colloq.]

Confabulate

Con*fab"u*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Confabulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confabulating.] [L. confabulatus, p. p. of confabulary, to converse together; con- + fabulary to speak, fr. fabula. See Fable.] To talk familiarly together; to chat; to prattle.
I shall not ask Jean Jaques Rousseau If birds confabulate or no. Cowper.

Confabulation

Con*fab`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. confabulatio.] Familiar talk; easy, unrestrained, unceremonious conversation.
Friends' confabulations are comfortable at all times, as fire in winter. Burton.

Confabulatory

Con*fab"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue. Weever.

Confalon

Con"fa*lon (?), n. [F. See Confalon.] (R. C. Ch.) One of a fraternity of seculars, also called Penitents.

Confarreation

Con*far`re*a"tion (?), n. [L. confarreatio, fr. confarreare to marry; con- + farreum (sc. libum cake) a spelt cake, fr. farreus made of spelt, fr. far a sort of grain.] (Antiq.) A form of marriage among the Romans, in which an offering of bread was made, in presence of the high priest and at least ten witnesses.

Confated

Con*fat"ed (?), p.a. Fated or decreed with something else. [R.] A. Tucker.

Confect

Con*fect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confected; p. pr. & vb. n. Confecting.] [L. confectus, p. p. of conficere to prepare. See Comfit.]

1. To prepare, as sweetmeats; to make a confection of. [Obs.]

Saffron confected in Cilicia. W. Browne.

2. To construct; to form; to mingle or mix. [Obs.]

Of this were confected the famous everlasting lamps and tapers. Sir T. Herbert.
[My joys] are still confected with some fears. Stirling.

Confect

Con"fect (?), n. A comfit; a confection. [Obs.]
At supper eat a pippin roasted and sweetened with sugar of roses and caraway confects. Harvey.

Confection

Con*fec"tion (?), n. [F., fr. L. confectio.]

1. A composition of different materials. [Obs.]

A new confection of mold. Bacon.

2. A preparation of fruits or roots, etc., with sugar; a sweetmeat.

Certain confections . . . are like to candied conserves, and are made of sugar and lemons. Bacon.

3. A composition of drugs. Shak.

4. (Med.) A soft solid made by incorporating a medicinal substance or substances with sugar, sirup, or honey. &hand; The pharmacop\'d2ias formerly made a distinction between conserves (made of fresh vegetable substances and sugar) and electuaries (medicinal substances combined with sirup or honey), but the distinction is now abandoned and all are called confections.

Confectionary

Con*fec"tion*a*ry (?), n. [Cf. LL. confectionaris a pharmacist.] A confectioner. [Obs.]
He will take your daughters to be confectionaries, and to be cooks. 1 Sam. viii. 13.

Confectionary

Con*fec"tion*a*ry, a. Prepared as a confection.
The biscuit or confectionary plum. Cowper.

Confectioner

Con*fec"tion*er (?), n.

1. A compounder. [Obs.]

Canidia Neapolitana was confectioner of unguents. Haywood.

2. One whose occupation it is to make or sell confections, candies, etc.

Confectionery

Con*fec"tion*er*y (?), n.

1. Sweetmeats, in general; things prepared and sold by a confectioner; confections; candies.

2. A place where candies, sweetmeats, and similar things are made or sold.

Confectory

Con*fec"to*ry (?), a. Pertaining to the art of making sweetmeats. [Obs.] Beaumont.

Confecture

Con*fec"ture (?), n. Same as Confiture. [Obs.]

Confeder

Con*fed"er (?), v. i. [Cf. F. conf. See Confederate.] To confederate. [Obs.] Sir T. North.

Confederacy

Con*fed"er*a*cy (?), n.; pl. Confederacies (#). [From Confederate, a.]

1. A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

The friendships of the world are oft Confederacies in vice or leagues of pleasure. Addison.
He hath heard of our confederacy. Shak.
Virginia promoted a confederacy. Bancroft.

2. The persons, bodies, states, or nations united by a league; a confederation.

The Grecian common wealth, . . . the most heroic confederacy that ever existed. Harris.
Virgil has a whole confederacy against him. Dryden.

3. (Law) A combination of two or more persons to commit an unlawful act, or to do a lawful act by unlawful means. See Conspiracy. Syn. -- League; compact; alliance; association; union; combination; confederation.

Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate (?), a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.]

1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. Shak.

2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.

Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate, n.

1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an accomplice in a bad sense.

He found some of his confederates in gaol. Macaulay.

2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confederated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating (?).] To unite in a legue or confederacy; to ally.
With these the Piercies them confederate. Daniel.

Confederate

Con*fed"er*ate, v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
By words men . . . covenant and confederate. South.

Confederater

Con*fed"er*a`ter (?), n. A confederate.

Confederation

Con*fed`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. confoederatio: cf. F. conf\'82d\'82ration.]

1. The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particulary of princes, nations, or states.

The three princes enter into some strict league and confederation among themselves. Bacon.
This was no less than a political confederation of the colonies of New England. Palfrey.

2. The parties that are confederated, considered as a unit; a confederacy. Articles of confederation. See under Article.

Confederative

Con*fed"er*a*tive (? ∨ ?), a. Of or pertaining to a confederation.

Confederator

Con*fed"er*a`tor (?), n. A confederate. Grafton.

Confer

Con*fer" (?), v.t. [imp. & p. p. Conferred (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Conferring.] [L. conferre to bring together, contribute, consult; con- + ferre to bear: cf. F. conf\'82rer. See 1st Bear.]

1. To bring together for comparison; to compare. [Obs.]

If we confer these observations with others of the like nature, we may find cause to rectify the general opinion. Boyle.

2. To grant as a possession; to bestow.

The public marks of honor and reward Conferred upon me. Milton.

3. To contribute; to conduce. [Obs.]

The closeness and compactness of the parts resting together doth much confer to the strength of the union. Glanvill.

Confer

Con*fer", v. i. To have discourse; to consult; to compare views; to deliberate.
Festus, when he had conferred with the council, answered. Acts xxv. 12.
You shall hear us confer of this. Shak.
Syn. -- To counsel; advise; discourse; converse.

Conferee

Con`fer*ee" (?), n. [Cf. Referee.]

1. One who is conferred with, or who takes part in a conference; as, the conferees on the part of the Senate.

2. One upon whom something is conferred.

Conference

Con"fer*ence (?), n. [F. conf\'82rence. See Confer.]

1. The act of comparing two or more things together; comparison. [Obs.]

Helps and furtherances which . . . the mutual conference of all men's collections and observations may afford. Hocker.

2. The act of consulting together formally; serious conversation or discussion; interchange of views.

Nor with such free and friendly conference As he hath used of old. Shak.

3. A meeting for consultation, discussion, or an interchange of opinions.

4. A meeting of the two branches of a legislature, by their committees, to adjust between them.

5. (Methodist Church) A stated meeting of preachers and others, invested with authority to take cognizance of ecclesiastical matters.

6. A voluntary association of Congregational churches of a district; the district in which such churches are. Conference meeting, a meeting for conference. Specifically, a meeting conducted (usually) by laymen, for conference and prayer. [U. S.] -- Conference room, a room for conference and prayer, and for the pastor's less formal addresses. [U. S.]

Conferential

Con`fer*en"tial (?), a. Relating to conference. [R.] Clarke.

Conferrable

Con*fer"ra*ble (#) a. Capable of being conferred.

Conferree

Con`fer*ree" (#), n. Same as Conferee.
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Conferrer

Con*fer"rer (?), n.

1. One who confers; one who converses. Johnson.

2. One who bestows; a giver.

Conferruminate, Conferruminated

Con`fer*ru"mi*nate (?), Con`fer*ru"mi*na`ted (?), a. [L. conferruminare to cement. See Ferruminate.] (Bot.) Closely united by the coalescence, or sticking together, of contiguous faces, as in the case of the cotyledons of the live-oak acorn.

Conferva

Con*fer"va (?), n.; pl. Conferv\'91 (#). [L., a kind of water plant. See Comfrey.] (Bot.) Any unbranched, slender, green plant of the fresh-water algae. The word is frequently used in a wider sense.

Confervaceous

Con`fer*va"ceous (?), a. Belonging to the confervae.

Confervoid

Con*fer"void (?), a. [Conferva + -oid.] Like, or related to, the confervae. Loudon.

Confervous

Con*fer"vous (?), a. Pertaining to confervae; consisting of, or resembling, the confervae.
Yon exiguous pool's confervous scum. O. W. Holmes.

Confess

Con*fess" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confessed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Confessing.] [F. confesser, fr. L. confessus, p.p. of confiteri to confess; con- + fateri to confess; akin to fari to speak. See 2d Ban, Fame.]

1. To make acknowledgment or avowal in a matter pertaining to one's self; to acknowledge, own, or admit, as a crime, a fault, a debt.

And there confess Humbly our faults, and pardon beg. Milton.
I must confess I was most pleased with a beautiful prospect that none of them have mentioned. Addison.

2. To acknowledge faith in; to profess belief in.

Whosoever, therefore, shall confess me before men, him will I confess, also, before my Father which is in heaven. Matt. x. 32.
For the Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, neither angel, nor spirit; but the Pharisees confess both. Acts xxiii. 8.

3. To admit as true; to assent to; to acknowledge, as after a previous doubt, denial, or concealment.

I never gave it him. Send for him hither, And let him confess a truth. Shak.
As I confess it needs must be. Tennyson.
As an actor confessed without rival to shine. Goldsmith.

4. (Eccl.) (a) To make known or acknowledge, as one's sins to a priest, in order to receive absolution; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Our beautiful votary took an opportunity of confessing herself to this celebrated father. Addison.
(b) To hear or receive such confession; -- said of a priest.
He . . . heard mass, and the prince, his son, with him, and the most part of his company were confessed. Ld. Berners.

5. To disclose or reveal, as an effect discloses its cause; to prove; to attest.

Tall thriving trees confessed the fruitful mold. Pope.
Syn. -- Admit; grant; concede; avow; own; assent; recognize; prove; exhibit; attest. -- To Confess, Acknowledge, Avow. Acknowledge is opposed to conceal. We acknowledge what we feel must or ought to be made known. (See Acknowledge.) Avow is opposed to withhold. We avow when we make an open and public declaration, as against obloquy or opposition; as, to avow one's principles; to avow one's participation in some act. Confess is opposed to deny. We confess (in the ordinary sense of the word) what we feel to have been wrong; as, to confess one's errors or faults. We sometimes use confess and acknowledge when there is no admission of our being in the wrong; as, this, I confess, is my opinion; I acknowledge I have always thought so; but in these cases we mean simply to imply that others may perhaps think us in the wrong, and hence we use the words by way of deference to their opinions. It was in this way that the early Christians were led to use the Latin confiteor and confessio fidei to denote the public declaration of their faith in Christianity; and hence the corresponding use in English of the verb confess and the noun confession.

Confess

Con*fess", v. i.

1. To make confession; to disclose sins or faults, or the state of the conscience.

Every tongue shall confess to God. Rom. xiv. 11.

2. To acknowledge; to admit; to concede.

But since (And I confess with right) you think me bound. Tennyson.

Confessant

Con*fess"ant (?), n. [F. confessant.] One who confesses to a priest. [Obs.] Bacon.

Confessary

Con*fess"a*ry (?), n. [LL. confessarius.] One who makes a confession. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Confessedly

Con*fess"ed*ly (?), adv. By confession; without denial. [Written also confessly.]

Confesser

Con*fess"er (?), n. One who makes a confession.

Confession

Con*fes"sion (?), n. [F. confession, L. confessio.]

1. Acknowledgment; avowal, especially in a matter pertaining to one's self; the admission of a debt, obligation, or crime.

With a crafty madness keeps aloof, When we would bring him on to some confession Of his true state. Shak.

2. Acknowledgment of belief; profession of one's faith.

With the mouth confession is made unto salvation. Rom. x. 10.

3. (Eccl.) The act of disclosing sins or faults to a priest in order to obtain sacramental absolution.

Auricular confession . . . or the private and special confession of sins to a priest for the purpose of obtaining his absolution. Hallam.

4. A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.

5. (Law) An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted. Wharton. Confession and avoidance (Law), a mode of pleading in which the party confesses the facts as stated by his adversary, but alleges some new matter by way of avoiding the legal effect claimed for them. Mozley & W. Confession of faith, a formulary containing the articles of faith; a creed. -- General confession, the confession of sins made by a number of persons in common, as in public prayer. -- Westminster Confession. See Westminster Assembly, under Assembly.

Confessional

Con*fes"sion*al (?), n. [F. confessional.] The recess, seat, or inclosed place, where a priest sits to hear confessions; often a small structure furnished with a seat for the priest and with a window or aperture so that the penitent who is outside may whisper into the priest's ear without being seen by him or heard by others.

Confessional

Con*fes"sion*al, a. Pertaining to a confession of faith. Confessional equality, equality before the law of persons confessing different creeds.

Confessionalism

Con*fes"sion*al*ism (?), n. (Eccl.) An exaggerated estimate of the importance of giving full assent to any particular formula of the Christian faith. Shaff.

Confessionalist

Con*fes"sion*al*ist, n. A priest hearing, or sitting to hear, confession. [R.] Boucher

Confessionary

Con*fes"sion*a*ry (?), n. [LL. confessionarium.] A confessional. [Obs.] Johnson.

Confessionary

Con*fes"sion*a*ry, a. Pertaining to auricular confession; as, a confessionary litany.

Confessionist

Con*fes"sion*ist, n. [Cf. F. confessioniste.] One professing a certain faith. Bp. Montagu.

Confessor

Con*fess"or (?; 277), n. [OF. confessor, F. confesseur, fr. L. & LL. confessor.]

1. One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith.

He who dies for religion is a martyr; he who suffers for it is a confessor. Latham.
Our religion which hath been sealed with the blood of so many martyrs and confessors. Bacon.

2. A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution.

Confessorship

Con*fess"or*ship, n. The act or state of suffering persecution for religious faith.
Our duty to contend even to confessorship. J. H. Newman.

Confestly

Con*fest"ly (?), adv. See Cofessedly.

Confidant; 277, n. masc., Confidante

Con`fi*dant" (?); 277), n. masc., Con`fi*dante" (?; 277), n. fem.[F. confident, confidente, formerly also spelt confidant, confidante. See Confide, and cf. Confident.] One to whom secrets, especially those relating to affairs of love, are confided or intrusted; a confidential or bosom friend.
You love me for no other end Than to become my confidant and friend; As such I keep no secret from your sight. Dryden.

Confide

Con*fide" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Confided; p.pr. & vb.n. Confiding.] [L. confidere; con- + fidere to trust. See Faith, and cf. Affiance.] To put faith (in); to repose confidence; to trust; -- usually followed by in; as, the prince confides in his ministers.
By thy command I rise or fall, In thy protection I confide. Byron.
Judge before friendships, then confide till death. Young.

Confide

Con*fide", v. t. To intrust; to give in charge; to commit to one's keeping; -- followed by to.
Congress may . . . confide to the Circuit jurisdiction of all offenses against the United States. Story.

Confidence

Con"fi*dence (?), n. [L. confidentia firm trust in, self-confidence: cf. F. confidence.]

1. The act of confiding, trusting, or putting faith in; trust; reliance; belief; -- formerly followed by of, now commonly by in.

Society is built upon trust, and trust upon confidence of one another's integrity. South.
A cheerful confidence in the mercy of God. Macaulay.

2. That in which faith is put or reliance had.

The Lord shall be thy confidence. Prov. iii. 26.

3. The state of mind characterized by one's reliance on himself, or his circumstamces; a feeling of self-sufficiency; such assurance as leads to a feeling of security; self-reliance; -- often with self prefixed.

Your wisdom is consumed in confidence; Do not go forth to-day. Shak.
But confidence then bore thee on secure Either to meet no danger, or to find Matter of glorious trial. Milton.

4. Private conversation; (pl.) secrets shared; as, there were confidences between them.

Sir, I desire some confidence with you. Shak.
Confidence game, any swindling operation in which advantage is taken of the confidence reposed by the victim in the swindler. -- Confidence man, a swindler. -- To take into one's confidence, to admit to a knowledge of one's feelings, purposes, or affairs. Syn. -- Trust; assurance; expectation; hope.
I am confident that very much be done. Boyle.

2. Trustful; without fear or suspicion; frank; unreserved.

Be confident to speak, Northumberland; We three are but thyself. Shak.

3. Having self-reliance; bold; undaunted.

As confident as is the falcon's flight Against a bird, do I with Mowbray fight. Shak.

4. Having an excess of assurance; bold to a fault; dogmatical; impudent; presumptuous.

The fool rageth and is confident. Prov. xiv. 16.

5. Giving occasion for confidence. [R.]

The cause was more confident than the event was prosperious. Jer. Taylor.

Confident

Con"fi*dent, n. See Confidant. South. Dryden.

Confidential

Con`fi*den"tial (?), a. [Cf. F. confidentiel.]

1. Enjoying, or treated with, confidence; trusted in; trustworthy; as, a confidential servant or clerk.

2. Communicated in confidence; secret. "Confidential messages." Burke. Confidential communication (Law) See Privileged communication, under Privileged. -- Confidential creditors, those whose claims are of such a character that they are entitled to be paid before other creditors. -- Confidential debts, debts incurred for borrowed money, and regarded as having a claim to be paid before other debts. McElrath.

Confidentially

Con`fi*den"tial*ly (?), adv. In confidence; in reliance on secrecy.

Confidently

Con"fi*dent*ly (?), adv. With confidence; with strong assurance; positively.

Confidentness

Con"fi*dent*ness, n. The quality of being confident.

Confider

Con*fid"er (?), n. One who confides.

Confiding

Con*fid"ing, a. That confides; trustful; unsuspicious. -- Con*fid"ing*ly, adv. -- Con*fid"ing*ness, n.

Configurate

Con*fig"ur*ate (?), v. i. [L. configuratus, p.p. of configurare to form or after; con- + figurare to form, figura form. See Figure.] To take form or position, as the parts of a complex structure; to agree with a pattern.
Known by the name of uniformity; Where pyramids to pyramids relate And the whole fabric doth configurate. Jordan.

Configuration

Con*fig`u*ra"tion (?), n. [L. configuratio.]

1. Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

It is the variety of configurations [of the mouth] . . . which gives birth and origin to the several vowels. Harris.

2. (Astrol.) Relative position or aspect of the planets; the face of the horoscope, according to the relative positions of the planets at any time.

They [astrologers] undertook . . . to determine the course of a man's character and life from the configuration of the stars at the moment of his birth. Whewell.

Configure

Con*fig"ure (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Configured (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Configuring.] [L. configurare: cf. F. configurer. See Configurate.] To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape. Bentley.

Confinable

Con*fin"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being confined, restricted, or limited.
Not confinable to any limits. Bp. Hall.

Confine

Con*fine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confined (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Confining.] [F. confiner to border upon, LL. confinare to set bounds to; con- + finis boundary, end. See Final, Finish.] To restrain within limits; to restrict; to limit; to bound; to shut up; to inclose; to keep close.
Now let not nature's hand Keep the wild flood confined! let order die! Shak.
He is to confine himself to the compass of numbers and the slavery of rhyme. Dryden.
To be confined, to be in childbed. Syn. -- To bound; limit; restrain; imprison; immure; inclose; circumscribe; restrict.

Confine

Con"fine (?) or (v. i.
To have a common boundary; to border; to lie contiguous; to touch; -- followed by on or with. [Obs.]
Where your g;oomy bounds Confine with heaven. Milton.
Beywixt hezven and earth and skies there stands a place. Confuining on all three. Dryden.

Confine

Con"fine (?), n.

1. Common boundary; border; limit; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Events that came to pass within the confines of Judea. Locke.
And now in little space The confines met of emryrean heaven, And of this world. Milton.
On the confines of the city and the Temple. Macaulay.

2. Apartment; place of restraint; prison. [Obs.]

Confines, wards, and dungeons. Shak.
The extravagant and erring spirit hies To his confine. Shak.

Confineless

Con"fine`less (? ∨ ?), a. Without limitation or end; boundless. Shak.

Confinement

Con*fine"ment (?), n.

1. Restraint within limits; imprisonment; any restraint of liberty; seclusion.

The mind hates restraint, and is apt to fancy itself under confinement when the sight is pent up. Addison.

2. Restraint within doors by sickness, esp. that caused by childbirth; lying-in.

Confiner

Con*fin"er (?), n. One who, or that which, limits or restrains.

Confiner

Con"fi`ner (? ∨ , n. One who lives on confines, or near the border of a country; a borderer; a near neighbor. [Obs.] Bacon.
Happy confiners you of other lands, That shift your soil, and oft 'scape tyrants' hands. Daniel.

Confinity

Con*fin"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. confinit\'82.] Community of limits; contiguity. [R.] Bailey.

Confirm

Con*firm" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Confrmed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Confirming.] [OE. confermen, confirmen, OF. confermer, F. confirmer, fr. L. confirmare; con- + firmare to make firm, fr. firmus firm. See Firm.]

1. To make firm or firmer; to add strength to; to establish; as, health is confirmed by exercise.

Confirm the crown to me and to mine heirs. Shak.
Annd confirmed the same unto Jacob for a law. Ps. cv. 10.

2. To strengthen in judgment or purpose.

Confirmed, then, I resolve Adam shall share with me in bliss or woe. Milton.

3. To give new assurance of the truth of; to render certain; to verify; to corroborate; as, to confirm a rumor.

Your eyes shall witness and confirm my tale. Pope.
These likelihoods confirm her flight. Shak.

4. To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Senate confirms a treaty.

That treaty so prejudicial ought to have been remitted rather than confimed. Swift.

5. (Eccl.) To administer the rite of confirmation to. See Confirmation, 3.

Those which are thus confirmed are thereby supposed to be fit for admission to the sacrament. Hammond.
Syn. -- To strengthen; corroborate; substantiate; establish; fix; ratify; settle; verify; assure.

Confirmable

Con*firm"a*ble (?), a. That may be confirmed.

Confirmance

Con*firm"ance (?), n. Confirmation. [Obs.]

Confirmation

Con`fir*ma"tion (?), n. [F. confirmation, L. confirmatio.]

1. The act of confirming or strengthening; the act of establishing, ratifying, or sanctioning; as, the confirmation of an appointment.

Their blood is shed In confirmation of the noblest claim. Cowper.

2. That which confirms; that which gives new strength or assurance; as to a statement or belief; additional evidence; proof; convincing testimony.

Trifles light as air Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of holy writ. Shak.

3. (Eccl.) A rite supplemental to baptism, by which a person is admitted, through the laying on of the hands of a bishop, to the full privileges of the church, as in the Roman Catholic, the Episcopal Church, etc.

This ordinance is called confirmation, because they who duly receive it are confirmed or strengthened for the fulfillment of their Christian duties, by the grace therein bestowed upon them. Hook.

4. (Law) A conveyance by which a voidable estate is made sure and not voliable, or by which a particular estate is increased; a contract, express or implied, by which a person makes that firm and binding which was before voidable.

Confirmative

Con*firm"a*tive (?), a. [L. confirmativus: cf. F. confirmatif.] Tending confirm or establish. Sherwood. -- Con*firm"a*tive*ly, adv.

Confirmator

Con"fir*ma`tor (?), n. [L.] One who, or that which, confirms; a confirmer. Sir T. Browne.

Confirmatory

Con*firm"a*to*ry (?), a. . Serving to confirm; corroborative.
A fact confirmatory of the conclusion. I. Taylor.

2. Pertaining to the rite of confirmation. Compton.

Confirmedly

Con*firm"ed*ly (?), adv. With confirmation.

Confirmedness

Con*firm"ed*ness, n. A fixed state.

Confirmee

Con`fir*mee" (?), n. [F. confirm, p.p. of confirmer.] (Law) One to whom anuthing is confirmed.

Confirmer

Con*firm"er (?), n. One who, or that which, confirms, establishes, or ratifies; one who corroborates. Shak.

Confirmingly

Con*firm"ing*ly, adv. In a confirming manner.

Confiscable

Con*fis"ca*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. confiscable.] Capable of being confiscated; liable to forfeiture.

Confiscate

Con"fis*cate (? ∨ , a. [L. confiscatus, p.p. of confiscare to confiscate, prop., to lay up in a chest; con- + fiscus basket, purse, treasury. See Fiscal.] Seized and appropriated by the government to the public use; forfeited.
Lest that your goods too soon be confiscate. Shak.

Confiscate

Con"fis*cate (? ∨ , v. t. [imp & p. p. Confiscated; p.pr & vb. n. Confiscating.] To seize as forfeited to the public treasury; to appropriate to the public use.
It was judged that he should be banished and his whole estate confiscated and seized. Bacon.

Confiscation

Con`fis*ca"tion (?), n. [L. confiscatio.] The act or process of taking property or condemning it to be taken, as forfeited to the public use.
The confiscations following a subdued rebellion. Hallam.

Confiscator

Con"fis*ca`tor (?), n. [L., a treasurer.] One who confiscates. Burke.

Confiscatory

Con*fis"ca*to*ry (?), a. Effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations. "Confiscatory and exterminatory periods." Burke.

Confit

Con"fit (?), n. Same as Comfit. [Obs.]

Confitent

Con"fi*tent (?), n. [L. confitens, p.pr.] One who confesses his sins and faults. [Obs.]

Confiteor

Con*fit"e*or (?), n. [L., I confess. See Confess.] (R.C.Ch.) A form of prayer in which public confession of sins is made.

Confiture

Con"fi*ture (? ∨ , n. The state or quality of being congenial; natural affinity; adaptation; suitableness. Sir J. Reynolds.
If congeniality of tastes could have made a marriage happy, that union should have been thrice blessed. Motley.

Congenialize

Con*gen"ial*ize (?), v. t. To make congenial. [R.]

Congenially

Con*gen"ial*ly, adv. In a congenial manner; as, congenially married or employed.

Congenialness

Con*gen"ial*ness, n. Congeniality.

Congenious

Con*gen"ious (?), a. Congeneric. [Obs.]

Congenital

Con*gen"i*tal (?), a. [From Congenite.] Existing at, or dating from, birth; pertaining to one from birth; born with one; connate; constitutinal; natural; as, a congenital deformity. See Connate.

Congenitally

Con*gen"i*tal*ly, dv. In a congenital manner.

Congenite

Con*gen"ite (?), a. [L. congenitus; con- + genitus, p.p. of gignere to beget. See Generate.] Congenital; connate; inborn. See Congenital. [Obs.]
Many conclusions, of moral and intellectual truths, seem . . . to be congenite with us. Sir M. Hale.

Conger

Con"ger (?), n. [L. conger, congrus, akin to Gr. congre.] (Zo\'94l.) The conger eel; -- called also congeree. Conger sea (Zo\'94l.), the sea eel; a large species of eel (Conger vulgaris), which sometimes grows to the length of ten feet.

Congeries

Con*ge"ri*es (?), n. sing & pl. [L., fr. congerere. See Congest.] A collection of particles or bodies into one mass; a heap; an aggregation.

Congest

Con*gest" (#), v. t. [L. congestus, p. p. of congere to bring together; con- + gerere. See Gerund.]

1. To collect or gather into a mass or aggregate; to bring together; to accumulate.

To what will thy congested guilt amount? Blackmore.

2. (Med.) To cause an overfullness of the blood vessels (esp. the capillaries) of an organ or part.

Congested

Con*gest"ed (?), a.

1. (Bot.) Crowded together. Gray.

2. (Med.) Containing an unnatural accumulation of blood; hyper\'91mic; -- said of any part of the body.

Congestion

Con*ges"tion (?; 106), n. [L. congestio: cf. F. congestion.]

1. The act of gathering into a heap or mass; accumulation. [Obs.]

The congestion of dead bodies one upon another. Evelyn.

2. (Med.) Overfullness of the capillary and other blood vessels, etc., in any locality or organ (often producing other morbid symptoms); local hyperas, arterial congestion; venous congestion; congestion of the lungs.

Congestive

Con*gest"ive (?), a. (Med.) Pertaining to, indicating, or attended with, congestion in some part of the body; as, a congestive fever.

Congiary

Con"gi*a*ry (?), n.; pl. Congiaries (#). [L. congiarium, fr. congius a liquid measure.] A present, as of corn, wine, or oil, made by a Roman emperor to the soldiers or the people; -- so called because measured to each in a congius. Addison. &hand; In later years, when gifts of money were distributed, the name congius was retained.

Congius

Con"gi*us (?), n. [L.]

1. (Roman Antiq.) A liquid measure containing about three quarts.

2. (Med.) A gallon, or four quarts. [Often abbreviated to cong.]

Conglaciate

Con*gla"ci*ate (?; 221), v. t. & i. [L. conglaciatus, p.p. of conglaciare. See Glaciate.] To turn to ice; to freeze. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Conglaciation

Con*gla`ci*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. conglaciation.] The act or process of changing into ice, or the state of being converted to ice; a freezing; congelation; also, a frost. Bacon.

Conglobate

Con*glo"bate (?; 277), a. [L. conglobatus, p.p. of conglobare to conglobate. See Globate.] Collected into, or forming, a rounded mass or ball; as, the conglobate [lymphatic] glands; conglobate flowers.

Conglobate

Con*glo"bate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglobated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglobating.] [Cf. Conglore.] To collect or form into a ball or rounded mass; to gather or mass together.
Conglobated bubbles undissolved. Wordsworth.

Conglobation

Con`glo*ba"tion (?), n. [L. conglobatio: cf. F. conglobation.]

1. The act or process of forming into a ball. Sir T. Browne.

2. A round body.

Conglobe

Con*globe" (#), v. t. [imp & p. p. Conglobed (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Conglobing.] [L. conglobare: cf. F. conglober. Cf. Conglobate.] To gather into a ball; to collect into a round mass.
Then founded, then conglobed Like things to like. Milton.

Conglobe

Con*globe", v. i. To collect, unite, or coalesce in a round mass. Milton.

Conglobulate

Con*glob"u*late (?), v. i. [Pref. con- + globule.] To gather into a small round mass.

Conglomerate

Con*glom"er*ate (?), a. [L. conglomeratus, p.p. of conglomerare to roll together; con- + glomerare to wind into a ball. See Glomerate.]

1. Gathered into a ball or a mass; collected together; concentrated; as, conglomerate rays of light.

Beams of light when they are multiplied and conglomerate. Bacon.
Fluids are separated in the liver and the other conglobate and conglomerate glands. Cheyne.

2. (Bot.) Closely crowded together; densly clustered; as, conglomerate flowers. Gray.

3. (Geol.) Composed of stones, pebbles, or fragments of rocks, cemented together.

Conglomerate

Con*glom"er*ate (?), n.

1. That which is heaped together in a mass or conpacted from various sources; a mass formed of fragments; collection; accumulation.

A conglomerate of marvelous anecdotes, marvelously heaped together. Trench.

2. (Geol.) A rock, composed or rounded fragments of stone cemented together by another mineral substance, either calcareous, siliceous, or argillaceous; pudding stone; -- opposed to agglomerate. See Breccia.

A conglomerate, therefore, is simply gravel bound together by a cement. Lyell.

Conglomerate

Con*glom"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglomerated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglomerating.] To gather into a ball or round body; to collect into a mass.

Conglomeration

Con*glom`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. conglomeratio: cf. F. conglomeration.] The act or process of gathering into a mass; the state of being thus collected; collection; accumulation; that which is conglomerated; a mixed mass. Bacon.

Conglutin

Con*glu"tin (?), n. [From Conglutinate.] (Chem.) A variety of vegetable casein, resembling legumin, and found in almonds, rye, wheat, etc.

Conglutinant

Con*glu"ti*nant (?), a. [L., conglutinans, p.pr.] Cementing together; uniting closely; causing to adhere; promoting healing, as of a wound or a broken bone, by adhesion of the parts.

Conglutinate

Con*glu"ti*nate (?), a. [L. conglutinatus, p.p. of conglutinare to glue; con- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.] Glued together; united, as by some adhesive substance.

Conglutinate

Con*glu"ti*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conglutinated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conglutinating.] To glue together; to unite by some glutinous or tenacious substance; to cause to adhere or to grow together.
Bones . . . have had their broken parts conglutinated within three or four days. Boyle.

Conglutinate

Con*glu"ti*nate, v. i. To unite by the intervention of some glutinous substance; to coalesce.
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Conglutination

Con*glu`ti*na"tion (?), n. [L. conglutinatio: cf. F. conglutination.] A gluing together; a joining by means of some tenacious substance; junction; union.
Conglutination of parts separated by a wound. Arbuthnot.

Conglutinative

Con*glu"ti*na"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. conglutinatif.] Conglutinant.

Congou, Congo

Con"gou (?), Con"go (?), n. [Chin. kung-foo labor.] Black tea, of higher grade (finer leaf and less dusty) than the present bohea. See Tea.
Of black teas, the great mass is called Congou, or the "well worked", a name which took the place of the Bohea of 150 years ago, and is now itself giving way to the term "English breakfast tea." S. W. Williams.

Congo snake

Con"go snake" (?). (Zo\'94l.) An amphibian (Amphiuma means) of the order Urodela, found in the southern United States. See Amphiuma.

Congratulant

Con*grat"u*lant (?), a. [L. congratulans, p. pr.] Rejoicing together; congratulatory.
With like joy Congratulant approached him. Milton.

Congratulate

Con*grat"u*late (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congratulated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congratulating.] [L. congratulatus, p.p. of congratulari to wish joy abundantly; con- + gratulari to wish joy, from gratus pleasing. See Grateful.] To address with expressions of sympathetic pleasure on account of some happy event affecting the person addressed; to wish joy to.
It is the king's most sweet pleasure and affection to congratulate the princess at her pavilion. Shak.
To congratulate one's self, to rejoice; to feel satisfaction; to consider one's self happy or fortunate. Syn. -- To Congratulate, Felicitate. To felicitate is simply to wish a person joy. To congratulate has the additional signification of uniting in the joy of him whom we congratulate. Hence they are by no means synonymous. One who has lost the object of his affections by her marriage to a rival, might perhaps felicitate that rival on his success, but could never be expected to congratulate him on such an event.
Felicitations are little better than compliments; congratulations are the expression of a genuine sympathy and joy. Trench.

Congratulate

Con*grat"u*late, v. i. To express of feel sympathetic joy; as, to congratulate with one's country. [R.] Swift.
The subjects of England may congratulate to themselves. Dryden.

Congratulation

Con*grat`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. congratulatio: cf. F. congratulation.] The act of congratulating; an expression of sympathetic pleasure.
With infinite congratulations for our safe arrival. Dr. J. Scott.

Congratulator

Con*grat"u*la`tor (?), n. One who offers congratulation. Milton.

Congratulatory

Con*grat"u*la*to*ry (?), a. Expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter.

Congree

Con*gree" (?), v. i. [Pref.on-+ L. gratus pleasing. Cf. Agree.] To agree. [bs.] Shak.

Congreet

Con*greet" (?), v. t. To salute mutually. [Obs.]

Congregate

Con"gre*gate (?), a. [L. congregatus, p.p. of congregare to congregate; on- + gregare to collect into a flock, fr. grex flock, herd. See Gregarious.] Collected; compact; close. [R.] Bacon.

Congregate

Con"gre*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Congregated; p.pr. & vb.n. Congregating] To collect into an assembly or assemblage; to assemble; to bring into one place, or into a united body; to gather together; to mass; to compact.
Any multitude of Christian men congregated may be termed by the name of a church. Hooker.
Cold congregates all bodies. Coleridge.
The great receptacle Of congregated waters he called Seas. Milton.

Congregate

Con"gre*gate, v. i. To come together; to assemble; to meet.
Even there where merchants most do congregate. Shak.

Congregation

Con`gre*ga"tion (?), n. [L. congregatio: cf. F. congr\'82gation.]

1. The act of congregating, or bringing together, or of collecting into one aggregate or mass.

The means of reduction in the fire is but by the congregation of homogeneal parts. Bacon.

2. A collection or mass of separate things.

A foul and pestilent congregation of vapors. Shak.

3. An assembly of persons; a gathering; esp. an assembly of persons met for the worship of God, and for religious instruction; a body of people who habitually so meet.

He [Bunyan] rode every year to London, and preached there to large and attentive congregations. Macaulay.

4. (Anc. Jewish Hist.) The whole body of the Jewish people; -- called also Congregation of the Lord.

It is a sin offering for the congregation. Lev. iv. 21.

5. (R. C. Ch.) (a) A body of cardinals or other ecclesiastics to whom as intrusted some departament of the church business; as, the Congregation of the Propaganda, which has charge of the missions of the Roman Catholic Church. (b) A company of religious persons forming a subdivision of a monastic order.

6. The assemblage of Masters and Doctors at Oxford or Cambrige University, mainly for the granting of degrees. [Eng.]

7. (Scotch Church Hist.) the name assumed by the Protestant party under John Knox. The leaders called themselves (1557) Lords of the Congregation.

Congregational

Con`gre*ga"tion*al (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a congregation; conducted, or participated in, by a congregation; as, congregational singing.

2. Belonging to the system of Congregationalism, or to Congregationalist; holding to the faith and polity of Congregationalism; as, a Congregational church.

Congregationalism

Con`gre*ga"tion*al*ism (?), n.

1. That system of church organization which vests all ecclesiastical power in the assembled brotherhood of each local church.

2. The faith and polity of the Congregational churches, taken collectively. &hand; In this sense (which is its usual signification) Congregationalism is the system of faith and practice common to a large body of evangelical Trinitarian churches, which recognize the local brotherhood of each church as independent of all dictation in ecclesiastical matters, but are united in fellowship and joint action, as in councils for mutual advice, and in consociations, conferences, missionary organizations, etc., and to whose membership the designation "Congregationalists" is generally restricted; but Unitarian and other churches are Congregational in their polity.

Congregationalist

Con`gre*ga"tion*al*ist, n. One who belongs to a Congregational church or society; one who holds to Congregationalism.

Congress

Con"gress (?), n.; pl. Congresses (#). [L. congressus, fr. congredi, p.p. -gressus, to go or come together; con- + grati to go or step, gradus step: cf. F. congr. See Grade.]

1. A meeting of individuals, whether friendly or hostile; an encounter. [Obs.]

Here Pallas urges on, and Lausus there;< heir congress in the field great Jove withstands. Dryden.

2. A sudden encounter; a collision; a shock; -- said of things. [Obs.]

From these laws may be deduced the rules of the congresses and reflections of two bodies. Cheyne.

3. The coming together of a male and female in sexual commerce; the act of coition. Pennant.

4. A gathering or assembly; a conference.

5. A formal assembly, as of princes, deputies, representatives, envoys, or commissioners; esp., a meeting of the representatives of several governments or societies to consider and determine matters of common interest.

The European powers strove to . . . accommodate their differences at the congress of Vienna. Alison.

6. The collective body of senators and representatives of the people of a nation, esp. of a republic, constituting the chief legislative body of the nation. &hand; In the Congress of the United States (which took the place of the Federal Congress, March 4, 1789), the Senate consists of two Senators from each State, chosen by the State legislature for a term of six years, in such a way that the terms of one third of the whole number expire every year; the House of Representatives consists of members elected by the people of the several Congressional districts, for a term of two years, the term of all ending at the same time. The united body of Senators and Representatives for any term of two years for which the whole body of Representatives is chosen is called one Congress. Thus the session which began in December, 1887, was the first (or long) session, and that which began in December, 1888, was the second (or short) session, of the Fiftieth Congress. When an extra session is had before the date of the first regular meeting of a Congress, that is called the first session, and the following regular session is called the second session.

7. The lower house of the Spanish Cortes, the members of which are elected for three years. The Continental Congress, an assembly of deputies from the thirteen British colonies in America, appointed to deliberate in respect to their common interests. They first met in 1774, and from time thereafter until near the close of the Revolution. -- The Federal Congress, the assembly of representatives of the original States of the American Union, who met under the Articles of Confederation from 1781 till 1789. -- Congress boot ∨ gaiter, a high shoe or half-boot, coming above the ankle, and having the sides made in part of some elastic material which stretches to allow the boot to be drawn on and off. [U.S.] -- Congress water, a saline mineral water from the Congress spring at Saratoga, in the State of New York. Syn. -- Assembly; meeting; convention; convocation; council; diet; conclave; parliament; legislature.

Congression

Con*gres"sion (? ∨ , n. [L. congressio.] A coming or bringing together, as in a public meeting, in a dispute, in the act of comparing, or in sexual intercourse. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Congressional

Con*gres"sion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a congress, especially, to the Congress of the United States; as, congressional debates.
Congressional and official labor. E. Everett.
Congressional District, one of the divisions into which a State is periodically divided (according to population), each of which is entitled to elect a Representative to the Congress of the United States.

Congressive

Con*gres"sive (?), a. Encountering, or coming together. Sir T. Browne.

Congressman

Con"gress*man (?), n.; pl. Congressmen (. A member of the Congress of the United States, esp. of the House of Representatives.

Congreve rocket

Con"greve rock"et (?). See under Rocket.

Congrue

Con"grue" (?), v. i. [L. congruere. See Congruous.] To agree; to be suitable. [Obs.] Shak.

Congruence

Con"gru*ence (?), n. [L. congruentia: cf. OF. cornguence.] Suitableness of one thing to another; agreement; consistency. Holland.

Congruency

Con"gru*en*cy (? ∨ ?), n. Congruence. Congruency of lines. (Geom.) See Complex of lines, under Complex, n.

Congruent

Con"gru*ent (?), a. [L. congruens, p.pr. of congruere: cf. F. congruent.] Possessing congruity; suitable; agreeing; corresponding.
The congruent and harmonious fitting of parts in a sentence. B. Jonson.
Congruent figures (Geom.), concurring figures.

Congruism

Con"gru*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. congruisme.] (Scholastic Theol.) See Congruity.

Congruity

Con*gru"i*ty (? ∨ , n.; pl. Congruities (#). [Cf. F. congruit.]

1. The state or quality of being congruous; the relation or agreement between things; fitness; harmony; correspondence; consistency.

With what congruity doth the church of Rome deny that her enemies do at all appertain to the church of Christ? Hooker.
A whole sentence may fail of its congruity by wanting one particle. Sir P. Sidney.

2. (Geom.) Coincidence, as that of lines or figures laid over one another.

3. (Scholastic Theol.) That, in an imperfectly good persons, which renders it suitable for God to bestow on him gifts of grace.

Congruous

Con"gru*ous (?), a. [L. congruus, fr. congruere to come together, to coincide, to agree. Of uncertain origin.] Suitable or concordant; accordant; fit; harmonious; correspondent; consistent.
Not congruous to the nature of epic poetry. Blair.
It is no ways congruous that God should be always frightening men into an acknowledgment of the truth. Atterbury.

Congruously

Con"gru*ous*ly, adv. In a congruous manner.

Conhydrine

Con*hy"drine (? ∨ , n. [Conium + hydrate.] (Chem.) A vegetable alkaloid found with conine in the poison hemlock (Conium maculatum). It is a white crystalline substance, C8H17NO, easily convertible into conine.

Conia

Co*ni"a (? ∨ , n. [NL. See Conium.] (Chem.) Same as Conine.

Conic, Conical

Con"ic (?), Con"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. conique. See Cone.]

1. Having the form of, or resembling, a geometrical cone; round and tapering to a point, or gradually lessening in circumference; as, a conic or conical figure; a conical vessel.

2. Of or pertaining to a cone; as, conic sections. Conic section (Geom.), a curved line formed by the intersection of the surface of a right cone and a plane. The conic sections are the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. The right lines and the circle which result from certain positions of the plane are sometimes, though not generally included. -- Conic sections, that branch of geometry which treats of the parabola, ellipse, and hyperbola. -- Conical pendulum. See Pendulum. -- Conical projection, a method of delineating the surface of a sphere upon a plane surface as if projected upon the surface of a cone; -- much used by makers of maps in Europe. -- Conical surface (Geom.), a surface described by a right line moving along any curve and always passing through a fixed point that is not in the plane of that curve.

Conic

Con"ic, n. (Math.) A conic section.

Conicality

Con`i*cal"i*ty (?), n. Conicalness.

Conically

Con"ic*al*ly (?), adv. In the form of a cone.

Conicalness

Con"ic*al*ness, n. State or quality of being conical.

Conico-

Con"i*co- (, a. [See Conic.] A combining form, meaning somewhat resembling a cone; as, conico-cylindrical, resembling a cone and a cylinder; conico-hemispherical; conico-subulate.

Conicoid

Con"i*coid (?), a. [Conic + -oid.] (Math.) Same as Conoidal.

Conics

Con"ics (?), n.

1. That branch of geometry which treats of the cone and the curves which arise from its sections.

2. Conic sections.

Conidium

Co*nid"i*um (?), n.; pl. Conida (#). [NL.] (Bot.) A peculiar kind of reproductive cell found in certain fungi, and often containing zo\'94spores.

Conifer

Co"ni*fer (?), n. [L. conifer; conus cone + ferre to bear: cf. F. conif\'8are.] (Bot.) A tree or shrub bearing cones; one of the order Coniferae, which includes the pine, cypress, and (according to some) the yew.

Coniferin

Co*nif"er*in (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside extracted from the cambium layer of coniferous trees as a white crystalline substance.

Coniferous

Co*nif"er*ous (?), a. (a) Bearing cones, as the pine and cypress. (b) Pertaining to the order Coniferae, of which the pine tree is the type.

Coniform

Co"ni*form (?), a. [Cone + -form: cf. F. coniforme.] Cone-shaped; conical.

Coniine

Co*ni"ine (? ∨ , n. See Conine.

Conimene

Co"ni*mene (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Chem.) Same as Olibene.

Conine

Co"nine (? ∨ , n. [From Conium.] (Chem.) A powerful and very poisonous vegetable alkaloid found in the hemlock (Conium maculatum) and extracted as a colorless oil, C8H17N, of strong repulsive odor and acrid taste. It is regarded as a derivative of piperidine and likewise of one of the collidines. It occasions a gradual paralysis of the motor nerves. Called also coniine, coneine, conia, etc. See Conium, 2.

Coniroster

Co`ni*ros"ter (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the Conirostres.

Conirostral

Co`ni*ros"tral (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Conirostres.

Conirostres

Co`ni*ros"tres (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. conus cone + rostrum beak: cf. F. conirostre.] (Zo\'94l.) A tribe of perching birds, including those which have a strong conical bill, as the finches.

Conisor

Con`i*sor" (?), n. [Obs.] See Cognizor.

Conistra

Co*nis"tra (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Greek Antiq.) Originally, a part of the palestra, or gymnasium among the Greeks; either the place where sand was stored for use in sprinkling the wrestlers, or the wrestling ground itself. Hence, a part of the orchestra of the Greek theater.

Conite

Co"nite (?), n. [Gr. conite. So called on account of its gray color.] (Min.) A magnesian variety of dolomite.

Conium

Co*ni"um (? ∨ , n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Bot.) A genus of biennial, poisonous, white-flowered, umbelliferous plants, bearing ribbed fruit ("seeds") and decompound leaves.


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2. (Med.) The common hemlock (Conium maculatum, poison hemlock, spotted hemlock, poison parsley), a roadside weed of Europe, Asia, and America, cultivated in the United States for medicinal purpose. It is an active poison. The leaves and fruit are used in medicine.

Conject

Con*ject" (?), v. t. [L. conjectus, p.p. of conjicere. See Conjecture, n.] To throw together, or to throw. [Obs.] Bp. Montagu.

Conject

Con*ject", v. t. To conjecture; also, to plan. [Obs.]

Conjector

Con*ject"or (?), n. [L.] One who guesses or conjectures. [Obs.]
A great conjector at other men by their writings. Milton.

Conjecturable

Con*jec"tur*a*ble (?; 135), a. Capable of being conjectured or guessed.

Conjectural

Con*jec"tur*al (?), a. [L. conjecturalis: cf. F. conjectural.] Dependent on conjecture; fancied; imagined; guessed at; undetermined; doubtful.
And mak'st conjectural fears to come into me. Shak.
A slight expense of conjectural analogy. Hugh Miller.
Who or what such editor may be, must remain conjectural. Carlyle.

Conjecturalist

Con*jec"tur*al*ist, n. A conjecturer. [R.] Month. rev.

Conjecturally

Con*jec`tur*al"ly (?), n. That which depends upon guess; guesswork. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Conjecturally

Con*jec`tur*al*ly, adv. In a conjectural manner; by way of conjecture. Boyle.

Conjecture

Con*jec"ture (; 135?), n. [L. conjectura, fr. conjicere, conjectum, to throw together, infer, conjecture; con- + jacere to throw: cf. F. conjecturer. See Jet a shooting forth.] An opinion, or judgment, formed on defective or presumptive evidence; probable inference; surmise; guess; suspicion.
He [Herodotus] would thus have corrected his first loose conjecture by a real study of nature. Whewell.
Conjectures, fancies, built on nothing firm. Milton.

Conjecture

Con*jec"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjectured (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conjecturing.] [Cf. F. conjecturer. Cf. Conject.] To arrive at by conjecture; to infer on slight evidence; to surmise; to guess; to form, at random, opinions concerning.
Human reason can then, at the best, but conjecture what will be. South.

Conjecture

Con*jec"ture, v. i. To make conjectures; to surmise; to guess; to infer; to form an opinion; to imagine.

Conjecturer

Con*jec"tur*er (?), n. One who conjectures. Hobbes.

Conjoin

Con*join (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjoined (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conjoining.] [F. conjoindre, fr. L. conjungere, -junctum; con- + jungere to join. See Join, and cf. Conjugate, Conjunction.] To join together; to unite.
The English army, that divided was Into two parties, is now conjoined in one. Shak.
If either of you know any inward impediment why you should not be conjoined. Shak.
Let that which he learns next be nearly conjoined with what he knows already. Locke.

Conjoin

Con*join", v. i. To unite; to join; to league. Shak.

Conjoined

Con*joined" (?), a. (Her.) Joined together or touching.

Conjoint

Con*joint" (?), a. [F. conjoint, p.p. of conjoindre. See Conjoin, and cf. Conjunct.] United; connected; associated. "Influence conjoint." Glover. Conjoint degrees (Mus.), two notes which follow each other immediately in the order of the scale, as ut and re. Johnson. Conjoint tetrachords (Mus.), two tetrachords or fourths, where the same note is the highest of one and the lowest of the other; -- also written conjunct.

Conjointly

Con*joint"ly, adv. In a conjoint manner; untitedly; jointly; together. Sir T. Browne.

Conjointness

Con*joint"ness, n. The qquality of being conjoint.

Conjubilant

Con*ju"bi*lant (?), a. Shouting together for joy; rejoicing together. [R.] Neale.

Conjugal

Con"ju*gal (?), a. [L. conjugalis, fr. conjux husband, wife, consort, fr. conjungere to unite, join in marriage. See Conjoin.] Belonging to marriage; suitable or appropriate to the marriage state or to married persons; matrimonial; connubial. "Conjugal affection." Milton.

Conjugality

Con`ju*gal"i*ty (?), n. The conjugal state; sexual intercourse. [R.] Milton.

Conjugally

Con"ju*gal*ly (?), adv. In a conjugal manner; matrimonially; connubially.

Conjugate

Con"ju*gate (?), a. [L. conjugatus, p.p. or conjugare to unite; con- + jugare to join, yoke, marry, jugum yoke; akin to jungere to join. See Join.]

1. United in pairs; yoked together; coupled.

2. (Bot.) In single pairs; coupled.

3. (Chem.) Containing two or more radicals supposed to act the part of a single one. [R.]

4. (Gram.) Agreeing in derivation and radical signification; -- said of words.

5. (Math.) Presenting themselves simultaneously and having reciprocal properties; -- frequently used in pure and applied mathematics with reference to two quantities, points, lines, axes, curves, etc. Conjugate axis of a hyperbola (Math.), the line through the center of the curve, perpendicular to the line through the two foci. -- Conjugate diameters (Conic Sections), two diameters of an ellipse or hyperbola such that each bisects all chords drawn parallel to the other. -- Conjugate focus (Opt.) See under Focus. -- Conjugate mirrors (Optics), two mirrors so placed that rays from the focus of one are received at the focus of the other, especially two concave mirrors so placed that rays proceeding from the principal focus of one and reflected in a parallel beam are received upon the other and brought to the principal focus. -- Conjugate point (Geom.), an acnode. See Acnode, and Double point. -- Self-conjugate triangle (Conic Sections), a triangle each of whose vertices is the pole of the opposite side with reference to a conic.

Conjugate

Con`ju*gate (?), n. [L. conjugatum a combining, etymological relationship.]

1. A word agreeing in derivation with another word, and therefore generally resembling it in signification.

We have learned, in logic, that conjugates are sometimes in name only, and not in deed. Abp. Bramhall.

2. (Chem.) A complex radical supposed to act the part of a single radical. [R.]

Conjugate

Con"ju*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjugated; p.pr. & vb.n. Conjugating.]

1. To unite in marriage; to join. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

2. (Gram.) To inflect (a verb), or give in order the forms which it assumed in its several voices, moods, tenses, numbers, and persons.

Conjugate

Con"ju*gate, v. i. (Biol.) To unite in a kind of sexual union, as two or more cells or individuals among the more simple plants and animals.

Conjugation

Con`ju*ga"tion (?), n. [L. conjugatio conjugation (in senses 1 & 3).]

1. the act of uniting or combining; union; assemblage. [Obs.]

Mixtures and conjugations of atoms. Bentley.

2. Two things conjoined; a pair; a couple. [Obs.]

The sixth conjugations or pair of nerves. Sir T. Browne.

3. (Gram.) (a) The act of conjugating a verb or giving in order its various parts and inflections. (b) A scheme in which are arranged all the parts of a verb. (c) A class of verbs conjugated in the same manner.

4. (Biol.) A kind of sexual union; -- applied to a blending of the contents of two or more cells or individuals in some plants and lower animals, by which new spores or germs are developed.

Conjugational

Con`ju*ga"tion*al (?), a. relating to conjugation. Ellis.

Conjugial

Con*ju"gi*al (?), a. [L. conjugialis, fr. conjugium. Cf. Conjugal.] Conjugal. [R.] Swedenborg.

Conjugium

Con*ju"gi*um (?), n. [L.] (Rom. Law) The marriage tie.

Conjunct

Con*junct" (?), a. [L. conjunctus, p.p. See Conjoin.]

1. United; conjoined; concurrent. [Archaic]

2. (Her.) Same as Conjoined.

Conjunction

Con*junc"tion (?), n. [L. conjunctio: cf. F. conjunction. See Conjoin.]

1. The act of conjoining, or the state of being conjoined, united, or associated; union; association; league.

He will unite the white rose and the red: Smille heaven upon his fair conjunction. Shak.
Man can effect no great matter by his personal strength but as he acts in society and conjunction with others. South.

2. (Astron.) The meeting of two or more stars or planets in the same degree of the zodiac; as, the conjunction of the moon with the sun, or of Jupiter and Saturn. See the Note under Aspect, n., 6. &hand; Heavenly bodies are said to be in conjunction when they are seen in the same part of the heavens, or have the same longitude or right ascension. The inferior conjunction of an inferior planet is its position when in conjunction on the same side of the sun with the earth; the superior conjunction of a planet is its position when on the side of the sun most distant from the earth.

3. (Gram.) A connective or connecting word; an indeclinable word which serves to join together sentences, clauses of a sentence, or words; as, and, but, if.

Though all conjunctions conjoin sentences, yet, with respect to the sense, some are conjunctive and some disjunctive. Harris.

Conjunctional

Con*junc"tion*al (?), a. Relating to a conjunction.

Conjunctiva

Con`junc*ti"va (?), n. [NL., from L. conjunctivus connective.] (Anat.) The mucous membrane which covers the external surface of the ball of the eye and the inner surface of the lids; the conjunctival membrance.

Conjunctival

Con`junc*ti"val (?), a.

1. Joining; connecting.

2. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the conjunctiva.

Conjunctive

Con*junc"tive (?), a. [L. conjunctivus.]

1. Serving to unite; connecting together.

2. Closely united. [Obs.] Shak. Conjunctive mood (Gram.), the mood which follows a conjunction or expresses contingency; the subjunctive mood. -- Conjunctive tissue (Anat.), the tissue found in nearly all parts of most animals. It yields gelatin on boiling, and consists of vriously arranged fibers which are imbedded protoplasmic cells, or corpuscles; -- called also cellular tissue and connective tissue. Adipose or fatty tissue is one of its many forms, and cartilage and bone are sometimes included by the phrase.

Conjunctively

Con*junc"tive*ly, adv. In conjunction or union; together. Sir T. Browne.

Conjunctiveness

Con*junc"tive*ness, n. The state or quality of being conjunctive. Johnson.

Conjunctivitis

Con*junc`ti*vi"tis (? ∨ , n. (Med.) Inflammation of the conjunctiva.

Conjunctly

Con*junct"ly (?), adv. In union; conjointly; unitedly; together. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conjuncture

Con*junc"ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. conjoncture, LL. conjunctura.]

1. The act of joining, or state of being joined; union; connection; combination.

The conjuncture of philosophy and divinity. Hobbes.
A fit conjuncture or circumstances. Addison.

2. A crisis produced by a combination of circumstances; complication or combination of events or circumstances; plight resulting from various conditions.

He [Chesterfield] had recently governed Ireland, at a momentous conjuncture, with eminent firmness, wisdom, and humanity. Macaulay.

Conjuration

Con`ju*ra"tion (?), n. [L. conjuratio, cf. F. conjuration.]

1. The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner; the act of binding by an oath; an earnest entreaty; adjuration.

We charge you, in the name of God, take heed; . . . Under this conjuration speak, my lord. Shak.

2. The act or process of invoking supernatural aid by the use of a magical form of words; the practice of magic arts; incantation; enchantment.

Pretended conjurations and prophecies of that event. Hallam.

3. A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy. [Obs.] "The conjuration of Catiline." Sir T. Elyot.

Conjurator

Con"ju*ra`tor (?), n. [LL.] (O. Eng. Law) One who swears or is sworn with others; one bound by oath with others; a compurgator. Burrill.

Conjure

Con*jure" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conjured (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conjuring.] [F. conjurer, fr. L. conjurare to swear together, to conspire; con- + jurare to swear. See Jury.] To call on or summon by a sacred name or in solemn manner; to implore earnestly; to adjure.
I conjure you, let him know, Whate'er was done against him, Cato did it. Addison.

Conjure

Con*jure", v. i. To combine together by an eath; to conspire; to confederate. [A Latinism]
Drew after him the third part of Heaven's sons Conjured against the Highest. Milton.

Conjure

Con"jure (?), v. t. To affect or effect by conjuration; to call forth or send away by magic arts; to excite or alter, as if by magic or by the aid of supernatural powers.
The habitation which your prophet . . . conjured the devil into. Shak.
To conjure up, or make visible, as a spirit, by magic arts; hence, to invent; as, to conjure up a story; to conjure up alarms.

Conjure

Con"jure (?), v. i. To practice magical arts; to use the tricks of a conjurer; to juggle; to charm.
She conjures; away with her. Shak.

Conjurement

Con*jure"ment (?), n. Serious injunction; solemn demand or entreaty. [Obs.] Milton.

Conjurer

Con*jur"er (?), n. One who conjures; one who calls, entreats, or charges in a solemn manner.

Conjurer

Con"jur*er (?), n.

1. One who practices magic arts; one who pretends to act by the aid super natural power; also, one who performs feats of legerdemain or sleight of hand.

Dealing with witches and with conjurers. Shak.
From the account the loser brings, The conjurer knows who stole the things. Prior.

2. One who conjectures shrewdly or judges wisely; a man of sagacity. [Obs.] Addison.

Conjuror

Con*ju"ror (?), n. (Law) One bound by a common cath with others. [Obs.]

Conjury

Con"ju*ry (?), n. The practice of magic; enchantment. Motley.

Conn

Conn (?), v. t. See Con, to direct a ship.

Connascence, Connascency

Con*nas"cence (?), Con*nas"cen*cy (?), n. [L. con- + nascentia birth, fr. nascens, p.pr. of nasci to be born.]

1. The common birth of two or more at the same tome; production of two or more together. Johnson.

2. That which is born or produced with another.

3. The act of growing together. [Obs.] Wiseman.

Connascent

Con*nas"cent (?), a. Born together; produced at the same time. Craig.

Connate

Con"nate (?; 277), a. [L. connatus; con- + natus born, p.p. of nasci. See Cognate.]

1. Born with another; being of the same birth.

2. Congenital; existing from birth. "Connate notions." South.

A difference has been made by some; those diseases or conditions which are dependent on original conformation being called congenital; while the diseases of affections that may have supervened during gestation or delivery are called connate. Dunglison.

3. (Bot.) Congenitally united; growing from one base, or united at their bases; united into one body; as, connate leaves or athers. See Illust. of Connate-perfoliate.

Connate-perfoliate

Con"nate-per*fo"li*ate (?), a. (Bot.) Connate or coalescent at the base so as to produce a broad foliaceous body through the center of which the stem passes; -- applied to leaves, as the leaves of the boneset.

Connation

Con*na"tion (?), n. Connection by birth; natural union. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Connatural

Con*nat"u*ral (?; 135), a. [Pref. con- + natural.]

1. Connected by nature; united in nature; inborn; inherent; natural.

These affections are connatural to us. L'Estrange.

2. Partaking of the same nature.

And mix with our connatural dust. Milton.

Connaturality

Con*nat`u*ral"i*ty (?), n. Participation of the same nature; natural union or connection. [R.]
A congruity and connaturality between them. Sir M. Hale.

Connaturalize

Con*nat"u*ral*ize (?; 135), v. t. To bring to the same nature as something else; to adapt. [Obs.] Dr. J. Scott.

Connaturally

Con*nat"u*ral*ly, adv. By the act of nature; originally; from birth. Sir M. Hale.

Connaturalness

Con*nat"u*ral*ness, n. Participation of the same nature; natural union. I. Walton.

Connature

Con*na"ture (?; 135), n. Participation in a common nature or character. [R.]
Connature was defined as likeness in kind between either two changes in consciousness, or two states of consciousness. H. Spencer.

Connect

Con*nect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connected; p.pr. & vb.n. Connecting>.] [L. connectere, -nexum; con- + nectere to bind. See Annex.]

1. To join, or fasten together, as by something intervening; to associate; to combine; to unite or link together; to establish a bond or relation between.

He fills, he bounds, connect and equals all. Pope.
A man must the connection of each intermediate idea with those that it connects before he can use it in a syllogism. Locke.

2. To associate (a person or thing, or one's self) with another person, thing, business, or affair. Connecting rod (Mach.), a rod or bar joined to, and connecting, two or more moving parts; esp. a rod connecting a crank wrist with a beam, crosshead, piston rod, or piston, as in a steam engine.

Connect

Con*nect" (?), v. i. To join, unite, or cohere; to have a close relation; as, one line of railroad connects with another; one argument connect with another.

Connectedly

Con*nect"ed*ly, adv. In a connected manner.

Connection

Con*nec"tion (?), n. [Cf. Connexion.]

1. The act of connecting, or the state of being connected; junction; union; alliance; relationship.

He [Algazel] denied the possibility of a known connection between cause and effect. Whewell.
The eternal and inserable connection between virtue and hapiness. Atterbury.

2. That which connects or joins together; bond; tie.

Any sort of connection which is perceived or imagined between two or more things. I. Taylor.

3. A relation; esp. a person connected with another by marriage rather than by blood; -- used in a loose and indefinite, and sometimes a comprehensive, sense.

4. The persons or things that are connected; as, a business connection; the Methodist connection.

Men elevated by powerful connection. Motley.
At the head of a strong parliamentary connection. Macaulay.
Whose names, forces, connections, and characters were perfectly known to him. Macaulay.
In this connection, in connection with this subject. [A phrase objected to by some writers.] &hand; This word was formerly written, as by Milton, with x instead of t in the termination, connexion, and the same thing is true of the kindred words inflexion, reflexion, and the like. But the general usage at present is to spell them connection, inflection, reflection, etc. Syn. -- Union; coherence; continuity; junction; association; dependence; intercourse; commerce; communication; affinity; relationship.

Connective

Con*nect"ive (?), a. Connecting, or adapted to connect; involving connection. Connection tissue (Anat.) See Conjunctive tissue, under Conjunctive.

Connective

Con*nect"ive, n. That which connects. Specifically: (a) (Gram.) A word that connect words or sentences; a conjunction or preposition. (b) (Bot.) That part of an anther which connects its thec\'91, lobes, or cells.

Connectively

Con*nect"ive*ly, adv. In connjunction; jointly.

Connector

Con*nect"or (?), n. One who, or that which, connects; as: (a) A flexible tube for connecting the ends of glass tubes in pneumatic experiments. (b) A device for holding two parts of an electrical conductor in contact.

Conner

Con"ner (?), n. [Cf. Cunner.] (Zo\'94l.) A marine European fish (Crenilabrus melops); also, the related American cunner. See Cunner.

Connex

Con*nex" (?), v. t. [L. connexus, p.p. See Connect.] To connect. Sir M. Hale.

Connexion

Con*nex"ion (?), n. [L. connexio: cf. F. connexion.] Connection. See Connection.

Connexive

Con*nex"ive (?), a. See Connective.

Conning tower

Con"ning tow"er (?), n. The shotproof pilot house of a war vessel.

Connivance

Con*niv"ance (?), n. [Cf. F. connivence, L. conniventia.]

1. Intentional failure or forbearance to discover a fault or wrongdoing; voluntary oversight; passive consent or co

2. (Law) Corrupt or guilty assent to wrongdoing, not involving actual participation in, but knowledge of, and failure to prevent or oppose it. Syn. -- See Collusion.

Connive

Con*nive" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Connived (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conniving.] [L. connivere to shut the eues, connive, fr. con- + (perh.) a word akin to nicere to beckon, nictare to wink.]

1. To open and close the eyes rapidly; to wink. [Obs.]

The artist is to teach them how to nod judiciously, and to connive with either eye. Spectator.

2. To close the eyes upon a fault; to wink (at); to fail or forbear by intention to discover an act; to permit a proceeding, as if not aware of it; -- usually followed by at.

To connive at what it does not approve. Jer. Taylor.
In many of these, the directors were heartily concurring; in most of them, they were encouraging, and sometimes commanding; in all they were conniving. Burke.
The government thought it expedient, occasionally, to connive at the violation of this rule. Macaulay.

Connive

Con*nive", v. t. To shut the eyes to; to overlook; to pretend not to see. [R. & Obs.] "Divorces were not connived only, but with eye open allowed." Milton.

Connivency

Con*niv"en*cy (?), n. Connivance. [Obs.]

Connivent

Con*niv"ent (#), a. [L. connivens, p. pr.]

1. Forbearing to see; designedly inattentive; as, connivent justice. [R.] Milton.

2. (Biol.) Brought close together; arched inward so that the points meet; converging; in close contact; as, the connivent petals of a flower, wings of an insect, or folds of membrane in the human system, etc.

Conniver

Con*niv"er (?), n. One who connives.

Connoisseur

Con`nois*seur" (?; 277), n. [F. connaisseur, formerly connoisseur, fr. conna\'8ctre to know, fr. L. cognoscere to become acquainted with; co- + noscere, gnoscere, to learn to know. See Know, amd cf. Cognizor.] One well versed in any subject; a skillful or knowing person; a critical judge of any art, particulary of one of the fine arts.
The connoisseur is "one who knows," as opposed to the dilettant, who only "thinks he knows." Fairholt.

Connoisseurship

Con`nois*seur"ship (?; 277), n. State of being a connoisseur.

Connotate

Con"no*tate (?), v. t. [L. con- + notatus, p.p.of notare to mark. Cf. Connote.] To connote; to suggest or designate (something) as additional; to include; to imply. Hammond.

Connotation

Con`no*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. connotation.] The act of connoting; a making known or designating something additional; implication of something more than is asserted.

Connotative

Con*no"ta*tive (? ∨ ?), a.

1. Implying something additional; illative.

2. (Log.) Implying an attribute. See Connote. Connotative term, one which denotes a subject and implies an attribute. J. S. Mill.

Connotatively

Con*no"ta*tive*ly, adv. In a connotative manner; expressing connotation.

Connote

Con*note" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Connoted; p.pr. & vb.n. Connoting.] [See Connotate, and Note.]

1. To mark along with; to suggest or indicate as additional; to designate by implication; to include in the meaning; to imply.

Good, in the general notion of it, connotes also a certain suitableness of it to some other thing. South.

2. (Logic) To imply as an attribute.

The word "white" denotes all white things, as snow, paper, the foam of the sea, etc., and ipmlies, or as it was termed by the schoolmen, connotes, the attribute "whiteness." J. S. Mill.

Connubial

Con*nu"bi*al (#), a. [L. connubialis, fr. connubium marriage; con- + nubere to veil, to marry. See Nupital.] Of or pertaining to marriage, or the marriage state; conjugal; nuptial.
Nor Eve the rites Mysterious of connubial love refused. Milton.
Kind, connubial tenderness. Goldsmith.

Connubiality

Con*nu`bi*al"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being connubial; something characteristics of the conjugal state; an expression of connubial tenderness.
Some connubialities which had begun to pass between Mr. and Mrs. B. Dickens.

Connumeration

Con*nu`mer*a"tion (?), n. [LL. connumeratio, fr. L. connumerare, -numeratum, to number with.] A reckoning together. [R.] Porson.

Connusance

Con"nu*sance (?), n. (Law) See Cognizance. [Obs.]

Connusant

Con"nu*sant (#), a. (Law) See Cognizant. [Obs.]

Connusor

Con`nu*sor" (#), n. (Law) See Cognizor. [Obs.]

Connutritious

Con`nu*tri"tious (#), a. Nutritious by force of habit; -- said of certain kinds of food. [Obs.] Crabb.

Conny

Con"ny (?), a. [Canny, Gunning.] Brave; fine; canny. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Conodont

Co"no*dont (?), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A peculiar toothlike fossil of many forms, found especially in carboniferous rocks. Such fossils are supposed by some to be the teeth of marsipobranch fishes, but they are probably the jaws of annelids.

Conoid

Co"noid (?), n. [Gr. cono\'8bde.]

1. Anything that has a form resembling that of a cone.

2. (Geom.) (a) A solid formed by the revolution of a conic section about its axis; as, a parabolic conoid, elliptic conoid, etc.; -- more commonly called paraboloid, ellipsoid, etc. (b) A surface which may be generated by a straight line moving in such a manner as always to meet a given straight line and a given curve, and continue parallel to a given plane. Math. Dict.

Conoid

Co"noid, Resembling a cone; conoidal.

Conoidal

Co*noid"al (#), a. [Cf. F. cono\'8bdal.] Nearly, but not exactly, conical. Lindley.

Conoidic, Conoidical

Co*noid"ic (?), Co*noid"ic*al (?), a. Pertaining to a conoid; having the form of a conoid.

Conominee

Co*nom`i*nee" (?), n. One nominated in conjunction with another; a joint nominee. Kirby.

Conquadrate

Con*quad"rate (?), v. t. [L. conquadratus, p.p. of conquadrare.] To bring into a square. [R.] Ash.

Conquassate

Con*quas"sate (?), v. t. [L. conquassatus, p.p. of conquassare.] To shake; to agitate. [Obs.] Harvey. -- Con`quas*sa"tion (#), n. [Obs.]

Conquer

Con"quer (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conquered (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conquering.] [OF. conquerre, F. conqu\'82rir, fr. L. conquirere, -quisitum, to seek or search for, to bring together, LL., to conquer; con- + quaerere to seek. See Quest.]

1. To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by force of arms; to cause to yield; to vanquish. "If thou conquer Rome." Shak.

If we be conquer'd, let men conquer us. Shak.
We conquered France, but felt our captive's charms. Pope.

2. To subdue or overcome by mental or moral power; to surmount; as, to conquer difficulties, temptatin, etc.

By winning words to conquer hearts, And make persuasion do the work of fear. Milton.

3. To gain or obtain, overcoming obstacles in the way; to win; as, to conquer freedom; to conquer a peace. Syn. -- To subdue; vanquish; overcome; overpower; overthrow; defeat; rout; discomfit; subjugate; reduce; humble; crush; surmount; subject; master. -- To Conquer, Vanquish, Subdue, Subjugate, Overcome. These words agree in the general idea expressed by overcome, -- that of bringing under one's power by the exertion of force. Conquer is wider and more general than vanquish, denoting usually a succession of conflicts. Vanquish is more individual, and refers usually to a single conflict. Thus, Alexander conquered Asia in a succession of battles, and vanquished Darius in one decisive engagement. Subdue implies a more gradual and continual pressure, but a surer and more final subjection. We speak of a nation as subdued when its spirit is at last broken, so that no further resistance is offered. Subjugate is to bring completely under the yoke of bondage. The ancient Gauls were never finally subdued by the Romans until they were completely subjugated. These words, when used figuratively, have correspondent meanings. We conquer our prejudices or aversions by a succesion of conflicts; but we sometimes vanquish our reluctance to duty by one decided effort: we endeavor to subdue our evil propensities by watchful and persevering exertions. Subjugate is more commonly taken in its primary meaning, and when used figuratively has generally a bad sense; as, his reason was completely subjugated to the sway of his passions.

Conquer

Con"quer (?), v. i. To gain the victory; to overcome; to prevail.
He went forth conquering and to conquer. Rev. vi. 2.
The champions resolved to conquer or to die. Waller.

Conquerable

Con*quer*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being conquered or subdued. South. -- Con"quer*a*ble*ness, n.

Conqueress

Con"quer*ess, n. A woman who conquers. Fairfax.

Conqueror

Con"quer*or (?), n. [OF. conquereor, fr. conquerre,] One who conquers. The Conqueror (Eng. Hist.). William the Norman (1027-1067) who invaded England, defeated Harold in the battle of Hastings, and was crowned king, in 1066.

Conquest

Con"quest (?), n. [OF. conquest, conqueste, F. conqu\'88te, LL. conquistum, conquista, prop. p.p. from L. conquirere. See Conquer.]

1. The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection; subjugation; victory.

In joys of conquest he resigns his breath. Addison.
Three years sufficed for the conquest of the country. Prescott.

2. That which is conquered; possession gained by force, physical or moral.

Wherefore rejoice? What conquest brings he home? Shak.

3. (Feudal Law) The acquiring of property by other means than by inheritance; acquisition. Blackstone.

4. The act of gaining or regaining by successful strugle; as, the conquest of liberty or peace. The Conquest (Eng. Hist.), the subjugation of England by William of Normandy in 1066. Syn. -- Victory; triumph; mastery; reduction; subjugation; subjection.

Consanguineal

Con`san*guin"e*al (?), a. Of the same blood; related by birth. Sir T. Browne.

Consanguined

Con*san"guined (?), a. Of kin blood; related. [R.] Johnson.

Consanguineous

Con`san*guin"e*ous (?), a. [L. conguineus; con- + sanguis blood: cf. F. consanguin. See Sanquine.] Of the same blood; related by birth; descended from the same parent or ancestor. Shak.

Consanguinity

Con`san*guin"i*ty (?), n. [L. consanguinitas: cf. F. consanguintit.] The relation of person by blood, is distinction from affinity or relation by marriage; blood relationship; as, lineal consanguinity; collateral consanguinity.
Invoking aid by the ties of consanguinity. Prescott.

Consarcination

Con*sar`ci*na"tion (?), n. [L. consarcinare, -natum, to patch together.] A patching together; patchwork. [Obs.] Bailey.

Conscience

Con"science (?), n. [F. conscience, fr. L. conscientia, fr. consciens, p.pr. of conscire to know, to be conscious; con- + scire to know. See Science.]

1. Knowledge of one's own thoughts or actions; consciousness. [Obs.]

The sweetest cordial we receive, at last, Is conscience of our virtuous actions past. Denham.

2. The faculty, power, or inward principle which decides as to the character of one's own actions, purposes, and affections, warning against and condemning that which is wrong, and approving and prompting to that which is right; the moral faculty passing judgment on one's self; the moral sense.

My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Shak.
As science means knowledge, conscience etymologically means self-knowledge . . . But the English word implies a moral standard of action in the mind as well as a consciousness of our own actions. . . . Conscience is the reason, employed about questions of right and wrong, and accompanied with the sentiments of approbation and condemnation. Whewell.

3. The estimate or determination of conscience; conviction or right or duty.

Conscience supposes the existence of some such [i.e., moral] faculty, and properly signifies our consciousness of having acted agreeably or contrary to its directions. Adam Smith.

4. Tenderness of feeling; pity. [Obs.] Chaucer. Conscience clause, a clause in a general law exempting persons whose religious scruples forbid compliance therewith, -- as from taking judicial oaths, rendering military service, etc. -- Conscience money, stolen or wrongfully acquired money that is voluntarily restored to the rightful possessor. Such money paid into the United States treasury by unknown debtors is called the Conscience fund. -- Court of Conscience, a court established for the recovery of small debts, in London and other trading cities and districts. [Eng.] Blackstone. -- In conscience, In all conscience, in deference or obedience to conscience or reason; in reason; reasonably. "This is enough in conscience." Howell. "Half a dozen fools are, in all conscience, as many as you should require." Swift. -- To make conscience of, To make a matter of conscience, to act according to the dictates of conscience concerning (any matter), or to scruple to act contrary to its dictates.

Conscienced

Con"scienced (?), a. Having a conscience. [R.] "Soft-conscienced men." Shak.

Conscienceless

Con"science*less, a. Without conscience; indifferent to conscience; unscrupulous.
Conscienceless and wicked patrons. Hookre.

Conscient

Con"scient (?), a. [L. consciens, -entis, p.pr.] Conscious. [R.] Bacon.

Conscientious

Con`sci*en"tious (?), a. [Cf. F. consciencieux, LL. conscientiosus.]

1. Influenced by conscience; governed by a strict regard to the dictates of conscience, or by the known or supposed rules of right and wrong; -- said of a person.

The advice of wise and conscientious men. Prescott.

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2. Characterized by a regard to conscience; conformed to the dictates of conscience; -- said of actions.

A holy and conscientious course. Abp. Tillotson.
Syn. -- Scrupulous; exact; faithful; just; upright.

Conscientiously

Con`sci*en"tious*ly (?), adv. In a conscientious manner; as a matter of conscience; hence; faithfully; accurately; completely.

Conscientiousness

Con`sci*en"tious*ness, n. The quality of being conscientious; a scrupulous regard to the dictates of conscience.

Conscionable

Con"scion*a*ble (?), a. [Irregularly formed fr. conscience.] Governed by, or according to, conscience; reasonable; just.
Let my debtors have conscionable satisfaction. Sir H. Wotton.

Conscionableness

Con"scion*a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being conscionable; reasonableness. Johnson.

Conscionably

Con"scion*a*bly, adv. Reasonably; justly.

Conscious

Con"scious (?), a. [L. conscius; con- + scire to know. See Conscience.]

1. Possessing the faculty of knowing one's own thoughts or mental operations.

Some are thinking or conscious beings, or have a power of thought. I. Watts.

2. Possessing knowledge, whether by internal, conscious experience or by external observation; cognizant; aware; sensible.

Her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could have been felt. Hawthorne.
The man who breathes most healthilly is least conscious of his own breathing. De Quincey.

3. Made the object of consciousness; known to one's self; as, conscious guilt.

With conscious terrors vex me round. Milton.
Syn. -- Aware; apprised; sensible; felt; known.

Consciously

Con"scious*ly, adv. In a conscious manner; with knowledge of one's own mental operations or actions.

Consciousness

Con"scious*ness (?), n.

1. The state of being conscious; knowledge of one's own existence, condition, sensations, mental operations, acts, etc.

Consciousness is thus, on the one hand, the recognition by the mind or "ego" of its acts and affections; -- in other words, the self-affirmation that certain modifications are known by me, and that these modifications are mine. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Immediate knowledge or perception of the presence of any object, state, or sensation. See the Note under Attention.

Annihilate the consciousness of the object, you annihilate the consciousness of the operation. Sir W. Hamilton.
And, when the steam Which overflowed the soul had passed away, A consciousness remained that it had left. . . . images and precious thoughts That shall not die, and can not be destroyed. Wordsworth.
The consciousness of wrong brought with it the consciousness of weakness. Froude.

3. Feeling, persuasion, or expectation; esp., inward sense of guilt or innocence. [R.]

An honest mind is not in the power of a dishonest: to break its peace there must be some guilt or consciousness. Pope.

Conscribe

Con*scribe" (?), v. t. [L. conscribere. See Conscript.] To enroll; to enlist. [Obs.] E. Hall.

Conscript

Con"script (?), a. [L. conscriptus, p.p. of conscribere to write together, to enroll; con- + scribere to write. See Scribe.] Enrolled; written; registered. Conscript fathers (Rom. Antiq.), the senators of ancient Rome. When certain new senators were first enrolled with the "fathers" the body was called Patres et Conscripti; afterward all were called Patres conscripti.

Conscript

Con"script, n. One taken by lot, or compulsorily enrolled, to serve as a soldier or sailor.

Conscript

Con*script" (?), v. t. To enroll, by compulsion, for military service.

Conscription

Con*scrip"tion (?), n. [L. conscriptio: cf. F. conscription.]

1. An enrolling or registering.

The conscription of men of war. Bp. Burnet.

2. A compulsory enrollment of men for military or naval service; a draft.

Conscription

Con*scrip"tion (?), a. Belonging to, or of the nature of, a conspiration.

Consecrate

Con"se*crate (?), a. [L. consceratus, p.p. of conscerare to conscerate; con- + sacrare to consecrate, sacer sacred. See Sacred.] Consecrated; devoted; dedicated; sacred.
They were assembled in that consecrate place. Bacon.

Consecrate

Con"se*crate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consecrated; p.pr. & vb.n. Consecrating.]

1. To make, or declare to be, sacred; to appropriate to sacred uses; to set apart, dedicate, or devote, to the service or worship of God; as, to consecrate a church; to give (one's self) unreservedly, as to the service of God.

One day in the week is . . . consecrated to a holy rest. Sharp.

2. To set apart to a sacred office; as, to consecrate a bishop.

Thou shalt consecrate Aaron and his sons. Ex. xxix. 9.

3. To canonize; to exalt to the rank of a saint; to enroll among the gods, as a Roman emperor.

4. To render venerable or revered; to hallow; to dignify; as, rules or principles consecrated by time. Burke. Syn. -- See Addict.

Consecrater

Con"se*cra`ter (?), n. Consecrator.

Consecration

Con`se*cra"tion (?), n. [L. consecratio: cf. F. cons\'82cration.] The act or ceremony of consecrating; the state of being consecrated; dedication.
Until the days of your consecration be at an end. Lev. viii. 33.
Consecration makes not a place sacred, but only solemny declares it so. South.

Consecrator

Con"se*cra`tor (?), n. [L.] One who consecrates; one who performs the rites by which a person or thing is devoted or dedicated to sacred purposes. [Written also consecrater.]

Consecratory

Con"se*cra*to*ry (? ∨ ?), a. Of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory.
The consecratory prayer. Bp. Burnet.

Consectaneous

Con`sec*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. consectaneus.] Following as a matter of course. Blount.

Consectary

Con"sec*ta*ry (?), a. [L. consectarius, fr. consectari to follow after eagerly; con- + sectari to follow eagerly, fr. sequi to follow.] Following by consequence; consequent; deducible. [R.] "Consectary impieties." Sir T. Browne.

Consectary

Con"sec*ta*ry, n. That which follows by consequence or is logically deducible; deduction from premises; corollary. [R.] Milton.

Consecute

Con"se*cute (?), v. t. To follow closely; to endeavor to overtake; to pursue. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Consecution

Con`se*cu"tion (?), n. [L. consecutio. See Consequent.]

1. A following, or sequel; actual or logical dependence. Sir M. Hale.

2. A succession or series of any kind. [Obs.] Sir I. Newton. Month of consecution (Astron.), a month as reckoned from one conjunction of the moon with the sun to another.

Consecutive

Con*sec"u*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. cons\'82cutif. See Consequent.]

1. Following in a train; suceeding one another in a regular order; successive; uninterrupted in course or succession; with no interval or break; as, fifty consecutive years.

2. Following as a consequence or result; actually or logically dependent; consequential; succeeding.

The actions of a man consecutive to volition. Locke.

3. (Mus.) Having similarity of sequence; -- said of certain parallel progressions of two parts in a piece of harmony; as, consecutive fifths, or consecutive octaves, which are forbidden. Consecutive chords (Mus.), chords of the same kind suceeding one another without interruption.

Consecutively

Con*sec"u*tive*ly, adv. In a consecutive manner; by way of sequence; successively.

Consecutiveness

Con*sec"u*tive*ness, n. The state or quality of being consecutive.

Consension

Con*sen"sion (?), n. [L. consensio.] Agreement; accord. Bentley.

Consensual

Con*sen"su*al (?), a. [See Consent, v. i., and cf. Sensual.]

1. (Law) Existing, or made, by the mutual consent of two or more parties.

2. (Physiol.) Excited or caused by sensation, sympathy, or reflex action, and not by conscious volition; as, consensual motions. Consensual contract (Law), a contract formed merely by consent, as a marriage contract.

Consensus

Con*sen"sus (?), n. [L. See Consent.] Agreement; accord; consent.
That traditional consensus of society which we call public opinion. Tylor.

Consent

Con*sent" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consented; p.pr. & vb.n Consenting.] [F. consentir, fr. L. consentire, -sensum, to feel together, agree; con- + sentire to feel. See Sense.]

1. To agree in opinion or sentiment; to be of the same mind; to accord; to concur.

And Saul was consenting unto his death. Acts. viii. 1.
Flourishing many years before Wyclif, and much consenting with him in jugdment. Fuller.

2. To indicate or express a willingness; to yield to guidance, persuasion, or necessity; to give assent or approval; to comply.

My poverty, but not my will, consents. Shak.
And whispering "I will ne'er consent," -- consented. Byron.
Syn. -- To accede; yield; assent; comply; agree; allow; concede; permit; admit; concur; acquiesce.

Consent

Con*sent", v. t. To grant; to allow; to assent to; to admit. [Obs.]
Interpreters . . . will not consent it to be a true story. Milton.

Consent

Con*sent", n. [Cf. OF. consent.]

1. Agreement in opinion or sentiment; the being of one mind; accord.

All with one consent began to make exuse. Luke xiv. 18.
They feil together all, as by consent. Shak.

2. Correspondence in parts, qualities, or operations; agreement; harmony; coherence.

The melodious consent of the birds. Holland.
Such is the world's great harmony that springs From union, order, full consent of things. Pope.

3. Voluntary accordance with, or concurrence in, what is done or proposed by another; acquiescence; compliance; approval; permission.

Thou wert possessed of David's throne By free consent of all. Milton.

4. (Law) Capable, deliberate, and voluntary assent or agreement to, or concurrence in, some act or purpose, implying physical and mental power and free action.

5. (Physiol.) Sympathy. See Sympathy, 4. Syn. -- Assent; acquiescence; concurrence; agreement; approval; permission. See Assent. Age of consent (Law), an age, fixed by statute and varying in different jurisdictions, at which one is competent to give consent. Sexual intercourse with a female child under the age of consent is punishable as rape.

Consentaneity

Con*sen`ta*ne"i*ty (?), n. Mutual agreement. [R.]

Consentaneous

Con`sen*ta"ne*ous (?), a. [L. consentaneus.] Consistent; agreeable; suitable; accordant to; harmonious; concurrent.
A good law and consentaneous to reason. Howell.
-- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`sen*ta"ne*ous*ness, n.

Consentant

Con*sent"ant (?), a. [F., p. pr. of consentir.] Consenting. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Consenter

Con*sent"er (?), a. One who consents.

Consentient

Con*sen"tient (?), a. [L. consentients, p. pr. See Consent.] Agreeing in mind; accordant.
The consentient judgment of the church. Bp. Pearson.

Consentingly

Con*sent"ing*ly (?), adv. With consent; in a compliant manner. Jer. Taylor.

Consequence

Con"se*quence (?), n. [L., consequentia: cf. F. cons\'82quence. See Consequent.]

1. That which follows something on which it depends; that which is produced by a cause; a result.

Shun to taste, And shun the bitter consequence. Milton.

2. (Logic) A proposition collected from the agreement of other previous propositions; any conclusion which results from reason or argument; inference.

3. Chain of causes and effects; consecution.

Such fatal consequence unites us three. Milton.
Link follows link by necessary consequence. Coleridge.

4. Importance with respect to what comes after; power to influence or produce an effect; value; moment; rank; distinction.

It is a matter of small consequence. Shak.
A sense of your own worth and consequence. Cowper.
In consequence, hence; for this cause. -- In consequence of, by reason of; as the effect of. Syn. -- Effect; result; end. See Effect.

Consequencing

Con"se*quen`cing (?), n. Drawing inference. [R.] Milton.

Consequent

Con"se*quent (?), a. [L. consequens, -entis, p. pr. of consequi to follow; con- + sequi to follow: cf. F. cons\'82quent. See Second, and cf. Consecution.]

1. Following as a result, inference, or natural effect.

The right was consequent to, and built on, an act perfectly personal. Locke.

2. (Logic) Following by necessary inference or rational deduction; as, a proposition consequent to other propositions. Consequent points, Consequent poles (Magnetism), a number of poles distributed under certain conditions, along the axis of a magnetized steel bar, which regularly has but the two poles at the extremities.

Consequent

Con"se*quent, n.

1. That which follows, or results from, a cause; a result or natural effect.

They were ill-governed, which is always a consequent of ill payment. Sir J. Davies.

2. (Logic) That which follows from propositions by rational deduction; that which is deduced from reasoning or argumentation; a conclusion, or inference.

3. (Math.) The second term of a ratio, as the term b in the ratio a:b, the first a, being the antecedent.

Consequential

Con`se*quen"tial (?), a.

1. Following as a consequence, result, or logical inference; consequenment.

All that is revealed in Scripture has a consequential necessity of being believed . . . because it is of divine authority. Locke.
These kind of arguments . . . are highly consequential and concludent to my purpose. Sir M. Hale.

2. Assuming or exhibiting an air of consequence; pretending to importance; pompous; self-important; as, a consequential man. See Consequence, n., 4.

His stately and consequential pace. Sir W. Scott.
Consequential damage (Law) (a) Damage so remote as not to be actionable (b) Damage which although remote is actionable. (c) Actionable damage, but not following as an immediate result of an act.

Consequentially

Con`se*quen"tial*ly, adv.

1. With just deduction of consequence; with right connection of ideas; logically.

The faculty of writing consequentially. Addison.

2. By remote consequence; not immediately; eventually; as, to do a thing consequentially. South.

3. In a regular series; in the order of cause and effect; with logical concatenation; consecutively; continuously.

4. With assumed importance; pompously.

Consequentialness

Con`se*quen"tial*ness, n. The quality of being consequential.

Consequently

Con"se*quent*ly (?), adv. By consequence; by natural or logical sequence or connection. Syn. -- See Accordingly.

Consertion

Con*ser"tion (?), n. [L. consertio, fr. conserere, -sertum to connect; con- + serere to join.] Junction; adaptation [R.]
Consertion of design, how exquisite. Young.

Conservable

Con*serv"a*ble (?), a. [L. conservabilitis.] Capable of being preserved from decay or injury.

Conservancy

Con*serv"an*cy (?), n. Conservation, as from injury, defilement, or irregular use.
[An act was] passed in 1866, for vesting in the Conservators of the River Thames the conservancy of the Thames and Isis. Mozley & W.

Conservant

Con*serv"ant (?), a. [L. conservans, p.pr.] Having the power or quality of conservation.

Conservation

Con`ser*va"tion (?), n. [L. conservatio: cf. F. conservation.] The act of preserving, guarding, or protecting; the keeping (of a thing) in a safe or entire state; preservation.
A step necessary for the conservation of Protestantism. Hallam.
A state without the means of some change is without the means of its conservation. Burke.
Conservation of areas (Astron.), the principle that the radius vector drawn from a planet to the sun sweeps over equal areas in equal times. -- Conservation of energy, ∨ Conservation of force (Mech.), the principle that the total energy of any material system is a quantity which can neither be increased nor diminished by any action between the parts of the system, though it may be transformed into any of the forms of which energy is susceptible. Clerk Maxwell.

Conservational

Con`ser*va"tion*al (?), a. Tending to conserve; preservative.

Conservatism

Con*serv"a*tism (?), n. [For conservatism.] The disposition and tendency to preserve what is established; opposition to change; the habit of mind; or conduct, of a conservative.

Conservative

Con*serv"a*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. conservatif.]

1. Having power to preserve in a safe of entire state, or from loss, waste, or injury; preservative.


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2. Tending or disposed to maintain existing institutions; opposed to change or innovation.

3. Of or pertaining to a political party which favors the conservation of existing institutions and forms of government as the Conservative party in england; -- contradistinguished from Liberal and Radical.

We have always been conscientuously attached to what is called the Tory, and which might with more propierty be called the Conservative, party. Quart. Rev. (1830).
Conservative system (Mech.), a material sustem of such a nature that after the system has undergone any series of changes, and been brought back in any manner to its original state, the whole work done by external agents on the system is equal to the whole work done by the system overcoming external forces. Clerk Maxwell.

Conservative

Con*serv"a*tive (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, preserves from ruin, injury, innovation, or radical change; a preserver; a conserver.

The Holy Spirit is the great conservative of the new life. Jer. Taylor.

2. One who desires to maintain existing institutions and customs; also, one who holds moderate opinions in politics; -- opposed to revolutionary or radical.

3. (Eng. Hist.) A member of the Conservative party.

Conservativeness

Con*serv"a*tive*ness, a. The quality of being conservative.

Conservatoire

Con`ser"va*toire` (?), n. [F.] A public place of instruction in any special branch, esp. music and the arts. [See Conservatory, 3].

Conservator

Con"ser*va`tor (?; 277), n. [L.: cf. F. conservateur.]

1. One who preserves from injury or violation; a protector; a preserver.

The great Creator and Conservator of the world. Derham.

2. (Law) (a) An officer who has charge of preserving the public peace, as a justice or sheriff. (b) One who has an official charge of preserving the rights and privileges of a city, corporation, community, or estate.

The lords of the secret council were likewise made conservators of the peace of the two kingdoms. Clarendon.
The conservator of the estate of an idiot. Bouvier.
Conservators of the River Thames, a board of comissioners instituted by Parliament to have the conservancy of the Thames.

Conservatory

Con*serv"a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL. conservatorius.] Having the quality of preserving from loss, decay, or injury.

Conservatory

Con*serv"a*to*ry, n. [Cf. F. conservatoire, LL. conservatorium.]

1. That which preserves from injury. [Obs.] "A conservatory of life." Jer. Taylor.

2. A place for preserving anything from loss, decay, waste, or injury; particulary, a greenhouse for preserving exotic or tender plants.

3. A public place of instruction, designed to preserve and perfect the knowledge of some branch of science or art, esp. music.

Conservatrix

Con`ser*va"trix (?), n. [L.] A woman who preserves from loss, injury, etc.

Conserve

Con*serve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conserved (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conserving.] [F. conserver, L. conservare; con- + servare to keep, guard. See Serve.]

1. To keep in a safe or sound state; to save; to preserve; to protect.

The amity which . . . they meant to conserve and maintain with the emperor. Strype.

2. To prepare with sugar, etc., for the purpose of preservation, as fruits, etc.; to make a conserve of.

Conserve

Con"serve (?), n. [F. conserve, fr. conserver.]

1. Anything which is conserved; especially, a sweetmeat prepared with sugar; a confection.

I shall . . . study broths, plasters, and conserves, till from a fine lady I become a notable woman. Tatler.

2. (Med.) A medicinal confection made of freshly gathered vegetable substances mixed with finely powdered refined sugar. See Confection.

3. A conservatory. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Conserver

Con*serv"er (?), n. One who conserves.

Consider

Con*sid"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Considered (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Considering.] [F. consid\'82rer, L. considerare, -sideratum, to consider, view attentively, prob. fr. con- + sidus, sideris, star, constellation; orig., therefore, to look at the stars. See Sidereal, and cf. Desire.]

1. To fix the mind on, with a view to a careful examination; to thank on with care; to ponder; to study; to meditate on.

I will consider thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 95.
Thenceforth to speculations high or deep I turned my thoughts, and with capacious mind Considered all things visible. Milton.

2. To look at attentively; to observe; to examine.

She considereth a field, and buyeth it. Prov. xxxi. 16.

3. To have regard to; to take into view or account; to pay due attention to; to respect.

Consider, sir, the chance of war: the day Was yours by accident. Shak.
England could grow into a posture of being more united at home, and more considered abroad. Sir W. Temple.

4. To estamate; to think; to regard; to view.

Considered as plays, his works are absurd. Macaulay.
&hand; The proper sense of consider is often blended with an idea of the result of considering; as, "Blessed is he that considereth the poor." Ps. xli. 1. ; i.e., considers with sympathy and pity. "Which [services] if I have not enough considered." Shak. ; i.e., requited as the sufficient considering of them would suggest. "Consider him liberally." J. Hooker. Syn. -- To ponder; weigh; revolve; study; reflect or meditate on; contemplate; examine. See Ponder.

Consider

Con*sid"er, v. i.

1. To think seriously; to make examination; to reflect; to deliberate.

We will consider of your suit. Shak.
'T were to consider too curiously, to consider so. Shak.
She wished she had taken a moment to consider, before rushing down stairs. W. Black

2. To hesitate. [Poetic & R.] Dryden.

Considerable

Con*sid"er*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. consid\'82rable.]

1. Worthy of consideration, borne in mind, or attended to.

It is considerable, that some urns have had inscriptions on them expressing that the lamps were burning. Bp. Wilkins.
Eternity is infinitely the most considerable duration. Tillotson.

2. Of some distinction; noteworthy; influential; respectable; -- said of persons.

You are, indeed, a very considerable man. Junius.

3. Of importance or value.

In painting, not every action, nor every person, is considerable enough to enter into the cloth. Dryden.
A considerable sum of money. Prescott.

Considerableness

Con*sid"er*a*ble*ness, n. Worthiness of consideration; dignity; value; size; amount.

Considerably

Con*sid"er*a*bly, adv. In a manner or to a degree not trifling or unimportant; greatly; much.
The breeds . . . differ considerably from each other. Darwin.

Considerance

Con*sid"er*ance (?), n. [L. considerantia.] Act of considering; consideration. [Obs.] Shak.

Considerate

Con*sid"er*ate (?), a. [L. consideratus, p.p.]

1. Given to consideration or to sober reflection; regardful of consequences or circumstances; circumspect; careful; esp. careful of the rights, claims, and feelings of other.

Of dauntless courage and considerate pride. Milton.
considerate, and careful of his people. Dryden.
The wisest and most considerate men in the world. Sharp.

2. Having respect to; regardful. [R.]

They may be . . . more considerate of praise. Dr. H. More.
Syn. -- Thoughtful; reflective; careful; discreet; prudent; deliberate; serious. See Thoughtful. -- Con*sid"er*ate*ly, adv. -- Con*sid"er*ate*ness, n.

Consideration

Con*sid`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. consideratio: cf. F. consid.]

1. The act or process of considering; continuous careful thought; examination; contemplation; deliberation; attention.

Let us think with consideration. Sir P. Sidney.
Consideration, like an angel, came. Shak.

2. Attentive respect; appreciative regard; -- used especially in diplomatic or stately correspondence.

The undersigned has the honor to repeat to Mr. Hulseman the assurance of his high consideration. D. Webster.
The consideration with which he was treated. Whewell.

3. Thoughtful or sympathetic regard or notice.

Consideration for the poor is a doctrine of the church. Newman.

4. Claim to notice or regard; some degree of importance or consequence.

Lucan is the only author of consideration among the Latin poets who was not explained for . . . the Dauphin. Addison.

5. The result of delibration, or of attention and examonation; matured opinion; a reflection; as, considerations on the choice of a profession.

6. That which is, or should be, taken into account as a ground of opinion or action; motive; reason.

He was obliged, antecedent to all other considerations, to search an asylum. Dryden.
Some considerations which are necessary to the forming of a correct judgment. Macaulay.

7. (Law) The cause which moves a contracting party to enter into an agreement; the material cause of a contract; the price of a stripulation; compensation; equivalent. Bouvier. &hand; Consideration is what is done, or promised to be done, in exchange for a promise, and "as a mere advantage to the promisor without detriment to the promisee would not avail, the proper test is detriment to the promisee." Wharton.

Considerative

Con*sid"er*a*tive (?), a. Considerate; careful; thoughtful. [Archaic]
I love to be considerative. B. Jonson.

Considerator

Con*sid"er*a`tor (?), n. One who considers. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Considerer

Con*sid"er*er (?), n. One who considers; a man of reflection; a thinker. Milton.

Consideringly

Con*sid"er*ing*ly, adv. With consideration or deliberation.

Consign

Con*sign" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consigned 3; p.pr. & vb.n. Consigning.] [F. consigner, L. consignare, -signatu,, to seal or sign; con- + signare, fr. signum mark. See Sign.]

1. To give, transfer, or deliver, in a formal manner, as if by signing over into the possession of another, or into a different state, with the sense of fixedness in that state, or permanence of possession; as, to consign the body to the grave.

At the day of general account, good men are to be consigned over to another state. Atterbury.

2. To give in charge; to commit; to intrust.

Atrides, parting for the Trojan war, Consigned the youthful consort to his care. Pope.
The four evangelists consigned to writing that history. Addison.

3. (Com.) To send or address (by bill of lading or otherwise) to an agent or correspondent in another place, to be cared for or sold, or for the use of such correspondent; as, to cosign a cargo or a ship; to set apart.

4. To assign; to devote; to set apart.

The French commander consigned it to the use for which it was intended by the donor. Dryden.

5. To stamp or impress; to affect. [Obs.]

Consign my spirit with great fear. Jer. Taylor.
Syn. -- To commit; deliver; intrust; resign. See Commit.

Consign

Con*sign" (?), v. i.

1. To submit; to surrender or yield one's self. [Obs.]

All lovers young, all lovers must Consign to thee, and come to dust. Shak.

2. To yield consent; to agree; to acquiesce. [Obs.]

Augment or alter . . . And we'll consign thereto. Shak.

Consignatary

Con*sig"na*ta*ry (?), n. [Cf. Consignitary.] A consignee. [Obs.] Jenkins.

Consignation

Con`sig*na"tion (?), n. [L. consignatio written proof, document: cf. F. consignation comsignation.]

1. The act of consigning; the act of delivering or committing to another person, place, or state. [Obs.]

So is despair a certain consignation to eternal ruin. Jer. Taylor.

2. The act of ratifying or establishing, as if signing; confirmation; ratuficator.

A direct consignation of pardon. Jer. Taylor.

3. A stamp; an indication; a sign. [Obs.]

The most certain consignations of an excellent virtue. Jer. Taylor.

Consignatory

Con*sig"na*to*ry (?), n. [Cf. Consignitary.] One of several that jointly sign a written instrument, as a treaty. Fallows.

Consignature

Con*sig"na*ture (?); 135), n. Joint signature. [R.] Colgrave.

Consigne

Con"signe (?), n. [F.] (Mil.) (a) A countersign; a watchword. (b) One who is orders to keep within certain limits.

Consignee

Con`sign*ee" (?; 277), n. [F. consign, p.p. of consigner.] The person to whom goods or other things are consigned; a factor; -- correlative to consignor.
Consigner and consignee are used by merchants to express generally the shipper of merchandise, and the person to whom it is addressed, by bill of lading or otherwise. De Colange.

Consigner

Con*sign"er (?), n. One who consigns. See Consignor.

Consignificant

Con`sig*nif"i*cant (?), a. Having joint or equal signification; synonymous. [R.] Spelman.

Consignification

Con*sig`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. Joint signification. [R.]

Consignificative

Con`sig*nif"i*ca*tive (?), a. Consignificant; jointly significate. [R.]

Consignify

Con*sig"ni*fy (?), v. t. [Pref. con- + sognify.] To signify or denote in combination with something else.
The cipher . . . only serves to connote and consignify, and to change the value or the figures. Horne Tooke.

Consignment

Con*sign"ment (?), n.

1. The act of consigning; consignation.

2. (Com.) The act of consigning or sending property to an agent or correspondent in another place, as for care, sale, etc.

3. (Com.) That which is consigned; the goods or commodities sent or addressed to a consignee at one time or by one conveyance.

To increase your consignments of this valuable branch of national commerce. Burke.

4. The writing by which anything is consigned.

Consignor

Con*sign"or (? ∨ , n. One who consigns something to another; -- opposed to consignee. [Written also consigner.]

Consilience

Con*sil"i*ence (?), n. [con- + salire to leap.] Act of concurring; coincidence; concurrence.
The consilience of inductions takes place when one class of facts coincides with an induction obtained from another different class. Whewell.

Consimilitude, Consimility

Con`si*mil"i*tude (?), Con`si*mil"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. consimilitude. See Similitude.] Common resemblance. [Obs.] Aubrey.

Consist

Con*sist" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consisted; p.pr. & vb.n. Consisting.] [L. consistere to stand still or firm; con- + sistere to stand, cause to stand, stare to stand: cf. F. consister. See Stand.]

1. To stand firm; to be in a fixed or permanent state, as a body composed of parts in union or connection; to hold together; to be; to exist; to subsist; to be supported and maintained.

He is before all things, and by him all things consist. Col. i. 17.

2. To be composed or made up; -- followed by of.

The land would consist of plains and valleys. T. Burnet.

3. To have as its substance or character, or as its foundation; to be; -- followed by in.

If their purgation did consist in words. Shak.
A man's life consisteth not in the abudance of the things which he possesseth. Luke xii. 15.

4. To be cosistent or harmonious; to be in accordance; -- formerly used absolutely, now followed by with.

This was a consisting story. Bp. Burnet.
Health consists with temperance alone. Pope.
For orders and degrees Jar not with liberty, but well consist. Milton.

5. To insist; -- followed by on. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- To Consist, Consist of, Consist in. The verb consist is employed chiefly for two purposes, which are marked and distinguished by the prepositions used. When we wish to indicate the parts which unite to compose a thing, we use of; as when we say, "Macaulay's Miscellanies consist chiefly of articles which were first published in the Edinburgh Review." When we wish to indicate the true nature of a thing, or that on which it depends, we use in; as, "There are some artists whose skill consists in a certain manner which they have affected." "Our safety consists in a strict adherence to duty."

Consistence, Consistency

Con*sist"ence (?), Con*sist"en*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. consistance.]

1. The condition of standing or adhering together, or being fixed in union, as the parts of a body; existence; firmness; coherence; solidity.

Water, being divided, maketh many circles, till it restore itself to the natural consistence. Bacon.
We are as water, weak, and of no consistence. Jer. Taylor.
The same form, substance, and consistency. T. Burned.

2. A degree of firmness, density, or spissitude.

Let the expressed juices be boiled into the consistence of a sirup. Arbuthnot.
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3. That which stands together as a united whole; a combination.

The church of God, as meaning whole consistence of orders and members. Milton.

4. Firmness of constitution or character; substantiality; durability; persistency.

His friendship is of a noble make and a lasting consistency. South.

5. Agreement or harmony of all parts of a complex thing among themselves, or of the same thing with itself at different times; the harmony of conduct with profession; congruity; correspondence; as, the consistency of laws, regulations, or judicial decisions; consistency of opinions; consistency of conduct or of character.

That consistency of behavior whereby he inflexibly pursues those measures which appear the most just. Addison.
Consistency, thou art a jewel. Popular Saying.

Consistent

> Con*sist"ent (?), a. [L. consistens, p.pr.: cf. F. consistant.]

1. Possessing firmness or fixedness; firm; hard; solid.

The humoral and consistent parts of the body. Harvey.

2. Having agreement with itself or with something else; having harmony among its parts; possesing unity; accordant; harmonious; congruous; compatible; uniform; not contradictory.

Show me one that has it in his power To act consistent with himself an hour. Pope.
With reference to such a lord, to serve and to be free are terms not consistent only, but equivalent. South.

3. Living or acting in conformity with one's belief or professions.

It was utterly to be at once a consistent Quaker and a conspirator. Macaulay.

Consistently

> Con*sist"ent*ly, adv. In a consistent manner.

Consistorial

> Con`sis*to"ri*al (?), a. [Cf. F. consistorial.] Of or pertaining to a consistory. "Consistorial laws." Hooker. "Consistorial courts." Bp. Hoadley.

Consistorian

> Con`sis*to"rian (?), a. Pertaining to a Presbyterian consistory; -- a contemptuous term of 17th century controversy.
You fall next on the consistorian schismatics; for so you call Presbyterians. Milton.

Consistory

> Con*sis"to*ry (? or ?; 277) n.; pl. Consistories (#). [L. consistorium a place of assembly, the place where the emperor's council met, fr. consistere: cf. F. consistoire, It. consistorio. See Consist.]

1. Primarily, a place of standing or staying together; hence, any solemn assembly or council.

To council summons all his mighty peers, Within thick clouds and dark tenfold involved, A gloomy consistory. Milton.

2. (Eng. Ch.) The spiritual court of a diocesan bishop held before his chancellor or commissioner in his cathedral church or elsewhere. Hook.

3. (R. C. Ch.) An assembly of prelates; a session of the college of cardinals at Rome.

Pius was then hearing of causes in consistory. Bacon.

4. A church tribunal or governing body. &hand; In some churches, as the Dutch Reformed in America, a consistory is composed of the minister and elders of an individual church, corresponding to a Presbyterian church session, and in others, as the Reformed church in France, it is composed of ministers and elders, corresponding to a presbytery. In some Lutheran countries it is a body of clerical and lay officers appointed by the sovereign to superintend ecclesiastical affairs.

5. A civil court of justice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Consistory

> Con*sis"to*ry, a. Of the nature of, or pertaining to, a consistory. "To hold consistory session." Strype.

Consociate

> Con*so"ci*ate (?), n. [L. nsociatus, p.p. of consociare to associate, unite; con- + sociare to join, unite. See Social.] An associate; an accomplice. [Archaic] "Wicked consociates." Bp. Hall.

Consociate

> Con*so"ci*ate, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consociated (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Consociating.]

1. To bring into alliance, confederacy, or relationship; to bring together; to join; to unite. [R.]

Join pole to pole, consociate severed worlds. Mallet.

2. To unite in an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

Consociate

> Con*so"ci*ate, v. i.

1. To be allied, confederated, or associated; to coalescence. [R.] Bentley.

2. To form an ecclesiastical consociation. [U.S.]

Consociation

> Con*so`ci*a"tion (?), n. [L. consociatio.]

1. Intimate union; fellowship; alliance; companionship; confederation; association; intimacy.

A friendly consociation with your kindred elements. Warburton.

2. A voluntary and permanent council or union of neighboring Congregational churches, for mutual advice and co &hand; In Connecticut some of the Congregational churhes are associated in consociations and the others in conferences.

Consociational

> Con*so`ci*a"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a consociation. [U.S.]

Consolable

> Con*sol"a*ble (?), a. [L. consolabilis: cf. F. consolable.] Capable of receiving consolation.

Consolate

> Con"so*late (?), v. t. [L. consolatus, p.p. See Console, v. t.] To console; to comfort. [Obs.] Shak.

Consolation

> Con`so*la"tion (?), n. [L. consolatio: cf. F. consolation.] The act of consoling; the state of being consoled; allevation of misery or distress of mind; refreshment of spirit; comfort; that which consoles or comforts the spirit.
Against such cruelties With inward consolations recompensed. Milton.
Are the consolations of God small with thee? Job xv. 11.
Syn. -- Comfort; solace; allevation. See Comfort.

Consolato del mare

> Con`so*la"to del ma"re (?). [It., the consulate of the sea.] A collection of maritime laws of disputed origin, supposed to have been first published at Barcelona early in the 14th century. It has formed the basis of most of the subsequent collections of maritime laws. Kent. Bouvier.

Consolator

> Con"so*la`tor (?), n. [L.] One who consoles or comforts. Johnson.

Consolatory

> Con*sol"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. consolatorius.] Of a consoling or comforting nature.
The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. Burke.

Consolatory

> Con*sol"a*to*ry, n. That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. [R.] Milton.

Console

> Con*sole" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consoled (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Consoling.] [L. consolari,. p.p. consolatus; con- + solari to console, comfort: cf. F. consoler. See Solace.] To cheer in distress or depression; to alleviate the grief and raise the spirits of; to relieve; to comfort; to soothe.
And empty heads console with empty sound. Pope.
I am much consoled by the reflection that the religion of Christ has been attacked in vain by all the wits and philosophers, and its triumph has been complete. P. Henry.
Syn. -- To comfort; solace; soothe; cheer; sustain; encourage; support. See Comfort.

Console

> Con"sole (?), n. [F.] (Arch.) (a) A bracket whose projection is not more than half its height. (b) Any small bracket; also, a console table. Console table, a table whose top is supported by two or more consoles instead of legs.

Consoler

> Con*sol"er (?), n. One who gives consolation.

Consolidant

> Con*sol"i*dant (?), a. [L. consolidans, p.pr. of consolidare: cf. F. consolidant.] Serving to unite or consolidate; having the quality of consolidating or making firm.

Consolidate

> Con*sol"i*date (?), a. [L. consolidatus, p.pr. of consolidare to make firm; con- + solidare to make firm; solidus solid. See Solid, and cf. Consound.] Formed into a solid mass; made firm; consolidated. [R.]
A gentleman [should learn to ride] while he is tender and the brawns and sinews of his thighs not fully consolidate. Elyot.

Consolidate

> Con*sol"i*date (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consolidated (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Consolidating (?).]

1. To make solid; to unite or press together into a compact mass; to harden or make dense and firm.

He fixed and consolidated the earth. T. Burnet.

2. To unite, as various particulars, into one mass or body; to bring together in close union; to combine; as, to consolidate the armies of the republic.

Consolidating numbers into unity. Wordsworth.

3. (Surg.) To unite by means of applications, as the parts of a broken bone, or the lips of a wound. [R.] Syn. -- To unite; combine; harden; compact; condense; compress.

Consolidate

> Con*sol"i*date, v. i. To grow firm and hard; to unite and become solid; as, moist clay consolidates by drying.
In hurts and ulcers of the head, dryness maketh them more apt to consolidate. Bacon.

Consolidated

> Con*sol"i*da`ted (?), p.p. & a.

1. Made solid, hard, or compact; united; joined; solidified.

The Aggregate Fund . . . consisted of a great variety of taxes and surpluses of taxes and duties which were [in 1715] consolidated. Rees.
A mass of partially consolidated mud. Tyndall.

2. (Bot.) Having a small surface in proportion to bulk, as in the cactus.

Consolidated plants are evidently adapted and designed for very dry regions; in such only they are found. Gray.
The Consolidated Fund, a British fund formed by consolidating (in 1787) three public funds (the Aggregate Fund, the General Fund, and the South Sea Fund). In 1816, the larger part of the revenues of Great Britian and Ireland was assigned to what has been known as the Consolidated Fund of the United Kingdom, out of which are paid the interest of the national debt, the salaries of the civil list, etc.

Consolidation

> Con*sol`i*da"tion (?), n. [L. consolidatio a confirming: cf. F. consolidation.]

1. The act or process of consolidating, making firm, or uniting; the state of being consolidated; solidification; combination.

The consolidation of the marble and of the stone did not fall out at random. Woodward.
The consolidation of the great European monarchies. Hallam.

2. (Bot.) To organic cohesion of different circled in a flower; adnation.

3. (Law) The combination of several actions into one.

Consolidative

> Con*sol"i*da*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. consolidatif.] Tending or having power to consolidate; healing.

Consoling

> Con*sol"ing (?), a. Adapted to console or comfort; cheering; as, this is consoling news.

Consols

> Con"sols (? ∨ , n. pl. [A contraction of consolidated (annuities).] The leading British funded government security. &hand; A considerable part of the public debt of Great Britian, which had been contracted in the form of annuities yielding various rates of interest, was, in 1757, consolidated into one fund at 3 per cent interest, the account of which is kept at the Bank of England. This debt has been diminished and increased at different times, and now constitutes somewhat more than half of the entire national debt. The stocks are transferable, and Their value in the market constantly fluctuates; the price at any time being regarded as a gauge of the national prosperity and public confidence.

Consomm > Con`som`m (?), n. [F., lit. p.p. of consommer to finish.] (Cookery) A clear soup or bouillion boiled down so as to be very rich.

Consonance, Consonancy

> Con"so*nance (?), Con"so*nan*cy (?), n. [L. consonantia: cf. F. consonnance.]

1. (Mus.) Accord or agreement of sounds produced simultaneously, as a note with its third, fifth, and eighth.

2. Agreement or congruity; harmony; accord; consistency; suitableness.

The perfect consonancy of our persecuted church to the doctrines of Scripture and antiquity. Hammond.
The optic nerve responds to the waves with which it is in consonance. Tyndall.

3. Friendship; concord. [Obs.]

By the consonancy of our youth. Shak.
Syn. -- Agreement; accord; consistency; unison; harmony; congruity; suitableness; agreeableness.

Consonant

> Con"so*nant (?), a. [L. consonans, -antis; p.pr. of consonare to sound at the same time, agree; con- + sonare to sound: cf. F. consonnant. See Sound to make a noise.]

1. Having agreement; congruous; consistent; according; -- usually followed by with or to.

Each one pretends that his opinion . . . is consonant to the words there used. Bp. Beveridge.
That where much is given shall be much required is a thing consonant with natural equity. Dr. H. More.

2. Having like sounds.

Consonant words and syllables. Howell.

3. (Mus.) harmonizing together; accordant; as, consonant tones, consonant chords.

4. Of or pertaining to consonants; made up of, or containing many, consonants.

No Russian whose dissonant consonant name Almost shatters to fragments the trumpet of fame. T. Moore.

Consonant

> Con"so*nant, n. [L. consonans, -antis.] An articulate sound which in utterance is usually combined and sounded with an open sound called a vowel; a member of the spoken alphabet other than a vowel; also, a letter or character representing such a sound. Consonants are divided into various classes, as mutes, spirants, sibilants, nasals, semivowels, etc. All of them are sounds uttered through a closer position of the organs than that of a vowel proper, although the most open of them, as the semivowels and nasals, are capable of being used as if vowels, and forming syllables with other closer consonants, as in the English feeble (taken
( &hand; "A consonant is the result of audible friction, squeezing, or stopping of the breath in some part of the mouth (or occasionally of the throath.) The main distinction between vowels and consonants is, that while in the former the mouth configuration merely modifies the vocalized breath, which is therefore an essential element of the vowels, in consonants the narrowing or stopping of the oral passage is the foundation of the sound, and the state of the glottis is something secondary." H. Sweet.

Consonantal

> Con`so*nan"tal (?),

Consonantize

> Con"so*nant*ize (?), v. t. To change into, or use as, a consonant. "The vowel is consonantized, that is, made closer in position." Peile.

Consonantly

> Con"so*nant*ly, adv. In a consonant, consistent, or congruous manner; agreeably.

Consonantness

> Con"so*nant*ness, n. The quality or condition of being consonant, agreeable, or consistent.

Consonous

> Con"so*nous (?), a. [L. consonus. See Consonant.] Agreeing in sound; symphonious.

Consopiation

> Con*so`pi*a"tion (?), n. The act of sleeping, or of lulling, to sleep. [Obs.] Pope.

Consopite

> Con"so*pite (?), a. [L. consopitus, p.p. of consopire.] Lulled to sleep. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Consopite

> Con"so*pite, v. t. To lull to sleep; to quiet; to compose. [Obs.]
The operation of the masculine faculties of the soul were, for a while, well slacked and consopited. Dr. H. More.

Consort

> Con"sort (?), n. [L. consore, -sortis; con- + sors lot, fate, share. See Sort.]

1. One who shares the lot of another; a companion; a partner; especially, a wife or husband. Milton.

He single chose to live, and shunned to wed, Well pleased to want a consort of his bed. Dryden.
The consort of the queen has passed from this troubled sphere. Thakeray.
The snow-white gander, invariably accompanied by his darker consort. Darwin.

2. (Naut.) A ship keeping company with another.

3. Concurrence; conjunction; combination; association; union. "By Heaven's consort." Fuller. "Working in consort." Hare.

Take it singly, and is carries an air of levity; but, in consort with the rest, has a meaning quite different. Atterbury.

4. [LL. consortium.] An assembly or association of persons; a company; a group; a combination. [Obs.]

In one consort there sat Cruel revenge and rancorious despite, Disloyal treason, and heart-burning hate. Spenser.
Lord, place me in thy consort. Herbert.

5. [Perh. confused with concert.] Harmony of sounds; concert, as of musical instruments. [Obs.] Milton.

To make a sad consort`; Come, let us join our mournful song with theirs. Spenser.

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Prince consort, the husband of a queen regnant. -- Queen consort, the wife of a king, as distinguished from a queen regnant, who rules alone, and a queen dowager, the window of a king.

Consort

Con*sort" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consorted; p.pr. & vb.n. Consorting.] To unite or to keep company; to associate; -- used with with.
Which of the Grecian chiefs consorts with thee? Dryden.

Consort

Con*sort", v. t.

1. To unite or join, as in affection, harmony, company, marriage, etc.; to associate.

He with his consorted Eve. Milton.
For all that pleasing is to living ears Was there consorted in one harmony. Spenser.
He begins to consort himself with men. Locke.

2. To attend; to accompany. [Obs.]

Thou, wretched boy, that didst consort him here, Shalt with him hence. Shak.

Consortable

Con*sort"a*ble (?), a. Suitable for association or companionship. [Obs.] Sir H. Wotton.

Consortion

Con*sor"tion (?), n. [L. consortio.] Fellowship; association; companionship. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Consortship

Con"sort*ship (?), n. The condition of a consort; fellowship; partnership. Hammond.

Consound

Con"sound (?), n. [Corrupted fr. F. consoude, fr L. consolida comfrey (so called because supposed to have healing power); con- + solidus solid, consolidare to make solid. Cf. Comfrey, Consolidate.] (Bot.) A name applied loosely to several plants of different genera, esp. the comfrey.

Conspecific

Con`spe*cif"ic (?), a. Of the same species.

Conspectuity

Con`spec*tu"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Conspectuities. The faculty of seeing; sight; eye. [A word of Menenius's making. Coriolanus ii. 1] Shak.

Conspectus

Con*spec"tus (?), n. A general sketch or outline of a subject; a synopsis; an epitome.

Conspersion

Con*sper"sion (?), n. [L. conspersio, fr. conspergere to sprinkle.] The act of sprinkling. [Obs.]
The conspersion washing the doorposts. Jer. Taylor.

Conspicuity

Con`spi*cu"i*ty (?), n. The state or quality of being clear or bright; brightness; conspicuosness. [R.] Chapman.

Conspicuous

Con*spic"u*ous (?), a. [L. conspicuus, fr. conspicere to get sight of, to perceive; con- + spicere, specere, to look. See Spy]

1. Open to the view; obvious to the eye; easy to be seen; plainly visible; manifest; attracting the eye.

It was a rock Of alabaster, piled up to the clouds, Conspicious far. Milton.
Conspicious by her veil and hood, Signing the cross, the abbess stood. Sir W. Scott.

2. Obvious to the mental eye; easily recognized; clearly defined; notable; prominent; eminent; distinguished; as, a conspicuous exellence, or fault.

A man who holds a conspicuous place in the political, eccesiastical, and literary history of England. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Distinguished; eminent; famous; illustrious; prominent; celebrated. See Distinguished. -- Con*spic"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*spic"u*ous*ness, n.

Conspiracy

Con*spir"a*cy (?), n.; pl. Conspiracies (#). [See Conspiration.]

1. A combination of men for an evil purpose; as agreement, between two or more persons, to commit a crime in concert, as treason; a plot.

When shapen was all his conspiracy From point to point. Chaucer.
They made a conspiracy against [Amaziah]. 2 Kings xiv. 19.
I had forgot that foul conspiracy
Of the beast Caliban and his confederates. Shak.

2. A concurence or general tendency, as of circumstances, to one event, as if by agreement.

A conspiracy in all heavenly and earthly things. Sir P. Sidney.

3. (Law) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy. Syn. -- Combination; plot; cabal.

Conspirant

Con*spir"ant (?), a. [L. conspirans, p.pr. of conspirare: cf. F. conspirant.] Engaging in a plot to commit a crime; conspiring. [Obs.] Shak.

Conspiration

Con`spi*ra"tion (?), n. [F. conspiration, L. conspiratio.] Agreement or concurrence for some end or purpose; conspiracy. [R.]
As soon as it was day, certain Jews made a conspiration. Udall.
In our natural body every part has a nacassary sympathy with every other, and all together form, by their harmonious onspiration, a healthy whole. Sir W. Hamilton.

Conspirator

Con*spir"a*tor (?), n. One who engages in a conspiracy; a plotter. 2 Sam. xv. 31.

Conspire

Con*spire" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Conspired (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conspiring.] [F. conspirer, L. onspirare to blow together, harmonize, agree, plot; con- + spirare to breathe, blow. See Spirit.]

1. To make an agreement, esp. a secret agreement, to do some act, as to commit treason or a crime, or to do some unlawful deed; to plot together.

They conspired against [Joseph] to slay him. Gen. xxxvii. 18.
You have conspired against our royal person, Joined with an enemy proclaimed. Shak.

2. To concur to one end; to agree.

The press, the pulpit, and the stage Conspire to censure and expose our age. Roscommon.
Syn. -- To unite; concur; complot; confederate; league.

Conspire

Con*spire", v. t. To plot; to plan; to combine for.
Angry clouds conspire your overthrow. Bp. Hall.

Conspirer

Con*spir"er (?), n. One who conspires; a conspirator.

Conspiringly

Con*spir"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of a conspirator; by conspiracy. Milton.

Conspissation

Con`spis*sa"tion (?), n. [L. conspissatio, fr. onspissare to make thick.] A making thick or viscous; thickness; inspissation. [R.] Dr. H. More.

Conspurate

Con*spur"ate (?), v. t. [L. conspurcatus, p.p. of conspurcare.] To pollute; to defile. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Conspuration

Con`spur*a"tion (?), n. [L. conspurcare, -spuratum, to defile.] This act of defiling; defilement; pollution. Bp. Hall.

Constable

Con"sta*ble (?), n. [OE. conestable, constable, a constable (in sense 1), OF. conestable, F. conn, LL. conestabulus, constabularius, comes stabuli, orig., count of the stable, master of the horse, equerry; comes ount (L. ompanion) + L. stabulum stable. See Count a nobleman, and Stable.]

1. A high officer in the monarhical establishments of the Middle Ages. &hand; The constable of France was the first officer of the crown, and had the chief ommand of the army. It was also his duty to regulate all matters of chivalry. The office was suppressed in 1627. The constable, or lord high constable, of England, was one of the highest officers of the crown, commander in chief of the forces, and keeper of the peace of the nation. He also judicial cognizance of many important matters. The office was as early as the Conquest, but has been disused (except on great and solemn occasions), since the attainder of Stafford, duke of Buckingham, in the reign of Henry VIII.

2. (Law) An officer of the peace having power as a conservator of the public peace, and bound to exeute the warrants of judicial offiers. Bouvier. &hand; In England, at the present time, the constable is a conservator of the peace within his district, and is also charged by various statutes with other duties, such as serving summons, precepts, warrants, etc. In the United States, constables are town or its officers of the peace, with powers similar to those of the constables of England. In addition to their duties as conservators of the peace, they are invested with others by statute, such as to execute civil as well as criminal process in certain cases, to attend courts, keep juries, etc. In some cities, there are officers called high constables, who act as shiefs of the constabulary or police force. In other cities the title of constable, as well as the office, is merged in that of the polie officer. High constable, a constable having certain duties and powers within a hundred. [Eng.] -- Petty constable, a conservator of the peace within a parish or tithing; a tithingman. [Eng.] -- Special constable, a person appointed to act as constable of special occasions. -- To overrun, ∨ outrun, the constable, the spend more than one's income; to get into debt. [Colloq.] Smollett.

Constablery

Con"sta*bler*y (? ∨ , n. [OF. conestablerie. Cf. Constabulary.]

1. The constabulary. [Obs.]

2. The distrit or jurisdiction of a constable. [Obs.]

Constableship

Con"sta*bleship (?), n. The office or functions of a constable.

Constabless

Con"sta*bless, n. The wife of a constable. [Obs.]

Constablewick

Con"sta*ble*wick` (?), n. [Constable + wick a village] The district to which a constable's power is limited. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Constabulary

Con*stab"u*la*ry (?), a. [LL. constabularius an equerry. See Constable.] Of or pertaining to constables; consisting of constables.

Constabulary

Con*stab"u*la*ry, n. The collective body of constables in any town, district, or country.

Constabulatory

Con*stab"u*la*to*ry (?), n. A constabulary. [Obs.] Bp. Burnet.

Constancy

Con"stan*cy (?), n. [L. constantia: cf. F. constance. See Constant.]

1. The state or quality of being constant or steadfast; freedom from hange; stability; fixedness; immutabilitu; asm the constancy of God in his nature and attributes.

2. Fixedness or firmness of mind; persevering resolution; especially, firmness of mind under sufferings, steadiness in attashments, or perseverance in enterprise; stability; fidelity.

A fellow of plain unoined constancy. Shak.
Constancy and contempt of danger. Prescott.
Syn. -- Fixedness; stability; firmness; steadiness; permanence; steadfastness; resolution. See Firmness.

Constant

Con"stant (?), a. [L. onstans, -antis, p.pr. of constare to stand firm, to be consistent; con- + stare to stand: cf.F. constant. See Stand and f. Cost, v. t.]

1. Firm; solid; fixed; immovable; -- opposed to fluid. [Obs.]

If . . . you mix them, you may turn these two fluid liquors into a constant body. Boyle.

2. Not liable, or given, to change; permanent; regular; continuous; continually recurring; steadfast; faithful; not fickle.

Both loving one fair maid, they yet remained constant friends. Sir P. Sidney.
I am constant to my purposes. Shak.
His gifts, his constant ourtship, nothing gained. Dryden.
Onward the constant current sweeps. Longfellow.

3. (Math. & Physics) Remaining unchanged or invariable, as a quantity, forc, law, etc.

4. Consistent; logical. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- Fixed; steadfast; unchanging; permanent; unalterable; immutable; perpetual; continual; resolute; firm; unshaken; determined. -- Constant, Continual, Perpetual. These words are sometimes used in an absolute and sometimes in a qualified sense. Constant denotes, in its absolute sense, unchangeably fixed; as, a constant mind or purpose. In its qualified sense, it marks something as a "standing" fact or occurence; as, liable to constant interruptions; constantly called for. Continual, in its absolute sense, coincides with continuous. See Continuous. In its qualified sense, it describes, a thing as occuring in steady and rapid succession; as, a round of continual calls; continually changing. Perpetual denotes, in its absolute sense, what literally never ceases or comes to an end; as, perpetual motion. In its qualified sense, it is used hyperbolically, and denotes that which rarely ceases; as, perpetual disturbance; perpetual noise; perpetual intermeddling.

Constant

Con"stant, n.

1. That which is not subject to change; that which is invariable.

Constantia

Con*stan"ti*a (? ∨ , n. A superior wine, white and red, from Constantia, in Cape Colony.

Constantly

Con"stant*ly (?), adv. With constancy; steadily; continually; perseveringly; without cessation; uniformly.
But she constantly affirmed that it was even so. Acts. xii. 15.

Constat

Con"stat (?), n. [L., it is evident.] (Law) A certificate showing what appears upon record touching a matter in question.

Constate

Con*state" (?), v. t. [F. constater; L. con- + stare to stand.] To ascertain; to verify; to establish; to prove. F. P. Cobbe.

Constellate

Con"stel*late (? ∨ , v. i. [Pref. con- + L. stellatus, p.p. of stellare to cover with stars, stella star. See Stellate.] To join luster; to shine with united radiance, or one general light. [R.]
The several things which engage our affections . . . shine forth and constellate in God. Boule.

Constellate

Con"stel*late, v. t.

1. To unite in one luster or radiane, as stars. [R.]

Whe know how to constellate these lights. Boyle.

2. To set or adorn with stars or constellations; as, constellated heavens. J. Barlow.

Constellation

Con`stel*la"tion (?), n. [F. constellation, L. constellatio.]

1. A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage, within whose imaginary outline, as traced upon the heavens, the group is included.

The constellations seem to have been almost purposely named and delineated to cause as much confusion and inconvenience as possible. Sir J. Herschel.
&hand; In each of the constellations now recognized by astronomers (about 90 in number) the brightest stars, both named and unnamed are designated nearly in the order of brilliancy by the letters of the Greek alphabet; as,

2. An assemblage of splendors or excellences.

The constellations of genius had already begun to show itself . . . which was to shed a glory over the meridian and close of Philip's reign. Prescott.

3. Fortune; fate; destiny. [Obs.]

It is constellation, which causeth all that a man doeth. Gower.

Consternation

Con`ster*na"tion (?), n. [L. consternatio, fr. consternare to overome, perplex, an accessory form of consternere to trow down, prostrate; con + sternere to spread out, throw down: cf. F. consternation. See Straum.] Amazement or horror that confounds the faculties, and incapacitates for refletion; terror, combined with amaxement; dismay.
The chiefs around, In silence wrapped, in onsternation downed. Attend the stern reply. Pope.
Syn. -- Alarm; fright; amazement; astonishment; surprise; panic; returbation. See Alarm.

Constipate

Con"sti*pate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constipated; p.pr. & vb.n. Constipating.] [L. constipatus, p.p. of constipare; con- + stipare to crowd together. See Costive.]

1. To crowd or cram into a narrow compass; to press together or condense. [Obs.]

Of cold the property is to condense and constipate. Bacon.

2. To stop (a channel) by filling it, and preventing passage through it; as, to constipate the capillary vessels.

3. (Med.) To render costive; to cause constipation in.

Constipation

Con`sti*pa"tion (?), n. [L. constipatio a crowding together: cf.F. constipation.]

1. Act of crowding anything into a less compass, or the state of being crowded or pressed together; condensation. [Obs.]

Fullness of matter, or a pretty close constipation . . . of its particles. Boyle.

2. A state of the bowels in which the evacuations are infrequent and difficult, or the intestines become filled with hardened faces; costiveness.

Constituency

Con*stit"u*en*cy (?), n.; pl. Constituencies (. A body of constituents, as the body of citizens or voters in a representative district.

Constituent

Con*stit"u*ent (?), a. [L. constituens, -entis, p.pr. See Constitute.]

1. Serving to form, compose, or make up; elemental; component.

Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man. Dryden.

2. Having the power of electing or appointing.

A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body. Junius.

Constituent

Con*stit"u*ent, n.

1. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.

Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance. Sir M. Hale

2. That which constitutes or composes, as a part, or an essential part; a component; an element.

We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water. Tyndall.

3. One for whom another acts; especially, one who is represented by another in a legislative assembly; -- correlative to representative.

The electors in the district of a representative in Congress, or in the legislature of a State, are termed his constituents. Abbot.
To appeal from the representatives to the constituents. Macaulay.

4. (Law) A person who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact. Burrill.

Constitute

Con"sti*tute (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constituted; p.pr. & vb.n. Constituting.] [L. constitutus, p.p. of constiture to constitute; con- + statuere to place, set, fr. status station, fr. stare to stand. See Stand.]

1. To cause to stand; to establish; to enact.

Laws appointed and constituted by lawful authority. Jer. Taylor.

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2. To make up; to compose; to form.

Truth and reason constitute that intellectual gold that defies destruction. Johnson.

3. To appoint, depute, or elect to an offie; to make and empower.

Me didst Thou constitute a priest of thine. Wordsworth.
Constituted authorities, the officers of government, collectively, as of a nation, city, town, etc. Bartlett.

Constitute

Con"sti*tute (?), n. An established law. [Obs.] T. Preston.

Constituter

Con"sti*tu`ter (?), n. One who constitutes or appoints.

Constitution

Con`sti*tu"tion (?), n. [F. constitution, L. constitute.]

1. The act or process of constituting; the action of enacting, establishing, or appointing; enactment; establishment; formation.

2. The state of being; that form of being, or structure and connection of parts, which constitutes and characterizes a system or body; natural condition; structure; texture; conformation.

The physical constitution of the sun. Sir J. Herschel.

3. The agregate of all one's inherited physical qualities; the aggregate of the vital powers of an individual, with refernce to ability to endure hardship, resist disease, etc.; as, a robust constitution.

Our constitutions have never been enfeebled by the vices or luxuries of the oid world. Story.

4. The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament.

He defended himself with . . . less passion than was expected from his constitution. Clarendon.

5. The fundamental, organic law or principles of government of men, embodied in written documents, or implied in the institutions and usages of the country or society; also, a written instrument embodying such organic law, and laying down fundamental rules and principles for the conduct of affairs.

Our constitution had begun to exist in times when statesmen were not much accustomed to frame exact definitions. Macaulay.
&hand; In England the constitution is unwritten, and may be modified from time to time by act of Parliament. In the United States a constitution cannot ordinarily be modified, exept through such processes as the constitution itself ordains.

6. An authoritative ordinance, regulation or enactment; especially, one made by a Roman emperor, or one affecting ecclesiastical doctrine or disipline; as, the constitutions of Justinian.

The positive constutions of our own churches. Hooker.
A constitution of Valentinian addressed to Olybrius, then prefect of Rome, for the regulation of the conduct of advocates. George Long.
Apostolic constitutions. See under Apostolic.

Constitutional

Con`sti*tu"tion*al (?), a. [f. F. constitutionnel.]

1. Belonging to, or inherent in, the constitution, or in the structure of body or mind; as, a constitutional infirmity; constitutional ardor or dullness.

2. In accordance with, or authorized by, the constitution of a state or a society; as, constitutional reforms.

3. Regulated by, dependent on, or secured by, a constitution; as, constitutional government; constitutional rights. Hallam.

4. Relating to a constitution, or establishment form of government; as, a constitutional risis.

The anient constitutional traditions of the state. Macaulay.

5. For the benefit or one's constitution or health; as, a constitutional walk. [Colloq.] Constitutional law, law that relates to the constitution, as a permanent system of political and juridical government, as distinguished from statutory and common law, which relate to matters subordinate to such constitution.

Constitutional

Con`sti*tu"tion*al, n. A walk or other exercise taken for one's health or constitution. [Colloq.] Thackeray.
The men trudged diurnal constitutionals along the different roads. Compton Reade.

Constitutionalism

Con`sti*tu"tion*al*ism (?), n. The theory, principles, or authority of constitutional government; attachment or adherene to a constitution or constitutional government. Carlyle.

Constitutionalist

Con`sti*tu"tion*al*ist, n. One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.

Constitutionality

Con`sti*tu`tion*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. -ties (#). [f. F. constitutionalit\'82.]

1. The quality or state of being constitutional, or inherent in the natural frame.

2. The state of being consistent with the constitution or frame of government, or of being authorized by its provisions. Burke.

Constitutionalities, bottomless cavilings and questionings about written laws. Carlyle.

Constitutionally

Con`sti*tu"tion*al*ly (?), adv.

1. In accordance with the constitution or natural disposition of the mind or body; naturally; as, he was constitutionally timid.

The English were constitutionally humane. Hallam.

2. In accordance with the constitution or fundamental law; legally; as, he was not constitutionally appointed.

Nothing would indue them to acknowledge that [such] an assembly . . . was constitutionally a Parliament. Macaulay.

Constitutionist

Con`sti*tu"tion*ist, n. One who adheres to the constitution of the country. Bolingbroke.

Constitutive

Con"sti*tu`tive (?), a.

1. Tending or assisting to constitute or compose; elemental; essential.

An ingredient and constitutive part of every virtue. Barrow.

2. Having power to enact, establish, or create; instituting; determining. Sir W. Hamilton.

Constitutively

Con"sti*tu`tive*ly, adv. In a constitutive manner.

Constrain

Con*strain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constrained (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Constraining.] [OF. constraindre, F. contrainde, L. constringere; con- + stringere to draw tight. See Strain, and. cf. Constrict, Conbstringere.]

1. To secure by bonds; to chain; to bond or con

He binds in hains The droway prophet, and his limbs constrains. Dryden.
When winter frosts constrain the fields with old. Dryden.

2. To bring into a narrow compass; to compress.

How the strait stays the slender waist constrain. Gay.

3. To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

My sire in caves constrains the winds. Dryden.

4. To compel; to force; to necessiate; to oblige.

The love of Christ constraineth us. 2. Cor. v. 14.

5. To violate; to ravish. [Obs.] Shak.

6. To produce in such a manner as to give an unnatural effet; as, a constrained voice. Syn. -- To compel; force; drive; impel; urge; press.

Constrainable

Con*strain"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. constraignable, F. contraignable.] Capable of being constrained; liable to constraint, or to restraint. Hooker.

Constrained

Con*strained" (?), a. Marked by constraint; not free; not voluntary; embarrassed; as, a constrained manner; a constrained tone.

Constrainedly

Con*strain"ed*ly (?), adv. By constraint or compulsion; in a constrained manner. Hooker.

Constrainer

Con*strain"er (?), n. One who constrains.

Constraint

Con*straint" (?), n. [OF. constrainte, F. constrainte.] The act of constraining, or the state of being constrained; that which compels to, or restrains from, action; compulsion; restraint; necessity.
Long imprisonment and hard constraint. Spenser.
Not by constraint, but bDryden.
Syn. -- Compulsion; violence; necessity; urgency. -- Constraint, Compulsion. Constraint implies strong binding force; as, the constraint of necessity; the constraint of fear. Compulsion implies the exertion of some urgent impelling force; as, driven by compulsion. The former prevents us from acting agreeably to our wishes; the latter forces us to act contrary to our will. Compulsion is always produced by some active agent; a constraint may be laid upon us by the forms of civil society, or by other outward circumstances. Crabb.

Constraintive

Con*straint"ive (?), a. Constraining; compulsory. [R.] "Any constraintive vow." R. Carew.

Constrict

Con*strict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constricted; p.pr. & vb.n. Constricting.] [L. constrictus, p.p. of constringere. See Constrain.] To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink.
Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot.
Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.

Constricted

Con*strict"ed, a.

1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.

2. (Bot.) Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.

Constriction

Con*stric"tion (?), n. [L. constrictio: cf. F. constriction.]

1. The act of constricting by means of some inherent power or by movement or change in the thing itself, as distinguished from compression.

2. The state of being constricted; the point where a thing is constricted; a narrowing or binding.

A constriction of the parts inservient to speech. Grew.

Constrictive

Con*strict"ive (?), a. Serving or tending to bind or constrict.

Constrictor

Con*strict"or (?), n.

1. That which constricts, draws together, or contracts.

2. (Anat.) A muscle which contracts or closes an orifice, or which compresses an organ; a sphincter.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A serpent that kills its prey by inclosing and crushing it with its folds; as, the boa constrictor.

Constringe

Con*stringe" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constringed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Constringing.] [L. constringere. See onstrain.] To dawn together; to contract; to force to contract itself; to constrict; to cause to shrink. [R.]
Strong liquors . . . intoxicate, constringe, harden the fibers, and coagulate the fluids. Arbuthnot.

Constringent

Con*strin"gent (?), a. [L. constringens, p.pr.] Having the quality of contracting, binding, or compressing. Thomson.

Construct

Con*struct" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constructed; p.pr. & vb.n. Constructing.] [L. constructus, p.p. of construere to bring together, to construct; con- + struere to pile up, set in order. See Structure, and cf. Construe.]

1. To put together the constituent parts of (something) in their proper place and order; to build; to form; to make; as, to construct an edlifice.

2. To devise; to invent; to set in order; to arrange; as, to construct a theory of ethics. Syn. -- To build; erect; form; compile; make; fabricate; originate; invent.

Construct

Con"struct (?), a. Formed by, or relating to, construction, interpretation, or inference. Construct form ∨ state (Heb. Gram.), that of a noun used before another which has the genitive relation to it.

Constructer

Con*struct"er (?), n. One who, or that which, constructs or frames.

Construction

Con*struc"tion (?), n. [L. constructio: cf. F. construction.]

1. The process or art of constructing; the act of building; erection; the act of devising and forming; fabrication; composition.

2. The form or manner of building or putting together the parts of anything; structure; arrangement.

An astrolabe of peculiar construction. Whewell.

3. (Gram.) The arrangement and connection of words in a sentence; syntactical arrangement.

Some particles . . . in certain constructions have the sense of a whole sentence contained in them. Locke.

4. The method of construing, interpreting, or explaining a declaration or fact; an attributed sense or meaning; understanding; explanation; interpretation; sense.

Any person . . . might, by the sort of construction that would be put on this act, become liable to the penalties of treason. Hallam.
Strictly, the term [construction] signifies determining the meaning and proper effect of language by a consideration of the subject matter and attendant circumstances in connection with the words employed. Abbott.
Interpretation properly precedes construction, but it does not go beyond the written text. Parsons.
Construction of an equation (Math.), the drawing of such lines and figures as will represent geometrically the quantities in the equation, and their relations to each other. -- Construction train (Railroad), a train for transporting men and materials for construction or repairs.

Constructional

Con*struc"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or deduced from, construction or interpretation.

Constructionist

Con*struc"tion*ist, n. One who puts a certain construction upon some writing or instrument, as the Constitutions of the United States; as, a strict constructionist; a broad constructionist.

Constructive

Con*struct"ive (?), a. [Cf. F. constructif.]

1. Having ability to construct or form; employed in construction; as, to exhibit constructive power.

The constructive fingers of Watts. Emerson.

2. Derived from, or depending on, construction or interpretation; not directly expressed, but inferred. Constructive crimes (Law), acts having effects analogous to those of some statutory or common law crimes; as, constructive treason. Constructive crimes are no longer recognized by the courts. -- Constructive notice, notice imputed by construction of law. -- Constructive trust, a trust which may be assumed to exist, though no actual mention of it be made.

Constructively

Con*struct"ive*ly, adv. In a constructive manner; by construction or inference.
A neutral must have notice of a blockade, either actually by a formal information, or constructively by notice to his government. Kent.

Constructiveness

Con*struct"ive*ness, n.

1. Tendency or ability to form or construct.

2. (Phren.) The faculty which enables one to construct, as in mechanical, artistic, or literary matters.

Constructor

Con*struct"or (?), n. [Cf. LL. constructor.] A constructer.

Constructure

Con*struc"ture (?; 135), n. That which is constructed or formed; an edifice; a fabric. [Obs.]

Construe

Con*strue (?; Archaic ?), v. t. [imp & p. p. Construed (#); p. pr & vb. n. Construing (#).] [L. construere: cf. F. construire. See Construct.]

1. To apply the rules of syntax to (a sentence or clause) so as to exhibit the structure, arrangement, or connection of, or to discover the sense; to explain the construction of; to interpret; to translate.

2. To put a construction upon; to explain the sense or intention of; to interpret; to understand.

Thus we are put to construe and paraphrase our own words to free ourselves either from the ignorance or malice of our enemies. Bp. Stilingfleet.
And to be dull was construed to be good. Pope.

Constuprate

Con"stu*prate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Construprated; p.p. & vb.n. Constuprating.] [L. constupratus, p.p. of constuprare to ravish; con- + stuprare to ravish, stuprum rape.] To ravish; to debauch. Burton.

Constupration

Con`stu*pra"tion (?), n. The act of ravishing; violation; defilement. Bp. Hall.

Consubstantial

Con`sub*stan"tial (?), a. [L. consubstantialis; con- + substantialis: cf. F. consubstantiel. See Substantial.] Of the same kind or nature; having the same substance or essence; coessential.
Christ Jesus . . . coeternal and consubstantial with the Father and with the Holy Ghost. Foxe.

Consubstantialism

Con`sub*stan"tial*ism (?), n. The doctrine of consubstantiation.

Consubstantialist

Con`sub*stan"tial*ist, n. One who believes in consubstantiation. Barrow.

Consubstantiality

Con`sub*stan"ti*al"i*ty (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. consubstantialit\'82.] Participation of the same nature; coexistence in the same substance. "His [the Son's] . . . consubstantiality with the Father." Hammend.

Consubstantially

Con`sub*stan"tial*ly (?), adv. In a consubstantial manner; with identity of substance or nature.

Consubstantiate

Con`sub*stan"ti*ate (?; 106), v. t. [imp & p. p. Consubstantiated; p.pr & vb. n. Consubstantiating.] To cause to unite, or to regard as united, in one common substance or nature. [R.]
His soul must be consubstantiated with reason. Jer. Taylor.

Consubstantiate

Con`sub*stan"ti*ate, v. i. To profess or belive the doctrine of consubstantion.
The consubstantiating church and priest. Dryden.

Consubstantiate

Con`sub*stan"ti*ate (?), a. Partaking of the same substance; united; consubstantial.
We must love her [the wife] that is thus consubstantiate with us. Feltham.

Consubstantiation

Con`sub*stan`ti*a"tion (?; 106), n.

1. An identity or union of substance.

2. (Theol.) The actual, substantial presence of the body of Christ with the bread and wine of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper; impanation; -- opposed to transubstantiation. &hand; This view, held by Luther himself, was called consubstantiation by non Lutheran writers in contradistinction to transsubstantiation, the Catholic view.

Consuetude

Con"sue*tude (?; 144), n. [L. consuetudo. See Custom.] Custom, habit; usage. [R.]
To observe this consuetude or law. Barnes
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Consuetudinal

Con`sue*tu"di*nal (?), a. [LL. consuetudinalis.] According to custom; customary; usual. [R.]

Consuetudinary

Con`sue*tu"di*na"ry (?), a. [LL. consuetudinarius.] Customary.
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Cussuetudinary

Cus`sue*tu"di*na*ry (?), n.; pl. Consuetudinaries (. A manual or ritual of customary devotional exercises.

Consul

Con"sul (?), n. [L., prob. fr. consulere to deliberate. See Consult.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) One of the two chief magistrates of the republic. &hand; They were chosen annually, originally from the patricians only, but later from the plebeians also.

2. A senator; a counselor. [Obs.]

Many of the consuls, raised and met, Are at the duke's already. Shak.
With kings and consuls of the earth. Job. iii. 14 (Douay Ver. )

3. (Fr. Hist.) One of the three chief magistrates of France from 1799 to 1804, who were called, respectively, first, second, and third consul.

4. An official comissioned to reside in some foreign country, to care for the commercial interests of the citizens of the appointing government, and to protect its seamen. Consul general, a consul of the first rank, stationed in an important place, or having jurisdiction in several places or over several consula. -- Vice consul, a consular officer holding the place of a consul during the consul's absence or after he has been relieved.

Consulage

Con"sul*age (?), n. (Com.) A duty or tax paid by merchants for the protection of their connerce by means of a consul in a foreign place.

Consular

Con"su*lar (?), a. [L. consularis; cf. F. consulaire.] Of or pertaining to a consul; performing the duties of a consul; as, consular power; consular dignity; consular officers.

Consulary

Con"su*la"ry (?), a. Consular. [Obs.] Holland.

Consulate

Con"su*late (?), n. [L. consulatus: cf. F. consulat.]

1. The office of a consul. Addison.

2. The jurisdiction or residence of a consul. Kent.

3. Consular government; term of office of a consul.

Consulship

Con"sul*ship (?), n.

1. The office of a consul; consulate.

2. The term of office of a consul.

Consult

Con*sult" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Consulted; p.pr. & vb.n. Consulting.] [L. consultare, fr. consulere to consult: cf. f. consulter. Cf. Counsel.] To seek the opinion or advice of another; to take consel; to deliberate together; to confer.
Let us consult upon to-morrow's business. Shak.
All the laws of England have been made by the kings England, consulting with the nobility and commons. Hobbes.

Consult

Con*sult", v. t.

1. To ask advice of; to seek the opinion of; to apply to for information or instruction; to refer to; as, to consult a physician; to consult a dictionary.

Men fergot, or feared, to consult . . . ; they were content to consult liberaries. Whewell.

2. To have reference to, in judging or acting; to have regard to; to consider; as, to consult one's wishes.

We are . . . to consult the necessities of life, rather than matters of ornament and delight. L'Estrange.

3. To deliberate upon; to take for. [Obs.]

Manythings were there consulted for the future, yet nothing was positively resolved. Clarendon.

4. To bring about by counsel or contrivance; to devise; to contrive. [Obs.]

Consult

Con*sult" (? ∨ ?), n.

1. The act of consulting or deliberating; consultation; also, the result of consulation; determination; decision. [Obs.]

The council broke; And all grave consults dissolved in smoke. Dryden.

2. A council; a meeting for consultation. [Obs.] "A consult of coquettes." Swift.

3. Agreement; concert [Obs.] Dryden.

Consultary

Con*sult"a*ry (?), a. Formed by consultation; resulting from conference. Consultary response (Law), the opinion of a court on a special case. Wharton.
Thou hast consulted shame to thy Hab. ii. 10.

2. (Math.) A quantity that does not change its value; -- used in countradistinction variable. Absolute costant (Math.), one whose value is absolutely the same under all cirumstanes, as the number 10, or any numeral. -- Arbitrary constant, an undetermined constant in a differential equation having the same value during all changes in the values of the variables.

I was constrained to appeal unto CActs xxviii. 19.

Consultation

Con`sul*ta"tion (?), n. [L. consultatio: cf. F. consultation.]

1. The act of consulting or conferring; deliberation of two or more persons on some matter, with a view to a decision.

Thus they doubtful consultations dark Ended. Milton.

2. A council or conference, as of physicians, held to consider a special case, or of lawyers restained in a cause. Writ of consultation (Law), a writ by which a cause, improperly removed by prohibition from one court to another, is returned to the court from which it came; -- so called because the judges, on consultation, find the prohibition ill-founded.

Consultative

Con*sult"a*tive (?), a. Pertaining to consultation; having the privilege or right of conference. "A consultative . . . power." Abp. Bramhall.

Consultatory

Con*sult"a*to*ry (?), a. Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory. Bancroft.

Consulter

Con*sult"er (?), n. One who consults, or asks counsel or information.

Consulting

Con*sult"ing, a. That consults. Consulting physician (Med.), a physician who consults with the attending practitioner regarding any case of disease.

Consultive

Con*sult"ive (?), a. Determined by, or pertaining to, consultation; deliberate; consultative.
He that remains in the grace of God sins not by any deliberative, consultive, knowing act. Jer. Taylor.

Consumable

Con*sum"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being consumed; that may be destroyed, dissipated, wasted, or spent. "Consumable commodities." Locke.

Consume

Con*sume" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Consumed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Consuming.] [L. consumere to take wholly or complectely, to consume; con- + sumere to take; sub + emere to buv. See Redeem.] To destroy, as by decomposition, dissipation, waste, or fire; to use up; to expend; to waste; to burn up; to eat up; to devour.
If he were putting to my house the brand That shall consume it. Shak.
Lay up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust doth consume. Matt. vi. 20 (Rev. Ver. ).
Let me alone . . . that I may consume them. Ex. xxxii. 10.
Syn. -- To destroy; swallow up; ingulf; absorb; waste; exhaust; spend; expend; squander; lavish; dissipate.

Consume

Con*sume" (?), v. i. To waste away slowly.
Therefore, let Renedick, like covered fire, Consume away in sighs. Shak.

Consumedly

Con*sum"ed*ly (?), adv. Excessively. [Low]
He's so consumedly pround of it. Thackeray.

Consumer

Con*sum"er (?), n. One who, or that which, consumes; as, the consumer of food.

Consumingly

Con*sum"ing*ly, adv. In a consuming manner.

Consummate

Con*sum"mate (?), a. [L. consummatus, p.p. or consummare to accomplish, sum up; con- + summa sum. See Sum.] Carried to the utmost extent or degree; of the highest quality; complete; perfect. "A man of perfect and consummate virtue." Addison.
The little band held the post with consummate tenacity. Motley

Consummate

Con"sum*mate (?; 277), v. t. [imp & p. p. Consummated (#); p. pr & vb. n. Consummating (#).] To bring to completion; to raise to the highest point or degree; to complete; to finish; to perfect; to achieve.
To consummate this business happily. Shak.

Consummately

Con*sum"mate*ly (?), adv. In a consummate manner; completely. T. Warton.

Consummation

Con`sum*ma"tion (?), n. [L. consummatio.] The act of consummating, or the state of being consummated; completed; completion; perfection; termination; end (as of the world or of life).
"Tis a consummation Devoutly to be wished. Shak.
From its original to its consummation. Addison.
Quiet consummation have, And renownShak.
Consummation of marrige, completion of the connubial relation by actual cohabition.

Consummative

Con*sum"ma*tive (?), a. Serving to consummate; completing. "The final, the consummative procedure of philosophy." Sir W. Hamilton.

Consumption

Con*sump"tion (?; 215), n.. [L. consumptio: cf. F. consomption.]

1. The act or process of consuming by use, waste, etc.; decay; destruction.

Every new advance of the price to the consumer is a new incentive to him to retrench the quality of his consumption. Burke.

2. The state or process of being consumed, wasted, or diminished; waste; diminution; loss; decay.

3. (Med.) A progressive wasting away of the body; esp., that form of wasting, attendant upon pulmonary phthisis and associated with cough, spitting of blood, hectic fever, etc.; pulmonary phthisis; -- called also pulmonary consumption.<-- tuberculosis --> Consumption of the bowels (Med.), inflammation and ulceration of the intestines from tubercular disease. Syn. -- Decline; waste; decay. See Decline.

Consumptive

Con*sump"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. consomptif.]

1. Of or pertaining to consumption; having the quality of consuming, or dissipating; destructive; wasting.

It [prayer] is not consumptive or our time. Sharp.
A long consumptive war. Addison.

2. (Med.) Affected with, or inclined to, consumption.

The lean, consumptive wench, with coughs decayed. Dryden.

Consumptive

Con*sump"tive, n. One affected with consumption; as, a resort for consumptives.

Consumptively

Con*sump"tive*ly, adv. In a way tending to or indication consumption. Beddoes.

Consumptiveness

Con*sump"tive*ness, n. A state of being consumptive, or a tendency to a consumption.

Contabescent

Con`ta*bes"cent (?), a. [L. contabescenc, p.pr. of contabescere.] Wasting away gradually. Darwin. - Con*ta*bes"cence (#), n.

Contact

Con"tact (?), n. [L. contactus, fr. contingere, -tactum, to touch on all sides. See Contingent.]

1. A close union or junction of bodies; a touching or meeting.

2. (Geom.) The property of two curves, or surfaces, which meet, and at the point of meeting have a common direction.

3. (Mining) The plane between two adjacent bodies of dissimilar rock. Raymond. Contact level, a delicate level so pivoted as to tilt when two parts of a measuring apparatus come into contact with each other; -- used in precise determinations of lengths and in the accurate graduation of instruments.

Contaction

Con*tac"tion (?), n. Act of touching. [Obs.]

Contagion

Con*ta"gion (?), n. [L. contagio: cf. F. contagion. See Contact.]

1. (Med.) The transmission of a disease from one person to another, by direct or indirect contact. &hand; The term has been applied by some to the action of miasmata arising from dead animal or vegetable matter, bogs, fens, etc., but in this sense it is now abandoned. Dunglison.

And will he steal out of his wholesome bed To dare the vile contagion of the night? Shak.

2. That which serves as a medium or agency to transmit disease; a virus produced by, or exhalation proceeding from, a diseased person, and capable of reproducing the disease.

3. The act or means of communicating any influence to the mind or heart; as, the contagion of enthusiasm. "The contagion of example." Eikon Basilike.

When lust . . . Lets in defilement to the inward parts, The soul grows clotted by contagion. Milton.

4. Venom; poison. [Obs.] "I'll touch my point with this contagion." Shak. Syn. -- See Infection.

Contagioned

Con*ta"gioned (?), a. Affected by contagion.

Contagionist

Con*ta"gion*ist, n. One who believes in the contagious character of certain diseases, as of yellow fever.

Contagious

Con*ta"gious (?), a. [L. contagiosus: cf. F. contagieux.]

1. (Med.) Communicable by contact, by a virus, or by a bodily exhalation; catching; as, a contagious disease.

2. Conveying or generating disease; pestilential; poisonous; as, contagious air.

3. Spreading or communicable from one to another; exciting similar emotions or conduct in others.

His genius rendered his courage more contagious. Wirt.
The spirit of imitation is contagious. Ames.
Syn. -- Contagious, Infectious. These words have been used in very diverse senses; but, in general, a contagious disease has considered as one which is caught from another by contact, by the breath, by bodily effluvia, etc.; while an infectious disease supposes some entirely different cause acting by a hidden influence, like the miasma of prison ships, of marshes, etc., infecting the system with disease. "This distinction, though not universally admitted by medical men, as to the literal meaning, of the words, certainly applies to them in their figurative use. Thus we speak of the contagious influence of evil associates; their contagion of bad example, the contagion of fear, etc., when we refer to transmission by proximity or contact. On the other hand, we speak of infection by bad principles, etc., when we consider anything as diffused by some hidden influence.

Contagiously

Con*ta"gious*ly, adv. In a contagious manner.

Contagiousness

Con*ta"gious*ness, n. Quality of being contagious.

Contagium

Con*ta"gi*um (?), n. [L.] Contagion; contagious matter. "Contagium of measles." Tyndall.

Contain

Con*tain" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contained (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Containing.] [OE. contenen, conteinen, F. contenir, fr. L. continere, -tentum; con- + tenere to hold. See Tenable, and cf. Countenance.]

1. To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

Behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens can not contain thee; how much less this house! 2 Chron. vi. 18.
When that this body did contain a spirit. Shak.
What thy stores contain bring forth. Milton.

2. To have capacity for; to be able to hold; to hold; to be equivalent to; as, a bushel contains four pecks.

3. To put constraint upon; to restrain; to confine; to keep within bounds. [Obs., exept as used reflexively.]

The king's person contains the unruly people from evil occasions. Spenser.
Fear not, my lord: we can contain ourselves. Shak.

Contain

Con*tain", v. i. To restrain desire; to live in continence or chastity.
But if they can not contain, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9.

Containable

Con*tain"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being contained or comprised. Boyle.

Containant

Con*tain"ant (?), n. A container.

Container

Con*tain"er (?), n. One who, or that which, contains.

Containment

Con*tain"ment (?), n. That which is contained; the extent; the substance. [Obs.]
The containment of a rich man's estate. Fuller.

Contaminable

Con*tam"i*na*ble (?), a. Capable of being contaminated.

Contaminate

Con*tam"i*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contaminated (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Contaminating (?).] [L. contaminatus, p.p. of contaminare to bring into contact, to contaminate, fr. contamen contagion, for contagmen; con- + root of tangere to touch. See Contact.] To soil, stain, or corrupt by contact; to tarnish; to sully; to taint; to pollute; to defile.
Shall we now Contaminate our figures with base bribes? Shak.
I would neither have simplicity imposed upon, nor virtue contaminated. Goldsmith.
Syn. -- To pollute; defile; sully; taint; tarnish; soil; stain; corrupt.

Contaminate

Con*tam"i*nate (?), a. Contaminated; defiled; polluted; tainted. "Contaminate drink." Daniel.

Contamination

Con*tam`i*na"tion (?), n. [L. contaminatio.] The act or process of contaminating; pollution; defilement; taint; also, that which contaminates.

Contamitive

Con*tam"i*tive (?), a. Tending or liable to contaminate.

Contango

Con*tan"go (?), n.; pl. Contangoes (#). [Prob. a corruption of contingent.]

1. (Stock Exchange) The premium or interest paid by the buyer to the seller, to be allowed to defer paying for the stock purchased until the next fortnightly settlement day. [Eng.]

2. (Law) The postponement of payment by the buyer of stock on the payment of a premium to the seller. See Backwardation. N. Biddle.

Contection

Con*tec"tion (?), n. [L. contegere, -tectum, to cover up.] A covering. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Contek

Con"tek (?), n. [OE. conteck, conteke, contake, perh. a corruption either of contact or contest.]

1. Quarrel; contention; contest. [Obs.]

Contek with bloody knife. Chaucer.

2

2 Contumely; reproach. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Contemn

Con*temn" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contemned (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Contemning (? ∨ ?).] [L. contemnere, -temptum; con- + temnere to slight, despise: cf. OF. contemner.] To view or treat with contempt, as mean and despicable; to reject with disdain; to despise; to scorn.
Thy pompous delicacies I contemn. Milton.
One who contemned divine and human laws. Dryden.
Syn. -- To despise; scorn; disdain; spurn; slight; neglect; underrate; overlook. -- To Contemn, Despise, Scorn, Disdain. Contemn is the generic term, and is applied especially to objects, qualities, etc., which are deemed contemptible, and but rarely to individuals; to despise is to regard or treat as mean, unbecoming, or worthless; to scorn is stronger, expressing a quick, indignant contempt; disdain is still stronger, denoting either unwarrantable pride and haughtiness or an abhorrence of what is base.

Contemner

Con*tem"ner (? ∨ ?), n. One who contemns; a despiser; a scorner. "Contemners of the gods." South.

Contemningly

Con*tem"ning*ly, adv. Contemptuously. [R.]

Contemper

Con*tem"per (?), v. t. [L. contemperare, -temperatum; con- + temperare to temper. Cf. Contemperate.] To modify or temper; to allay; to qualify; to moderate; to soften. [Obs.]
The antidotes . . . have allayed its bitterness and contempered its malignancy. Johnson.

Contemperate

Con*tem"per*ate (?), v. t. [See Contemper.] To temper; to moderate. [Obs.]
Moisten and contemperate the air. Sir T. Browne.

Contemperation

Con*tem`per*a"tion (?), n.

1. The act of tempering or moderating. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

2. Proportionate mixture or combination. "Contemperation of light and shade." Boyle.

Contemperature

Con*tem"per*a*ture (?; 135), n. The condition of being tempered; proportionate mixture; temperature. [Obs.]
The different contemperature of the elements. SDouth.

Contemplance

Con*tem"plance (?), n. Contemplation. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Contemplant

Con*tem"plant (?), a. [L. contemplans, p.pr.] Given to contemplation; meditative. [R.] Coleridge.

Contemplate

Con"tem*plate (?; 277), v. t. [imp & p. p. Contemplated (# ∨ #); p.pr & vb. n. Contemplating.] [L. contemplatus, p.p. of contemplari to contemplate; con- + templum a space for observation marked out by the augur. See Temple.]

1. To look at on all sides or in all its bearings; to view or consider with continued attention; to regard with deliberate care; to meditate on; to study.

To love, at least contemplate and admire, What I see excellent. Milton.
We thus dilate Our spirits to the size of that they contemplate. Byron.

2. To consider or have in view, as contingent or probable; to look forward to; to purpose; to intend.

There remain some particulars to complete the information contemplated by those resolutions. A. Hamilton.
If a treaty contains any stipulations which contemplate a state of future war. Kent.
Syn. -- To view; behold; study; ponder; muse; meditate on; reflect on; consider; intend; design; plan; propose; purpose. See Meditate.

Contemplate

Con"tem*plate, v. i. To consider or think studiously; to ponder; to reflect; to muse; to meditate.
So many hours must I contemplate. Shak.

Contemplation

Con`tem*pla"tion (?), n. [F. contemplation, L. contemplatio.]

1. The act of the mind in considering with attention; continued attention of the mind to a particular subject; meditation; musing; study.

In contemplation of created things, By steps we may ascend to God. Milton.
Contemplation is keeping the idea which is brought into the mind for some time actually in view. Locke.

2. Holy meditation. [Obs.]

To live in prayer and contemplation. Shak.

3. The act of looking forward to an event as about to happen; expectation; the act of intending or purposing.

In contemplation of returning at an early date, he left. Reid.
To have in contemplation, to inted or purpose, or to have under consideration.

Contemplatist

Con*tem"pla*tist (?), n. A contemplator. [R.] I. Taylor.

Contemplative

Con*tem"pla*tive (?), a. [F. contemplatif, L. contemplativus.]

1. Pertaining to contemplation; addicted to, or employed in, contemplation; meditative.

Fixed and contemplative their looks. Denham.

2. Having the power of contemplation; as, contemplative faculties. Ray.

Contemplative

Con*tem"pla*tive, n. (R. C. Ch.) A religious or either sex devoted to prayer and meditation, rather than to active works of charity.

Contemplatively

Con*tem"pla*tive*ly, adv. With contemplation; in a contemplative manner.

Contemplativeness

Con*tem"pla*tive*ness, n. The state of being contemplative; thoughtfulness.

Contemplator

Con"tem*pla`tor (?; 277), n. [L.] One who contemplates. Sir T. Browne.

Contemporaneity

Con*tem`po*ra*ne"i*ty (?), n. The state of being contemporaneous.
The lines of contemporaneity in the o\'94litic system. J. Philips.

Contemporaneous

Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. contemporaneus; con- + tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] Living, existing, or occurring at the same time; contemporary.
The great age of Jewish philosophy, that of Aben Esra, Maimonides, and Kimchi, had been contemporaneous with the later Spanish school of Arabic philosophy. Milman
- Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Contemporaneously

Con*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. At the same time with some other event.

Contemporariness

Con*tem"po*ra*ri*ness (?), n. Existence at the same time; contemporaneousness. Howell.

Contemporary

Con*tem"po*ra*ry (?), a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.]

1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.

This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.

2. Of the same age; coeval.

A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.

Contemporary

Con*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries (. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

Contempt

Con*tempt" (?; 215), n. [L. contemptus, fr. contemnere: cf. OF. contempt. See Contemn.]

1. The act of contemning or despising; the feeling with which one regards that which is esteement mean, vile, or worthless; disdain; scorn.

Criminal contempt of public feeling. Macaulay.
Nothing, says Longinus, can be great, the contempt of which is great. Addison.

2. The state of being despised; disgrace; shame.

Contempt and begarry hangs upon thy back. Shaks.

3. An act or expression denoting contempt.

Little insults and contempts. Spectator.
The contempt and anger of his lip. Shak.

4. (Law) Disobedience of the rules, orders, or process of a court of justice, or of rules or orders of a legislative body; disorderly, contemptuous, or insolent language or behavior in presence of a court, tending to disturb its proceedings, or impair the respect due to its authority. &hand; Contempt is in some jurisdictions extended so as to include publications reflecting injuriously on a court of justice, or commenting unfairly on pending proceedings; in other jurisdictions the courts are prohibited by statute or by the constitution from thus exercising this process. Syn. -- Disdain; scorn; derision; mockery; contumely; neglect; disregard; slight.

Contemptibility

Con*tempt`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being contemptible; contemptibleness. Speed.

Contemptible

Con*tempt"i*ble (?), a.

1. Worthy of contempt; deserving of scorn or disdain; mean; vile; despicable. Milton.

The arguments of tyranny are ascontemptible as its force is dreadful. Burke.

2. Despised; scorned; neglected; abject. Locke.

3. Insolent; scornful; contemptuous. [Obs.]

If she should make tender of her love, 't is very possible he 'll scorn it; for the man . . . hath a contemptible spirit. Shak.
Syn. -- Despicable; abject; vile; mean; base; paltry; worthless; sorry; pitiful; scurrile. See Contemptuous. -- Contemptible, Despicable, Pitiful, Paltry. Despicable is stronger than contemptible, as despise is stronger than contemn. It implies keen disapprobation, with a mixture of anger. A man is despicable chiefly for low actions which mark his life, such as servility, baseness, or mean adulation. A man is contemptible for mean qualities which distinguish his character, especially those which show him to be weak, foolish, or worthless. Treachery is despicable, egotism is contemptible. Pitiful and paltry are applied to cases which are beneath anger, and are simply contemptible in a high degree.

Contemptibleness

Con*tempt"i*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being contemptible, or of being despised.

Contemptibly

Con*tempt"i*bly, adv. In a contemptible manner.

Contemptuous

Con*temp"tu*ous (?; 135), a. Manifecting or expressing contempt or disdain; scornful; haughty; insolent; disdainful.
A proud, contemptious behavior. Hammond.
Savage invectiveand contemptuous sarcasm. Macaulay.
Rome . . . entertained the most contemptuous opinion of the Jews. Atterbury.
Syn. -- Scornful; insolent; haughty; disdainful; supercilious; insulting; contumelious. -- Contemptuous, Contemptible. These words, from their similarity of sound, are sometimes erroneously interchanged, as when a person speaks of having "a very contemptible opinion of another." Contemptible is applied to that which is the object of contempt; as, contemptible conduct; acontemptible fellow. Contemptuous is applied to that which indicates contempts; as, a contemptuous look; a contemptuous remark; contemptuous treatment. A person, or whatever is personal, as an action, an expression, a feeling, an opinion, may be either contemptuous or contemptible; a thing may be contemptible, but can not be contemptuous.

Contemptuously

Con*temp"tu*ous*ly, adv. In a contemptuous manner; with scorn or disdain; despitefully.
The apostles and most eminent Christians were poor, and used contemptuously. Jer. Taylor.

Contemptuousness

Con*temp"tu*ous*ness, n. Disposition to or manifestion of contempt; insolence; haughtiness.

Contend

Con*tend" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Contended; p.pr. & vb.n. Contending.] [OF. contendre, L. contendere, -tentum; con- + tendere to strech. See Tend.]

1. To strive in opposition; to contest; to dispute; to vie; to quarrel; to fight.

For never two such kingdoms did content Without much fall of blood. Shak.
The Lord said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle. Deut. ii. 9.
In ambitious strength I did Contend against thy valor. Shak.

2. To struggle or exert one's self to obtain or retain possession of, or to defend.

You sit above, and see vain men below Contend for what you only can bestow. Dryden.

3. To strive in debate; to engage in discussion; to dispute; to argue.

The question which our author would contend for. Locke.
Many things he fiercely contended about were trivial. Dr. H. More.
Syn. -- To struggle; fight; combat; vie; strive; oppose; emulate; contest; litigate; dispute; debate.

Contend

Con*tend", v. t. To struggle for; to contest. [R.]
Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.Dryden.

Contendent

Con*tend"ent (?), n. [L. contendens, p.pr.] n antagonist; a contestant. [Obs.]
In all notable changes and revolutions the contendents have been still made a prey to the third party. L'Estrange.

Contender

Con*tend"er (?), n. One who contends; a contestant.

Contendress

Con*tend"ress (?), n. A female contestant. [R.]

Contenement

Con*ten"e*ment (?), n. [Pref. con- + tenemnt.] (Law) That which is held together with another thing; that which is connected with a tenetment, or thing holden, as a certin quantity of land a Burrill.

Content

Con*tent (?), a. [F. content, fr. L. contentus, p.p. of contenire to hold together, restrain. See Contain.] Contained within limits; hence, having the desires limited by that which one has; not disposed to repine or grumble; satisfied; contented; at rest.
Having food rainment, let us be therewith content. 1 Tim. vi. 8.

Content

Con"tent (? ∨ ?; 277), n.; usually in pl., Contents.

1. That which is contained; the thing or things held by a receptacle or included within specified limits; as, the contents of a cask or bale or of a room; the contents of a book.

I shall prove these writings . . . authentic, and the contents true, and worthy of a divine original. Grew.

2. Power of containing; capacity; extent; size. [Obs.]

Strong ship's, of great content. Bacon.

3. (Geom.) Area or quantity of space or matter contained within certain limits; as, solid contents; superficial contents.

The geometrical content, figure, and situation of all the lands of a kingdom. Graunt.
Table of contents, ∨ Contents, a table or list of topics in a book, showing their order and the place where they may be found: a summary.

Content

Con*tent" (?), v. t. [F. contenter, LL. contentare, fr. L. contentus, p.p. See Content, a.]

1. To satisfy the desires of; to make easy in any situation; to appease or quiet; to gratify; to please.

Do not content yourselves with obscure and confused ideas, where clearer are to be attained. I. Watts.
Pilate, willing to content the people, released Barabbas unto them. Mark xv. 15.

2. To satisfy the expectations of; to pay; to requite.

Come the next Sabbath, and I will content you. Shak.
Syn. -- To satisfy; appease; plese. See Satiate.

Content

Con*tent", n.

1. Rest or quietness of the mind in one's present condition; freedom from discontent; satisfaction; contentment; moderate happiness.

Such is the fullness of my heart's content. Shak.

2. Acquiescence without examination. [Obs.]

The sense they humbly take upon content. Pope.

3. That which contents or satisfies; that which if attained would make one happy.

So will I in England work your grace's full content. Shak.

4. (Eng. House of Lords) An expression of assent to a bill or motion; an affirmate vote; also, a member who votes "Content.".

Supposing the number of "Contents" and "Not contents" strictly equal in number and consequence.Burke.

Contentation

Con`ten*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. contentatio.] Content; satisfaction. [Obs.] Bacon.

Contented

Con*tent"ed (?), a. Content; easy in mind; satisfied; quiet; willing. -- Con*tent"ed*ly, adv. -- Con*tent"ed*ness, n.

Contentful

Con*tent"ful (?), a. Full of content. [Obs.] Barrow.

Contention

Con*ten"tion (?), n. [F. contention, L. contentio. See Contend.]

1. A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

I would my arcontenion. Shak.

2. Strife in words; controversy; altercation quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.

Contentions and strivings about the law. Titus iii. 9.

3. Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

An end . . . worthy our utmost contenion to obtain. Rogers.

4. A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion of strife; a position taken or contended for.

All men seem agreed what is to be done; the contention is how the subject is to be divided and defined. Bagehot.
This was my original contention, and I still maintain that you should abide by your former decision. Jowett.
Syn. -- Struggle; strife; contest; quarrel; combat; conflict; feud; litigation; controversy; dissension; variance; disagreement; debate; competition; emulation. -- Contention, Strife. A struggle between two parties is the idea common to these two words. Strife is a struggle for mastery; contention is a struggle for the possession of some desired object, or the accomplishment of some favorite end. Neither of the words is necessairly used in a bad sense, since there may be a generous strife or contention between two friends as to which shall incur danger or submit to sacrifices. Ordinarily, however, these words denote a struggle arising from bad passions. In that case, strife usually springs from a quarrelsome temper, and contention from, a selfish spirit which seeks its own aggrandizement, or is fearful lest others should obtain too such. Strife has more reference to the manner than to the object of a struggle, while contention takes more account of the end to be gained.

Contentious

Con*ten"tious (?), a. [L. contentiosus: cf. F. contentieux.]

1. Fond of contention; given to angry debate; provoking dispute or contention; quarrelsome.

Despotic and contentious temper. Macaulay.

2. Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention. Spenser.

More cheerfull; though not less contentious, regions. Brougham.

3. (Law) Contested; litigated; litigious; having power to decide controversy. Contentious jurisdiction (Eng. Eccl. Law), jurisdiction over matters in controversy between parties, in contradistinction to voluntary jurisdiction, or that exercised upon matters not opposed or controverted. Syn. -- Quarrelsome; pugnacious; dissentious; wrangling; litigious; perverse; peevish. - Con*ten"tious*ly, adv. -- Con*ten"tious*ness, n.

Contentless

Con*tent"less (?), a. [Content + -less.] Discontented; dissatisfied. [R.] Shak.

Contently

Con*tent"ly, adv. In a contented manner. [Obs.]
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Contentment

Con*tent"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. contentement. See Content, v. t.]

1. The state of being contented or satisfied; content.

Contentment without external honor is humility. Grew.
Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6.

2. The act or process of contenting or satisfying; as, the contentment of avarice is impossible.

3. Gratification; pleasure; satisfaction. [Obs.]

At Paris the prince spent one whole day to give his mind some contentment in viewing of a famous city. Sir H. Wotton.

Contents

Con*tents (? ∨ ?; 277), n. pl. See Content, n.

Conterminable

Con*ter"mi*na*ble (?), a. Having the same bounds; terminating at the same time or place; conterminous.
Love and life not conterminable. Sir H. Wotton.

Conterminal

Con*ter"mi*nal (?), a. [LL. conterminalis.] Conterminous.

Conterminant

Con*ter"mi*nant (?), a. Having the same limits; ending at the same time; conterminous. Lamb.

Conterminate

Con*ter"mi*nate (?), a. [L. conterminare to border upon, fr. conterminus conterminous; con- + terminus border.] Having the same bounds; conterminous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Conterminous

Con*ter"mi*nous (?), a. [L. conterminus. Cf. Conterminous.] Having the same bounds, or limits; bordering upon; contiguous.
This conformed so many of them as were conterminous to the colonies and garrisons, to the Roman laws. Sir M. Hale.

Conterranean, Conterraneous

Con`ter*ra"ne*an (?), Con`ter*ra"ne*ous (?), a. [L. conterraneus; con- + terra country.] Of or belonging to the same country. Howell.

Contesseration

Con*tes`ser*a"tion (?), n. [L. contesseratio, from contesserare to contract friendship by means of the tesserae (friendship tokens).] An assemblage; a collection; harmonious union. [Obs.]
That person of his [George Herbert], which afforded so unusual a contesseration of elegancies. Oley.

Contest

Con*test" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contested; p.pr. & vb.n. Contesting.] [F. contester, fr. L. contestari to call to witness, contestari litem to introduce a lawsuit by calling witnesses, to bring an action; con- + testari to be a witness, testic witness. See Testify.]

1. To make a subject of dispute, contention, litigation, or emulation; to contend for; to call in question; to controvert; to oppose; to dispute.

The people . . . contested not what was done. Locke.
Few philosophical aphorisms have been more frequenty repeated, few more contested than this. J. D. Morell.

2. To strive earnestly to hold or maintain; to struggle to defend; as, the troops contested every inch of ground.

3. (Law) To make a subject of litigation; to defend, as a suit; to dispute or resist; as a claim, by course of law; to controvert. To contest an election. (Polit.) (a) To strive to be elected. (b) To dispute the declared result of an election. Syn. -- To dispute; controvert; debate; litigate; oppose; argue; contend.

Contest

Con*test", v. i. To engage in contention, or emulation; to contend; to strive; to vie; to emulate; -- followed usually by with.
The difficulty of an argument adds to the pleasure of contesting with in, when there are hopes of victory. Bp. Burnet.
Of man, who dares in pomp with Jove contest? Pope.

Contest

Con"test (?), n.

1. Earnest dispute; strife in argument; controversy; debate; altercation.

Leave all noisy contests, all immodest clamors and brawling language. I. Watts.

2. Earnest struggle for superiority, victory, defense, etc.; competition; emulation; strife in arms; conflict; combat; encounter.

The late battle had, in effect, been a contest between one usurper and another. Hallam.
It was fully expected that the contest there would be long and fierce. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Conflict; combat; battle; encounter; shock; struggle; dispute; altercation; debate; controvesy; difference; disagreement; strife. -- Contest, Conflict, Combat, Encounter. Contest is the broadest term, and had originally no reference to actual fighting. It was, on the contrary, a legal term signifying to call witnesses, and hence came to denote first a struggle in argument, and then a struggle for some common object between opposing parties, usually one of considerable duration, and implying successive stages or acts. Conflict denotes literally a close personal engagement, in which sense it is applied to actual fighting. It is, however, more commonly used in a figurative sense to denote strenuous or direct opposition; as, a mental conflict; conflicting interests or passions; a conflict of laws. An encounter is a direct meeting face to face. Usually it is a hostile meeting, and is then very nearly coincident with conflict; as, an encounter of opposing hosts. Sometimes it is used in a looser sense; as, "this keen encounter of our wits." Shak. Combat is commonly applied to actual fighting, but may be used figuratively in reference to a strife or words or a struggle of feeling.

Contestable

Con*test"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. contestable.] Capable of being contested; debatable.

Contestant

Con*test"ant (?), n. [Cf. F. contestant.] One who contests; an opponent; a litigant; a disputant; one who claims that which has been awarded to another.

Contestation

Con`tes*ta"tion (?), n. [L. contestatio testimony: cf. F. contestation a contesting.]

1. The act of contesting; emulation; rivalry; strife; dispute. "Loverlike contestation." Milton.

After years spent in domestic, unsociable contestations, she found means to withdraw. Clarendon.

2. Proof by witness; attestation; testimony. [Obs.]

A solemn contestation ratified on the part of God. Barrow.

Contestingly

Con*test"ing*ly (?), adv. In a contending manner.

Contex

Con*tex (?), v. t. To context. [Obs.] Boyle.

Context

Con*text" (?), a. [L. contextus, p.p. of contexere to weave, to unite; con- + texere to weave. See Text.] Knit or woven together; close; firm. [Obs.]
The coats, without, are context and callous. Derham.

Context

Con"text (?), n. [L. contextus; cf. F. contexte .] The part or parts of something written or printed, as of Scripture, which precede or follow a text or quoted sentence, or are so intimately associated with it as to throw light upon its meaning.
According to all the light that the contexts afford. Sharp.

Context

Con*text" (?), v. t. To knit or bind together; to unite closely. [Obs.] Feltham.
The whole world's frame, which is contexted only by commerce and contracts. R. Junius.

Contextural

Con*tex"tur*al (?; 135), a. Pertaining to contexture or arrangement of parts; producing contexture; interwoven. Dr. John Smith (1666).

Contexture

Con*tex"ture (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. contexture.] The arrangement and union of the constituent parts of a thing; a weaving together of parts; structural character of a thing; system; constitution; texture.
That wonderful contexture of all created beings. Dryden.
He was not of any delicate contexture; his limbs rather sturdy than dainty. Sir H. Wotton.

Contextured

Con*tex"tured (?; 135), a. Formed into texture; woven together; arranged; composed. [R.] Carlyle.

Conticent

Con"ti*cent (?), a. [L. conticens, p.pr. of conticere; con- + tacere to be silent.] Silent. [R.] "The guests sit conticent." Thackeray.

Contignation

Con`tig*na"tion (?), n. [L. contignatio, fr. contignare to join with beams; con- + tignum beam.]

1. The act or process of framing together, or uniting, as beams in a fabric. Burke.

2. A framework or fabric, as of beams. Sir H. Wotton.

Contiguate

Con*tig"u*ate (?), a. [LL. contiguatus.] Contiguous; touching. [Obs.] Holland.

Contiguity

Con`ti*gu"i*ty (?), n. [Cf. F. contiguit, LL. contiguitas.] The state of being contiguous; intimate association; nearness; proximity.
The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.

Contiguous

Con*tig"u*ous (?), a. [L. contiguus; akin to contigere to touch on all sides. See Contingent.] In actual contact; touching; also, adjacent; near; neighboring; adjoining.
The two halves of the paper did not appear fully divided . . . but seemed contiguous at one of their angles. Sir I. Newton.
Sees no contiguous palace rear its head. Goldsmith.
Contiguous angles. See Adjacent angles, under Angle. Syn. -- Adjoining; adjacent. See Adjacent. - Con*tig"u*ous*ly, adv. -- Con*tig"u*ous*ness, n.

Continence, Continency

Con"ti*nence (?), Con"ti*nen*cy (?), n. [F. continence, L. continentia. See Continent, and cf. Countenance.]

1. Self-restraint; self-command.

He knew what to say; he knew also, when to leave off, -- a continence which is practiced by few writers. Dryden.

2. The restraint which a person imposes upon his desires and passions; the act or power of refraining from indulgence of the sexual appetite, esp. from unlawful indulgence; sometimes, moderation in sexual indulgence.

If they [the unmarried and widows] have not continency, let them marry. 1 Cor. vii. 9 (Rev. Ver. ).
Chastity is either abstinence or continence: abstinence is that of virgins or widows; continence, that of married persons. Jer. Taylor.

3. Uninterrupted course; continuity. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

Continent

Con"ti*nent (?), a. [L. continens, -entis, prop., p. pr. of continere to hold together, to repress: cf. F. continent. See Contain.]

1. Serving to restrain or limit; restraining; opposing. [Obs.] Shak.

2. Exercising restraint as to the indulgence of desires or passions; temperate; moderate.

Have a continent forbearance till the speed of his rage goes slower. Shak.

3. Abstaining from sexual intercourse; exercising restraint upon the sexual appetite; esp., abstaining from illicit sexual intercourse; chaste.

My past life
Hath been as continent, as chaste, as true,
As I am now unhappy. Shak.

4. Not interrupted; connected; continuous; as, a continent fever. [Obs.]

The northeast part of Asia is, if not continent with the west side of America, yet certainly it is the least disoined by sea of all that coast. Berrewood.

Continent

Con"ti*nent, n. [L. continens, prop., a holding together: cf. F. continent. See Continent, a.]

1. That which contains anything; a receptacle. [Obs.]

The smaller continent which we call a pipkin. Bp. Kennet.

2. One of the grand divisions of land on the globe; the main land; specifically (Phys. Geog.), a large body of land differing from an island, not merely in its size, but in its structure, which is that of a large basin bordered by mountain chains; as, the continent of North America. &hand; The continents are now usually regarded as six in number: North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, and Australia. But other large bodies of land are also reffered to as continents; as, the Antarctic continent; the continent of Greenland. Europe, Asia, and Africa are often grouped together as the Eastern Continent, and North and South America as the Western Continent. The Continent, the main land of Europe, as distinguished from the islands, especially from England.

Continental

Con`ti*nen"tal (?), a.

1. Of or pertaining to a continent.

2. Of or pertaining to the main land of Europe, in distinction from the adjacent islands, especially England; as, a continental tour; a continental coalition. Macaulay.

No former king had involved himself so frequently in the labyrinth of continental alliances. Hallam.

3. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the confederated colonies collectively, in the time of the Revolutionary War; as, Continental money.

The army before Boston was designated as the Continental army, in contradistinction to that under General Gage, which was called the "Ministerial army." W. Irving.
Continental Congress. See under Congress. -- Continental system (Hist.), the blockade of Great Britain ordered by Napoleon by the decree of Berlin, Nov. 21, 1806; the object being to strike a blow at the maritime and commercial supremacy of Great Britain, by cutting her off from all intercourse with the continent of Europe.

Continental

Con`ti*nen"tal (?), n. (Amer. Hist.) A soldier in the Continental army, or a piece of the Continental currency. See Continental, a., 3. <-- "Not worth a continental." [said of Continental currency after the American revolution] -->

Continently

Con"ti*nent*ly (?), adv. In a continent manner; chastely; moderately; temperately.

Contingence

Con*tin"gence (?), n. See Contingency.

Contingency

Con*tin"gen*cy (?), n,; pl. Contingencies (#). [Cf. F. contingence.]

1. Union or connection; the state of touching or contact. "Point of contingency." J. Gregory.

2. The quality or state of being contingent or casual; the possibility of coming to pass.

Aristotle says we are not to build certain rules on the contingency of human actions. South.

3. An event which may or may not occur; that which is possible or probable; a fortuitous event; a chance.

The remarkable position of the queen rendering her death a most important contingency. Hallam.

4. An adjunct or accessory. Wordsworth.

5. (Law) A certain possible event that may or may not happen, by which, when happening, some particular title may be affected. Syn. -- Casualty; accident; chance.

Contingent

Con*tin"gent (?), a. [L. contingens, -entis, p.pr. of contingere to touch on all sides, to happen; con- + tangere to touch: cf. F. contingent. See Tangent, Tact.]

1. Possible, or liable, but not certain, to occur; incidental; casual.

Weighing so much actual crime against so much contingent advantage. Burke.

2. Dependent on that which is undetermined or unknown; as, the success of his undertaking is contingent upon events which he can not control. "Uncertain and contingent causes." Tillotson.

3. (Law) Dependent for effect on something that may or may not occur; as, a contingent estate.

If a contingent legacy be left to any one when he attains, or if he attains, the age of twenty-one. Blackstone.

Contingent

Con*tin"gent, n.

1. An event which may or may not happen; that which is unforeseen, undetermined, or dependent on something future; a contingency.

His understanding could almost pierce into future contingets. South.

2. That which falls to one in a division or apportionment among a number; a suitable share; proportion; esp., a quota of troops.

From the Alps to the border of Flanders, contingents were required . . . 200,000 men were in arms. Milman.

Contingently

Con*tin"gent*ly, adv. In a contingent manner; without design or foresight; accidentally.

Contingentness

Con*tin"gent*ness, n. The state of being contingent; fortuitousness.

Continuable

Con*tin"u*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being continued [R.]

Continual

Con*tin"u*al (?), a. [OE. continuel, F. continuel. See Continue.]

1. Proceeding without interruption or cesstaion; continuous; unceasing; lasting; abiding.

He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. Prov. xv. 15.

2. Occuring in steady and rapid succession; very frequent; often repeated.

The eye is deligh by a continental succession of small landscapes. W. Irwing.
Continual proportionals (Math.), quantities in continued proportion. Brande & C. Syn. -- Constant; prepetual; incessant; unceasing; uninterrupted; unintermitted; continuous. See Constant, and Continuous.

Continually

Con*tin"u*al*ly, adv.

1. Without cessation; unceasingly; continuously; as, the current flows continually.

Why do not all animals continually increase in bigness? Bentley.

2. In regular or repeated succession; very often.

Thou shalt eat bread at my table continually. 2 Sam. ix. 7.

Continuance

Con*tin"u*ance (?), n. [OF. continuance.]

1. A holding on, or remaining in a particular state; permanence, as of condition, habits, abode, etc.; perseverance; constancy; duration; stay.

Great plagues, and of long continuence. Deut. xxviii. 59.
Patient continuance i well-doing. Rom. ii. 7.

2. Uninterrupted succession; continuation; constant renewell; perpetuation; propagation.

The brute immedistely regards his own preservation or the continuance of his species. Addison.

3. A holding together; continuity. [Obs.] Bacon.

4. (Law) (a) The adjournment of the proceedings in a cause from one day, or from one stated term of a court, to another. (b) The entry of such adjuornment and the grounds thereof on the record.

Continuant

Con*tin"u*ant (?), a. Continuing; prolonged; sustained; as, a continuant sound. -- n. A continuant sound; a letter whose sound may be prolonged.

Continuate

Con*tin"u*ate (?), a. [L. continuatus, p.p. See Continue.]

1. Immediately united together; intimately connocted. [R.]

We are of Him and in Him, even as though our very flesh and bones should be made continuate with his. Hooker.

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2. Uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; continued.

An untirable and continuate goodness. Shak.

Continuation

Con*tin`u*a"tion (?), n. [L. continuatio: cf. F. connuation.]

1. That act or state of continuing; the state of being continued; uninterrupted extension or succession; prolongation; propagation.

Preventing the continuation of the royal line. Macaulay.

2. That which extends, increases, supplements, or carries on; as, the continuation of a story.

My continuation of the version of Statius. Pope.

Continuative

Con*tin"u*a*tive (?), n. [Cf. F. continuatif.]

1. (Logic) A term or expression denoting continuance. [R.]

To these may be added continuatives; as, Rome remains to this day; which includes, at least, two propositions, viz., Rome was, and Rome is. I. Watts.

2. (Gram.) A word that continues the connection of sentences or subjects; a connective; a conjunction.

Continuatives . . . consolidate sentences into one continuous whole. Harris.

Continuator

Con*tin"u*a`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. continuateur.] One who, or that which, continues; esp., one who continues a series or a work; a continuer. Sir T. Browne.

Continue

Con*tin"ue (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Continued (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Continuing.] [F. continuer, L. continuare, -tinuatum, to connect, continue, fr. continuus. See Continuous, and cf. Continuate.]

1. To remain ina given place or condition; to remain in connection with; to abide; to stay.

Here to continue, and build up here A growing empire. Milton.
They continue with me now three days, and have nothing to eat. Matt. xv. 32.

2. To be permanent or durable; to endure; to last.

But now thy kingdom shall not continue. 1 Sam. xiii. 14.

3. To be steadfast or constant in any course; to persevere; to abide; to endure; to persist; to keep up or maintain a particular condition, course, or series of actions; as, the army continued to advance.

If ye continue in my word, then are ye my disciples indeed. John viii. 31.
Syn. -- To persevere; persist. See Persevere.

Continue

Con*tin"ue, v. t.

1. To unite; to connect. [Obs.]

the use of the navel is to continue the infant unto the mother. Sir T. browne.

2. To protract or extend in duration; to preserve or persist in; to cease not.

O continue thy loving kindness unto them that know thee. Ps. xxxvi. 10.
You know how to make yourself happy by only continuing such a life as you have been long acustomed to lead. Pope.

3. To carry onward or extend; to prolong or produce; to add to or draw out in length.

A bridge of wond'rous length, From hell continued, reaching th' utmost orb of this frall world. Milton.

4. To retain; to suffer or cause to remain; as, the trustees were continued; also, to suffer to live.

And how shall we continue Claudio. Shak.

Continued

Con*tin"ued (?), p.p. & a. Having extension of time, space, order of events, exertion of energy, etc.; extended; protacted; uninterrupted; also, resumed after interruption; extending through a succession of issues, session, etc.; as, a continued story. "Continued woe." Jenyns. "Continued succession." Locke. Continued bass (Mus.), a bass continued through an entire piece of music, while the other parts of the harmony are indicated by figures beneath the bass; the same as thorough bass or figured bass; basso continuo. [It.] -- Continued fever (Med.), a fever which presents no interruption in its course. -- Continued fraction (Math.), a fraction whose numerator is 1, and whose denominator is a whole number plus a fraction whose numerator is 1 and whose denominator is a whole number, plus a fraction, and so on. -- Continued proportion (Math.), a proportion composed of two or more equal ratios, in which the consequent of each preceding ratio is the same with the antecedent of the folowing one; as, 4 : 8 : 8 : 16 :: 16 : 32.

Continuedly

Con*tin"u*ed*ly (? ∨ , adv. Continuously.

Continuer

Con*tin"u*er (?), n. One who continues; one who has the power of perseverance or persistence. "Indulgent continuers in sin." Hammond.
I would my horse had the speed of your tongue, and so good a continuer. Shak.

Continuity

Con`ti*nu"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Continuities (#). [L. continuitas: cf. F. continuit. See Continuous.] the state of being continuous; uninterupted connection or succession; close union of parts; cohesion; as, the continuity of fibers. Grew.
The sight would be tired, if it were attracted by a continuity of glittering objects. Dryden.
Law of continuity (Math. & Physics), the principle that nothing passes from one state to another without passing through all the intermediate states. -- Solution of continuity. (Math.) See under Solution.

Continuo

Con*ti"nu*o (? ∨ , n. [It.] (Mus.) Basso continuo, or continued bass.

Continuous

Con*tin"u*ous (?), a. [L. continuus, fr. continere to hold together. See Continent.]

1. Without break, cessation, or interruption; without intervening space or time; uninterrupted; unbroken; continual; unceasing; constant; continued; protracted; extended; as, a continuous line of railroad; a continuous current of electricity.

he can hear its continuous murmur. Longfellow.

2. (Bot.) Not deviating or varying from uninformity; not interrupted; not joined or articulated. Continuous brake (Railroad), a brake which is attached to each car a train, and can be caused to operate in all the cars simultaneously from a point on any car or on the engine. -- Continuous impost. See Impost. Syn. -- Continuous, Continual. Continuous is the stronger word, and denotes that the continuity or union of parts is absolute and uninterrupted; as, a continuous sheet of ice; a continuous flow of water or of argument. So Daniel Webster speaks of "a continuous and unbroken strain of the martial airs of England." Continual, in most cases, marks a close and unbroken succession of things, rather than absolute continuity. Thus we speak of continual showers, implying a repetition with occasional interruptions; we speak of a person as liable to continual calls, or as subject to continual applications for aid, etc. See Constant.

Continuously

Con*tin"u*ous*ly (?), adv. In a continuous maner; without interruption. -- Con*tin"u*ous*ness, n.

Contline

Cont"line` (?), n.

1. (Ropemaking) The space between the strands on the outside of a rope. Knight.

2. (Naut.) The space between the bilges of two casks stowed side by side.

Contorniate, Contorniate

Con*tor"ni*ate (?), Con*tor"ni*a`te (?), n., [It. contorniato, p.pr. of contorniare to make a circuit or outline, fr. contorno circuit, outline. See Contour.] (Numis.) A species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge; -- supposed to have been struck in the days of Constantine and his successors. R. S. Poole.

Contorsion

Con*tor"sion (?), n. See Contortion.

Contort

Con*tort" (?), v. t. [L. contortus, p.p. of contorquere to twist; con- + torquere to twist. See Torture.] To twist, or twist together; to turn awry; to bend; to distort; to wrest.
The vertebral arteries are variously contorted. Ray.
Kant contorted the term category from the proper meaning of attributed. Sir W. Hamilton.

Contorted

Con*tort"ed, a.

1. Twisted, or twisted together. "A contorted chain of icicles." Massinger.

2. (Bot.) (a) Twisted back upon itself, as some parts of plants. (b) Arranged so as to overlap each other; as, petals in contorted or convolute \'91stivation.

Contortion

Con*tor"tion (?), n. [L. contortio: cf. F. contorsion. See Contort, and cf. Torsion.] A twisting; a writhing; wry motion; a twist; as, the contortion of the muscles of the face. Swift.
All the contortions of the sibyl, without the inspiration. Burke.

Contertionist

Con*ter"tion*ist, n. One who makes or practices contortions.

Contortive

Con*tor"tive (?), a. Expressing contortion.

Contortuplicate

Con`tor*tu"pli*cate (?), a. [L. contortuplicatus; contortus contorted + plicare to fold.] (Bot.) Plaited lengthwise and twisted in addition, as the bud of the morning-glory. Gray.

Contour

Con*tour" (?), n. [F. contour, fr. contourner to mark the outlines; con- + tourner to turn. See Turn.]

1. The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

Titian's coloring and contours. A. Drummond.

2. (Mil.) The outline of a horizontal section of the ground, or of works of fortification. Contour feathers (Zo\'94l.), those feathers that form the general covering of a bird. -- Contour of ground (Surv.), the outline of the surface of ground with respect to its undulation, etc. -- Contour line (Topographical Suv.), the line in which a horizontal plane intersects a portion of ground, or the corresponding line in a map or chart.

Contourn\'82'

Con`tour`n\'82' (?), a. [F., p.p. of contourner to twist.] (Her.) Turned in a direction which is not the usual one; -- said of an animal turned to the sinister which is usually turned to the dexter, or the like.

Contourniated

Con*tour"ni*a`ted (?), a. [Cf. Contorniate.] (Numis.) Having furrowed edges, as if turned in a lathe.

Contra

Con"tra (?). A Latin adverb and preposition, signifying against, contrary, in opposition, etc., entering as a prefix into the composition of many English words. Cf. Counter, adv. & pref.

Contraband

Con"tra*band (?), n. [It. contrabando; contra + bando ban, proclamation: cf. F. contrebande. See Ban an edict.]

1. Illegal or prohobited traffic.

Persons the most bound in duty to prevent contraband, and the most interested in the seizures. Burke.

2. Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.

3. A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war. [U.S.] Contraband of war, that which, according to international law, cannot be supplied to a hostile belligerent except at the risk of seizure and condemnation by the aggrieved belligerent. Wharton.

Contraband

Con"tra*band, a. Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.
The contraband will always keep pace, in some measure, with the fair trade. Burke.

Contraband

Con"tra*band, v. t.

1. To import illegaly, as prohibited goods; to smuggle. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. To declare prohibited; to forbid. [Obs.]

The law severly contrabands Our taking business of men's hands. Hudibras.

Contrabandism

Con"tra*band*ism (?), n. Traffic in contraband gods; smuggling.

Contrabandist

Con"tra*band`ist (?), n. One who traffic illegaly; a smuggler.

Contrabass

Con`tra*bass" (?), n. (Mus.) Double bass; -- applied to any instrument of the same deep range as the stringed double bass; as, the contrabass ophicleide; the cotrabass tuba or bombardon.

Contrabasso

Con`tra*bas"so (?), n. [It. contrabasso.] (Mus.) The largest kind of bass viol. See Violone.

Contract

Con*tract" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contracted; p.pr. & vb.n. Contracting.] [L. contractus, p.p. of contrahere to contract; con- + trahere to draw: cf. F. contracter. See Trace, and cf. Contract, n.]

1. To draw together or nearer; to reduce to a less compass; to shorten, narrow, or lesen; as, to contract one's shpere of action.

In all things desuetude doth contract and narrow our faculties. Dr. H. More.

2. To draw together so as to wrinkle; to knit.

Thou didst contract and purse thy brow. Shak.

3. To bring on; to incur; to acquire; as, to contract a habit; to contract a debt; to contract a disease.

Each from each contract new strength and light. Pope.

4. To enter into, with mutual obligations; to make a bargain or covenant for.

We have contracted an inviolable amity, peace, and lague with the aforesaid queen. Hakluyt.
Many persons . . . had contracted marriage within the degrees of consanguinity . . . prohibited by law. Strype.

5. To betroth; to affiance.

The truth is, she and I, long since contracted, Are now so sure, that nothing can dissolve us. Shak.

6. (Gram.) To shorten by omitting a letter or letters or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one. Syn. -- To shorten; abridge; epitomize; narrow; lessen; condense; reduce; confine; incur; assume.

Contract

Con*tract" (?), v. i.

1. To be drawn together so as to be diminished in size or extent; to shrink; to be reduced in compass or in duration; as, iron contracts in cooling; a rope contracts when wet.

Years contracting to a moment. Wordsworth.

2. To make an agreement; to covenant; to agree; to bargain; as, to contract for carrying the mail.

Contract

Con"tract (?), a. Contracted: as, a contract verb. Goodwin.

Contract

Con*tract" (?), a. [L. contractus, p.p.] Contracted; affianced; betrothed. [Obs.] Shak.

Contract

Con"tract (?), n. [L. contractus, fr. contrahere: cf. F. contrat, formerly also contract.]

1. (Law) The agreement of two or more persons, upon a sufficient consideration or cause, to do, or to abstain from doing, some act; an agreement in which a party undertakes to do, or not to do, a particular thing; a formal bargain; a compact; an interchange of legal rights. Wharton.

2. A formal writing which contains the agreement of parties, with the terms and conditions, and which serves as a proof of the obligation.

3. The act of formally betrothing a man and woman.

This is the the night of the contract. Longwellow.
Syn. -- Covenant; agreement; compact; stipulation; bargain; arrangement; obligation. See Covenant.

Contracted

Con*tract"ed (?), a.

1. Drawn together; shrunken; wrinkled; narrow; as, a contracted brow; a contracted noun.

2. Narrow; illiberal; selfish; as, a contracted mind; contracted views.

3. Bargained for; betrothed; as, a contracted peace.

Inquire me out contracted bachelors. Shak.

Contractedness

Con*tract"ed*ness, n. The state of being contracted; narrowness; meannes; selfishness.

Contractibility

Con*tract`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being contracted; quality of being contractible; as, the contractibiliy and dilatability of air. Arbuthnot.

Contractible

Con*tract"i*ble (?), a. Capable of contraction.
Small air bladders distable and contractible. Arbuthnot.

Contractibleness

Con*tract"i*ble*ness, n. Contractibility.

Contractile

Con*tract"ile (?), a. [Cf. F. contractile.] tending to contract; having the power or property of contracting, or of shrinking into shorter or smaller dimensions; as, the contractile tissues.
The heart's contractile force. H. Brooke.
Each cilium seems to be composed of contractile substance. Hixley.
Contractile vacuole (Zo\'94l.), a pulsating cavity in the interior of a protozoan, supposed to be excretory in function. There may be one, two, or more.

Contractility

Con`trac*til"i*ty (?), n.

1. The quality or property by which bodies shrink or contract.

2. (Physiol.) The power possessed by the fibers of living muscle of contracting or shortening. &hand; When subject to the will, as in the muscles of locomotion, such power is called voluntary contractility; when not controlled by the will, as in the muscles of the heart, it is involuntary contractility.

Contraction

Con*trac"tion (?), n. [L. contractio: cf. F. contraction.]

1. The act or process of contracting, shortening, or shrinking; the state of being contracted; as, contraction of the heart, of the pupil of the eye, or of a tendion; the contraction produced by cold.

2. (Math.) The process of shortening an operation.

3. The act of incurring or becoming subject to, as liabilities, obligation, debts, etc.; the process of becoming subject to; as, the contraction of a disease.

4. Something contracted or abbreviated, as a word or phrase; -- as, plenipo for plenipotentiary; crim. con. for criminal conversation, etc.

5. (Gram.) The shortening of a word, or of two words, by the omission of a letter or letters, or by reducing two or more vowels or syllables to one; as, ne'er for never; can't for can not; don't for do not; it's for it is.

6. A marriage contract. [Obs.] Shak.

Contrative

Con*trat"ive (?), a. Tending to contract; having the property or power or power of contracting.

Contractor

Con*tract"or (?), n. [L.] One who contracts; one of the parties to a bargain; one who covenants to do anything for another; specifically, one who contracts to perform work on a rather large scale, at a certain price or rate, as in building houses or making a railroad.

Contracture

Con*trac"ture (?; 135), n. [L. contractura a drawing together.] (Med.) A state of permanent rigidity or contraction of the muscles, generally of the flexor muscles.

Contradance

Con"tra*dance` (?), n. [Pref. contra- + dance: cf. F. contrdance. Cf. Country-dance.] A dance in which the partners are arranged face to face, or in opposite lines.

Contradict

Con`tra*dict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contradicted; p.pr. & vb.n Contradicting.] [L. contradictus, p.p. of contradicere to speak against; contra + dicere to speak. See Diction.]

1. To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.

Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself, And say it is not so. Shak.
The future can not contradict the past. Wordsworth.

2. To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist. [Obs.]

No truth can contradict another truth. Hooker.
A greater power than we can contradict Hath thwarted our intents. Shak.

Contradict

Con`tra*dict, v. i. To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.
They . . . spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming. Acts xiii. 45.

Contradictable

Con`tra*dict"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being contradicting.

Contradicter

Con`tra*dict"er (?), n. one who contradicts. Swift.

Contradiction

Con`tra*dic"tion (?), n. [L. contradictio answer, objection: cf. F. contradiction.]

1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying.

His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak.

2. Direct opposition or repugnancy; inconsistency; incongruity or contrariety; one who, or that which, is inconsistent.

can be make deathless death? That were to make Strange contradiction. Milton.
We state our experience and then we come to a manly resolution of acting in contradiction to it. Burke.
Both parts of a contradiction can not possibly be true. Hobbes.
Of contradictions infinite the slave. Wordsworth.
Principle of contradiction (Logic), the axiom or law of thought that a thing cannot be and not be at the same time, or a thing must either be or not be, or the same attribute can not at the same time be affirmed and and denied of the same subject. It develops itself in three specific forms which have been called the "Three Logical Axioms." First. "A is A." Second, "A is not Not-A" Third, "Everything is either A or Not-A."

Contradictional

Con`tra*dic"tion*al (?), a. Contradictory; inconsistent; opposing. [R.] Milton.

Contradictions

Con`tra*dic"tions (?), a.

1. Filled with contradictions; inconsistent. [Obs.]

2. Inclined to contradict or cavil [Obs.] Sharp. -- Con`tra*dic"tious*ness, n. Norris.

Contradictive

Con`tra*dict"ive (?), a. Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..

Contradictor

Con`tra*dict"or (?), n. [L.] A contradicter.

Contradictorily

Con`tra*dict"o*ri*ly (?), adv. In a contradictory manner. Sharp.

Contradictoriness

Con"tra*dict`o*ri*ness, n. The quality of being contradictory; opposition; inconsistency. J. Whitaker.

Contradictory

Con`tra*dict"o*ry (?), a. [LL. contradictorius: cf. F. contradictoire.]

1. Affirming the contrary; implying a denial of what has been asserted; also, mutually contradicting; inconsistent. "Contradictory assertions." South.

2. Opposing or opposed; repugnant.

Schemes . . . contradictory to common sense. Addisn.

Contradictory

Con`tra*dict"o*ry, n.; pl. Contradictories (.

1. A proposition or thing which denies or opposes another; contrariety.

It is common with princes to will contradictories. Bacon.

2. pl. (Logic) propositions with the same terms, but opposed to each other both in quality and quantity.

Contradistinct

Con`tra*dis*tinct" (?), a. Distinguished by opposite qualities. J. Goodwin.

Contradistinction

Con`tra*dis*tinc"tion (?), n. Distinction by contrast.
That there are such things as sins of infirmity in contradistinction to those of presumption is not to be questioned. South.

Contradistinctive

Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive (?), a. having the quality of contradistinction; distinguishing by contrast. -- Con`tra*dis*tinc"tive, n.

Contradistinguish

Con`tra*dis*tin"guish (?; 144), v. t. [imp & p. p. Contradistinguished (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Contradistinguishing.] To distinguish by a contrast of opposite qualities.
These are our complex ideas of soul and body, as contradistinguished. Locke.

Contrafagetto

Con`tra*fa*get"to (?), n. [It.] (Mus.) The double bassoon, an octave deeper than the bassoon.

Contrafissure

Con`tra*fis"sure (?; 135), n. (Med.) A fissure or fracture on the side opposite to that which received the blow, or at some distance from it. Coxe.
Such behavior we contract by having much conversed with persons of high statiSwift.

Contrahent

Con"tra*hent (?), a. [L. contrahens, p.pr. See Contract.] Entering into covenant; contracting; as, contrahent parties. [Obs.] Mede.

Contraindicant

Con"tra*in"di*cant (?), n. (Med.) Something, as a symptom, indicating that the usual mode of treatment is not to be followed. Burke.

Contraindicate

Con"tra*in*"di*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contraindicated (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Contraindicating (?).] (Med.) To indicate, as by a symptom, some method of treatment contrary to that which the general tenor of the case would seem to require.
Contraindicating symptoms must be observed. Harvey.

Contraindication

Con"tra*in`di*ca"tion (?), n. (med.) An indication or symptom which forbids the method of treatment usual in such cases.

Contralto

Con*tral"to (? ∨ , n. [It., fr. contra + alto. See Alto.] (Mus.) (a) The part sung by the highest male or lowest female voices; the alto or counter tenor. (b) the voice or singer performing this part; as, her voice is a contralto; she is a contralto. &hand; The usual range of the contralto voice is from G, below middle C, to the C above that; though exceptionally it embraces two octaves.

Contralto

Con*tral"to (? ∨ , a. (Mus.) Of or pertaining to a contralto, or to the part in music called contralto; as, a contralto voice.

Contramure

Con"tra*mure (?), n. [Cf. Countermure.] (fort.) An outer wall. [Obs.] Chambers.

Contranatural

Con"tra*nat"u*ral (?; 135), a. [Cf. Counternatural.] Opposed to or against nature; unnatural. [R.] Bp. Rust.

Contraposition

Con"tra*po*si"tion (?), n. [Pref. contra- + position: cf. f. conterposition.]

1. A placing over against; opposite position. [Obs.] F. Potter.

2. (Logic) A so-called immediate inference which consists in denying the original subject of the contradictory predicate; e.g.: Every S is P; therefore, no Not-P is S.

Contrapuntal

Con`tra*pun"tal (?), a. [It. contrappunto counterpoint. See Counterpoint.] (Mus.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.

Contrapuntist

Con`tra*pun"tist (?), n. [It. contrappuntista.] (Mus.) One skilled in counterpoint. L. Mason.

Contraremonstrant

Con"tra*re*mon"strant (?), n. One who remonstrates in opposition or answer to a remonstraint. [R.]
They did the synod wrong to make this distinction of contraremonstrants and remonstrants. Hales.

Contrariant

Con*tra"ri*ant (?), a. [LL. contrarians, p.pr. of contrariare to oppose, fr. L. contrarius: cf. F. contrariant, p.pr. of contrarier to contradict. See Contrary.] Contrary; opposed; antagonistic; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.]
The struggles of contrariant factions. Coleridge.

Contrariantly

Con*tra"ri*ant*ly, adv. Contrarily. [Obs.]

Contraries

Con"tra*ries (? ∨ , n. pl. [Pl. of Contrary, n.] (Logic) Propositions which directly and destructively contradict each other, but of which the falsehood of one does not establish the truth of the other.
If two universals differ in quality, they are contraries; as, every vine is a tree; no vine is a tree. These can never be both true together; but they may be both false. I. Watts.

Contrariety

Con`tra*ri"e*ty (?) n.; pl. Contrarieties (#). [L. contrarietas: cf. F. contrari\'82t\'82.]

1. The state or quality of being contrary; opposition; repugnance; disagreement; antagonism.

There is a contrariety between those things that conscience inclines to, and those that entertain the senses. South.

2. Something which is contrary to, or inconsistent with, something else; an inconsistency.

How can these contrarieties agree? Shak.
Syn. -- Inconsistency; discrepancy; repugnance.

Contrarily

Con"tra*ri*ly (?) or (adv
. In a contrary manner; in opposition; on the other side; in opposite ways.

Contrariness

Con"tra*ri*ness, n. state or quality of being contrary; opposition; inconsistency; contrariety; perverseness; obstinancy.

Contrarious

Con*tra"ri*ous (?), a. [LL. contrariosus: cf. OF. contrarios contralius.] Showing contrariety; repugnant; perverse. [Archaic] Milton.
She flew contrarious in the face of God. Mrs. Browning.

Contrariously

Con*tra"ri*ous*ly, adv. Contrarily; oppositely. Shak.

Contratiwise

Con"tra*ti*wise (? ∨ , adv.

1. On the contrary; oppositely; on the other hand.

Not rendering evil for evil, or railing for railing; but contrariwise, blessing. 1 Pet. iii. 9.

2. In a contrary order; conversely.

Everything that acts upon the fluids must, at the same time, act upon the solids, and contrariwise. Arbuthnot.

Contrarotation

Con`tra*ro*ta"tion (?), n. Circular motion in a direction contrary to some other circular motion.

Contrary

Con"tra*ry (? ∨ ?; 48), a. [OE. contrarie, contraire, F. contraire, fr. L. contrarius, fr. contra. See Contra-.]

1. Opposite; in an opposite direction; in opposition; adverse; as, contrary winds.

And if ye walk contrary unto me, and will not hearken unto me. Lev. xxvi. 21.
We have lost our labor; they are gone a contrary way. Shak.

2. Opposed; contradictory; repugnant; inconsistent.

Fame, if not double-faced, is double mouthed, And with contrary blast proclaims most deeds. Milton.
The doctrine of the earth's motion appeared to be contrary to the sacred Scripture. Whewell.

3. Given to opposition; perverse; forward; wayward; as, a contrary disposition; a contrary child.

4. (Logic) Affirming the opposite; so opposed as to destroy each other; as, contrary propositions. Contrary motion (Mus.), the progression of parts in opposite directions, one ascending, the other descending. Syn. -- Adverse; repugnant; hostile; inimical; discordant; inconsistent.

Contrary

Con"tra*ry, n.; pl. Contraries (.

1. A thing that is of contrary or opposite qualities.

No contraries hold more antipathy Than I and such a knave. Shak.

2. An opponent; an enemy. [Obs.] Chaucer.

3. the opposite; a proposition, fact, or condition incompatible with another; as, slender proofs which rather show the contrary. See Converse, n., 1. Locke.

4. (Logic) See Contraries. On the contrary, in opposition; on the other hand. Swift. -- To the contrary, to an opposite purpose or intent; on the other side. "They did it, not for want of instruction to the contrary." Bp. Stillingfleet.

Contrarry

Con"trar*ry, v. t. [F. contrarier. See Contrary, a.] To contradict or oppose; to thwart. [Obs.]
I was advised not to contrary the king. Bp. Latimer.

Contrast

Con*trast" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Contrasted; p.pr. & vb.n. Contrasting.] [F. contraster, LL. contrastare to resist, withstand, fr. L. contra + stare to stand. See Stand.] To stand in opposition; to exhibit difference, unlikeness, or opposition of qualities.
The joints which divide the sandstone contrast finely with the divisional planes which separate the basalt into pillars. Lyell.

Contrast

Con*trast", v. t.

1. To set in opposition, or over against, in order to show the differences between, or the comparative excellences and defects of; to compare by difference or contrariety of qualities; as, to contrast the present with the past.

2. (Fine Arts) To give greater effect to, as to a figure or other object, by putting it in some relation of opposition to another figure or object.

the figures of the groups must not be all on side . . . but must contrast each other by their several position. Dryden.

Contraxt

Con"traxt (?), n. [F. contraste: cf. It. contrasto.]

1. The act of contrasting, or the state of being contrasted; comparison by contrariety of qualities.

place the prospect of the soul In sober contrast with reality. Wordsworth.

2. Opposition or dissimilitude of things or qualities; unlikeness, esp. as shown by juxtaposition or comparison.

The contrasts and resemblances of the seasons. Whewell.

3. (Fine Arts) The opposition of varied forms, colors, etc., which by such juxtaposition more vividly express each other's pecularities. Fairholt.

Contrastimulant

Con`tra*stim"u*lant (?), a. Counteracting the effects of stimulants; relating to a course of medical treatment based on a theory of contrastimulants. -- n. (Med.) An agent which counteracts the effect of a stimulant.

Contrate

Con"trate (?), a. [See Contra-.] Having cogs or teeth projecting parallel to the axis, instead of radiating from it. [R.] Contrate wheel. See Crown wheel.

Contratenor

Con"tra*ten`or (?), n. [Cf. Counter tenor.] (Mus.) Counter tenor; contralto.

Contravallation

Con`tra*val*la"tion (?), n. [Pref. contra- + vallation: cf. F. contrevallation. Cf. Countervallation.] (Fort.) A trench guarded with a parapet, constructed by besiegers, to secure themselves and check sallies of the besieged.

Contravene

Con`tra*vene" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contravened (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Contravening.] [LL. contravenire; L. contra + venire to come: cf. F. contrevenir. See Come.]

1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat.

So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey.

2. To violate; to nullify; to be inconsistent with; as, to contravene a law.

Laws that place the subjects in such a state contravene the first principles of the compact of authority. Johnson.
Syn. -- To contradict; set aside; nullify; defeat; cross; obstruct; baffle; thwart.

Contravener

Con`tra*ven"er (?), n. One who contravenes.

Contravention

Con`tra*ven"tion (?), n. [Cf.F. contravention.] The act of contravening; opposition; obstruction; transgression; violation.
Warrants in contravention of the acts of Parliament. Macaulay.
In contravention of all his marriage stipulations. Motley.

Contraversion

Con`tra*ver"sion (?), n. A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe. Congreve.

Contrayerva

Con`tra*yer"va (?), n. [Sp. contrayerba, literally, a counter herb, hence, an antidote for poison, fr. l. contra + herba herb.] (Bot.) A species of Dorstenia (D. Contrayerva), a South American plant, the aromatic root of which is sometimes used in medicine as a gentle stimulant and tonic.

Contrecoup

Con`tre*coup" (?), n. [F., fr. contre (L. contra) + coup a blow.] (med.) A concussion or shock produced by a blow or other injury, in a part or region opposite to that at which the blow is received, often causing rupture or disorganisation of the parts affected.

Contretemps

Con`tre*temps" (?), n. [F., fr. contre (L. conta) + temps time, fr. L. tempus.] An unexpected and untoward accident; something inopportune or embarassing; a hitch.
In this unhappy contretemps. De Quincey.

Contributable

Con*trib"u*ta*ble (?), a. Capable of being contributed.

Contributary

Con*trib"u*ta*ry (?), a.

1. Contributory. [R.]

2. Tributary; contributing. [R.]

It was situated on the Ganges, at the place where this river received a contributary stream. D'Anville (Trans. ).

Contribute

Con*trib"ute (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contributed; p.pr. & vb.n. Contributing.] [L. contributus, p.p. of contribuere to bring together, to add; con- + tribuere to grant, impart. See Tribute.] To give or grant i common with others; to give to a common stock or for a common purpose; to furnish or suply in part; to give (money or other aid) for a specified object; as, to contribute food or fuel for the poor.
England contributes much more than any other of the allies. Addison.

Contribute

Con*trib"ute, v. i.

1. To give a part to a common stock; to lend assistance or aid, or give something, to a common purpose; to have a share in any act or effect.

We are engaged in war; the secretary of state calls upon the colonies to contribute. Burke.

2. To give or use one's power or influence for any object; to assist.

These men also contributed to obstruct the progress of wisdom. Goldsmith.

Contribution

Con`tri*bu"tion (?), n. [L. contributio: cf. F. contribution.]

1. The act of contributing.

2. That which is contributed; -- either the portion which an individual furnishes to the common stock, or the whole which is formed by the gifts of individuals.

A certain contribution for the poor saints which are at jerusalem. Rom. xv. 26.
Aristotle's actual contributions to the physical sciences. Whewell.

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3. (Mil.) An irregular and arbitrary imposition or tax leved on the people of a town or country.

These sums, . . . and the forced contributions paid by luckless peasants, enabled him to keep his straggling troops together. Motley.

4. (Law) Payment, by each of several jointly liable, of a share in a loss suffered or an amount paid by one of their number for the common benefit.

Contributional

Con`tri*bu"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or furnishing, a contribution.

Contributive

Con*trib"u*tive (?), a. Contributing, or tending to contribute. Fuller.

Contributer

Con*trib"u*ter (?), n. One who, or that which, contributes; specifically, one who writes articles for a newspaper or magazine.

Contributory

Con*trib"u*to*ry (?), a. Contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive. Milton.
Bonfires of contributory wood. Chapman.
Contributory negligence (Law), negligence by an injured party, which combines with the negligence of the injurer in producing the injury, and which bars recovery when it is the proximate cause of the injury. Wharton.

Contributory

Con*trib"u*to*ry, n.; pl. Contributories (. One who contributes, or is liable to be called upon to contribute, as toward the discharge of a common indebtedness. Abbott.

Contrist

Con*trist" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. contrister. See Contristate.] To make sad. [Obs.]
To deject and contrist myself. Sterne.

Contristate

Con*tris"tate (?), v. t. & i. [L. contristatus, p.p. of contristare to sadden; con- + tristis sad.] To make sorrowful. [Obs.] Bacon.

Contrite

Con"trite (?; 277), a. [L. contritus bruised, p. p. of contrere to grind, bruise; con- + terere to rub, grind: cf. F. contrit See Trite.]

1. Thoroughly bruised or broken. [Obs.]

2. Broken down with grief and penitence; deeply sorrowful for sin because it is displeasing to God; humbly and thoroughly penitent.

A contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise. Ps. li. 17.
Be penitent, and for thy fault contrite. Milton.
Syn. -- Penitent; repentant; humble; sorrowful.

Contrite

Con"trite, n. A contrite person. Hooker.

Contrite

Con"trite, v. In a contrite manner.

Contriteness

Con"trite`ness, n. Deep sorrow and penitence for sin; contrition.

Contrition

Con*tri"tion (?), n. [F. contrition, L. contritio.]

1. The act of grinding or ribbing to powder; attrition; friction; rubbing. [Obs.]

The breaking of their parts into less parts by contrition. Sir I. Newton.

2. The state of being contrite; deep sorrow and repentance for sin, because sin is displeasing to God; humble penitence; through repentance.

My future days shall be one whole contrition. Dryden.
Syn. -- repentance; penitence; humiliation; compunction; self-reproach; remorse. -- Contrition, Attrition, repentance. -- Contrition is deep sorrow and self-condemnation, with through repetance for sin because it is displeasing to God, and implies a feeling of love toward God. Attrition is sorrow for sin, or imperfect repentance produced by fear of punishment or a sense of the baseness of sin. Repentance is a penitent renunciation of, and turning from, sin; thorough repentance produces a new life. Repentance is often used as synonymous with contrition. See Compunction.

Contriturate

Con*trit"u*rate (?; 135), v. t. To triturate; to pulverize. [R.]

Contrivble

Con*triv"*ble (?), a. Capable of being contrived, planned, invented, or devised.
A perpetual motion may seem easily contrivable. Bp. Wilkins.

Contrivance

Con*triv"ance (?), n.

1. The act or faculty of contriving, inventing, devising, or planning.

The machine which we are inspecting demonstrates, by its construction, contrivance and design. Contrivance must have had a contriver. Paley.

2. The thing contrived, invented, or planned; disposition of parts or causes by design; a scheme; plan; atrifice; arrangement.

Government is a contrivance of human wisdom to provide for human wants. Burke.
Syn. -- Device; plan; scheme; invention; machine; project; design; artifice; shift. See Device.

Contrive

Con*trive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contrived (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Contriving.] [OE. contriven, contreven, controven, to invent, OF. controver, contruver; con- + trouver to find. See Troubadour, trover.] To form by an exercise of ingenuity; to devise; to invent; to design; to plan.
What more likely to contrive this admirable frame of the universe than infinite wisdom. Tillotson.
neither do thou imagine that I shall contrive aught against his life. Hawthorne.
Syn. -- To invent; discover; plan; design; project; plot; concert; hatch.

Contrive

Con*trive", v. i. To make devices; to form designs; to plan; to scheme; to plot.
The Fates with traitors do contrive. Shak.
Thou hast contrived against th very life Of the defendant. Shak.

Contrivement

Con*trive"ment (?), n. Contrivance; invention; arrangement; design; plan. [Obs.]
Consider the admirable contrivement and artifice of this great fabric. Glanvill.
Active to meet their contrivements. Sir G. Buck.

Contriver

Con*triv"er (?), n. One who contrives, devises, plans, or schemas. Swift.

Control

Con*trol" (?), n. [F. contr\'93le a counter register, contr. fr. contr-r\'93le; contre (L. contra) + r\'93le roll, catalogue. See Counter and Roll, and cf. Counterroll.]

1. A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. That which serves to check, restrain, or hinder; restraint. "Speak without control." Dryden.

3. Power or authority to check or restrain; restraining or regulating influence; superintendence; government; as, children should be under parental control.

The House of Commons should exercise a control over all the departments of the executive administration. Macaulay.
Board of control. See under Board.

Control

Con*trol", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Controlled (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Controlling.] [F. contr\'93ler, fr. contr\'93le.] [Formerly written comptrol and controul.]

1. To check by a counter register or duplicate account; to prove by counter statements; to confute. [Obs.]

This report was controlled to be false. Fuller.

2. To exercise restraining or governing influence over; to check; to counteract; to restrain; to regulate; to govern; to overpower.

Give me a staff of honor for mine age, But not a scepter to control the world. Shak.
I feel my virtue struggling in my soul: But stronger passion does its power control. Dryden.
Syn. -- To restrain; rule; govern; manage; guide; regulate; hinder; direct; check; curb; counteract; subdue.

Controllability

Con*trol`la*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being controlled; controllableness.

Controllable

Con*trol"la*ble (?), a. Capable of being controlled, checked, or restrained; amenable to command.
Passion is the drunkeness of the mind, and, therefore, . . . not always controllable by reason. South.

Controllableness

Con*trol"la*ble*ness, n. Capability of being controlled.

Controller

Con*trol"ler (?), n. [From control, v.t.: cf. F. contr\'93leur.]

1. One who, or that which, controls or restraines; one who has power or authority to regulate or control; one who governs.

The great controller of our fate Deigned to be man, and lived in low estate. Dryden.

2. An officer appointed to keep a counter register of accounts, or to examine, rectify, or verify accounts. [More commonly written controller.]

3. (Naut.) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.

Controllership

Con*trol"ler*ship, n. The office of a controller.

Controlment

Con*trol"ment (?), n.

1. The power or act of controlling; the state of being rstrained; control; restraint; regulation; superintendence.

You may do it without controlment. Shak.

2. Opposition; resistance; hostility. [Obs.]

Here have we war for war, and blood for blood, Controlment for controlment. Shak.

Controversal

Con`tro*ver"sal (?), a.

1. Turning or looking opposite ways. [Obs.]

The temple of Janus, with his two controversal faces. Milton.

2. Controversal. [Obs.] Boyle.

Controversary

Con`tro*ver"sa*ry (?), a. Controversial. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Controverse

Con"tro*verse (?), n. [Cf. F. controverse.] Controversy. [Obs.] Spenser.

Controverse

Con"tro*verse, v. t. [L. controversari, fr. controversus turned against, disputed.] To dispute; to controvert. [Obs.] "Controversed causes." Hooker.

Controverser

Con"tro*ver`ser (?), n. A disputant. [Obs.]

Controversial

Con`tro*ver"sial (?), a. [Cf. LL. controversialis.] Relating to, or consisting of, controversy; disputatious; polemical; as, controversial divinity.
Whole libraries of controversial books. Macaulay.

Controversialist

Con`tro*ver"sial*ist, n. One who carries on a controversy; a disputant.
He [Johnson] was both intellectually and morally of the stuff of which controversialists are made. Macaulay.

Controversially

Con`tro*ver"sial*ly, adv. In a controversial manner.

Controversion

Con`tro*ver"sion (?), n. Act of controverting; controversy. [Obs.] Hooker.

Controversor

Con"tro*ver`sor (?), n. A controverser. [Obs.]

Controversy

Con"tro*ver`sy (?), n.; pl. Controversies (#). [L. controversia, fr. controversus turned against, disputed; contro- = contra + versus, p.p. of vertere to turn. See Verse.]

1. Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

This left no room for controversy about the title. Locke.
A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. Johnson.

2. Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.

The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jer. xxv. 31.

3. A suit in law or equity; a question of right. [Obs.]

When any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment. 2 Sam. xv. 2.
Syn. -- Dispute; debate; disputation; disagreement; altercation; contention; wrangle; strife; quarrel.

Controvert

Con"tro*vert (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Controverted; p.pr. & vb.n. Controverting.] [See Controversy.] To make matter of controversy; to dispute or oppose by reasoning; to contend against in words or writings; to contest; to debate.
Some controverted points had decided according to the sense of the best jurists. Macaulay.

Controverter

Con"tro*ver`ter (?), n. One who controverts; a controversial writer; a controversialist.
Some controverters in divinity are like swaggerers in a tavern. B. Jonson.

Controvertible

Con`tro*ver"ti*ble (?), a. Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. -- Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv
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Controvertist

Con"tro*ver`tist (?), n. One skilled in or given to controversy; a controversialist.
How unfriendly is the controvertist to the discernment of the critic! Campbell.

Contubernal, Contubernial

Con*tu"ber*nal (?), Con`tu*ber"ni*al (?), a. [L. contubernalis a tent companion, fr. contubernium tent companionship.] Living or messing together; familiar; in companionship.
Humble folk ben Christes friends: they ben contubernial with the Lord, thy King. Chaucer.

Contumacious

Con`tu*ma"cious (?), a. [L. contumax, -acis. See Contumacy.]

1. Exhibiting contumacy; contemning authority; obstinate; perverse; stubborn; disobedient.

There is another very, efficacious method for subding the most obstinate, contumacious sinner. Hammond.

2. (Law) Willfully disobedient to the summous or prders of a court. Blackstone. Syn. -- Stubborn; obstinate; obdurate; disobedient; perverse; unyielding; headstrong. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*ma"cious*ness, n.

Contumacy

Con"tu*ma*cy (?), n.; pl. Contumacies (#). [L. contumacia, fr. contumax, -acis, insolent; prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. F. contumace. Cf. Contemn.]

1. Stubborn perverseness; pertinacious resistance to authority.

The bishop commanded him . . . to be thrust into the stocks for his manifest and manifold contumacy. Strype.

2. (Law) A willful contempt of, and disobedience to, any lawful summons, or to the rules and orders of court, as a refusal to appear in court when legally summoned. Syn. -- Stubbornness; perverseness; obstinacy.

Contumelious

Con`tu*me"li*ous (?∨ ?; 106), a. [L. contumeliosus.]

1. Exhibiting contumely; rudely contemptuous; insolent; disdainful.

Scoffs, and scorns, and contumelious taunts. Shak.
Curving a contumelious lip. Tennyson.

2. Shameful; disgraceful. [Obs.] Dr. H. More. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ly, adv. -- Con`tu*me"li*ous*ness, n.

Contumely

Con"tu*me*ly (?), n. [L. contumelia, prob. akin to contemnere to despise: cf. OF. contumelie. Cf. Contumacy.] Rudeness compounded of haughtiness and contempt; scornful insolence; despiteful treatment; disdain; contemptuousness in act or speech; disgrace.
The oppressor's wrong, the proud man's contumely. Shak.
Nothing aggravates tyranny so much as contumely. Burke.

Contuse

Con*tuse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Contused (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Contusing.] [L. contusus, p.p. of contundere to beat, crush; con- + tundere to beat, akin to Skr. tud (for stud) to strike, Goth. stautan. See Stutter.]

1. To beat, pound, or together.

Roots, barks, and seeds contused together. Bacon.

2. To bruise; to injure or disorganize a part without breaking the skin. Contused wound, a wound attended with bruising.

Contusion

Con*tu"sion (?), n. [L. contusio: cf. F. contusion.]

1. The act or process of beating, bruising, or pounding; the state of being beaten or bruised.

2. (Med.) A bruise; an injury attended with more or less disorganization of the subcutaneous tissue and effusion of blood beneath the skin, but without apparent wound.

Conundrum

Co*nun"drum (?), n. [Origin unknown.]

1. A kind of riddle based upon some fanciful or fantastic resemblance between things quite unlike; a puzzling question, of which the answer is or involves a pun.

Or pun ambiguous, or conundrum quaint. J. Philips.

2. A question to which only a conjectural answer can be made.

Do you think life is long enough to let me speculate on conundrums like that? W. Black.

Conure

Co*nure" (?), n. [NL. conurus, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An American parrakeet of the genus Conurus. Many species are known. See Parrakeet.

Conus

Co"nus (?), n. [L., a cone.]

1. A cone.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A Linnean genus of mollusks having a conical shell. See Cone, n., 4.

Conusable

Con"u*sa*ble (?), a. Cognizable; liable to be tried or judged. [Obs.] Bp. Barlow.

Conusant

Con"u*sant (?), a. (Law) See Cognizant.

Conusor

Con`u*sor" (?), n. (Law) See Cognizor.

Convalesce

Con`va*lesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Convalesced (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convalescing.] [L. convalscere; con- + valescere to grow strong, v. incho. of valere to be strong. See Vallant.] To recover health and strength gradually, after sickness or weakness; as, a patient begins to convalesce.

Convalesced

Con`va*lesced" (?), a. Convalescent. [R.]
He found the queen somewhat convalesced. J. Knox.

Convalescence, Convalescency

Con`va*les"cence (?), Con`va*les"cen*cy (?), n. [L. convalescentia: cf. F. convalescence.] The recovery of heath and strength after disease; the state of a body renewing its vigor after sickness or weakness; the time between the subsidence of a disease and complete restoration to health.

Convalescent

Con`va*les"cent (?), a. [L. convalescens, -entis, p.pr.: cf. F. convalescent.]

1. Recovering from siclness or debility; partially restored to health or strength.

2. Of or pertaining to convalescence.

Convalescent

Con`va*les"cent, n. One recovering from sickness.

Convalescently

Con`va*les"cent*ly, adv. In the manner of a convalescent; with increasing strength or vigor.

Convallamarin

Con*val"la*ma`rin (?), n. [Convalaria + L. amarus bitter.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline, poisonous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the lily of the valley (Convallaria Majalis). Its taste is first bitter, then sweet.

Convallaria

Con`val*la"ri*a (?), n. [NL., from L. convallis a valley; con- + vallis valley.] (Bot. & Med.) The lily of the valley.

Convallarin

Con`val*la"rin (?), n. (Chem.) A white, crystalline glucoside, of an irritating taste, extracted from the convallaria or lily of the valley.

Convection

Con*vec"tion (?), n. [L. convectio, fr. convehere to bring together; con- + vehere to carry.]

1. The act or process of conveying or transmitting.

2. (Physics) A process of transfer or transmission, as of heat or electricity, by means of currents in liquids or gases, resulting from changes of temperature and other causes.

Liquids are generally heated by convection -- when heat is applied from bellow. Nichol.

Convective

Con*vec"tive (?), a. Caused or accomplished by convection; as, a convective discharge of electricity. Faraday.

Convectively

Con*vec"tive*ly, adv. In a convective manner. Hare.

Convellent

Con*vel"lent (?), a. [L. convellens, p.pr. of convellere. See Convulse.] Tending to tear or pull up. [Obs.]
The ends of the fragment . . . will not yield to the convellent force. Todd & Bowman.

Convenable

Con*ven"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being convened or assembled.

Convenable

Con"ve*na*ble (?), a. [F. convenable, fr. convenir. See Convene.] Consistent; accordant; suitable; proper; as, convenable remedies. [Obs.]
With his wod his work is convenable. Spenser.

Convenance

Con"ve*nance (?), n. [F., fitness, suitableness.] That which is suitable, agreeable, or convenient.
And they missed Their wonted convenance, cheerly hid the loss. Emerson.

Convene

Con*vene" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Convened (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convenong.] [L. convenire; con- + venire to come: cf. F. convenir to agree, to be fitting, OF. also, to assemble. See Come, and cf. Covenant.]

1. To come together; to meet; to unite. [R.]

In shortsighted men . . . the rays converge and convene in the eyes before they come at the bottom. Sir I. Newton.

2. To come together, as in one body or for a public purpose; to meet; to assemble. Locke.

The Parliament of Scotland now convened. Sir R. Baker.
Faint, underneath, the household fowls convene. Thomson.
Syn. -- To meet; to assemble; to congregate; to collect; to unite.

Convene

Con*vene", v. t.

1. To cause to assemble; to call together; to convoke.

And now the almighty father of the gods Convenes a council in the blest abodes. Pope.

2. To summon judicially to meet or appear.

By the papal canon law, clerks . . . can not be convened before any but an ecclesiastical judge. Ayliffe.

Convener

Con*ven"er (?), n.

1. One who convenes or meets with others. [Obs.]

2. One who calls an assembly together or convenes a meeting; hence, the chairman of a committee or other organized body. [Scot.]

Convenience; 106, Conveniency

Con*ven"ience (?; 106), Con*ven"ien*cy (?), n. [L. convenientia agreement, fitness. See Convenient.]

1. The state or quality of being convenient; fitness or suitableness, as of place, time, etc.; propriety.

Let's futher think of this; Weigh what convenience both of time and means May fit us to our shape. Shak.
With all brief and plain conveniency, Let me have judgment. Shak.

2. Freedom from discomfort, difficulty, or trouble; commodiousness; ease; accommodation.

Thus necessity invented stools, Convenience next suggested elbow chairs. Cowper.
We are rather intent upon the end of God's glory than our own conveniency. Jer. Taylor.

3. That which is convenient; that which promotes comfort or advantage; that which is suited to one's wants; an accommodation.

A pair of spectacles and several other little conveniences. Swift.

4. A convenient or fit time; opportunity; as, to do something at one's convenience.

Convenient

Con*ven"ient (?; 277), a. [L. conveniens, -entis, suitable, p.pr. of convenire to be suitable, to come. See Convene, v. i.]

1. Fit or adapted; suitable; proper; becoming; appropriate. [Archaic]

Feed me with food convenient for me. Prov. xxx. 8.
Neither filthiness, nor foolish talking, nor jesting, which are not convenient. Eph. v. 4.

2. Affording accommodation or advantage; well adapted to use; handly; as, a convenient house; convenient implements or tools.

3. Seasonable; timely; opportune; as, a convenient occasion; a convenient season. Acts xxiv. 25.

4. Near at hand; easy of access. [Colloq.]

Hereties used to be brought thither, convenient for burning. Thackeray.
Syn. -- Fit; suitable; proper; adapted; fitted; suited; handly; commodious.

Conveniently

Con*ven"ient*ly, adv. In a convenient manner, form, or situation; without difficulty.

Convent

Con"vent (?), n. [L. conventus a meeting, LL. also, a convent. See Convene, v. i.]

1. A coming together; a meeting. [Obs.]

A usual ceremony at their [the witches] convents or meetings. B. Jonson.

2. An association or community of recluses devoted to a religious life; a body of monks or nuns.

One of our convent, and his [the duke's] confessor. Shak.

3. A house occupied by a community of religious recluses; a monastery or nunnery.

One seldom finds in Italy a spot of ground more agreeable than ordinary that is not covered with a convent. Addison.
Syn. -- Nunnery; monastery; abbey. See Cloister.

Convent

Con*vent" (?), v. i. [L. conventus, p.p. of convenire. See Convene, v. i.]

1. To meet together; to concur. [obs.] Beau. & Fl.

2. To be convenient; to serve. [Obs.]

When that is known and golden time convents. Shak.

Convent

Con*vent" (?), v. t. To call before a judge or judicature; to summon; to convene. [Obs.] Shak.

Conventical

Con*vent"ic*al (?), a. Of or from, or pertaining to, a convent. "Conventical wages." Sterne. Conventical prior. See Prior.

Conventicle

Con*ven"ti*cle (?), n. [L. conventiculum, dim. of conventus: cf. F. conventicule. See Convent, n.]

1. A small assembly or gathering; esp., a secret assembly.

They are commanded to abstain from all conventicles of men whatsoever. Ayliffe.

2. An assembly for religious worship; esp., such an assembly held privately, as in times of persecution, by Nonconformists or Dissenters in England, or by Covenanters in Scotland; -- often used opprobriously, as if those assembled were heretics or schismatics.

The first Christians could never have had recourse to nocturnal or clandestine conventicles till driven to them by the violence of persecution. Hammond.
A sort of men who . . . attend its [the curch of England's] service in the morning, and go with their wives to a conventicle in the afternoon. Swift.

Conventicler

Con*ven"ti*cler (?), n. One who supports or frequents conventicles. Dryden.

Conventicling

Con*ven"ti*cling (?), a. Belonging or going to, or resembling, a conventicle. [Obs.]
Conventicling schools . . . set up and taught secretly by fanatics. South.

Convention

Con*ven"tion (?), n. [L. conventio: cf. F. convention. See Convene, v. i.]

1. The act of coming together; the state of being together; union; coalition.

The conventions or associations of several particles of matter into bodies of any certain denomination. Boyle.

2. General agreement or concurrence; arbitrary custom; usage; conventionality.

There are thousands now Such women, but convention beats them down. Tennyson.

3. A meeting or an assembly of persons, esp. of delegates or representatives, to accomplish some specific object, -- civil, social, political, or ecclesiastical.

He set himself to the making of good laws in a grand convention of his nobles. Sir R. Baker.
A convention of delegates from all the States, to meet in Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of reserving the federal system, and correcting its defects. W. Irving.

4. (Eng. Hist) An extraordinary assembly of the parkiament or estates of the realm, held without the king's writ, -- as the assembly which restored Charles II. to the throne, and that which declared the throne to be abdicated by James II.

Our gratitude is due . . . to the Long Parliament, to the Convention, and to William of Orange. Macaulay.

5. An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a traety; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convetion between two governments.

This convention, I think from my soul, is nothing but a stipulation for national ignominy; a truce without a suspension of hostilities. Ld. Chatham.
The convention with the State of georgia has been ratified by their Legislature. T. Jefferson.

Conventional

Con*ven"tion*al (?), a. [L. conventionalis: cf. F. conventionnel.]

1. Formed by agreement or compact; stipulated.

Conventional services reserved by tenures upon grants, made out of the crown or knights' service. Sir M. Hale.

2. Growing out of, or depending on, custom or tacit agreement; sanctioned by general concurrence or usage; formal. "Conventional decorum." Whewell.

The conventional language appropriated to monarchs. Motley.
The ordinary salutations, and other points of social behavior, are conventional. Latham.

3. (Fine Arts) (a) Based upon tradition, whether religious and historical or of artistic rules. (b) Abstracted; removed from close representation of nature by the deliberate selection of what is to be represented and what is to be rejected; as, a conventional flower; a conventional shell. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t.

Conventionalism

Con*ven"tion*al*ism (?), n.

1. That which is received or established by convention or arbitrary agreement; that which is in accordance with the fashion, tradition, or usage.

All the artifice and conventionalism of life. Hawthorne.
They gaze on all with dead, dim eyes, -- wrapped in conventionalisms, . . . simulating feelings according to a received standart. F. W. Robertson.

2. (Fine Arts) The principles or practice of conventionalizing. See Conventionalize, v. t.

Conventionalist

Con*ven"tion*al*ist, n.

1. One who adheres to a convention or treaty.

2. One who is governed by conventionalism.

Conventionality

Con*ven`tion*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Conventionalities (. The state of being conventional; adherence to social formalities or usages; that which is established by conventional use; one of the customary usages of social life.

Conventionalization

Con*ven`tion*al*i*za"tion (?), n. (Fine Arts) (a) The act of making conventional. (b) The state of being conventional.

Conventionalizw

Con*ven"tion*al*izw (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conventionalized (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conventionalizing.]

1. To make conventional; to bring under the influence of, or cause to conform to, conventional rules; to establish by usage.

2. (Fine Arts) (a) To represent by selecting the important features and those which are expressible in the medium employed, and omitting the others. (b) To represent according to an established principle, whether religious or traditional, or based upon certain artistic rules of supposed importance.

Conventionalize

Con*ven"tion*al*ize (?), v. i. (Fine Arts) To make designs in art, according to conventional principles. Cf. Conventionalize, v. t., 2.

Conventionalily

Con*ven"tion*ali*ly, adv. In a conventional manner.

Conventionary

Con*ven"tion*a*ry (?), a. Acting under contract; settled by express agreement; as, conventionary tenants. [Obs.] R. Carew.

Conventioner

Con*ven"tion*er (?), n. One who belongs to a convention or assembly.

Conventionist

Con*ven"tion*ist (?), n. One who enters into a convention, covenant, or contract.

Conventual

Con*ven"tu*al (?; 135), a. [LL. conventualis: cf. F. conventuel.] Of or pertaining to a convent; monastic. "A conventual garb." Macaulay. Conventual church, a church attached or belonging to a convent or monastery. Wordsworth.

Conventual

Con*ven"tu*al, n. One who lives in a convent; a monk or num; a recluse. Addison.

Converge

Con*verge" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Converged (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Converging (?).] [Pref. con- + L. vergere to turn, incline; cf. F. converger. See Verge, v. i.] To tend to one point; to incline and approach nearer together; as, lines converge.
The mountains converge into a single ridge. Jefferson.

Converge

Con*verge", v. t. To cause to tend to one point; to cause to incline and approach nearer together.
I converge its rays to a focus of dazzling brilliancy. Tyndall.

Convergence, Convergency

Con*ver"gence (?), Con*ver"gen*cy (?), n. [Cf. F. convergence.] The condition or quality of converging; tendency to one point.
The convergence or divergence of the rays falling on the pupil. Berkeley.

Convergent

Con*ver"gent (?), a. [Cf. F. convergent.] tending to one point of focus; tending to approach each other; converging.
As many rays of light, as conveniently can be let in, and made convergent. Boyle.
The vast dome of its cathedral . . . directing its convergent curves to heaven. Hallam.

Converging

Con*ver"ging (?), a. Tending to one point; approaching each other; convergent; as, converging lines. Whewell. Converging rays(Opt.), rays of light, which, proceeding from different points of an object, tend toward a single point. -- Converging series (Math.), a series in which if an indefinitely great number of terms be taken, their sum will become indefinitely near in value to a fixed quantity, which is called the sum of the series; -- opposed to a diverging series.

Conversable

Con*vers"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. conversable.] Qualified for conversation; disposed to converse; sociable; free in discourse.
While young, humane, conversable, and kind. Cowper.

Conversableness

Con*vers"a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being conversable; disposition to converse; sociability.

Conversably

Con*vers"a*bly, adv. In a conversable manner.

Conversance

Con"ver*sance (?), n. The state or quality of being conversant; habit of familiarity; familiar acquaintance; intimacy. [R.]

Conversancy

Con"ver*san*cy (?), n. Conversance [R.]

Conversant

Con"ver*sant (?), a. [L. conversans, p.pr. of conversari: cf. F. conversant.]

1. Having frequent or customary intercourse; familiary associated; intimately acquainted.

I have been conversant with the first persons of the age. Dryden.

2. Familiar or acquainted by use or study; well-informed; versed; -- generally used with with, sometimes with in.

Deeply conversant in the Platonic philosophy. Dryden.
he uses the different dialects as one who had been conversant with them all. Pope.
Conversant only with the ways of men. Cowper.

3. Concerned; occupied.

Education . . . is conversant about children. W. Wotton.

Conversant

Con*vers"ant (?), n. One who converses with another; a convenser. [R.]

Conversantly

Con"ver*sant*ly (?), adv. In a familiar manner.

Conversation

Con`ver*sa"tion (?), n. [OE. conversacio (in senses 1 & 2), OF. conversacion, F. conversation, fr. L. conversatio frequent abode in a place, intercourse, LL. also, manner of life.]

1. General course of conduct; behavior. [Archaic]

Let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel. Philip. i. 27.

2. Familiar intercourse; intimate fellowship or association; close acquaintance. "Conversation with the best company." Dryden.

I set down, out of long experience in business and much conversation in books, what I thought pertinent to this business. Bacon.

3. Commerce; intercourse; traffic. [Obs.]

All traffic and mutual conversation. Hakluyt.

4. Colloqual discourse; oral interchange of sentiments and observations; informal dialogue.

The influence exercised by his [Johnson's] conversation was altogether without a parallel. Macaulay.

5. Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation. Syn. -- Intercourse; communion; commerce; familiarity; discourse; dialogue; colloque; talk; chat. -- Conversation, Talk. There is a looser sense of these words, in which they are synonymous; there is a stricter sense, in which they differ. Talk is usually broken, familiar, and versatile. Conversation is more continuous and sustained, and turns ordinarily upon topics or higher interest. Children talk to their parents or to their companions; men converse together in mixed assemblies. Dr. Johnson once remarked, of an evening spent in society, that there had been a great deal of talk, but no conversation.


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Conversational

Con`ver*sa"tion*al (?), a. Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style. Thackeray.

Conversationalist

Con`ver*sa"tion*al*ist, n. A conversationist.

Conversationed

Conver*sa"tioned (?), a. Acquainted with manners and deportment; behaved. [Obs.]
Till she be better conversationed, . . . I'll keep As far from her as the gallows. Beau. & Fl.

Conversationism

Con`ver*sa"tion*ism (?), n. A word or phrase used in conversation; a colloqualism.

Conversationist

Con`ver*sa"tion*ist, n. One who converses much, or who excels in conversation. Byron.

Conversative

Con*ver"sa*tive (?), a. Relating to intercourse with men; social; -- opposed to contemplative.
She chose . . . to endue him with the conversative qualities of youth. Sir H. Wotton.

Conversazi-one

Con`ver*sa`zi-o"ne (?∨ ?), n.; pl. Conversazioni (#). [It. See Conversation.] A meeting or assembly for conversation, particularly on literary or scientific subjects. Gray.
These conversazioni [at Florence] resemble our card assemblies. A. Drummond.

Converse

Con*verse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Conversed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conversing.] [F. converser, L. conversari to associate with; con- + versari to be turned, to live, remain, fr. versare to turn often, v. intens. of vertere to turn See Convert.]

1. To keep company; to hold intimate intercourse; to commune; -- followed by with.

To seek the distant hills, and there converse With nature. Thomson.
Conversing with the world, we use the world's fashions. Sir W. Scott.
But to converse with heaven - This is not easy. Wordsworth.

2. To engage, in familiar colloqui; to interchange thoughts and opinions in a free, informal manner; to chat; -- followed by with before a person; by on, about, concerning, etc., before a thing.

Companions That do converse and waste the time together. Shak.
We had conversed so often on that subject. Dryden.

3. To have knowledge of, from long intercourse or study; -- said of things.

According as the objects they converse with afford greater or less variety. Locke.
Syn. -- To associate; commune; discourse; talk; chat.

Converse

Con"verse (?), n.

1. Frequent intercourse; familiar communion; intimate association. Glanvill.

"T is but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unrolled. Byron.

2. Familiar discourse; free interchange of thoughts or views; conversation; chat.

Formed by thy converse happily to steer From grave to gay, from lively to severe. Pope.

Converse

Con"verse, a. [L. conversus, p.p. of convertere. See Convert.] Turned about; reversed in order or relation; reciprocal; as, a converse proposition.

Converse

Con"verse, n.

1. (Logic) A proposition which arises from interchanging the terms of another, as by putting the predicate for the subject, and the subject for the predicate; as, no virtue is vice, no vice is virtue. &hand; It should not (as is often done) be confounded with the contrary or opposite of a proposition, which is formed by introducing the negative not or no.

2. (Math.) A proposition in which, after a conclusion from something supposed has been drawn, the order is inverted, making the conclusion the supposition or premises, what was first supposed becoming now the conclusion or inference. Thus, if two sides of a sides of a triangle are equal, the angles opposite the sides are equal; and the converse is true, i.e., if these angles are equal, the two sides are equal.

Conversely

Con"verse*ly (? ∨ , adv. In a converse manner; with change of order or relation; reciprocally. J. S. Mill.

Converser

Con*vers"er (?), n. One who engages in conversation.

Conversible

Con*ver"si*ble (?), a. Capable of being converted or reversed. Hammond.

Conversion

Con*ver"sion (?), n. [L. conversio: cf. F. conversion. See Convert.]

1. The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.

Artificial conversion of water into ice. Bacon.
The conversion of the aliment into fat. Arbuthnot.

2. The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed. "Conversion to Christianity." Prescott.

3. (Law) An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse.

Or bring my action of conversion And trover for my goods. Hudibras.

4. (Logic) The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.

5. (Math.) A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.

6. (Mil.) (a) A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank. (b) A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.

7. (Theol.) A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.

He oft Frequented their assemblies, . . . and to them preached Conversion and repentance, as to souls In prison under judgments imminent. Milton.

Conversive

Con*ver"sive (?), a.

1. Capable of being converted or changed.

2. Ready to converse; social. [Archaic] Feltham.

Convert

Con*vert" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Converted; p.pr. & vb.n. Converting.] [L. convertere, -versum; con- + vertere to turn: cf. F. convertir. See Verse.]

1. To cause to turn; to turn. [Obs.]

O, which way shall I first convert myself? B. Jonson.

2. To change or turn from one state or condition to another; to alter in form, substance, or quality; to transform; to transmute; as, to convert water into ice.

If the whole atmosphere were converted into water. T. Burnet.
That still lessens The sorrow, and converts it nigh to joy. Milton.

3. To change or turn from one belief or course to another, as from one religion to another or from one party or sect to another.

No attempt was made to convert the Moslems. Prescott.

4. To produce the spiritual change called conversion in (any one); to turn from a bad life to a good one; to change the heart and moral character of (any one) from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness.

He which converteth the sinner from the error of his way shall save a soul from death. Lames v. 20.

5. To apply to any use by a diversion from the proper or intended use; to appropriate dishonestly or illegally.

When a bystander took a coin to get it changed, and converted it, [it was] held no larceny. Cooley.

6. To exchange for some specified equivalent; as, to convert goods into money.

7. (Logic) To change (one proposition) into another, so that what was the subject of the first becomes the predicate of the second.

8. To turn into another language; to translate. [Obs.]

Which story . . . Catullus more elegantly converted. B. Jonson.
Converted guns, cast-iron guns lined with wrought-iron or steel tubes. Farrow. -- Converting furnace (Steel Manuf.), a furnace in which wrought iron is converted into steel by cementation. Syn. -- To change; turn; transmute; appropriate.

Convert

Con*vert", v. i. To be turned or changed in character or direction; to undergo a change, physically or morally.
If Nebo had had the preaching that thou hast, they [the Neboites] would have converted. Latimer.
A red dust which converth into worms. Sandys.
The public hope And eye to thee converting. Thomson.

Convert

Con"vert (?), n.

1. A person who is converted from one opinion or practice to another; a person who is won over to, or heartily embraces, a creed, religious system, or party, in which he has not previously believed; especially, one who turns from the controlling power of sin to that of holiness, or from unbelief to Christianity.

The Jesuits did not persuade the converts to lay aside the use of images. Bp. Stillingfleet.

2. A lay friar or brother, permitted to enter a monastery for the service of the house, but without orders, and not allowed to sing in the choir. Syn. -- Proselyte; neophyte. -- Convert, Proselyte, Pervert. A convert is one who turns from what he believes to have been a decided error of faith or practice. Such a change may relate to religion, politics, or other subjects. properly considered, it is not confined to speculation alone, but affects the whole current of one's feelings and the tenor of his actions. As such a change carries with it the appearance of sincerity, the term convert is usually taken in a good sense. Proselyte is a term of more ambiguous use and application. It was first applied to an adherent of one religious system who had transferred himself externally to some other religious system; and is also applied to one who makes a similar transfer in respect to systems of philosophy or speculation. The term has little or no reference to the state of the heart. Pervert is a term of recent origin, designed to express the contrary of convert, and to stigmatize a person as drawn off perverted from the true faith. It has been more particulary applied by members of the Church of England to those who have joined the Roman Catholic Church.

Convertend

Con`ver*tend" (?), n. [L. convertenus to be converted.] (Logic) Any proposition which is subject to the process of conversion; -- so called in its relation to itself as converted, after which process it is termed the conversae. See Converse, n. (Logic).

Converter

Con*vert"er (?), n.

1. One who converts; one who makes converts.

2. (Steel Manuf.) A retort, used in the Bessemer process, in which molten cast iron is decarburized and converted into steel by a blast of air forced through the liquid metal.

Convertibility

Con*vert`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. The condition or quality of being convertible; capability of being exchanged; convertibleness.
The mutual convertibility of land into money, and of money into land. Burke.

Convertible

Con*vert"i*ble (?), a. [L. convertibilis: cf. F. convertible.]

1. Capable of being converted; susceptible of change; transmutable; transformable.

Minerals are not convertible into another species, though of the same genus. Harvey.

2. Capable of being exchanged or interchanged; reciprocal; interchangeable.

So long as we are in the regions of nature, miraculous and improbable, miraculous and incredible, may be allowed to remain convertible terms. Trench.

Convertibleness

Con*vert"i*ble*ness (?), n. The state of being convertible; convertibility.

Convertibly

Con*vert"i*bly, adv. In a convertible manner.

Convertite

Con"vert*ite (?), n. [Cf. It. convertito, p.p. of convertire to convert.] A convert. [Obs.] Shak.

Convex

Con"vex (?), a. [L. convexus vaulted, arched, convex, concave, fr. convehere to bring together: cf. F. convexe. See Vehicle.] Rising or swelling into a spherical or rounded form; regularly protuberant or bulging; -- said of a spherical surface or curved line when viewed from without, in opposition to concave.
Drops of water naturally form themselves into figures with a convex surface. Whewell.
Double convex, convex on both sides; convexo-convex.

Convex

Con"vex, n. A convex body or surface.
Half heaven's convex glitters with the flame. Tickell.
&hand; This word was often pronounced con-vex' by early writers, as by Milton, and occasionallyby later poets.

Convexed

Con"vexed (? ∨ ?), a. Made convex; protuberant in a spherical form. Sir T. Browne.

Convexedly

Con*vex"ed*ly (?), dv. In a convex form; convexly. Sir T. Browne.

Convexedness

Con*vex"ed*ness, n. Convexity.

Convexity

Con*vex"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Convexities (#). [L. convexitas: cf. F. convexit\'82.] The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.
A smooth, uniform convexity and rotundity of a globe. Bentley.

Convexly

Con"vex*ly (?), adv. In a convex form; as, a body convexly shaped.

Convexness

Con"vex*ness, n. The state of being convex; convexity.

Convexo-concave

Con*vex"o-con"cave (?∨ ?), a. Convex on one side, and concave on the other. The curves of the convex and concave sides may be alike or may be different. See Meniscus.

Convexo-convex

Con*vex"o-con"vex (?), a. Convex on botConvex, a.

Convexo-plane

Con*vex"o-plane` (?), a. Convex on one side, and flat on the other; plano-convex.

Convey

Con*vey" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Conveyed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Conveying.] [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL. conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See Viaduct, Voyage, and cf. Convoy.]

1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.

I will convey them by sea in fleats. 1 Kings v. 9.
Convey me to my bed, then to my grave. Shak.

2. To cause to pass from one place or person to another; to serve as a medium in carrying (anything) from one place or person to another; to transmit; as, air conveys sound; words convey ideas.

3. To transfer or deliver to another; to make over, as property; more strictly (Law), to transfer (real estate) or pass (a title to real estate) by a sealed writing.

The Earl of Desmond . . . secretly conveyed all his lands to feoffees in trust. Spenser.

4. To impart or communicate; as, to convey an impression; to convey information.

Men fill one another's heads with noise and sound, but convey not thereby their thoughts. Locke.

5. To manage with privacy; to carry out. [Obs.]

I . . . will convey the business as I shall find means. Shak.

6. To carry or take away secretly; to steal; to thieve. [Obs.]

7. To accompany; to convoy. [Obs.] Chaucer. Syn. -- To carry; transport; bear; transmit; trnsfer.

Convey

Con*vey", v. i. To play the thief; to steal. [Cant]
But as I am Crack, I will convey, crossbite, and cheat upon Simplicius. Marston.

Conveyable

Con*vey"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being conveyed or transferred. Burke.

Conveyance

Con*vey"ance (?), n.

1. The act of conveying, carrying, or transporting; carriage.

The long joirney was to be performed on horseback, -- the only sure mode of conveyamce. Prescott.
Following th river downward, there is conveyance into the countries named in the text. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. The instrument or means of carrying or transporting anything from place to place; the vehicle in which, or means by which, anything is carried from one place to another; as, stagecoaches, omnibuses, etc., are conveyances; a canal or aqueduct is a conveyance for water.

There pipes and these conveyances of our blood. Shak.

3. The act or process of transferring, transmitting, handing down, or communicating; transmission.

Tradition is no infallible way of conveyance. Stillingfleet.

4. (Law) The act by which the title to property, esp. real estate, is transferred; transfer of ownership; an instrument in writing (as a deed or mortgage), by which the title to property is conveyed from one person to another.

[He] found the conveyances in law to be so firm, that in justice he must decree the land to the earl. Clarendon.

5. Dishonest management, or artifice. [Obs.]

the very jesuits themselves . . . can not possibly devise any juggling conveyance how to shift it off. Hakewill.

Conveyancer

Con*vey"an*cer (?), n. (Law) One whose business is to draw up conveyances of property, as deeds, mortgages, leases, etc. Burrill.

Conveyancing

Con*vey"an*cing (?), n. (Law) The business of a conveyancer; the act or business of drawing deeds, leases, or other writings, for transferring the title to property from one person to another.
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Conveyer

Con*vey"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, conveys or carries, transmits or transfers.

2. One given to artifices or secret practices; a juggler; a cheat; a thief. [Obs.] Shak.

Conveyor

Con*vey"or (?), n. (Mach.) A contrivance for carrying objects from place to place; esp., one for conveying grain, coal, etc., -- as a spiral or screw turning in a pipe or trough, an endless belt with buckets, or a truck running along a rope.

Conviciate

Con*vi"ci*ate, v. i. [L. conviciatus, p.p. of conviciari to revile, fr. convicium loud reproach.] To utter reproaches; to raise a clamor; to rail. [Obs.]
To conviciate instead of accusing. Laud.

Convicinity

Con`vi*cin"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Convicinities (. Immediate vicinity; neighborhood.
The convicinity and contiguity of the two parishes. T. Warton.

Convicious

Con*vi"cious (?), a. Expressing reproach; abusive; railing; taunting. [Obs.] "Convicious words." Queen Elizabeth (1559).

Convict

Con*vict" (?), p.a. [L. convictus, p.p. of convincere to convict, prove. See Convice.] Proved or found guilty; convicted. [Obs.] Shak.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. Milton.

Convict

Con"vict (?), n.

1. A person proved guilty of a crime alleged against him; one legally convicted or sentenced to punishment for some crime.

2. A criminal sentenced to penal servitude. Syn. -- Malefactor; culprit; felon; criminal.

Convict

Con*vict" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convicted; p.pr. & vb.n. Convicting.]

1. To prove or find guilty of an offense or crime charged; to pronounce guilty, as by legal decision, or by one's conscience.

He [Baxter] . . . had been convicted by a jury. Macaulay.
They which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one. John viii. 9.

2. To prove or show to be false; to confute; to refute. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

3. To demonstrate by proof or evidence; to prove.

Imagining that these proofs will convict a testament, to have that in it which other men can nowhere by reading find. Hooker.

4. To defeat; to doom to destruction. [Obs.]

A whole armado of convicted sail. Shak.
Syn. -- To confute; defect; convince; confound.

Convict1ible

Con*vict1i*ble (?), a. Capable of being convicted. [R.] Ash.

Conviction

Con*vic"tion (?), n. [L. convictio proof: cf. F. conviction conviction (in sense 3 & 4). See Convict, Convince.]

1. The act of convicting; the act of proving, finding, or adjudging, guilty of an offense.

The greater certainty of conviction and the greater certainty of punishment. Hallam.

2. (Law) A judgment of condemnation entered by a court having jurisdiction; the act or process of finding guilty, or the state of being found guilty of any crime by a legal tribunal.

Conviction may accrue two ways. Blackstone.

3. The act of convincing of error, or of compelling the admission of a truth; confutation.

For all his tedious talk is but vain boast, Or subtle shifts conviction to evade. Milton.

4. The state of being convinced or convicted; strong persuasion or belief; especially, the state of being convicted of sin, or by one's conscience.

To call good evil, and evil good, against the conviction of their own consciences. Swift.
And did you presently fall under the power of this conviction? Bunyan.
Syn. -- Conviction; persuasion. -- Conviction respects soley matters of belief or faith; persuasion respects matters of belief or practice. Conviction respects our most important duties; persuasion is frequently applied to matters of indifference. Crabb. -- Conviction is the result of the [operation of the] understanding; persuasion, of the will. Conviction is a necessity of the mind, persuasion an acquiescence of the inclination. C. J. Smith. -- Persuasion often induces men to act in opposition to their conviction of duty.

Convictism

Con"vict*ism (?), n. The policy or practice of transporting convicts to penal settlements. "The evils of convictism." W. Howitt.

Convictive

Con*vict"ive (?), a. Convincing. [R.]
The best and most convictive argument. Glanwill.
-- Con*vict"ive*ly, adv. -- Con*vict"ive*ness, n.

Convince

Con*vince" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convinced (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convincing.] [L. convincere, -victum, to refute, prove; con- + vincere to conquer. See Victor, and cf. Convict.]

1. To overpower; to overcome; to subdue or master. [Obs.]

His two chamberlains Will I with wine and wassail so convince That memory, the warder of the brain, Shall be a fume. Shak.

2. To overcome by argument; to force to yield assent to truth; to satisfy by proof.

Such convincing proofs and assurances of it as might enable them to convince others. Atterbury.

3. To confute; to prove the fallacy of. [Obs.]

God never wrought miracle to convince atheism, because his ordinary works convince it. Bacon.

4. To prove guilty; to convinct. [Obs.]

Which of you convinceth me of sin? John viii. 46.
Seek not to convince me of a crime Which I can ne'er repent, nor you can pardon. Dryden.
Syn. -- To persuade; satisfy; convict. -- To Convince, persuade. To convince is an act of the understanding; to persuade, of the will or feelings. The one is effected by argument, the other by motives. There are cases, however, in which persuade may seem to be used in reference only to the assent of the understanding; as when we say, I am persuaded it is so; I can not persuade myself of the fact. But in such instances there is usually or always a degree of awakened feeling which has had its share in producing the assent of the understanding.

Convincement

Con*vince"ment (?), n. Act of convincing, or state of being convinced; conviction. [R.]
The fear of a convincement. Milton.

Convincer

Con*vin"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, convinces; one who wins over by proof.

Convincible

Con*vin"ci*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of being convinced or won over.

2. Capable of being confuted and disproved by argument; refutable. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Convincingly

Con*vin"cing*ly (?), adv. in a convincing manner; in a manner to compel assent.

Convincingness

Con*vin"cing*ness, n. The power of convincing, or the quality of being convincing.

Convival

Con*viv"al (?), a. [L. convivalis. See Convive.] pertaining to a feast or to festivity; convivial. [Obs.] "A convival dish." Sir T. Browne.

Convive

Con*vive" (?), v. i. [L. convivari; akin to convivium a feast, convivere to live or feast together; con- + vivere to live.] To feast together; to be convivial. [Obs.] "There, in the full, convive we." Shak.

Convive

Con"vive (?), n. [L. conviva: cf. F. convive.] A quest at a banquet. [R.] Beaumont.

Convivial

Con*viv"i*al (?; 277), a. [From L. convivium a feast; con- + vivere to live. See Victuals, and cf. Convive.] Of or relating to a feast or entertainment, or to eating and drinking, with accompanying festivity; festive; social; gay; jovial.
Which feasts convivial meetings we did name. Denham.

Convivialist

Con*viv"i*al*ist, n. A person of convivial habits.

Conviviality

Con*viv`i*al"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Convivialities (. The good humor or mirth indulged in upon festive occasions; a convivial spirit or humor; festivity.

Convivially

Con*viv"i*al*ly (?), adv. In a convivial manner.

Convocate

Con"vo*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convocated; p.pr. & vb.n. Convocating.] [L. convocatus, p.p. of convocare to convocate; con- + vocare to call. See Vocal, and cf. Convoce.] To convoke; to call together. [Obs.] May (Lucan).

Convocation

Con`vo*ca"tion (?), n. [L. convocatio: cf. F. convocation. See Convoke.]

1. The act of calling or assembling by summons.

2. An assembly or meeting.

In the first day there shall be a holy convocation. Ex. xii. 16.

3. (Ch. of Eng.) An assembly of the clergy, by their representatives, to consult on ecclesiastical affairs. &hand; In England, the provinces of Canterbury and York have each their convocation, but no session for business were allowed from 1717 to 1861. The Convocation of Canterbury consists of two houses. In the Convocation of York the business has been generally conducted in one assembly.

4. (Oxf. University) An academical assembly, in which the business of the university is transacted. Syn. -- meeting; assembly; congregation; congress; diet; convention; synod; council.

Convocational

Con`vo*ca"tion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a convocation.

Convocationist

Con`vo*ca"tion*ist, n. An advocate or defender of convocation.

Convoke

Con*voke" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoked (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convoking.] [L. convocare: cf. F. convoquer. See Convocate.] To call together; to summon to meet; to assemble by summons.
There remained no resource but the dreadful one of convoking a parliament. palfrey.
Syn. -- To summon; assemble; convene. See Call.

Convolute

Con"vo*lute (?), a. [L. convolutus, p.p. of convolvere. See Convolve.] (Bot.) Rolled or wound together, one part upon another; -- said of the leaves of plants in \'91stivation.

Convoluted

Con"vo*lu`ted (?), a.

1. Having convolutions.

beaks recurved and convoluted like a ram's horn. Pennant.

2. Folded in tortuous windings.

A highly convoluted brain. North Amer. Rev.

Convolution

Con`vo*lu"tion (?), n.

1. The act of rolling anything upon itself, or one thing upon another; a winding motion.

O'er the calm sea, in convolution swift, The feathered eddy floats. Thomson.

2. The state of being rolled upon itself, or rolled or doubled together; a tortuous or sinuous winding or fold, as of something rolled or folded upon itself. Blackmore.

3. (Anat.) An irregular, tortuous folding of an organ or part; as, the convolutions of the intestines; the cerebral convolutions. See Brain.

Convolve

Con*volve" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convolved (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convolving.] [L. convolvere, -volutum; con- + volvere to roll. See Voluble.] To roll or wind together; to roll or twist one part on another.
Then Satan first knew pain, And writhed him to and fro convolved. Milton.

Convolvulaceous

Con*vol`vu*la"ceous (?), a. [From Convolvus.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants of which the bindweed and the morning-glory are common examples.

Convolvulin

Con*vol"vu*lin (?), n. (Chem.) A glucoside occurring in jalap (the root of a convolvulaceous plant), and extracted as a colorless, tasteless, gummy mass of powerful purgative properties.

Convolvulus

Con*vol"vu*lus (?), n.; pl. L.Convolvuli (#), E. Convoluluses (#). [L., bindweed, fr. convolvere to roll around. So named from its twining stems.] (Bot.) A large genus of plants having monopetalous flowers, including the common bindweed (C. arwensis), and formerly the morning-glory, but this is now transferred to the genus Ipom\'91a.
The luster of the long convolvuluses That coiled around the stately stems. Tennyson.

Convoy

Con*voy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convoyed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convoying.] [F. convoyer, OF. conveier, convoier. See Convey.] To accompany for protection, either by sea or land; to attend for protection; to escort; as, a frigate convoys a merchantman.
I know ye skillful to convoy The total freight of hope and joy. Emerson.

Convoy

Con"voy (?), n. [F. convoi.]

1. The act of attending for defense; the state of being so attended; protection; escort.

To obtain the convoy of a man-of-war. Macaulay.

2. A vessel or fleet, or a train or trains of wagons, employed in the transportation of munitions of war, money, subsistence, clothing, etc., and having an armed escort.

3. A protection force accompanying ships, etc., on their way from place to place, by sea or land; an escort, for protection or guidance.

When every morn my bosom glowed To watch the convoy on the road. Emerson.

4. Conveyance; means of transportation. [Obs.] Shak.

5. A drag or brake applied to the wheels of a carriage, to check their velocity in going down a hill. Knight.

Convulse

Con*vulse" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Convulsed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Convulsing.] [L. convulsus, p.p. of convellere to tear up, to shake; con- + vellere to pluck, pull.]

1. To contract violently and irregulary, as the muscular parts of an animal body; to shake with irregular spasms, as in excessive laughter, or in agony from grief or pain.

With emotions which checked his voice and convulsed his powerful frame. Macaulay.

2. To agitate greatly; to shake violently.

The world is convulsed by the agonies of great nations. Macaulay.
Syn. -- To agitate; disturb; shake; tear; rend.

Convulsion

Con*vul"sion (?), n. [L. convulsio: cf. F. convulsion.]

1. (Med.) An unnatural, violent, and unvoluntary contraction of the muscular parts of an animal body.

2. Any violent and irregular motion or agitation; a violent shaking; a tumult; a commotion.

Those two massy pillars, With horrible convulsion, to and fro He tugged, he shook, till down they came. Milton.
Times of violence and convulsion. Ames.
Syn. -- Agitation; commotion; tumult; disturbance.

Convulsional

Con*vul"sion*al (?), a. Pertaining to, or having, convulsions; convulsionary. [R.] Lamb.

Convulsionary

Con*vul"sion*a*ry (, a. [Cf. F. convulsionnaire.] Pertaining to convulsion; convulsive. "Convulsionary struggles." Sir W. Scott.

Convulsionary

Con*vul"sion*a*ry, n. A convulsionist.

Convulsionist

Con*vul"sion*ist, n. One who has convulsions; esp., one of a body of fanatics in France, early in the eighteenth century, who went into convulsions under the influence of religious emotion; as, the Convulsionists of St. M\'82dard.

Convulsive

Con*vul"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. convulsif.] Producing, or attended with, convulsions or spasms; characterized by convulsions; convulsionary.
An irregular, convulsive movement may be necessary to throw off an irregular, convulsive disease. Burke.

Convulsively

Con*vul"sive*ly, adv. in a convulsive manner.

Cony

Co"ny (? ∨ ?; 277), n. [OE. coning, conig, coni, OF. connin, conin, connil, fr. L. cuniculus a rabbit, cony, prob. an Hispanic word.] [Written also coney.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A rabbit, esp., the European rabbit (Lepus cuniculus). (b) The chief hare. &hand; The cony of Scripture is thought to be Hyrax Syriacus, called also daman, and cherogril. See Daman.

2. A simpleton. [Obs.]

It is a most simple animal; whence are derived our usual phrases of cony and cony catcher. Diet's Dry Dinner (1599).

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) An important edible West Indian fish (Epinephelus apua); the hind of Bermuda. (b) A local name of the burbot. [Eng.]

Cony-catch

Co"ny-catch (?), v. t. To deceive; to cheat; to trick. [Obs.]
Take heed, Signor Baptista, lest you be cony-catched in the this business. Shak.

Cony-catcher

Co"ny-catch`er (?), n. A cheat; a sharper; a deceiver. [Obs.] Minsheu.

Conylene

Con"y*lene (?), n. [Conine + acetylene.] An oily substance, C8H14, obtained from several derivatives of conine.

Conyrine

Con"y*rine (?), n. [From Conine.] (Chem.) A blue, fluorescent, oily base (regarded as a derivative of pyridine), obtained from conine.

Coo

Coo (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Cooed (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Cooing.]

1. To make a low repeated cry or sound, like the characteristic note of pigeons or doves.

The stockdove only through the forest cooes, Mournfully hoarse. Thomson.

2. To show affection; to act in a loving way. See under Bill, v. i. "Billing or cooing." Byron.

Cooey, Cooee

Coo"ey, Coo"ee (?), n. [Of imitative origin.] A peculiar whistling sound made by the Australian aborigenes as a call or signal. [Written also cooie.]

Cook

Cook (?), v. i. [Of imitative origin.] To make the noise of the cuckoo. [Obs. or R.]
Constant cuckoos cook on every side. The Silkworms (1599).

Cook

Cook (?), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] To throw. [Prov.Eng.] "Cook me that ball." Grose.

Cook

Cook (?), n. [AS. c\'d3c, fr. l. cocus, coquus, coquus, fr. coquere to cook; akin to Gr. pac, and to E. apricot, biscuit, concoct, dyspepsia, precocious. Cf. Pumpkin.]

1. One whose occupation is to prepare food for the table; one who dresses or cooks meat or vegetables for eating.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A fish, the European striped wrasse.

Cook

Cook, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooked (?); p.pr & vb.n. Cooking.]

1. To prepare, as food, by boiling, roasting, baking, broiling, etc.; to make suitable for eating, by the agency of fire or heat.

2. To concoct or prepare; hence, to tamper with or alter; to garble; -- often with up; as, to cook up a story; to cook an account. [Colloq.]

They all of them receive the same advices from abroad, and very often in the same words; but their way of cooking it is so different. Addison.

Cook

Cook (?), v. i. To prepare food for the table.

Cookbook

Cook"book` (?), n. A book of directions and receipts for cooking; a cookery book. [U.S.]
"Just How": a key to the cookbooks. Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney.

Cookee

Cook*ee" (?), n.A female cook. [R.]

Cookery

Cook"er*y (?), n.

1. The art or process of preparing food for the table, by dressing, compounding, and the application of heat.

2. A delicacy; a dainty. [Obs.] R. North.

Cookey, Cookie

Cook"ey, Cook"ie (?), n. See Cooky.

Cookmaid

Cook"maid` (?), n. A female servant or maid who dresses provisions and assists the cook.

Cookroom

Cook"room` (?), n. A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship. Sir W. Raleigh.

Cookshop

Cook`shop (?), n. An eating house. "A subterranean cookshop." Macaulay.

Cooky

Cook"y (?), n.; pl. Cookies (#). [Cf. D. koek cake, dim. koekje; akin to G. kuchen, E. cake; or cf. OE. coket, prob., a sort of cake, and prob. of French origin.] A small, flat, sweetened cake of various kinds.

Cool

Cool (?), a. [Compar. Cooler (?); superl. Coolest.] [AS. c\'d3l; akin to D. koel, G. k\'81hl, OHG. chouli, Dan. k\'94lig, Sw. kylig, also to AS. calan to be cold, Icel. kala. See Cold, and cf. Chill.]

1. Moderately cold; between warm and cold; lacking in warmth; producing or promoting coolness.

Fanned with cool winds. Milton.

2. Not ardent, warm, fond, or passionate; not hasty; deliberate; exercising self-control; self-possessed; dispassionate; indifferent; as, a cool lover; a cool debater.

For a patriot, too cool. Goldsmith.

3. Not retaining heat; light; as, a cool dress.

4. Manifesting coldness or dislike; chilling; apathetic; as, a cool manner.

5. Quietly impudent; negligent of propriety in matters of minor importance, either ignorantly or willfully; presuming and selfish; audacious; as, cool behavior.

Its cool stare of familiarity was intolerable. Hawthorne.

6. Applied facetiously, in a vague sense, to a sum of money, commonly as if to give emphasis to the largeness of the amount.

He had lost a cool hundred. Fielding.
Leaving a cool thousand to Mr.Matthew Pocket. Dickens.
Syn. -- Calm; dispassionate; self-possessed; composed; repulsive; frigid; alienated; impudent.

Cool

Cool, n. A moderate state of cold; coolness; -- said of the temperature of the air between hot and cold; as, the cool of the day; the cool of the morning or evening.

Cool

Cool, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooled (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Cooling.]

1. To make cool or cold; to reduce the temperature of; as, ice cools water.

Send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue. Luke xvi. 24.

2. To moderate the heat or excitement of; to allay, as passion of any kind; to calm; to moderate.

We have reason to cool our raging motions, our carnal stings, our unbitted lusts. Shak.
To cool the heels, to dance attendance; to wait, as for admission to a patron's house. [Colloq.] Dryden.

Cool

Cool, v. i.

1. To become less hot; to lose heat.

I saw a smith stand with his hammer, thus, the whilst his iron did on the anvil cool. Shak.

2. To lose the heat of excitement or passion; to become more moderate.

I will not give myself liberty to think, lest I should cool. Congreve.

Cooler

Cool"er (?), n. That which cools, or abates heat or excitement.
if acid things were used only as coolers, they would not be so proper in this case. Arbuthnot.

2. Anything in or by which liquids or other things are cooled, as an ice chest, a vessel for ice water, etc.

Cool-headed

Cool"-head`ed (?), a. Having a temper not easily excited; free from passion. -- Cool"-head`ed*ness, n.

Coolie

Coo"lie (?), n. Same as Cooly.

Cooling

Cool"ing (?), p.a. Adapted to cool and refresh; allaying heat. "The cooling brook." Goldsmith. Cooling card, something that dashes hopes. [Obs.] -- Cooling time (Law), such a lapse of time as ought, taking all the circumstances of the case in view, to produce a subsiding of passion previously provoked. Wharton.

Coolish

Cool"ish, a. Somewhat cool.
The nights began to grow a little coolish. Goldsmith.

Coolly

Cool"ly, a. Coolish; cool. [Obs.] Spenser.

Coolly

Cool"ly, adv. In a cool manner; without heat or excessive cold; without passion or ardor; calmly; deliberately; with indifference; impudently.

Coolness

Cool"ness, n.

1. The state of being cool; a moderate degree of cold; a moderate degree, or a want, of passion; want of ardor, zeal, or affection; calmness.

2. Calm impudence; self-possession. [Colloq.]

Coolung

Coo"lung (?), n. [From the native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The great gray crane of India (Grus cinerea). [Also written coolen and cullum.]

Cooly, Coolie

Coo"ly, Coo"lie (?), n.; pl. Coolies (#). [Hind. k a laborer, porter: cf. Turk. k, ky, slave.] An East Indian porter or carrier; a laborer transported from the East Indies, China, or Japan, for service in some other country.

Coom

Coom (?), n. [Cf. G. kahm mold gathered on liquids, D. kam, Sw. kimr\'94k pine soot, smoke black, Icel. k\'bem grime, film of dirt.] Soot; coal dust; refuse matter, as the dirty grease which comes from axle boxes, or the refuse at the mouth of an oven. Phillips. Bailey.

Coomb

Coomb (?), n. [AS. cumb a liquid measure, perh. from LL. cumba boat, tomb of stone, fr. Gr. kumpf bowl.] A dry measure of four bushels, or half a quarter. [Written also comb.]

Coomb, Coombe

Coomb, Coombe (?), n. [See Comb, Combe, in this sense.] A hollow in a hillside. [Prov. Eng.] See Comb, Combe.

Coon

Coon (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A raccoon. See Raccoon.

Coontie

Coon"tie (?), n. (Bot.) A cycadaceous plant of Florida and the West Indies, the Zamia integrifolia, from the stems of which a kind of sago is prepared.

Coop

Coop (?), n. [Cf. AS. cypa a measure, D. kuip tub, Icel. kupa bowl, G. kufe coop tub; all fr. L. cupa vat, tub, LL. cupa, copa, cup. See Cup, and cf. Keeve.]

1. A barrel or cask for liquor. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. An inclosure for keeping small animals; a pen; especially, a grated box for confining poultry.

3. A cart made close with boarde; a tumbrel. [Scotch]

Coop

Coop, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cooped (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Cooping.] To confine in a coop; hence, to shut up or confine in a narrow compass; to cramp; -- usually followed by up, sometimes by in.
The Trojans coopet within their walls so long. Dryden.
The contempt of all other knowledge . . . coops the understanding up within narrow bounds. Locke.

2. To work upon in the manner of a cooper. [Obs.] "Shaken tubs . . . be new cooped." Holland. Syn. -- To crowd; confine; imprison.

Coopee

Coo*pee" (?), n. See Coupe. [Obs.] Johnson.

Cooper

Coop"er (?; 277), n. [From Coop.] One who makes barrels, hogsheads, casks, etc.

Cooper

Coop"er, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coopered (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Coopering.] To do the work of a cooper upon; as, to cooper a cask or barrel.

Cooperage

Coop"er*age (?), n.

1. Work done by a cooper.

2. The price paid for coopers; work.

3. A place where coopers' work is done.

Co\'94perant

Co*\'94p"er*ant (?), a. [Cf. F. coop\'82rant.] Operating together; as, co\'94perant forces.

Co\'94perate

Co*\'94p"er*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Co\'94perated; p.pr. & vb.n. Co\'94perating.] [L. co\'94peratus, p.p. of co\'94perari to co\'94perate; co + operari to work, opus work. See Operate.] To act or operate jointly with another or others; to concur in action, effort, or effect.
Whate'er co\'94perates to the common mirth. Crashaw.

Co\'94peration

Co*\'94p`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. co\'94peratio: cf. F. coop\'82ration.]

1. The act of co\'94perating, or of operating together to one end; joint operation; concurrent effort or labor.

Not holpen by the co\'94peration of angels. Bacon.

2. (Polit. Econ.) The association of a number of persons for their benefit.

Co\'94perative

Co*\'94p"er*a*tive (?), a. Operating jointly to the same end. Co\'94perative society, a society established on the principle of a joint-stock association, for the production of commodities, or their purchase and distribution for consumption, or for the borrowing and lending of capital among its members. -- Co\'94perative store, a store established by a co\'94perative society, where the members make their purchases and share in the profits or losses.

Co\'94perator

Co*\'94p"er*a`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. coop\'82rateur.] One who labors jointly with others to promote the same end. "Co\'94perators with the truth." Boyle.

Cooper

Coop"er (?), n. Work done by a cooper in making or repairing barrels, casks, etc.; the business of a cooper.

Coopery

Coop"er*y, a. Relating to a cooper; coopered. [Obs.]
Coopery vessels made of wood. Holland.

Coopery

Coop"er*y, n. The occupation of a cooper. Crabb.

Co\'94pt

Co*\'94pt" (?), v. t. [See Co\'94ptate. Cf. F. coopter.] To choose or elect in concert with another. [R.]
Each of the hundred was to co\'94pt three others. Jowett (Thysyd. ).

Co\'94ptate

Co*\'94p"tate (?), v. t. [L. co\'94ptatus, p.p. of co\'94tare to elect to something; co- + optare to choose.] To choose; to elect; to co\'94pt. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Co\'94ptation

Co`\'94p*ta"tion (?), n. [L. co\'94ptatio.] The act of choosing; selection; choice. [Obs.]
The first election and co\'94ptation of a friend. Howell.

Co\'94rdain

Co`\'94r*dain (?), v. t. To ordain or appoint for some purpose along with another.

Co\'94rdinance

Co*\'94r"di*nance (?), n. Joint ordinance.

Co\'94rdinate

Co*\'94r"di*nate (?), a. [Pref. co- + L. ordinatus, p.p. of ordinare to regulate. See Ordain.] Equal in rank or order; not subordinate.
Whether there was one Supreme Governor of the world, or many co\'94rdinate powers presiding over each country. Law.
Conjunctions joint sentences and co\'94rdinate terms. Rev. R. Morris.
Co\'94rdinate adjectives, adjectives disconnected as regards ane another, but referring equally to the same subject. -- Co\'94rdinate conjunctions, conjunctions joining independent propositions. Rev. R. Morris.

Co\'94rdinate Co*\'94r"di*nate , v. t. [imp. & p.p. Co\'94rdinated; p.pr. & vb.n. Co\'94rdinating.]

1. To make co\'94rdinate; to put in the same order or rank; as, to co\'94rdinate ideas in classification.

2. To give a common action, movement, or condition to; to regulate and combine so as to produce harmonious action; to adjust; to harmonize; as, to co\'94rdinate muscular movements.

Co\'94rdinate

Co*\'94r"di*nate (?), n.

1. A thing of the same rank with another thing; one two or more persons or things of equal rank, authority, or importance.

It has neither co\'94rdinate nor analogon; it is absolutely one. Coleridge.

2. pl. (Math.) Lines, or other elements of reference, by means of which the position of any point, as of a curve, is defined with respect to certain fixed lines, or planes, called co\'94rdinate axes and co\'94rdinate planes. See Abscissa. <-- this note refers to an accompanying diagram --> &hand; Co\'94rdinates are of several kinds, consisting in some of the different cases, of the following elements, namely: (a) (Geom. of Two Dimensions) The abscissa and ordinate of any point, taken together; as the abscissa PY and ordinate PX of the point P (Fig. 2, referred to the co\'94rdinate axes AY and AX. (b) Any radius vector PA (Fig. 1), together with its angle of inclination to a fixed line, APX, by which any point A in the same plane is referred to that fixed line, and a fixed point in it, called the pole, P. (c) (Geom. of Three Dimensions) Any three lines, or distances, PB, PC, PD (Fig. 3), taken parallel to three co\'94rdinate axes, AX, AY, AZ, and measured from the corresponding co\'94rdinate fixed planes, YAZ, XAZ, XAY, to any point in space, P, whose position is thereby determined with respect to these planes and axes. (d) A radius vector, the angle which it makes with a fixed plane, and the angle which its projection on the plane makes with a fixed line line in the plane, by which means any point in space at the free extremity of the radius vector is referred to that fixed plane and fixed line, and a fixed point in that line, the pole of the radius vector. Cartesian co\'94rdinates. See under Cartesian. -- Geographical co\'94rdinates, the latitude and longitude of a place, by which its relative situation on the globe is known. The height of the above the sea level constitutes a third co\'94rdinate. -- Polar co\'94rdinates, co\'94rdinates made up of a radius vector and its angle of inclination to another line, or a line and plane; as those defined in (b) and (d) above. -- Rectangular co\'94rdinates, co\'94rdinates the axes of which intersect at right angles. -- Rectilinear co\'94rdinates, co\'94rdinates made up of right lines. Those defined in (a) and (c) above are called also Cartesian co\'94rdinates. -- Trigonometrical ∨ Spherical co\'94rdinates, elements of reference, by means of which the position of a point on the surface of a sphere may be determined with respect to two great circles of the sphere. -- Trilinear co\'94rdinates, co\'94rdinates of a point in a plane, consisting of the three ratios which the three distances of the point from three fixed lines have one to another.

Co\'94rdinately

Co*\'94r"di*nate*ly (?), adv. In a co\'94rdinate manner.

Co\'94rdinateness

Co*\'94r"di*nate*ness, n. The state of being co\'94rdinate; equality of rank or authority.

Co\'94rdination

Co*\'94r`di*na"tion (?), n.

1. The act of co\'94rdinating; the act of putting in the same order, class, rank, dignity, etc.; as, the co\'94rdination of the executive, the legislative, and the judicial authority in forming a government; the act of regulating and combining so as to produce harmonious results; harmonious adjustment; as, a co\'94rdination of functions. "Co\'94rdination of muscular movement by the cerebellum." Carpenter.

2. The state of being co\'94rdinate, or of equal rank, dignity, power, etc.

In this high court of parliament, there is a rare co\'94rdination of power. Howell.

Co\'94rdinative

Co*\'94r"di*na*tive (?), a. (Gram.) Expressing co\'94rdination. J. W. Gibbs.

Coot

Coot (?), n. [Cf. D. koet, W. cwtair; cwta short, bodtailed + iar hen; cf. cwtau ro dock. Cf. Cut.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A wading bird with lobate toes, of the genus Fulica. The common European or bald coot is F. atra (see under bald); the American is F. Americana. (b) The surf duck or scoter. In the United States all the species of (Edemia are called coots. See Scoter. "As simple as a coot." Halliwell.

2. A stupid fellow; a simpleton; as, a silly coot. [Colloq.]

Cooter

Coot"er (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A fresh-water tortoise (Pseudemus concinna) of Florida. (b) The box tortoise.

Cootfoot

Coot`foot (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The pharalope; -- so called because its toes are like the coot's.

Cootthay

Coot*thay" (?), n.A striped satin made in India. McElrath.

Cop

Cop (?), n. [AS. cop; cf. G. kopf head. Cf. Cup, Cob.]

1. The top of a thing; the head; a crest. [Obs.]

Cop they used to call The tops of many hills. Dra

2. A conical or conical-ended mass of coiled thread, yarn, or roving, wound upon a spindle, etc.

3. A tube or quill upon which silk is wound.

4. (Mil. Arch.) same as Merlon.

5. A policeman. [Slang] Cop waste, a kind of cotton waste, composed chiefly

Copaiba; 277, Copaiva

Co*pai"ba (?; 277), Co*pai"va (?), n. [Sp. & Pg., fr. Brazil. cupa\'a3ba.] (Med.) A more or less viscid, vellowish liquid, the bitter oleoresin of several species of Copaifera, a genus of trees growing in South America and the West Indies. It is stimulant and diuretic, and is much used in affections of the mucous membranes; -- called also balsam of copaiba. [Written also capivi.]

Copal

Co"pal (?; 277), [Sp., fr. Mexican copalli, Clavigero.] A resinous substance flowing spontaneously from trees of Zanzibar, Madagascar, and South America (Trachylobium Hornemannianum, T. verrocosum, and Hymen\'91a Courbaril), and dug from earth where forests have stood in Africa; -- used chiefly in making varnishes. Ur

Coparcenary

Co*par"ce*na*ry (?), n.; pl. Coparcenaries (#). [Pref. co- + parcenary] (Law) Partnership in inheritance; joint heirship; joint right of sucession to an inheritance.

Coparcener

Co*par"ce*ner (?), n. [Pref. co- + parcener.] (Law) One who has an equal portion with others of an inheritance.
All the coparceners together make but one heir, and have but one estate among them. blackstone.

Coparceny

Co*par"ce*ny (?), n. [Abbrev. of Coparcenary.] (Law) An equal share of an inheritance.

Copart

Co*part (?), v. t. [Cf. Compart] To share. [Obs.]
For, of all miserias, I hold that chief Wretched to be, when none coparts our grief. Webster (1661).

Copartment

Co*part"ment (?), n. A compartment. [Obs.] T. Warton.

Copartner

Co*part"ner (?), n. One who is jointly concerned with one or more persons in business, etc.; a partner; an associate; a partaker; a sharer.
the associates and copartners of our loss. Milton.

Copartnership

Co*part"ner*ship, n.

1. The state of being a copartner or of having a joint interest in any matter.

2. A partnership or firm; as, A. and B. have this day formed a copartnership.

Copartnery

Co*part"ner*y (?), n.; pl. Copartneries (. the state of being copartners in any undertaking. [R.]

Copatain

Cop"a*tain (?), a. [Formed fr. cop, in imitation of captain. See Cop, Captain.] Having a high crown, or a point or peak at top. [Obs.]
A copatain hat made on a Flemish block. Gascoigne.

Copatriot

Co*pa"tri*ot (?), n. A joint patriot.

Cope

Cope (?), n. [A doublet of cape. See Cape, Cap.]

1. A covering for the head. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. Anything regarded as extended over the head, as the arch or concave of the sky, the roof of a house, the arch over a door. "The starry cope of heaven." Milton.

3. An ecclesiastical vestment or cloak, semicircular in form, reaching from the shoulders nearly to the feet, and open in front except at the top, whereit is united by a band or clasp. It is worn in processions and on some other occasions. Piers plowman.

A hundred and sixty priests all in their copes. Bp. Burnet.

4. An ancient tribute due to the lord of the soil, out of the lead mines in derbyshire, England.

5. (Founding) The top part of a flask or mold; the outer part of a loam mold. Knight. De Colange.

Cope

Cope, v. i. To form a cope or arch; to bend or arch; to bow. [Obs.]
Some bending down and coping to ward the earth. Holland.

Cope

Cope, v. t. (Falconry) To pare the beak or talons of (a hawk). J. H. Walsh.

Cope

Cope, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Coped (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Coping.] [OE. copen, coupen, to buy, bargain, prob. from D. koopen to buy, orig., to bargain. See Chear.]

1. To exchange or barter. [Obs.] Spenser.

2. To encounter; to meet; to have to do with.

Horatio, thou art e'en as just a man As e'er my conversation coped withal. Shak.

3. To enter into or maintain a hostile contest; to struggle; to combat; especially, to strive or contend on equal terms or with success; to match; to equal; -- usually followed by with.

Host coped with host, dire was the din of war. Philips.
Their generals have not been able to cope with the troops of Athens. Addison.

Cope

Cope, v. t.

1. To bargain for; to buy. [Obs.]

2. To make return for; to requite; to repay. [Obs.]

three thousand ducats due unto the Jew, We freely cope your courteous pains withal. Shak.

3. To match one's self against; to meet; to encounter.

I love to cope him in these sullen fits. Shak.
They say he yesterday coped Hector in the battle, and struck him down. Shak.

Cope-chisel

Cope"-chis`el (?), n. A narrow chisel adapted for cutting a groove. Knight.

Copeck

Co"peck (?), n. [Russ. kopeika] A Russian copper coin. See Kopeck.

Coped

Coped (?), a. Clad in a cope.

Copelata

Cop`e*la"ta (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) See Larvalla.

Copeman

Cope"man (?), n. [D. koopman, fr. koopen to buy. See Cope, v. i. Chapman.] A chapman; a dealer; a merchant. [Obs.]
He would have sold his part of paradise For ready money, had he met a copeman. B. Jonson.

Copepod

Cop"e*pod (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Copepoda. -- n. One of the Copepoda.

Copepoda

Co*pep"o*da (?), n.; pl. [NL., from Gr. -poda.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of Entomastraca, including many minute Crustacea, both freshwater and marine. &hand; They have a distinct carapace. The eggs are carried in a pair of external pouches. Some are parasites of fishes.

Copernican

Co*per"ni*can (?), a. Pertaining to Copernicus, a Prussian by birth (b. 1473, d. 1543), who taught the world the solar system now received, called the Copernican system.

Copesmate

Copes"mate` (?), n. An associate or companion; a friend; a partner. [Obs.]
Misshapen time, copesmate of ugly Night. Shak.

Copestone

Cope"stone` (?), n. (Arch.) A stone for coping. See Coping.

Copier

Cop"i*er (?), n. [From. Copy.]

1. One who copies; one who writes or transcribes from an original; a transcriber.

2. An imitator; one who imitates an example; hence, a plagiarist.

Coping

Cop"ing (?), n. [See Cope, n.] (Arch.) The highest or covering course of masonry in a wall, often with sloping edges to carry off water; -- sometimes called capping. Gwill.

Copious

Co"pi*ous (?), a. [L. copiosus, fr. copia abundance: cf. F. copieux. See Copy, Opulent.] Large in quantity or amount; plentiful; abundant; fruitful.
Kindly pours its copious treasures forth. Thomson.
Hail, Son of God, Savior of men! thy name Shall be the copious matter of my song. Milton.
Syn. -- Ample; abundant; plentiful; plenteous; rich; full; exuberant; overflowing; full. See Ample.

Copiously

Co"pi*ous*ly, adv. In a copious manner.

Copiousness

Co"pi*ous*ness, n. The state or quality of being copious; abudance; plenty; also, diffuseness in style.
To imitatethe copiousness of Homer. Dryden.
Syn. -- Abudance; plenty; richness; exuberance.

Copist

Cop"ist (?), n. [F. copiste. See Copy.] A copier. [Obs.] "A copist after nature." Shaftesbury.

Coplaner

Co*plan"er (?), a. [Pref. co- + plane.] (Math.) Situated in one plane.

Copland

Cop"land` (?), n. [Cop + land.] A piece of ground terminating in a point or acute angle. [Obs.]

Coportion

Co*por"tion (?), n.Equal share. [Obs.]
Myself will bear . . . coportion of your pack. Spenser.

Copped

Copped (?), a. [From Cop.] Rising to a point or head; conical; pointed; crested. Wiseman.

Coppel

Cop"pel (?), n. & v. See Cupel.

Copper

Cop"per (?), n. [OE. coper (cf. D. koper, Sw. koppar, Dan. kobber, G. kupfer), LL. cuper, fr. L. cuprum for earlier Cyprium, Cyprium aes, i.e., Cyprian brass, fr. Gr. Cypreous.]

1. A common metal of a reddish color, both ductile and malleable, and very tenacious. It is one of the best conductors of heat and electricity. Symbol Cu. Atomic weight 63.3. It is one of the most useful metals in itself, and also in its alloys, brass and bronze. &hand; Copper is the only metal which occurs native abundantly in large masses; it is found also in various ores, of which the most important are chalcopyrite, chalcocite, cuprite, and malachite. Copper mixed with tin forms bell metal; with a smaller proportion, bronze; and with zinc, it forms brass, pinchbeck, and other alloys.

2. A coin made of copper; a penny, cent, or other minor coin of copper. [Colloq.]

My friends filled my pockets with coppers. Franklin.

3. A vessel, especially a large boiler, made of copper.

4. pl. Specifically (Naut.), the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers. &hand; Copper is often used adjectively, commonly in the sense of made or consisting of copper, or resembling copper; as, a copper boiler, tube, etc.

All in a hot and copper sky. Coleridge.
It is sometimes written in combination; as, copperplate, coppersmith, copper-colored. Copper finch. (Zo\'94l.) See Chaffinch. -- Copper glance, ∨ Vitreous copper. (Min.) See Chalcocite. -- Indigo copper. (Min.) See Covelline.

Copper

Cop"per, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coppered (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Coppering.] To cover or coat with copper; to sheathe with sheets of copper; as, to copper a ship.

Copperas

Cop"per*as (?), n. [OE. coperose, F. couperose, fr. (assumed?) L. cuprirosa, equiv. to G. cha`lkanqos, i. e. copper flower, vitriol. See Copper and Rose.] Green vitriol, or sulphate of iron; a green crystalline substance, of an astringent taste, used in making ink, in dyeing black, as a tonic in medicine, etc. It is made on a large scale by the oxidation of iron pyrites. Called also ferrous sulphate. &hand; The term copperas was formerly synonymous with vitriol, and included the green, blue, and white vitriols, or the sulphates of iron, copper, and zinc.

Copper-bottomed

Cop"per-bot`tomed (?), a. Having a bottom made of copper, as a tin boiler or other vessel, or sheathed with copper, as a ship.

Copper-faced

Cop"per-faced` (?), a.Faced or covered with copper; as, copper-faced type.

Copper-fastened

Cop"per-fas`tened (?), a.Fastened with copper bolts, as the planks of ships, etc.; as, a copper-fastened ship.

Copperhead

Cop"per*head` (?), n. [From its color.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A poisonous American serpent (Ancistrodon conotortrix), closely allied to the rattlesnake, but without rattles; -- called also copper-belly, and red viper.

2. A nickname applied to a person in the Northern States who sympathized with the South during the Civil War. [U.S.]

Coppering

Cop"per*ing, n.

1. The act of covering with copper.

2. An envelope or covering of copper.

Copperish

Cop"per*ish, a. Containing, or partaking of the nature of, copper; like copper; as, a copperish taste.

Copper-nickel

Cop"per-nick`el (?), n. (Min.) Nicolite.

Copper-nose

Cop"per-nose (?), n. A red nose. Shak.

Copperplate

Cop"per*plate (?), n. (a) A plate of polished copper on which a design or writing is engraved. (b) An impression on paper taken from such a plate. &hand; In printing from a copper- or steel plate the lines are filled with ink, the surface of the plate is wiped clean, the paper laid upon it, and the impression taken by pressing it under the roller of a plate press. Copperplate press. See Plate press, under Plate.

Coppersmith

Cop"per*smith (?), n. One whose occupation is to manufacture copper utensils; a worker in copper.

Copper works

Cop"per works (?). A place where copper is wrought or manufactured. Woodward.

Copperworm

Cop"per*worm (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The teredo; -- so called because it injures the bottoms of vessels, where not protected by copper. (b) The ringworm.

Coppery

Cop"per*y (?), a. Mixed with copper; containing copper, or made of copper; like copper.

Coppice

Cop"pice (?), n. [OF. copeiz, fr. coper, couper, to cut, F. couper, fr. cop, coup, colp, a blow, F. coup, L. colaphus, fr. G. Copse, and cf. Coup, Coupee.] A grove of small growth; a thicket of brushwood; a wood cut at certain times for fuel or other purposes. See Copse.
The rate of coppice lands will fall, upon the discovery of coal mines. Locke.

Coppin

Cop"pin (?), n.[See Cop.] A cop of thread.

Copple

Cop"ple (?), n. [A dim. of Cop.] Something rising in a conical shape; specifically, a hill rising to a point.
A low cape, and upon it a copple not very high. Hakluyt.

Copple-crown

Cop"ple-crown (?), n. A created or high-topped crown or head. "Like the copple-crown the lapwing has." T. Randolph. -- Cop"ple-crowned` (#), a.

Coppled

Cop"pled (?), a. [From Copple.] Rising to a point; conical; copped. [Obs.] Woodward.

Copple dust

Cop"ple dust` (?). Cupel dust. [Obs.]
Powder of steel, or copple dust. Bacon.

Copplestone

Cop"ple*stone` (?), n. A cobblestone. [Obs.]

Copps

Copps (?), n. See Copse. [Obs.]

Copra

Co"pra (?), n. [Malay\'a0lam koppara or Hind. khopr\'be.] (Com.) The dried meat of the cocoanut, from which cocoanut oil is expressed. [Written also cobra, copperah, coppra.]

Coprolite

Cop"ro*lite (?), n. [Gr. ko`pros dung + -lite.] (Paleon.) A piece of petrified dung; a fossil excrement.

Coprolitic

Cop`ro*lit"ic (?), a. Containing, pertaining to, or of the nature of, coprolites.

Coprophagan

Co*proph"a*gan (?), n. [See Coprophagous.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of beetle which feeds upon dung.

Coprophagous

Co*proph"a*gous (?), a. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) Feeding upon dung, as certain insects.

Cop-rose

Cop-rose` (?), n. [F. coprose, of uncertain origin; cf. D. klaproos, klapperroos.] The red, or corn, poppy. [Written also cup-rose.]

Cops

Cops (?), n. [AS. cops, cosp, fetter.] The connecting crook of a harrow. [Prov. Eng.]

Copse

Copse (?), n. [Contr. from coppice.] A wood of small growth; a thicket of brushwood. See Coppice.
Near yonder copse where once the garden smiled. Goldsmith.

Copse

Copse, v. t.

1. To trim or cut; -- said of small trees, brushwood, tufts of grass, etc. Halliwell.

2. To plant and preserve, as a copse. Swift.

Copsewood

Copse"wood (?), n. Brushwood; coppice. Macaulay.

Copsy

Cops"y (?), a. Characterized by copses. "Copsy villages." "Copsy banks." J. Dyer.

Coptic

Cop"tic (?), a. [Abbrev. from L. Aegyptius an Egyprian, Gr. kibt\'c6, pl. kibt.] Of or pertaining to the Copts. -- n. The language of the Copts.

Copts

Copts (?), n. pl.; sing. Copt (#). [See Coptic.] (Etnol.)

1. An Egyptian race thought to be descendants of the ancient Egyptians.

2. The principal sect of Christians in Egypt and the valley of the Nile. &hand; they belong to the Jacobite sect of Monophysite Christians, and for eleven centuries have had possession of the patriarchal chair of Alexandria.

Copula

Cop"u*la (?), n. [L., bond, band. See Couple.]

1. (Logic & Gram.) The word which unites the subject and predicate.

2. (Mus.) The stop which connects the manuals, or the manuals with the pedals; -- called also coupler.

Copulate

Cop"u*late (?), a. [L. copulatus, p.p. of copulare to couple, fr. copula. See Copula.]

1. Joined; associated; coupled. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. (Gram.) Joining subject and predicate; copulative. F. A. March.

Copulate

Cop"u*late (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Copulated; p.pr. & vb.n. Copulating.] To unite in sexual intercourse; to come together in the act of generation.

Copulation

Cop`u*la"tion (?), n. [L. copulatio: cf. F. copulation.]

1. The act of coupling or joining; union; conjunction.

Wit, you know, is the unexpected copulation of ideas. Johnson.

2. The coming together of male and female in the act of generation; sexual union; coition.

Copulative

Cop"u*la"tive (?), a. [L. copulativus: cf. F. copulatif.] Serving to couple, unite, or connect; as, a copulative conjunction like "and".

Copulative

Cop"u*la*tive, n.

1. Connection. [Obs.] Rycaut.

2. (Gram.) A copulative conjunction.

Copulatively

Cop"u*la"tive*ly, adv. In a copulative manner.

Coplatry

Cop"*la*try (?), a.

1. Pertaining to copulation; tending or serving to unite; copulative.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Used in sexual union; as, the copulatory organs of insects.

Copy

Cop"y (?), n.; pl. Copies (#). [F. copie, fr. L. copia abundance, number, LL. also, a transcript; co- + the root of opes riches. See Opulent, and cf. Copious.]

1. An abundance or plenty of anything. [Obs.]

She was blessed with no more copy of wit, but to serve his humor thus. B. Jonson.

2. An imitation, transcript, or reproduction of an original work; as, a copy of a letter, an engraving, a painting, or a statue.

I have not the vanity to think my copy equal to the original. Denham.

3. An individual book, or a single set of books containing the works of an author; as, a copy of the Bible; a copy of the works of Addison.

4. That which is to be imitated, transcribed, or reproduced; a pattern, model, or example; as, his virtues are an excellent copy for imitation.

Let him first learn to write, after a copy, all the letters. Holder.

5. (print.) Manuscript or printed matter to be set up in type; as, the printers are calling for more copy.

6. A writing paper Bastard. See under Paper.

7. Copyhold; tenure; lease. [Obs.] Shak. Copy book, a book in which copies are written or printed for learners to imitate. -- Examined copies (Law), those which have been compared with the originals. -- Exemplified copies, those which are attested under seal of a court. -- Certified ∨ Office copies, those which are made or attested by officers having charge of the originals, and authorized to give copies officially. Abbot. Syn. -- Imitation; transcript; duplicate; counterfeit.

Copy

Cop"y (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Copied (?); p.pr. & vb.n. Copying.] [Cf. F. copir, fr. LL. copiare. See Copy, n.]

1. To make a copy or copies of; to write; print, engrave, or paint after an original; to duplicate; to reproduce; to transcribe; as, to copy a manuscript, inscription, design, painting, etc.; -- often with out, sometimes with off.

I like the work well; ere it be demanded (As like enough it will), I'd have it copied. Shak.
Let this be copied out, And keep it safe for our remembrance. Shak.

2. To imitate; to attempt to resemble, as in manners or course of life.

We copy instinctively the voices of our companions, their accents, and their modes of pronunciation. Stewart.

Copy

Cop"y, v. i.

1. To make a copy or copies; to imitate.

2. To yield a duplicate or transcript; as, the letter did not copy well.

Some . . . never fail, when they copy, to follow the bad as well as the good things. Dryden.

Copyer

Cop"y*er (?), n. See Copier.

Copygraph

Cop"y*graph (?), n. A contrivance for producing manifold copies of a writing or drawing. &hand; The writing or drawing is made with aniline ink on paper, and a reverse copy transferred by pressure to a slab of gelatin softened with glycerin. A large number of transcripts can be taken while the ink is fresh.
Various names have been given to the process [the gelatin copying process], some of them acceptable and others absurd; hectograph, polygraph, copygraph, lithogram, etc. Knight.

Copyhold

Cop"y*hold` (?), n. (Eng. Law) (a) A tenure of estate by copy of court roll; or a tenure for which the tenant has nothing to show, except the rolls made by the steward of the lord's court. Blackstone. (b) Land held in copyhold. Milton. &hand; Copyholds do not exist in the United States.

Copyholder

Cop"y*hold`er (?), n.

1. (Eng. Law) One possessed of land in copyhold.

2. (print.) (a) A device for holding copy for a compositor. (b) One who reads copy to a proof reader.

Copying

Cop"y*ing, a. & n. From Copy, v. Copying ink. See under Ink. -- Copying paper, thin unsized paper used for taking copies of letters, etc., in a copying press. -- Copying press, a machine for taking by pressure, an exact copy of letters, etc., written in copying ink.

Copyist

Cop"y*ist, n. A copier; a transcriber; an imitator; a plagiarist.

Copyright

Cop"y*right (?), n. The right of an author or his assignee, under statute, to print and publish his literary or artistic work, exclusively of all other persons. This right may be had in maps, charts, engravings, plays, and musical compositions, as well as in books. &hand; In the United States a copyright runs for the term of twenty-eight years, with right of renewal for fourteen years on certain conditions. <-- now life plus 50 years, or 75 years for works created for hire. Further extension is (1996) being discussed. --> International copyright, an author's right in his productions as secured by treaty between nations.

Copyright

Cop"y*right`, v. t. To secure a copyright on.

Coquelicot

Coque"li*cot` (?), n. [F.]

1. (Bot.) The wild poppy, or red corn rose.

2. The color of the wild poppy; a color nearly red, like orange mixed with scarlet.

Coquet

Co*quet" (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Coquetted; p.pr. & vb.n. Coquetting.] To attempt to attract the notice, admiration, or love of; to treat with a show of tenderness or regard, with a view to deceive and disappoint.
You are coquetting a maid of honor. Swift.

Coquet

Co*quet", v. i. To trifle in love; to stimulate affection or interest; to play the coquette; to deal playfully instead of seriously; to play (with); as, we have coquetted with political crime.

Coquetry

Co*quet"ry (?), n.; pl. Coquetries (#). [F. coquetterie.] Attempts to attract admoration, notice, or love, for the mere gratification of vanity; trifling in love. "Little affectations of coquetry." Addison.

Coquette

Co*quette" (?), n. [F., fr. coquet, coquette, coquettish, orig., cocklike, strutting like a cock, fr. coq a cock. Cf. Cock, Cocket, Cocky, Cockade.]

1. A vain, trifling woman, who endeavors to attract admiration from a desire to grafity vanity; a flirt; -- formerly sometimes applied also to men.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A tropical humming bird of the genus Lophornis, with very elegant neck plumes. Several species are known. See Illustration under Spangle, v. t./def>

Coquettish

Co*quet"tish (?), a. Practicing or exhibiting coquetry; alluring; enticing.
A pretty, coquettish housemaid. W. Irving.

Coquettishly

Co*quet"tish*ly, adv. In a coquettish manner.

Coquilla nut

Co*quil"la nut (?). [Pg. coquilho, Sp. coquillo, dim. of coco a cocoanut.] (Bot.) The fruit of a Brazilian tree (Attalea funifera of Martius.). &hand; Its shell is hazel-brown in color, very hard and close in texture, and much used by turners in forming ornamental articles, such as knobs for umbrella handles.

Coquimbite

Co*quim"bite (?), n. A mineral consisting principally of sulphate of iron; white copperas; -- so called because found in the province of Coquimbo, Chili.

Coquina

Co*qui"na (?), n. [Sp., shellfish, cockle.] A soft, whitish, coral-like stone, formed of broken shells and corals, found in the southern United States, and used for roadbeds and for building material, as in the fort at St. Augustine, Florida.

Cor-

Cor- (?). A prefix signifying with, together, etc. See Com-.

Cor

Cor (?), n. [Heb. k.] A Hebrew measure of capacity; a homer. [Written also core.]

Cora

Co"ra (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Arabian gazelle (Gazella Arabica), found from persia to North Africa.

Coracle

Cor"a*cle (?), n. [W. corwgl, cwrwgl, fr. corwg, cwrwg, any round body or vessel, the trunk of the body, carcass.] A boat made by covering a wicker frame with leather or oilcloth. It was used by the ancient Britons, and is still used by fisherman in Wales and some parts of Ireland. Also, a similar boat used in Thibet and in Egypt.

Coracoid

Cor"a*coid (?), a.[Gr. ko`rax crow + e'i^dos form.]

1. Shaped like a crow's beak.

2. (Anat.) Pertaining to a bone of the shoulder girdle in most birds, reptiles, and amphibians, which is reduced to a process of the scapula in most mammals.

Coracoid

Cor"a*coid, n. The coracoid bone or process.

Corage

Cor"age (?; OF. , n. See Courage [Obs.]
To Canterbury with full devout corage. Chaucer.

Coral

Cor"al (?), n. [Of. coral, F, corail, L. corallum, coralium, fr. Gr. kora`llion.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The hard parts or skeleton of various Anthozoa, and of a few Hydrozoa. Similar structures are also formed by some Bryozoa. &hand; The large stony corals forming coral reefs belong to various genera of Madreporaria, and to the hydroid genus, Millepora. The red coral, used in jewelry, is the stony axis of the stem of a gorgonian (Corallium rubrum) found chiefly in the Mediterranean. The fan corals, plume corals, and sea feathers are species of Gorgoniacea, in which the axis is horny. Organ-pipe coral is formed by the genus Tubipora, an Alcyonarian, and black coral is in part the axis of species of the genus Antipathes. See Anthozoa, Madrepora.

2. The ovaries of a cooked lobster; -- so called from their color.

3. A piece of coral, usually fitted with small bells and other appurtenances, used by children as a plaything. Brain coral, ∨ Brain stone coral. See under Brain. -- Chain coral. See under Chain. -- Coral animal (Zo\'94l.), one of the polyps by which corals are formed. They are often very erroneously called coral insects. -- Coral fish. See in the Vocabulary. -- Coral reefs (Phys. Geog.), reefs, often of great extent, made up chiefly of fragments of corals, coral sands, and the solid limestone resulting from their consolidation. They are classed as fringing reefs, when they border the land; barrier reefs, when separated from the shore by a broad belt of water; atolls, when they constitute separate islands, usually inclosing a lagoon. See Atoll. -- Coral root (Bot.), a genus (Corallorhiza) of orchideous plants, of a yellowish or brownish red color, parasitic on roots of other plants, and having curious jointed or knotted roots not unlike some kinds of coral. See Illust. under Coralloid. -- Coral snake. (Zo) (a) A small, venomous, Brazilian snake (Elaps corallinus), coral-red, with black bands. (b) A small, harmless, South American snake (Tortrix scytale). -- Coral tree (Bot.), a tropical, leguminous plant, of several species, with showy, scarlet blossoms and coral-red seeds. The best known is Erythrina Corallodendron. -- Coral wood, a hard, red cabinet wood. McElrath.

Coraled

Cor"aled (?), a. Having coral; covered with coral.

Coral fish

Cor"al fish` (?). (Zo\'94l.) Any bright-colored fish of the genera Ch\'91todon, Pomacentrus, Apogon, and related genera, which live among reef corals.

Corallaceous

Cor`al*la"ceous (?), a. Like coral, or partaking of its qualities.

Corallian

Co*ral"li*an (?), n. (Geol.) A deposit of coralliferous limestone forming a portion of the middle division of the o\'94lite; -- called also coral-rag.

Coralliferous

Cor`al*lif"er*ous (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -ferous.] Containing or producing coral.

Coralliform

Cor"al*li*form (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -form.] resembling coral in form.

Coralligena

Cor`al*lig"e*na (?), n.; pl. [NL., fr. L. corallum coral + root of gignere to produce.] (Zo\'94l.) Same as Anthozoa.

Coralligenous

Cor`al*lig"e*nous (?), a. producing coral; coraligerous; coralliferous. Humble.

Coralligerous

Cor`al*lig"er*ous (?), a [L. corallum coral + -gerous.] Producing coral; coraliferous.

Corallin

Cor"al*lin (?), n. [So named in allusion to the color of red corallin, fr. L. corallum coral.] (Chem.) A yellow coal-tar dyestuff which probably consists chiefly of rosolic acid. See Aurin, and Rosolic acid under Rosolic. Red corallin, a red dyestuff which is obtained by treating aurin or rosolic acid with ammonia; -- called also p\'91onin. -- Yellow corallin. See Aurin.

Coralline

Cor"al*line (? ∨ ?), a. [Cf. L. corallinus coralred.] Composed of corallines; as, coralline limestone.

Coralline

Cor"al*line, n. [Cf. F. coralline.]

1. (Bot.) A submarine, semicalcareous or calcareous plant, consisting of many jointed branches.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Formerly any slender coral-like animal; -- sometimes applied more particulary to bryozoan corals.

Corallinite

Cor"al*lin*ite (?), n. (Paleon.) A fossil coralline.

Corallite

Cor"al*lite (?), n. [L. corallum coral.]

1. (Min.) A mineral substance or petrifaction, in the form of coral.

2. (Zo\'94l.) One of the individual members of a compound coral; or that part formed by a single coral animal. [Written also corallet.]

Coralloid

Cor"al*loid (?), a. [L. corallum coral + -oid: cf. F. corallo\'8bde.] Having the form of coral; branching like coral.

Coralloidal

Cor`al*loid"al (?), a. resembling coral; coralloid. Sir T. browne.

Corallum

Co*ral"lum (?), n. [L.] (Zo\'94l.) The coral or skeleton of a zo\'94phyte, whether calcareous of horny, simple or compound. See Coral.

Coral-rag

Cor"al-rag` (?), n. (geol.) Same as Corallian.

Coralwort

Cor"al*wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A cruciferous herb of certain species of Dentaria; -- called also toothwort, tooth violet, or pepper root.

Coranach

Cor"a*nach (?), n. [Gael. coranach, or corranach, a crying, the Irish funeral cry (the keen), a dirge; comh with + ranaich a roaring, ran to roar, shriek.] A lamentation for the dead; a dirge. [Written also coranich, corrinoch, coronach, cronach, etc.] [Scot.]

Corant, Coranto

Co*rant (?), Co*ran"to (?), n. [See Courant.] A sprightly but somewhat stately dance, now out of fashion.
It is harder to dance a corant well, than a jig. Sir W. temple.
Dancing a coranto with him upon the heath. Macaulay.

Corb

Corb (?), n. [L. corbis basket. Cf. Corbeil, Corp.]

1. A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf.

2. (Arch.) An ornament in a building; a corbel.

Corban

Cor"ban (?), n. [Heb. qorb\'ben, akin to Ar. qurb\'ben.]

1. (Jewish Antiq.) An offering of any kind, devoted to God and therefore not be appropriated to any other use; esp., an offering in fulfillment of a vow. &hand; In the old Testament the hebrew word is usually translated "oblation" as in Numb. xviii. 9, xxxi. 50. &hand; The traditionists laid down that a man might interdict himself by vow, not only from using for himself, but from giving to another, or receiving from him, some particular object, whether of food or any other kind. A person might thus exempt himself from assisting parents in distress, under plea of corban. Dr. W. Smith.

2. An alms basket; a vessel to receive gifts of charity; a treasury of the church, where offerings are deposited.

Corbe

Corbe (?), a. [OF. corbe, fr. L. curvus. See Cuve.] Crooked. [Obs.] "Corbe shoulder." Spenser.

Corbell

Cor"bell (?), n. [F. corbeile, fr. L. corbicula a little basket, dim. of corbis basket. Cf. Corbel, Corb, Corvette.]

1. (Arch.) A sculptured basket of flowers; a corbel. [Obs.]

2. pl. (Fort.) Small gabions. Brande & C.

Corbel

Cor"bel (?), n. [F. corbeau, for older corbel, dim. of L. corbis basket. (Corbels were often in the form of a basket.) See Corbeil.] (Arch.) A bracket supporting a superincumbent object, or receiving the spring of an arch. Corbels were employed largely in Gothic architecture. &hand; A common form of corbel consists of courses of stones or bricks, each projecting slightly beyond the next below it.

Corbel

Cor"bel, v. t. To furnish with a corbel or corbels; to support by a corbel; to make in the form of a corbel. To corbel out, to furnish with a corbel of courses, each projecting beyond the one next below it.

Corbel-table

Cor"bel-ta`ble (?), n. (Arch.) A horizontal row of corbels, with the panels or filling between them; also, less properly used to include the stringcourse on them.

Corbie ∨ Corby

Cor"bieCor"by (?), n.; pl. Corbies (#). [F. corbeau, OF. corbel, dim. fr. L. corvus raven.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) The raven. [Scot.]

2. (her.) A raven, crow, or chough, used as a charge. Corbie crow, the carrion crow. [Scot.]

Corbiestep

Cor"bie*step` (?), n. (Arch.) One of the steps in which a gable wall is often finished in place of a continuous slope; -- also called crowstep.

Corchorus

Cor"cho*rus (?), n. [Nl., fr. L. corchorus a poor kind of pulse, Gr. ko`rchoros a wild plant of bitter taste.] (Bot.) The common name of the kerria Japonica or Japan globeflower, a yellow-flowered, perennial, rosaceous plant, seen in old-fashioned gardens.

Corcle, Corcule

Cor"cle (?), Cor"cule (?), n. [L. corculum a little heart, dim. of cor heart.] (Bot.) The heart of the seed; the embryo or germ. [Obs.]

Cord

Cord (?), n. [F. corde, L. chorda catgut, chord, cord, fr. Gr. haruspex soothsayer (inspector of entrails), Icel. g\'94rn, pl. garnir gut, and E. yarn. Cf. Chord, Yarn.]

1. A string, or small rope, composed of several strands twisted together.

2. A solid measure, equivalent to 128 cubic feet; a pile of wood, or other coarse material, eight feet long, four feet high, and four feet broad; -- originally measured with a cord or line.


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3. Fig.: Any moral influence by which persons are caught, held, or drawn, as if by a cord; an enticement; as, the cords of the wicked; the cords of sin; the cords of vanity.

The knots that tangle human creeds, The wounding cords that bind and strain The heart until it bleeds. Tennyson.

4. (Anat.) Any structure having the appearance of a cord, esp. a tendon or a nerve. See under Spermatic, Spinal, Umbilical, Vocal.

5. (Mus.) See Chord. [Obs.] Cord wood, wood for fuel cut to the length of four feet (when of full measure).

Cord

Cord (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Corded; p. pr. & vb. n. Cording.]

1. To bind with a cord; to fasten with cords; to connect with cords; to ornament or finish with a cord or cords, as a garment.

2. To arrange (wood, etc.) in a pile for measurement by the cord.

Cordage

Cord"age (k?rd"?j), n. [F. cordage. See Cord.] Ropes or cords, collectively; hence, anything made of rope or cord, as those parts of the rigging of a ship which consist of ropes.

Cordal

Cord"al (k?rd"al), n. Same as Cordelle.

Cordate

Cordate (k?r"d?t), a. [L. cor, cordis, heart.] (Bot.) Heart-shaped; as, a cordate leaf.

Cordately

Cor"date*ly, adv. In a cordate form.

Corded

Cord"ed (k?rd"?d), a.

1. Bound or fastened with cords.

2. Piled in a form for measurement by the cord.

3. Made of cords. [Obs.] "A corded ladder." Shak.

4. Striped or ribbed with cords; as, cloth with a corded surface.

5. (Her.) Bound about, or wound, with cords.

Cordelier

Cor`de*lier" (k?r`d??l?r"), n. [F., fr. OF. cordel, F. cordeau, dim. fr. corde string, rope. See Cord.]

1. (Eccl. Hist.) A Franciscan; -- so called in France from the girdle of knotted cord worn by all Franciscans.

2. (Fr. Hist.) A member of a French political club of the time of the first Revolution, of which Danton and Marat were members, and which met in an old Cordelier convent in Paris.

Cordeling

Cor"del*ing (k?r"d?l??ng), a. [F. cordeler to twist, fr. OF. cordel. See Cordelier.] Twisting.

Cordelle

Cor*delle" (k?r-d?l"), n. [F., dim. of corde cord.] A twisted cord; a tassel. Halliwell.

Cordial

Cor"dial (k?r"jal, formally k?rd"yal; 106, 277), a. [LL. cordialis, fr. L. cor heart: cf. F. cordial. See Heart.]

1. Proceeding from the heart. [Obs.]

A rib with cordial spirits warm. Milton.

2. Hearty; sincere; warm; affectionate.

He . . . with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamored. Milton.

3. Tending to revive, cheer, or invigorate; giving strength or spirits.

Behold this cordial julep here That flames and dances in his crystal bounds. Milton.
Syn. -- Hearty; sincere; heartfelt; warm; affectionate; cheering; invigorating. See Hearty.

Cordial

Cor"dial, n.

1. Anything that comforts, gladdens, and exhilarates.

Charms to my sight, and cordials to my mind. Dryden.

2. (Med) Any invigorating and stimulating preparation; as, a peppermint cordial.

3. (Com.) Aromatized and sweetened spirit, used as a beverage; a liqueur.

Cordiality

Cor*dial"i*ty (k, n.; pl. Cordialities (-t. [LL. cordialitas, fr. cordialis sincere: cf. F. cordialit\'82.]

1. Relation to the heart. [Obs.]

That the ancients had any respect of cordiality or reference unto the heart, will much be doubted. Sir T. Browne.

2. Sincere affection and kindness; warmth of regard; heartiness. Motley.

Cordialize

Cor"dial*ize (k?r"jal-?z ∨ k?rd"yal-?z; 106), v. t.

1. To make into a cordial.

2. To render cordial; to reconcile.

Cordialize

Cor"dial*ize, v. i. To grow cordial; to feel or express cordiality. [R.]

Cordially

Cor"dial*ly, adv. In a cordial manner. Dr. H. More.

Cordialness

Cor"dial*ness, n. Cordiality. Cotgrave.

Cordierite

Cor"di*er*ite (k, n. [Named after the geologist Cordier.] (Min.) See Iolite.

Cordoform

Cor"do*form (k?r"d?-f?rm), a. [L. cor, cordis, heart + -form, cf. F. cordiforme.] Heart-shaped. Gray.

Cordillera

Cor*dil"ler*a (k?r-d?l"l?r-?; Sp. k?r`d?-ly?"r?), n. [Sp., fr. OSp. cordilla, cordiella, dim. of cuerda a rope, string. See Cord.] (Geol.) A mountain ridge or chain. &hand; Cordillera is sometimes applied, in geology, to the system of mountain chains near the border of a continent; thus, the western cordillera of North America in the United States includes the Rocky Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Coast and Cascade ranges.

Cordiner

Cor"di*ner (k?r"d?-n?r), n. A cordwainer. [Obs.]

Cordon

Cor"don (k?r"d?n; F. k?r"d?n"), n. [F., fr. corde. See Cord.]

1. A cord or ribbon bestowed or borne as a badge of honor; a broad ribbon, usually worn after the manner of a baldric, constituting a mark of a very high grade in an honorary order. Cf. Grand cordon.

2. The cord worn by a Franciscan friar. Sir E. Sandys.

3. (Fort.) The coping of the scarp wall, which projects beyong the face of the wall a few inches.

4. (Mil.) A line or series of sentinels, or of military posts, inclosing or guarding any place or thing.

5. A rich and ornamental lace or string, used to secure a mantle in some costumes of state. Cordon bleu (kd" bl [F., blue cordon], a first-rate cook, or one worthy to be the cook of the cordons bleus, or Knights of the Holy Ghost, famous for their good dinners. -- Cordon sanitaire (kd" s [F., sanitary cordon], a line of troops or military posts around a district infected with disease, to cut off communication, and thus prevent the disease from spreading.

Cordonnet

Cor`don`net" (k?r`d?n`n?"), n. [F., dim. of cordon. See Cardon.] Doubled and twisted thread, made of coarse silk, and used for tassels, fringes, etc. McElrath.

Cordovan

Cor"do*van (k?r"d?-v?n), n. [Sp. cordoban, fr. Cordova, or Cordoba, in Spain. Cf. Cordwain.] Same as Cordwain. in England the name is applied to leather made from horsehide.

Corduroy

Cor"du*roy` (k?r"d?-roi` ∨ k?r"d?-roi"), n. [Prob. for F. corde du roi king's cord.]

1. A sort of cotton velveteen, having the surface raised in ridges.

2. pl. Trousers or breeches of corduroy. Corduroy road, a roadway formed of logs laid side by side across it, as in marshy places; -- so called from its rough or ribbed surface, resembling corduroy. [U.S.]

Corduroy

Cor"du*roy`, v. t. To form of logs laid side by side. "Roads were corduroyed." Gemn. W.T. Sherman.

Cordwain

Cord"wain (k?rd"w?n), n. [OE. cordewan, cordian, OF. cordoan, cordouan, fr. Sp. cordoban. See Cordovan.] A term used in the Middle Ages for Spanish leather (goatskin tanned and dressed), and hence, any leather handsomely finished, colored, gilded, or the like.
Buskins he wore of costliest cordwain. Spenser.

Cordwainer

Cord"wain*er (-?r), n. [OE. cordwaner, cordiner, fr. OF. cordoanier, cordouanier, F. cordonnier.] A worker in cordwain, or cordovan leather; a shoemaker. [Archaic.]

Core

Core (k?r), n. [F. corps. See Corps.] A body of individuals; an assemblage. [Obs.]
He was in a core of people. Bacon.

Core

Core, n. [Cf. Chore.] (Mining.) A miner's underground working time or shift. Raymond. &hand; The twenty-four hours are divided into three or four cores.

Core

Core, n. [Heb. k: cf. Gr. A Hebrew dry measure; a cor or homer. Num. xi. 32 (Douay version).

Core

Core, n. [OF. cor, coer, cuer, F. c, fr. L. cor heart. See Heart.]

1. The heart or inner part of a thing, as of a column, wall, rope, of a boil, etc.; especially, the central part of fruit, containing the kernels or seeds; as, the core of an apple or quince.

A fever at the core, Fatal to him who bears, to all who ever bore. Byron.

2. The center or inner part, as of an open space; as, the core of a ssquare. [Obs.] Sir W. Raleigh.

3. The most important part of a thing; the essence; as, the core of a subject.

4. (Founding) The prtion of a mold which shapes the interior of a cylinder, tube, or other hollow casting, or which makes a hole in or through a casting; a part of the mold, made separate from and inserted in it, for shaping some part of the casting, the form of which is not determined by that of the pattern.

5. A disorder of sheep occasioned by worms in the liver. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

6. (Anat.) The bony process which forms the central axis of the horns in many animals. Core box (Founding), a box or mold, usually divisible, in which cores are molded. -- Core print (Founding), a projecting piece on a pattern which forms, in the mold, an impression for holding in place or steadying a core.

Core

Core, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cord (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coring.]

1. To take out the core or inward parts of; as, to core an apple.

He's likee a corn upon my great toe . . . he must be cored out. Marston.

2. To form by means of a core, as a hole in a casting.

Co-regent

Co-re"gent (k?-r?"jent), n. A joint regent or ruler.

Co-relation

Co`-re*la"tion (k?`r?-l?"sh?n), n. Corresponding relation.

Co-religionist

Co`-re*li"gion*ist (-l?j"?n-?st), n. One of the same religion with another.

Coreopsis

Co`re*op"sis (k?`r?-?p"s?s), n. [NL., fr. GR. (Bot.) A genus of herbaceous composite plants, having the achenes two-horned and remotely resembling some insect; tickseed. C. tinctoria, of the Western plains, the commonest plant of the genus, has been used in dyeing.

Corer

Cor"er (k?rr"?rr), n. That which cores; an instrument for coring fruit; as, an apple corer.

Co-respondent

Co`-re*spond"ent (k?`rr?-sp?nd"ent), n. (Law) One who is called upon to answer a summons or other proceeding jointly with another.

Corf

Corf (k?rrf), n.; pl. Corves (k. [Cf.LG. & D. korf basket, G. korb, fr. L. corbis.]

1. A basket.

2. (Mining) (a) A large basket used in carrying or hoisting coal or ore. (b) A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or ore in the mines.

Corfiote krf-t, Corfute

Cor"fi*ote (k?r"f?-?t), Cor"fute (k?r"f?t), n. A native or inhabitant of Corfu, an island in the Mediterranean Sea.

Coriaceous

Co`ri*a"ceous (k?`r?-?"sh?s), a. [L. coriaceous, fr. corium leather. See Cuirass.]

1. Consisting of or resembling, leather; leatherlike; tough.

2. (Bot.) Stiff, like leather or parchment.

Coriander

Co`ri*an"der (k?`r?-?n"d?r), n [L. coriandrum, fr. Gr. coriandre
.]
(Bot.) An umbelliferous plant, the Coriandrum sativum, the fruit or seeds of which have a strong smell and a spicy taste, and in medicine are considered as stomachic and carminative.

Coridine

Co"ri*dine (k?"r?-d?n; 104), n. [From L. cortium leather.] A colorless or yellowish oil, C10H15N, of a leathery odor, occuring in coal tar, Dippel's oil, tobacco smoke, etc., regarded as an organic base, homologous with pyridine. Also, one of a series of metameric compounds of which coridine is a type. [Written also corindine.]

Corindon

Co*rin"don (k?-r?n"d?n), n. (Min.) See Corrundum.

Corinne

Co`rinne" (k?`r?n"), n. (Zo\'94l.) The common gazelle (Gazella dorcas). See Gazelle. [Written also korin.]

Corinth

Cor"inth (k?r"?nth), n. [L. Corinthus, Gr. Currant.]

1. A city of Greece, famed for its luxury and extravagance.

2. A small fruit; a currant. [Obs.] Broome.

Corinthiac

Co*rin"thi*ac (k?-r?n"th?-?k), a. [L. Corinthiacus.] Pertaining to Corinth.

Corinthian

Co*rin"thi*an (-an), a.

1. Of or relating to Corinth.

2. (Arch.) Of or pertaining to the Corinthian order of architecture, invented by the Greeks, but more commonly used by the Romans.

This is the lightest and most ornamental of the three orders used by the Greeks. Parker.

3. Debauched in character or practice; impure. Milton.

4. Of or pertaining to an amateur sailor or yachtsman; as, a corinthian race (one in which the contesting yachts must be manned by amateurs.)

Corinthian

Co*rin"thi*an, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Corinth.

2. A gay, licentious person. [Obs.]

Corium

Co"ri*um (k?"r?-?m), n. [L. corium leather.]

1. Armor made of leather, particularly that used by the Romans; used also by Enlish soldiers till the reign of Edward I. Fosbroke.

2. (Anat.) (a) Same as Dermis. (b) The deep layer of mucous membranes beneath the epithelium.

Corival

Co*ri"val (k?-r?"val), n. A rival; a corrival.

Corival

Co*ri"val, v. t. To rival; to pretend to equal. Shak.

Corivalry, Corivalship

Co*ri"val*ry, Co*ri"val*ship, n. Joint rivalry.

Cork

Cork (k?rk), n. [Cf. G., Dan., & Sw. kork, D. kurk; all fr. Sp. corcho, fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark, rind. Cf. Cortex.]

1. The outer layer of the bark of the cork tree (Quercus Suber), of which stoppers for bottles and casks are made. See Cutose.

2. A stopper for a bottle or cask, cut out of cork.

3. A mass of tabular cells formed in any kind of bark, in greater or less abundance. &hand; Cork is sometimes used wrongly for calk, calker; calkin, a sharp piece of iron on the shoe of a horse or ox. Cork jackets, a jacket having thin pieces of cork inclosed within canvas, and used to aid in swimming. -- Cork tree (Bot.), the species of oak (Quercus Suber of Southern Europe) whose bark furnishes the cork of commerce.

Cork

Cork, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corked (k?rkt); p. pr. & vb. n. Corking.]

1. To stop with a cork, as a bottle.

2. To furnish or fit with cork; to raise on cork.

Tread on corked stilts a prisoner's pace. Bp. Hall.
&hand; To cork is sometimes used erroneously for to calk, to furnish the shoe of a horse or ox with sharp points, and also in the meaning of cutting with a calk.

Corkage

Cork"age (-?j), n. The charge made by innkeepers for drawing the cork and taking care of bottles of wine bought elsewhere by a guest.

Corked

Corked (k?rkt), a. having acquired an unpleasant taste from the cork; as, a bottle of wine is corked.

Cork fossil

Cork" fos`sil (k?rk" f?s`s?l). (Min.) A variety of amianthus which is very light, like cork.

Corkiness

Cork"i*ness (-?-n?s), n. The quality of being corky.

Corking pin

Cork"ing pin` (k?rk"?ng p?n`). A pin of a large size, formerly used attaching a woman's headdress to a cork mold. [Obs.] Swift.

Corkscrew

Cork"screw` (-skr?"), n. An instrument with a screw or a steel spiral for drawing corks from bottles. Corkscrew starts, a spiral staircase around a solid newel.

Corkscrew

Cork"screw`, v. t. To press forward in a winding way; as, to corksrew one's way through a crowd. [Colloq.] Dickens.

Corkwing

Cork"wing` (-w?ng`), n. (Zo\'94l.) A fish; the goldsinny.

Corky

Cork"y (-?), a.

1. Consisting of, or like, cork; dry shriveled up.

Bind fast hiss corky arms. Shak.

2. Tasting of cork.

Corm

Corm (k?rm), n. [See Cormus.]

1. (Bot.) A solid bulb-shaped root, as of the crocus. See Bulb.

2. (Biol.) Same as Cormus, 2.

Cormogeny

Cor*mog"e*ny (k?r-m?j"?-n?), n. [Gr. (Biol.) The embryological history of groups or families of individuals.

Cormophylogeny

Cor`mo*phy*log"e*ny (k?r`m?-f?-l?j"?-n?), n. [Gr. phylogeny.] (Biol.) The phylogeny of groups or families of individuals. Haeckel.
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Cormophytes krm-fts, Cormophyta

Cor"mo*phytes (k?r"m?-f?ts), Cor*moph"y*ta (k?r-m?f"?-t?), n. pl. [NL. cormophyta, fr. Gr. trunk of a tree + (Bot.) A term proposed by Endlicher to include all plants with an axis containing vascular tissue and with foliage.

Cormorant

Cor`mo*rant (k?r"m?-rant), n. [F. cormoran, fr. Armor. m a sea raven; m sea + bran raven, with cor, equiv. to L. corvus raven, pleonastically prefixed; or perh. fr. L. corvus marinus sea raven.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) Any species of Phalacrocorax, a genus of sea birds having a sac under the beak; the shag. Cormorants devour fish voraciously, and have become the emblem of gluttony. They are generally black, and hence are called sea ravens, and coalgeese. [Written also corvorant.]

2. A voracious eater; a glutton, or gluttonous servant. B. Jonson.

Cormoraut

Cor"mo*raut, a. Ravenous; voracious.
Cormorant, devouring time. Shak.

Cormus

Cor"mus (k?r"m?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Bot.) See Corm.

2. (Biol.) A vegetable or animal made up of a number of individuals, such as, for example, would be formed by a process of budding from a parent stalk wherre the buds remain attached.

Corn

Corn (k?rn), n. [L. cornu horn: cf. F. corne horn, hornlike excrescence. See Horn.] A thickening of the epidermis at some point, esp. on the toees, by friction or pressure. It is usually painful and troublesome.
Welkome, gentlemen! Ladies that have their toes Unplagued with corns, will have a bout with you. Shak.
&hand; The substance of a corn usually resembles horn, but where moisture is present, as between the toes, it is white and sodden, and is called a soft corn.

Corn

Corn, n. [AS. corn; akin to OS. korn, D. koren, G., Dan., Sw., & Icel. korn, Goth. ka, L. granum, Russ. zerno. Cf. Grain, Kernel.]

1. A single seed of certain plants, as wheat, rye, barley, and maize; a grain.

2. The various farinaceous grains of the cereal grasses used for food, as wheat, rye, barley, maize, oats. &hand; In Scotland, corn is generally restricted to oats, in the United States, to maize, or Indian corn, of which there are several kinds; as, yellow corn, which grows chiefly in the Northern States, and is yellow when ripe; white or southern corn, which grows to a great height, and has long white kernels; sweet corn, comprising a number of sweet and tender varieties, grown chiefly at the North, some of which have kernels that wrinkle when ripe and dry; pop corn, any small variety, used for popping.

3. The plants which produce corn, when growing in the field; the stalks and ears, or the stalks, ears, and seeds, after reaping and before thrashing.

In one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail had thrashed the corn. Milton.

4. A small, hard particle; a grain. "Corn of sand." Bp. Hall. "A corn of powder." Beau & Fl. Corn ball, a ball of popped corn stuck together with soft candy from molasses or sugar. -- Corn bread, bread made of Indian meal. -- Corn cake, a kind of corn bread; johnny cake; hoecake. -- Corn cockle (Bot.), a weed (Agrostemma ∨ Lychnis Githago), having bright flowers, common in grain fields. -- Corn flag (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gladiolus; -- called also sword lily. -- Corn fly. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small fly which, in the larval state, is injurious to grain, living in the stalk, and causing the disease called "gout," on account of the swelled joints. The common European species is Chlorops t\'91niopus. (b) A small fly (Anthomyia ze) whose larva or maggot destroys seed corn after it has been planted. -- Corn fritter, a fritter having green Indian corn mixed through its batter. [U. S.] -- Corn laws, laws regulating trade in corn, especially those in force in Great Britain till 1846, prohibiting the importation of foreign grain for home consumption, except when the price rose above a certain rate. -- Corn marigold. (Bot.) See under Marigold. -- Corn oyster, a fritter containing grated green Indian corn and butter, the combined taste resembling that of oysters. [U.S.] -- Corn parsley (Bot.), a plant of the parsley genus (Petroselinum ssegetum), a weed in parts of Europe and Asia. -- Corn popper, a utensil used in popping corn. -- Corn poppy (Bot.), the red poppy (Papaver Rh\'d2as), common in European cornfields; -- also called corn rose. -- Corn rent, rent paid in corn. -- Corn rose. See Corn poppy. -- Corn salad (Bot.), a name given to several species of Valerianella, annual herbs sometimes used for salad. V. olitoria is also called lamb's lettuce. -- Corn stone, red limestone. [Prov. Eng.] -- Corn violet (Bot.), a species of Campanula. -- Corn weevil. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small weevil which causes great injury to grain. (b) In America, a weevil (Sphenophorus ze\'91) which attacks the stalk of maize near the root, often doing great damage. See Grain weevil, under Weevil.

Corn

Corn, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corned (k?rnd); p. pr. & vb. n. Corning.]

1. To preserve and season with salt in grains; to sprinkle with salt; to cure by salting; now, specifically, to salt slightly in brine or otherwise; as, to corn beef; to corn a tongue.

2. To form into small grains; to granulate; as, to corn gunpowder.

3. To feed with corn or (in Sctland) oats; as, to corn horses. Jamieson.

4. To render intoxicated; as, ale strong enough to corn one. [Colloq.] Corning house, a house or place where powder is corned or granulated.

Cornage

Cor"nage (k?r"n?j), n. [OF.,, horn-blowing, tax on horned cattle, fr. F. corne a horn, L. cornu.] (Law) Anancient tenure of land, which obliged the tenant to give notice of an invasion by blowing a horn.

Cornamute

Cor"na*mute (k?r"n?-m?t), n. A cornemuse. [Obs.]

Cornbind

Corn"bind` (k?rn"b?nd`), n. (Bot.) A weed that binds stalks of corn, as Convolvulus arvensis, Polygonum Convolvulus. [Prov. Eng.]

Corncob

Corn"cob` (k?rn"k?b`), n. The cob or axis on which the kernels of Indian corn grow. [U.S.]

Corncrake

Corn"crake` (-kr?k`), n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird (Crex crex or C. pratensis) which frequents grain fields; the European crake or land rail; -- called also corn bird.

Corncrib

Corn"crib` (k?rn"kr?b`), n. A crib for storing corn.

Corncutter

Corn"cut`ter (-k?t`t?r), n.

1. A machine for cutting up stalks of corn for food of cattle.

2. An implement consisting of a long blade, attached to a handle at nearly a right angle, used for cutting down the stalks of Indian corn.

Corndodger

Corn"dodg`er (-d?j`?r), n. A cake made of the meal of Indian corn, wrapped in a covering of husks or paper, and baked under the embers. [U.S.] Bartlett.

Cornea

Cor"ne*a (k?r"n?-?), n.; pl. Corneas (-. [Fem. sing., fr. L. corneus horny, fr. cornu a horn. See Horn.] (Anat.) The transparent part of the coat of the eyeball which covers the iris and pupil and admits light to the interior. See Eye.

Corneal

Cor"ne*al (-al), a. (Anat.) Pertaining to the cornea.

Cornel

Cor"nel (-n?l), n. [OF. cornille, cornoille, F. cornouille, cornel berry, LL. cornolium cornel tree, fr. L. cornus, fr. cornu horn, in allusion to the hardness of the wood. See Horn.]

1. (Bot.) The cornelian cherry (Cornus Mas), a European shrub with clusters of small, greenish flowers, followed by very acid but edible drupes resembling cherries.

2. Any species of the genus Cornus, as C. florida, the flowering cornel; C. stolonifera, the osier cornel; C. Canadensis, the dwarf cornel, or bunchberry.

Cornelian

Cor*nel"ian (k?r-n?lyan), n. [F. cornaline, OF. corneline, fr. L. cornu horn. So called from its horny appearance when broken. See Horn, and cf. Carnelian.] (Min.) Same as Carnelian.

Cornemuse

Corne"muse (k?rn"m?z), n. [F.] A wind instrument nearly identical with the bagpipe. Drayton.

Corneocalcareous

Cor"ne*o*cal*ca"re*ous (k?rn?-?-k?l-k?"r?-?s), a.

1. (Zo\'94l.) Formed of a mixture of horny and calcareous materials, as some shells and corals.

2. Horny on one side and calcareous on the other.

Corneouss

Cor"ne*ouss (-?s), a. [L. corneus, fr. cornu horn.] Of a texture resembling horn; horny; hard. Sir T. Browne.

Corner

Cor"ner (k?r"n?r), n. [OF. corniere, cornier, LL. cornerium, corneria, fr. L. cornu horn, end, point. See Horn.]

1. The point where two converging lines meet; an angle, either external or internal.

2. The space in the angle between converging lines or walls which meet in a point; as, the chimney corner.

3. An edge or extremity; the part farthest from the center; hence, any quarter or part.

From the four corners of the earth they come. Shak.

4. A secret or secluded place; a remote or out of the way place; a nook.

This thing was not done in a corner. Acts xxvi. 26.

5. Direction; quarter.

Sits the wind in that corner! Shak.

6. The state of things produced by a combination of persons, who buy up the whole or the available part of any stock or species of property, which compels those who need such stock or property to buy of them at their own price; as, a corner in a railway stock. [Broker's Cant] Corner stone, the stone which lies at the corner of two walls, and unites them; the principal stone; especially, the stone which forms the corner of the foundation of an edifice; hence, that which is fundamental importance or indispensable. "A prince who regarded uniformity of faith as the corner stone of his government." Prescott. -- Corner tooth, one of the four teeth which come in a horse's mouth at the age of four years and a half, one on each side of the upper and of the lower jaw, between the middle teeth and the tushes.

Corner

Cor"ner, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cornered (-n?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cornering.]

1. To drive into a corner.

2. To drive into a position of great difficaulty or hopeless embarrassment; as, to corner a person in argument.

3. To get command of (a stock, commodity, etc.), so as to be able to put one's own price on it; as, to corner the shares of a railroad stock; to corner petroleum.

Cornercap

Cor"ner*cap` (-k?p`), n. The chief ornament. [Obs.]
Thou makest the triumviry the cornercap of society. Shak.

Cornered

Cor"nered (-n?rd), p. a. 1 Having corners or angles.

2. In a possition of great difficulty; brought to bay.

Cornerwise

Cor"ner*wise` (-w?z`), adv. With the corner in front; diagonally; not square.

Cornet

Cor"net (k?r"n?t), n. [F. cornet, m. (for senses 1 & 2), cornette, f. & m. (for senses 3 & 4), dim. of corne horn, L. cornu. See Horn.]

1. (Mus.) (a) An obsolete rude reed instrument (Ger. Zinken), of the oboe family. (b) A brass instrument, with cupped mouthpiece, and furnished with valves or pistons, now used in bands, and, in place of the trumpet, in orchestras. See Cornet-\'85-piston. (c) A certain organ stop or register.

2. A cap of paper twisted at the end, used by retailers to inclose small wares. Cotgrave.

3. (Mil.) (a) A troop of cavalry; -- so called from its being accompanied by a cornet player. [Obs.] "A body of five cornets of horse." Clarendon. (b) The standard of such a troop. [Obs.] (c) The lowest grade of commissioned officer in a British cavalry troop, who carried the standard. The office was abolished in 1871.

4. A headdress: (a) A square cap anciently worn as a mark of certain professions. (b) A part of a woman's headdress, in the 16th century.

5. [Cf. Coronet.] (Far.) See Coronet, 2.

Cornet-\'85-piston

Cor"net-\'85-pis`ton (k?r"n?t-?-p?s"t?n; F. k?r`n?`?p?s`t?n"), n.; pl. Cornets-\'85-piston. [F.] (Mus.) A brass wind instrument, like the trumpet, furnished with valves moved by small pistons or sliding rods; a cornopean; a cornet.

Cornetcy

Cor"net*cy (k?r"n?t-s?), n. The commission or rank of a cornet.

Corneter

Cor"net*er (k?r"n?t-?r), n. One who blows a cornet.

Corneule

Cor"neule (k?r"n?l), n. [F., dim. of corn the cornea.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the corneas of a compound eye in the invertebrates. Carpenter.

Cornfield

Corn"field` (k?rn"f?ld`), n. A field where corn is or has been growing; -- in England, a field of wheat, rye, barley, or oats; in America, a field of Indian corn.

Cornfloor

Corn"floor` (-fl?r`), n. A thrashing floor. Hos. ix. 1.

Cornflower

Corn"flow`er (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A conspicuous wild flower (Centaurea Cyanus), growing in grainfields.

Cornic

Cor"nic (k?r"n?k), a. Pertaining to, derived from, or resembling, the dogwood (Cornus florida).

Cornice

Cor"nice (k?r"n?s), n. [F. corniche, It. cornice, LL. coronix, cornix, fr. L. coronis a curved line, a flourish with the pen at the end of a book or chapter, Gr. corona
crown. sEE Crown, and cf. Coronis.]
(Arch.) Any horizontal, molded or otherwise decorated projection which crowns or finishes the part to which it is affixed; as, the cornice of an order, pedestal, door, window, or house. Gwilt. Cornice ring, the ring on a cannon next behind the muzzle ring.

Corniced

Cor"niced (k?r"n?st), a. Having a cornice.

Cornicle

Cor"ni*cle (k?r"n?-k'l), n. [L. corniculum, dim. of cornu horn.] A little horn. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cornicular

Cor*nic"u*lar (-l?r), n. [L. cornicularius.] A secretary or clerk. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cor/niculate

Cor/nic"u*late (k?r-n?k"?-l?t), a. [L. corniculatus.]

1. Horned; having horns. Dr. H. More.

2. (Bot.) Having processes resembling small horns.

Corniculum

Cor*nic"u*lum (k?r-n?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. Cornicula (-l. [L. corniculum little horn.] (Anat.) A small hornlike part or process.

Corniferous

Cor*nif"er*ous (k?r-n?f"?r-?s), a. [L. cornu horn + -ferous.] (Geol.) Of or pertaining to the lowest period of the Devonian age.(See the Diagram, under Geology.) The Corniferous period has been so called from the numerous seams of hornstone which characterize the later part of the period, as developed in the State of New York.

Cornific

Cor*nif"ic (k?r-n?f"?k), a. [L. cornu horn + facere to make.] Producing horns; forming horn.

Cornification

Cor`ni*fi*ca"tion (k?r`n?-f?-k?"sh?n), n. Conversion into, or formation of, horn; a becoming like horn.

Cornified

Cor"ni*fied (k?r"n?-f?d), a. [L. cornu horn + -fy.] (Anat.) Converted into horn; horny.

Corniform

Cor"ni*form (-f?rm), a. [L. cornu horn + -form.] Having the shape of a horn; horn-shaped.

Cornigerous

Cor*nig"er*ous (k?r-n?j"?r-?s), a. [L. corniger; cornu horn + gerere to bear.] Horned; having horns; as, cornigerous animals. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Cornin

Cor"nin (k?r"n?n), n. (Chem.) (a) A bitter principle obtained from dogwood (Cornus florida), as a white crystalline substance; -- called also cornic acid. (b) An extract from dogwood used as a febrifuge.

Corniplume

Cor"ni*plume (k?r"n?-pl?m), n. [L. cornu horn + pluma feather.] (Zo\'94l.) A hornlike tuft of feathers on the head of some birds.

Cornish

Cor"nish (k?r"n?sh), a. Of or pertaining to Cornwall, in England. Cornish chough. See Chough. -- Cornish engine, a single-acting pumping engine, used in mines, in Cornwall and elsewhere, and for water works. A heavy pump rod or plunger, raised by the steam, forces up the water by its weight, in descending.

Cornish

Cor"nish, n. The dialect, or the people, of Cornwall.

Cornist

Cor"nist, n. A performer on the cornet or horn.

Cornloft

Corn"loft` (k?rn"l?ft`), n. A loft for corn; a granary.

Cornmuse

Corn"muse (-m?z), n. A cornemuse.

Corno di bassetto

Cor"no di bas*set"to (k?r"n? d? b?s-s?t"t? ∨ b?s-s?t"t?); pl. Corni (-n di basseto. [It.] (Mus.) A tenor clarinet; -- called also basset horn, and sometimes confounded with the English horn, which is a tenor oboe.

Corno Inglese

Cor"no In*gle"se (?n-gl?"z?); pl. Corni Inglesi (-z. [It.] (Mus.) A reed instrument, related to the oboe, but deeper in pitch; the English horn.

Cornopean

Cor*no"pe*an (k?r-n?"p?-an), n. (Mus.) An obsolete name for the cornet-\'85-piston.

Cornsheller

Corn"shell`er (k?rn"sh?l`?r), n. A machine that separates the kernels of corn from the cob.

Cornshuck

Corn"shuck` (-sh?k`), n. The husk covering an ear of Indian corn. [Colloq. U.S.]

Cornstalk

Corn"stalk` (-st?k`), n. A stalk of Indian corn.

Cornstarch

Corn"starch` (-st?rch`), n. Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.

Cornu

Cor"nu (k?r"n?), n; pl. Cornua (-n. [L.] A horn, or anything shaped like or resembling a horn.

Cornu Ammonis

Cor"nu Am*mo"nis (?m-m?"n?s); pl. Cornua Ammonis. [L., horn of Ammon. See Ammonite.] (Paleon.) A fossil shell, curved like a ram's horn; an obsolete name for an ammonite.
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Cornucopia

Cor`nu*co"pi*a (k?r`n?-k?"p?-?), n.; pl. Cornucopias (-. [L. cornu copiae horn of plenty. See Horn, and Copious.]

1. The horn of plenty, from which fruits and flowers are represented as issuing. It is an emblem of abundance.

2. pl. (Bot.) A genus of grasses bearing spikes of flowers resembling the cornucopia in form. &hand; Some writers maintain that this word should be written, in the singular, cornu copi\'91, and in the plural, cornua copi\'91.

Cornute krnt ∨ kr-nt, Cornuted

Cor"nute (k?r"n?t ∨ k?r-n?t"), Cor*nut"ed (k?r-n?"t?d), a. [L. cornutus horned, from cornu horn.]

1. Bearing horns; horned; horn-shaped.

2. Cuckolded. [R.] "My being cornuted." LEstrange.

Cornute

Cor*nute" (k?r-n?t"), v. t. To bestow horns upon; to make a cuckold of; to cuckold. [Obs.] Burton.

Cornuto

Cor*nu"to (k?r-n?"t?), n. [It., fr. L. cornutus horned.] A man that wears the horns; a cuckold. [R.] Shak.

Cornutor

Cor*nu"tor (-t?r), n. A cuckold maker. [R.] Jordan.

Corny

Cor"ny (k?r"n?), a. [L. cornu horn.] Strong, stiff, or hard, like a horn; resembling horn.
Up stood the cornu reed. Milton.

Corny

Corn"y, a.

1. Producing corn or grain; furnished with grains of corn. [R.] "The corny ear." Prior.

2. Containing corn; tasting well of malt. [R.]

A draught of moist and corny ale. Chaucer.

3. Tipsy. [Vulgar, Eng.] Forby.

Corocore

Cor"o*core (k?r"?-k?r), n. A kind of boat of various forms, used in the Indian Archipelago.

Corody

Cor"o*dy (k?r"?-d?), n. [LL. corrodium, corredium, conredium, furniture, provision: cf. OF. conroi. See Curry.] (Old Law) An allowance of meat, drink, or clothing due from an abbey or other religious house for the sustenance of such of the king's servants as he may designate to receive it. [Written also corrody.]

Corol

Cor"ol (k?r"?l), n. (Bot.) A corolla.

Corolla

Co*rol"la (k?-r?l"l?), n. [L. corolla a little crown or garland, dim. of corona. See Crown.] (Bot.) The inner envelope of a flower; the part which surrounds the organs of fructification, consisting of one or more leaves, called petals. It is usually distinguished from the calyx by the fineness of its texture and the gayness of its colors. See the Note under Blossom.

Corollaceous

Cor`ol*la"ceous (k?r`?l-l?"sh?s), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a corolla; having the form or texture of a corolla.

Corollary

Cor"ol*la*ry (k?r"?l-l?-r?; 277), n.; pl. Corollaries (-r. [L. corollarium gift, corollary, fr. corolla. See Corolla.]

1. That which is given beyond what is actually due, as a garland of flowers in addition to wages; surplus; something added or superfluous. [Obs.]

Now come, my Ariel; bring a corollary, Rather than want a spirit. Shak.

2. Something which follows from the demonstration of a proposition; an additional inference or deduction from a demonstrated proposition; a consequence.

Corollate krl-lt, Corollated

Cor"ol*late (k?r"?l-l?t), Cor"ol*la`ted (-l?`t?d), a. Having a corolla or corollas; like a corolla.

Corollet

Cor"ol*let (k?r"?l-l?t), n. [Dim. fr. corolla.] (Bot.) A floret in an aggregate flower. [Obs.] Martyn.

Corollifloral k-rll-flral, Corolliflorous

Co*rol`li*flo"ral (k?-r?l`l?-fl?"ral), Co*rol`li*flo"rous (-fl?"r?s), a. [Corolla + L. flos, floris, flower.] (Bot.) Having the stamens borne on the petals, and the latter free from the calyx. Compare Calycifloral and Thalamifloral.

Corolline

Cor"ol*line (-l?n), a. Of or pertaining to a corolla.

Coromandel

Cor`o*man"del (k?r`?-m?n"del), n. (Geol.) The west coast, or a portion of the west coast, of the Bay of Bengal. Coromandel gooseberry. See Carambola. -- Coromandel wood, Calamander wood.

Corona

Co*ro"na (k?-r?"n?), n.; pl. L. Coron\'91 (-nCoronas (-n. [L. corona crown. See Crown.]

1. A crown or garland bestowed among the Romans as a reward for distinguished services.

2. (Arch.) The projecting part of a Classic cornice, the under side of which is cut with a recess or channel so as to form a drip. See Illust. of Column.

3. (Anat.) The upper surface of some part, as of a tooth or the skull; a crown.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The shelly skeleton of a sea urchin.

5. (Astrol.) A peculiar luminous apearance, or aureola, which surrounds the sun, and which is seen only when the sun is totally eclipsed by the moon.

6. (Bot.) (a) An inner appendage to a petal or a corolla, often forming a special cup, as in the daffodil and jonquil. (b) Any crownlike appendage at the top of an organ.

7. (Meteorol.) (a) A circle, usually colored, seen in peculiar states of the atmosphere around and close to a luminous body, as the sun or moon. (b) A peculiar phase of the aurora borealis, formed by the concentration or convergence of luminous beams around the point in the heavens indicated by the direction of the dipping needle.

8. A crown or circlet suspended from the roof or vaulting of churches, to hold tapers lighted on solemn occasions. It is sometimes formed of double or triple circlets, arranged pyramidically. Called also corona lucis. Fairholt.

9. (Mus.) A character [&pause;] called the pause or hold.

Coronach

Cor"o*nach (k?r"?-n?k), n. See Coranach.

Coronal

Cor"o*nal (k?r"?-nal ∨, esp. in science, k?-r?"nal; 277), a. [L. coronalis: cf. F. coronal.]

1. Of or pertaining to a corona (in any of the senses).

The coronal light during the eclipse is faint. Abney.

2. Of or pertaining to a king's crown, or coronation.

The law and his coronal oath require his undeniable assent to what laws the Parliament agree upon. Milton.

3. Of or pertaining to the top of the head or skull.

4. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the shell of a sea urchin. Coronal suture (Anat.), a suture extending across the skull between the parietal and frontal bones; the frontoparietal suture.

Coronal

Cor"o*nal, n.

1. A crown; wreath; garland. Spenser.

2. The frontal bone, over which the ancients wore their coron\'91 or garlands. Hooper.

Coronamen

Cor`o*na"men (k?r`-n?"m?n), n. [L., a crowning.] (Zo\'94l.) The upper margin of a hoof; a coronet.

Coronary

Cor"o*na*ry (k?r"?-n?-r?), a. [L. coronarius: cf. F. coronaire.]

1. Of or pertaining to a crown; ferming, or adapted to form, a crown or garland. "Coronary thorns." Bp. Pearson.

The catalogue of coronary plants is not large in Theophrastus. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Anat.) Resembling, or situated like, a crown or circlet; as, the coronary arteries and veins of the heart.

Coronary

Cor"o*na*ry, n. A small bone in the foot of a horse.

Coronate kr-nt, Coronated

Cor"o*nate (k?r"?-n?t), Cor"o*na`ted (-n?`t?ed), a. [L. coronatus, p. p. of coronare to crown, fr. corona. See Crown.]

1. Having or wearing a crown.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having the coronal feathers lengthened or otherwise distinguished; -- said of birds. (b) Girt about the spire with a row of tubercles or spines; -- said of spiral shells.

3. (Biol.) Having a crest or a crownlike appendage.

Coronation

Cor`o*na"tion (k?r`?-n?"sh?n), n. [See Coronate.]

1. The act or solemnity of crowning a sovereign; the act of investing a prince with the insignia of royalty, on his succeeding to the sovereignty.

2. The pomp or assembly at a coronation. Pope.

Coronel

Coro"nel (k?r"nel), n. [See Colonel.] A colonel. [Obs.] Spenser.

Coronel

Cor"o*nel (k?r"?-n?l ∨ k?r"n?l), n. [Cf. Cronel, Crown.] (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear, divided into two, three, or four blunt points. [Written also cronel.] Grose.

Coroner

Cor"o*ner (k?r"?-n?r), n. [From OE. coronen to crown, OF. coroner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona crown. Formed as a translation of LL. coronator coroner, fr. L. corona crown, the coroner having been originally a prosecuting officer of the crown. See Crown.] An officer of the peace whose principal duty is to inquire, with the help of a jury, into the cause of any violent, sudden or mysterious death, or death in prison, usually on sight of the body and at the place where the death occurred. [In England formerly also written and pronounced crowner.] &hand; In some of the United States the office of coroner is abolished, that of medical examiner taking its place. Coroner's inquest. See under Inquest.

Coronet

Cor"o*net (k?r"?-n?t), n. [Dim. of OE. corone crown; cf. OF. coronete. See Crown, and cf. Crownet, Cronet.]

1. An ornamental or honorary headdress, having the shape and character of a crown; particularly, a crown worn as the mark of high rank lower than sovereignty. The word is used by Shakespeare to denote also a kingly crown.

Without a star, a coronet, or garter. Goldsmith.
&hand; The coronet of the Prince of Wales consist of a circlet of gold with four crosses patt\'82e around the edge between as many fleurs-de-lis. The center crosses are connected by an arch which is surmounted by a globe or cross. The coronet of a British duke is adorned with strawberry leaves; that of a marquis has leaves with pearls interposed; that of an earl raises the pearls above the leaves; that of a viscount is surrounded with pearls only; that of a baron has only four pearls.

2. (Far.) The upper part of a horse's hoof, where the horn terminates in skin. James White.

3. (Anc. Armor) The iron head of a tilting spear; a coronel. Crose.

Coroneted

Cor"o*net*ed (-n?t-?d), a.Wearing, or entitled to wear, a coronet; of noble birth or rank.

Coroniform

Co*ron"i*form (k?-r?n"?-f?rm ∨ k?-r?"n?-), a. [L. corona crown + -form.] Having the form of a crown or coronet; resembling a crown.

Coronilla

Cor`o*nil"la (k?r`?-n?l"l?), n. [NL., fr. L. corona crown: cf. F. coronille.] (Bot.) A genus of plants related to the clover, having their flowers arranged in little heads or tufts resembling coronets.

Coronis

Co*ro"nis (k?-r?"n?s), n. [Gr. Cornice.]

1. In Greek grammar, a sign ['] sometimes placed over a contracted syllable. W. W. Goodwin.

2. The curved line or flourish at the end of a book or chapter; hence, the end. [R.] Bp. Hacket.

Coronoid

Cor"o*noid (k?r"?-noid), a. [Gr. -oid: cf. F. corono.] (Anat.) Resembling the beak of a crow; as, the coronoid process of the jaw, or of the ulna.

Coronule

Cor"o*nule (k?r"?-n?l), n. [L. coronula, dim. of corona crown.] (Bot.) A coronet or little crown of a seed; the downy tuft on seeds. See Pappus. Martyn.

Coroun

Co*roun" (k?-roun"), v. & n. Crown. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Corozo Corosso

Co*ro"zo Co*ros"so (k?-r?"th? ∨ -s?), n. [Cf. Sp. cerozo a kind of palm tree.] The name in Central America for the seed of a true palm; also, a commercial name for the true ivory nut. See Ivory nut.

Corporace

Cor"po*race (k?r"p?-r?s), n. See Corporas.

Corporal

Cor"po*ral (k?r"p?-ral), n. [Corrupted fr. F. caporal, It. caporale, fr. capo head, chief, L. caput. See Chief, and cf. Caporal.] (Mil.) A noncommissioned officer, next below a sergeant. In the United States army he is the lowest noncomissioned officer in a company of infantry. He places and relieves sentinels. Corporal's guard, a detachment such as would be in charge of a corporal for guard duty, etc.; hence, derisively, a very small number of persons. -- Lance corporal, an assistant corporal on private's pay. Farrow. -- Ship's corporal (Naut.), a petty officer who assists the master at arms in his various duties.

Corporal

Cor"po*ral, a. [L. corporalis, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. Belonging or relating to the body; bodily. "Past corporal toil." Shak.

Pillories and other corporal infections. Milton.
Corporal punishment (law), punishment applied to the body of the offender, including the death penalty, whipping, and imprisonment.

2. Having a body or substance; not spiritual; material. In this sense now usually written corporeal. Milton.

A corporal heaven . . . .where the stare are. Latimer.
What seemed corporal melted As breath into the wind. Shak.
Syn. -- Corporal, Bodily, Corporeal. Bodily is opposed to mental; as, bodily affections. Corporeal refers to the whole physical structure or nature, of the body; as, corporeal substance or frame. Corporal, as now used, refers more to punishment or some infliction; as, corporal punishment. To speak of corporeal punishment is an error. Bodily austerities; the corporeal mold.

Corporal krp-ral, Corporale

Cor"po*ral (k?r"p?-ral), Cor`po*ra"le (-r?"l?), n. [LL. corporale: cf.F. corporal. See Corporal,a.] A fine linen cloth, on which the sacred elements are consecrated in the eucharist, or with which they are covered; a communion cloth. Corporal oath, a solemn oath; -- so called from the fact that it was the ancient usage for the party taking it to touch the corporal, or cloth that covered the consecrated elements.

Corporality

Cor`po*ral"i*ty (k?r`p?-r?l"l?-t?), n.: pl. Corporalities (-t. [L. corporalitas: cf. F.corporalit.]

1. The state of being or having a body; bodily existence; corporeality; -- opposed to spirituality. Dr. H. More.

2. A confraternity; a guild. [Obs.] Milton.

Corporally

Cor"po*ral*ly (k?r"p?-ral-ly), adv. In or with the body; bodily; as, to be corporally present. Sharp.

Corporalship

Cor"po*ral*ship, n. (Mil.) A corporal's office.

Corporas

Cor"po*ras (k?r"p?-r?s), n. [Prop. pl. of corporal.] The corporal, or communion cloth. [Obs.] Fuller.

Corporate

Cor"po*rate (k?r"p?-r?t), a. [L. corporatus, p. p. of corporare to shape into a body, fr. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. Formed into a body by legal enactment; united in an association, and endowed by law with the rights and liabilities of an individual; incorporated; as, a corporate town.

2. Belonging to a corporation or incorporated body. "Corporate property." Hallam.

3. United; general; collectively one.

They answer in a joint and corporate voice. Shak.
Corporate member, an actual or voting member of a corporation, as distinguished from an associate or an honorary member; as, a corporate member of the American Board.

Corporate

Cor"po*rate (-r?t), v. t. To incorporate. [Obs.] Stow.

Corporate

Cor"po*rate, v. i. To become incorporated. [Obs.]

Corporately

Cor"po*rate*ly (-r?t-l?), adv.

1. In a corporate capacity; acting as a coprporate body.

2. In, or as regarda, the body. Fabyan.

Corporation

Cor`po*ra"tion (k?r`p?-r?"sh?n), n. [L. corporatio incarnation: cf. F. corporation corporation.] A body politic or corporate, formed and authorized by law to act as a single person, and endowed by law with the capacity of succession; a society having the capacity of transacting business as an individual. &hand; Corporations are aggregate or sole. Corporations aggregate consist of two or more persons united in a society, which is preserved by a succession of members, either forever or till the corporation is dissolved by the power that formed it, by the death of all its members, by surrender of its charter or franchises, or by forfeiture. Such corporations are the mayor and aldermen of cities, the head and fellows of a college, the dean and chapter of a cathedral church, the stockholders of a bank or insurance company, etc. A corporation sole consists of a single person, who is made a body corporate and politic, in order to give him some legal capacities, and especially that of succession, which as a natural person he can not have. Kings, bishops, deans, parsons, and vicars, are in England sole corporations. A fee will not pass to a corporation sole without the word "successors" in the grant. There are instances in the United States of a minister of a parish seized of parsonage lands in the right of his parish, being a corporation sole, as in Massachusetts. Corporations are sometimes classified as public and private; public being convertible with municipal, and private corporations being all corporations not municipal. Close corporation. See under Close.

Corporator

Cor"po*ra`tor (k?r"p?-r?`t?r), n. A member of a corporation, esp. one of the original members.

Corporature

Cor"po*ra*ture (k?r"p?-r?-t?r), n. The state of being embodied; bodily existence. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Corporeal

Cor*po"re*al (k?r-p?"r?-a]/>l), a. [L. corporeus, fr. corpus body.] Having a body; consisting of, or pertaining to, a material body or substance; material; -- opposed to spiritual or immaterial.
His omnipotence That to corporeal substance could add Speed almost spiritual. Milton.
Corporeal property, such as may be seen and handled (as opposed to incorporeal, which can not be seen or handled, and exists only in contemplation). Mozley & W. Syn. -- Corporal; bodily. See Corporal.

Corporealism

Cor*po"re*al*ism (-?z'm), n. Materialism. Cudworth.
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Corporealist

Cor*po"re*al*ist (k?r-p?"r?-a]/>l-?st), n. One who denies the reality of spiritual existences; a materialist.
Some corporealists pretended . . . to make a world without a God. Bp. Berkeley.

Corporeality

Cor*po`re*al"i*ty (-?l"?-t?), n.: pl. Corporealities (-t. The state of being corporeal; corporeal existence.

Corporeally

Cor*po"re*al*ly (k?r-p?"r?-a]/>l-l?), adv. In the body; in a bodily form or manner.

Corporealness

Cor*po"re*al*ness (-n?s), n. Corporeality; corporeity.

Corporeity

Cor`po*re"i*ty (k?r`p?-r?"?-t?), n. [LL. corporeitas: cf. F. corpor.] The state of having a body; the state of being corporeal; materiality.
The one attributed corporeity to God. Bp. Stillingfleet.
Those who deny light to be matter, do not therefore deny its corporeity. Coleridge.

Corporify

Cor*por"i*fy (k?r-p?r"?-f?), v. t. [L. corpus body + -fy: cf. F. corporifier.] To embody; to form into a body. [Obs.] Boyle.

Corposant

Cor"po*sant (k?r"p?-z?nt), n. [It. corpo santo holy body.] St. Elmo's fire. See under Saint.

Corps

Corps (k?r, pl. k?rz), n. sing. & pl. [F., fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.]

1. The human body, whether living or dead. [Obs.] See Corpse, 1.

By what craft in my corps, it cometh [commences] and where. Piers Plowman.

2. A body of men; esp., an organized division of the military establishment; as, the marine corps; the corps of topographical engineers; specifically, an army corps.

A corps operating with an army should consist of three divisions of the line, a brigade of artillery, and a regiment of cavalry. Gen. Upton (U. S. Tactics. )

3. A body or code of laws. [Obs.]

The whole corps of the law. Bacon.

4. (Eccl.) The land with which a prebend or other ecclesiastical office is endowed. [Obs.]

The prebendaries over and above their reserved rents have a corps. Bacon.
Army corps, ∨ (French) Corps d'arm\'82e (k, a body containing two or more divisions of a large army, organized as a complete army in itself. -- Corps de logis (ke l [F., body of the house], the principal mass of a building, considered apart from its wings. -- Corps diplomatique (k [F., diplomatic body], the body of ministers or envoys accredited to a government.

Corpse

Corpse (k?rps), n. [OF. cors (sometimes written corps), F. corps, L. corpus; akin to AS. hrif womb. See Midriff, and cf. Corse, Corselet, Corps, Cuerpo.]

1. A human body in general, whether living or dead; -- sometimes contemptuosly. [Obs.] &hand; Formerly written (after the French form) corps. See Corps, n., 1.

2. The dead body of a human being; -- used also Fig.

He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.
Corpse candle. (a) A thick candle formerly used at a lich wake, or the customary watching with a corpse on the night before its interment. (b) A luminous appearance, resembling the flame of a candle, sometimes seen in churchyards and other damp places, superstitiously regarded as portending death. -- Corpse gate, the gate of a burial place through which the dead are carried, often having a covered porch; -- called also lich gate.

Corpulence krp-lens, Corpulency

Cor"pu*lence (k?r"p?-lens), Cor"pu*len*cy (k?r"p?-len-s?), n. [L. corpulentia: cf. F. corpulence.]

1. Excessive fatness; fleshiness; obesity.

2. Thickness; density; compactness. [Obs.]

The heaviness and corpulency of water requiring a great force to divide it. Ray.

Corpulent

Cor"pu*lent (-p?-lent), a. [L. corpulentus, fr. corpus: cf. F. corpulent. See Corpse.]

1. Very fat; obese.

2. Solid; gross; opaque. [Obs.] Holland. Syn. -- Stout; fleshy; bulky; obese. See Stout.

Corpulently

Cor"pu*lent*ly, adv. In a corpulent manner.

Corpus

Cor"pus (-p?s), n.; pl. Corpora (-p. [L.] A body, living or dead; the corporeal substance of a thing. Corpus callosum (k; pl. Corpora callosa (-s [NL., callous body] (Anat.), the great band of commissural fibers uniting the cerebral hemispheries. See Brain. -- Corpus Christi (kr [L., body of Christ] (R. C. Ch.), a festival in honor of the eucharist, observed on the Thursday after Trinity Sunday. -- Corpus Christi cloth. Same as Pyx cloth, under Pyx. -- Corpus delicti (d [L., the body of the crime] (Law), the substantial and fundamental fact of the comission of a crime; the proofs essential to establish a crime. -- Corpus luteum (l; pl. Corpora lutea (-. [NL., luteous body] (Anat.), the reddish yellow mass which fills a ruptured Grafian follicle in the mammalian ovary. -- Corpus striatum (str; pl. Corpora striata (-t. [NL., striate body] (Anat.), a ridge in the wall of each lateral ventricle of the brain.

Corpuscle

Cor"pus*cle (-p?s-s'l), n. [L. corpusculum, dim. of corpus.]

1. A minute particle; an atom; a molecule.

2. (Anat.) A protoplasmic animal cell; esp., such as float free, like blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles; or such as are imbedded in an intercellular matrix, like connective tissue and cartilage corpuscles. See Blood.

Virchow showed that the corpuscles of bone are homologous with those of connective tissue. Quain's Anat.
Red blood corpuscles (Physiol.), in man, yellowish, biconcave, circular discs varying from 1/3500 to 1/3200 of an inch in diameter and about 1/12400 of an inch thick. They are composed of a colorless stroma filled in with semifluid h\'91moglobin and other matters. In most mammals the red corpuscles are circular, but in the camels, birds, reptiles, and the lower vertebrates generally, they are oval, and sometimes more or less spherical in form. In Amphioxus, and most invertebrates, the blood corpuscles are all white or colorless. -- White blood corpuscles (Physiol.), rounded, slightly flattened, nucleated cells, mainly protoplasmic in composition, and possessed of contractile power. In man, the average size is about 1/2500 of an inch, and they are present in blood in much smaller numbers than the red corpuscles.

Corpuscular

Cor*pus"cu*lar (k?r-p?s"k?-l?r), a. [Cf. F. corpusculaire.] Pertaining to, or composed of, corpuscles, or small particles. Corpuscular philosophy, that which attempts to account for the phenomena of nature, by the motion, figure, rest, position, etc., of the minute particles of matter. -- Corpuscular theory (Opt.), the theory enunciated by Sir Isaac Newton, that light consists in the emission and rapid progression of minute particles or corpuscles. The theory is now generally rejected, and supplanted by the undulatory theory.

Corpuscularian

Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an (-l?"r?-a]/>n), a. Corpuscular. [Obs.]

Corpuscularian

Cor*pus`cu*la"ri*an, n. An adherent of the corpuscular philosophy. Bentley.

Corpuscule

Cor*pus"cule (k?r-p?s"k?l), n. A corpuscle. [Obs.]

Corpusculous

Cor*pus"cu*lous (-k?-l?s), a. Corpuscular. Tyndall.

Corrade

Cor*rade" (k?r-r?d"), v. t. [L. corradere, -rasum; cor- + radere to rub.]

1. To gnaw into; to wear away; to fret; to consume. [Obs.] Dr. R. Clerke.

2. (Geol.) To erode, as the bed of a stream. See Corrosion.

Corradial

Cor*ra"di*al (k?r-r?"d?-a]/>l), a. Radiating to or from the same point. [R.] Coleridge.

Corradiate

Cor*ra"di*ate (k?r-r?"d?-?t), v. t. To converge to one point or focus, as light or rays.

Corradiation

Cor*ra`di*a"tion (k?r-r?`d?-?"sh?n), n. A conjunction or concentration of rays in one point. Bacom

Corral

Cor*ral" (k?r-r?l"; Sp. k?r-r?l"), n. [Sp., a yard, a yard for cattle, fr. corro a circle or ring, fr. L. currere to run. Cf. Kraal.] A pen for animals; esp., an inclosure made with wagons, by emigrants in the vicinity of hostile Indians, as a place of security for horses, cattle, etc.

Corral

Cor*ral", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corraled (-r?ld" ∨ -r?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Corralling.] To surround and inclose; to coop up; to put into an inclosed space; -- primarily used with reference to securing horses and cattle in an inclosure of wagons while traversing the plains, but in the Southwestern United States now colloquially applied to the capturing, securing, or penning of anything. Bartlett.

Corrasion

Cor*ra"sion (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [See Corrade.] (Geol.) The erosion of the bed of a stream by running water, principally by attrition of the detritus carried along by the stream, but also by the solvent action of the water.

Corrasive

Cor*ra"sive (-s?v), a. Corrosive. [Obs.]
Corrasive sores which eat into the flesh. Holland.

Correct

Cor*rect" (k?r-r?kt"), a. [L. correctus, p. p. of corrigere to make straight, to correct; cor- + regere to lead straight: cf. F. correct. See Regular, Right, and cf. Escort.] Set right, or made straight; hence, conformable to truth, rectitude, or propriety, or to a just standard; nnot faulty or imperfect; free from error; as, correct behavior; correct views.
Always use the most correct editions. Felton.
Syn. -- Accurate; right, exact; precise; regular; faultless. See Accurate.

Correct

Cor*rect", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrected; p. pr. & vb. n. Correcting.]

1. To make right; to bring to the standard of truth, justice, or propriety; to rectify; as, to correct manners or principles.

This is a defect in the first make of same men's minds which can scarce ever be corrected afterwards. T. Burnet.

2. To remove or retrench the faults or errors of; to amend; to set right; as, to correct the proof (that is, to mark upon the margin the changes to be made, or to make in the type the changes so marked).

3. To bring back, or attempt to bring back, to propriety in morals; to reprove or punish for faults or deviations from moral rectitude; to chastise; to discipline; as, a child should be corrected for lying.

My accuser is my 'prentice; and when I did correct him for his fault the other day, he did vow upon his knees he would be even with me. Shak.

4. To counteract the qualities of one thing by those of another; -- said of whatever is wrong or injurious; as, to correct the acidity of the stomach by alkaline preparations. Syn. -- To amend; rectify; emend; reform; improve; chastise; punish; discipline; chasten. See Amend.

Correctible -rkt-b'l, Correctable

Cor*rect"i*ble (-r?k"t?-b'l), Cor*rect"a*ble (-r?k"t?-b'l), a. Capable of being corrected.

Correctify

Cor*rect"i*fy (k?r-r?k"t?-f?), v. t. To correct. [Obs.]
When your worship's plassed to correctify a lady. Beau & Fl.

Correction

Cor*rec"tion (k?r-r?k"sh?n), n. [L. correctio: cf. F. correction.]

1. The act of correcting, or making that right which was wrong; change for the better; amendment; rectification, as of an erroneous statement.

The due correction of swearing, rioting, neglect of God's word, and other scandalouss vices. Strype.

2. The act of reproving or punishing, or that which is intended to rectify or to cure faults; punishment; discipline; chastisement.

Correction and instruction must both work Ere this rude beast will profit. Shak.

3. That which is substituted in the place of what is wrong; an emendation; as, the corrections on a proof sheet should be set in the margin.

4. Abatement of noxious qualities; the counteraction of what is inconvenient or hurtful in its effects; as, the correction of acidity in the stomach.

5. An allowance made for inaccuracy in an instrument; as, chronometer correction; compass correction. Correction line (Surv.), a parallel used as a new base line in laying out township in the government lands of the United States. The adoption at certain intervals of a correction line is necessitated by the convergence of of meridians, and the statute requirement that the townships must be squares. -- House of correction, a house where disorderly persons are confined; a bridewell. -- Under correction, subject to correction; admitting the possibility of error.

Correctional

Cor*rec"tion*al (k?r-r?k"sh?n-a]/>l), a. [Cf. F. correctionnel.] Tending to, or intended for, correction; used for correction; as, a correctional institution.

Correctioner

Cor*rec"tion*er (-?r), n. One who is, or who has been, in the house of correction. [Obs.] Shak.

Corrective

Cor*rect"ive (k?rr-r?k"t?v), a. [Cf. F. correctif.]

1. Having the power to correct; tending to rectify; as, corrective penalties.

Mulberries are pectoral, corrective of billious alkali. Arbuthnot.

2. Qualifying; limiting. "The Psalmist interposeth . . . this corrective particle." Holdsworth.

Corrective

Cor*rect"ive, n.

1. That which has the power of correcting, altering, or counteracting what is wrong or injurious; as, alkalies are correctives of acids; penalties are correctives of immoral conduct. Burke.

2. Limitation; restriction. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Correctly

Cor*rect"ly (k?r-r?kt"l?), adv. In a correct manner; exactly; acurately; without fault or error.

Correctness

Cor*rect"ness, n. The state or quality of being correct; as, the correctness of opinions or of manners; correctness of taste; correctness in writing or speaking; the correctness of a text or copy. Syn. -- Accuracy; exactness; precision; propriety.

Corrector

Cor*rect"or (k?r-r?kt"?r), n. [L.] One who, or that which, corrects; as, a corrector of abuses; a corrector of the press; an alkali is a corrector of acids.

Correctory

Cor*rect"o*ry (-?-r?), a. Containing or making correction; corrective.

Correctress

Cor*rect"ress (-r?s), n. A woman who corrects.

Corregidor

Cor*reg"i*dor (k?r-r?j"?-d?r; Sp. k?r-r?`h?-d?r"), n. [Sp., orig., a corrector.] The chief magistrate of a Spanish town.

Correi

Cor"rei (k?r"r?), n. [Scot., perh. fr. Celt. cor a corner.] A hollow in the side of a hill, where game usually lies. "Fleet foot on the correi." Sir W. Scott.

Correlatable

Cor`re*lat"a*ble (k3r`r?-l?t"?-b'l), a. Such as can be correlated; as, correlatable phenomena.

Correlate

Cor`re*late" (k?r`r?-l?t" ∨ k?r"r?-l?t`), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Correlated; p. pr. & vb. n. Correlating.] [Pref. cor- + relate.] To have reciprocal or mutual relations; to be mutually related.
Doctrine and worship correlate as theory and practice. Tylor.

Correlate

Cor`re*late", v. t. To put in relation with each other; to connect together by the disclosure of a mutual relation; as, to correlate natural phenomens. Darwin.

Correlate

Cor"re*late (k?r"r?-l?t), n. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation to something else, as father to son; a correlative. South.

Correlation

Cor`re*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n. [LL. correlatio; L. cor- + relatio: cf. F. corr\'82lation. Cf. Correlation.] Reciprocal relation; corresponding similarity or parallelism of relation or law; capacity of being converted into, or of giving place to, one another, under certain conditions; as, the correlation of forces, or of zymotic diseases. Correlation of energy, the relation to one another of different forms of energy; -- usually having some reference to the principle of conservation of energy. See Conservation of energy, under Conservation. -- Correlation of forces, the relation between the forces which matter, endowed with various forms of energy, may exert.

Correlative

Cor*rel"a*tive (k?r-r?l"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. corr\'82latif.] Having or indicating a reciprocal relation.
Father and son, prince and subject, stranger and citizen, are correlative terms. Hume.

Correlative

Cor*rel"a*tive, n.

1. One who, or that which, stands in a reciprocal relation, or is correlated, to some other person or thing. Locke.

Spiritual things and spiritual men are correlatives. Spelman.

2. (Gram.) The antecedent of a pronoun.

Correlatively

Cor*rel"a*tive*ly, adv. In a correlative relation.

Correlativeness

Cor*rel"a*tive*ness, n. Quality of being correlative.

Correligionist

Cor`re*li"gion*ist (k?r`r?-l?j"?n-?st), n. A co-religion

Correption

Cor*rep"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [L. correptio, fr. corripere to seize.] Chiding; reproof; reproach. [Obs.]
Angry, passionate correption being rather apt to provoke, than to amend. Hammond.

Correspond

Cor`re*spond" (k?r`r?-sp?nd"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Corresponded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corresponding.] [Pref. cor- + respond: cf. f. correspondre.]

1. To be like something else in the dimensions and arrangement of its parts; -- followed by with or to; as, concurring figures correspond with each other throughout.

None of them [the forms of Sidney's sonnets] correspond to the Shakespearean type. J. A. Symonds.

2. To be adapted; to be congruous; to suit; to agree; to fit; to answer; -- followed by to.

Words being but empty sounds, any farther than they are signs of our ideas, we can not but assent to them as they correspond to those ideas we have, but no farther. Locke.

3. To have intercourse or communion; especially, to hold intercourse or to communicate by sending and receiving letters; -- followed by with.

After having been long in indirect communication with the exiled family, he [Atterbury] began to correspond directly with the Pretender. Macualay.
Syn. -- To agree; fit; answer; suit; write; address.

Correspondence

Cor`re*spond"ence (-sp?nd"ens), n. [Cf. F. correspondance.]

1. Friendly intercourse; reciprocal exchange of civilities; especially, intercourse between persons by means of letters.

Holding also good correspondence with the other great men in the state. Bacon.
To facilitate correspondence between one part of London and another, was not originally one of the objects of the post office. Macualay.

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2. The letters which pass between correspondents.

3. Mutual adaptation, relation, or agreement, of one thing to another; agreement; congruity; fitness; relation.

Correspondency

Cor`re*spond"en*cy (k$r`r?--sp?nd"en-s?), n.; pl. Correspondencies (-s. Same as Correspondence, 3.
The correspondencies of types and antitypes . . . may be very reasonable confirmations. S. Clarke.

Correspondent

Cor`re*spond"ent (-ent), a. [Cf. F. correspondant.] Suitable; adapted; fit; corresponding; congruous; conformable; in accord or agreement; obedient; willing.
Action correspondent or repugnant unto the law. Hooker.
As fast the correspondent passions rise. Thomson.
I will be correspondent to command. Shak.

Correspondent

Cor`re*spond"ent, n.

1. One with whom intercourse is carried on by letter. Macualay.

2. One who communicates information, etc., by letter or telegram to a newspaper or periodical.

3. (Com.) One who carries on commercial intercourse by letter or telegram with a person or firm at a distance.

Correspondently

Cor`re*spond"ent*ly, adv. In a a corresponding manner; conformably; suitably.

Corresponding

Cor`re*spond"ing, a.

1. Answering; conformable; agreeing; suiting; as, corresponding numbers.

2. Carrying on intercourse by letters. Corresponding member of a society, one residing at a distance, who has been invited to correspond with the society, and aid in carrying out its designs without taking part in its management.

Correspondingly

Cor`re*spond"ing*ly, adv. In a corresponding manner; conformably.

Corresponsive

Cor`re*spon"sive (-r?-sp?n"s?v), a. Corresponding; conformable; adapted. Shak. -- Cor`re*spon"sive*ly, adv
.

Corridor

Cor"ri*dor (k?r"r?-d?r ∨ -d?r), n. [F., fr. Itt. corridpore, or Sp. corredor; prop., a runner, hence, a running or long line, a gallery, fr. L. currere to run. See Course.]

1. (Arch.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

2. (Fort.) The covered way lying round the whole compass of the fortifications of a place. [R.]

Corrie

Cor"rie (k?r"r?), n. Same as Correi. [Scot.] Geikie.

Corrigendum

Cor`ri*gen"dum (k?r`r?-j?n"d?m), n.; pl. Corrigenda (-d. [L.] A fault or error to be corrected.

Corrigent

Cor"ri*gent (k?r"r?--jent), n. [L. corrigens, p. pr. of corrigere to correct.] (Med.) A substance added to a medicine to mollify or modify its action. Dunglison.

Corrigibility

Cor`ri*gi*bil"i*ty (-j?-b?l"?-t?), n. Quality of being corrigible; capability of being corrected; corrigibleness.

Corrigible

Cor"ri*gi*ble (k?r"r?-j?-b'l), a. [LL. corribilis, fr. L. corrigere to correct: cf. F. corrigible. See Correrct.]

1. Capable of being set right, amended, or reformed; as, a corrigible fault.

2. Submissive to correction; docile. "Bending down his corrigible neck." Shak.

3. Deserving chastisement; punishable. [Obs.]

He was taken up very short, and adjudged corrigible for such presumptuous language. Howell.

4. Having power to correct; corrective. [Obs.]

The . . . .corrigible authority of this lies in our wills. Shak.

Corrigibleness

Cor"ri*gi*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of being corrigible; corrigibility.

Corrival

Cor*ri"val (k?r-r?"val), n. A fellow rival; a competitor; a rival; also, a companion. [R.] Shak.

Corrival

Cor*ri"val, a. Having rivaling claims; emulous; in rivalry. [R.] Bp. Fleetwood.

Corrival

Cor*ri"val, v. i. & t. To compete with; to rival. [R.]

Corrivalry

Cor*ri"val*ry (k?r-r?"val-r?), n. Corivalry. [R.]

Corrivalship

Cor*ri"val*ship, n. Corivalry. [R.]
By the corrivalship of Shager his false friend. Sir T. Herbert.

Corrivate

Cor"ri*vate (k?r"r?-v?t), v. t. [L. corrivatus, p. p. of corrivare to corrivate.] To cause to flow together, as water drawn from several streams. [Obs.] Burton.

Corrivation

Cor`ri*va"tion (-v?"sh?n), n. [L. corrivatio.] The flowing of different streams into one. [Obs.] Burton.

Corroborant

Cor*rob"o*rant (k?r-r?b"?-rant), a. [L. corroborans, p. pr. See Corroborate.] Strengthening; supporting; corroborating. Bacon. -- n. Anything which gives strength or support; a tonic.
The brain, with its proper corroborants, especially with sweet odors and with music. Southey.

Corroborate

Cor*rob"o*rate (k?r-r?b"?-r?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroborated (-r?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corroborating (-r?`t?ng). ] [L. corroboratus, p. p. of corroborare to corroborate; cor- + roborare to strengthen, robur strength. See Robust.]

1. To make strong, or to give additional strength to; to strengthen. [Obs.]

As any limb well and duly exercised, grows stronger, the nerves of the body are corroborated thereby. I. Watts.

2. To make more certain; to confirm; to establish.

The concurrence of all corroborates the same truth. I. Taylor.

Corroborate

Cor*rob"o*rate (-r?t), a. Corroborated. [Obs.] Bacon.

Corroboration

Cor*rob`o*ra"tion (k?r-r?b`?-r?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. corroboration.]

1. The act of corroborating, strengthening, or confirming; addition of strength; confirmation; as, the corroboration of an argument, or of information.

2. That which corroborates.

Corroborative

Cor*rob"o*ra*tive (k?r-r?b"?-r?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. corroboratif.] Tending to strengthen of confirm.

Corroborative

Cor*rob"o*ra*tive, n. A medicine that strengthens; a corroborant. Wiseman.

Corroboratory

Cor*rob"o*ra*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts.

Corrode

Cor*rode" (k?r-r?d") v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corroded; p. pr. & vb. n. Corroding.] [L. corrodere, -rosum; cor + rodere to gnaw: cf. F. corroder. See Rodent.]

1. To eat away by degrees; to wear away or diminish by gradually separating or destroying small particles of, as by action of a strong acid or a caustic alkali.

Aqua fortis corroding copper . . . is wont to reduce it to a green-blue solution. Boyle.

2. To consume; to wear away; to prey upon; to impair.

Corrode

Cor*rode", v. i. To have corrosive action; to be subject to corrosion. Corroding lead, lead sufficiently pure to be used in making white lead by a process of corroding. Syn. -- To canker; gnaw; rust; waste; wear away.

Corrodent

Cor*rod"ent (k?r-r?"dent), a. [L. corrodens, p. pr. of corrodere.] Corrosive. [R.] Bp. King.

Corrodent

Cor*rod"ent, n. Anything that corrodes. Bp. King.

Corrodiate

Cor*ro"di*ate (k?r-r?"d?-?t), v. t. [See Corrode.] To eat away by degrees; to corrode. [Obs.] Sandys.

Corrodibility

Cor*ro`di*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?`d?-b?l"?-t?), n. The qualityof being corrodible. [R.] Johnson.

Corrodible

Cor*rod"i*ble (k?r-r?"d?-b'l), a. Capable of being corroded; corrosible. Sir T. Browne.

Corrosibility

Cor*ro`si*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?`s?-b?l"?-t?), n. Corrodibility. "Corrosibility . . . answers corrosiveness." Boyle.

Corrosible

Cor*ro"si*ble (k?r-r?"s?-b'l), a. Corrodible. Bailey.

Corrosibleness

Cor*ro"si*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being corrosible. Bailey.

Corrosion

Cor*ro"sion (k?r-r?"zh?n), n. [LL. corrosio: cf. F. corrosion. See Corrode.] The action or effect of corrosive agents, or the process of corrosive change; as, the rusting of iron is a variety of corrosion.
Corrosion is a particular species of dissolution of bodies, either by an acid or a saline menstruum. John Quincy.

Corrosive

Cor*ro"sive (k?r-r?"s?v), a. [Cf. F. corrosif.]

1. Eating away; having the power of gradually wearing, changing, or destroying the texture or substance of a body; as, the corrosive action of an acid. "Corrosive liquors." Grew. "Corrosive famine."Thomson.

2. Having the quality of fretting or vexing.

Care is no cure, but corrosive. Shak.
Corrosive sublimate (Chem.), mercuric chloride, HgCl2; so called because obtained by sublimation, and because of its harsh irritating action on the body tissue. Usually it is in the form of a heavy, transparent, crystalline substance, easily soluble, and of an acrid, burning taste. It is a virulent poison, a powerful antiseptic, and an exellent antisyphilitic; called also mercuric bichloride. It is to be carefully distinguished from calomel, the mild chloride of mercury.

Corrosive

Cor*ro"sive, n.

1. That which has the quality of eating or wearing away gradually.

[Corrosives] act either directly, by chemically destroying the part, or indirectly by causing inflammation and gangrene. Dunglison.

2. That which has the power of fretting or irritating.

Such speeches . . . are grievous corrosives. Hooker.
-- Cor*ro"sive*ly, adv. -- Cor*ro"sive*ness, n.

Corroval

Cor*ro"val (kr-r?"val), n. A dark brown substance of vegetable origin, allied to curare, and used by the natives of New Granada as an arrow poison.

Corrovaline

Cor*ro"va*line (-v?-l?n ∨ -l?n), n. (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from corroval, and characterized by its immediate action in paralyzing the heart.

Corrugant

Cor"ru*gant (k?r"r?-gant), a. [L. corrugans, p. pr. See Corrugate.] Having the power of contracting into wrinkles. Johnson.

Corrugate

Cor"ru*gate (k?r"r?-g?t), a. [L. corrugatus, p. p. of corrugare; cor-+ rugare to wrinkle, ruga wrinkle; of uncertain origin.] Wrinkled; crumpled; furrowed; contracted into ridges and furrows.

Corrugate

Cor"ru*gate (-g?t), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Corrugated (-g?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Corrugating (-g?`t?ng).] To form or shape into wrinkles or folds, or alternate ridges and grooves, as by drawing, contraction, pressure, bending, or otherwise; to wrinkle; to purse up; as, to corrugate plates of iron; to corrugate the forehead. Corrugated iron, sheet iron bent into a series of alternate ridges and grooves in parallel lines, giving it greater stiffness. -- Corrugated paper, a thick, coarse paper corrugated in order to give it elasticity. It is used as a wrapping material for fragile articles, as bottles.

Corrugation

Cor`ru*ga"tion (k?r`r?-g?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. corrugation.] The act corrugating; contraction into wrinkles or alternate ridges and grooves.

Corrugator

Cor"ru*ga`tor (k?r"r?-g?`t?r), n. [NL.; cf. F. corrugateur.] (Anat.) A muscle which contracts the skin of the forehead into wrinkles.

Corrugent

Cor*ru"gent (k?r-r?"jent), a. (Anat.) Drawing together; contracting; -- said of the corrugator. [Obs.]

Corrump

Cor*rump" (k?r-r?mp"), v. t. [L. corrumpere.] To corrupt. See Corrupt. [Obs.] Chauser.

Corrumpable

Cor*rump"a*ble (-?-b'l), a. Corruptible. [Obs.]

Corrupt

Cor*rupt` (k?r-r?pt"), a. [L. corruptus, p. p. of corrumpere to corrupt; cor- + rumpere to break. See Rupture.]

1. Changed from a sound to a putrid state; spoiled; tainted; vitiated; unsound.

Who with such corrupt and pestilent bread would feed them. Knolles.

2. Changed from a state of uprightness, correctness, truth, etc., to a worse state; vitiated; depraved; debased; perverted; as, corrupt language; corrupt judges.

At what ease Might corrupt minds procure knaves as corrupt To swear against you. Shak.

3. Abounding in errors; not genuine or correct; as, the text of the manuscript is corrupt.

Corrupt

Cor*rupt", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corrupted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corrupting.]

1. To change from a sound to a putrid or putrescent state; to make putrid; to putrefy.

2. To change from good to bad; to vitiate; to deprave; to pervert; to debase; to defile.

Evil communications corrupt good manners. 1. Cor. xv. 33.

3. To draw aside from the path of rectitude and duty; as, to corrupt a judge by a bribe.

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a Judge That no king can corrupt. Shak.

4. To debase or render impure by alterations or innovations; to falsify; as, to corrupt language; to corrupt the sacred text.

He that makes an ill use of it [language], though he does not corrupt the fountains of knowledge, . . . yet he stops the pines. Locke.

5. To waste, spoil, or consume; to make worthless.

Lay not up for yourselves treasures upon earth, where moth and rust doth corrupt. Matt. vi. 19.

Corrupt

Cor*rupt" (k?r-r?pt"), v. i.

1. To become putrid or tainted; to putrefy; to rot. Bacon.

2. To become vitiated; to lose putity or goodness.

Corrupter

Cor*rupt"er (k?r-r?p"t?r), n. One who corrupts; one who vitiates or taints; as, a corrupter of morals.

Corruptful

Cor*rupt"ful (-f?l), a. Tending to corrupt; full of corruption. [Obs.] "Corruptful bribes." Spenser.

Corruptibility

Cor*rupt`i*bil"i*ty (k?r-r?p`t?-b?l"?-t?), n. [L. corruptibilitas: cf. F. corruptibilit\'82.] The quality of being corruptible; the possibility or liability of being corrupted; corruptibleness. Burke.

Corruptible

Cor*rupt"i*ble (k?r-r?p"t?-b'l), a. [L. corruptibilis: cf. F. corruptible.]

1. Capable of being made corrupt; subject to decay. "Our corruptible bodies." Hooker.

Ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold. 1 Pet. i. 18.

2. Capable of being corrupted, or morally vitiated; susceptible of depravation.

They systematically corrupt very corruptible race. Burke.
-- Cor*rupt"i*ble*ness, n. -- Cor*rupt"i*bly, adv.

Corruptible

Cor*rupt"i*ble, n. That which may decay and perish; the human body. [Archaic] 1 Cor. xv. 53.

Corruptingly

Cor*rupt"ing*ly, adv. In a manner that corrupts.

Corruption

Cor*rup"tion (k?r-r?p"sh?n), n. [F. corruption, L. corruptio.]

1. The act of corrupting or making putrid, or state of being corrupt or putrid; decomposition or disorganization, in the process of putrefaction; putrefaction; deterioration.

The inducing and accelerating of putrefaction is a subject of very universal inquiry; for corruption is a reciprocal to "generation". Bacon.

2. The product of corruption; putrid matter.

3. The act of corrupting or of impairing integrity, virtue, or moral principle; the state of being corrupted or debased; loss of purity or integrity; depravity; wickedness; impurity; bribery.

It was necessary, by exposing the gross corruptions of monasteries, . . . to exite popular indignation against them. Hallam.
They abstained from some of the worst methods of corruption usual to their party in its earlier days. Bancroft.
&hand; Corruption, when applied to officers, trustees, etc., signifies the inducing a violation of duty by means of pecuniary considerations. Abbott.

4. The act of changing, or of being changed, for the worse; departure from what is pure, simple, or correct; as, a corruption of style; corruption in language. Corruption of blood (Law), taint or impurity of blood, in consequence of an act of attainder of treason or felony, by which a person is disabled from inheriting any estate or from transmitting it to others.

Corruption of blood can be removed only by act of Parliament. Blackstone.
Syn. -- Putrescence; putrefaction; defilement; contamination; deprivation; debasement; adulteration; depravity; taint. See Depravity.

Corruptionist

Cor*rup"tion*ist, n. One who corrupts, or who upholds corruption. Sydney Smith.

Corruptive

Cor*rupt"ive (k?r-r?p"t?v), a. [L. corruptivus: cf. F. corruptif.] Having the quality of taining or vitiating; tending to produce corruption.
It should be endued with some corruptive quality for so speedy a dissolution of the meat. Ray.

Corruptless

Cor*rupt"less (k?r-r?pt"l?s), a. Not susceptible of corruption or decay; incorruptible. Dryden.

Corruptly

Cor*rupt"ly, adv. In a corrupt manner; by means of corruption or corrupting influences; wronfully.

Corruptness

Cor*rupt"ness, n. The quality of being corrupt.

Corruptress

Cor*rupt"ress (-r?s), n. A woman who corrupts.
Thou studied old corruptress. Beau & Fl.

Corsac

Cor"sac (k?r"s?k), n. (Zo\'94l.) The corsak.

Corsage

Cor"sage (k?r"s?j), n. [F. See Corset.] The waist or bodice of a lady's dress; as. a low corsage.

Corsair

Cor"sair (k?r"s?r), n. [F. corsaire (cf. It. corsare, corsale, Pr. corsari), LL. corsarius, fr. L. cursus a running, course, whence Sp. corso cruise, corsa cruise, coasting voyage, corsear to cruise against the enemy, to pirate, corsario cruising, a privateer authorized to cruise against the enemy. See Course.]

1. A pirate; one who cruises about without authorization from any government, to seize booty on sea or land.

2. A piratical vessel.

Barbary corsairs . . . infested the coast of the Mediterranean. Prescott.

Corsak

Cor"sak (k?r"s?k), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small foxlike mammal (Cynalopex corsac), found in Central Asia. [Written also corsac.]

Corse

Corse (k?rs ∨ k?rs; 277), n. [OF. cors, F. corps. See Corpse.]

1. A living body or its bulk. [Obs.]

For he was strong, and of so mighty corse As ever wielded spear in warlike hand. Spenser.

2. A corpse; the dead body of a human being. [Archaic or Poetic]

Set down the corse; or, by Saint Paul, I'll make a corse of him that disobeys. Shak.

Corselet

Corse"let (k?rs"l?t), n. [F., dim. of OF. cors. F. corps, body. See Corse.]

1. Armor for the body, as, the body breastplate and backpiece taken together; -- also, used for the entire suit of the day, including breastplate and backpiece, tasset and headpiece.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The thorax of an insect.

Corsepresent

Corse"pres`ent (k?rs"pr?z`ent ∨ k?rs"-), n. (Engl.Law) An offering made to the church at the interment of a dead body. Blackstone.

Corset

Cor"set (k?r"s?t), n. [F., dim. of OF. cors, F. corps, body. See Corse.]

1. In the Middle Ages, a gown or basque of which the body was close fitting, worn by both men and women.


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2. An article of dress inclosing the chest and waist worn (chiefly by women) to support the body or to modify its shape; stays.

Corset

Cor"set (k?r"s?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Corseted; p. pr. & vb. n. Corseting.] To inclose in corsets.

Corslet

Cors"let (k?rs"l?t), n. A corselet. [Obs.] Hakluyt.

Corsned

Cors"ned (k?rs"n?d), n. [AS. corsn.] (AS. Laws) The morsel of execration; a species of ordeal consisting in the eating of a piece of bread consecrated by imprecation. If the suspected person ate it freely, he was pronounced innocent; but if it stuck in his throat, it was considered as a proof of his guilt. Burril.

Cort\'82ge

Cor`t\'82ge" (k?r`t?zh"), n. [F., fr. It. corteggio train, fr. corte court. See Court.] A train of attendants; a procession.

Cortes

Cor"tes (k?r"t?s), n. pl. [Sp. & Pg., fr. corte court.] The legislative assembly, composed of nobility, clergy, and representatives of cities, which in Spain and in Portugal answers, in some measure, to the Parliament of Great Britain.

Cortex

Cor"tex (k?r"t?ks), n.; pl. Cortices (-t. [L., bark. Cf. Cork.]

1. Bark, as of a tree; hence, an outer covering.

2. (Med.) Bark; rind; specifically, cinchona bark.

3. (Anat.) The outer or superficial part of an organ; as, the cortex or gray exterior substance of the brain.

Cortical

Cor"ti*cal (k?r"t?-kal), a. [L. cortex bark: cf. F. cortical.] Belonging to, or consisting of, bark or rind; resembling bark or rind; external; outer; superficial; as, the cortical substance of the kidney.

Corticate krt-kt, Corticated

Cor"ti*cate (k?r"t?-k?t), Cor"ti*ca`ted (-k?`t?d), a. [L. corticatus.] Having a special outer covering of a nature unlike the interior part.

Corticifer

Cor*tic"i*fer (k?r-t?s"?-f?r), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Gorgoniacea; -- so called because the fleshy part surrounds a solid axis, like a bark.

Corticiferous

Cor`ti*cif"er*ous (k?r`t?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L. cortex, corticis, bark -- -ferous: cf. F. corticif.]

1. Producing bark or something that resembling that resembles bark.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having a barklike c

Corticiform

Cor*tic"i*form (k?r-t?s"?-f?rm), a. [L. cortex, corticis, bark + -form: cf. F. corticiforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, bark or rind.

Corticine

Cor"ti*cine (k?r"t?-s?n), n. [F., fr. L. cortex, corticis, bark.] A material for carpeting or floor covering, made of ground cork and caoutchouc or India rubber.

Corticose

Cor"ti*cose` (-k?s`), a. [L. corticosus.] Abounding in bark; resembling bark; barky.

Corticous

Cor"ti*cous (-k?s), a. Relating to, or resembling, bark; corticose.

Cortile

Cor"tile (k?r"t?l; It. k?r-t?"l?), n. [It., fr. corte court.] An open internal courtyard inclosed by the walls of a large dwelling house or other large and stately building.

Corundum

Co*run"dum (k?-r?n"d?m), n.; pl. Corundums (-d. [Also corindon.] [From Hind. kurand corundum stone.] (Min.) The earth alumina, as found native in a crystalline state, including sapphire, which is the fine blue variety; the oriental ruby, or red sapphire; the oriental amethyst, or purple sapphire; and adamantine spar, the hair-brown variety. It is the hardest substance found native, next to the diamond. &hand; The name corundum is sometimes restricted to the non-transparent or coarser kinds. Emery is a dark-colored granular variety, usually admixed with magnetic iron ore.

Coruscant

Co*rus"cant (k?-r?s"kant), a. [L. coruscans, p. pr. See Coruscate.] Glittering in flashes; flashing. Howell.

Coruscate

Cor"us*cate (k?r"?s-k?t ∨ k?-r?s"k?r), v. i. [L. coruscare to flash, vibrate.] To glitter in flashes; to flash. Syn. -- To glisten; gleam; sparkle; radiate.

Coruscation

Cor`us*ca"tion (k?r`?s-k?"sh?n), n. [L. coruscatio: cf. F. coruscattion.]

1. A sudden flash or play of light.

A very vivid but exceeding short-lived splender, not to call coruscation. Boyle.

2. A flash of intellectual brilliancy.

He might have illuminated his times with the incessant cor of his genius. I. Taylor.
Syn. -- Flash; glitter; blaze; gleam; sparkle.

Corve

Corve (k?rv), n. See Corf.

Corvee

Cor`vee" (k?r`v" ∨ -v?"), n. [F. corv\'82e, fr. LL. corvada, corrogata, fr. L. corrogare to entreat togetther; cor- + rogare to ask.] (Feudal Law) An obligation to perform certain services, as the repair of roads, for the lord or sovereign.

Corven

Cor"ven (k?r"ven), obs. p. p. of Carve. Chaucer.

Corvet krvt, Corvette

Cor"vet (k?r"v?t), Cor*vette" (k?r-v?r"), n. [F. corvette, fr. Pg. corveta or Sp. corbeta, fr. L. corbita a slow-sailing ship of burden, fr, corbis basket. Cf. Corbeil.] (Naut.) A war vessel, ranking next below a frigate, and having usually only one tier of guns; -- called in the United States navy a sloop of war.

Corvetto

Cor*vet"to (-v?t"t?), n. (Min.) A curvet. Peacham.

Corvine

Cor"vine (k?r"v?n), a. [L. corvinus, fr. corvus crow.] Of or pertaining to the crow; crowlike.

Corvorant

Cor"vo*rant (k?r"v?-rant), n. See Cormorant.

Corybant

Cor"y*bant (k?r"?-b?nt), n.; pl. E. Corybants (-bCorybantes (-b. [L. Corybas, Gr. One of the priests of Cybele in Phrygia. The rites of the Corybants were accompanied by wild music, dancing, etc.

Corybantiasm

Cor`y*ban"ti*asm (-b?n"t?-?z'm), n. [Gr. (Med.) A kind of frenzy in which the patient is tormented by fantastic visions and want of sleep. Dunglison.

Corybantic

Cor`y*ban"tic (k?r`?-b?n"t?k), a. [Gr. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the Corybantes or their rites; frantic; frenzied; as, a corybantic dance.

Corymb

Cor"ymb (k?r"?mb ∨ -?m; 220), n. [L. corymbus cluster of flowers, Gr. (Bot.) (a) A flat-topped or convex cluster of flowers, each on its own footstalk, and arising from different points of a common axis, the outermost blossoms expanding first, as in the hawthorn. (b) Any flattish flower cluster, whatever be the order of blooming, or a similar shaped cluster of fruit.

Corymbed

Cor"ymbed (k?r"?mbd), a. (Bot.) Corymbose.

Corymbiferous

Cor`ym*bif"er*ous (k?r`?m-b?f"?r-?s), a. [L. corymbifer; corymbus a cluster of flowers + ferre to bearcorimbif.] (Bot.) Bearing corymbs of flowers or fruit.

Corymbose

Co*rym"bose (k?-r?m"b?s ∨ k?r"?m-b?s`), a. (Bot.) Consisting of corymbs, or resembling them in form. [Written also corymbous.]

Corymbosely

Co*rym"bose*ly, adv. In corymbs.

Coryph\'91noid

Cor`y*ph\'91"noid (k?r`?-f?"noid), a. [NL. coruphaena + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to, or like, the genus Coryph\'91na. See Dolphin.

Coryph Co`ry`ph (k?`r?`f?"), n. [F.] (Drama) A ballet dancer.

Coryphene

Cor"y*phene` (k?r"?-f?n`), n. [NL. coryphena, fr. Gr. coryph.] (Zo\'94l.) A fish of the genus Coryph\'91na. See Dolphin. (2)

Corypheus

Cor`y*phe"us (k?r`?-f?"?s), n.; pl. E. Corypheuses (-Coryphei (-f. [L. coryphaeus, fr. Gr. (Gr. Antiq.) The conductor, chief, or leader of the dramatic chorus; hence, the chief or leader of a party or interest.
That noted corypheus [Dr. John Owen] of the Independent faction. South.

Coryphodon

Co*ryph"o*don (k?-r?f"?-d?n), n. [Gr. (Palen.) A genus of extinct mammals from the eocene tertiary of Europe and America. Its species varied in size between the tapir and rhinoceros, and were allied to those animals, but had short, plantigrade, five-toed feet, like the elephant.

Coryphodont

Co*ryph"o*dont (-d?nt), a. (Paleon.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the genus Coryphodon.

Coryza

Co*ry"za (k?-r?"z?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) Nasal catarrh.

Coscinomancy

Cos*cin"o*man`cy (k?s-s?n"?-m?n`s? ∨ k?s"s?-n?-), n. [Gr. -mancy.] Divination by means of a suspended sieve.

Coscoroba

Cos`co*ro"ba (k?s`k?-r?"b?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, white, South American duck, of the genus Cascoroba, resembling a swan.

Cosecant

Co*se"cant (k?-s?"k?nt), n. [For co. secans, an abbrev. of L. complementi secans.] (Trig.) The secant of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cosen

Cos"en (k?z"'n), v. t. See Cozen.

Cosenage

Cos"en*age (k?z"'n-?j), n. See Cozenage.

Cosening

Cos"en*ing, n. (O. Eng. Law) Anything done deceitfully, and which could not be properly designated by any special name, whether belonging to contracts or not. Burrill.

Cosentient

Co*sen"tient (k?-s?n"shent), a. Perceiving together.

Cosey

Co"sey (k?"z?), a. See Cozy. Dickens.

Cosher

Cosh"er (k?sh"?r), v. t. [Ir. cosair a feast, a banquet? or cf. F. coucher to lie. Cf. Couch, Coshering.]

1. (Old Law) To levy certain exactions or tribute upon; to lodge and eat at the expense of. See Coshering.

2. To treat with hospitality; to pet. [Ireland]

Cosherer

Cosh"er*er (k?sh"?r-?r), n. One who coshers.

Coshering

Cosh"er*ing, n. (Old Law) A feudal prerogative of the lord of the soil entitling him to lodging and food at his tenant's house. Burrill.
Sometimes he contrived, in deflance of the law, to live by coshering, that is to say, by quartering himself on the old tentants of his family, who, wretched as was their own condition, could not refuse a portion of their pittance to one whom they still regarded as their rightful lord. Macaulay.

Cosier

Co"sier (k?"zh?r), n. [Cf. OF. coussier maker of mattresses; or couseor tailor, fr. OF. & F. coudre, p. p. cousu to sew, fr. L. consuere to sew together; con- + seure to sew. See Sew to stitch.] A tailor who botches his work. [Obs.] Shak.

Cosignificative

Co`sig*nif"i*ca*tive (k`s"), a. Having the same signification. Cockerham.

Cosignitary

Co*sig"ni*ta*ry (k?-s?g"n?-t?-r?), a. [Pref. co- + sign. Cf. Signatory.] Signing some important public document with another or with others; as, a treaty violated by one of the cosignitary powers.

Cosignitary

Co*sig"ni*ta*ry, n.; pl. Cosignitaries (-r. One who signs a treaty or public document along with others or another; as, the cosignitaries of the treaty of Berlin.

Cosily

Co"si*ly (k?"z?-l?), adv. See Cozily.

Cosinage

Cos"in*age (k?s"'n-?j), n. [See Cousinage.] (Law) (a) Collateral relationship or kindred by blood; consanguinity. Burrill. (b) A writ to recover possession of an estate in lands, when a stranger has entered, after the death of the grandfather's grandfather, or other distant collateral relation. Blackstone.

Cosine

Co"sine (k?"s?n), n. [For co. sinus, an abbrev. of L. complementi sinus.] (Trig.) The sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cosmetic kz-mtk, Cosmetical

Cos*met"ic (k?z-m?t"?k), Cos*met"ic*al (-?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmitiko`s skilled in decorating, fr. ko`smos order, ornament: cf. F. cosm\'82tique. See Cosmos.] Imparting or improving beauty, particularly the beauty of the complexion; as, a cosmetical preparation.
First, robed in white, the nymph intent adores, With head uncovered, the cosmetic powers. Pope.

Cosmetic

Cos*met"ic, n. Any external application intended to beautify and improve the complexion.

Cosmic kzmk, Cosmical

Cos"mic (k?z"m?k), Cos"mic*al (-m?-kal), a. [Gr. kosmiko`s of the world, fr. ko`smos: cf. F. cosmique. See Cosmos.]

1. Pertaining to the universe, and having special reference to universal law or order, or to the one grand harmonious system of things; hence; harmonious; orderly.

2. Pertaining to the solar system as a whole, and not to the earth alone.

3. Characteristic of the cosmos or universe; inconceivably great; vast; as, cosmic speed. "Cosmic ranges of time." Tyndall.

4. (Astron.) Rising or setting with the sun; -- the opposite of acronycal.

Cosmically

Cos"mic*al*ly, adv.

1. With the sun at rising or setting; as, a star is said to rise or set cosmically when it rises or sets with the sun.

2. Universally. [R.] Emerson.

Cosmogonal kz-mg-nal, Cosmogonic kzm-gnk, Cosmogonical

Cos*mog"o*nal (k?z-m?g"?-nal), Cos`mo*gon"ic (k?z`m?-g?n"?k), Cos`mo*gon"ic*al (-g?n"?-kal), a. Belonging to cosmogony. B. Powell. Gladstone.

Cosmogonist

Cos*mog"o*nist (k?z-m?g"?-n?st), n. One who treats of the origin of the universe; one versed in cosmogony.<-- cosmologist -->

Cosmogony

Cos*mog"o*ny (-n?), n.; pl. Cosmogonies (-n. [Gr. kosmogoni`a; ko`smos the world + root of gi`gnesthai to be born: cf. F. cosmogonie.] The creation of the world or universe; a theory or account of such creation; as, the poetical cosmogony of Hesoid; the cosmogonies of Thales, Anaxagoras, and Plato.<-- =cosmology -->
The cosmogony or creation of the world has puzzled philosophers of all ages. Goldsmith.

Cosmographer

Cos*mog"ra*pher (-r?-f?r), n. One who describes the world or universe, including the heavens and the earth.<-- =cosmologist -->
The name of this island is nowhere found among the old and ancient cosmographers. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Cosmographic kzm-grfk, Cosmographical

Cos`mo*graph"ic (k?z`m?-gr?f"?k), Cos`mo*graph"ic*al (-?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cosmographique.] Of or pertaining to cosmography.

Cosmographically

Cos`mo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. In a cosmographic manner; in accordance with cosmography.

Cosmography

Cos*mog"ra*phy (k?z-m?g"r?-f?), n.; pl. Cosmographies (-f. [Gr. cosmographie.] A description of the world or of the universe; or the science which teaches the constitution of the whole system of worlds, or the figure, disposition, and relation of all its parts.

Cosmolabe

Cos"mo*labe (k?z"m?-l?b), n. [Gr. cosmolade.] An instrument resembling the astrolabe, formerly used for measuring the angles between heavenly bodies; -- called also pantacosm.

Cosmolatry

Cos*mol"a*try (k?z-m?l"?-tr?), n. [Gr. Worship paid to the world. Cudworth.

Cosmoline

Cos"mo*line (k?z"m?-l?n), n. [Prob. fr. cosmetic + L. oleum oil.] (Chem.) A substance obtained from the residues of the distillation of petroleum, essentially the same as vaseline, but of somewhat stiffer consistency, and consisting of a mixture of the higher paraffines; a kind of petroleum jelly.

Cosmological

Cos`mo*log"ic*al (k?z`m?-l?j"?-kal), a. Of or pertaining to cosmology.

Cosmologist

Cos*mol"o*gist (k?z-m?l"?-j?st), n. One who describes the universe; one skilled in cosmology.

Cosmology

Cos*mol"o*gy (k?z-m?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + -logy: cf. F. cosmologie.] The science of the world or universe; or a treatise relating to the structure and parts of the system of creation, the elements of bodies, the modifications of material things, the laws of motion, and the order and course of nature.

Cosmometry

Cos*mom"e*try (k?z-m?m"?-tr?), n. [Gr. ko`smos the world + -metry.] The art of measuring the world or the universe. Blount.

Cosmoplastic

Cos`mo*plas"tic (k?z`m?-pl?s"t?k), a. [Gr. ko`smos the world + pla`ssein to form.] Pertaining to a plastic force as operative in the formation of the world independently of God; world-forming. "Cosmoplastic and hylozoic atheisms." Gudworth.

Cosmopolitan -pl-tan, Cosmopolite

Cos`mo*pol"i*tan (-p?l"?-tan), Cos*mop"o*lite (k?z-m?p"?-l?t), n. [Gr. cosmopolitain, cosmopolite.] One who has no fixed residence, or who is at home in every place; a citizen of the world.

Cosmopolitan, Cosmopolite

Cos`mo*pol"i*tan, Cos*mop"o*lite, a.

1. Having no fixed residence; at home in any place; free from local attachments or prejudices; not provincial; liberal.

In other countries taste is perphaps too exclusively national, in Germany it is certainly too cosmopolite. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. Common everywhere; widely spread; found in all parts of the world.

The Cheiroptera are cosmopolitan. R. Owen.

Cosmopolitanism

Cos`mo*pol"i*tan*ism (k?z`m?-p?l"?-tan-?z'm), n. The quality of being cosmopolitan; cosmopolitism.

Cosmopolite

Cos*mop"o*lite (-m?p"?-l?t), a. & n. See Cosmopolitan.

Cosmopolitical

Cos`mo*po*lit"ic*al (k?z`m?-p?-l?t"?-kal), a. Having the character of a cosmopolite. [R.] Hackluyt.

Cosmopolitism

Cos*mop"o*li*tism (k?z-m?p"?-l?-t?z'm), n. The condition or character of a cosmopolite; disregard of national or local peculiarities and prejudices.

Cosmorama

Cos`mo*ra"ma (k?z`m?-r?"m? ∨ -r?"m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. An exhibition in which a series of views in various parts of the world is seen reflected by mirrors through a series of lenses, with such illumination, etc., as will make the views most closely represent reality.
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Cosmoramic

Cos`mo*ram"ic (k?z`m?-r?m"?k), a. Of or pertaining to a cosmorama.

Cosmos

Cos"mos (k?z"m?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ko`smos order, harmony, the world (from its perfect order and arrangement); akin to Skr. to distinguish one's self.]

1. The universe or universality of created things; -- so called from the order and harmony displayed in it.

2. The theory or description of the universe, as a system displaying order and harmony. Humboldt.

Cosmosphere

Cos"mo*sphere (k?z"m?-sf?r), n. [Gr. sphere.] An apparattus for showing the position of the earth, at any given time, with respect to the fixed stars. It consist of a hollow glass globe, on which are depicted the stars and constellations, and within which is a terrestrial globe.

Cosmotheism

Cos"mo*the`ism (k?z"m?-th?`?z'm), n. [Gr. Same as Pantheism. [R.]

Cosmothetic

Cos`mo*thet"ic (k?z`m?-th?t"?k), a. [Gr. (Metaph.) Assuming or positing the actual existence or reality of the physical or external world. Cosmothetic idealists (Metaph.), those who assume, without attempting to prove, the reality of external objects as corresponding to, and being the ground of, the ideas of which only the mind has direct cognizance.
The cosmothetic idealists . . . deny that mind is immediately conscious of matter. Sir W. Hamilton.

Cosovereign

Co*sov"er*eign (k?-s?v"?r-?n ∨ k?-s?v"-), n. A joint sovereign.

Coss

Coss (k?s), n. [Cf. Pers. k a road measure of about two miles; or Skr. kr.] A Hindoo measure of distance, varying from one and a half to two English miles. Whitworth.

Coss

Coss, n. [It. cosa.] A thing (only in phrase below). Rule of Coss, an old name for Algebra. [It. regola di cosa rule of thing, the unknown quantity being called the cosa, or the thing.]

Cossack

Cos"sack (k?s"s?k), n. [Russ. kozak', kazak': cf. Turk. kaz.] One of a warlike, pastoral people, skillful as horsemen, inhabiting different parts of the Russian empire and furnishing valuable contingents of irregular cavalry to its armies, those of Little Russia and those of the Don forming the principal divisions.

Cossas

Cos"sas (k?s"s?s), n. [F.] Plain India muslin, of various qualities and widths.

Cosset

Cos"set (k?s"s?t), n. [Cf. AS. cotsetla cottager, G. kossat, kothsasse, fr. kot, koth E. (cot) hut, and cf. also E. cade, a., cot a cade lamb.] A lamb reared without the aid of the dam. Hence: A pet, in general.

Cosset

Cos"set, v. t. To treat as a pet; to fondle.
She was cosseted and posseted and prayed over and made much of. O. W. Holmes.

Cossic kssk, Cossical

Cos"sic (k?s"s?k), Cos"sic*al (-s?-kal), a. [It. cossico. See 2d Coss.] Of or relating to algebra; as, cossic numbers, or the cossic art. [Obs.] "Art of numbers cossical." Digges (1579).

Cost

Cost (k?st; 115), n. [L. costa rib. See Coast.]

1. A rib; a side; a region or coast. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Betwixt the costs of a ship. B. Jonson.

2. (Her.) See Cottise.

Cost

Cost (k?st; 115), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cost; p. pr. & vb. n. Costing.] [OF. coster, couster, F. co, fr. L. constare to stand at, to cost; con- + stare to stand. See Stand, and cf. Constant.]

1. To require to be given, expended, or laid out therefor, as in barter, purchase, acquisition, etc.; to cause the cost, expenditure, relinquishment, or loss of; as, the ticket cost a dollar; the effort cost his life.

A d'amond gone, cost me two thousand ducats. Shak.
Though it cost me ten nights' watchings. Shak.

2. To require to be borne or suffered; to cause.

To do him wanton rites, whichcost them woe. Milton.
To cost dear, to require or occasion a large outlay of money, or much labor, self-denial, suffering, etc.

Cost

Cost, n. [OF. cost, F. co. See Cost, v. t. ]

1. The amount paid, charged, or engaged to be paid, for anything bought or taken in barter; charge; expense; hence, whatever, as labor, self-denial, suffering, etc., is requisite to secure benefitt.

One day shall crown the alliance on 't so please you, Here at my house, and at my proper cost. Shak.
At less cost of life than is often expended in a skirmish, [Charles V.] saved Europe from invasion. Prescott.

2. Loss of any kind; detriment; pain; suffering.

I know thy trains, Though dearly to my cost, thy gins and toils. Milton.

3. pl. (Law) Expenses incurred in litigation. &hand; Costs in actions or suits are either between attorney and client, being what are payable in every case to the attorney or counsel by his client whether he ultimately succeed or not, or between party and party, being those which the law gives, or the court in its discretion decrees, to the prevailing, against the losing, party. Bill of costs. See under Bill. -- Cost free, without outlay or expense. "Her duties being to talk French, and her privileges to live cost free and to gather scraps of knowledge." Thackeray.

Costa

Cos"ta (k?s"t?), n. [L., rib. See Coast.]

1. (Anat.) A rib of an animal or a human being.

2. (Bot.) A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.

Costage

Cost"age (k?st"?j; 115), n. [OF. coustage.] Expense; cost. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Costal

Cos"tal (k?s"tal), a. [Cf. F. costal. See Costa.]

1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the ribs or the sides of the body; as, costal nerves.

2. (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Relating to a costa, or rib. Costal cartilage. See Cartilage, and Illust. of Thorax.

Costal-nerved

Cos"tal-nerved` (k?s"tal-n?rvd`), a. (Bot.) Having the nerves spring from the midrib.

Costard

Cos"tard (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. fr. OF. coste rib, side, F. c\'93te, and meaning orig., a ribbed apple, from the ribs or angles on its sides. See Coast.]

1. An apple, large and round like the head.

Some [apples] consist more of air than water . . . ; others more of water than wind, as your costards and pomewaters. Muffett.

2. The head; -- used contemptuously.

Try whether your costard or my bat be the harder. Shak.

Costardmonger

Cos"tard*mon`ger (-m?n`g?r), n. A costermonger.

Costate kstt, Costated

Cos"tate (k?s"t?t), Cos"ta*ted (-t?-t?d), a. [L. costatus, fr. costa rib.] Having ribs, or the appearance of ribs; (Bot.) having one or more longitudinal ribs.

Costean

Cos"tean` (k?s"t?n`), v. i. [Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin.] To search after lodes. See Costeaning.

Costeaning

Cos"tean`ing, n. The process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.

Costellate

Cos*tel"late (k?s-t?l"l?t), a. [L. costa rib.] Finely ribbed or costated.

Coster

Cos"ter (k?s"t?r), n.[Abbrev. of costermonger.] One who hawks about fruit, green vegetables, fish, etc.

Costermonger

Cos"ter*mon`ger (k?s"t?r-m?n`g?r), n. [See Costard.] An apple seller; a hawker of, or dealer in, any kind of fruit or vegetables; a fruiterer. [Written also costardmonger.]

Costiferous

Cos*tif"er*ous (k?s-t?f"?r-?s), a. [Costa + -ferous.] (Anat.) Rib-bearing, as the dorsal vertebr\'91.

Costive

Cos"tive (k?s"t?v), a. [OF. costev, p. p. of costever, F. constiper, L. constipare to press closely together, to cram; con- + stipare to press together, cram. See Stipulate, Stiff, and cf. Constipate.]

1. Retaining fecal matter in the bowels; having too slow a motion of the bowels; constipated.

2. Reserved; formal; close; cold. [Obs.] "A costive brain." Prior. "Costive of laughter." B. Jonson.

You must be frank, but without indiscretion; and close, but without being costive. Lord Chesterfield.

3. Dry and hard; impermeable; unyielding. [Obs.]

Clay in dry seasons is costive, hardening with the sun and wind. Mortimer.

Costively

Cos"tive*ly, adv. In a costive manner.

Costiveness

Cos"tive*ness, n.

1. An unnatural retention of the fecal matter of the bowels; constipation.

2. Inability to express one's self; stiffness. [Obs.]

A reverend disputant of the same costiveness in public elocution with myself. Wakefield.

Costless

Cost"less (k?st"l?s; 115), a. Costing nothing.

Costlewe

Cost"lewe (-l?), a. Costly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Costliness

Cost"li*ness (-l?-n?s), n. The quality of being costy; expensiveness; sumptuousness.

Costly

Cost"ly (k?st"l?; 115), a. [From Cost expense.]

1. Of great cost; expensive; dear.

He had fitted up his palace in the most costly and sumptuous style, for the accomodation of the princess. Prescott.

2. Gorgeous; sumptuous. [Poetic.]

To show how costly summer was at hand. Shak.

Costmary

Cost"ma*ry (k?st"m?-r?), n. [L. costum an Oriental aromatic plant (Gr. kost, kust) + Maria Mary. Cf.Alecost.] (Bot.) A garden plant (Chrysanthemum Balsamita) having a strong balsamic smell, and nearly allied to tansy. It is used as a pot herb and salad plant and in flavoring ale and beer. Called also alecost.

Costotome

Cos"to*tome (k?s"t?-t?m), n. [Costa + Gr. An instrument (chisel or shears) to cut the ribs and open the thoracic cavity, in post-mortem examinations and dissections. Knight.

Costrel

Cos"trel (k?s"tr?l), n. [CF.W. costrel, OF. costrel, LL. costrellum, a liquid measure, costrellus a wine cup.] A bottle of leather, earthenware, or wood, having ears by which it was suspended at the side. [Archaic]
A youth, that, following with a costrel, bore The means of goodly welcome, flesh and wine. Tennyson.

Costume

Cos"tume` (k?s"t?m` ∨ k?s-t?m"), n. [F. costume, It. costume custom, dress, fr. L. consuetumen (not found), for consuetudo custom. See Custom, and cf. Consuetude.]

1. Dress in general; esp., the distinctive style of dress of a people, class, or period.

2. Such an arrangement of accessories, as in a picture, statue, poem, or play, as is appropriate to the time, place, or other circumstances represented or described.

I began last night to read Walter Scott's Lay of the Last Minstrel . . . .I was extremely delighted with the poetical beauty of some parts . . . .The costume, too, is admirable. Sir J. Mackintosh.

3. A character dress, used at fancy balls or for dramatic purposes.

Costumer

Cos"tum`er (-t?m`?r), n. One who makes or deals in costumes, as for theaters, fancy balls, etc.

Co-sufferer

Co-suf"fer*er (k?-s?f"f?r-?r), n. One who suffers with another. Wycherley.

Cosupreme

Co`su*preme" (k?`s?-pr?m"), n. A partaker of supremacy; one jointly supreme. Shak.

Cosurety

Co*sure"ty (k?-sh?r"t?; 136), n.; pl. Cosureties (-t. One who is surety with another.

Cosy

Co"sy (k?"z?), a. See Cozy.

Cot

Cot (k?t), n. [OE. cot, cote, AS. cot, cote, cottage; akin to D. & Icel. kot, G. koth, kot, kothe. Cf. Coat.]

1. A small house; a cottage or hut.

The sheltered cot, the cultivated farm. Goldsmith.

2. A pen, coop, or like shelter for small domestic animals, as for sheep or pigeons; a cote.

3. A cover or sheath; as, a roller cot (the clothing of a drawing roller in a spinning frame); a cot for a sore finger.

4. [Cf. Ir. cot.] A small, rudely-formed boat. Bell cot. (Arch.) See under Bell.

Cot

Cot (k?t), n. [AS. cot cottage, bedchamber; or cf. OF. coite, F. couette (E. quilt), LL. cottum, cottus, mattress. See Cot a cottage.] A sleeping place of limited size; a little bed; a cradle; a piece of canvas extended by a frame, used as a bed. [Written also cott.]

Cotangent

Co*tan"gent (k?-t?n"jent), n. [For co. tangens, an abbrev. of L. complementi tangens. See Tangent.] (Trig.) The tangent of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cotarnine

Co*tar"nine (k?-t?r"n?n ∨ -n?n), n. [F., fr. narcotine, by transposition of letters.] (Chem.) A white, crystalline substance, C12H13NO3, obtained as a product of the decomposition of narcotine. It has weak basic properties, and is usually regarded as an alkaloid.

Cote

Cote (k?t), n. [See 1st Cot.]

1. A cottage or hut. [Obs.]

2. A shed, shelter, or inclosure for small domestic animals, as for sheep or doves.

Watching where shepherds pen their flocks, at eve, In hurdled cotes. Milton.

Cote

Cote, v. t. [Prob. from F. c sode, OF. costet, LL. costatus, costatum, fr. L. costu rib, side: cf. F. c to go or keep at the side of. See Coast.] To go side by side with; hence, to pass by; to outrun and get before; as, a dog cotes a hare. [Obs.] Drayton.
We coted them on the way, and hither are they coming. Shak.

Cote

Cote, v. t. [See Quote.] To quote. [Obs.] Udall.

Cotemporaneous

Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous (k?-t?m`p?-r?"n?-?s), a. [See Contemporaneous.] Living or being at the same time; contemporaneous. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Co*tem`po*ra"ne*ous*ness, n.

Cotemporary

Co*tem"po*ra*ry (k?-t?m"p?-r?-r?), a. Living or being at the same time; contemporary.

Cotemporary

Co*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Cotemporaries (-r. One who lives at the same time with another; a contemporary.

Cotenant

Co*ten"ant (k?-t?n"ant), n. A tenant in common, or a joint tenant.

Coterie

Co`te*rie" (k?`Te-r?"; 277), n. [F., prob. from OF. coterie servile tenure, fr. colier cotter; of German origin. See 1st Cot.] A set or circle of persons who meet familiarly, as for social, literary, or other purposes; a clique. "The queen of your coterie." Thackeray.

Coterminous

Co*ter"mi*nous (k?-t?r"m?-n?s), a. [Cf. Conterminous.] Bordering; conterminous; -- followed by with.

Cotgare

Cot"gare` (k?t"g?r`), n. Refuse wool. [Obs. or Prov.]

Cothurn

Co"thurn (k?"th?rn), n. [L. cothurnus, Gr. Cothurnus.] A buskin anciently used by tragic actors on the stage; hence, tragedy in general.
The moment had arrived when it was thought that the mask and the cothurn might be assumed with effect. Motley.

Cothurnate k-thrnt, Cothurnated

Co*thur"nate (k?-th?r"n?t), Co*thur"na*ted (-n?-t?d), a.

1. Wearing a cothurn.

2. Relating to tragedy; solemn; grave.

Cothurnus

Co*thur"nus (-n?s), n. [L.] Same as Cothurn.

Coticular

Co*tic"u*lar (k?-t?k"?-l?r), a. [L. coticula a small touchstone, dim. cos, cotis, whetstone.] Pertaining to whetstones; like or suitable for whetstones.

Cotidal

Co*tid"al (k?-t?d"al), a. Marking an equality in the tides; having high tide at the same time. Cotidal lines (Phys. Geog.), lines on a map passing through places that have high tide at the same time.

Cotillon ktyn ∨ ktl-;277, Cotillion

Co`til`lon" (k?`t?`y?n" ∨ k?`t?l`-;277), Co*til"lion (k?-t?l"y?n), n. [F. cotillon, fr. OF. cote coat, LL. cotta tunic. See Coat.]

1. A brisk dance, performed by eight persons; a quadrille.

2. A tune which regulates the dance.

3. A kind of woolen material for women's skrits.

Cotinga

Co*tin"ga (k?-t?n"g?), n. [Native South American name.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the family Cotingid\'91, including numerous bright-colored South American species; -- called also chatterers.

Cotise

Cot"ise (k?t"?s), n. (Her.) See Cottise.

Cotised

Cot"ised (-?st), a. (Her.) See Cottised.

Cotland

Cot"land (k?t"l?nd), n. Land appendant to a cot or cottage, or held by a cottager or cotter.

Cotquean

Cot"quean` (k?t"kw?n`), n. [Cot a cottage + quean.]

1. A man who busies himself with affairs which properly belong to women. Addison.

2. A she-cuckold; a cucquean; a henhussy. [Obs.]

What, shall a husband be afraid of his wife's face? We are a king, cotquean, and we will reign in our pleasures. B. Jonson.

Cotqueanity

Cot*quean"i*ty (k?t-kw?n"?-t?), n. The condition, character, or conduct of a cotquean. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Cotrustee

Co`trus*tee" (k?`tr?s-t?"), n. A joint trustee.

Cotswold

Cots"wold` (k?ts"w?ld`), n. [Cot a cottage or hut + wold an open country.] An open country abounding in sheepcotes, as in the Cotswold hills, in Gloucestershire, England. Cotswold sheep, a long-wooled breed of sheep, formerly common in the counties of Gloucester, Hereford, and Worcester, Eng.; -- so called from the Cotswold Hills. The breed is now chiefly amalgamated with others.

Cottage

Cot"tage (k?t"t?j; 48), n. [From Cot a cotttage.] A small house; a cot; a hut. &hand; The term was formerly limited to a habitation for the poor, but is now applied to any small tasteful dwelling; and at places of summer resort, to any residence or lodging house of rustic architecture, irrespective of size. Cottage allotment. See under Alloment. [Eng.] -- Cottage cheese, the thick part of clabbered milk strained, salted, and pressed into a ball.

Cottaged

Cot"taged (-t?jd), a. Set or covered with cottages.
Even humble Harting's cottaged vale. Collins.

Cottagely

Cot"tage*ly (-t?j-l?), a. Cottagelike; suitable for a cottage; rustic. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Cottager

Cot"ta*ger (k?t"t?-j?r), n.

1. One who lives in a cottage.

2. (Law) One who lives on the common, without paying any rent, or having land of his own.

Cotter, Cottar

Cot"ter, Cot"tar (k?t"t?r), n. [LL. cotarius, cottarius, coterius. See Cot.] A cottager; a cottier. Burns.
Through Sandwich Notch the West Wind sang Good morrow to the cotter. Whittier.

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Cotter

Cot"ter (k?t"t?r), n.

1. A piece of wood or metal, commonly wedge-shaped, used for fastening together parts of a machine or structure. It is driven into an opening through one or all of the parts. [See Illust.] In the United States a cotter is commonly called a key.

2. A toggle.

Cotter

Cot"ter, v. t. To fasten with a cotter.

Cottier

Cot"ti*er (-t?-?r), n. [OF. cotier. See Coterie, and cf. Cotter.] In Great Britain and Ireland, a person who hires a small cottage, with or without a plot of land. Cottiers commonly aid in the work of the landlord's farm. [Written also cottar and cotter.]

Cottise

Cot"tise (k?t"t?s), n. [Cf. F. c side, L. costa rib.] (Her.) A diminutive of the bendlet, containing one half its area or one quarter the area of the bend. When a single cottise is used alone it is often called a cost. See also Couple-close.

Cottised

Cot"tised (-t?st), a. (Her.) Set between two cottises, -- said of a bend; or between two barrulets, -- said of a bar or fess.

Cottoid

Cot"toid (k?t"toid), a. [NL. cottus sculpin + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like a fish of the genus Cottus. -- n. A fish belonging to, or resembling, the genus Cottus. See Sculpin.

Cottelene

Cot"te*lene` (k?t"t?-l?n`), n. A product from cottonseed, used as lard.

Cotton

Cot"ton (k?t"t'n), n. [F. coton, Sp. algodon the cotton plant and its wool, coton printed cotton, cloth, fr. Ar. qutun, alqutun, cotton wool. Cf. Acton, Hacqueton.]

1. A soft, downy substance, resembling fine wool, consisting of the unicellular twisted hairs which grow on the seeds of the cotton plant. Long-staple cotton has a fiber sometimes almost two inches long; short-staple, from two thirds of an inch to an inch and a half.

2. The cotton plant. See Cotten plant, below.

3. Cloth made of cotton. &hand; Cotton is used as an adjective before many nouns in a sense which commonly needs no explanation; as, cottton bagging; cotton clotch; cotton goods; cotton industry; cotton mill; cotton spinning; cotton tick. Cotton cambric. See Cambric, n., 2. -- Cotton flannel, the manufactures' name for a heavy cotton fabric, twilled, and with a long plush nap. In England it is called swan's-down cotton, or Canton flannel. -- Cotton gin, a machine to separate the seeds from cotton, invented by Eli Whitney. -- Cotton grass (Bot.), a genus of plants (Eriphorum) of the Sedge family, having delicate capillary bristles surrounding the fruit (seedlike achenia), which elongate at maturity and resemble tufts of cotton. -- Cotton mouse (Zool.), a field mouse (Hesperomys gossypinus), injurious to cotton crops. -- Cotton plant (Bot.), a plant of the genus Gossypium, of several species, all growing in warm climates, and bearing the cotton of commerce. The common species, originally Asiatic, is G. herbaceum. -- Cotton press, a building and machinery in which cotton bales are compressed into smaller bulk for shipment; a press for baling cotton. -- Cotton rose (Bot.), a genus of composite herbs (Filago), covered with a white substance resembling cotton. -- Cotton scale (Zo\'94l.), a species of bark louse (Pulvinaria innumerabilis), which does great damage to the cotton plant. -- Cotton shrub. Same as Cotton plant. -- Cotton stainer (Zo\'94l.), a species of hemipterous insect (Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; -- called also redbug. -- Cotton thistle (Bot.), the Scotch thistle. See under Thistle. -- Cotton velvet, velvet in which the warp and woof are both of cotton, and the pile is of silk; also, velvet made wholly of cotton. -- Cotton waste, the refuse of cotton mills. -- Cotton wool, cotton in its raw or woolly state. -- Cotton worm (Zool.), a lepidopterous insect (Aletia argillacea), which in the larval state does great damage to the cotton plant by eating the leaves. It also feeds on corn, etc., and hence is often called corn worm, and Southern army worm.

Cotton

Cot"ton, v. i.

1. To rise with a regular nap, as cloth does. [Obs.]

It cottons well; it can not choose but bear A pretty nap. Family of Love.

2. To go on prosperously; to succeed. [Obs.]

New, Hephestion, does not this matter cotton as I would? Lyly.

3. To unite; to agree; to make friends; -- usually followed by with. [Colloq.]

A quarrel will end in one of you being turned off, in which case it will not be easy to cotton with another. Swift.
Didst see, Frank, how the old goldsmith cottoned in with his beggarly companion? Sir W. Scott.

4. To take a liking to; to stick to one as cotton; -- used with to. [Slang]

Cottonade

Cot"ton*ade` (k?t"t'n-?d`), n. [F. cottonade.] A somewhat stoun and thick fabric of cotton.

Cottonary

Cot"ton*a*ry (-?-r?), a. Relating to, or composed of, cotton; cottony. [Obs.]
Cottomary and woolly pillows. Sir T. Browne.

Cottonous

Cot"ton*ous (-?s), a. Resembling cotton. [R.] Evelyn.

Cottontail

Cot"ton*tail` (k?t"t'n-t?l`), n. (Zo\'94l.) The American wood rabbit (Lepus sylvaticus); -- also called Molly cottontail.

Cottonweed

Cot"ton*weed` (-w?d`), n. (Bot.) See Cudweed.

Cottonwood

Cot"ton*wood` (-w??d`), n. (Bot.) An American tree of the genus Populus or polar, having the seeds covered with abundant cottonlike hairs; esp., the P. monilifera and P. angustifolia of the Western United States.

Cottony

Cot"ton*y (-?), a.

1. Covered with hairs or pubescence, like cotton; downy; nappy; woolly.

2. Of or pertaining to cotton; resembling cotton in appearance or character; soft, like cotton.

Cottrel

Cot"trel (k?t"tr?l), n. A trammel, or hook to support a pot over a fire. Knight.

Cotyla kt-l, Cotyle

Cot"y*la (k?t"?-l?), Cot"y*le (k?t"?-l?), n. [Gr. cotyla a measure.] (Anat.) A cuplike cavity or organ. Same as Acetabulum.

Cotyledon

Cot`y*le"don (k?t`?-l?"d?n), n. [Gr.Cotyle.]

1. (Anat.) One of the patches of villi found in some forms of placenta.

2. (Bot.) A leaf borne by the caulicle or radicle of an embryo; a seed leaf. &hand; Many plants, as the bean and the maple, have two cotyledons, the grasses only one, and pines have several. In one African plant (Welwitschia) the cotyledons are permanent and grow to immense proportions.

Cotyledonal

Cot`y*led"on*al (k?t`?-l?d"?n-a]/>l), a. Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a cotyledon.

Cotyledonary

Cot`y*led"on*a*ry (-?-r?), a. Having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow.

Cotyledonous

Cot`y*led"on*ous (-?s; 277), a. Of or pertaining to a cotyledon or cotyledons; having a seed lobe.

Cotyliform

Co*tyl"i*form (k?-t?l"?-f?rm), a. [Cotyle + -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Shaped like a cotyle or a cup.

Cotyligerous

Cot`y*lig"er*ous (k?t`?-l?j"?r-?s), a. [Cotyle + -gerous.] (Zo\'94l.) Having cotyles.

Cotyloid

Cot"y*loid (k?t"?-loid), a. [Cotyle + -oid] (Anat.) (a) Shaped like a cup; as, the cotyloid cavity, which receives the head of the thigh bone. (b) Pertaining to a cotyloid cavity; as, the cotyloid ligament, or notch.

Coucal

Cou"cal (k??"k?l), n. [Prob. native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A large, Old World, ground cuckoo of the genus Centropus, of several species.

Couch

Couch (kouch), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Couched (koucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Couching.] [F. coucher to lay down, lie down, OF. colchier, fr. L. collocare to lay, put, place; col- + locare to place, fr. locus place. See Locus.]

1. To lay upon a bed or other resting place.

Where unbruised youth, with unstuffed brain, Does couch his limbs, there golden sleep doth reign. Shak.

2. To arrauge or dispose as in a bed; -- sometimes followed by the reflexive pronoun.

The waters couch themselves as may be to the center of this globe, in a spherical convexity. T. Burnet.

3. To lay or deposit in a bed or layer; to bed.

It is at this day in use at Gaza, to couch potsherds, or vessels of earth, in their walls. Bacon.

4. (Paper Making) To transfer (as sheets of partly dried pulp) from the wire clotch mold to a felt blanket, for further drying.

5. To conceal; to include or involve darkly.

There is all this, and more, that lies naturally couched under this allegory. L'Estrange.

6. To arrange; to place; to inlay. [Obs.] Chaucer.

7. To put into some form of language; to express; to phrase; -- used with in and under.

A well-couched invective. Milton.
I had received a letter from Flora couched in rather cool terms. Blackw. Mag.

8. (Med.) To treat by pushing down or displacing the opaque lens with a needle; as, to couch a cataract. To couch a spear ∨ lance, to lower to the position of attack; to place in rest.

He stooped his head, and couched his spear, And spurred his steed to full career. Sir W. Scott.
To couch malt, to spread malt on a floor. Mortimer.

Couch

Couch, v. i.

1. To lie down or recline, as on a bed or other place of rest; to repose; to lie.

Where souls do couch on flowers, we 'll hand in hand. Shak.
If I court moe women, you 'll couch with moe men. Shak.

2. To lie down for concealment; to hide; to be concealed; to be included or involved darkly.

We 'll couch in the castle ditch, till we see the light of our fairies. Shak.
The half-hidden, hallf-revealed wonders, that yet couch beneath the words of the Scripture. I. Taylor.

3. To bend the body, as in reverence, pain, labor, etc.; to stoop; to crouch. [Obs.]

An aged squire That seemed to couch under his shield three-square. Spenser.

Couch

Couch, n. [F. couche, OF. colche, culche, fr. colchier. See Couch, v. t. ]

1. A bed or place for repose or sleep; particularly, in the United States, a lounge.

Gentle sleep . . . why liest thou with the vile In loathsome beds, and leavest the kingly couch? Shak.
Like one that wraps the drapery of his couch About him, and lies down to pleasant dreams. Bryant.

2. Any place for repose, as the lair of a beast, etc.

3. A mass of steeped barley spread upon a floor to germinate, in malting; or the floor occupied by the barley; as, couch of malt.

4. (Painting & Gilding) A preliminary layer, as of color, size, etc.

Couchancy

Couch"an*cy (kouch"an-s?), n. State of lying down for repose. [R.]

Couchant

Couch"ant (kouch"ant), a. [F., p. pr. of coucher. See Couch, v. t.]

1. Lying down with head erect; squatting.

2. (Her.) Lying down with the head raised, which distinguishes the posture of couchant from that of dormant, or sleeping; -- said of a lion or other beast. Couchant and levant (Law), rising up and lying down; -- said of beasts, and indicating that they have been long enough on land, not belonging to their owner, to lie down and rise up to feed, -- such time being held to include a day and night at the least. Blackstone.

Couch\'82

Cou`ch\'82" (k??`sh?"), a. [F., p. p. of coucher. See Couch, v. t. ] (Her.) (a) Not erect; inclined; -- said of anything that is usually erect, as an escutcheon. (b) Lying on its side; thus, a chevron couch\'82 is one which emerges from one side of the escutcheon and has its apex on the opposite side, or at the fess point.

Couched

Couched (koucht), a. (Her.) Same as Couch.

Couchee

Cou"chee (k??"sh?; F. k??"sh?"), n. [F. couch a sleeping place from coucher. See Couch, v. t. ] A reception held at the time of going to bed, as by a sovereign or great prince. [Obs.] Dryden.
The duke's levees and couchees were so crowded that the antechambers were full. Bp. Burnet.

Coucher

Couch"er (kouch"?r), n.

1. One who couches.

2. (Paper Manuf.) One who couches paper.

3. [Cf. L. collectarius.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) A factor or agent resident in a country for traffic. Blount. (b) The book in which a corporation or other body registers its particular acts. [Obs.] Cowell.

Couch grass

Couch" grass` (gr?s`). (Bot.) See Quitch grass.

Couching

Couch"ing, n.

1. (Med.) The operation of putting down or displacing the opaque lens in cataract.

2. Embroidering by laying the materials upon the surface of the foundation, instead of drawing them through.

Couchless

Couch"less (kouch"l?s), a. Having no couch or bed.

Coudee

Cou"dee (k??"d?; F. k??`d?"), n. [F. coud, from coude elbow.] A measure of length; the distance from the elbow to the end of the middle finger; a cubit.

Cougar

Cou"gar (k??"g?r), n. [F. couguar, from the native name in the South American dialects, cuguacuara, cuguacuarana.] (Zo\'94l.) An American feline quadruped (Felis concolor), resembling the African panther in size and habits. Its color is tawny, without spots; hence writers often called it the American lion. Called also puma, panther, mountain lion, and catamount. See Puma.

Cough

Cough (k?f), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Coughed (k?ft); p. pr. & vb. n. Coughing.] [Cf. D. kuchen, MHG. k to breathe, G. keuchen to pant, and E. chincough, the first part of which is prob. akin to cough; cf. also E. choke.] To expel air, or obstructing or irritating matter, from the lungs or air passages, in a noisy and violent manner.

Cough

Cough, v. t.

1. To expel from the lungs or air passages by coughing; -- followed by up; as, to cough up phlegm.

2. To bring to a specified state by coughing; as, he coughed himself hoarse. To cough down, to silence or put down (an objectionable speaker) by simulated coughing.

Cough

Cough, n. [Cg. D. kuch. See Cough, v. i. ]

1. A sudden, noisy, and violent expulsion of air from the chest, caused by irritation in the air passages, or by the reflex action of nervous or gastric disorder, etc.

2. The more or less frequent repetition of coughing, constituting a symptom of disease. Stomach cough, Ear cough, cough due to irritation in the stomach or ear.

Cougher

Cough"er (k?f"?r), n. One who coughs.

Couhage

Cou"hage (kou"?j), n. (Bot.) See Cowhage.

Could

Could (k??d), imp. of Can. [OF. coude. The l was inserted by mistake, under the influence of should and would.] Was, should be, or would be, able, capable, or susceptible. Used as an auxiliary, in the past tense or in the conditional present.

Coulee

Cou`lee" (k??`l?"), n. [F. coul\'82e, fr. couler to run or flow.] A stream; (Geol.) a stream of lava. Also, in the Western United States, the bed of a stream, even if dry, when deep and having inclined sides; distinguished from a ca\'a4on, which has precipitous sides.

Coulisse

Cou*lisse" (k??-l?s"; F. k??`l?s"), n. [F., fr. couler to flow, glide.]

1. A piece of timber having a groove in which something glides.

2. One of the side scenes of the stage in a theater, or the space included between the side scenes.

Couloir

Cou`loir" (k??`lw?r"), n. [F., a strainer.]

1. A deep gorge; a gully.

2. (Hydraul. Engin.) A dredging machine for excavating canals, etc.

Coulomb

Cou`lomb" (k??`l?n"), n. [From Coulomb, a French physicist and electrican.] (Physics) The standard unit of quantity in electrical measurements. It is the quantity of electricity conveyed in one second by the current produced by an electro-motive force of one volt acting in a circuit having a resistance of one ohm, or the quantitty transferred by one amp\'8are in one second. Formerly called weber.

Coulter

Coul"ter (k?l"t?r), n. Same as Colter.

Coulterneb

Coul"ter*neb` (-n?b`), n. (Zo\'94l.) The puffin.

Coumaric

Cou*mar"ic (k??-m?r"?k), a. Relating to, derived from, or like, the Dipterix odorata, a tree of Guiana. Coumaric acid (Chem.), one of a series of aromatic acids, related to cinnamic acid, the most important of which is a white crystalline substance, HO.C6H4.C2H2.CO2H, obtained from the tonka bean, sweet clover, etc., and also produced artifically.

Coumarin

Cou"ma*rin (k??"m?-r?n), n. [F., fr. coumarou, a tree of Guiana.] (Chem.) The concrete essence of the tonka bean, the fruit of Dipterix (formerly Coumarouna) odorata and consisting essentially of coumarin proper, which is a white crystalline substance, C9H6O2, of vanilla-like odor, regarded as an anhydride of coumaric acid, and used in flavoring. Coumarin in also made artificially.
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Council

Coun"cil (koun"s?l), n. [F. concile, fr. L. concilium; con- + calare to call, akin to Gr. hale, v., haul. Cf. Conciliate. This word is often confounded with counsel, with which it has no connection.]

1. An assembly of men summoned or convened for consultation, deliberation, or advice; as, a council of physicians for consultation in a critical case.

2. A body of man elected or appointed to constitute an advisory or a legislative assembly; as, a governor's council; a city council.

An old lord of the council rated me the other day. Shak.

3. Act of deliberating; deliberation; consultation.

Satan . . . void of rest, His potentates to council called by night. Milton.
O great in action and in council wise. Pope.
Aulic council. See under Aulic. -- Cabinet council. See under Cabinet. -- City council, the legislative branch of a city government, usually consisting of a board of aldermen and common council, but sometimes otherwise constituted. -- Common council. See under Common. -- Council board, Council table, the table round which a council holds consultation; also, the council itself in deliberation. -- Council chamber, the room or apartment in which a council meets. -- Council fire, the ceremonial fire kept burning while the Indians hold their councils. [U.S.] Barilett. -- Council of war, an assembly of officers of high rank, called to consult with the commander in chief in regard to measures or importance or nesessity. -- Ecumenical council (Eccl.), an assembly of prelates or divines convened from the whole body of the church to regulate matters of doctrine or discipline. -- Executive council, a body of men elected as advisers of the chief magistrate, whether of a State or the nation. [U.S.] -- Legislative council, the upper house of a legislature, usually called the senate. -- Privy council. See under Privy. [Eng.] Syn. -- Assembly; meeting; congress; diet; parliament; convention; convocation; synod.

Councilist

Coun"cil*ist (koun"s?l-?st), n. One who belong to a council; one who gives an opinion. [Obs.]
I will in three months be an expert counsilist. Milton.

Councilman

Coun"cil*man (koun`s?l-man), n.; pl. Councilmen (-men). A member of a council, especially of the common council of a city; a councilor.

Councilor

Coun"cil*or (koun"s?l-?r), n. A member of a council. [Written also councillor.] &hand; The distinction between councilor, a member of a council, and counselor, one who gives councel, was not formerly made, but is now very generally recognized and observed.

Co-une

Co`-une" (k?`?n"), v. t. [L. co- + unus one.] To combine or unite. [Obs.] "Co-uned together." Feltham.

Co-unite

Co`-u*nite" (k?`?-n?t"), v. t. To unite. [Obs.]

Co-unite

Co`-u*nite", a. United closely with another. [Obs.]

Counsel

Coun"sel (koun"s?l), n. [OE. conc, F. conseil, fr. L. consilium, fr. the root of consulere to consult, of uncertain origin. Cf. Consult, Consul.]

1. Interchange of opinions; mutual advising; consultation.

All the chief priest and elders of the people took counsel against Jesus, to put him to death. Matt. xxvii. 1.

2. Examination of consequences; exercise of deliberate judgment; prudence.

They all confess, therefore, in the working of that first cause, that counsel is used. Hooker.

3. Result of consultation; advice; instruction.

I like thy counsel; well hast thou advised. Shak.
It was ill counsel had misled the girl. Tennyson.

4. Deliberate purpose; design; intent; scheme; plan.

The counsel of the Lord standeth forever. Ps. xxxiii. 11.
The counsels of the wicked are deceit. Prov. xii. 5.

5. A secret opinion or purpose; a private matter.

Thilke lord . . . to whom no counsel may be hid. Gower.

6. One who gives advice, especially in legal matters; one professionally engaged in the trial or management of a cause in court; also, collectively, the legal advocates united in the management of a case; as, the defendant has able counsel.

The King found his counsel as refractory as his judges. Macaulay.
&hand; The some courts a distinction is observed between the attorney and the counsel in a cause, the former being employed in the management iof the more mechanical parts of the suit, the latter in attending to the pleadings, managing the cause at the trial, and in applying the law to the exigencies of the case during the whole progress of the suit. In other courts the same person can exercise the powers of each. See Attorney. Kent. In counsel, in secret. [Obs.] Chaucer. -- To keep counsel, ∨ To keep one's own counsel, to keep one's thoughts, purposes, etc., undisclosed.
The players can not keep counsel: they 'll tell all. Shak.
Syn. -- Advice; consideration; consultation; purpose; scheme; opinion.

Counsel

Coun"sel, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counseled (-s?ld)Counselled; p. pr. & vb. n. CounselingCounselling.] [OE. conseilen, counseilen, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliari, fr. consilium counsel.]

1. To give advice to; to advice, admonish, or instruct, as a person.

Good sir, I do in friendship counsel you To leave this place. Shak.

2. To advise or recommend, as an act or course.

They who counsel war. Milton.
Thus Belial, with words clothed in reson's garb, Counseled ignoble ease and peaceful sloth. Milton.

Counselable

Coun"sel*a*ble (-?-b'l), a. [Written also counsellable.]

1. Willing to receive counsel or follow advice. [R.]

Few men of so great parts were upon all occasions more counselable than he. Clarendon.

2. Suitable to be advised; advisable, wise. [Obs.]

He did not believe it counselable. Clarendon.

Counselor

Coun"sel*or (koun"s?l-?r), n. [Written also counsellor.] [OE. conseiler, F. conseiller, fr. L. consiliarius, fr. consilium counsel.]

1. One who counsels; an adviser.

Can he that speaks with the tongue of an enemy be a good counselor, or no? Shak.

2. A member of council; one appointed to advise a sovereign or chief magistrate. [See under Consilor.]

3. One whose profession is to give advice in law, and manage causes for clients in court; a barrister.

Good counselors lack no clients. Shak.

Counselorship

Coun"sel*or*ship (koun"s?l-?r-sh?p), n. The function and rank or office of a counselor. Bacon.

Count

Count (kount), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counting.] [OF. conter, and later (etymological spelling) compter, in modern French thus distinguished; conter to relate (cf. Recount, Account), compter to count; fr. L. computuare to reckon, compute; com- + putare to reckon, settle, order, prune, orig., to clean. See Pure, and cf. Compute.]

1. To tell or name one by one, or by groups, for the purpose of ascertaining the whole number of units in a collection; to number; to enumerate; to compute; to reckon.

Who can count the dust of Jacob? Num. xxiii. 10.
In a journey of forty miles, Avaux counted only three miserable cabins. Macaulay.

2. To place to an account; to ascribe or impute; to consider or esteem as belonging.

Abracham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness. Rom. iv. 3.

3. To esteem; to account; to reckon; to think, judge, or consider.

I count myself in nothing else so happy As in a soul remembering my good friends. Shak.
To count out. (a) To exclude (one) will not particapate or cannot be depended upon. (b) (House of Commons) To declare adjourned, as a sitting of the House, when it is ascertained that a quorum is not present. (c) To prevent the accession of (a person) to office, by a fraudulent return or count of the votes cast; -- said of a candidate really elected. [Colloq.] Syn. -- To calculate; number; reckon; compute; enumerate. See Calculate.

Count

Count, v. i.

1. To number or be counted; to possess value or carry weight; hence, to increase or add to the strength or influence of some party or interest; as, every vote counts; accidents count for nothing.

This excellent man . . . counted among the best and wisest of English statesmen. J. A. Symonds.

2. To reckon; to rely; to depend; -- with on or upon.

He was brewer to the palace; and it was apprehended that the government counted on his voice. Macaulay.
I think it a great error to count upon the genius of a nation as a standing argument in all ages. Swift.

3. To take account or note; -- with of. [Obs.] "No man counts of her beauty." Shak.

4. (Eng. Law) To plead orally; to argue a matter in court; to recite a count. Burrill.

Count

Count, n. [F. conte and compte, with different meanings, fr. L. computus a computation, fr. computare. See Count, v. t.]

1. The act of numbering; reckoning; also, the number ascertained by counting.

Of blessed saints for to increase the count. Spenser.
By this count, I shall be much in years. Shak.

2. An object of interest or account; value; estimation. [Obs.] "All his care and count." Spenser.

3. (Law) A formal statement of the plaintiff's case in court; in a more technical and correct sense, a particular allegation or charge in a declaration or indictment, separately setting forth the cause of action or prosecution. Wharton. &hand; In the old law books, count was used synonymously with declaration. When the plaintiff has but a single cause of action, and makes but one statement of it, that statement is called indifferently count or declaration, most generally, however, the latter. But where the suit embraces several causes, or the plaintiff makes several different statements of the same cause of action, each statement is called a count, and all of them combined, a declaration. Bouvier. Wharton.

Count

Count, n. [F. conte, fr. L. comes, comitis, associate, companion, one of the imperial court or train, properly, one who goes with another; com- + ire to go, akin to Skr. i to go.] A nobleman on the continent of Europe, equal in rank to an English earl. &hand; Though the tittle Count has never been introduced into Britain, the wives of Earls have, from the earliest period of its history, been designated as Countesses. Brande & C. Count palatine. (a) Formerly, the proprietor of a county who possessed royal prerogatives within his county, as did the Earl of Chester, the Bishop of Durham, and the Duke of Lancaster. [Eng.] See County palatine, under County. (b) Originally, a high judicial officer of the German emperors; afterward, the holder of a fief, to whom was granted the right to exercise certain imperial powers within his own domains. [Germany]

Countable

Count"a*ble (-?-b'l), a. Capable of being numbered.

Counttenance

Count"te*nance (koun"t?-nans), n. [OE. contenance, countenaunce, demeanor, composure, F. contenance demeanor, fr. L. continentia continence, LL. also, demeanor, fr. L. continere to hold together, repress, contain. See Contain, and cf. Continence.]

1. Appearance or expression of the face; look; aspect; mien.

So spake the Son, and into terror changed His countenance. Milton.

2. The face; the features.

In countenance somewhat doth resemble you. Shak.

3. Approving or encouraging aspect of face; hence, favor, good will, support; aid; encouragement.

Thou hast made him . . . glad with thy countenance. Ps. xxi. 6.
This is the magistrate's peculiar province, to give countenance to piety and virtue, and to rebuke vice. Atterbury.

4. Superficial appearance; show; pretense. [Obs.]

The election being done, he made countenance of great discontent thereat. Ascham.
In countenance, in an assured condition or aspect; free from shame or dismay. "It puts the learned in countenance, and gives them a place among the fashionable part of mankind." Addison. -- Out of countenance, not bold or assured; confounded; abashed. "Their best friends were out of countenance, because they found that the imputations . . . were well grounded." Clarendon. -- To keep the countenance, to preserve a composed or natural look, undisturbed by passion or emotion. Swift.

Countenance

Coun"te*nance (koun"t?-nans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countenanced (-nanst); p. pr. & vb. n. Countenancing.]

1. To encourage; to favor; to approve; to aid; to abet.

This conceit, though countenanced by learned men, is not made out either by experience or reason. Sir T. Browne.
Error supports custom, custom countenances error. Milton.

2. To make a show of; to pretend. [Obs.]

Which to these ladies love did countenance. Spenser.

Countenancer

Coun"te*nan*cer (-nan-s?r), n. One who countenances, favors, or supports.

Counter

Coun"ter (koun"t?r-). [See Counter, adv. ] A prefix meaning contrary, opposite, in opposition; as, counteract, counterbalance, countercheck. See Counter, adv. & a.

Counter

Count"er (koun"t?r), n. [OE. countere, countour, a counter (in sense 1), OF. contere, conteor, fr. conter to count. See Count, v. t. ]

1. One who counts, or reckons up; a calculator; a reckoner.

2. A piece of metal, ivory, wood, or bone, used in reckoning, in keeping account of games, etc.

The old gods of our own race whose names . . . serve as counters reckon the days of the week. E. B. Tylor.
What comes the wool to? . . . I can not do it witthout counters. Shak.

3. Money; coin; -- used in contempt. [Obs.]

To lock such rascal counters from his friends. Shak.

4. A prison; either of two prisons formerly in London.

Anne Aysavugh . . . imprisoned in the Counter. Fuller.

5. A telltale; a contrivance attached to an engine, printing press, or other machine, for the purpose of counting the revolutions or the pulsations. Knight.

Counter

Coun"ter, n. [OE. countour, OF. contouer, comptouer, F. comptoir, LL. computatorium, prop., a computing place, place of accounts, fr. L. computare. See Count, v. t.] A table or board on which money is counted and over which business is transacted; a long, narrow table or bench, on which goods are laid for examination by purchasers, or on which they are weighed or measured.

Counter

Coun"ter, adv. [F. contre, fr. L. contra against. Cf. Contra-.]

1. Contrary; in opposition; in an opposite direction; contrariwise; -- used chiefly with run or go.

Running counter to all the rules of virtue. Locks.

2. In the wrong way; contrary to the right course; as, a hound that runs counter.

This is counter, you false Danish dogs! Shak.

3. At or against the front or face. [R.]

Which [darts] they never throw counter, but at the back of the flier. Sandys.

Counter

Coun"ter, a. Contrary; opposite; contrasted; opposed; adverse; antagonistic; as, a counter current; a counter revolution; a counter poison; a counter agent; counter fugue. "Innumerable facts attesting the counter principle." I. Taylor. Counter approach (Fort.), a trench or work pushed forward from defensive works to meet the approaches of besiegers. See Approach. -- Counter bond (Law), in old practice, a bond to secure one who has given bond for another. -- Counter brace. See Counter brace, in Vocabulary. -- Counter deed (Law), a secret writing which destroys, invalidates, or alters, a public deed. -- Counter distinction, contradistinction. [Obs.] -- Counter drain, a drain at the foot of the embankment of a canal or watercourse, for carrying off the water that may soak through. -- Counter extension (Surg.), the fixation of the upper part of a limb, while extension is practiced on the lower part, as in cases of luxation or fracture. -- Counter fissure (Surg.) Same as Contrafissure. -- Counter indication. (Med.) Same as Contraindication. -- Counter irritant (Med.), an irritant to produce a blister, a pustular eruption, or other irritation in some part of the body, in order to relieve an existing irritation in some other part. "Counter irritants are of as great use in moral as in physical diseases." Macaulay. -- Counter irritation (Med.), the act or the result of applying a counter irritant. -- Counter opening, an aperture or vent on the opposite side, or in a different place. -Counter parole (Mil.), a word in addition to the password, given in time of alarm as a signal. -- Counter plea (Law), a replication to a plea. Cowell. -- Counter pressure, force or pressure that acts in a contrary direction to some other opposing pressure. -- Counter project, a project, scheme, or proposal brought forward in opposition to another, as in the negotiation of a treaty. Swift. -- Counter proof, in engraving, a print taken off from another just printed, which, by being passed through the press, gives a copy in reverse, and of course in the same position as that of plate from which the first was printed, the object being to enable the engraver to inspect the state of the plate. -- Counter revolution, a revolution opposed to a former one, and restoring a former state of things. -- Counter revolutionist, one engaged in, or befriending, a counter revolution. -- Counter round (Mil.), a body of officers whose duty it is to visit and inspect the rounds and sentinels. -- Counter sea (Naut.), a sea running in an opposite direction from the wind. -- Counter sense, opposite meaning. -- Counter signal, a signal to answer or correspond to another. -- Counter signature, the name of a secretary or other officer countersigned to a writing. . Tooke. -- Counter slope, an overhanging slope; as, a wall with a counter slope. Mahan. -- Counter statement, a statement made in opposition to, or denial of, another statement. -- Counter surety, a counter bond, or a surety to secure one who has given security. -- Counter tally, a tally corresponding to another. -- Counter tide, contrary tide.

Counter

Coun"ter, n. [See Counter, adv., Contra.]

1. (Naut.) The after part of a vessel's body, from the water line to the stern, -- below and somewhat forward of the stern proper.


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2. (Mus.) Same as Contra. Formerly used to designate any under part which served for contrast to a principal part, but now used as equivalent to counter tenor.

3. (Far.) The breast, or thet part of a horse between the shoulders and under the neck.

4. The back leather or heel part of a boot.

Counter

Coun"ter (koun"t?r), n. An encounter. [Obs.]
With kindly counter under mimic shade. Spenser.

Counter

Coun"ter, v. i. (Boxing) To return a blow while receiving one, as in boxing.
His left hand countered provokingly. C. Kingsley.

Counteract

Coun`ter*act" (koun`t?r-?kt"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counteracted; p. pr. & vb. n. Counteracting.] To act in opposition to; to hinder, defeat, or frustrate, by contrary agency or influence; as, to counteract the effect of medicines; to counteract good advice.

Counteraction

Coun`ter*ac"tion (koun`t?r-?k"sh?n), n. Action in opposition; hindrance resistance.
[They] do not . . . overcome the counteraction of a false principle or of stubborn partiality. Johnson.

Counteractive

Coun`ter*act"ive (-?kt"?v), a. Tending to counteract.

Counteractive

Coun`ter*act"ive, n. One who, or that which, counteracts.

Counteractibely

Coun`ter*act"ibe*ly, adv. By counteraction.

Counterbalance

Coun`ter*bal"ance (-b?l"ans), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterbalanced (-anst); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterbalancing.] To oppose with an equal weight or power; to counteract the power or effect of; to countervail; to equiponderate; to balance.
The remaining air was not able to counterbalance the mercurial cylinder. Boyle.
The cstudy of mind is necessary to counterbalance and correct the influence of the study of nature. Sir W. Hamilton.

Counterbalance

Coun"ter*bal`ance (koun"t?r-b?l`ans), n. A weight, power, or agency, acting against or balancing another; as: (a) A mass of metal in one side of a driving wheel or fly wheel, to balance the weight of a crank pin, etc., on the opposite side of the wheel. (b) A counterpoise to balance the weight of anything, as of a drawbridge or a scale beam.
Money is the counterbalance to all other things purchasable by it. Locke.

Counterbore

Coun"ter*bore` (-b?r`), n.

1. A flat-bottomed cylindrical enlargement of the mouth of a hole, usually of slight depth, as for receiving a cylindrical screw head.

2. A kind of pin drill with the cutting edge or edges normal to the axis; -- used for enlarging a hole, or for forming a flat-bottomed recess at its mouth.

Counterbore

Coun`ter*bore" (koun`t?r-b?r"), v. t. To form a counterbore in, by boring, turning, or drilling; to enlarge, as a hole, by means of a counterbore.

Counter brace

Coun"ter brace` (br?s`).

1. (Naut.) The brace of the fore-topsail on the leeward side of a vessel.

2. (Engin.) A brace, in a framed structure, which resists a strain of a character opposite to that which a main brace is designed to receive. &hand; In a quadrilateral system of bracing, the main brace is usually in the direction of one diagonal, and the counter brace in the direction of the other. Strains in counter braces are occasioned by the live load only, as, in a roof, by the wind, or, in a bridge, by a moving train.

Counterbrace

Coun"ter*brace`, v. t.

1. (Naut.) To brace in opposite directions; as, to counterbrace the yards, i. e., to brace the head yards one way and the after yards another.

2. (Engin.) To brace in such a way that opposite strains are resisted; to apply counter braces to.

Counterbuff

Coun`ter*buff" (koun`t?r-b?f"), v. t. To strike or drive back or in an opposite direction; to stop by a blow or impulse in front. Dryden.

Counterbuff

Coun"ter*buff` (koun"t?r-b?f`), n. A blow in an opposite direction; a stroke that stops motion or cause a recoil.

Countercast

Coun"ter*cast` (koun"t?r-k?st`), n. A trick; a delusive contrivance. [Obs.] Spenser.

Countercaster

Coun"ter*cast`er (-?r), n. A caster of accounts; a reckoner; a bookkeeper; -- used conteptuously.

Counterchange

Coun`ter*change" (koun`t?r-ch?nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchanged (-ch?njd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchanging.]

1. To give and receive; to cause to change places; to exchange.

2. To checker; to diversify, as in heraldic counterchanging. See Counterchaged, a., 2.

With-elms, that counterchange the floor Of this flat lawn with dusk and bright. Tennyson.

Counterchange

Coun"ter*change` (koun"t?r-ch?nj`), n. Exchange; reciprocation.

Counterchanged

Coun`ter*changed" (-ch?njd"), a.

1. Exchanged.

2. (Her.) Having the tinctures exchanged mutually; thus, if the field is divided palewise, or and azure, and cross is borne counterchanged, that part of the cross which comes on the azure side will be or, and that on the or side will be azure.

Countercharge

Coun"ter*charge` (koun"t?r-ch?rj`), n. An opposing charge.

Countercharm

Coun`ter*charm" (koun`t?r-ch?rm"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countercharmed (-ch?rmd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Countercharming.] To destroy the effect of a charm upon.

Countercharm

Coun"ter*charm` (koun"t?r-ch?rm`), n. That which has the power of destroying the effect of a charm.

Countercheck

Coun`ter*check" (koun`t?r-ch?k"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterchecked (-ch?ckt"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterchecking.] To oppose or check by some obstacle; to check by a return check.

Countercheck

Coun"ter*check` (koun"t?r-ch?k`), n.

1. A check; a stop; a rebuke, or censure to check a reprover.

2. Any force or device designed to restrain another restraining force; a check upon a check.

The system of checks and counterchecks. J. H. Newton.

Counterclaim

Coun"ter*claim` (-kl?m`), n. (Law) A claim made by a person as an offset to a claim made on him.

Counter-compony

Coun"ter-com*po`ny (-k?m-p?`n?), a. (Her.) See Compony.

Counter-couchant

Coun"ter-couch`ant (koun"t?r-kouch"ant), a. (Her.) Lying down, with their heads in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coat of arms.

Counter-courant

Coun"ter-cou*rant" (-k??-r?nt"), a. (Her.) Running in opposite directions; -- said of animals borne in a coast of arms.

Countercurrent

Coun"ter*cur`rent (koun"t?r-k?r`-rent), a. Running in an opposite direction.

Countercurrent

Coun"ter*cur`rent, n. A current running in an opposite direction to the main current.

Counterdraw

Coun`ter*draw" (koun`t?r-dr?"), v. t. [imp. Counterdrew (-dr?"); p. p. Counterdrawn (-dr?n"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterdrawing.] To copy, as a design or painting, by tracing with a pencil on oiled paper, or other transparent substance.

Counterfaisance

Coun"ter*fai"sance (koun"t?r-f?"zans), n. See Counterfesance. [Obs.]

Counterfeit

Coun"ter*feit (koun"t?r-f?t), a. [F. contrefait, p. p. of contrefaire to counterfeit; contre (L. contra) + faire to make, fr. L. facere. See Counter, adv., and Fact.]

1. Representing by imitation or likeness; having a resemblance to something else; portrayed.

Look here upon this picture, and on this- The counterfeit presentment of two brothers. Shak.

2. Fabricated in imitation of something else, with a view to defraud by passing the false copy for genuine or original; as, counterfeit antiques; counterfeit coin. "No counterfeit gem." Robinson (More's Utopia).

3. Assuming the appearance of something; false; spurious; deceitful; hypocritical; as, a counterfeit philanthropist. "An arrant counterfeit rascal." Shak. Syn. -- Forged; fictitious; spurious; false.

Counterfeit

Coun"ter*feit, n.

1. That which resembles or is like another thing; a likeness; a portrait; a counterpart.

Thou drawest a counterfeit Best in all Athens. Shak.
Even Nature's self envied the same, And grudged to see the counterfeit should shame The thing itself. Spenser.

2. That which is made in imitation of something, with a view to deceive by passing the false for the true; as, the bank note was a counterfeit.

Never call a true piece of gold a counterfeit. Shak.
Some of these counterfeits are fabricated with such exquisite taste and skill, that it is the achievement of criticism to distinguish them from originals. Macaulay.

3. One who pretends to be what he is not; one who personates another; an impostor; a cheat.

I fear thou art another counterfeit; And yet, in faith, thou bears'st thee like a king. Shak.

Counterfeit

Coun"ter*feit, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterfeited; p. pr. & vb. n. Counterfeiting.]

1. To imitate, or put on a semblance of; to mimic; as, to counterfeit the voice of another person.

Full well they laughed with counterfeited glee At all his jokes, for many a joke had he. Goldsmith.

2. To imitate with a view to deceiving, by passing the copy for that which is original or genuine; to forge; as, to counterfeit the signature of another, coins, notes, etc.

Counterfeit

Coun"ter*feit, v. i.

1. To carry on a deception; to dissemble; to feign; to pretend.

The knave counterfeits well; a good knave. Shak.

2. To make counterfeits.

Counterfeiter

Coun"ter*feit`er (-f?t`?r), n.

1. One who counterfeits; one who copies or imitates; especially, one who copies or forges bank notes or coin; a forger.

The coin which was corrupted by counterfeiters. Camden.

2. One who assumes a false appearance or semblance; one who makes false pretenses.

Counterfeiters of devotion. Sherwood.

Counterfeitly

Coun"ter*feit`ly, adv. By forgery; falsely.

Counterfesance

Coun"ter*fe`sance (-f?"zans), n. [OF. contrefaisance, fr. contrefaire. See Counterfeit, a.] The act of forging; forgery. [Obs.] [Written also counterfaisance.]

Counterfleury

Coun"ter*fleu`ry (koun"t?r-fl?`r?), a. [F. contrefleuri.] (Her.) Counterflory.

Counterflory

Coun"ter*flo`ry (-fl?`r?), a. [See Counterfleury.] (Her.) Adorned with flowers (usually fleurs-de-lis) so divided that the tops appear on one side and the bottoms on the others; -- said of any ordinary.

Counterfoil

Coun"ter*foil` (-foil), n. [Counter- + foil a leaf.]

1. That part of a tally, formerly in the exchequer, which was kept by an officer in that court, the other, called the stock, being delivered to the person who had lent the king money on the account; -- called also counterstock. [Eng.]

2. The part of a writing (as the stub of a bank check) in which are noted the main particulars contained in the corresponding part, which has been issued.

Counterforce

Coun"ter*force` (-f?rs`), n. An opposing force.

Counterfort

Coun"ter*fort` (-f?rt`), n.

1. (Fort.) A kind of buttress of masonry to strengthen a revetment wall.

2. A spur or projection of a mountain. Imp. Dict.

Countergage

Coun"ter*gage` (-g?j`), n. (Carp.) An adjustable gage, with double points for transferring measurements from one timber to another, as the breadth of a mortise to the place where the tenon is to be made. Knight.

Counterguard

Coun"ter*guard` (koun"t?r-g?rd`), n. (Fort.) A low outwork before a bastion or ravelin, consisting of two lines of rampart parallel to the faces of the bastion, and protecting them from a breaching fire.

Counterirritant -rr-tant, n., Counterirritation

Coun"ter*ir`ri*tant (-?r"r?-tant), n., Coun"ter*ir`ri*ta"tion, n.
See Counter irritant, etc., under Counter, a.

Counterirritate

Coun"ter*ir"ri*tate (koun"t?r-?r"r?-t?t), v. t. (Med.) To produce counter irritation in; to treat with one morbid process for the purpose of curing another.

Counterjumper

Coun"ter*jump`er (koun"t?r-j?mp`?r), n. A salesman in a shop; a shopman; -- used contemtuously. [Slang]

Counterman

Coun"ter*man (koun"t?r-man), n.; pl. Countermen (-men). A man who attends at the counter of a shop to sell goods. [Eng.]

Countermand

Coun`ter*mand" (koun`t?r-m?nd"), v. t. [imp & p. p. Countermanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermanding.] [F. contremander; contre (L. contra) + mander to command, fr. L. mandare. Cf. Mandate.]

1. To revoke (a former command); to cancel or rescind by giving an order contrary to one previously given; as, to countermand an order for goods.

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.]

Avicen countermands letting blood in choleric bodles. Harvey.

3. To oppose; to revoke the command of.

For us to alter anuthing, is to lift ourselves against God; and, as it were, to countermand him. Hooker.

Countermand

Coun"ter*mand (koun"t?r-m?nd), n. A contrary order; revocation of a former order or command.
Have you no countermand for Claudio yet, But he must die to-morrow? Shak.

Countermandable

Coun`ter*mand"a*ble (-m?nd"?-b'l), a. Capable of being countermanded; revocable. Bacon.

Countermarch

Coun`ter*march" (koun`t?r-m?rch"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Countermarched (-m?rcht"); p. pr. & vb. n. Countermarching.] (Mil.) To march back, or to march in reversed order.
The two armies marched and countermarched, drew near and receded. Macaulay.

Countermarch

Coun"ter*march` (koun"t?r-m?rch`), n.

1. A marching back; retrocession.

2. (Mil.) An evolution by which a body of troops change front or reverse the direction of march while retaining the same men in the front rank; also, a movement by which the rear rank becomes the front one, either with or without changing the right to the left.

3. A change of measures; alteration of conduct.

Such countermarches and retractions as we do not willingly impute to wisdom. T. Burnet.

Countermark

Coun"ter*mark` (-m?rk`), n.

1. A mark or token added to those already existing, in order to afford security or proof; as, an additional or special mark put upon a package of goods belonging to several persons, that it may not be opened except in the presence of all; a mark added to that of an artificer of gold or silver work by the Goldsmiths' Company of London, to attest the standard quality of the gold or silver; a mark added to an ancient coin or medal, to show either its change of value or that it was taken from an enemy.

2. (Far.) An artificial cavity made in the teeth of horses that have outgrown their natural mark, to disguise their age.

Countermark

Coun`ter*mark" (koun`t?r-m?rk"), v. t. To apply a countenmark to; as, to countermark silverware; to countermark a horse's teeth.

Countermine

Coun"ter*mine` (koun"t?r-m?n`), n. [Counter- + mine underground gallery: cf. F. contermine.]

1. (Mil.) An underground gallery excavated to intercept and destroy the mining of an enemy.

2. A stratagem or plot by which another sratagem or project is defeated.

Thinking himself contemned, knowing no countermine against contempt but terror. Sir P. Sidney.

Countermine

Coun`ter*mine" (koun`t?r-m?n"), v. t. [Cf. F. contreminer.] [imp. & p. p. Countermined; p. pr. & vb. n. Countermining.]

1. (Mil.) To oppose by means or a countermine; to intercept with a countermine.

2. To frustrate or counteract by secret measures.

Countermine

Coun`ter*mine", v. i. To make a countermine or counterplot; to plot secretly.
'Tis hard for man to countermine with God. Chapman.

Countermove

Coun`ter*move" (koun`t?r-m??v"), v. t. & i. To move in a contrary direction to.

Countermove -mv, n. Countermovement

Coun"ter*move` (-m??v`), n. Coun"ter*move`ment (-ment). A movement in opposition to another.

Countermure

Coun"ter*mure` (-m?r`), n. [Counter- + mure: cf. F. contremur.] (Fort.) A wall raised behind another, to supply its place when breached or destroyed. [R.] Cf. Contramure. Knolles.

Countermure

Coun`ter*mure" (koun`t?r-m?r"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countermured (-m?rd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Countermuring.] [Cf. F. contremurer.] To fortify with a wall behind another wall. [R.] Kyd.

Counternatural

Coun"ter*nat`u*ral (koun"t?r-n?t`?-ral; 135), a. Contrary to nature. [R.] Harvey.

Counter-paly

Coun"ter-pa`ly (-p?`l?), a. [F. contre-pal\'82.] (Her.) Paly, and then divided fesswise, so that each vertical piece is cut into two, having the colors used alternately or counterchanged. Thus the escutcheon in the illustration may also be blazoned paly of six per fess counterchanged argent and azure.

Counterpane

Coun"ter*pane` (koun"t?r-p?n`), n. [See Counterpoint, corrupted into counterpane, from the employment of pane-shaped figures in these coverlets. ] A coverlet for a bed, -- originally stitched or woven in squares or figures.
On which a tissue counterpane was cast. Drayton.

Counterpane

Coun"ter*pane`, n. [OF. contrepan a pledge, security; contre + pan a skirt, also, a pawn or gage, F. pan a skirt. See Pane, and cf. Pawn.] (O. Law) A duplicate part or copy of an indenture, deed, etc., corresponding with the original; -- now called counterpart.
Read, scribe; give me the counterpane. B. Jonson.

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Counterpart

Coun"ter*part` (koun"t?r-p?rt`), n.

1. A part corresponding to another part; anything which answers, or corresponds, to another; a copy; a duplicate; a facsimile.

In same things the laws of Normandy agreed with the laws of England, so that they seem to be, as it were, copies or counterparts one of another. Sir M. Hale.

2. (Law) One of two corresponding copies of an instrument; a duplicate.

3. A person who closely resembles another.

4. A thing may be applied to another thing so as to fit perfectly, as a seal to its impression; hence, a thing which is adapted to another thing, or which suplements it; that which serves to complete or complement anything; hence, a person or thing having qualities lacking in another; an opposite.

O counterpart Of our soft sex, well are you made our lords. Dryden.

Counterpassant

Coun"ter*pas`sant (-p?s"sant), a. [Counter- + passant:cf. F. contrepassant.] (Her.) Passant in opposite directions; -- said of two animals.

Counterplead

Coun`ter*plead" (koun`t?r-pl?d"), v. t. To plead the contrary of; to plead against; to deny.

Counterplot

Coun`ter*plot" (koun`t?r-pl?t"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterplotted;p. pr. & vb. n. Counterplotting.] To oppose, as another plot, by plotting; to attempt to frustrate, as a stratagem, by stratagem.
Every wile had proved abortive, every plot had been counterplotted. De Quinsey.

Counterplot

Coun"ter*plot` (koun"t?r-pl?t`), n. A plot or artifice opposed to another. L'Estrange.

Counterpoint

Coun"ter*point` (koun"t?r-point`), n. [Counter- + point.] An opposite point [Obs.] Sir E. Sandys.

Counterpoint

Coun"ter*point`, n. [F. contrepoint; cf. It. contrappunto. Cf. Contrapuntal.] (Mus.) (a) The setting of note against note in harmony; the adding of one or more parts to a given canto fermo or melody. (b) The art of polyphony, or composite melody, i. e., melody not single, but moving attended by one or more related melodies. (c) Music in parts; part writing; harmony; polyphonic music. See Polyphony.
Counterpoint, an invention equivalent to a new creation of music. Whewell.

Counterpoint

Coun"ter*point`, n. [OF. contrepoincte, corruption of earlier counstepointe, countepointe, F. courtepointe, fr. L. culcita cushion, mattress (see Quilt, and cf. Cushion) + puncta, fem. p. p. of pungere to prick (see Point). The word properly meant a stitched quilt, with the colors broken one into another.] A coverlet; a cover for a bed, often stitched or broken into squares; a counterpane. See 1st Counterpane.
Embroidered coverlets or counterpoints of purple silk. Sir T. North.

Counterpoise

Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterpoised (-poizd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterpoising.] [OE. countrepesen, counterpeisen, F. contrepeser. See Counter, adv., and Poise, v. t. ]

1. To act against with equal weight; to equal in weght; to balance the weight of; to counterbalance.

Weigts, counterpoising one another. Sir K. Digby.

2. To act against with equal power; to balance.

So many freeholders of English will be able to beard and counterpoise the rest. Spenser.

Counterpoise

Coun"ter*poise` (koun"t?r-poiz`), n. [OE. countrepese, OF. contrepois, F. contrepods. See Counter, adv., and Poise, n.]

1. A weight sufficient to balance another, as in the opposite scale of a balance; an equal weight.

Fastening that to our exact balance, we put a metalline counterpoise into the opposite scale. Boyle.

2. An equal power or force acting in opposition; a force sufficient to balance another force.

The second nobles are a counterpoise to the higher nobility, that they grow not too potent. Bacon.

3. The relation of two weights or forces which balance each other; equilibrum; equiponderance.

The pendulous round eart, with balanced air, In counterpoise. Milton.

Counterpole

Coun"ter*pole` (-p?l`), n. The exact opposite.
The German prose offers the counterpole to the French style. De Quincey.

Counterponderate

Coun`ter*pon"der*ate (-p?n"d?r-?t), v. t. TO equal in weight; to counterpoise; to equiponderate.

Counterprove

Coun`ter*prove" (koun`t?r-pr??v"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Counterproved (-pr??vd"); p. pr. & vb. n. Counterproving.] To take a counter proof of, or a copy in reverse, by taking an impression directly from the face of an original. See Counter proof, under Counter.

Counter-roll

Coun"ter-roll` (-r?l`), n. [Cf. Control.] (O. Eng. Law) A duplicate roll (record or account) kept by an officer as a check upon another officer's roll. Burrill. &hand; As a verb this word is contracted into control. See Control.

Counterrolment

Coun`ter*rol"ment (koun`t?r-r?l"ment), n. A counter account. See Control. [Obs.] Bacon.

Counter-salient

Coun`ter-sa"li*ent (-s?"l?-e]/>nt ∨ -s?l"yent; 106), a. (Her.) Leaping from each other; -- said of two figures on a coast of arms.

Counterscale

Coun"ter*scale` (koun"t?r-sk?l`), n. Counterbalance; balance, as of one scale against another. [Obs.] Howell.

Counterscarf

Coun"ter*scarf` (-sk?rf`), n. [Counter- + scarp: cf. F. contrescarpe.] (Fort.) The exterior slope or wall of the ditch; -- sometimes, the whole covered way, beyond the ditch, with its parapet and glacis; as, the enemy have lodged themselves on the counterscarp.

Counterseal

Coun`ter*seal" (koun`t?r-s?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countersealed (-s?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Countersealing.] To seal or ratify with another or others. Shak.

Countersecure

Coun`ter*se*cure" (-s?-k?r"), v. t. To give additional security to or for. Burke.

Countershaft

Coun"ter*shaft` (koun"t?r-sh?ft`), n. (Mach.) An intermediate shaft; esp., one which receives motion from a line shaft in a factory and transmits it to a machine.

Countersign

Coun`ter*sign" (-s?n`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countersigned (-s?nd`); p. pr. & vb. n. Countersigning.] [Counter- + sign: cf. F. contresigner.] To sign on the opposite side of (an instrument or writing); hence, to sign in addition to the signature of a principal or superior, in order to attest the authenticity of a writing.

Countersign

Coun"ter*sign`, a.

1. The signature of a secretary or other officer to a writing signed by a principal or superior, to attest its authenticity.

2. (Mil.) A private signal, word, or phrase, which must be given in order to pass a sentry; a watchword.

Countersink

Coun"ter*sink` (koun"t?r-s??k`; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countersunk (-s; p. pr. & vb. n. Countersinking.]

1. To chamfer or form a depression around the top of (a hole in wood, metal, etc.) for the reception of the head of a screw or bolt below the surface, either wholly or in part; as, to countersink a hole for a screw.

2. To cause to sink even with or below the surface; as, to countersink a screw or bolt into woodwork.

Countersink

Coun"ter*sink`, n.

1. An enlargement of the upper part of a hole, forming a cavity or depression for receiving the head of a screw or bolt. &hand; In the United States a flaring cavity formed by chamfering the edges of a round hole is called a countersink, while a cylindrical flat-bottomed enlargement of the mouth of the hole is usually called a conterbore.

2. A drill or cutting tool for countersinking holes.

Counterstand

Coun"ter*stand` (-st, n. Resistance; opposition; a stand against.
Making counterstand to Robert Guiscard. Longfellow.

Counterstep

Coun"ter*step` (koun"t?r-st?p`), n. A contrary method of procedure; opposite course of action.

Counterstock

Coun"ter*stock` (-st?k`), n. See Counterfoil.

Counterstroke

Coun"ter*stroke` (-str?k`), n. A stroke or blow in return. Spenser.

Countersunk

Coun"ter*sunk` (-s?nk`), p. p. & a. from Countersink.

1. Chamfered at the top; -- said of a hole.

2. Sunk into a chamfer; as, a countersunk bolt.

3. Beveled on the lower side, so as to fit a chamfered countersink; as, a countersunk nailhead.

Countersway

Coun"ter*sway` (-sw?`), n. A swaying in a contrary direction; an opposing influence. [Obs.]
A countersway of restraint, curbing their wild exorbitance. Milton.

Counter tenor

Coun"ter ten`or (t?n`?r). [OF. contreteneur. Cf. Contratenor, and see Tenor a part in music.] (Mus.) One of the middle parts in music, between the tenor and the treble; high tenor. Counter-tenor clef (Mus.), the C clef when placed on the third line; -- also called alto clef.

Counterterm

Coun"ter*term` (-t?rm`), n. A term or word which is the opposite of, or antithesis to, another; an antonym; -- the opposite of synonym; as, "foe" is the counterterm of "friend". C. J. Smith.

Countertime

Coun"ter*time` (-t?m`), n.

1. (Man.) The resistance of a horse, that interrupts his cadence and the measure of his manege, occasioned by a bad horseman, or the bad temper of the horse.

2. Resistance; opposition. [Obs.]

Give not shus the countertime to fate. Dryden.

Countertrippant

Coun"ter*trip`pant (-tr?p`pant), a. (Her.) Trippant in opposite directions. See Trippant.

Countertripping

Coun"ter*trip`ping (-tr?p`p?ng), a. (Her.) Same as Countertrippant.

Counterturn

Coun"ter*turn` (-t, n. The critical moment in a play, when, contrary to expectation, the action is embroiled in new difficulties. Dryden.

Countervail

Coun`ter*vail" (koun`t?r-v?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Countervailed (-v?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Countervailing.] [OF. contrevaloir; contre (L. contra) + valoir to avail, fr. L. valere to be strong, avail. See Vallant.] To act against with equal force, power, or effect; to thwart or overcome by such action; to furnish an equivalent to or for; to counterbalance; to compensate.
Upon balancing the account, the profit at last will hardly countervail the inconveniences that go allong with it. L'Estrange.

Countervail

Coun"ter*vail` (koun"t?r-v?l`), n. Power or value sufficient to obviate any effect; equal weight, strength, or value; equivalent; compensation; requital. [Obs.]
Surely, the present pleasure of a sinful act is a poor countervail for the bitterness of the review. South.

Countervallation

Coun`ter*val*la"tion (-v?l-l?"s??n), n. (Fort.) See Contravallation.

Counterview

Coun"ter*view` (koun"t?r-v?`), n.

1. An opposite or opposing view; opposition; a posture in which two persons front each other.

Within the gates of hell sat Death and Sin, In counterview. Milton
M. Peisse has ably advocated the counterview in his preface and appendixx. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. A position in which two dissimilar things illustrate each other by opposition; contrast.

I have drawn some lines of Linger's character, on purpose to place it in counterview, or contrast with that of the other company. Swift.

Countervote

Coun`ter*vote" (koun`t?r-v?t"), v. t. To vote in opposition ti; to balance or overcome by viting; to outvote. Dr. J. Scott.

Counterwalt

Coun`ter*walt" (koun`ter-w?t"), v. t. To wait or watch for; to be on guard against. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Counterweigh

Coun`ter*weigh" (-w?"), v. t. To weigh against; to counterbalance.

Counter weight

Coun"ter *weight` (-w?t`), n. A counterpoise.

Counterwheel

Coun`ter*wheel" (-hw?l"), v. t. (Mil.) To cause to wheel or turn in an opposite direction.

Counterwork

Coun`ter*work" (-w?rk"), v. t. To work in oppositeion to; to counteract.
That counterworksh folly and caprice. Pope.

Countess

Count"ess (kount"?s), n.; pl. Countesses (-. [F. comtesse. See Count a nobleman.] The wife of an earl in the British peerage, or of a count in the Continental nobility; also, a lady possessed of the same dignity in her own right. See the Note under Count.

Countinghouse kountng-hous, Countingroom

Count"ing*house` (kount"?ng-hous`), Count"ing*room` (kount"?ng-r??m`), n. [See Count, v. ] The house or room in which a merchant, trader, or manufacturer keeps his books and transacts business.

Countless

Count"less (-l?s), a. Incapable of being counted; not ascertainable; innumerable.

Countor

Count"or (kount"?r), n. [From Count, v. t. (in sense 4).] (O. Eng. Law) An advocate or professional pleader; one who counted for his client, that is, orally pleaded his cause. [Obs.] Burrill.

Countour kn-tr, Countourhouse

Coun*tour" (k??n-t??r"), Coun*tour"house` (-hous`), n. [See 2d Counter.] A merchant's office; a countinghouse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Countre-

Coun"tre- (koun"ter-). Same as prefix Counter-. [Obs.]

Countreplete

Coun`tre*plete" (-pl?t"), v. t. [Countre- + plete to plead.] To counterplead. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Countretaille

Coun"tre*taille` (koun"t?r-t?l`), n. [F. contretaille; contre (L. contra) + taille cut. See Tally.] A counter tally; correspondence (in sound). [Obs.] At the countretaille, in return. Chaucer.

Countrified

Coun"tri*fied (k?n"tr?-f?ld), p. a. Having the appearance and manners of a rustic; rude.
As being one who took no pride, And was a deal too countrified. Lloyd.

Countrify

Coun"tri*fy (k?n"tr?-f?), v. t. To give a rural appearance to; to cause to appear rustic. Lamb.

Country

Coun"try (k?n"tr?), n.; pl. Countries (-tr. [F. contr, LL. contrata, fr. L. contra over against, on the opposite side. Cf. Counter, adv., Contra.]

1. A tract of land; a region; the territory of an independent nation; (as distinguished from any other region, and with a personal pronoun) the region of one's birth, permanent residence, or citizenship.

Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred. Gen. xxxxii. 9.
I might have learned this by my last exile, that change of countries cannot change my state. Stirling.
Many a famous realm And country, whereof here needs no account Milton.

2. Rural regions, as opposed to a city or town.

As they walked, on their way into the country. Mark xvi. 12 (Rev. Ver. ).
God made the covatry, and man made the town. Cowper.
Only very great men were in the habit of dividing the year between town and country. Macualay.

3. The inhabitants or people of a state or a region; the populace; the public. Hence: (a) One's constituents. (b) The whole body of the electors of state; as, to dissolve Parliament and appeal to the country.

All the country in a general voice Cried hate upon him. Shak.

4. (Law) (a) A jury, as representing the citizens of a country. (b) The inhabitants of the district from which a jury is drawn.

5. (Mining.) The rock through which a vein runs. Conclusion to the country. See under Conclusion. -- To put, ∨ throw, one's self upon the country, to appeal to one's constituents; to stand trial before a jury.

Country

Coun"try, a.

1. Pertaining to the regions remote from a city; rural; rustic; as, a country life; a country town; the country party, as opposed to city.

2. Destitute of refinement; rude; unpolished; rustic; not urbane; as, country manners.

3. Pertaining, or peculiar, to one's own country.

She, bowing herself towards him, laughing the cruel tyrant to scorn, spake in her country language. 2 Macc. vii. 27.

Country-base

Coun"try-base` (-b?s`), n. Same as Prison base.

Country-dance

Coun"try-dance` (-d?ns`), n. [Prob. an adaptation of contradance.] See Contradance.
He had introduced the English country-dance to the knowledge of the Dutch ladies. Macualay.

Countryman

Coun"try*man (k?n"tr?-man), n.; pl. Countrymen (-men).

1. An inhabitant or native of a region. Shak.

2. One born in the same country with another; a compatriot; -- used with a possessive pronoun.

In perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen. 2 Cor. xi. 26.

3. One who dwells in the country, as distinguished from a townsman or an inhabitant of a city; a rustic; a husbandman or farmer.

A simple countryman that brought her figs. Shak.

Country seat

Coun"try seat` (k?n"tr? s?t`). A dwelling in the country, used as a place of retirement from the city.

Countryside

Coun"try*side` (-s?d`), n. A particular rural district; a country neighborhood. [Eng.] W. Black. Blackmore.

Countrywoman

Coun"try*wom`an (-w??m`an), n.; pl. Countrywomen (-w. A woman born, or dwelling, in the country, as opposed to the city; a woman born or dwelling in the same country with another native or inhabitant. Shak.

Count-wheel

Count"-wheel` (kount"hw?l`), n. The wheel in a clock which regulates the number of strokes.

County

Coun"ty (koun"t?), n.; pl. Counties (-t. [F. comt, fr. LL. comitatus. See Count.]

1. An earldom; the domain of a count or earl. [Obs.]

2. A circuit or particular portion of a state or kingdom, separated from the rest of the territory, for certain purposes in the administration of justice and public affairs; -- called also a shire. See Shire.

Every county, every town, every family, was in agitation. Macaulay.

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3. A count; an earl or lord. [Obs.] Shak. County commissioners. See Commissioner. -- County corporate, a city or town having the privilege to be a county by itself, and to be governed by its own sheriffs and other magistrates, irrespective of the officers of the county in which it is situated; as London, York, Bristol, etc. [Eng.] Mozley & W. -- County court, a court whose jurisdiction is limited to county. -- County palatine, a county distingushed by particular privileges; -- so called a palatio (from the palace), because the owner had originally royal powers, or the same powers, in the administration of justice, as the king had in his palace; but these powers are now abridged. The counties palatine, in England, are Lancaster, Chester, and Durham. -- County rates, rates levied upon the county, and collected by the boards of guardians, for the purpose of defraying the expenses to which counties are liable, such as repairing bridges, jails, etc. [Eng.] -- County seat, a county town. [U.S.] -- County sessions, the general quarter sessions of the peace for each county, held four times a year. [Eng.] -- County town, the town of a county, where the county business is transacted; a shire town.

Coup

Coup (k??), n. [F., fr.L. colaphus a cuff, Gr. A sudden stroke; an unexpected device or stratagem; -- a term used in various ways to convey the idea of promptness and force. Coup de grace (ke
gr [F.], the stroke of mercy with which an executioner ends by death the sufferings of the condemned; hence, a decisive, finishing stroke. -- Coup de main (ke m [F.] (Mil.), a sudden and unexpected movement or attack. -- Coup de soleil (k [F.] (Med.), a sunstroke. See Sunstroke. -- Coup d'\'82tat (k [F.] (Politics), a sudden, decisive exercise of power whereby the existing government is subverted without the consent of the people; an unexpected measure of state, more or less violent; a stroke of policy. -- Coup d'\'d2il (k. [F.] (a) A single view; a rapid glance of the eye; a comprehensive view of a scene; as much as can be seen at one view. (b) The general effect of a picture. (c) (Mil.) The faculty or the act of comprehending at a glance the weakness or strength of a military position, of a certain arrangement of troops, the most advantageous position for a battlefield, etc.

Cou Cou (k??"p?-b'l), a. [F.] Culpable. [Obs.]

Coup\'82

Cou`p\'82" (k??`p?"), n. [F., fr. coup\'82, p. p. of couper to cut. See Coppice.]

1. The front compartment of a French diligence; also, the front compartment (usually for three persons) of a car or carriage on British railways.

2. A four-wheeled close carriage for two persons inside, with an outside seat for the driver; -- so called because giving the appearance of a larger carriage cut off.

Couped

Couped (k??pt), a. [F. couper to cut.] (Her.) Cut off smoothly, as distinguished from erased; -- used especially for the head or limb of an animal. See Erased.

Coupee

Cou*pee" (k??-p?"; F. k??`p?), n. [F. coup\'82, n., properly p. p. of couper to cut. Cf. Coup\'82, Coopee.] A motion in dancing, when one leg is a little bent, and raised from the floor, and with the other a forward motion is made. Chambers.

Coupe-gorge

Coupe`-gorge" (k??p`g?rzh"), n. [F., cut throat.] (Mil.) Any position giving the enemy such advantage that the troops occupying it must either surrender or be cut to pieces. Farrow.

Couple

Cou"ple (k?p"'l), n. [F. couple, fr. L. copula a bond, band; co- + apere, aptum, ti join. See Art, a., and cf.Copula.]

1. That which joins or links two things together; a bond or tie; a coupler. [Obs.]

It is in some sort with friends as it is with dogs in couples; they should be of the same size and humor. L'Estrange.
I'll go in couples with her. Shak.

2. Two of the same kind connected or considered together; a pair; a brace. "A couple of shepherds." Sir P. Sidney. "A couple of drops" Adduson. "A couple of miles." Dickens. "A couple of weeks." Carlyle.

Adding one to one we have the complex idea of a couple. Locke.
[Ziba] met him with a couple of asses saddled. 2 Sam. xvi. 1.

3. A male and female associated together; esp., a man and woman who are married or betrothed.

Such were our couple, man and wife. Lloyd.
Fair couple linked in happy, nuptial league. Milton.

4. (Arch.) See Couple-close.

5. (Elec.) One of the pairs of plates of two metals which compose a voltaic battery; -- called a voltaic couple or galvanic couple.

6. (Mech.) Two rotations, movements, etc., which are equal in amount but opposite in direction, and acting along parallel lines or around parallel axes. &hand; The effect of a couple of forces is to produce a rotation. A couple of rotations is equivalent to a motion of translation.

Couple

Cou"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coupled (k?p"'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Coupling (-l?ng).] [F. coupler, fr. L. copulare. See Couple, n., and cf. Copulate, Cobble, v. ]

1. To link or tie, as one thing to another; to connect or fasten together; to join.

Huntsman, I charge thee, tender well my hounds, . . . And couple Clowder with the deep-mouthed brach. Shak.

2. To join in wedlock; to marry. [Colloq.]

A parson who couples all our beggars. Swift.

Couple

Cou"ple, v. i. To come together as male and female; to copulate. [Obs.] Milton. Bacon.

Couple-beggar

Cou"ple-beg`gar (-b?g`g?r), n. One who makes it his business to marry beggars to each other. Swift.

Couple-close

Cou"ple-close` (k?p"?-kl?s`), n.; pl. Couple-closes (-kl

1. (Her.) A diminutive of the chevron, containing one fourth of its surface. Couple-closes are generally borne one on each side of a chevron, and the blazoning may then be either a chevron between two couple-closes or chevron cottised.

2. (Arch.) A pair of rafters framed together with a tie fixed at their feet, or with a collar beam. [Engl.]

Couplement

Cou"ple*ment (k?p"'l-ment), n. [Cf. OF. couplement.] Union; combination; a coupling; a pair. [Obs.] Shak.
And forth together rode, a goodly couplement. Spenser.

Coupler

Coup"ler (k?p"l?r), n. One who couples; that which couples, as a link, ring, or shackle, to connect cars. Coupler of an organ, a contrivance by which any two or more of the ranks of keys, or keys and pedals, are connected so as to act together when the organ is played.

Couplet

Coup"let (-l?t), n. [F. couplet, dim. of couple. See Couple, n. ] Two taken together; a pair or couple; especially two lines of verse that rhyme with each other.
A sudden couplet rushes on your mind. Crabbe.

Coupling

Coup"ling (-l?ng), n.

1. The act of bringing or coming together; connection; sexual union.

2. (Mach.) A device or contrivance which serves to couple or connect adjacent parts or objects; as, a belt coupling, which connects the ends of a belt; a car coupling, which connects the cars in a train; a shaft coupling, which connects the ends of shafts. Box coupling, Chain coupling. See under Box, Chain. -- Coupling box, a coupling shaped like a journal box, for clamping together the ends of two shafts, so that they may revolve together. -- Coupling pin, a pin or bolt used in coupling or joining together railroad cars, etc.

Coupon

Cou"pon (k??"p?n; F. k??`p?n"), n. [F., fr. couper to cut, cut off. See Coppice.]

1. (Com.) A certificate of interest due, printed at the bottom of transferable bonds (state, railroad, etc.), given for a term of years, designed to be cut off and presented for payment when the interest is due; an interest warrant.

2. A section of a ticket, showing the holder to be entitled to some specified accomodation or service, as to a passage over a designated line of travel, a particular seat in a theater, or the like.

Coupure

Cou*pure" (k??-p?r"), n. [F., fr. couper to cut.] (Fort.) A passage cut through the glacis to facilitate sallies by the besieged. Wilhelm.

Courage

Cour"age (k?r"?j;48), n. [OE. corage heart, mind, will, courage, OF. corage, F. courage, fr. a LL. derivative of L. cor heart. See Heart.]

1. The heart; spirit; temper; disposition. [Obs.]

So priketh hem nature in here corages. Chaucer.
My lord, cheer up your spirits; our foes are nigh, and this soft courage makes your followers faint. Shak.

2. Heart; inclination; desire; will. [Obs.] Chaucer.

I'd such a courage to do him good. Shak.

3. That quality of mind which enables one to encounter danger and difficulties with firmness, or without fear, or fainting of heart; valor; boldness; resolution.

The king-becoming graces . . . Devotion, patience, courage, fortitude, I have no relish of them. Shak.
Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it. Addison.
Syn. -- Heroism; bravery; intrepidity; valor; gallantry; daring; firmness; hardihood; boldness; dauntlessness; resolution. See Heroism. -- Courage, Bravery, Fortitude, Intrepidity, Gallantry, Valor. Courage is that firmness of spirit and swell of soul which meets danger without fear. Bravery is daring and impetuous courage, like that of one who has the reward continually in view, and displays his courage in daring acts. Fortitude has often been styled "passive courage," and consist in the habit of encountering danger and enduring pain with a steadfast and unbroken spirit. Valor is courage exhibited in war, and can not be applied to single combats; it is never used figuratively. Intrepidity is firm, unshaken courage. Gallantry is adventurous courage, which courts danger with a high and cheerful spirit. A man may show courage, fortitude, or intrepidity in the common pursuits of life, as well as in war. Valor, bravery, and gallantry are displayed in the contest of arms. Valor belongs only to battle; bravery may be shown in single combat; gallantry may be manifested either in attack or defense; but in the latter ease, the defense is usually turned into an attack.

Couage

Cou"age, v. t. To inspire with courage. [Obs.]
Paul writeth unto Timothy . . . to courage him. Tyndale.

Courageous

Cour*a"geous (k?r-?"j?s), a. [F. courageux.] Possessing, or characterized by, courage; brave; bold.
With this victory, the women became most courageous and proud, and the men waxed . . . fearful and desperate. Stow.
Syn. -- Gallant; brave; bold; daring; valiant; valorous; heroic; intrepid; fearless; hardy; stout; adventurous; enterprising. See Gallant.

Courageously

Cour*a"geous*ly, adv. In a courageous manner.

Courageousness

Cour*a"geous*ness, n. The quality of being courageous; courage.

Courant

Cou*rant" (k??-r?nt"), a. [F., p. pr. of courir to run, L. currere. Cf. Current.] (Her.) Represented as running; -- said of a beast borne in a coat of arms.

Courant

Cou*rant" (k??-r?nt"), n. [F. courante, fr. courant, p. pr.]

1. A piece of music in triple time; also, a lively dance; a coranto.

2. A circulating gazette of news; a newspaper.

Couranto

Cou*ran"to (-r?n"t?), n. A sprightly dance; a coranto; a courant.

Courap

Cou*rap" (k??-r?p), n. (Med.) A skin disease, common in India, in which there is perpetual itching and eruption, esp. of the groin, breast, armpits, and face.

Courb

Courb (k??rb), a. [F. courbe, fr. L. curvus. See Curve, a.] Curved; rounded. [Obs.]
Her neck is short, her shoulders courb. Gower.

Courb

Courb (k??rb), v. i. [F. courber. See Curs.] To bend; to stop; to bow. [Obs.]
Then I courbed on my knees. Piers Plowman.

Courbaril

Cour"ba*ril (k??r"b?-r?l), n. [F. courbaril, from a South American word.] See Anim\'82, n.

Courche

Courche (k??rsh), n. [Cf. Kerchief.] A square piece of linen used formerly by women instead of a cap; a kerchief. [Scot.] [Written also curch.] Jamieson.

Courier

Cou"ri*er (k??"r?-?r), n. [F. courrier, fr. courre, courir, to run, L. currere. See Course, Current.]

1. A messenger sent with haste to convey letters or dispatches, usually on public busuness.

The wary Bassa . . . by speedy couriers, advertised Solyman of the enemy's purpose. Knolles.

2. An attendant on travelers, whose business it is to make arrangements for their convenience at hotels and on the way.

Courlan

Cour"lan (k??r"l?n), n. (Zo\'94l.) A South American bird, of the genus Aramus, allied to the rails.

Course

Course (k?rs), n. [F. cours, course, L. cursus, fr. currere to run. See Current.]

1. The act of moving from one point to another; progress; passage.

And when we had finished our course from Tyre, we came to Ptolemais. Acts xxi. 7.

2. THe ground or path traversed; track; way.

The same horse also run the round course at Newmarket. Pennant.

3. Motion, considered as to its general or resultant direction or to its goal; line progress or advance.

A light by which the Argive squadron steers Their silent course to Ilium's well known shore. Dennham.
Westward the course of empire takes its way. Berkeley.

4. Progress from point to point without change of direction; any part of a progress from one place to another, which is in a straight line, or on one direction; as, a ship in a long voyage makes many courses; a course measured by a surveyor between two stations; also, a progress without interruption or rest; a heat; as, one course of a race.

5. Motion considered with reference to manner; or derly progress; procedure in a certain line of thought or action; as, the course of an argument.

The course of true love never did run smooth. Shak.

6. Customary or established sequence of evants; re currence of events according to natural laws.

By course of nature and of law. Davies.
Day and night, Seedtime and harvest, heat and hoary frost, Shall hold their course. Milton.

7. Method of procedure; manner or way of conducting; conduct; behavior.

My lord of York commends the plot and the general course of the action. Shak.
By perseverance in the course prescribed. Wodsworth.
You hold your course without remorse. Tennyson.

8. A series of motions or acts arranged in order; a succession of acts or practices connectedly followed; as, a course of medicine; a course of lectures on chemistry.

9. The succession of one to another in office or duty; order; turn.

He appointed . . . the courses of the priests 2 Chron. viii. 14.

10. That part of a meal served at one time, with its accompaniments.

He [Goldsmith] wore fine clothes, gave dinners of several courses, paid court to venal beauties. Macualay.

11. (Arch.) A continuous level range of brick or stones of the same height throughout the face or faces of a building. Gwilt.

12. (Naut.) The lowest sail on any mast of a square-rigged vessel; as, the fore course, main course, etc.

13. pl. (Physiol.) The menses. In course, in regular succession. -- Of course, by consequence; as a matter of course; in regular or natural order. -- In the course of, at same time or times during. "In the course of human events." T. Jefferson. Syn. -- Way; road; route; passage; race; series; succession; manner; method; mode; career; progress.

Course

Course, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coursed (k?rst)); p. pr. & vb. n. Coursing.]

1. To run, hunt, or chase after; to follow hard upon; to pursue.

We coursed him at the heels. Shak.

2. To cause to chase after or pursue game; as, to course greyhounds after deer.

3. To run through or over.

The bounding steed courses the dusty plain. Pope.

Course

Course, v. i.

1. To run as in a race, or in hunting; to pursue the sport of coursing; as, the sportsmen coursed over the flats of Lancashire.

2. To move with speed; to race; as, the blood courses through the veins. Shak.

Coursed

Coursed (k?rst), a.

1. Hunted; as, a coursed hare.

2. Arranged in courses; as, coursed masonry.

Courser

Cours"er (k?rs"?r), n. [F. coursier.]

1. One who courses or hunts.

leash is a leathern thong by which . . . a courser leads his greyhound. Hanmer.

2. A swift or spirited horse; a racer or a war horse; a charger. [Poetic.] Pope.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A grallatorial bird of Europe (Cursorius cursor), remarkable for its speed in running. Sometimes, in a wider sense, applied to running birds of the Ostrich family.

Coursey

Cour"sey (k?r"s?), n. [Cf. OF. corsie, coursie, passage way to the stern. See Course, n. ] (Naut.)A space in the galley; a part of the hatches. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
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Coursing

Cours"ing (k?rs"?ng), n. The pursuit or running game with dogs that follow by sight instead of by scent.
In coursing of a deer, or hart, with greyhounds. Bacon

Court

Court (k?rt), n. [OF. court, curt, cort, F. co, LL. cortis, fr. L. cohors, cors, chors, gen. cohortis, cortis, chortis, an inclosure, court, thing inclosed, crowd, throng; co- + a root akin to Gr. garden, yard, orchard. See Yard, and cf. Cohort, Curtain.]

1. An inclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different building; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley.

The courts the house of our God. Ps. cxxxv. 2.
And round the cool green courts there ran a row Cf cloisters. Tennyson.
Goldsmith took a garret in a miserable court. Macualay.

2. The residence of a sovereign, prince, nobleman, or ether dignitary; a palace.

Attends the emperor in his royal court. Shak.
This our court, infected with their manners, Shows like a riotous inn. Shak.

3. The collective body of persons composing the retinue of a sovereign or person high in aithority; all the surroundings of a sovereign in his regal state.

My lord, there is a nobleman of the court at door would speak with you. Shak.
Love rules the court, the camp, the grove. Sir. W. Scott.

4. Any formal assembling of the retinue of a sovereign; as, to hold a court.

The princesses held their court within the fortres. Macualay.

5. Attention directed to a person in power; conduct or address designed to gain favor; courtliness of manners; civility; compliment; flattery.

No solace could her paramour intreat Her once to show, ne court, nor dalliance. Spenser.
I went to make my court to the Dike and Duches of Newcastle. Evelyn.

6. (Law) (a) The hall, chamber, or place, where justice is administered. (b) The persons officially assembled under authority of law, at the appropriate time and place, for the administration of justice; an official assembly, legally met together for the transaction of judicial business; a judge or judges sitting for the hearing or trial of causes. (c) A tribunal established for the administration of justice. (d) The judge or judges; as distinguished from the counsel or jury, or both.

Most heartily I do beseech the court To give the judgment. Shak.

7. The session of a judicial assembly.

8. Any jurisdiction, civil, military, or ecclesiastical.

9. A place arranged for playing the game of tennis; also, one of the divisions of a tennis court. Christian court, the English ecclesiastical courts in the aggregate, or any one of them. -- Court breeding, education acquired at court. -- Court card. Same as Coat card. -- Court circular, one or more paragraphs of news respecting the sovereign and the royal family, together with the proceedings or movements of the court generally, supplied to the newspapers by an officer specially charged with such duty. [Eng.] Edwards. -- Court day, a day on which a court sits to administer justice. -- Court dress, the dress prescribed for appearance at the court of a sovereign. -- Court fool, a buffoon or jester, formerly kept by princes and nobles for their amusement. -- Court guide, a directory of the names and adresses of the nobility and gentry in a town. -- Court hand, the hand or manner of writing used in records and judicial proceedings. Shak. -- Court lands (Eng. Law), lands kept in demesne, -- that is, for the use of the lord and his family. -- Court marshal, one who acts as marshal for a court. -- Court party, a party attached to the court. -- Court rolls, the records of a court. SeeRoll. -- Court in banc, ∨ Court in bank, The full court sitting at its regular terms for the hearing of arguments upon questions of law, as distinguished from a sitting at nisi prius. -- Court of Arches, audience, etc. See under Arches, Audience, etc. -- Court of Chancery. See Chancery, n. -- Court of Common pleas. (Law) See Common pleas, under Common. -- Court of Equity. See under Equity, and Chancery. -- Court of Inquiry (Mil.) , a court appointed to inquire into and report on some military matter, as the conduct of an officer. -- Court of St. James, the usual designation of the British Court; -- so called from the old palace of St. James, which is used for the royal receptions, levees, and drawing-rooms. -- The court of the Lord, the temple at Jerusalem; hence, a church, or Christian house of worship. -- General Court, the legislature of a State; -- so called from having had, in the colonial days, judical power; as, the General Court of Massachusetts. [U.S.] -- To pay one's court, to seek to gain favor by attentions. "Alcibiades was assiduous in paying his court to Tissaphernes." Jowett. -- To put out of court, to refuse further judicial hearing.

Court

Court, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Courted; p. pr. & vb. n. Courting.]

1. To endeavor to gain the favor of by attention or flattery; to try to ingratiate one's self with.

By one person, hovever, Portland was still assiduously courted. Macualay.

2. To endeavor to gain the affections of; to seek in marriage; to woo.

If either of you both love Katharina . . . leave shall you have to court her at your pleasure. Shak.

3. To attempt to gain; to solicit; to seek.

They might almost seem to have courted the crown of martyrdem. Prescott.
Guilt and misery . . . court privacy and silitude. De Quincey.

4. To invite by attractions; to allure; to attract.

A well-worn pathway courted us To one green wicket in a privet hedge. Tennyson.

Court

Court, v. i.

1. To play the lover; to woo; as, to go courting.

Court-baron

Court"-bar`on (-b?r`?n), n. (Law) An inferior court of civil jurisdiction, attached to a manor, and held by the steward; a baron's court; -- now fallen into disuse.

Courtbred

Court"bred` (-br?d`), a. Bred, or educated, at court; polished; courtly.

Court-craft

Court"-craft` (k?rt"kr?ft`), n. The artifices, intrigues, and plottings, at courts.

Court-cupboard

Court"-cup`board (-k?b`b?rd), n. A movable sideboard or buffet, on which plate and other articles of luxury were displayed on special ocasions. [Obs.]
A way with the joint stools, remove the court-cupboard, look to the plate. Shak.

Courteous

Cour"te*ous (k?r"t?-?s; 277), a. [OE. cortais, corteis, cortois, rarely corteous, OF. corties, corteis, F. courtois. See Court.] Of courtlike manners; pertaining to, or exxpressive of, courtesy; characterized by courtesy; civil; obliging; well bred; polite; affable; complaisant.
A patient and courteous bearing. Prescott.
His behavior toward his people is grave and courteous. Fuller.

Courteously

Cour"te*ous*ly, adv. In a courteous manner.

Courteousness

Cour"te*ous*ness, n. The quality of being courteous; politeness; courtesy.

Courtepy

Cour"te*py (k??r"t?-p?), n. [D. kort short + pije a coarse cloth.] A short coat of coarse cloth. [Obs.]
Full threadbare was his overeste courtepy. Chaucer.

Courter

Court"er (k?rt"?r), n. One who courts; one who plays the lover, or who solicits in marriage; one who flatters and cajoles. Sherwood.

Courtesan

Cour"te*san (k?r"t?-z?n; 277), n. [F. courtisane, fr. courtisan courtier, It. cortigiano; or directly fr. It. cortigiana, or Sp. cortesana. See Court.] A woman who prostitutes herself for hire; a prostitute; a harlot.
Lasciviously decked like a courtesan. Sir H. Wotton.

Courtesanship

Cour"te*san*ship, n. Harlotry.

Courtesy

Cour"te*sy (k?r"t?-s?), n.; pl. Courtesies (-s. [OE. cortaisie, corteisie, courtesie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, OF. curteisie, cortoisie, F. courtoisie, fr. curteis, corteis. See Courteous.]

1. Politeness; civility; urbanity; courtliness.

And trust thy honest-offered courtesy, With oft is sooner found in lowly sheds, With smoky rafters, than in tapestry walls And courts of princes, where it first was named, And yet is most pretended. Milton.
Pardon me, Messer Claudio, if once more I use the ancient courtesies of speech. Longfellow.

2. An act of civility or respect; an act of kindness or favor performed with politeness.

My lord, for your many courtesies I thank you. Shak.

3. Favor or indulgence, as distinguished from right; as, a title given one by courtesy. Courtesy title, a title assumed by a person, or popularly conceded to him, to which he has no valid claim; as, the courtesy title of Lord prefixed to the names of the younger sons of noblemen. Syn. -- Politiness; urbanity; civility; complaisance; affability; courteousness; elegance; refinement; courtliness; good breeding. See Politeness.

Courtesy

Courte"sy (k?rt"s?), n. [See the preceding word.] An act of civility, respect, or reverence, made by women, consisting of a slight depression or dropping of the body, with bending of the kness. [Written also curtsy.]
The lady drops a courtesy in token of obedience, and the ceremony proceeds as usual. Golgsmith.

Courtesy

Courte"sy, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Courtesied (-s?d);; p. pr. & vb. n. Courtesyng.] To make a respectful salutation or movement of respect; esp. (with reference to women), to bow the body slightly, with bending of the knes.

Courtesy

Courte"sy, v. t. To treat with civility. [Obs.]

Courtehouse

Courte"house` (k?rt"hous`), n.

1. A house in which established courts are held, or a house appropriated to courts and public meetings. [U.S.]

2. A county town; -- so called in Virginia and some others of the Southern States.

Providence, the county town of Fairfax, is unknown by that name, and passes as Fairfax Court House. Barlett.

Courtier

Court"ier (k?rt"y?r), n. [From Court.]

1. One who is in attendance at the court of a prince; one who has an appointment at court.

You know I am no courtier, nor versed in state affairs. Bacon.
This courtier got a frigate, and that a company. Macualay.

2. One who courts or solicits favor; one who flatters.

There was not among all our princes a greater courtier of the people than Richard III. Suckling.

Courtiery

Court"ier*y (-?), n. The manners of a courtier; courtliness. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Court-leet

Court"-leet` (-l?t`), n. (Eng. Law) A court of record held once a year, in a particular hundred, lordship, or manor, before the steward of the leet. Blackstone.

Courtlike

Court"like` (-l?k`), a. After the manner of a court; elegant; polite; courtly.

Courtliness

Court"li*ness (-l?-n?s), n. [From Courtly.] The quality of being courtly; elegance or dignity of manners.

Courtling

Court"ling (-l?ng), n. [Court + -ling.] A sycophantic courtier. B. Jonson.

Courtly

Court"ly (-l?), a. [From Court.]

1. Relating or belonging to a court.

2. Elegant; polite; courtlike; flattering.

In courtly company or at my beads. Shak.

3. Disposed to favor the great; favoring the policy or party of the court; obsequious. Macualay.

Courtly

Court"ly, adv. In the manner of courts; politely; gracefully; elegantly.
They can produce nothing so courtly writ. Dryden

Court-martial

Court`-mar"tial (k?rt`m?r"shal), n.; pl. Courts-martial (k. A court consisting of military or naval officers, for the trial of one belonging to the army or navy, or of offenses against military or naval law.

Court-martial

Court`-mar"tial, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Court-martialed (-shald); p. pr. & vb. n. Court-martialing.] To subject to trial by a court-martial.

Court-plaster

Court"-plas`ter (k?rt"pl?s`t?r), n. Sticking plaster made by coating taffeta or silk on one side with some adhesive substance, commonly a mixture of isinglass and glycerin.

Courtship

Court"ship (k?rt"sh?p), n.

1. The act of paying court, with the intent to solicit a favor. Swift.

2. The act of wooing in love; solicitation of woman to marriage.

This method of courtship, [by which] both sides are prepared for all the matrimonial adventures that are to follow. Goldsmith.

3. Courtliness; elegance of manners; courtesy. [Obs.]

Trim gallants, full of courtship and of state. Shak.

4. Court policy; the character of a courtier; artifice of a court; court-craft; finesse. [Obs.]

She [the Queen] being composed of courtship and Popery. Fuller.

Court tennis

Court" ten"nis (k?rt" t?n"n?s). See under Tennis.

Courtyard

Court"yard (k?rt"y?rd`), n. A court or inclosure attached to a house.

Couscous

Cous"cous` (k??s"k??s`), n. A kind of food used by the natives of Western Africa, made of millet flour with flesh, and leaves of the baobab; -- called also lalo.

Couscousou

Cous`cou*sou" (k??s`k??-s??"), n. A favorite dish in Barbary. See Couscous.

Cousin

Cous"in (k?z"'n), n. [F. cousin, LL. cosinus, cusinus, contr. from L. consobrinus the child of a mother's sister, cousin; con- + sobrinus a cousin by the mother's side, a form derived fr. soror (forsosor) sister. See Sister, and cf. Cozen, Coz.]

1. One collaterally related more remotely than a brother or sister; especially, the son or daughter of an uncle or aunt. &hand; The children of brothers and sisters are usually denominated first cousins, or cousins-german. In the second generation, they are called second cousins. See Cater-cousin, and Quater-cousin.

Thou art, great lord, my father's sister's son, A cousin-german to great Priam's seed. Shak.

2. A title formerly given by a king to a nobleman, particularly to those of the council. In English writs, etc., issued by the crown, it signifies any earl.

My noble lords and cousins, all, good morrow. Shak.

Cousin

Cous"in, n. Allied; akin. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Cousinage

Cous"in*age (-?j), n. [F. cousinage, OF., also, cosinage. Cf. Cosinage, Cozenage.] Relationship; kinship. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Cousin-german

Cous"in-ger"man (-j?r"man), n. [Cousin + german closely akin.] A first cousin. See Note under Cousin, 1.

Cousinhood

Cous"in*hood (-h??d), n. The state or condition of a cousin; also, the collective body of cousins; kinsfolk.

Cousinly

Cous"in*ly, a. Like or becoming a cousin.

Cousinry

Cous"in*ry (k?z"'n-r?), n. A body or collection of cousins; the whole number of persons who stand in the relation of cousins to a given person or persons.

Cousinship

Cous"in*ship, n. The relationship of cousins; state of being cousins; cousinhood. G. Eliot.

Coussinet

Cous"si*net` (k??s"s?-n?t`), n. [F., dim. of coussin cushion. See Cushionet.] (Arch.) (a) A stone placed on the impost of a pier for receiving the first stone of an arch. (b) That part of the Ionic capital between the abacus and quarter round, which forms the volute. Gwilt.

Couteau

Cou*teau" (k??-t?"), n. [F.] A knife; a dagger.

Couth

Couth (k??th), imp. & p. p. of Can. [See Can, and cf. Uncouth.] Could; was able; knew or known; understood. [Obs.]
Above all other one Daniel He loveth, for he couth well Divine, that none other couth; To him were all thing couth, As he had it of God's grace. Gower.

Couvade

Cou`vade" (k??`v?d"), n. [F., fr. couver. See Covey.] A custom, among certain barbarous tribes, that when a woman gives birth to a child her husband takes to his bed, as if ill.
The world-wide custom of the couvade, where at childbirth the husband undergoes medical treatment, in many cases being put to bed for days. Tylor.

Covariant

Co*va"ri*ant (k?-v?"r?-a]/>nt), n. (Higher Alg.) A function involving the coefficients and the variables of a quantic, and such that when the quantic is lineally transformed the same function of the new variables and coefficients shall be equal to the old function multiplied by a factor. An invariant is a like function involving only the coefficients of the quantic.

Cove

Cove (k?v), n. [AS. cofa room; akin to G. koben pigsty, orig., hut, Icel kofi hut, and perh. to E. cobalt.]

1. A retired nook; especially, a small, sheltered inlet, creek, or bay; a recess in the shore.

Vessels which were in readiness for him within secret coves and nooks. Holland.

2. A strip of prairie extending into woodland; also, a recess in the side of a mountain. [U.S.]

3. (Arch.) (a) A concave molding. (b) A member, whose section is a concave curve, used especially with regard to an inner roof or ceiling, as around a skylight.

Cove

Cove, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coved (k?vd); p. pr. & vb. n. Coving.] (Arch.) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
The mosques and other buildings of the Arabians are rounded into domes and coved roofs. H. Swinburne.
Coved ceiling, a ceiling, the part of which next the wail is constructed in a cove. -- Coved vault, a vault composed of four coves meeting in a central point, and therefore the reverse of a groined vault.

Cove

Cove, v. t. [CF. F. couver, It. covare. See Covey.] To brood, cover, over, or sit over, as birds their eggs. [Obs.]
Not being able to cove or sit upon them [eggs], she [the female tortoise] bestoweth them in the gravel. Holland.

Cove

Cove, n. [A gypsy word, covo that man, covi that woman.] A boy or man of any age or station. [Slang]
There's a gentry cove here. Wit's Recreations (1654).
Now, look to it, coves, that all the beef and drink Be not filched from us. Mrs. Browning.

Covelline k-vlln, Covellite

Co*vel"line (k?-v?l"l?n), Co*vel"lite (-l?t), n. [After Covelli, the discoverer.] (Min.) A native sulphide of copper, occuring in masses of a dark blue color; -- hence called indigo copper.

Covenable

Cov"e*na*ble (k?v"?-n?-b'l), a. [OF. covenable, F. convenable. See Covenant.] Fit; proper; suitable. [Obs.] "A covenable day." Wyclif (Mark vi. 21).
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Covenably

Cov"e*na*bly (k?v"?-n?-bly), adv. Fitly; suitably. [Obs.] "Well and covenably." Chaucer.

Covenant

Cov"e*nant (k?v"?-nant), n. [OF. covenant, fr. F. & OF. convenir to agree, L. convenire. See Convene.]

1. A mutual agreement of two or more persons or parties, or one of the stipulations in such an agreement.

Then Jonathan and David made a covenant. 1 Sam. xviiii. 3.
Let there be covenants drawn between us. Shak.
If we conclude a peace, It shall be with such strict and severe covenants As little shall the Frenchmen gain thereby. Shak.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) An agreement made by the Scottish Parliament in 1638, and by the English Parliament in 1643, to preserve the reformed religion in Scotland, and to extirpate popery and prelacy; -- usually called the "Solemn League and Covenant."

He [Wharton] was born in the days of the Covenant, and was the heir of a covenanted house. Macualay.

3. (Theol.) The promises of God as revealed in the Scriptures, conditioned on certain terms on the part of man, as obedience, repentance, faith, etc.

I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee. Gen. xvii. 7.

4. A solemn compact between members of a church to maintain its faith, discipline, etc.

5. (Law) (a) An undertaking, on sufficient consideration, in writing and under seal, to do or to refrain from some act or thing; a contract; a stipulation; also, the document or writing containing the terms of agreement. (b) A form of action for the violation of a promise or contract under seal. Syn. -- Agreement; contract; compact; bargain; arrangement; stipulation. -- Covenant, Contract, Compact, Stipulation. These words all denote a mutual agreement between two parties. Covenant is frequently used in a religious sense; as, the covenant of works or of grace; a church covenant; the Solemn League and Covenant. Contract is the word most used in the business of life. Crabb and Taylor are wrong in saying that a contract must always be in writing. There are oral and implied contracts as well as written ones, and these are equally enforced by law. In legal usage, the word covenant has an important place as connected with contracts. A compact is only a stronger and more solemn contract. The term is chiefly applied to political alliances. Thus, the old Confederation was a compact between the States. Under the present Federal Constitution, no individual State can, without consent of Congress, enter into a compact with any other State or foreign power. A stipulation is one of the articles or provisions of a contract.

Covenant

Cov"e*nant (k?v"?-n?nt), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Covenanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Covenanting.] To agree (with); to enter into a formal agreement; to bind one's self by contract; to make a stipulation.
Jupiter covenanted with him, that it should be hot or cold, wet or dry, . . . as the tenant should direct. L'Estrange.
And they covenanted with him for thyrty pieces of silver. Matt. xxvi. 15.
Syn. -- To agree; contract; bargain; stipulate.

Covenant

Cov"e*nant, v. t. To grant or promise by covenant.
My covenant of peace that I covenanted with you. Wyclif.

Covenantee

Cov`e*nan*tee" (k?v`?-nan-t?"), n. (Law) The person in whose favor a covenant is made.

Covenanter

Cov"e*nant*er (k?v"?-n?nt-?r), n.

1. One who makes a covenant.

2. (Eccl. Hist.) One who subscribed and defended the "Solemn League and Covenant." See Covenant.

Covenanting

Cov"e*nant*ing, a. Belonging to a covenant. Specifically, belonging to the Scotch Covenanters.
Be they covenanting traitors, Or the brood of false Argyle? Aytoun.

Covenantor

Cov"e*nant*or` (-?r`), n. (Law) The party who makes a covenant. Burrill.

Covenous

Cov"e*nous (k?v"?-n?s), a. See Covinous, and Covin.

Covent

Cov"ent (k?v"ent), n. [OF. covent, F. couvent. See Convent.] A convent or monastery. [Obs.] Bale. Covent Garden, a large square in London, so called because originally it was the garden of a monastery.

Coventry

Cov"en*try (k?v"en-tr?), n. A town in the county of Warwick, England. To send to Coventry, to exclude from society; to shut out from social intercourse, as for ungentlemanly conduct. -- Coventry blue, blue thread of a superior dye, made at Coventry, England, and used for embroidery.

Cover

Cov"er (k?v"?r), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered (-?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Covering.] [OF. covrir, F. couvrir, fr. L. cooperire; co- + operire to cover; probably fr. ob towards, over + the root appearing in aperire to open. Cf. Aperient, Overt, Curfew.]

1. To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

2. To envelop; to clothe, as with a mantle or cloak.

And with the majesty of darkness round Covers his throune. Milton.
All that beauty than doth cover thee. Shak.

3. To invest (one's self with something); to bring upon (one's self); as, he covered himself with glory.

The powers that covered themselves with everlasting infamy by the partition of Poland. Brougham.

4. To hide sight; to conceal; to cloak; as, the snemy were covered from our sight by the woods.

A cloud covered the mount. Exod. xxiv. 15.
In vain shou striv'st to cover shame with shame. Milton.

5. To brood or sit on; to incubate.

While the hen is covering her eggs, the male . . . diverts her with his songs. Addison.

6. To overwhelm; to spread over.

The waters returned and covered the chariots and the horsemen. Ex. xiv. 28.

7. To shelter, as from evil or danger; to protect; to defend; as, the cavalry covered the retreat.

His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round. Cowley.

8. To remove from remembrance; to put away; to remit."Blessed is he whose is covered." Ps. xxxii. 1.

9. To extend over; to be sufficient for; to comprehend, include, or embrace; to account for or solve; to counterbalance; as, a mortgage which fully covers a sum loaned on it; a law which covers all possible cases of a crime; receipts than do not cover expenses.

10. To put the usual covering or headdress on.

Cover thy head . . . ; nay, prithee, be covered. Shak.

11. To copulate with (a female); to serve; as. a horse covers a mare; -- said of the male. To cover ground ∨ distance, to pass over; as, the rider covered the ground in an hour. -- To cover one's short contracts (Stock Exchange), to buy stock when the market rises, as a dealer who has sold short does in order to protect himself. -- Covering party (Mil.), a detachment of troops sent for the protection of another detachment, as of men working in the trenches. -- To cover into, to transfer to; as, to cover into the treasury. Syn. -- To shelter; screen; shield; hide; overspread.

Cover

Cov"er (k?v"?r), n.

1. Anything which is laid, set, or spread, upon, about, or over, another thing; an envelope; a lid; as, the cover of a book.

2. Anything which weils or conceals; a screen; disguise; a cloack. "Under cover of the night." Macualay.

A hendsome cover for imperfections. Collier.

3. Shelter; protection; as, the troops fought under cover of the batteries; the woods afforded a good cover.

Being compelled to lodge in the field . . . whilst his army was under cover, they might be forced to retire. Clarendon.

4. (Huntig) The woods, underbrush, etc., which shelter and conceal game; covert; as, to beat a cover; to ride to cover.

5. That portion of a slate, tile, or shingle, which is hidden by the overlap of the course above. Knight.

6. (Steam Engine) The lap of a slide valve.

7. [Cf. F. couvert.] A tablecloth, and the other table furniture; esp., the table furniture for the use of one person at a meal; as, covers were laid for fifty guests. To break cover, to start from a covert or lair; -- said of game. -- Under cover, in an envelope, or within a letter; -- said of a written message.

Letters . . . dispatched under cover to her ladyship. Thackeray.

Cover

Cov"er, v. i. To spread a table for a meal; to prepare a banquet. [Obs.] Shak.

Coverchief

Cov"er*chief (ch?f), n. [See Kerchef.] A covering for the head. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Covercle

Cov"er*cle (k?v"?r-k'l), n. [OF. covercle, F. couvercle, fr. L. co\'94perculum fr. co\'94perire. See cover] A small cover; a lid. [>Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Covered

Cov"ered (k?v"?rd), a. Under cover; screened; sheltered; not exposed; hidden. Covered way (Fort.), a corridor or banquette along the top of the counterscarp and covered by an embankment whose slope forms the glacis. It gives the garrisonn an open line of communication around the works, and a standing place beyond the ditch. See Illust. of Ravelin.

Coverer

Cov"er*er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, covers.

Covering

Cov"er*ing, n. Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc.
Noah removed the covering of the ark. Gen. viii. 13.
They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. Job. xxiv. 7.
A covering over the well's mouth. 2 Sam. xvii. 19.

Coverlet

Cov"er*let (k?v"?r-l?t), n. [F. couvre-lit; couvrir to cover + lit bed, fr. L. lectus bed. See Cover.] The uppermost cover of a bed or of any piece of furniture.
Lay her in lilies and in violets . . . And odored sheets and arras coverlets. Spenser.

Coverlid

Cov"er*lid (-l?d), n. A coverlet.
All the coverlid was clocth of gold. Tennyson.

Cover-point

Cov"er-point` (-point!), n. The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports "point."

Coversed sine

Co*versed" sine (k?-v?rst" s?n`). [Co- (=co- in co- sine) + versed sine.] (Geom.) The versed sine of the complement of an arc or angle. See Illust. of Functions.

Cover-shame

Cov"er-shame` (-sh?m`), n. Something used to conceal infamy. [Obs.] Dryden.

Covert

Cov"ert (k?v"?rt), a. [OF. covert, F. couvert, p. p. of couvrir. See Cover, v. t.]

1. Covered over; private; hid; secret; disguised.

How covert matters may be best disclosed. Shak.
Whether of open war or covert guile. Milton

2. Sheltered; not open or exposed; retired; protected; as, a covert nook. Wordsworth.

Of either side the green, to plant a covert alley. Bacon.

3. (Law) Under cover, authority or protection; as, a feme covert, a married woman who is considered as being under the protection and control of her husband. Covert way, (Fort.) See Covered way, under Covered. Syn. -- Hidden; secret; private; covered; disguised; insidious; concealed. See Hidden.

Covert

Cov"ert, n. [OF. See Covert, a.]

1. A place that covers and protects; a shelter; a defense.

A tabernacle . . . for a covert from storm. Is. iv. 6.
The highwayman has darted from his covered by the wayside. Prescott.

2. [Cf. F. couverte.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the special feathers covering the bases of the quills of the wings and tail of a bird. See Illust. of Bird.

Covert baron

Cov"ert bar`on (b?r`?n). (Law) Under the protection of a husband; married. Burrill.

Covertly

Cov"ert*ly, adv. Secretly; in private; insidiously.

Covertness

Cov"ert*ness (k?v"?rt-n?s), n. Secrecy; privacy. [R.]

Coverture

Cov"er*ture (k?v"?r-t?r; 135), n. [OF. coverture,F.couverture.]

1. Covering; shelter; defence; hiding.

Protected by walls or other like coverture. Woodward.
Beatrice, who even now Is couched in the woodbine coverture. Shak.

2. (Law) The condition of a woman during marriage, because she is considered under the cover, influence, power, and protection of her husband, and therefore called a feme covert, or femme couverte.

Covet

Cov"et (k?v"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Covered; p. pr. & vb. n. Coveting.] [OF. coveitier, covoitier, F. convoiter, from a derivative fr. L. cupere to desire; cf. Skr. kup to become excited. Cf. Cupidity.]

1. To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of; -- used in a good sen

Covet earnestly the best gifts. 1. Cor. xxii. 31.
If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive. Shak.

2. To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house. Ex. xx. 17.

yn

yn. -- To long for; desire; hanker after; crave.

Covet

Cov"et, v. i. To have or indulge inordinate desire.
Which [money] while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith. 1 Tim. vi. 10.

Covetable

Cov"et*a*ble (k?v"?t-?-b'l), a. That may be coveted; desirable.

Coveter

Cov"et*er (-?r), n. One who covets.

Covetise

Cov"et*ise (-?s), n. [OF. coveitise, F. convoitise. See Covet, v. t. ] Avarice. [Obs.] Spenser.

Covetiveness

Cov"et*ive*ness (-?v-), n. (Phren.) Acquisitiveness.

Covetous

Cov"et*ous (k?v"?t-?s), a. [OF. coveitos, F. convoiteux. See Covet, v. t.]

1. Very desirous; eager to obtain; -- used in a good sense. [Archaic]

Covetous of wisdom and fair virtue. Shak.
Covetous death bereaved us all, To aggrandize one funeral. Emerson.

2. Inordinately desirous; excessively eager to obtain and possess (esp. money); avaricious; -- in a bad sense.

The covetous person lives as if the world were madealtogether for him, and not he for the world. South.
Syn. -- Avaricious; parsimonious; penurious; misrely; niggardly. See Avaricious.

Covetously

Cov"et*ous*ly, adv. In a covetous manner.

Covetousness

Cov"et*ous*ness, n.

1. Strong desire. [R.]

When workmen strive to do better than well, They do confound their skill in covetousness. Shak.

2. A strong or inordinate desire of obtaining and possessing some supposed good; excessive desire for riches or money; -- in a bad sense.

Covetousness, by a greed of getting more, deprivess itself of the true end of getting. Sprat.
Syn. -- Avarice; cupidity; eagerness.

Covey

Cov"ey (k?v"?), n. [OF. cov, F. couv, fr. cover, F. couver, to sit or brood on, fr. L. cubare to lie down; cf. E. incubate. See Cubit, and cf. Cove to brood.]

1. A brood or hatch of birds; an old bird with her brood of young; hence, a small flock or number of birds together; -- said of game; as, a covey of partridges. Darwin.

2. A company; a bevy; as, a covey of girls. Addison.

Covey

Cov"ey, v. i. To brood; to incubate. [Obs.]
[Tortoises] covey a whole year before they hatch. Holland.

Covey

Cov"ey, n. A pantry. [Prov. Eng.] Parker.

Covin

Cov"in (k?v"?n), n. [OF. covine, covaine, fr. covenir to agree. See Covenant.]

1. (Law) A collusive agreement between two or more persons to prejudice a third.

2. Deceit; fraud; artifice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Covinous

Cov"in*ous (k?v"?n-?s), a. (Law) Deceitful; collusive; fraudulent; dishonest.

Cow

Cow (kou), n. [See Cowl a hood.] A chimney cap; a cowl

Cow

Cow, n.; pl. Cows (kouz); old pl. Kine (k. [OE. cu, cou, AS. c; akin to D. koe, G. kuh, OHG. kuo, Icel. k, Dan. & Sw. ko, L. bos ox, cow, Gr. g. &root;223. Cf. Beef, Bovine, Bucolic, Butter, Nylghau.]

1. The mature female of bovine animals.

2. The female of certain large mammals, as whales, seals, etc.

Cow

Cow, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowed (koud);; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowing.] [Cf. Icel. kuga, Sw. kufva to check, subdue, Dan. kue. Cf. Cuff, v. t.] To depress with fear; to daunt the spirits or courage of; to overawe.
To vanquish a people already cowed. Shak.
THe French king was cowed. J. R. Green.

Cow

Cow, n. [Prob. from same root as cow, v.t.] (Mining) A wedge, or brake, to check the motion of a machine or car; a chock. Knight.

Cowage

Cow"age (kou1?j), n. (Bot.) See Cowhage.

Cowan

Cow"an (kou"an), n. [Cf. OF. couillon a coward, a cullion.] One who works as a mason without having served a regular apprenticeship. [Scot.] Among Freemasons, it is a cant term for pretender, interloper.

Coward

Cow"ard (kou"?rd), a. [OF. couard, coard, coart, n. and adj., F. couard, fr. OF. coe, coue, tail, F. queue (fr. L. coda, a form of cauda tail) + -ard; orig., short-tailed, as an epithet of the hare, or perh., turning tail, like a scared dog. Cf. Cue, Queue, Caudal.]

1. (Her.) Borne in the escutcheon with his tail doubled between his legs; -- said of a lion.

2. Destitute of courage; timid; cowardly.

Fie, coward woman, and soft-hearted wretch. Shak.

3. Belonging to a coward; proceeding from, or expressive of, base fear or timidity.

He raised the house with loud and coward cries. Shak.
Invading fears repel my coward joy. Proir.

Coward

Cow"ard, n. A person who lacks courage; a timid or pusillanimous person; a poltroon.
A fool is nauseous, but a coward worse. Dryden.
Syn. -- Craven; poltroon; dastard.

Coward

Cow"ard, v. t. To make timoroys; to frighten. [Obs.]
That which cowardeth a man's heart. Foxe.

Cowardice

Cow"ard*ice (-?s), n. [F. couardise, fr. couard. See Coward.] Want of courage to face danger; extreme timidity; pusillanimity; base fear of danger or hurt; lack of spirit.
The cowardice of doing wrong. Milton.
Moderation was despised as cowardice. Macualay.

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Cowardie

Cow"ard*ie (kou"?rd-?), n. [OF. couardie.] Cowardice. [Obs.]

Cowardish

Cow"ard*ish, a. Cowardly. [Obs.] " A base and a cowardish mind." Robynson (More's Utopia).

Cowardize

Cow"ard*ize (-, v. t. To render cowardly. [Obs.]
God . . . cowardizeth . . . insolent spirits. Bp. Hall.

Cowardliness

Cow"ard*li*ness (-l?-n?s), n. Cowardice.

Cowardly

Cow"ard*ly, a.

1. Wanting courage; basely or weakly timid or fearful; pusillanimous; spiritless.

The cowardly rascals that ran from the battle. Shak.

2. Proceeding from fear of danger or other consequences; befitting a coward; dastardly; base; as, cowardly malignity. Macualay.

The cowardly rashness of those who dare not look danger in the face. Burke.
Syn. -- Timid; fearful; timorous; dastardly; pusillanimous; recreant; craven; faint-hearted; chicken-hearted; white-livered.

Cowardly

Cow"ard*ly, adv. In the manner of a coward. Spenser.

Cowardship

Cow"ard*ship, n. Cowardice. [Obs.] Shak.

Cowbane

Cow"bane` (kou"b?n`), n. (Bot.) A poisonous umbelliferous plant; in England, the Cicuta virosa; in the United States, the Cicuta maculata and the Archemora rigida. See Water hemlock.

Cowberry

Cow"ber`ry (-b?r`r?), n.; pl. Cowberries (-r. (Bot.) A species of Vaccinium (V. Vitis-id), which bears acid red berries which are sometimes used in cookery; -- locally called mountain cranberry.

Cowbird

Cow"bird` (-b?rd`), n. (Zo\'94l.) The cow blackbird (Molothrus ater), an American starling. Like the European cuckoo, it builds no nest, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds; -- so called because frequently associated with cattle.

Cowblakes

Cow"blakes` (-bl?ks`), n. pl. Dried cow dung used as fuel.[Prov. Eng.] Simmonds.

Cowboy

Cow"boy` (-boi`), n.

1. A cattle herder; a drover; specifically, one of an adventurous class of herders and drovers on the plains of the Western and Southwestern United States.

2. One of the marauders who, in the Revolutionary War infested the neutral ground between the American and British lines, and committed depredations on the Americans.

Cowcatxjer

Cow"catxj`er (-k?ch`?r), n. A strong inclined frame, usually of wrought-iron bars, in front of a locomotive engine, for catching or throwing off obstructions on a railway, as cattle; the pilot. [U.S.]

Cowdie

Cow"die (kou"d?), n. (Bot.) See Kauri.

Cower

Cow"er (-?r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cowered (-?rd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cowering.] [Cf. Icel. kera to doze, liequiet, Sw. kura, Dan. kure, G. kauern to cower, W. cwrian.] To stoop by bending the knees; to crouch; to squat; hence, to quail; to sink through fear.
Our dame sits cowering o'er a kitchen fire. Dryden.
Like falcons, cowering on the nest. Goldsmith.

Cower

Cow"er (kou"?r), v. t. To cherish with care. [Obs.]

Cowfish

Cow"fish` (-f?ch`), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The grampus. (b) A California dolphin (Tursiops Gillii). (c) A marine plectognath fish (Ostracoin quadricorne, and allied species), having two projections, like horns, in front; -- called also cuckold, coffer fish, trunkfish.

Cowhage

Cow"hage (kou"h?j), n. [Cf. Hind. kaw, ko.] (Bot.) A leguminous climbing plant of the genus Mucuna, having crooked pods covered with sharp hairs, which stick to the fingers, causing intolerable itching. The spicul\'91 are sometimes used in medicine as a mechanical vermifuge. [Written also couhage, cowage, and cowitch.]

Cowhearted

Cow"heart`ed (-h?rt`?d), a. Cowardly.
The Lady Powis . . . patted him with her fan, and called him a cowhearted fellow. R. North.

Cowherd

Cow"herd` (-h?rd`), n. [AS. c; c cow + hyrde a herder.] One whose occupation is to tend cows.

Cowhide

Cow"hide` (-h?d`), n.

1. The hide of a cow.

2. Leather made of the hide of a cow.

3. A coarse whip made of untanned leather.

Cowhide

Cow"hide`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cowhided; p. pr. & vb. n. Cowhiding.] To flog with a cowhide.

Cowish

Cow"ish (kou"?sh), a. [From Cow, v. t.] Timorous; fearful; cowardly. [R.] Shak.

Cowish

Cow"ish, n. (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant (Peucedanum Cous) with edible tuberous roots, found in Oregon. [Written also cous.]

Cowitch

Cow"itch (kou"?ch; 224), n. (Bot.) See Cowhage.

Cowl

Cowl (koul), n. [AS\'3e cuhle, cugle, cugele; cf. dial. G. kogel, gugel, OF. coule, goule; all fr. LL. cuculla, cucullus, fr. L. cucullus cap, hood; perh. akin to celare to conceal, cella cell. Cf. Cucullate.]

1. A monk's hood; -- usually attached to the gown. The nname was also applied to the hood and garment together.

What differ more, you cry, than crown and cowl? Pope.

2. A cowl-shaped cap, commonly turning with the wind, used to improve the draft of a chimney, ventilatingshaft, etc.

3. A wire cap for the smokestack of a locomotive.

Cowl

Cowl, n. [Cf. OF. cuvele, cuvel, dim. of F. cuve tub, vat, fr. L. cupa. See Cup.] A vessel carried on a pole between two persons, for conveyance of water. Johnson.

Cowled

Cowled (kould), a. Wearing a cowl; hooded; as, a cowled monk. "That cowled churchman." Emerson.

Cowleech

Cow"leech` (kou"l?ch`), n. [2d cow + leech a physician.] One who heals disease of cows; a cow doctor.

Cowleeching

Cow"leech`ing, n. Healing the distemper of cows.

Cowlick

Cow"lick` (-l?k`), n. A tuft of hair turned up or awry (usually over the forehead), as if licked by a cow.

Cowlike

Cow"like` (-l?k`), a. Resembling a cow.
With cowlike udders and with oxlike eyes. Pope.

Cowlstaff

Cowl"staff` (koul"st?f`), n. [Cowl a vessel + staff.] A staff or pole on which a vessel is supported between two persons. Suckling.

Coworker

Co`work"er (k?`w?rk"?r), n. One who works with another; a co

Cow parsley

Cow" pars`ley (kou` p?rs`l?). (Bot.) An umbelliferous plant of the genus Ch\'91rophyllum (C. temulum and C. sylvestre).

Cow parsnip

Cow" pars`nip (-n?p). (Bot.) A coarse umbelliferous weed of the genus Heracleum (H. sphondylium in England, and H. lanatum in America).

Cowpea

Cow"pea` (-p?`), n. The seed of one or more leguminous plants of the genus Dolichos; also, the plant itself. Many varieties are cultivated in the southern part of the United States.

Cowper's glands

Cow"per's glands` (kou"p?rz gl?ndz`). [After the discoverer, William Cowper, an English surgeon.] (Anat.) Two small glands discharging into the male urethra.

Cow-pilot

Cow"-pi`lot (kou1p?`l?t)/pr>, n. (Zo\'94l.) A handsomely banded, coral-reef fish, of Florida and the West Indies (Pomacentrus saxatilis); -- called also mojarra.

Cowpock

Cow"pock` (-p?k`), n.See Cowpox. Dunglison.

Cowpox

Cow"pox` (--p?ks`), n. (Med.) A pustular eruptive disease of the cow, which, when communicated to the human system, as by vaccination, protects from the smallpox; vaccinia; -- called also kinepox, cowpock, and kinepock. Dunglison.

Cowquake

Cow"quake` (-kw?k`), n. (Bot.) A genus of plants (Briza); quaking grass.

Cowrie

Cow"rie (-r?), n. (Bot.) Same as Kauri.

Cowrie Cowry

Cow"rie Cow"ry (kou"r?), n.; pl. Cowries (-r. [Hind. kaur.] (Zo\'94l.) A marine shell of the genus Cypr\'91a. &hand; There are numerous species, many of them ornamental. Formerly C. moneta and several other species were largely used as money in Africa and some other countries, and they are still so used to some extent. The value is always trifling, and varies at different places.

Cowslip

Cow"slip` (-sl?p`), n. [AS. c, c, prob. orig., cow's droppings. Cf. Slop, n.] (Bot.)

1. A common flower in England (Primula veris) having yellow blossoms and appearing in early spring. It is often cultivated in the United States.

2. In the United States, the marsh marigold (Caltha palustris), appearing in wet places in early spring and often used as a pot herb. It is nearer to a buttercup than to a true cowslip. See Illust. of Marsh marigold. American cowslip (Bot.), a pretty flower of the West (Dodecatheon Meadia), belonging to the same order (Primulace\'91) with the English cowslip. -- French cowslip (Bot.), bear's-ear (Primula Auricula).

Cowslipped

Cow"slipped` (-sl?pt`), a. Adorned with cowslips. "Cowslipped lawns." Keats.

Cow's lungwort

Cow's" lung"wort` (kouz" l?ng"w?rt`). Mullein.

Cow tree

Cow" tree` (kou" tr?`). [Cf. SP. palo de vaca.] (Bot.) A tree (Galactodendron utile or Brosimum Galactodendron) of South America, which yields, on incision, a nourishing fluid, resembling milk.

Cowweed

Cow"weed" (-wEd`),, n. (Bot.) Same as Cow parsley.

Cowwheat

Cow"wheat` (-hw?t`), n. (Bot.) A weed of the genus Melampyrum, with black seeds, found on European wheatfields.

Cox

Cox (k?ks), n. [OE. cokes. Cf. Coax.] A coxcomb; a simpleton; a gull. [Obs.]
Go; you're a brainless cox, a toy, a fop. Beau. & Fl.

Coxxa

Coxx"a (k?ks"?), n. [L., the hip.] (Zo\'94l.) The first joint of the leg of an insect or crustacean.

Coxalgia -lj-, Coxalgy

Cox*al"gi*a (-?l"j?-?), Cox"al`gy (k?ks"?l`j?), n. [NL. coxalgia, fr. L. coxa hip. + Gr. coxalgie.] (Med.) Pain in the hip.

Coxcomb

Cox"comb` (k?ks"k?m`), n. [A corrupted spelling of cock's comb.]

1. (a) A strip of red cloth notched like the comb of a cock, which licensed jesters formerly wore in their caps. (b) The cap itself.

2. The top of the head, or the head itself.

We will belabor you a little better, And beat a little more care into your coxcombs. Beau & Fl.

3. A vain, showy fellow; a conceited, silly man, fond of display; a superficial pretender to knowledge or accomplishments; a fop.

Fond to be seen, she kept a bevy Of powdered coxcombs at her levee. Goldsmith.
Some are bewildered in the maze of schools, And some made coxcombs, nature meant but fools. Pope.

4. (Bot.) A name given to several plants of different genera, but particularly to Celosia cristata, or garden cockscomb. Same as Cockscomb.

Coxcombical

Cox*comb"ic*al (k?ks-k?m"?-kal), a. Befitting or indicating a coxcomb; like a coxcomb; foppish; conceited. -- Cox*comb"ic*al*ly, adv.
Studded all over in coxcombical fashion with little brass nails. W. Irving.

Coxcombly

Cox"comb"ly (k?ks"k?m`l?), a. like a coxcomb. [Obs.] "You coxcombly ass, you!" Beau & Fl.

Coxcombry

Cox"comb`ry (-r?), n. The manners of a coxcomb; foppishness.

Coxcomical

Cox*com"ic*al (k?ks-k?m"?-kal), a. Coxcombical. [R.]

Coxcomically

Cox*com"ic*al*ly, adv. Conceitedly. [R.]

Coxswain

Cox"swain` (k?k"sw?n, Colloq. k?k"s'n), n. See Cockswain.

Coy

Coy (koi), a. [OE. coi quiet, still, OF. coi, coit, fr.L. quietus quiet, p. p. of quiescere to rest, quie rest; prob. akin to E. while. See While, and cf. Quiet, Quit, Quite.]

1. Quiet; still. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Shrinking from approach or familiarity; reserved; bashful; shy; modest; -- usually applied to women, sometimes with an implication of coquetry.

Coy, and difficult to win. Cowper.
Coy and furtive graces. W. Irving.
Nor the coy maid, half willings to be pressed, Shall kiss the cup, to pass it to the rest. Goldsmith.

3. Soft; gentle; hesitating.

Enforced hate, Instead of love's coy touch, shall rudely tear thee. Shak.
Syn. -- Shy; shriking; reserved; modest; bashful; backward; distant.

Coy

Coy, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Coyed (koid); p. pr. & vb. n. Coying.]

1. To allure; to entice; to decoy. [Obs.]

A wiser generation, who have the art to coy the fonder sort into their nets. Bp. Rainbow.

2. To caress with the hand; to stroke.

Come sit thee down upon this flowery bed, While I thy amiable cheeks do coy. Shak.

Coy

Coy, v. i.

1. To behave with reserve or coyness; to shrink from approach or familiarity. [Obs.]

Thus to coy it, With one who knows you too! Rowe.

2. To make difficulty; to be unwilling. [Obs.]

If he coyed To hear Cominius speak, I 'll keep at home. Shak.

Coyish

Coy"ish, a. Somewhat coy or reserved. Warner.

Coyly

Coy"ly, adv. In a coy manner; with reserve.

Coyness

Coy"ness, n. The quality of being coy; feigned o
When the kind nymph would coyness feign, And hides but to be found again. Dryden.
Syn. -- Reserve; shrinking; shyness; backwardness; modesty; bashfulness.

Coyote

Coy"o*te (k?"?-t? ∨ k?"?t), n. [Spanish Amer., fr. Mexican coyotl.] (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous animal (Canis latrans), allied to the dog, found in the western part of North America; -- called also prairie wolf. Its voice is a snapping bark, followed by a prolonged, shrill howl.

Coypu

Coy"pu (koi"p??), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A South American rodent (Myopotamus coypus), allied to the beaver. It produces a valuable fur called nutria. [Written also coypou.]

Coystrel

Coys"trel (kois"tr?l), n. Same as Coistril.

Coz

Coz (k?z), n. A contraction of cousin. Shak.

Cozen

Coz"en (k?z"'n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cozened (-'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cozening (-'n-?ng). ] [From cousin, hence, literally, to deceive through pretext of relationship, F. cousiner.] To cheat; to defrand; to beguile; to deceive, usually by small arts, or in a pitiful way.
He had cozened the world by fine phrases. Macualay.
Children may be cozened into a knowledge of the letters. Locke.
Goring loved no man so well but that he would cozen him, and expose him to public mirth for having been cozened. Clarendon.

Cowen

Cow"en, v. i. To deceive; to cheat; to act deceitfully.
Some cogging,cozening slave. Shak.

Cozenage

Coz"en*age (-?j), n. [See Cozen, and cf. Cousinage.] The art or practice of cozening; artifice; fraud. Shak.

Cozener

Coz"en*er (k?z"'n-?r), n. One who cheats or defrauds.

Cozier

Co*zier (k?"zh?r), n. See Cosier.

Cozily

Co"zi*ly (k?"z?-l?), adv. Snugly; comfortably.

Coziness

Co"zi*ness, n. The state or quality of being cozy.

Cozy

Co"zy (k?"z?), a. [Compar. Cozier (-z?-?r); superl. Coziest.] [Cf. Scot. cosie, cozie, prob. from Gael. cosach abounding in hollows, or cosagach full of holes or crevices, snug, sheltered, from cos a hollow, a crevice.]

1. Snug; comfortable; easy; contented. [Written also cosey and cosy.]

2. [Cf. F. causer to chat, talk.] Chatty; talkative; sociable; familiar. [Eng.]

Cozy

Co"zy, n. [See Cozy,a.] A wadded covering for a teakettle or other vessel to keep the contents hot.
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Crab

Crab (kr?b), n. [AS. crabba; akin to D. krab, G. krabbe, krebs, Icel. krabbi, Sw. krabba, Dan. krabbe, and perh. to E. cramp. Cf. Crawfish.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) One of the brachyuran Crustacea. They are mostly marine, and usually have a broad, short body, covered with a strong shell or carapace. The abdomen is small and curled up beneath the body. &hand; The name is applied to all the Brachyura, and to certain Anomura, as the hermit crabs. Formerly, it was sometimes applied to Crustacea in general. Many species are edible, the blue crab of the Atlantic coast being one of the most esteemed. The large European edible crab is Cancer padurus. Soft-shelled crabs are blue crabs that have recently cast their shells. See Cancer; also, Box crab, Fiddler crab, Hermit crab, Spider crab, etc., under Box, Fiddler. etc.

2. The zodiacal constellation Cancer.

3. [See Crab, a.] (Bot.) A crab apple; -- so named from its harsh taste.

When roasted crabs hiss in the bowl, Then nightly sings the staring owl. Shak.

4. A cudgel made of the wood of the crab tree; a crabstick. [Obs.] Garrick.

5. (Mech.) (a) A movable winch or windlass with powerful gearing, used with derricks, etc. (b) A form of windlass, or geared capstan, for hauling ships into dock, etc. (c) A machine used in ropewalks to stretch the yarn. (d) A claw for anchoring a portable machine. Calling crab. (Zo\'94l.) See Fiddler., n., 2. -- Crab apple, a small, sour apple, of several kinds; also, the tree which bears it; as, the European crab apple (Pyrus Malus var.sylvestris); the Siberian crab apple (Pyrus baccata); and the American (Pyrus coronaria). -- Crab grass. (Bot.) (a) A grass (Digitaria, ∨ Panicum, sanguinalis); -- called also finger grass. (b) A grass of the genus Eleusine (E. Indica); -- called also dog's-tail grass, wire grass, etc. -- Crab louse (Zo\'94l.), a species of louse (Phthirius pubis), sometimes infesting the human body. -- Crab plover (Zo\'94l.), an Asiatic plover (Dromas ardeola). -- Crab's eyes, ∨ Crab's stones, masses of calcareous matter found, at certain seasons of the year, on either side of the stomach of the European crawfishes, and formerly used in medicine for absorbent and antacid purposes; the gastroliths. -- Crab spider (Zo\'94l.), one of a group of spiders (Laterigrad\'91); -- called because they can run backwards or sideways like a crab. -- Crab tree, the tree that bears crab applies. -- Crab wood, a light cabinet wood obtained in Guiana, which takes a high polish. McElrath. -- To catch a crab (Naut.), a phrase used of a rower: (a) when he fails to raise his oar clear of the water; (b) when he misses the water altogether in making a stroke.

Crab

Crab (kr?b), v. t.

1. To make sour or morose; to embitter. [Obs.]

Sickness sours or crabs our nature. Glanvill.

2. To beat with a crabstick. [Obs.] J. Fletcher.

Crab

Crab, v. i. (Naut.)To drift sidewise or to leeward, as a vessel. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Crab

Crab, a. [Prob. from the same root as crab, n.] Sour; rough; austere.
The crab vintage of the neighb'ring coast. Dryden.

Crabbed

Crab"bed (kr?b"b?d), a. [See Crab,n.]

1. Characterized by or manifesting, sourness, peevishness, or moroseness; harsh; cross; cynical; -- applied to feelings, disposition, or manners.

Crabbed age and youth can not live together. Shak.

2. Characterized by harshness or roughness; unpleasant; -- applied to things; as, a crabbed taste.

3. Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. "Crabbed eloquence." Chaucer.

How charming is divine philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose. Milton.

4. Cramped; irregular; as, crabbed handwriting. -- Crab"bed*ly, adv. -- Crab"bed*ness, n.

Crabber

Crab"ber (kr?b"b?r), n. One who catches crabs.

Crabbing

Crab"bing, n.

1. The act or art of catching crabs.

2. (Falconry) The foghting of hawks with each other.

3. (Woolem Manuf.) A process of scouring clocth be

Crabbish

Crab"bish (kr?b"b?sh), a. Somewhat sour or cross.
The wips of the most crabbish Satyristes. Decker.

Crabby

Crab"by (-b?), a. Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. "Persius is crabby, because ancient." Marston.

Crabeater

Crab"eat`er (kr?b"?t`?r), n. (Zo\'94l.) (a) The cobia. (b) An etheostomoid fish of the southern United States (Hadropterus nigrofasciatus). (c) A small European heron (Ardea minuta, and other allied species).

Craber

Cra"ber (kr?"b?r), n. (Zo\'94l.) The water rat. Walton.

Crabfaced

Crab"faced` (kr?b"f?st`), a. Having a sour, disagreeable countenance. Beau & Fl.

Crabsidle

Crab"si`dle (-s?`d'l), v. i. To move sidewise, as a crab. [Jocular]. Southey.

Crabstick

Crab"stick` (-st?k`), n. A stick, cane, or cudgel, made of the wood of the carb tree.

Crab tree

Crab" tree (tr?`). See under Crab.

Crab-yaws

Crab"-yaws` (kr?b"y?z`), n. (Med.) A disease in the West Indies. It is a kind of ulcer on the soles of the feet, with very hard edges. See Yaws. Dunglison.

Crache

Crache (kr?ch), v. To scratch. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Crack

Crack (kr?k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cracked (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cracking.] [OE. cracken, craken, to crack, break, boast, AS. cracian, cearcian, to crack; akin to D. kraken, G. krachen; cf. Skr. garj to rattle, or perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crake, Cracknel, Creak.]

1. To break or burst, with or without entire separation of the parts; as, to crack glass; to crack nuts.

2. To rend with grief or pain; to affect deeply with sorrow; hence, to disorder; to distract; to craze.

O, madam, my old hear is cracked. Shak.
He thought none poets till their brains were cracked. Roscommon.

3. To cause to sound suddenly and sharply; to snap; as, to crack a whip.

4. To utter smartly and sententiously; as, to crack a joke. B. Jonson.

5. To cry up; to extol; -- followed by up. [Low] To crack a bottle, to open the bottle and drink its contents. -- To crack a crib, to commit burglary. [Slang] -- To crack on, to put on; as, to crack on more sail, or more steam. [Colloq.]

Crack

Crack, v. i.

1. To burst or open in chinks; to break, with or without quite separating into parts.

By misfortune it cracked in the coling. Boyle.
The mirror cracked from side to side. Tennyson.

2. To be ruined or impaired; to fail. [Collog.]

The credit . . . of exchequers cracks, when little comes in and much goes out. Dryden.

3. To utter a loud or sharp, sudden sound.

As thunder when the clouds in autumn crack. Shak.

4. To utter vain, pompous words; to brag; to boast; -- with of. [Archaic.]

Ethoipes of their sweet complexion crack. Shak.

Crack

Crack, n.

1. A partial separation of parts, with or without a perceptible opening; a chink or fissure; a narrow breach; a crevice; as, a crack in timber, or in a wall, or in glass.

2. Ropture; flaw; breach, in a moral sense.

My love to thee is sound, sans crack or flaw. Shak.

3. A sharp, sudden sound or report; the sound of anything suddenly burst or broken; as, the crack of a falling house; the crack of thunder; the crack of a whip.

Will the stretch out to the crack of doom? Shak.

4. The tone of voice when changed at puberty.

Though now our voices Have got the mannish crack. Shak.

5. Mental flaw; a touch of craziness; partial insanity; as, he has a crack.

6. A crazy or crack-brained person. [Obs.]

I . . . can not get the Parliament to listen to me, who look upon me as a crack and a projector. Addison.

7. A boast; boasting. [Obs.] "Crack and brags." Burton. "Vainglorius cracks." Spenser.

8. Breach of chastity. [Obs.] Shak.

9. A boy, generally a pert, lively boy. [Obs.]

Val. 'Tis a noble child. Vir. A crack, madam. Shak.

10. A brief time; an instant; as, to be with one in a crack. [Eng. & Scot. Colloq.]

11. Free conversation; friendly chat. [Scot.]

What is crack in English? . . . Acrack . . . a chat with a good, kindly human heart in it. P. P. Alexander.

Crack

Crack, a. Of superior excellence; having qualities to be boasted of. [Colloq.]
One of our crack speakers in the Commons. Dickens.

Crack-brained

Crack"-brained` (-br?nd`), a. Having an impaired intellect; whimsical; crazy. Pope.

Cracked

Cracked (kr?kt), a.

1. Coarsely ground or broken; as, cracked wheat.

2. Crack-brained. [Colloq.]

Cracker

Crack"er (kr?k"?r), n.

1. One who, or that which, cracks.

2. A noisy boaster; a swaggering fellow. [Obs.]

What cracker is this same that deafs our ears? Shak.

3. A small firework, consisting of a little powder inclossed in a thick paper cylinder with a fuse, and exploding with a sharp noise; -- often called firecracker.

4. A thin, dry biscuit, often hard or crisp; as, a Boston cracker; a Graham cracker; a soda cracker; an oyster cracker.

5. A nickname to designate a poor white in some parts of the Southern United States. Bartlett.

6. (Zo\'94l.) The pintail duck.

7. pl. (Mach.) A pair of fluted rolls for grinding caoutchouc. Knight.

Crackle

Crac"kle (kr?k"k'l), v. i. [Dim. of crack.] To make slight cracks; to make small, sharp, sudden noises, rapidly or frequently repeated; to crepitate; as, burning thorns crackle.
The unknown ice that crackles underneath them. Dryden.

Crackle

Crac"kle, n.

1. The noise of slight and frequent cracks or reports; a crackling.

The crackle of fireworks. Carlyle.

2. (Med.) A kind of crackling sound or r&acir;le, heard in some abnormal states of the lungs; as, dry crackle; moist crackle. Quain.

3. (Fine Arts) A condition produced in certain porcelain, fine earthenware, or glass, in which the glaze or enamel appears to be cracked in all directions, making a sort of reticulated surface; as, Chinese crackle; Bohemian crackle.

Crackled

Crac"kled (-k'ld), a. (Fine Arts) Covered with minute cracks in the glaze; -- said of some kinds of porcelain and fine earthenware.

Crackleware

Crac"kle*ware` (-w?r`), n. See Crackle, n., 3.

Crackling

Crac"kling (kr?k"kl?ng), n.

1. The making of small, sharp cracks or reports, frequently repeated.

As the crackling of thorns under a pot, so is the laughter of the fool. Eccl. vii. 6.

2. The well-browned, crisp rind of roasted pork.

For the first time in his life he tested crackling. Lamb.

3. pl. Food for dogs, made from the refuse of tallow melting.

Cracknel

Crack"nel (kr?k"n?l), n. [F. craquelin, fr. D. krakeling, fr. krakken to crack. See Crack, v. t.] A hard brittle cake or biscuit. Spenser.

Cracksman

Cracks"man (kr?ks"man), n., pl. Cracksmen (-men). A burglar. [Slang]

Cracovian

Cra*co"vi*an (kr?-k?"v?-an), a. Of or pertaining to Cracow in Poland.

Cracovienne

Cra*co`vi*enne" (kr?-k?`v?-?n"), n. [F., fr. Cracow, the city.] (Mus.) A lively Polish dance, in 2-4 time.

Cracowes

Cra"cowes (kr?"k?z), n. pl. Long-toed boots or shoes formerly worn in many parts of Europe; -- so called from Cracow, in Poland, where they were first worn in the fourteenth century. Fairholt.

Cradle

Cra"dle (kr?d'l), n. [AS. cradel, cradol, prob. from Celtic; cf. Gael. creathall, Ir. craidhal, W. cryd a shaking or rocking, a cradle; perh. akin to E. crate.]

1. A bed or cot for a baby, oscillating on rockers or swinginng on pivots; hence, the place of origin, or in which anything is nurtured or protected in the earlier period of existence; as, a cradle of crime; the cradle of liberty.

The cradle that received thee at thy birth. Cowper.
No sooner was I crept out of my cradle But I was made a king, at nine months old. Shak.

2. Infancy, or very early life.

From their cradles bred together. Shak.
A form of worship in which they had been educated from their cradles. Clarendon.

3. (Agric.) An implement consisting of a broad scythe for cutting grain, with a set of long fingers parallel to the scythe, designed to receive the grain, and to lay it eventlyin a swath.

4. (Engraving) A tool used in mezzotint engraving, which, by a rocking motion, raises burrs on the surface of the plate, so preparing the ground.

5. A framework of timbers, or iron bars, moving upon ways or rollers, used to support, lift, or carry ships or other vessels, heavy guns, etc., as up an inclined plane, or across a strip of land, or in launching a ship.

6. (Med.) (a) A case for a broken or dislocated limb. (b) A frame to keep the bedclothes from conntact with the person.

7. (Mining) (a) A machine on rockers, used in washing out auriferous earth; -- also called a rocker. [U.S.] (b) A suspended scaffold used in shafts.

8. (Carp.) The ribbing for vaulted ceilings and arches intended to be covered with plaster. Knight.

9. (Naut.) The basket or apparatus in which, when a line has been made fast to a wrecked ship from the shore, the people are brought off from the wreck. Cat's cradle. See under Cat. -- Cradle hole, a sunken place in a road, caused by thawing, or by travel over a soft spot. -- Cradle scythe, a broad scythe used in a cradle for cutting grain.

Cradle

Cra"dle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cradled (-d'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cradling (-dl?ng).]

1. To lay to rest, or rock, as in a cradle; to lull or quiet, as by rocking.

It cradles their fears to sleep. D. A. Clark.

2. To nurse or train in infancy.

He that hath been cradled in majesty will not leave the throne to play with beggars. Glanvill.

3. To cut and lay with a cradle, as grain.

4. To transport a vessel by means of a cradle.

In Lombardy . . . boats are cradled and transported over the grade. Knight.
To cradle a picture, to put ribs across the back of a picture, to prevent the panels from warping.

Cradle

Cra"dle, v. i. To lie or lodge, as in a cradle.
Withered roots and husks wherein the acorn cradled. Shak.

Cradling

Cra"dling (-dl?ng), n.

1. The act of using a cradle.

2. (Coopering) Cutting a cask into two pieces lengthwise, to enable it to pass a narrow place, the two parts being afterward united and rehooped.

3. (Carp.) The framework in arched or coved ceilings to which the laths are nailed. Knight.

Craft

Craft (kr?ft), n. [AS. cr strength, skill, art, cunning; akin to OS., G., Sw., & Dan. kraft strength, D. kracht, Icel. kraptr; perh. originally, a drawing together, stretching, from the root of E. cramp.]

1. Strength; might; secret power. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. Art or skill; dexterity in particular manual employment; hence, the occupation or employment itself; manual art; a trade.

Ye know that by this craft we have our wealth. Acts xix. 25.
A poem is the work of the poet; poesy is his skill or craft of making. B. Jonson.
Since the birth of time, throughout all ages and nations, Has the craft of the smith been held in repute. Longfellow.

3. Those engaged in any trade, taken collectively; a guild; as, the craft of ironmongers.

The control of trade passed from the merchant guilds to the new craft guilds. J. R. Green.

4. Cunning, art, or skill, in a bad sense, or applied to bad purposes; artifice; guile; skill or dexterity employed to effect purposes by deceit or shrewd devices.

You have that crooked wisdom which is called craft. Hobbes.
The chief priets and the scribes sought how they might take him by craft, and put him to death. Mark xiv. 1.

5. (Naut.) A vessel; vessels of any kind; -- generally used in a collective sense.

The evolutions of the numerous tiny craft moving over the lake. Prof. Wilson.
Small crafts, small vessels, as sloops, schooners, ets.

Craft

Craft, v.t. To play tricks; to practice artifice. [Obs.]
You have crafted fair. Shak.

Craftily

Craft"i*ly (-?-l?), adv. [See Crafty.] With craft; artfully; cunningly.
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Craftiness

Craft"i*ness (kr?ft"?-n?s), n. Dexterity in devising and effecting a purpose; cunning; artifice; stratagem.
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness. Job. v. 13.

Craftless

Craft"less (-l?s), a. Without craft or cunning.
Helpless, craftless, and innocent people. Jer. Taylor.

Craftsman

Crafts"man (kr?fts"man), n.; pl. Craftsmen (-men). One skilled in some trade or manual occupation; an artificer; a mechanic.

Craftsmanship

Crafts"man*ship, n. The work of a craftsman.

Craftsmaster

Crafts"mas`ter (-m?s`t?r), n. One skilled in his craft or trade; one of superior cunning.
In cunning persuasion his craftsmaster. Holland.

Crafty

Craft"y (kr?ft"?), a. [AS. cr.]

1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. [Obs.] "Crafty work." Piers Plowman.

2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.

A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif.

3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily. "A pair of crafty knaves." Shak.

With anxious care and crafty wiles. J. Baillie.
Syn. -- Skillful; dexterous; cunning; artful; wily; Cunning.

Crag

Crag (kr?g), n. [W. craig; akin to Gael. creag, Corn. karak, Armor. karrek.]

1. A steep, rugged rock; a cough, broken cliff, or point of a rock, on a ledge.

From crag to crag the signal fiew. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Geol.) A partially compacted bed of gravel mixed with shells, of the Tertiary age.

Crag

Crag, n. [A form of craw: cf. D. kraag neck, collar, G. kragen. See Craw.]

1. The neck or throat [Obs.]

And bear the crag so stiff and so state. Spenser.

2. The neck piece or scrag of mutton. Johnson.

Cragged

Crag"ged (-g?d), a. Full of crags, or steep, broken
Into its cragged rents descend. J. Baillie.

Cradgedness

Crad"ged*ness, n. The quality or state of being cragged; cragginess.

Cragginess

Crag"gi*ness (-g?-n?s), n. The state of being craggy.

Craggy

Crag"gy (kr?g"g?), a. Full of crags; rugged with projecting points of rocks; as, the craggy side of a mountain. "The craggy ledge." Tennyson.

Cragsman

Crags"man (kr?gz"man), n.; pl. Cragsmen (-men). One accustomed to climb rocks or crags; esp., one who makes a business of climbing the cliffs overhanging the sea to get the eggs of sea birds or the birds themselves.

Craie

Craie (kr?), n. See Crare. [Obs.]

Craig flounder

Craig" floun`der (kr?g" floun`d?r). [Scot. craig a rock. See 1st Crag.] (Zo\'94l.) The pole flounder.

Crail

Crail (kr?l),, n. [See Creel.] A creel or osier basket.

Crake

Crake (kr?k), v. t. & i. [See Crack.]

1. To cry out harshly and loudly, like the bird called crake.

2. To boast; to speak loudly and boastfully. [Obs.]

Each man may crake of that which was his own. Mir. for Mag.

Crake

Crake, n. A boast. See Crack, n. [Obs.] Spenser.

Crake

Crake, n. [Cf. Icel. kr crow, kr raven, Sw. kr, Dan. krage; perh. of imitative origin. Cf. Crow.] (Zo\'94l.) Any species or rail of the genera Crex and Porzana; -- so called from its singular cry. See Corncrake.

Crakeberry

Crake"ber`ry (-b?r`r?), n. (Bot.) See Crowberry.

Craker

Crak"er (kr?k"?r), n. One who boasts; a braggart. [Obs.] Old Play.

Cram

Cram (kr?m), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crammed (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. Cramming.] [AS. crammian to cram; akin to Icel. kremia to squeeze, bruise, Sw. krama to press. Cf. Cramp.]

1. To press, force, or drive, particularly in filling, or in thrustung one thing into another; to stuff; to crowd; to fill to superfluity; as, to cram anything into a basket; to cram a room with people.

Their storehouses crammed with grain. Shak.
He will cram his brass down our throats. Swift.

2. To fill with food to satiety; to stuff.

Children would be freer from disease if they were not crammed so much as they are by fond mothers. Locke.
Cram us with praise, and make us As fat as tame things. Shak.

3. To put hastily through an extensive course of memorizing or study, as in preparation for an examination; as, a pupil is crammed by his tutor.

Cram

Cram, v. i.

1. To eat greedly, and to satiety; to stuff.

Gluttony . . . . Cr, and blasphemes his feeder. Milton.

2. To make crude preparation for a special occasion, as an examination, by a hasty and extensive course of memorizing or study. [Colloq.]

Cram

Cram, n.

1. The act of cramming.

2. Innformation hastily memorized; as. a cram from an examination. [Colloq.]

3. (Weaving) A warp having more than two threads passing through each dent or split of the reed.

Crambe

Cram"be (-b?), n. [Cf. Cramp, a., difficult.]

1. A game in which one person gives a word, to which another finds a rhyme.

I saw in one corner . . . a cluster of men and women,diverting themselves with a game at crambo. I heard several double rhymes . . . which raised a great deal of mirth. Addison.

2. A werd rhyming with another word.

His similes in order set And every crambo he could get. Swift.
Dumb crambo, a game in which one party of players give a word which rhymes with another, which last to be guessed by the opposing party, who represent in dumb show what they think it to be.

Crammer

Cram"mer (kr?m"m?r), n. One who crams; esp., one who prepares a pupil hastily for an exxamination, or a pupil who is thus prepared. Dickens.

Cramoisie Cramoisy

Cra*moi"sie Cra*moi"sy (kr?-moi"z?), a. [F. cramoisi crimson. See Crimson.] Crimson. [Obs.]
A splendid seignior, magnificent in cramoisy velevet. Motley.

Cramp

Cramp (kr?mp), n. [OE. crampe, craumpe; akin to D. & Sw. kramp, Dan. krampe, G. krampf (whence F. crampe), Icel. krappr strait, narrow, and to E. crimp, crumple; cf. cram. See Grape.]

1. That which confines or contracts; a restraint; a shakle; a hindrance.

A narrow fortune is a cramp to a great mind. L'Estrange.
Crippling his pleasures with the cramp of fear. Cowper.

2. (Masonry) A device, usually of iron bent at the ends, used to hold together blocks of stone, timbers, etc.; a cramp iron.

3. (Carp.) A rectangular frame, with a tightening screw, used for compressing the jionts of framework, etc.

4. A piece of wood having a curve corresponding to that of the upper part of the instep, on which the upper leather of a boot is stretched to give it the requisite shape.

5. (Med.) A spasmodic and painful involuntary contraction of a muscle or muscles, as of the leg.

The cramp, divers nights, gripeth him in his legs. Sir T. More.
Cramp bone, the patella of a sheep; -- formerly used as a charm for the cramp. Halliwell. "He could turn cramp bones into chess men." Dickens. -- Cramp ring, a ring formerly supposed to have virtue in averting or curing cramp, as having been consecrated by one of the kings of England on Good Friday.

Cramp

Cramp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cramped (krp. pr. & vb. n.
Cramping.]

1. To compress; to restrain from free action; to confine and contract; to hinder.

The mind my be as much cramped by too much knowledge as by ignorance. Layard.

2. To fasten or hold with, or as with, a cramp.

3. Hence, to bind together; to unite.

The . . . fabric of universal justic is well cramped and bolted together in all its parts. Burke.

4. To form on a cramp; as, to cramp boot legs.

5. To afflict with cramp.

When the gout cramps my joints. Ford.
To cramp the wheels of wagon, to turn the front wheels out of line with the hind wheels, so that one of them shall be against the body of the wagon.

Cramp

Cramp, a. [See Cramp, n.] Knotty; difficult. [R.]
Care being taken not to add any of the cramp reasons for this opinion. Coleridge.

Crampet

Cram"pet (kr?m"p?t), n. [See Cramp,n.] (Mil.) A cramp iron or cramp ring; a chape, as of a scabbard. [Written also crampit and crampette.]

Crampfish

Cramp"fish` (kr?mp"f?sh`), n. (Zo\'94l.) The torpedo, or electric ray, the touch of which gives an electric shock. See Electric fish, and Torpedo.

Cramp iron

Cramp" i`ron (?`rn). See Cramp, n., 2.

Crampit

Cram"pit (kr?m"p?t), n. (Mil.) See Crampet.

Crampon

Cram"pon (kr?m"p?n), n. [F. See Crampoons.] (Bot.) An a

Cramponee

Cram`po*nee" (kr?m`p?-n?"), a. [F. cramponn. See Crampoons.] (Her.) Having a cramp or square piece at the end; -- said of a cross so furnished.

Crampoons

Cram*poons" (kr?m-p??nz"), n. pl. [F. crampon, fr. OHG. chramph crooked; akin to G. krampf cramp. See Cramp,n., and cf. Crampon.]

1. A clutch formed of hooked pieces of iron, like double calipers, for raising stones, lumber, blocks of ice, etc.

2. Iron insruments with sharp points, worn on the shoes to assist in gaining or keeping a foothold.

Crampy

Cramp"y (kr?mp"?),

1. Affected with cramp.

2. Productive of, or abounding in, cramps. "This crampy country." Howitt.

Cran krn, Crane

Cran (kr?n), Crane (kr?n), n. [Scot., fr. Gael. crann.] A measure for fresh herrings, -- as many as will fill a barrel. [Scot.] H. Miller.

Cranage

Cran"age (kr?n"?j), n. [See Crane.]

1. The liberty of using a crane, as for loading and unloading vessels.

2. The money or price paid for the use of a crane.

Cranberry

Cran"ber*ry (kr?n"b?r-r?), n.; pl. Cranberries (-r [So named from its fruit being ripe in the spring when the cranes return. Dr. Prior.] (Bot.) A red, acid berry, much used for making sauce, etc.; also, the plant producing it (several species of Vaccinum or Oxycoccus.) The high cranberry or cranberry tree is a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), and the other is sometimes called low cranberry or marsh cranberry to distinguish it.

Cranch

Cranch (kr?nch), v. t. See Craunch.

Crane

Crane (kr?n), n. [AS. cran; akin to D. & LG. craan, G. kranich, krahn (this in sense 2), Gr. grus, W. & Armor. garan, OSlav. zerav, Lith. gerve, Icel. trani, Sw. trana, Dan. trane. Geranium.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A wading bird of the genus Grus, and allied genera, of various species, having a long, straight bill, and long legs and neck. &hand; The common European crane is Grus cinerea. The sand-hill crane (G. Mexicana) and the whooping crane (G. Americana) are large American species. The Balearic or crowned crane is Balearica pavonina. The name is sometimes erroneously applied to the herons and cormorants.

2. A machine for raising and lowering heavy weights, and, while holding them suspended, transporting them through a limited lateral distance. In one form it consists of a projecting arm or jib of timber or iron, a rotating post or base, and the necessary tackle, windlass, etc.; -- so called from a fancied similarity between its arm and the neck of a crane See Illust. Of Derrick.

3. An iron arm with horizontal motion, attached to the side or back of a fireplace, for supporting kettles, etc., over a fire.

4. A siphon, or bent pipe, for drawing liquors out of a cask.

5. (Naut.) A forked post or projecting bracket to support spars, etc., -- generally used in pairs. See Crotch, 2. Crane fly (Zo\'94l.), a dipterous insect with long legs, of the genus Tipula. -- Derrick crane. See Derrick. -- Gigantic crane. (Zo\'94l.) See Adjutant, n., 3. -- Traveling crane, Traveler crane, Traversing crane (Mach.), a crane mounted on wheels; esp., an overhead crane consisting of a crab or other hoisting apparatus traveling on rails or beams fixed overhead, as in a machine shop or foundry. -- Water crane, a kind of hydrant with a long swinging spout, for filling locomotive tenders, water carts, etc., with water.

Crane

Crane (kr?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craned (kr?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Craning.]

1. To cause to rise; to raise or lift, as by a crane; -- with up. [R.]

What engines, what instruments are used in craning up a soul, sunk below the center, to the highest heavens. Bates.
An upstart craned up to the height he has. Massinger.

2. To stretch, as a crane stretches its neck; as, to crane the neck disdainfully. G. Eliot.

crane

crane, v. i. to reach forward with head and neck, in order to see better; as, a hunter cranes forward before taking a leap. Beaconsfield. Thackeray.
The passengers eagerly craning forward over the bulwarks. Howells.

Crane's-bill

Crane's"-bill` (kr?nz"b?l`), n.

1. (Bot.) The geranium; -- so named from the long axis of the fruit, which resembles the beak of a crane. Dr. Prior.

2. (Surg.) A pair of long-beaked forceps.

Crang

Crang (kr?ng), n. See Krang.

Crania

Cra"ni*a (kr?"n?-?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of living Brachiopoda; -- so called from its fancied resemblance to the cranium or skull.

Cranial

Cra"ni*al (kr?"n?-a]/>l), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cranium.

Cranioclasm

Cra"ni*o*clasm (kr?"n?-?-kl?z'm), n. [Cranium + Gr. (Med.) The crushing of a child's head, as with the cranioclast or craniotomy forceps in cases of very difficult delivery. Dunglison.

Cranioclast

Cra"ni*o*clast (-kl?st), n. (Med.) An instrument for crushing the head of a fetus, to facilitate delivery in difficult eases.

Craniofacial

Cra`ni*o*fa"cial (-f?"shal), a. Of or pertaining to the cranium and face; as, the craniofacial angle.

Craniognomy

Cra`ni*og"no*my (-?g"n?-m?), n. [Cranium + Gr. The science of the form and characteristics of the skull. [R.]

Craniological

Cra`ni*o*log"ic*al (-?-l?j"?-kal), a. Of or pertaining to craniology.

Craniologist

Cra`ni*ol"o*gist (-?l"?-j?st), n. One proficient in craniology; a phrenologist.

Craniology

Cra`ni*ol"o*gy (-j?), n. [Cranium + -logy.] The department of science (as of ethnology or arch\'91ology) which deals with the shape, size, proportions, indications, etc., of skulls; the study of skulls.

Craniometer

Cra`ni*om"e*ter (kr?`n?-?m"?-t?r), n. [Cranium + -meter.] An instrument for measuring the size of skulls.

Craniometric --mtrk, Craniometrical

Cra`ni*o*met"ric (-?-m?t"r?k), Cra`ni*o*met"ric*al (-r?-kal), a. Pertaining to craniometry.

Craniometry

Cra`ni*om"e*try (kr?`n?-?m"?-tr?), n. The art or act of measuring skulls.

Cranioscopist

Cra`ni*os"co*pist (kr?`n?-?s"k?-p?st), n. One skilled in, or who practices, cranioscopy.
It was found of equal dimension in a literary man whose skull puzzied the cranioscopists. Coleridge.

Cranioscopy

Cra`ni*os"co*py (-p?), n. [Cranium + -scopy.] Scientific examination of the cranium.

Craniota

Cra`ni*o"ta (kr?`n?-?t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. cranium.] (Zo\'94l.) A comprehensive division of the Vertebrata, including all those that have a skull.

Craniotomy

Cra`ni*ot"o*my (kr?`n?-?t"?-m?), n. [Cranium + Gr. (Med.) The operation of opening the fetal head, in order to effect delivery.

Cranium

Cra"ni*um (kr?"n?-?m), n.; pl. E. Craniums (-Crania (-. [NL., fr. Gr. The skull of an animal; especially, that part of the skull, either cartilaginous or bony, which immediately incloses the brain; the brain case or brainpan. See Skull.

Crank

Crank (kr?nk), n. [OE. cranke; akin to E. cringe, cringle, crinkle, and to crank, a., the root meaning, probably, "to turn, twist." See Cringe.]

1. (Mach.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank.

2. Any bend, turn, or winding, as of a passage.

So many turning cranks these have, so many crooks. Spenser.

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3. A twist or turn in speech; a conceit consisting in a change of the form or meaning of a word.

Quips, and cranks, and wanton wiles. Milton.

4. A twist or turn of the mind; caprice; whim; crotchet; also, a fit of temper or passion. [Prov. Eng.]

Violent of temper; subject to sudden cranks. Carlyle.

5. A person full of crotchets; one given to fantastic or impracticable projects; one whose judgment is perverted in respect to a particular matter. [Colloq.]

6. A sick person; an invalid. [Obs.]

Thou art a counterfeit crank, a cheater. Burton.
Crank axle (Mach.), a driving axle formed with a crank or cranks, as in some kinds of locomotives. -- Crank pin (Mach.), the cylindrical piece which forms the handle, or to which the connecting rod is attached, at the end of a crank, or between the arms of a double crank. -- Crank shaft, a shaft bent into a crank, or having a crank fastened to it, by which it drives or is driven. -- Crank wheel, a wheel acting as a crank, or having a wrist to which a connecting rod is attached.

Crank

Crank (kr?nk), a. [AS. cranc weak; akin to Icel. krangr, D. & G. krank sick, weak (cf.D. krengen to careen). Cf. Crank, n.]

1. Sick; infirm. [Prov. Eng.]

2. (Naut.) Liable to careen or be overest, as a ship when she is too narrow, or has not sufficient ballast, or is loaded too high, to carry full sail.

3. Full of spirit; brisk; lively; sprightly; overconfident; opinionated.

He who was, a little before, bedrid, . . . was now crank and lusty. Udall.
If you strong electioners did not think you were among the elect, you would not be so crank about it. Mrs. Stowe.

Crank

Crank, v. i. [See Crank, n. ] To run with a winding course; to double; to crook; to wind and turn.
See how this river comes me cranking in. Shak.

Crankbird

Crank"bird` (-b?rd`), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small European woodpecker (Picus minor).

Cranked

Cranked (kr?nkt), a. Formed with, or having, a bend or crank; as, a cranked axle.

Crankiness

Crank"i*ness (kr?nk"?-n?s), n. Crankness. Lowell.

Crankle

Cran"kle (kr?n"k'l), v. t. [Cf. Crinkle.] To break into bends, turns, or angles; to crinkle.
Old Veg's stream . . . drew her humid train aslope, Crankling her banks. J. Philips.

Crankle

Cran"kle, v. i. To bend, turn, or wind.
Along the crankling path. Drayton.

Crankle

Cran"kle, n. A bend or turn; a twist; a crinkle.

Crankness

Crank"ness (kr?nk"n?s), n.

1. (Naut.) Liability to be overset; -- said of a ship or other vessel.

2. Sprightliness; vigor; health.

Cranky

Crank"y (-?), a.

1. Full of spirit; crank.

2. Addicted to crotchets and whims; unreasonable in opinions; crotchety. [Colloq.]

3. Unsteady; easy to upset; crank.

Crannied

Cran"nied (kr?n"n?d), a. Having crannies, chinks, or fissures; as, a crannied wall. Tennyson.

Crannog krnng, Crannoge

Cran"nog (kr?n"n?g), Cran"noge (kr?n"n?j), n. [From Celtic; cf. Gael. crann a tree.] One of the stockaded islands in Scotland and Ireland which in ancient times were numerous in the lakes of both countries. They may be regarded as the very latest class of prehistoric strongholds, reaching their greatest development in early historic times, and surviving through the Middle Ages. See also Lake dwellings, under Lake. Encyc. Brit.

Cranny

Cran"ny (kr?n"n?), n.; pl. Crannies (-n. [F. cran notch, prob. from L. crena (a doubful word).]

1. A small, narrow opening, fissure, crevice, or chink, as in a wall, or other substance.

In a firm building, the cavities ought not to be filled with rubbish, but with brick or stone fitted to the crannies. Dryden.
He peeped into every cranny. Arbuthnot.

2. (Glass Making) A tool for forming the necks of bottles, etc.

Cranny

Cran"ny, v. i. [imp & p. p. Crannied (-n?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crannying.]

1. To crack into, or become full of, crannies. [R.]

The ground did cranny everywhere. Golding.

2. To haunt, or enter by, crannies.

All tenantless, save to the cranning wind. Byron.

Cranny

Cran"ny, a. [Perh. for cranky. See Crank, a. ] Quick; giddy; thoughtless. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Crantara

Cran*ta"ra (kr?n-t?"r? ∨ -t?"r?), n. [Gael. cranntara.] The fiery cross, used as a rallying signal in the Highlands of Scotland.

Crants

Crants (kr?nts), n. [Cf. D. krans, G. kranz.] A garland carried before the bier of a maiden. [Obs.]
Yet here she is allowed her virgin crants, Her maaiden strewments. Shak.

Crapaudine

Crap"au*dine (kr?p"?-d?n), a. [F., n.] (Arch.) Turning on pivots at the top and bottom; -- said of a door.

Crapaudine

Crap"au*dine, n. [F.] (Far.) An ulcer on the coronet of a horse. Bailey.

Crape

Crape (kr?p), n. [F. cr, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen.
A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. Pope.
Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstr\'94mia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. -- Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

Crape

Crape, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craped (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb.n. Craping.] [F. cr, fr. L. crispare to curl, crisp, fr. crispus. See Crape, n.] To form into ringlets; to curl; to crimp; to friz; as, to crape the hair; to crape silk.
The hour for curling and craping the hair. Mad. D'Arblay.

Crapefish

Crape"fish` (kr?p"f?sh`), n. Salted codfish hardened by pressure. Kane.

Crapnel

Crap"nel (kr?p"nel), n. A hook or drag; a grapnel.

Crappie

Crap"pie (kr?p"p?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of fresh-water bass of the genus Pomoxys, found in the rivers of the Southern United States and Mississippi valley. There are several species. [Written also croppie.]

Crapple

Crap"ple (kr?p"p'l), n. [See Graple.] A claw. [Obs.]

Craps

Craps (kr?ps), n. A gambling game with dice. [Local, U.S.]

Crapula krp-l, Crapule

Crap"u*la (kr?p"?-l?), Crap"ule (kr?p"?l), n. [L. crapula intoxication.] Same as Crapulence.

Crapulence

Crap"u*lence (-?-lens), n. The sickness occasioned by intemperance; surfeit. Bailey.

Crapulent -lent, Crapulous

Crap"u*lent (-lent), Crap"u*lous (-l?s), a. [L. crapulentus, crapulosus: cf. F. crapuleux.] Surcharged with liquor; sick from excessive indulgence in liquor; drunk; given to excesses. [R.]

Crapy

Crap"y (kr?p"?), a. Resembling crape.

Crare

Crare (kr?r), n. [OF. craier, creer, croyer, ship of war, LL. craiera, creyera, perh. from G. krieger warrior, or D. krijger.] A slow unwieldy trading vessel. [Obs.] [Written also crayer, cray, and craie.] Shak.

Crase

Crase (kr?z), v. t. [See Craze.] To break in pieces; to crack. [Obs.] "The pot was crased." Chaucer.

Crash

Crash (kr), v. t. [imp & p. p. Crashed (kr; p. pr & vb. n. Crashing.] [OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See Craze.] To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.]
He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax.

Crash

Crash, v. i.

1. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.

Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. Macualay.

2. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

Crash

Crash, n.

1. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of manu things falling and breaking at once.

The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. Addison.

2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

Crash

Crash, n. [L. crassus coarse. See Crass.] Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Crashing

Crash"ing, n. The noise of many things falling and breaking at once.
There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.

Crasis

Cra"sis (kr?"s?s), n. [LL., temperament, fr. Gr.

1. (Med.) A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament.

2. (Gram.) A contraction of two vowels (as the final and initial vowels of united words) into one long vowel, or into a dipthong; syn\'91resis; as, cogo for coago.

Craspedota

Cras`pe*do"ta (kr?s`p?-d?"t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The hydroid or naked-eyed medus\'91. See Hydroidea.

Craspedote

Cras"pe*dote (kr?s"p?-d?t), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Craspedota.

Crass

Crass (kr?s), a. [L. crassus thick, fat, gross, prob. orig., closely woven See Crease animal fat, and cf. Crate, Hurdle.] Cross; thick; dense; coarse; not elaborated or refined. "Crass and fumid exhalations." Sir. T. Browne. "Crass ignorance" Cudworth.

Crassament krss-ment, Crassamentum

Cras"sa*ment (kr?s"s?-ment), Cras`sa*men"tum (-m?n"t?m), n. [L. crassamentum, fr. crassare to make thick. See Crass, a.] A semisolid mass or clot, especially that formed in coagulation of the blood.

Crassiment

Cras"si*ment (kr?s"s?-ment), n. See Crassament.

Crassitude

Cras"si*tude (-t?d), n. [L. crassitudo.] Crossness; coarseness; thickness; density. Bacon.

Crassness

Crass"ness (kr?s"n?s), n. Grossness. [Obs.] Glanvill.

Crastination

Cras`ti*na"tion (kr?s`t?-n?"sh?n), n. [L. crastinus of to-morrow, from cras to-morrow.] Procrastination; a putting off till to-morrow. [Obs.]

Crat\'91gus

Cra*t\'91"gus (kr?-t?"g?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of small, hardy trees, including the hawthorn, much used for ornamental purposes.

Cratch

Cratch (kr?ch; 224), n. [OE. crache, creche, F. cr crib, manger, fr. OHG. krippa, krippea,G. krippe crib. See Crib.] A manger or open frame for hay; a crib; a rack. [Obs.]
Begin from first where He encradled was, In simple cratch, wrapt in a wad of hay. Spenser.
Cratch cradle, a representation of the figure of the cratch, made upon the fingers with a string; cat's cradle; -- called also scratch cradle.

Crate

Crate (kr?t), n. [L. cratis hurdle; perh. akin to E. cradle. See Hurdle, and cf. Crate a framework.]

1. A large basket or hamper of wickerwork, used for the transportation of china, crockery, and similar wares.

2. A box or case whose sides are of wooden slats with interspaces, -- used especially for transporting fruit.

Crate

Crate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crated; p. pr. & vb. n. Crating.] To pack in a crate or case for transportation; as, to crate a sewing machine; to crate peaches.

Crater

Cra"ter (kr?t?r), n. [L. crater, cratera, a mixing vessel, the mouth of a volcano, Gr. ir to cook, Crail, in Holy Grail.]

1. The basinlike opening or mouth of a volcano, through which the chief eruption comes; similarly, the mouth of a gevser, about which a cone of silica is often built up.

2. (Mil.) The pit left by the explosion of a mine.

3. (Astron.) A constellation of the southen hemisphere; -- called also the Cup.

Crateriform

Cra*ter"i*form (kr?-t?r"?-f?rm), a. [L. cratera + -form.] (Bot.) Having the form of a shallow bowl; -- said of a corolla.

CRaterous

CRa"ter*ous (kr?"t?r-?s), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a crater. [R.] R. Browning.

Craunch

Craunch (kr?nch), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Craunched (kr?ncht);p. pr. & vb. n. Craunching.] [See Crunch.] To crush with the teeth; to chew with violence and noise; to crunch. Swift.

Cravat

Cra*vat" (kr?-v?t"), n. [F. cravate, fr. Cravate a Croat, an inhabitant of Croatia, one of a body of Austrian troops, from whom, in 1636, this article of dress was adopted in France.] A neckcloth; a piece of silk, fine muslin, or other cloth, worn by men about the neck.
While his wig was combed and his cravat tied. Macualay.

Cravatted

Cra*vat`ted (kr?-v?t"t?d), a. Wearing a cravat.
The young men faultlessly appointed, handsomely cravatted. Thackeray.

Crave

Crave (kr?v), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Craved (kr; p pr. & vb. n. Craving.] [AS. crafian; akin to Icel. krefia, Sw. kr, Dan. kr.]

1. To ask with earnestness or importunity; to ask with submission or humility; to beg; to entreat; to beseech; to implore.

I crave your honor's pardon. Shak.
Joseph . . . went in boldly unto Pilate, and craved the body of Jesus. Mark xv. 43.

2. To call for, as a gratification; to long for; hence, to require or demand; as, the stomach craves food.

His path is one that eminently craves weary walking. Edmund Gurney.
Syn. -- To ask; seek; beg; beseech; implore; entreat; solicit; request; supplicate; adjure.

Crave

Crave, v. i. To desire strongly; to feel an insatiable longing; as, a craving appetite.
Once one may crave for love. Suckling.

Craven

Cra"ven (kr?"v'n), a. [OE. cravant, cravaunde, OF. cravant struck down, p. p. of cravanter, crevanter, to break, crush, strike down, fr. an assumed LL. crepantare, fr. L. crepans, p. pr. of crepare to break, crack, rattle. Cf. Crevice, Crepitate.] Cowardly; fainthearted; spiritless. "His craven heart." Shak.
The poor craven bridegroom said never a word. Sir. W. Scott.
In craven fear of the sarcasm of Dorset. Macualay.

Craven

Cra"ven, n. [Formerly written also cravant and cravent.] A recreant; a coward; a weak-hearted, spiritless fellow. See Recreant, n.
King Henry. Is it fit this soldier keep his oath? Fluellen.He is a craven and a villain else. Shak.
Syn. -- Coward; poltroon; dastard.

Craven

Cra"ven, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cravened (-v'nd);p. pr. & vb. n. Cravening.] To make recreant, weak, spiritless, or cowardly. [Obs.]
There is a prohibition so divine, That cravens my weak hand. Shak.

Craver

Crav"er (kr?v"?r), n. One who craves or begs.

Craving

Crav"ing (-?ng), n. Vehement or urgent desire; longing for; beseeching.
A succession of cravings and satiety. L'Estrange.
-- Crav"ing*ly, adv. -- Crav"ing*ness, n.

Craw

Craw (kr?), n. [Akin to D. kraag neck, collar, G. kragen, Sw. kr craw, Dan. kro, and possibly to Gr.bronchus), or Crag neck.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The crop of a bird. (b) The stomach of an animal.

Crawfish krfsh, Crayfish

Craw"fish` (kr?"f?sh`), Cray"fish` (kr?"f?sh`), n.; pl. -fishes or -fish. [Corrupted fr. OE. crevis, creves, OF. crevice, F. , fr. OHG. krebiz crab, G. krebs. See Crab. The ending -fish arose from confusion with E. fish.] (Zo\'94l.) Any crustacean of the family Astacid\'91, resembling the lobster, but smaller, and found in fresh waters. Crawfishes are esteemed very delicate food both in Europe and America. The North American species are numerous and mostly belong to the genus Cambarus. The blind crawfish of the Mamoth Cave is Cambarus pellucidus. The common European species is Astacus fluviatilis.

Crawford

Craw"ford (kr?"f?rd), n. A Crawford peach; a well-known freestone peach, wich yellow flesh, first raised by Mr. William Crawford, of New Jersey.

Crawl

Crawl (kr?l), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crawled (kr?ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crawling.] [Dan. kravle, or Icel. krafla, to paw, scrabble with the hands; akin to Sw. kr to crawl; cf. LG. krabbeln, D. krabbelen to scratch.]

1. To move slowly by drawing the body along the ground, as a worm; to move slowly on hands and kness; to creep.

A worm finds what it searches after only by feeling, as it crawls from one thing to another. Grew.

2. Hence, to move or advance in a feeble, slow, or timorous manner.

He was hardly able to crawl about the room. Arbuthnot.
The meanest thing that crawl'd beneath my eyes. Byron.

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3. To advance slowly and furtively; to insinuate one's self; to advance or gain influence by servile or obsequious conduct.

Secretly crawling up the battered walls. Knolles.
Hath crawled into the favor of the king. Shak.
Absurd opinions crawl about the world. South.

4. To have a sensation as of insect creeping over the body; as, the flesh crawls. See Creep, v. i. ,7.

Crawl

Crawl (kr?l), n. The act or motion of crawling;

Crawl

Crawl, n. [Cf. Kraal.] A pen or inclosure of stakes and hurdles on the seacoast, for holding fish.

Crawler

Crawl"er (kr?l"?r), n. One who, or that which, crawls; a creeper; a reptile.

Crawly

Crawl"y (kr?l"?), a. Creepy. [Colloq.]

Cray kr, Crayer

Cray (kr?), Cray"er (-?r), n. See Crare. [Obs.]

Crayfish

Cray"fish (kr?"f?sh), n. (Zo\'94l.) See Crawfish.

Crayon

Cray"on (kr?"?n), n. [F., a crayon, a lead pencil (crayon Cont\'82 Cont\'82's pencil, i. e., one made a black compound invented by Cont\'82), fr. craie chalk, L. creta; said to be, properly, Cretan earth, fr. Creta the island Crete. Cf. Cretaceous.]

1. An implement for drawing, made of clay and plumbago, or of some preparation of chalk, usually sold in small prisms or cylinders.

Let no day pass over you . . . without giving some strokes of the pencil or the crayon. Dryden.
&hand; The black crayon gives a deeper black than the lead pencil. This and the colored crayons are often called chalks. The red crayon is also called sanguine. See Chalk, and Sanguine.

2. A crayon drawing.

3. (Electricity) A pencil of carbon used in producing electric light. Crayon board, cardboard with a surface prepared for crayon drawing. -- Crayon drawing, the act or art of drawing with crayons; a drawing made with crayons.

Crayon

Cray"on, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crayoned (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crayoning.] [Cf. F. crayonner.] To sketch, as with a crayon; to sketch or plan.
He soon afterwards composed that discourse, conformably to the plan which he had crayoned out. Malone.

Craze

Craze (kr?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crazed (kr?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crazing.] [OE. crasen to break, fr. Scand., perh. through OF.; cf. Sw. krasa to crackle, sl, to break to pieces, F. to crush, fr. the Scand. Cf. Crash.]

1. To break into pieces; to crush; to grind to powder. See Crase.

God, looking forth, will trouble all his host, And craze their chariot wheels. Milton.

2. To weaken; to impair; to render decrepit. [Obs.]

Till length of years, And sedentary numbness, craze my limbs. Milton.

3. To derange the intellect of; to render insane.

Any man . . . that is crazed and out of his wits. Tilloston.
Grief hath crazed my wits. Shak.

Craze

Craze, v. i.

1. To be crazed, or to act or appear as

She would weep and he would craze. Keats.

2. To crack, as the glazing of porcelain or pottery.

Craze

Craze, n.

1. Craziness; insanity.

2. A strong habitual desire or fancy; a crotchet.

It was quite a craze with him [Burns] to have his Jean dressed genteelly. Prof. Wilson.

3. A temporary passion or infatuation, as for same new amusement, pursuit, or fashion; as, the bric-a-brac craze; the \'91sthetic craze.

Various crazes concerning health and disease. W. Pater.

Crazedness

Craz"ed*ness (-?d-n?s), n. A broken state; decrepitude; an impaired state of the intellect.

Craze-mill krzm\'b5l, Crazing-mill

Craze"-mill` (kr?z"m\'b5l`), Craz"ing-mill` (kr?"z?ng-), n. [See 1st Craze.] A mill for grinding tin ore.

Crazily

Cra"zi*ly (kr\'b5"z?-l?), adv. In a crazy manner.

Craziness

Cra"zi*ness, n.

1. The state of being broken down or weakened; as, the craziness of a ship, or of the limbs.

2. The state of being broken in mind; imbecility or weakness of intellect; derangement.

Crazy

Cra"zy (kr?"z?), a. [From Craze.]

1. Characterized by weakness or feeblness; decrepit; broken; falling to decay; shaky; unsafe.

Piles of mean andcrazy houses. Macualay.
One of great riches, but a crazy constitution. Addison.
They . . . got a crazy boat to carry them to the island. Jeffrey.

2. Broken, weakened, or dissordered in intellect; shattered; demented; deranged.

Over moist and crazy brains. Hudibras.

3. Inordinately desirous; foolishly eager. [Colloq.]

The girls were crazy to be introduced to him. R. B. Kimball.
Crazy bone, the bony projection at the end of the elbow (olecranon), behind which passes the ulnar nerve; -- so called on account of the curiously painful tingling felt, when, in a particular position, it receives a blow; -- called also funny bone. -- Crazy quilt, a bedquilt made of pieces of silk or other material of various sizes, shapes, and colors, fancifully stitched together without definite plan or arrangement.

Creable

Cre"a*ble (kr?"?-b'l), a. [L. creabilis, from creare to create. See Create.] Capable of being created. [Obs.] I. Watts.

Creaght

Creaght (kr?t), n. [Ir. & Gael. graidh, graigh.] A drove or herd. [Obs.] Haliwell.

Greaght

Greaght, v. i. To graze. [Obs.] Sir. L. Davies.

Creak

Creak (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Creaked (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaking.] [OE. creken, prob. of imitative origin; cf. E. crack, and. D. kreiken to crackle, chirp.] To make a prolonged sharp grating or ssqueaking sound, as by the friction of hard substances; as, shoes creak.
The creaking locusts with my voice conspire. Dryden.
Doors upon their hinges creaked. Tennyson.

Creak

Creak, v. t. To produce a creaking sound with.
Creaking my shoes on the plain masonry. Shak.

Creak

Creak (kr?k), n. Thew sound produced by anuthing that creaks; a creaking. Roget.

CReaking

CReak"ing, n. A harsh grating or squeaking sound, or the act of making such a sound.
Start not at the creaking of the door. Longfellow.

Cream

Cream (kr?m), n. [F. cr, perh. fr. LL. crema cteam of milk; cf. L. cremor thick juice or broth, perh. akin to cremare to burn.]

1. The rich, oily, and yellowish part of milk, which, when the milk stands unagitated, rises, and collects on the surface. It is the part of milk from which butter is obtained.

2. The part of any liquor that rises, and collects on the surface. [R.]

3. A delicacy of several kinds prepared for the table from cream, etc., or so as to resemble cream.

4. A cosmetic; a creamlike medicinal preparation.

In vain she tries her paste and creams, To smooth her skin or hide its seams. Goldsmith.

5. The best or choicest part of a thing; the quintessence; as. the cream of a jest or story; the cream of a collection of books or pictures.

Welcome, O flower and cream of knights errant. Shelton.
Bavarian cream, a preparation of gelatin, cream, sugar, and eggs, whipped; -- to be eaten cold. -- Cold cream, an ointment made of white wax, almond oil, rose water, and borax, and used as a salve for the hands and lips. -- Cream cheese, a kind of cheese made from curd from which the cream has not been taken off, or to which cream has been added. -- Cream gauge, an instrument to test milk, being usually a graduated glass tube in which the milk is placed for the cream to rise. -- Cream nut, the Brazil nut. -- Cream of lime. (a) A scum of calcium carbonate which forms on a solution of milk of lime from the carbon dioxide of the air. (b) A thick creamy emulsion of lime in water. -- Cream of tartar (Chem.), purified tartar or argol; so called because of the crust of crystals which forms on the surface of the liquor in the process of purification by recrystallization. It is a white crystalline substance, with a gritty acid taste, and is used very largely as an ingredient of baking powders; -- called also potassium bitartrate, acid potassium tartrate, etc.

Cream

Cream, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creamed (kr?md); p. pr. & vb. n. Creaming.]

1. To skim, or take off by skimming, as cream.

2. To take off the best or choicest part of.

3. To furnish with, or as with, cream.

Creaming the fragrant cups. Mrs. Whitney.
To cream butter (Cooking), to rub, stir, or beat, butter till it is of a light creamy consistency.

Cream

Cream, v. i. To form or become covered with cream; to become thick like cream; to assume the appearance of cream; hence, to grow stiff or formal; to mantle.
There are a sort of men whose visages Do cream and mantle like a standing pool. Shak.

Creamcake

Cream"cake` (-k?k`), n. (Cookery) A kind of cake filled with custard made of cream, eggs, etc.

Cream-colored

Cream"-col`ored (-k?l`?rd), a. Of the color of cream; light yellow. "Cream-colored horses." Hazlitt.

Creamery

Cream"er*y (-?r-?), n.; pl. Creameries (-. [CF. F. cr.]

1. A place where butter and cheese are made, or where milk and cream are put up in cans for market.

2. A place or apparatus in which milk is set for raising cream.

3. An establishment where cream is sold.

Cream-faced

Cream"-faced` (kr?m"f?st`), a. White or pale, as the effect of fear, or as the natural complexion.
Thou cream-faced loon. Shak.

Cream-fruit

Cream"-fruit` (kr?m"fr?t`), n. (Bot.) A plant of Sierra Leone which yields a wholesome, creamy juice.

Creaminess

Cream"i*ness (-?-n?s), n. The quality of being creamy.

Cream laid

Cream" laid` (kr?m" l?d`). See under Laid.

Cream-slice

Cream"-slice` (-sl?s`), n. A wooden knife with a long thin blade, used in handling cream or ice cream.

Cream-white

Cream"-white` (-hw?t`), a. As white as cream.

Creamy

Cream"y (kr?m"?), a. Full of, or containing, cream; resembling cream, in nature, appearance, or taste; creamlike; unctuous. "Creamy bowis." Collins. "Lines of creamy spray." Tennyson. "Your creamy words but cozen." Beau & Fl.

Creance

Cre"ance (kr?"ans), n. [F. cr\'82ance, lit., credence, fr. L. credere to trust. See Credence.]

1. Faith; belief; creed. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Falconry) A fine, small line, fastened to a hawk's leash, when it is first lured.

Creance

Cre"ance (kr\'b5"ans), v. i. & t. To get on credit; to borrow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Creant

Cre"ant (kr?"ant), a. [L. creans, p. pr. of creare to create.] Creative; formative. [R.] Mrs. Browning.

Crease

Crease (kr?s), n. See Creese. Tennison.

Crease

Crease, n. [Cf. LG. krus, G. krause, crispness, krausen, kr, to crisp, curl, lay on folds; or perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Armor.kriz a wrinkle, crease, kriza to wrinkle, fold, W. crych a wrinkle, crychu to rumple, ripple, crease.]

1. A line or mark made by folding or doubling any pliable substance; hence, a similar mark, howewer produced.

2. (Cricket) One of the lines serving to define the limits of the bowler and the striker. Bowling crease (Cricket), a line extending three feet four inches on each side of the central strings at right angles to the line between the wickets. -- Return crease (Cricket), a short line at each end of the bowling crease and at right angles to it, extending toward the bowler. -- Popping crease (Cricket),, a line drawn in front of the wicket, four feet distant from it, parallel to the bowling crease and at least as long as the latter. J. H. Walsh (Encyc. of Rural Sports).

Crease

Crease, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creased (kr?st); p. pr. & vb. n. Creasing.] To make a crease or mark in, as by folding or doubling.
Creased, like dog's ears in a folio. Gray.

Creaser

Creas"er (kr?s"?r), n.

1. A tool, or a sewing-mashine attachment, for making lines or creases on leather or cloth, as guides to sew by.

2. A tool for making creases or beads, as in sheet iron, or for rounding small tubes.

3. (Bookbinding) A tool for making the band impression distinct on the back. Knight.

Creasing

Creas"ing (kr?s"?ng), n. (Arch.) A layer of tiles forming a corona for a wall.

Creasote

Cre"a*sote (kr?"?-s?t), n. See Creosote.

Creasy

Creas"y (kr?s"?), a. Full of creases. Tennyson.

Creat

Cre"at (kr?"?t), n. [F. cr, ultimateli fr. L. creatus created, begotten; cf. It. creato pupil, servant, Sp. criado a servant, client.] (Man.) An usher to a riding master.

Creatable

Cre*at"a*ble (kr?-?"t?-b'l), a. That may be created.

Create

Cre*ate" (kr?-?t"), a.[L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create; akin to Gr. k to make, and to E. ending -cracy in aristocracy, also to crescent, cereal.] Created; composed; begotte. [Obs.]
Hearts create of duty and zeal. Shak.

Create

Cre*ate", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Created;p. pr. & vb. n. Creating.]

1. To bring into being; to form out of nothing; to cause to exist.

In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth. Gen. i. 1.

2. To effect by the agency, and under the laws, of causation; to be the occasion of; to cause; to produce; to form or fashion; to renew.

Your eye in Scotland Would create soldiers. Shak.
Create in me a clean heart. Ps. li. 10.

3. To invest with a new form, office, or character; to constitute; to appoint; to make; as, to create one a peer. "I create you companions to our person." Shak.

Creatic

Cre*at"ic (kr?-?t"?k), a. [Gr. Relating to, or produced by, flesh or animal food; as, creatic nausea. [Written also kreatic.]

Creatin

Cre"a*tin (kr?"?-t?n), n. [Gr. (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous substance found abundantly in muscle tissue. [Written also kreatine.]<-- = creatine, C4H9N3O2 -->

Creatinin

Cre*at"i*nin (kr?-?t"?-n?n), n. (Physiol. Chem.) A white, crystalline, nitrogenous body closely related to creatin but more basic in its properties, formed from the latter by the action of acids, and occurring naturally in muscle tissue and in urine. [Written also kretinine.]<-- = creatinine, C4H7N3O -->

Creation

Cre*a"tion (kr?-A"sh?n), n. [L. creatio: cf. F. cr. See Create.]

1. The act of creating or causing to exist. Specifically, the act of bringing the universe or this world into existence.

From the creation to the general doom. Shak.
As when a new particle of matter dotn begin to exist, in rerum natura, which had before no being; and this we call creation. Locke.

2. That which is created; that which is produced or caused to exist, as the world or some original work of art or of the imagination; nature.

We know that the whole creation groaneth. Rom. viii. 22.
A dagger of the mind, a false creation. Shak.
Choice pictures and creations of curious art. Beaconsfield.

3. The act of constituting or investing with a new character; appointment; formation.

An Irish peer of recent creation. Landor.

Creational

Cre*a"tion*al (-al), a. Of or pertaining to creation.

Creationism

Cre*a"tion*ism (-?z'm), n. The doctrine that a soul is specially created for each human being as soon as it is formed in the womb; -- opposed to traducianism.

Creative

Cre*a"tive (-t?v), a. Having the power to create; exerting the act of creation. "Creative talent." W. Irving.
The creative force exists in the germ. Whewell.

Creativeness

Cre*a"tive*ness, n. The qualiyu of being creative.

Cretor

Cre*"tor (kr?-?"t?r), n. [L. creator: cf. F. cr.] One who creates, produces, or constitutes. Specifically, the Supreme Being.
To sin's rebuke and my Creater's praise. Shak.
The poets and artists of Greece, who are at the same time its prophets, the creators of its divinities, and the revealers of its theological beliefs. Caird.

Creatorship

Cre*a"tor*ship, n. State or condition of a creator.

Creatress

Cre*a"tress, n. [L. creatrix: cf. F. cr.] She who creates. Spenser.

Creatrix

Cre*a"trix (-tr?ks), n. [L.] A creatress. [R.]

Creatural

Crea"tur*al (kr?"t?r-a]/>l; 135), a. Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature. [R.]

Creature

Crea"ture (kr?"t?r; 135), n. [F. cr, L. creatura. See Create.]

1. Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man.

He asked water, a creature so common and needful that it was against the law of nature to deny him. Fuller.
God's first creature was light. Bacon.
On earth, join, all ye creatures, to extol Him first, him last, him midst, and without end. Milton.
And most attractive is the fair result Of thought, the creature of a polished mind. Cowper.

2. A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature.

The world hath not a sweeter creature. Shak.

3. A person who owes his rise and fortune to another; a servile dependent; an instrument; a tool.

A creature of the queen's, Lady Anne Bullen. Shak.
Both Charles himself and his creature, Laud. Macualay.

4. A general term among farmers for horses, oxen, etc. Creature comforts, those which minister to the comfort of the body.

Cratureless

Cra"ture*less, a. Without created beings; alone.
God was alone And creatureless at first. Donne.

Creaturely

Crea"ture*ly, a. Creatural; characteristic of a creature. [R.] "Creaturely faculties." Cheyne.

Creatureship

Crea"ture*ship, n. The condition of being a creature.

Creaturize

Crea"tur*ize (-?z), v. t. To make like a creature; to degrade [Obs.]
Degrade and creaturize that mundane soul. Cudworth.

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Creaze

Creaze (kr?z), n. (Mining) The tin ore which collects in the central part of the washing pit or buddle.

Crebricostate

Cre`bri*cos"tate (kr?`br?-k?s"t?t), a. [L. creber close + costa rib.] (Zo\'94l.) Marked with closely set ribs or ridges.

Crebrisulcate

Cre`bri*sul"cate (kr?`br?-s?l"k?t), a. [L. creber close + sulcus furrow.] (Zo\'94l.) Marked with closely set transverse furrows.

Crebritude

Creb"ri*tude (kr?b"r?-t?d), n. [L. crebritudo, fr. creber close.] Frequency. [Obs.] Bailey.

Crebrous

Cre"brous (kr?"br?s), a. [L. creber close set, frequent.] Frequent; numerous. [Obs.] Goodwin.

Creche

Creche (kr?sh), n. [F.] A public nursery, where the young children of poor women are cared for during the day, while their mothers are at work.

Credence

Cre"dence (kr?"dens), n. [LL. credentia, fr. L. credens, -entis, p. pr. of credere to trust, believe: cf. OF. credence. See Creed, and cf. Credent, Creance.]

1. Reliance of the mind on evidence of facts derived from other sources than personal knowledge; belief; credit; confidence.

To give credence to the Scripture miracles. Trench.
An assertion which might easily find credence. Macualay.

2. That which gives a claim to credit, belief, or confidence; as, a letter of credence.

3. (Eccl.) The small table by the side of the altar or communion table, on which the bread and wine are placed before being consecrated.

4. A cupboard, sideboard, or cabinet, particularly one intended for the display of rich vessels or plate, and consisting chiefly of open shelves for that purpose.

Credence

Cre"dence, v. t. To give credence to; to believe. [Obs.]

Credendum

Cre*den"dum (kr?-d?n"d?m), n.;pl. Credenda (-d. [L., fr. credere to belive.] (Theol.) A thing to be believed; an article of faith; -- distinguished from agendum, a practical duty.
The great articles and credenda of Christianity. South.

Credent

Cre"dent (kr?"dent), a. [. credens, -entis, p. pr. of credere to trust, believe. See Creed.]

1. Believing; giving credence; credulous. [R.]

If with too credent esr you list songs. Shak.

2. Having credit or authority; credible. [Obs.]

For my authority bears of a credent bulk. Shak.

Credential

Cre*den"tial (kr?-d?n"shal), a. [Cf. It. credenziale, fr. LL. credentia. See Credence.] Giving a title or claim to credit or confidence; accrediting.
Their credential letters on both sides. Camden.

Credential

Cre*den"tial, n. [Cf. It. credenziale.]

1. That which gives a title to credit or confidence.

2. pl. Testimonials showing that a person is entitled to credit, or has right to exercise official power, as the letters given by a government to an ambassador or envoy, or a certificate that one is a duly elected delegate.

The committee of estates excepted against the credentials of the English commissioners. Whitelocke.
Had they not shown undoubted credentials from the Divine Person who sent them on such a message. Addison.

Credibility

Cred`i*bil"i*ty (kr?d`?-b?l"?-t?), n. [Cf. F. cr.] The quality of being credible; credibleness; as, the credibility of facts; the credibility of witnesses.

Credible

Cred"i*ble (kr?d"?-b'l), a. [L. credibilis, fr. credere. See Creed.] Capable of being credited or believed; worthy of belief; entiled to confidence; trustworthy.
Things are made credible either by the known condition and quality of the utterer or by the manifest likelihood of truth in themselves. Hooker.
A very diligent and observing person, and likewise very sober and credible. Dampier.

Credibleness

Cred"i*ble*ness, n. The quality or state of being credible; worthness of belief; credibility. [R.] Boyle.

Credibly

Cred"i*bly, adv. In a manner inducing belief; as, I have been credibly informed of the event.

Credit

Cred"it (kr?d"?t), n. [F. cr (cf. It. credito), L. creditum loan, prop. neut. of creditus, p. p. of credere to trust, loan, believe. See Creed.]

1. Reliance on the truth of something said or done; belief; faith; trust; confidence.

When Jonathan and the people heard these words they gave no credit into them, nor received them. 1 Macc. x. 46.

2. Reputation derived from the confidence of others; esteem; honor; good name; estimation.

John Gilpin was a citizen Of credit and renown. Cowper.

3. A ground of, or title to, belief or confidence; authority derived from character or reputation.

The things which we properly believe, be only such as are received on the credit of divine testimony. Hooker.

4. That which tends to procure, or add to, reputation or esteem; an honor.

I published, because I was told I might please such as it was a credit to please. Pope.

5. Influence derived from the good opinion, confidence, or favor of others; interest.

Having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest. Clarendon.

6. (Com.) Trust given or received; expectation of future playment for property transferred, or of fulfillment or promises given; mercantile reputation entitling one to be trusted; -- applied to individuals, corporations, communities, or nations; as, to buy goods on credit.

Credit is nothing but the expectation of money, within some limited time. Locke.

7. The time given for payment for lands or goods sold on trust; as, a long credit or a short credit.

8. (Bookkeeping) The side of an account on which are entered all items reckoned as values received from the party or the category named at the head of the account; also, any one, or the sum, of these items; -- the opposite of debit; as, this sum is carried to one's credit, and that to his debit; A has several credits on the books of B. Bank credit, ∨ Cash credit. See under Cash. -- Bill of credit. See under Bill. -- Letter of credit, a letter or notification addressed by a banker to his correspondent, informing him that the person named therein is entitled to draw a certain sum of money; when addressed to several different correspondents, or when the money can be drawn in fractional sums in several different places, it is called a circular letter of credit. -- Public credit. (a) The reputation of, or general confidence in, the ability or readiness of a government to fulfull its pecuniary engagements. (b) The ability and fidelity of merchants or others who owe largely in a community.

He touched the dead corpse of Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet. D. Webster.

Credit

Cred"it (kr?d"?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Credited; p. pr. & vb. n. Crediting.]

1. To confide in the truth of; to give credence to; to put trust in; to believe.

How shall they credit A poor unlearned virgin? Shak.

2. To bring honor or repute upon; to do credit to; to raise the estimation of.

You credit the church as much by your government as you did the school formerly by your wit. South.

3. (Bookkeeping) To enter upon the credit side of an account; to give credit for; as, to credit the amount paid; to set to the credit of; as, to credit a man with the interest paid on a bond. To credit with, to give credit for; to assign as justly due to any one.

Crove, Helmholtz, and Meyer, are more than any others to be credited with the clear enunciation of this doctrine. Newman.

Creditable

Cred"it*a*ble (-?-b'l), a.

1. Worthy of belief. [Obs.]

Divers creditable witnesses deposed. Ludlow.

2. Deserving or possessing reputation or esteem; reputable; estimable.

This gentleman was born of creditable parents. Goldsmith.

3. Bringing credit, reputation, or honor; honorable; as, such conduct is highly creditable to him. Macualay.

He settled him in a good creditable way of living. Arbuthnot.

Creditableness

Cred"it*a*ble*ness, n. The quality of being creditable.

Creditably

Cred"it*a*bly (-?-bl?), adv. In a creditable manner; reputably; with credit.

Credit foncier

Cre`dit" fon`cier" (kr?d?" f?n`s??"). [F. cr credit & foncier relating to land, landed.] A company licensed for the purpose of carrying out improvements, by means of loans and advances upon real securities. ]

Credit mobilier

Cre`dit" mo`bi`lier" (m?`b?`ly?"). [F. cr credit & mobilier personal, pertaining to personal property.] A joint stock company, formed for general banking business, or for the construction of public works, by means of loans on personal estate, after the manner of the cr\'82dit foncier on real estate. In practice, however, this distinction has not been strictly observed.

Creditor

Cred"it*or (kr?d"?t-?r), n. [L.: cf. F. cr. See Credit.]

1. One who credits, believes, or trusts.

The easy creditors of novelties. Daniel.

2. One who gives credit in business matters; hence, one to whom money is due; -- correlative to debtor.

Creditors have better memories than debtors. Franklin.

Creditress krdt-rs, Creditrix

Cred"it*ress (kr?d"?t-r?s), Cred"i*trix (kr?d"?-tr?ks), n. [L. creditrix.] A female creditor.

Credo

Cre"do (kr?"d?), n. [L. See Creed.] The creed, as sung or read in the Roman Catholic church.
He repeated Aves and Credos. Macualay.

Credulity

Cre*du"li*ty (kr?-d?"l?-t?), n. [L. credulitas, fr. credulus: cf. F. cr. See Credulous.] Readiness of belief; a disposition to believe on slight evidence.
That implict credulity is the mark of a feeble mind will not be disputed. Sir W. Hamilton.

Credulous

Cred"u*lous (kr?d"?-l?s; 135), a. [L. credulus, fr. credere. See Creed.]

1. Apt to believe on slight evidence; easly imposed upon; unsuspecting. Landor.

Eve, our credulous mother. Milton.

2. Believed too readily. [Obs.] Beau & Fl.

Credulously

Cred"u*lous*ly, adv. With credulity.

Credulousness

Cred"u*lous*ness, n. Readiness to believe on slight evidence; credulity.
Beyond all credulity is the credulousness of atheists. S. Clarke.

Creed

Creed (kr?d), n. [OE. credo, crede, AS. creda, fr. L. credo I believe, at the beginning of the Apostles' creed, fr. credere to believe; akin to OIr. cretin I believe, and Skr. ; crat trust + dh to put. See Do, v. t., and cf. Credo, Grant.]

1. A definite summary of what is believed; esp., a summary of the articles of Christian faith; a confession of faith for public use; esp., one which is brief and comprehensive.

In the Protestant system the creed is not co\'94rdinate with, but always subordinate to, the Bible. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

2. Any summary of principles or opinions professed or adhered to.

I love him not, nor fear him; there's my creed. Shak.
Apostles' creed, Athanasian creed, Nicene creed. See under Apostle, Athanasian, Nicene.

Creed

Creed, v. t. To believe; to credit. [Obs.]
That part which is so creeded by the people. Milton.

Creedless

Creed"less, a. Without a creed. Carlyle.

Creek

Creek (kr?k), n. [AS. crecca; akin to D. kreek, Icel. kriki crack, nook; cf. W. crig crack, crigyll ravine, creek. Cf. Crick, Crook.]

1. A small inlet or bay, narrower and extending further into the land than a cove; a recess in the shore of the sea, or of a river.

Each creek and cavern of the dangerous shore. Cowper.
They discovered a certain creek, with a shore. Acts xxvii. 39.

2. A stream of water smaller than a river and larger than a brook.

Lesser streams and rivulets are denominated creeks. Goldsmith.

3. Any turn or winding.

The passages of alleys, creeks, and narrow lands. Shak.

Creekfish

Creek"fish (kr?k"f?sh), n. (Zo\'94l.) The chub sucker.

Creeks

Creeks (kr?ks), n. pl.; sing. Creek. (Ethnol.) A tribe or confederacy of North American Indians, including the Muskogees, Seminoles, Uchees, and other subordinate tribes. They formerly inhabited Georgia, Florida, and Alabama.

Creeky

Creek"y (kr?k"?), a. Containing, or abounding in, creeks; characterized by creeks; like a creek; winding. "The creeky shore." Spenser.

Creel

Creel (kr?l), n. [Gael. craidhleag basket, creel.]

1. An osier basket, such as anglers use. Sir W. Scott.

2. (Spinning) A bar or set of bars with skewers for holding paying-off bobbins, as in the roving machine, throstle, and mule.

Creep

Creep (kr?p), v. t. [imp. Crept (kr?pt) (Crope (kr, Obs.); p. p. Crept; p. pr. & vb. n. Creeping.] [OE. crepen, creopen, AS. cre; akin to D. kruipen, G. kriechen, Icel. krjupa, Sw. krypa, Dan. krybe. Cf. Cripple, Crouch.]

1. To move along the ground, or on any other surface, on the belly, as a worm or reptile; to move as a child on the hands and knees; to crawl.

Ye that walk The earth, and stately tread, or lowly creep. Milton.

2. To move slowly, feebly, or timorously, as from unwillingness, fear, or weakness.

The whining schoolboy . . . creeping, like snail, Unwillingly to school. Shak.
Like guilty thing, Icreep. Tennyson.

3. To move in a stealthy or secret manner; to move imperceptibly or clandestinely; to steal in; to insinuate itself or one's self; as, age creeps upon us.

The sothistry which creeps into most of the books of argument. Locke.
Of this sort are they which creep into houses, and lead captive silly women. 2. Tim. iii. 6.

4. To slip, or to become slightly displaced; as, the collodion on a negative, or a coat of varnish, may creep in drying; the quicksilver on a mirror may creep.

5. To move or behave with servility or exaggerated humility; to fawn; as, a creeping sycophant.

To come as humbly as they used to creep. Shak.

6. To grow, as a vine, clinging to the ground or to some other support by means of roots or rootlets, or by tendrils, along its length. "Creeping vines." Dryden.

7. To have a sensation as of insects creeping on the skin of the body; to crawl; as, the sight made my flesh creep. See Crawl, v. i.,4.

8. To drag in deep water with creepers, as for recovering a submarine cable.

Creep

Creep, n.

1. The act or process of creeping.

2. A distressing sensation, or sound, like that occasioned by the creeping of insects.

A creep of undefinable horror. Blackwood's Mag.
Out of the stillness, with gathering creep, Like rising wind in leaves. Lowell.

3. (Mining) A slow rising of the floor of a gallery, occasioned by the pressure of incumbent strata upon the pillars or sides; a gradual movement of mining ground.

Creeper

Creep"er (kr?p"?r), n.

1. One who, or that which, creeps; any creeping thing.

Standing waters are most unwholesome, . . . full of mites,creepers; slimy, muddy, unclean. Burton.

2. (Bot.) A plant that clings by rootlets, or by tendrils, to the ground, or to trees, etc.; as, the Virginia creeper (Ampelopsis quinquefolia).

3. (Zo\'94l.) A small bird of the genus Certhia, allied to the wrens. The brown or common European creeper is C. familiaris, a variety of which (var. Americana) inhabits America; -- called also tree creeper and creeptree. The American black and white creeper is Mniotilta varia.

4. A kind of patten mounted on short pieces of iron instead of rings; also, a fixture with iron points worn on a shoe to prevent one from slipping.

5. pl. A spurlike device strapped to the boot, which enables one to climb a tree or pole; -- called often telegraph creepers.

6. A small, low iron, or dog, between the andirons.

7. pl. An instrument with iron hooks or claws for dragging at the bottom of a well, or any other body of water, and bringing up what may lie there.

8. Any device for causing material to move steadily from one part of a machine to another, as an apron in a carding machine, or an inner spiral in a grain screen.

9. pl. (Arch.) Crockets. See Crocket.

Creephole

Creep"hole` (-h?l`), n.

1. A hole or retreat onto which an animal may creep, to escape notice or danger.

2. A subterfuge; an excuse.

Creepie

Creep"ie (-?), n. A low stool. [Scot.]

Creepiness

Creep"i*ness (-?-n?s), n. An uneasy sensation as of insects creeping on the skin.
She felt a curious, uneasy creepiness. Mrs. Alexander.

Creeping

Creep"ing, a.

1. Crawling, or moving close to the ground. "Every creeping thing." Gen. vi. 20.

2. Growing along, and clinging to, the ground, or to a wall, etc., by means of rootlets or tendrils.

Casements lined with creeping herbs. Cowper.
Ceeping crowfoot (Bot.), a plant, the Ranunculus repens.- Creeping snowberry, an American plant (Chiogenes hispidula) with white berries and very small round leaves having the flavor of wintergreen.

Creepingly

Creep"ing*ly, adv. by creeping slowly; in the manner of a reptile; insidiously; cunningly.
How slily and creepingly did he address himself to our first parents. South.

Creeple

Cree"ple (kr?"p'l), n. [See Cripple.]

1. A creeping creature; a reptile. [Obs.]

There is one creeping beast, or long creeple (as the name is in Devonshire), that hath a rattle at his tail that doth discover his age. Morton (1632).

2. One who is lame; a cripple. [Obs.]

Thou knowest how lame a creeple this world is. Donne.

Creepy

Creep"y (kr?p"?), a. Crawly; having or producing a sensation like that caused by insects creeping on the skin. [Colloq.]
One's whole blood grew curdling and creepy. R. Browning.

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Crees

Crees (kr?z), n. pl.; sing. Cree. (Ethnol.) An Algonquin tribe of Indians, inhabiting a large part of British America east of the Rocky Mountains and south of Hudson's Bay.

Creese

Creese (kr?s), n. [Malay. kris.] A dagger or short sword used by the Malays, commonly having a serpentine blade. [Written also crease and kris.]
From a Malayan creese to a sailor's jackknife. Julian Hawthorne.

Cr\'82maill\'8are

Cr\'82`mail`l\'8are" (kr?`m?`ly?r" ∨ -m?`y?r"), n. [F.] (Fort.) An indented or zigzaged line of intrenchment.

Cremaster

Cre*mas"ter (kr?-m?s"t?r), n. [NL., from Gr.

1. (Anat.) A thin muscle which serves to draw up the testicle.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The apex of the last abdominal segment of an insect.

Cremasteric

Crem`as*ter"ic (kr?m`3s-t?r"?k), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the cremaster; as, the cremasteric artery.

Cremate

Cre"mate (kr?"m?t ∨ kr?-m?t"), v. t. [L. crematus, p. p. of cremare to burn; cf. Skr. cr to cook.] To burn; to reduce to ashes by the action of fire, either directly or in an oven or retort; to incremate or incinerate; as, to cremate a corpse, instead of burying it.

Cremation

Cre*ma"tion (kr?-m?"sh?n), n. [L. crematio.] A burning; esp., the act or practice of cremating the dead.
Without cremation . . . of their bodies. Sir T. Browne.

Cremationist

Cre*ma"tion*ist, n. One who advocates the practice of cremation.

Cremator

Cre*ma"tor (-t?r), n. [L.] One who, or that which, cremmates or consumes to ashes.

Crematorium krm-tr-m, Crematory

Crem`a*to"ri*um (kr?m`?-t?"r?-?m), Crem"a*to*ry (kr?m"?-t?-r?), n.; pl. Crematoriums (-Crematories (-r. [NL. crematorium, fr. L. cremator.] A furnace for cremating corpses; a building containing such a furnace.

Crematory

Crem"a*to*ry, a. Pertaining to, or employed in, cremation.

Cremocarp

Crem"o*carp (kr?m"?-k?rp ∨ kr?"m?-), n. [Gr. (Bot.) The peculiar fruit of fennel, carrott, parsnip, and the like, consisting of a pair of carpels pendent from a supporting axis.

Cremona

Cre*mo"na (kr?-m?"n?), n. A superior kind of violin, formerly made at Cremona, in Italy.

Cremor

Cre"mor (kr?"m?r), n. [L. CF. Cream.] Cream; a substance resembling cream; yeast; scum.

Cremosin

Crem"o*sin (kr?m"?-s?n), n. See Crimson. [Obs.]

Crems

Crems (kr?mz), n. See Krems.

Crenate krnt, Crenated

Cre"nate (kr?n?t), Cre"na*ted (kr?"n?-t?d), a. [L. crena notch. See Cranny.] (Bot.) Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.

Crenation

Cre*na"tion (kr?-n?"sh?n), n.

1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth on the edge of a leaf.

2. The condition of being crenate.

Crenature

Cren"a*ture (kr?n"?-t?r ∨ kr?"n?-; 135), n.

1. (Bot.) A rounded tooth or notch of a crenate leaf, or any part that is crenate; -- called also crenelle.

2. The state of being crenated or notched.

Crenel

Cre*nel" (kr?-n?l"), n. See Crenelle.

Crenelate

Cren"el*ate (kr?n"?l-?t ∨ kr?"n?l-?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crenelated (-?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crenelating (-?`t?ng).] [LL. crenellare, kernellare: cf. F. cr to indent. See Crenelle.] [Written also crenellate.]

1. To furnish with crenelles.

2. To indent; to notch; as, a crenelated leaf. Crenelated molding (Arch.), a kind of indented molding used in Norman buildings.

Crenelation

Cren`el*a"tion (-?"sh?n), n. The act of crenelating, or the state of being crenelated; an indentation or an embrasure. [Written also crenellation.]

Crenelle, Crenel

Cre*nelle", Cre*nel" (kr?-n?l"), n. [OF. crenel, F. cr, LL. crenellus, kernellus, dim. (prob.) fr. L. crena notch. See Crenny.]

1. An embrasure or indentation in a battlement; a loophole in a fortress; an indentation; a notch. See Merlon, and Illust. of Battlement.

2. (Bot.) Same as Crenature.

Crenelled

Cre*nelled" (kr a. (Bot.) Same as Crenate.

Crengle krng'l, Crenkle

Cren"gle (kr?n"g'l), Cren"kle (-k'l), n. See Cringle.

Crenulate krn-lt, Crenulated

Cren"u*late (kr?n"?-l?t), Cren"u*la`ted (-l?`t?d), a. [Dim. of crenate.] (Bot.) Minutely crenate.

Crenulation

Cren`u*la"tion (-l?"sh?n), n.

1. A minute crenation.

2. The state of being minutely scalloped.

Creole

Cre"ole (kr?"?l), n. [F. cr, Sp. criollo, from an American negro word, perh. a corruption of a Sp. criadillo, dim. of criado servant, formerly also, child, fr. L. creatus, p. p. of creare to create. Cf. Create.] One born of European parents in the American colonies of France or Spain or in the States which were once such colonies, esp. a person of French or Spanish descent, who is a native inhabitant of Louisiana, or one of the States adjoining, bordering on the Gulf of of Mexico. &hand; "The term creole negro is employed in the English West Indies to distinguish the negroes born there from the Africans imported during the time of the slave trade. The application of this term to the colored people has led to an idea common in some parts of the United States, though wholly unfounded, that it implies an admixture greater or less of African blood." R. Hildreth. &hand; "The title [Creole] did not first belong to the descendants of Spanish, but of French, settlers, But such a meaning implied a certain excellence of origin, and so came early to include any native of French or Spanish descent by either parent, whose nonalliance with the slave race entitled him to social rank. Later, the term was adopted by, not conceded to, the natives of mixed blood, and is still so used among themselves. . . . Besides French and Spanish, there are even, for convenience of speech, 'colored' Creoles; but there are no Italian, or Sicilian, nor any English, Scotch, Irish, or 'Yankee' Creoles, unless of parentage married into, and themselves thoroughly proselyted in, Creole society." G. W. Cable.

Creole

Cre"ole (kr?"?l), a. Of or pertaining to a Creole or the Creoles. &hand; In New Orleans the word Creole is applied to any product, or variety of manufacture, peculiar to Louisiana; as, Creole ponies, chickens, cows, shoes, eggs, wagons, baskets, etc.

Creolean kr-l-a]/>n, Creolian

Cre*o"le*an (kr?-?"l?-a]/>n), Cre*o"li*an, a. Pertaining to, or characteristic of, the Creoles. -- n. A Creole.

Creosol

Cre"o*sol (kr?"?-s?l), n. [Cresote + phenol.] (Chem.) A colorless liquid resembling phenol or carbolic acid, homologous with pyrocatechin, and obtained from beechwood tar and gum guaiacum. [Written also creasol.]

Creosote

Cre"o*sote (kr?"?-s?t), n. [Gr. (Chem.) Wood-tar oil; an oily antiseptic liquid, of a burning smoky taste, colorless when pure, but usually colored yellow or brown by impurity or exposure. It is a complex mixture of various phenols and their ethers, and is obtained by the distillation of wood tar, especially that of beechwood. &hand; It is remarkable as an antiseptic and deodorizer in the preservation of wood, flesh, etc., and in the prevention of putrefaction; but it is a poor germicide, and in this respect has been overrated. Smoked meat, as ham, owes its preservation and taste to a small quantity of creosote absorbed from the smoke to which it is exposed. Carbolic acid is phenol proper, while creosote is a mixture of several phenols. Coal-tar creosote (Chem.), a colorless or yellow, oily liquid, obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and resembling wood-tar oil, or creosote proper, in composition and properties.

Creosote

Cre"o*sote, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Creosoted (-s?"t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Creosoting.] To saturate or impregnate with creosote, as timber, for the prevention of decay.

Crepance krpans, Crepane

Cre"pance (kr?"pans), Cre"pane (kr?"p?n), n. [Cf. L. crepare to crack.] (Far.) An injury in a horse's leg, caused by the shoe of one hind foot striking and cutting the other leg. It sometimes forms an ulcer.

Cr\'88pe

Cr\'88pe (kr?p), n. Same as Crape.

Crepitant

Crep"i*tant (kr?p"?-tant), a. [See Crepitate.] Having a crackling sound; crackling; rattling. Crepitant rale (Med.), a peculiar crackling sound audible with inspiration in pneumonia and other lung disease.

Crepitate

Crep"i*tate (kr, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crepitated (-t; p. pr. & vb. n. Crepitating (-t.] [L. crepitatus, p. p. of crepitare to crackle, v. intensive of crepare to crack. Cf. Crevice.] To make a series of small, sharp, rapidly repeated explosions or sounds, as salt in fire; to crackle; to snap.

Crepitation

Crep`i*ta"tion (kr?p`?-t?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cr\'82pitation.]

1. The act of crepitating or crackling.

2. (Med.) (a) A grating or crackling sensation or sound, as that produced by rubbing two fragments of a broken bone together, or by pressing upon cellular tissue containing air. (b) A crepitant r\'83le.

Crepitus

Crep"i*tus (kr?p"?-t?s), n. [L., fr. crepare to crack.] (Med.) (a) The noise produced bu a sudden discharge of wind from the bowels. (b) Same as Crepitation, 2.

Crepon

Cre"pon (kr?"p?n; F. kr?`p?n"), n. [F.] A thin stuff made of the finest wool or silk, or of wool and silk.

Crept

Crept (kr?pt), imp. & p. p. of Creep.

Crepuscle kr-pss'l, Crepuscule

Cre*pus"cle (kr?-p?s"s'l), Cre*pus"cule (kr?-p?s"k?l), n. [L. crepusculum, fr. creper dusky, dark: cf. F. cr.] Twilight. Bailey.

Crepuscular -k-lr, Crepusculous

Cre*pus"cu*lar (-k?-l?r), Cre*pus"cu*lous (-l?s), a. [Cf. F. cr.]

1. Pertaining to twilight; glimmering; hence, imperfectly clear or luminous.

This semihistorical and crepuscular period. Sir G. C. Lewis.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Flying in the twilight or evening, or before sunrise; -- said certain birds and insects.

Others feed only in the twilight, as bats and owls, and are called crepuscular. Whewell.

Cropusculine

Cro*pus"cu*line (-l?n), a. Crepuscular. [Obs.] Sprat.

Crescence

Cres"cence (kr?s"sens), n. [See Crescent.] Increase; enlargement. [Obs.]
And toward the moon's attractive crescence bend. H. Brooke.

Crescendo

Cres*cen"do (kr?s-s?n"d?; It. kr?-sh?n"d?), a. & adv. [It., from crescere to increase. See Crescent.] (Mus.) With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the word on the score.

Crescendo

Cres*cen"do, n. (Mus.) (a) A gradual increase in the strength and fullness of tone with which a passage is performed. (b) A pssage to be performed with constantly increasing volume of tone.

Crescent

Cres"cent (kr?s"sent), n. [OE. cressent, cressaunt, crescent (in sense 1), OF. creissant increasing, F. croissant, p. pr. of cro, OF. creistre, fr. L. crescere to increase, v. incho.; akin to creare to create. See Create, and cf. Accrue, Increase, Crescendo.]

1. The increasing moon; the moon in her first quarter, or when defined by a concave and a convex edge; also, applied improperly to the old or decreasing moon in a like state.

2. Anything having the shape of a crescent or new moon.

3. A representation of the increasing moon, often used as an emblem or badge; as: (a) A symbol of Artemis, or Diana. (b) The ancient symbol of Byzantium or Constantinople. Hence: (c) The emblem of the Turkish Empire, adopted after the taking of Constantinople.

The cross of our faith is replanted, The pale, dying crescent is daunted. Campbell.

4. Any one of three orders of knighthood; the first instituted by Charles I., king of Naples and Sicily, in 1268; the second by Ren\'82 of Anjou, in 1448; and the third by the Sultan Selim III., in 1801, to be conferred upon foreigners to whom Turkey might be indebted for valuable services. Brande & C.

5. (Her.) The emblem of the increasing moon with horns directed upward, when used in a coat of arms; -- often used as a mark of cadency to distinguish a second son and his descendants.

Crescent

Cres"cent (kr?s"sent), a.

1. Shaped like a crescent.

Astarte, queen of heaven, with crescent horns. Milton.

2. Increasing; growing.

O, I see the crescent promise of my spirit hath not set. Tennyson.

Crescent

Cres"cent, v. t.

1. To form into a crescent, or something resembling a crescent. [R.] Anna Seward.

2. To adorn with crescents.

Crescentic

Cres*cen"tic (kr?s-s?n"t?k), a. Crescent-shaped. "Crescentic lobes." R. Owen.

Crescentwise

Cres"cent*wise` (kr?s"sent-w?z`), adv. In the form of a crescent; like a crescent. Tennyson.

Crescive

Cres"cive (kr?s"s?v), a. [L. crescere to increase.] Increasing; growing. [R.]
Unseen, yet crescive in his faculty. Shak.

Cresol

Cre"sol (kr?"s?l), n. [From Creosote.] (Chem.) Any one of three metameric substances, CH3.C6H4.OH, homologous with and resembling phenol. They are obtained from coal tar and wood tar, and are colorless, oily liquids or solids. [Called also cresylic acid.]

Cresorcin

Cre*sor"cin (kr?-s?r"s?n), n. (Chem.) Same as Isorcin.

Cress

Cress (kr?s), n.; pl. Cresses (kr. [OE. ces, cresse, kers, kerse, AS. cresse, cerse; akin to D. kers, G. kresse, Dan. karse, Sw. krasse, and possibly also to OHG. chresan to creep.] (Bot.) A plant of various species, chiefly cruciferous. The leaves have a moderately pungent taste, and are used as a salad and antiscorbutic. &hand; The garden cress, called also peppergrass, is the Lepidium sativum; the water cress is the Nasturtium officinale. Various other plants are sometimes called cresses.
To strip the brook with mantling cresses spread. Goldsmith.
Bitter cress. See under Bitter. -- Not worth a cress, ∨ "not worth a kers." a common old proverb, now turned into the meaningless "not worth a curse." Skeat.

Cresselle

Cres*selle" (kr?s-s?l"), n. [F. cr\'82celle rattle.] (Eccl.) A wooden rattle sometimes used as a substitute for a bell, in the Roman Catholic church, during the latter part of Holy Week, or the last week of Lent.

Cresset

Cres"set (kr?s"s?t), n. [OF. crasset, cresset, sort of lamp or torch; perh. of Dutch or German origin, and akin to E. cruse, F. creuset crucible, E. crucible.]

1. An open frame or basket of iron, filled with combustible material, to be burned as a beacon; an open lamp or firrepan carried on a pole in nocturnal processions.

Starry lamps and blazing cressets, fed With naphtha and asphaltus. Milton.
As a cresset true that darts its length Of beamy luster from a tower of strength. Wordsworth.

2. (Coopering) A small furnace or iron cage to hold fire for charring the inside of a cask, and making the staves flexible. Knight.

Cressy

Cress"y (kr?s"?), a. Abounding in cresses.
The cressy islets white in flower. Tennyson.

Crest

Crest (kr?st), n. [OF. creste, F. cr, L. crista.]

1. A tuft, or other excrescence or natural ornament, growing on animal's head; the comb of a cock; the swelling on the head of a serpent; the lengthened feathers of the crown or nape of bird, etc. Darwin.

[Attack] his rising crest, and drive the serpent back. C. Pitt.

2. The plume of feathers, or other decoration, worn on a helmet; the distinctive ornament of a helmet, indicating the rank of the weare; hence, also, the helmet.

Stooping low his lofty crest. Sir W. Scott.
And on his head there stood upright A crest, in token of a knight. Gower.

3. (Her.) A bearing worn, not upon the shield, but usually above it, or separately as an ornament for plate, liveries, and the like. It is a relic of the ancient cognizance. See Cognizance, 4.

4. The upper curve of a horse's neck.

Throwing the base thong from his bending crest. Shak.

5. The ridge or top of wave.

Like wave with crest of sparkling foam. Sir W. Scott.

6. The summit of a hill or mountain ridge.

7. The helm or head, as typical of a high spirit; pride; courage.

Now the time is come That France must vail her lofty plumed crest. Shak.

8. (Arch.) The ornamental finishing which surmounts the ridge of a roof, canopy, etc.

The finials of gables and pinnacles are sometimes called crest. Parker.

9. (Engin.) The top line of a slope or embankment. Crest tile, a tile made to cover the ridge of a roof, fitting upon it like a saddle. -- Interior crest (Fort.), the highest line of the parapet.

Crest

Crest, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crested; p. pr. & vb. n. Cresting.]

1. To furnish with, or surmount as, a crest; to serve as a crest for.


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His legs bestrid the ocean, his reared arm Crested the world. Shak.
Mid groves of clouds that crest the mountain's brow. Wordsworth.

2. To mark with lines or streaks, like, or regarded as like, waving plumes.

Like as the shining sky in summer's night, . . . Is crested with lines of fiery light. Spenser.

Crest

Crest (kr?st), v. i. To form a crest.

Crested

Crest"ed (kr?st"?d), a.

1. Having a crest.

But laced crested helm. Dryden.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having a crest of feathers or hair upon the head. "The crested bird." Dryden.

3. (Bott.) Bearing any elevated appendage like a crest, as an elevated line or ridge, or a tuft. Gray.

Crestfallen

Crest"fall`en (-f?l`'n), a.

1. With hanging head; hence, dispirited; dejected; cowed.

Let it make thee crestfullen; Ay, and allay this thy abortive pride. Shak.

2. Having the crest, or upper part of the neck, hanging to one side; -- said of a horse.

Cresting

Crest"ing, n. (Arch.) An ornamental finish on the top of a wall or ridge of a roof.

Crestless

Crest"less, a. Without a crest or escutcheon; of low birth. "Crestless yeomen." Shak.

Cresylic

Cre*syl"ic (kr?-s?l"?k), a. [From Creosote.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cresol, creosote, etc. Cresylic acid. (Chem.) See Cresol.

Cretaceous

Cre*ta"ceous (kr?-t?"sh?s), a. [L. cretaceus, fr. creta chalk. See Crayon.] Having the qualities of chalk;abounding with chalk; chalky; as, cretaceous rocks and formations. See Chalk. Cretaceous acid, an old name for carbonic acid. -- Cretaceous formation (Geol.), the series of strata of various kinds, including beds of chalk, green sand, etc., formed in the Cretaceous period; -- called also the chalk formation. See the Diagram under Geology. -- Cretaceous period (Geol.), the time in the latter part of the Mesozoic age during which the Cretaceous formation was deposited.

Cretaceously

Cre*ta"ceous*ly, adv. In a chalky manner; as chalk.

Cretan

Cre"tan (kr?"tan), a. Pertaining to Crete, or Candia. -- n. A native or inhabitant of Crete or Candia.

Crete

Crete (kr?t), n. [L. Cres, Cretis.] A Cretan

Cretian

Cre"tian (kr?"shan), a. & n. See Cretan.

Cretic

Cre"tic (kr?"t?k), n. [L. Creticus (sc. pes foot), Gr. (Gr. & Lat. Pros.) A poetic foot, composed of one short syllable between two long ones (- Bentley.

Creticism

Cre"ti*cism (-t?-s?z'm), n. Falsehood; lying; cretism.

Cretin

Cre"tin (kr?"t?n), n. [F. cr\'82tin; of uncertain origin.] One afflicted with cretinism.

Cretinism

Cre"tin*ism (kr?"t?n-\'b5z'm), n. [F. cr.] A condition of endemic or inherited idiocy, accompanied by physical degeneracy and deformity (usually with goiter), frequent in certain mountain valleys, esp. of the Alps.

Cretinous

Cre"tin*ous (-?s), a. Having the characteristics of a cretin. "Cretinous stupefaction." Ruskin.

Cretism

Cre"tism (kr?"t?z'm), n. [Gr. Titus i. 12.] A Cretan practice; iying; a falsehood.

Cretonne

Cre*tonne" (kr?-t?n"), n. [F., gr. Creton, its first manufacturer.]

1. A strong white fabric with warp of hemp and welt of flax.

2. A fabric with cotton warp and woolen weft.

3. A kind of chintz with a glossy surface.

Cretose

Cre"tose (kr?"t?s), a. [L. cretosus, fr. creta chalk.] Chalky; cretaceous. [Obs.] Ash.

Creutzer

Creut"zer (kroitn. See Kreutzer.

Creux

Creux (kr?), n. [F., adj., hollow, n., a hollow.] Used in English only in the expression en creux. Thus, engraving en creux is engraving in intaglio, or by sinking or hollowing out the design.

Crevalle

Cre`val*le" (kr?`v?l-l?"), n. [Prob. of same origin as cavally. See Cavally.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) The cavally or jurel. See Cavally, and Jurel. (b) The pompano (Trachynotus Carolinus).

Crevasse

Cre`vasse" (kr?`v?s"), n. [F. See Crevice.]

1. A deep crevice or fissure, as in embankment; one of the clefts or fissure by which the mass of a glacier is divided.

2. A breach in the levee or embankment of a river, caused by the pressure of the water, as on the lower Mississippi. [U.S.]

Crevet

Crev"et (kr?v"?t), n. [Cf. Creut.] A crucible or melting pot; a cruset. Crabb.

Crevice

Crev"ice (kr?v"?s), n. [OE. crevace, crevice. F. crevasse, fr. crever to break, burst, fr. L. crepare to crack,break. Cf. Craven, Crepitate, Crevasse.] A narrow opening resulting from a split or crack or the separation of a junction; a cleft; a fissure; a rent.
The mouse, Behind the moldering wainscot, shrieked, Or from the crevice peered about. Tennyson.

Crevice

Crev"ice, v. t. To crack; to flaw. [R.] Sir H. Wotton.

Creviced

Crev"iced (-?st), a. Having a crevice or crevices; as, a creviced structure for storing ears of corn.
Trickling through the creviced rock. J. Cunningham.

Crevis

Crev"is (-?s), n. (Zo\'94l.) The crawfish. [Prov. Eng.]

Crew

Crew (kr?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The Manx shearwater.

Crew

Crew (kr?), n. [From older accrue accession, reAccrue, Crescent.]

1. A company of people associated together; an assemblage; a throng.

There a noble crew Of lords and ladies stood on every side. Spenser.
Faithful to whom? to thy rebellious crew? Milton.

2. The company of seamen who man a ship, vessel, or at; the company belonging to a vessel or a boat. &hand; The word crew, in law, is ordinarily used as equivalent to ship's company, including master and other officers. When the master and other officers are excluded, the context always shows it. Story. Burrill.

3. In an extended sense, any small body of men associated for a purpose; a gang; as (Naut.), the carpenter's crew; the boatswain's crew. Syn. -- Company; band; gang; horde; mob; herd; throng; party.

Crew

Crew (kr?), imp. of Crow.

Crewel

Crew"el (kr?"?l), n. [Perh. for clewel, dim. of clew a ball of thread; or cf. D. krul curl, E. curl. &root;26.] Worsted yarn,, slackly twisted, used for embroidery.

Crewelwork

Crew"el*work` (-w?rk`), n. Embroidery in crewels, commonly done upon some plain material, such as linen.

Crewet

Crew"et (kr?"?t), n. See Cruet.

Crib

Crib (kr?b), n. [AS. crybb; akin to OS. kribbja, D. krib, kribbe, Dan. krybbe, G. krippe, and perh. to MHG. krebe basket, G, korb, and E. rip a sort of wicker basket.]

1. A manger or rack; a feeding place for animals.

The steer lion at one crib shall meet. Pope.

2. A stall for oxen or other cattle.

Where no oxen are, the crib is clean. Prov. xiv. 4.

3. A small inclosed bedstead or cot for a child.

4. A box or bin, or similar wooden structure, for storing grain, salt, etc.; as, a crib for corn or oats.

5. A hovel; a hut; a cottage.

Why rather, Sleep, liest thou in smoky cribs, . . . Than in the perfumed chambers of the great? Shak.

6. (Mining) A structure or frame of timber for a foundation, or for supporting a roof, or for lining a shaft.

7. A structure of logs to be anchored with stones; -- used for docks, pier, dams, etc.

8. A small raft of timber. [Canada]

9. A small theft; anything purloined;; a plagiaris [Colloq.]

The Latin version technically called a crib. Ld. Lytton.
Occasional perusal of the Pagan writers, assisted by a crib. Wilkie Collins.

10. A miner's luncheon. [Cant] Raymond.

11. (Card Playing) The discarded cards which the dealer can use in scoring points in cribbage.

Crib

Crib, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cribbed (kr?bd); p.pr. & vb. n. Cribbing.]

1. To shut up or confine in a narrow habitation; to cage; to cramp.

If only the vital energy be not cribbed or cramped. I. Taylor.
Now I am cabin'd, cribbed, confined. Shak.

2. To pilfer or purloin; hence, to steal from an author; to appropriate; to plagiarize; as, to crib a line from Milton. [Colloq.]

Child, being fond of toys, cribbed the necklace. Dickens.

Crib

Crib, v. i.

1. To crowd together, or to be confined, as in a crib or in narrow accommodations. [R.]

Who sought to make . . . bishops to crib in a Presbyterian trundle bed. Gauden.

2. To make notes for dishonest use in recitation or examination. [College Cant]

3. To seize the manger or other solid object with the teeth and draw in wind; -- said of a horse.

Cribbage

Crib"bage (kr?b"?j), n. [From Crib, v. t., 2.] A game of cards, played by two or four persons, in which there is a crib. (See Crib, 11.) It is characterized by a great variety of chances.
A man's fancy would be summed up in cribbage. John Hall.
Cribbage board, a board with holes and pegs, used by cribbage players to score their game.

Criber krbr, Crib-biter

Crib"er (kr?b"?r), Crib"-bit`er (-b?t"?r), n. A horse that has the habit of cribbing.

Cribbing

Crib"bing (kr?b"b?ng), n.

1. The act of inclosing or confining in a crib or in close quarters.

2. Purloining; stealing; plagiarizing. [Colloq.]

3. (Mining) A framework of timbers and plank backing for a shaft lining, to prevent caving, percolation of water, etc.

4. A vicious habit of a horse; crib-biting. The horse lays hold of the crib or manger with his teeth and draws air into the stomach with a grunting sound.

Crib-biting

Crib"-bit`ing (kr?b"b?t`?ng), n. Same as Cribbing, 4.

Cribble

Crib"ble (kr?b"b'l), n. [F. crible, LL. criblus sieve, fr. L. cribrum.]

1. A coarse sieve or screen.

2. Coarse flour or meal. [Obs.] Johnson.

Cribble

Crib"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cribbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Cribbling (-bl?ng).] [Cf. F. cribler.] To cause to pass through a sieve or riddle; to sift.

Cribble

Crib"ble, a. Coarse; as, cribble bread. [Obs.] Huloet.

Cribellum

Cri*bel"lum (kr?b?l"l?m), n. [L., a small sieve, dim. of cribrum sieve.] (Zo\'94l.) A peculiar perforated organ of certain spiders (Ciniflonid\'91), used for spinning a special kind of silk.

Cribrate

Crib"rate (kr?b"r?t), a. [L. cribratus, p.p. of cribrare to sift, fr. cribrum a sieve.] Cribriform.

Cribration

Cri*bra"tion (kr?-br?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cribration, fr. L. cribrare to sift. See Cribble, n.] (Pharmacy) The act or process of separating the finer parts of drugs from the coarser by sifting.

Cribriform

Crib"ri*form (kr?b"r?f?rm), a. [L. cribrum sieve + -form: cf. F. cribriforme.] Resembling, or having the form of, a sieve; pierced with hokes; as, the cribriform plate of the ethmoid bone; a cribriform compress. Cribriform cells (Bot.), those which have here and there oblique or transverse sieve plates, or places perforated with many holes.

Cribrose

Crib"rose (kr?b"r?s), a. [L. cribrum sieve.] Perforated like a sieve; cribriform.

Cric

Cric (kr?k), n. [prob. fr. F. cric a jackscrew.] The ring which turns inward and condenses the flame of a lamp. Knight.

Crick

Crick (kr?k), n. [See Creak.] The creaking of a door, or a noise resembling it. [Obs.] Johnson.

Crick

Crick, n. [The same as creek a bending, twisting. See Creek, Crook.]

1. A painful, spasmodic affection of the muscles of some part of the body, as of the neck or back, rendering it difficult to move the part.

To those also that, with a crick or cramp, have thei necks drawn backward. Holland.

2. [Cf. F. cric.] A small jackscrew. Knight.

Cricket

Crick"et (kr?k"?t), n. [OE. criket, OF. crequet, criquet; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. creak; cf. D. kriek a cricket. See Creak.] (Zo\'94l.) An orthopterous insect of the genus Gryllus, and allied genera. The males make chirping, musical notes by rubbing together the basal parts of the veins of the front wings. &hand; The common European cricket is Gryllus domesticus; the common large black crickets of America are G. niger, G. neglectus, and others. Balm cricket. See under Balm. -- Cricket bird, a small European bird (Silvia locustella); -- called also grasshopper warbler. -- Cricket frog, a small American tree frog (Acris gryllus); -- so called from its chirping.

Cricket

Crick"et, n. [AS. cricc, crycc, crooked staff, crutch. Perh. first used in sense 1, a stool prob. having been first used as a wicket. See Crutch.]

1. A low stool.

2. A game much played in England, and sometimes in America, with a ball, bats, and wickets, the players being arranged in two contesting parties or sides.

3. (Arch.) A small false roof, or the raising of a portion of a roof, so as to throw off water from behind an obstacle, such as a chimney.

Cricket

Crick"et, v. i. To play at cricket. Tennyson.

Cricketer

Crick"et*er (kr?k"?t-?r), n. One who plays at cricket.

Cricoid

Cri"coid (kr?"koid), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Anat.) Resembling a ring; -- said esp. of the cartilage at the larynx, and the adjoining parts.

Cricothyroid

Cri`co*thy"roid (-k?-th?"roid), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining both to the cricoid and the thyroid cartilages.

Cried

Cried (kr?d), imp. & p. p. of Cry.

Crier

Cri"er (kr?"?r), n. [Cf. F. crieur. See Cry.] One who cries; one who makes proclamation. Specifically, an officer who proclams the orders or directions of a court, or who gives public notice by loud proclamation; as, a town-crier.
He openeth his mouth like a crier. Ecclus. xx. 15.

Crime

Crime (kr?m), n.[F. crime, fr. L. crimen judicial decision, that which is subjected to such a decision, charge, fault, crime, fr. the root of cernere to decide judicially. See Certain.]

1. Any violation of law, either divine or human; an omission of a duty commanded, or the commission of an act forbidden by law.

2. Gross violation of human law, in distinction from a misdemeanor or trespass, or other slight offense. Hence, also, any aggravated offense against morality or the public welfare; any outrage or great wrong. "To part error from crime." Tennyson. &hand; Crimes, in the English common law, are grave offenses which were originally capitally punished (murder, rape, robbery, arson, burglary, and larceny), as distinguished from misdemeanors, which are offenses of a lighter grade. See Misdemeanors.

3. Any great wickedness or sin; iniguity.

Nocrime was thine, if 'tis no crime to love. Pope.

4. That which occasion crime. [Obs.]

The tree of life, the crime of our first father's fall. Spenser.
Capital crime, a crime punishable with death. Syn. -- Sin; vice; iniquity; wrong. -- Crime, Sin,Vice. Sin is the generic term, embracing wickedness of every kind, but specifically denoting an offense as committed against God. Crime is strictly a violation of law either human or divine; but in present usage the term is commonly applied to actions contrary to the laws of the State. Vice is more distinctively that which springs from the inordinate indulgence of the natural appetites, which are in themselves innocent. Thus intemperance, unchastity, duplicity, etc., are vices; while murder, forgery, etc., which spring from the indulgence of selfish passions, are crimes.

Crimeful

Crime"ful (kr?m"f?l), a. Criminal; wicked; contrary to law, right, or dury. [Obs.] Shak.

Crimeless

Crime"less, a. Free from crime; innocent. Shak.

Criminal

Crim"i*nal (kr?m"?-nal), a. [L. criminalis, fr. crimen: cf. F. criminel. See Crime.]

1. Guilty of crime or sin.

The neglect of any of the relative duties renders us criminal in the sight of God. Rogers.

2. Involving a crime; of the nature of a crime; -- said of an act or of conduct; as, criminal carelessness.

Foppish and fantastic ornaments are only indications of vice, not criminal in themselves. Addison.

3. Relating to crime; -- opposed to civil; as, the criminal code.

The officers and servants of the crown, violating the personal liberty, or other right of the subject . . . were in some cases liable to criminal process. Hallam.
Criminal action (Law), an action or suit instituted to secure conviction and punishment for a crime. -- Criminal conversation (Law), unlawful intercourse with a married woman; adultery; -- usually abbreviated, crim. con. -- Criminal law, the law which relates to crimes.

Criminal

Crim"i*nal, n. One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon.

Criminalist

Crim"i*nal*ist, n. One versed in criminal law. [R.]
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Criminality

Crim`i*nal"i*ty (kr?m`?-n?l"?-t?), n. [LL. criminalitas, fr. L. criminalis. See Criminal.] The quality or state of being criminal; that which constitutes a crime; guiltiness; guilt.
This is by no means the only criterion of criminality. Blackstone.

Criminally

Crim"i*nal*ly (kr?m"?-nal-l?), adv. In violation of law; wickedly.

Criminalness

Crim"i*nal*ness, n. Criminality. [R.]

Criminate

Crim"i*nate (kr, v. t. [imp & p. p. Criminated (-n; p. pr. & vb. n. Criminating (-n.] [L. criminatus, p. p. of criminare, criminari, to criminate, fr. crimen. See Crime.]

1. To accuse of, or charge with, a crime.

To criminate, with the heavy and ungrounded charge of disloyalty and disaffection, an uncorrupt, independent, and reforming parliament. Burke.

2. To involve in a crime or in its consequences; to render liable to a criminal charge.

Impelled by the strongest pressure of hope and fear to criminate him. Macaulay.

Crimination

Crim`i*na"tion (kr?m`?-n?"sh?n), n. [L. criminatio.] The act of accusing; accusation; charge; complaint.
The criminations and recriminations of the adverse parties. Macaulay.

Criminative

Crim"i*na*tive (kr?m"?-n?-t?v), a. Charging with crime; accusing; criminatory. R. North.

Criminatory

Crim"i*na*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing; as, a criminatory conscience.

Criminology

Crim`i*nol"o*gy (-n?l"?-j?), n. [L. crimen, crimenis, crime + -logy.] A treatise on crime or the criminal population. -- Crim`i*nol"o*gist (-j, n.

Criminous

Crim"i*nous (kr?m"?-n?s), a. [L. criminosus, fr. crimen. See Crime.] Criminal; involving great crime or grave charges; very wicked; heinous. [Obs.] Holland. -- Crim"i*nous*ly, adv.. -- Crim"i*nous*ness,n. [Obs.]

Crimosin

Crim"o*sin (kr?m"?-z?n), n. [Obs.] See Crimson.

Crim

Crim (kr?mp), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimped (kr?mt; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimping.] [Akin to D. krimpen to shrink, shrivel, Sw. krympa, Dan. krympe, and to E. cramp. See Cramp.]

1. To fold or plait in regular undulation in such a way that the material will retain the shape intended; to give a wavy apperance to; as, to crimp the border of a cap; to crimp a ruffle. Cf. Crisp.

The comely hostess in a crimped cap. W. Irving.

2. To pinch and hold; to seize.

3. Hence, to entrap into the military or naval service; as, to crimp seamen.

Coaxing and courting with intent to crimp him. Carlyle.

4. (Cookery) To cause to contract, or to render more crisp, as the flesh of a fish, by gashing it, when living, with a knife; as, to crimp skate, etc. Crimping house, a low lodging house, into which men are decoyed and plied with drink, to induce them to ship or enlist as sailors or soldiers. -- Crimping iron. (a) An iron instrument for crimping and curling the hair. (b) A crimping machine. -- Crimping machine, a machine with fluted rollers or with dies, for crimping ruffles leather, iron, etc. -- Crimping pin, an instrument for crimping or puckering the border of a lady's cap.

Crimp

Crimp, a.

1. Easily crumbled; friable; brittle. [R.]

Now the fowler . . . treads the crimp earth. J. Philips.

2. Weak; inconsistent; contradictory. [R.]

The evidance is crimp; the witnesses swear backward and forward, and contradict themselves. Arbuthnot.

Crimp

Crimp, n.

1. A coal broker. [Prov. Eng.] De Foe.

2. One who decoys or entraps men into the military or naval service. Marryat.

3. A keeper of a low lodging house where sailors and emigrants are entrapped and fleeced.

4. Hair which has been crimped; -- usually in pl.

5. A game at cards. [Obs.] B. Jonson. Boot crimp. See under Boot.

Crimpage

Crimp"age (-?j), n. The act or practice of crimping; money paid to a crimp for shipping or enlisting men.

Crimper

Crimp"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, crimps; as: (a) A curved board or frame over which the upper of a boot or shoe is stretched to the required shape. (b) A device for giving hair a wavy apperance. (c) A machine for crimping or ruffling textile fabrics.

Crimple

Crim"ple (kr?m"p'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimpling (-pl?ng).] [Dim. of crimp, v. t. ] To cause to shrink or draw together; to contract; to curl. [R.] Wiseman.

Crimpy

Crimp"y (kr?mp"?), a. Having a crimped appearance; frizzly; as, the crimpy wool of the Saxony sheep.

Crimson

Crim"son (kr?m"z'n), n. [OE. crimson, OF. crimoisin, F. cramoisi (cf. Sp. carmesi.) LL. carmesinus, fr. Ar. qermazi, fr. qermez crimson, kermes, fr. Skr. k produced by a worm; k worm or insect + jan to generate; akin to E. kin. CF. Carmine, Kermes.] A deep red color tinged with blue; also, red color in general.
Theugh jour be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. Is. i. 18.
A maid jet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty. Shak.

Crimson

Crim"son, a. Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans.
The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.

Crimson

Crim"son, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crimsoned (-z'nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crimsoning.] To dye with crimson or deep red; to redden.
Signed in thy spoil and crimsoned in thy lethe. Shak.

Crimson

Crim"son, b. t. To become crimson; to blush.
Ancient towers . . . beginning to crimson with the radiant luster of a cloudless July morning. De Quincey.

Crinal

Cri"nal (kr?"nal), a. [L. crinalis, fr. crinis the hair.] Of or pertaining to the hair. [R.] Blount.

Crinated

Cri"na*ted (kr?"n?-t?d), a. Having hair; hairy.

Crinatory

Cri"na*to*ry (kr?"n?-t?-r?), a. Crinitory. Craig.

Crincum

Crin"cum (kr?n"k?m), n. [Cf. Crinkle.] A twist or bend; a turn; a whimsey. [Colloq.] Hudibras.

Crincum-crancum

Crin"cum-cran"cum (kr?n"k?m-kr?n"k?m), n. A twist; a whimsey or whim. [Colloq.]

Crined

Crined (kr?nd), a. [L. crinis hair.] (Her.) Having the hair of a different tincture from the rest of the body; as, a charge crined of a red tincture.

Crinel krnEl, Crinet

Cri"nel (kr?"nEl), Cri"net (kr?"n?t), n. [L. crinis hair.] A very fine, hairlike feather. Booth.

Cringe

Cringe (kr?nj), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crnged (kr?njd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cringing.] [As. crincgang, cringan, crincan, to jield, fall; akin to E. crank.] To draw one's self together as in fear or servility; to bend or crouch with base humility; to wince; hence; to make court in a degrading manner; to fawn.
When they were come up to the place where the lions were, the boys that went before were glad to cringe behind, for they were afraid of the lions. Bunyan.
Sly hypocrite, . . . who more than thou Once fawned and cringed, and servilely adored Heaven's awful monarch? Milton.
Flatterers . . . are always bowing and cringing. Arbuthnot.

Cringe

Cringe, v. t. To contract; to draw together; to cause to shrink or wrinkle; to distort. [Obs.]
Till like a boy you see him cringe his face, And whine aloud for mercy. Shak.

Cringe

Cringe, n. Servile civility; fawning; a shrinking or bowing, as in fear or servility. "With cringe and shrug, and bow obsequious." Cowper.

Cringeling

Cringe"ling, n. One who cringes meanly; a fawner.

Cringer

Crin"ger (kr?n"j?r), n. One who cringes.

Cringingly

Crin"ging*ly, adv. In a cringing manner.

Cringle

Crin"gle (kr?n"g'l), n. [Icel. kringla orb; akin to kring around, and to D. kring circle, and to E. cringe, crank.]

1. A withe for fastening a gate.

2. (Naut.) An iron or pope thimble or grommet worked into or attached to the edges and corners of a sail; -- usually in the plural. The cringles are used for making fast the bowline bridles, earings, etc.

Crinicultural

Crin`i*cul"tur*al (kr?n`?-k?l"t?r-a]/>l; 135), a. [L. crinis hair + cultura.] Relating to the growth of hair. [R.]

Crinigerous

Cri*nig"er*ous (kr?-n?j"?r-?s), a. [L. criniger; crinis hair + gerere to bear.] Bearing hair; hairy. [R.]

Crinital

Cri"ni*tal (kr?"n?-tal), a. Same as Crinite,

1.

He the star crinital adoreth. Stanyhurst.

Crinite

Cri"nite (kr?"n?t), a. [L. crinitus, p. p. of crinire to provide or cover with hair, fr. crinis hair.]

1. Having the appearance of a tuft of hair; having a hairlike tail or train. "Comate, crinite, caudate stars."

2. (Bot.) Bearded or tufted with hairs. Gray.

Crinitory

Cri"ni*to*ry (kr?"n?-t?-r?), a. Of or relating to hair; as, a crinitory covering. T. Hook.

Crinkle

Crin"kle (kr?n"k'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crinkled (-k'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crinkling (-kl?ng).] [A dim., fr. the root of cringe; akin to D. krinkelen to wind or twist. Cf. Cringle, Cringe.] To form with short turns, bends, or wrinkles; to mold into inequalites or sinuosities; to cause to wrinkle or curl.
The houscrinkled to and fro. Chaucer.
Her face all bowsy, Comely crinkled, Wondrously wrinkled. Skelton.
The flames through all the casements pushing forth, Like red-not devils crinkled into snakes. Mrs. Browning.

Crinkle

Crin"kle, v. i. To turn or wind; ti run in and out in many short bends or turns; to curl; to run in wavws; to wrinkle; also, to rustle, as stiff cloth when moved.
The green wheat crinkles like a lake. L. T. Trowbridge.
And all the rooms Were full of crinkling silks. Mrs. Browning.

Crinkle

Crin"kle, n. A winding or turn; wrinkle; sinuosity.
The crinkles in this glass, making objects appear double. A. Tucker.

Crinkled

Crin"kled (kr?n"k'ld), a. Having short bends, turns, or wrinkles; wrinkled; wavy; zigzag. "The crinkled lightning." Lowell.

Crinkly

Crin"kly (-kl?), a. Having crinkles; wavy; wrinkly.

Crinoid

Cri"noid (kr?"noid), a. [See Crinoidea.] (Zo\'94l.) Crinoidal. -- n. One of the Crinoidea.

Crinoidal

Cri*noid"al (kr?-noidal), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of pertaining to crinoids; consisting of, or containing, crinoids.

Crinoidea

Cri*noid"e*a (kr?-noid"?-?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. -oid: cf. F. crino.] (Zo\'94l.) A large class of Echinodermata, including numerous extinct families and genera, but comparatively few living ones. Most of the fossil species, like some that are recent, were attached by a jointed stem. See Blastoidea, Cystoidea, Comatula.

Crinoidean

Cri*noid"e*an (-an), n. (Zo\'94l) One of the Crinoidea.

Crinoline

Crin"o*line (kr?n"?-l?n), n. [F., fr. crin hair,L. crinis.]

1. A kind of stiff cloth, used chiefly by women, for underskirts, to expand the gown worn over it; -- so called because originally made of hair.

2. A lady's skirt made of any stiff material; latterly, a hoop skirt.

Crinose

Cri*nose" (kr?-n?s"), a. [L. crinis hair.] Hairy. [R.]

Crinosity

Cri*nos"i*ty (kr?-n?s"?-t?), n. Hairiness. [R.]

Crinum

Cri"num (kr?"n?m), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A genus of bulbous plants, of the order Amaryllidace, cultivated as greenhouse plants on account of their beauty.

Criosphinx

Cri"o*sphinx` (kr?"?-sf?nks`), n. [Gr. A sphinx with the head of a ram.

Cripple

Crip"ple (kr?p"p'l), n. [OE. cripel, crepel, crupel, AS. crypel (akin to D. kreuple, G. kr, Dan. kr, Icel. kryppill), prop., one that can not walk, but must creep, fr. AS. cre to creep. See Creep.] One who creeps, halts, or limps; one who has lost, or never had, the use of a limb or limbs; a lame person; hence, one who is partially disabled.
I am a cripple in my limbs; but what decays are in my mind, the reader must determine. Dryden.

Cripple

Crip"ple (kr?p"p'l), a. Lame; halting. [R.] "The cripple, tardy-gaited night." Shak.

Cripple

Crip"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crippled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crippling (-pl?ng).]

1. To deprive of the use of a limb, particularly of a leg or foot; to lame.

He had crippled the joints of the noble child. Sir W. Scott.

2. To deprive of strength, activity, or capability for service or use; to disable; to deprive of resources; as, to be financially crippled.

More serious embarrassments . . . were crippling the energy of the settlement in the Bay. Palfrey.
An incumbrance which would permanently cripple the body politic. Macaulay.

Crippled

Crip"pled (kr?p"p'ld), a. Lamed; lame; disabled; impeded. "The crippled crone." Longfellow.

Crippleness

Crip"ple*ness, n. Lameness. [R.] Johnson.

Crippler

Crip"pler (-pl?r), n. A wooden tool used in graining leather. Knight.

Crippling

Crip"pling (-pl?ng), n. Spars or timbers set up as a support against the side of a building.

Cripply

Crip"ply (-pl?), a. Lame; disabled; in a crippled condition. [R.] Mrs. Trollope.

Crisis

Cri"sis (kr?"s?s), n.; pl. Crises (-s. [L. crisis, Gr. Certain.]

1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point.

This hour's the very crisis of your fate. Dryden.
The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. Brougham.

2. (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat.

Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. Dryden.

Crisp

Crisp (kr?sp), a. [AS. crisp, fr. L. crispus; cf. carpere to pluck, card (wool), and E. harvest. Cf. Crape.]

1. Curling in stiff curls or ringlets; as, crisp hair.

2. Curled with the ripple of the water. [Poetic]

You numphs called Naiads, of the winding brooks . . . Leave jour crisp channels. Shak.

3. Brittle; friable; in a condition to break with a short, sharp fracture; as, crisp snow.

The cakes at tea ate short and crisp. Goldsmith.

4. Possessing a certain degree of firmness and freshness; in a fresh, unwilted condition.

It [laurel] has been plucked nine months, and yet looks as hale and crisp as if it would last ninety years. Leigh Hunt.

5. Lively; sparking; effervescing.

Your neat crisp claret. Beau & Fl.

6. Brisk; crackling; cheerful; lively.

The snug, small room, and the crisp fire. Dickens.

Crisp

Crisp, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crisped (kr?spt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crisping.] [L. crispare, fr. crispus. See Crisp. a. ]

1. To curl; to form into ringlets, as hair, or the nap of cloth; to interweave, as the branches of trees.

2. To cause to undulate irregularly, as crape or water; to wrinkle; to cause to ripple. Cf. Crimp.

The lover with the myrtle sprays Adorns his crisped tresses. Drayton.
Along the crisped shades and bowers. Milton.
The crisped brooks, Rolling on orient pearl and sands of gold. Milton.

3. To make crisp or brittle, as in cooking. Crisping iron, an instrument by which hair or any textile fabric is crisped. -- Crisping pin, the simplest form of crisping iron. Is. iii. 22.

Crisp

Crisp, v. i. To undulate or ripple. Cf. Crisp, v. t.
To watch the crisping ripples on the beach. Tennuson.

Crisp

Crisp, n. That which is crisp or brittle; the state of being crisp or brittle; as, burned to a crisp; specifically, the rind of roasted pork; crackling.

Crispate krspt, Crispated

Cris"pate (kr?s"p?t), Cris"pa*ted (-p?-t?d), a. [L. crispatus, p. p. of crispare.] Having a crisped appearance; irregularly curled or twisted.

Crispation

Cris*pa"tion (kr?s-p?"sh?n), n. [CF. F. crispation.]

1. The act or process of curling, or the state of being curled. Bacon.

2. A very slight convulsive or spasmodic contraction of certain muscles, external or internal.

Few men can look down from a great height without creepings and crispations. O. W. Holmes.

Crispature

Cris"pa*ture (kr?s"p?-t?r; 135), n. The state of being crispate.

Crisper

Crisp"er (kr?s"p?r), n. One who, or that which, crisps or curls; an instrument for making little curls in the nap of cloth, as in chinchilla.

Crispin

Cris"pin (kr?s"p?n), n.

1. A shoemaker; -- jocularly so called from the patron sant of the craft.

2. A member of a union or association of shoemakers.

Crisply

Crisp"ly (kr?sp"l?), adv. In a crisp manner.

Crispness

Crisp"ness, n. The state or quality of being crisp.

Crispy

Crisp"y (-?), a.

1. Formed into short, close ringlets; frizzed; crisp; as, crispy locks.

2. Crisp; brittle; as. a crispy pie crust.

Crissal

Cris"sal (kr?s"sal), a. (Zo\'94l.)

1. Pertaining to the crissum; as, crissal feathers.

2. Having highly colored under tail coverts; as, the crissal thrasher.

Crisscross

Criss"cross` (kr?s"kr?s`; 115), n. [A corruption of Christcross.]

1. A mark or cross, as the signature of a person who is unable to write.

2. A child's game played on paper or on a slate, consisting of lines arranged in the form of a cross.

Crisscross

Criss"cross`, v. t. To mark or cover with cross lines; as, a paper was crisscrossed with red marks.
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Crisscross

Criss"cross` (kr?s"kr?s`;115), adv.

1. In opposite directions; in a way to cross something else; crossing one another at various angles and in various ways.

Logs and tree luing crisscross in utter confusion. W. E. Boardman.

2. With opposition or hindrance; at cross purposes; contrarily; as, things go crisscross.

Crisscross-row

Criss"cross-row` (-r?`), n. See Christcross-row.

Crissum

Cris"sum (kr?s"s?m),, n.; pl. Crissa (-s. [NL.; cf. L. crisso to move the haunches.] (Zo\'94l.) That part of a bird, or the feathers, surrounding the cloacal opening; the under tail coverts.

Cristate

Cris"tate (kr?s"t?t), a. [L. ctistatus, fr. crista crest.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Crested.

Criterion

Cri*te"ri*on (kr?-t?"r?-?n), n.; pl. Criteria (-Criterions (-. [Gr. Certain.] A standard of judging; any approved or established rule or test, by which facts, principles opinions, and conduct are tried in forming a correct judgment respecting them.
Of the diseases of the mind there is no criterion. Donne.
Inferences founded on such enduring criteria. Sir G. C. Lewis.
Syn. -- Standard; measure; rule.

Crith

Crith (kr?th), n. [Gr. (Chem.) The unit for estimating the weight of a

Crithomancu

Crith"o*man`cu (kr?th"?-m?n`s?), n. [Gr. -mancy: cf. F. crithomancie.] A kind of divination by means of the dough of the cakes offered in the ancient sacrifices, and the meal strewed over the victims.

Critic

Crit"ic (kr?t"?k), n. [L. criticus, Gr. able to discuss, from Certain, and cf. Critique.]

1. One skilled in judging of the merits of literary or artistic works; a connoisseur; an adept; hence, one who examines literary or artistic works, etc., and passes judgment upon them; a reviewer.

The opininon of the most skillful critics was, that nothing finer [than Goldsmith's "Traveler"] had appeared in verse since the fourth book of the "Dunciad." Macaulay.

2. One who passes a rigorous or captious judgment; one who censures or finds fault; a harsh examiner or judge; a caviler; a carper.

When an author has many beauties consistent with virtue, piety, and truth, let not little critics exalt themselves, and shower down their ill nature. I. Watts.
You know who the critics are? the men who have failed in literature and art. Beaconsfield.

3. The art of criticism. [Obs.] Locke.

4. An act of criticism; a critique. [Obs.]

And make each day a critic on the last. Pope.

Critic

Crit"ic, a. Of or pertaining to critics or criticism; critical. [Obs.] "Critic learning." Pope.

Critic

Crit"ic, v. i. [Cf. F. critiquer.] To criticise; to play the critic. [Obs.]
Nay, if you begin to critic once, we shall never have done. A. Brewer.

Critical

Crit"ic*al (kr?t"?-kal), a. [See Critic, n., Crisis.]

1. Qualified to criticise, or pass judgment upon, literary or artistic productions.

It is submitted to the judgment of more critical ears to direct and determine what is graceful and what is not. Holder.

2. Pertaining to criticism or the critic's art; of the nature of a criticism; accurate; as, critical knowledge; a critical dissertation.

3. Inclined to make nice distinctions, or to exercise careful judgment and selection; exact; nicely judicious.

Virgil was so critical in the rites of religion. that he would never have brought in such prayers as these, if they had not been agreeable to the Roman customs. Bp. Stillingfleet.

4. Inclined to criticise or find fault; fastidious; captious; censorious; exacting.

O gentle lady, do not put me to 't, For I am nothing, if not critical. Shak.

5. Characterized by thoroughness and a reference to principles, as becomes a critic; as, a critical analysis of a subject.

6. [See Crisis.] Pertaining to, or indicating, a crisis, turning point, or specially important juncture; important as regards consequences; hence, of doubtful issue; attended with risk; dangerous; as, the critical stage of a fever; a critical situation.

Our circumstances are indeed critical. Burke.
The small moment, the exact point, the critical minute, on which every good work so much depends. South.
Critical angle (Optics), that angle of incidence of a luminous ray at which it is wholly reflected, and no portion of it transmitted. The sine of this angle is the reciprocal of the refractive index of the medium. -- Critical philosophy, the metaphysical system of Kant; -- so called from his most important work, the "Critique of Pure Reason." -- Critical point (Physics), a certain temperature, different for different gases, but always the same for each gas, regarded as the limit above which no amount of pressure can produce condensation to a liquid.

Critically

Crit"ic*al*ly, adv.

1. In a critical manner; with nice discernment; accurately; exactly.

Critically to discern good writers from bad. Dryden.

2. At a crisis; at a critical time; in a situation. place, or condition of decisive consequence; as, a fortification critically situated.

Coming critically the night before the session. Bp. Burnet.

Criticalness

Crit"ic*al*ness, n.

1. The state or quality of being critical, or of occurring at a critical time.

2. Accuracy in examination or decision; exactness.

Critticaster

Critt"ic*as`ter (kr?t"?k-?s`t?r), n. A contemptible or vicious critic.
The rancorous and reptile crew of poeticules, who decompose into criticasters. Swinburne.

Criticisable

Crit"i*cis`a*ble (kr?t"?-s?z`?-b'l), a. Capable of being criticised.

Criticise

Crit"i*cise (kr?t"?-s?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Criticised (-s?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Criticising.] [Written also, more analogically, but less commonly, criticize.] [Cf. G. kritisiren. See Critic.]

1. To examine and judge as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment upon; as, to criticise an author; to criticise a picture.

2. To express one's views as to the merit or demerit of; esp., to animadvert upon; to find fault with; as, to criticise conduct. Blackwood's Mag.

Criticise

Crit"i*cise, v. i.

1. To act as a critic; to pass literary or artistic judgment; to play the critic; -- formerly used with on or upon.

Several of these ladies, indeed, criticised upon the form of the association. Addison.

2. To discuss the merits or demerits of a thing or person; esp., to find fault.

Cavil you may, but never criticise. Pope.

Criticiser

Crit"i*ci`ser (-s?`z?r), n. One who criticises; a critic.

Criticism

Crit"i*cism (kr?t"?-s?z'm), n.

1. The rules and principles which regulate the practice of the critic; the art of judging with knowledge and propriety of the beauties and faults of a literary performance, or of a production in the fine arts; as, dramatic criticism.

The elements ofcriticism depend on the two principles of Beauty and Truth, one of which is the final end or object of study in every one of its pursuits: Beauty, in letters and the arts; Truth, in history and sciences. Brande & C.
By criticism, as it was first instituted by Aristotle, was meant a standard of judging well. Dryden.

2. The act of criticising; a critical judgment passed or expressed; a critical observation or detailed examination and review; a critique; animadversion; censure.

About the plan of "Rasselas" little was said by the critics; and yet the faults of the plan might seem to invite severe criticism. Macaulay.

Critique

Cri*tique" (kr?-t?k"), n. [F. critique, f., fr. Gr. Critic.]

1. The art of criticism. [Written also critic.] [R.]

2. A critical examination or estimate of a work of literature or art; a critical dissertation or essay; a careful and through analysis of any subject; a criticism; as, Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason."

I should as soon expect to see a critique on the poesy of a ring as on the inscription of a medal. Addison.

3. A critic; one who criticises. [Obs.]

A question among critiques in the ages to come. Bp. Lincoln.

Critique

Cri*tique", v. t. [Cf. Critic, v.] To criticise or pass judgment upon. [Obs.] Pope.

Crizzel

Criz"zel (kr?z"z'l), n. [Cf. grizzle darkish gray, or G. griselig gravelly, granular, speckled.] A kind of roughness on the surface of glass, which clouds its transparency. [Written also crizzeling and crizzle.]

Croak

Croak (kr?k), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Croaked. (krp. pr. & vb. n.
Croaking.] [From the primitive of AS. cracettan to croak as a raven; akin to G. kr to croak, and to E. creak, crake.]

1. To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

Loud thunder to its bottom shook the bog, And the hoarse nation croaked. Pope.

2. To complain; especially, to grumble; to forebode evil; to utter complaints or forebodings habitually.

Marat . . . croaks with reasonableness. Carlyle.

Croak

Croak, v. t. To utter in a low, hoarse voice; to announce by croaking; to forebode; as, to croak disaster.
The raven himself is hoarse, That croaks the fatal entrance of Duncan. Shak.
Two ravens now began to croak Their nuptial song. Wordsworth.

Croak

Croak, n. The coarse, harsh sound uttered by a frog or a raven, or a like sound.

Croaker

Croak"er (-?r), n.

1. One who croaks, murmurs, grumbles, or complains unreasonably; one who habitually forebodes evil.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small American fish (Micropogon undulatus), of the Atlantic coast. (a) An American fresh-water fish (Aplodinotus grunniens); -- called also drum. (c) The surf fish of California. &hand; When caught these fishes make a croaking sound; whence the name, which is often corrupted into crocus. <-- geography needs complete update! -->

Croat

Cro"at (kr?"?t), n. [Cf. Cravat.]

1. A native of Croatia, in Austria; esp., one of the native Slavic race.

2. An irregular soldier, generally from Croatia.

Croatian

Cro*a"tian (kr?-?"shan), a. Of or pertaining to Croatia. -- n. A Croat.

Crocein

Cro"ce*in (kr?"s?-?n), n. [See Croceous.] (Chem.) A name given to any one of several yellow or scarlet dyestuffs of artificial production and complex structure. In general they are diazo and sulphonic acid derivatives of benzene and naphthol.

Croceous

Cro"ceous (kr?"sh?s), a. [L. croceus, fr. crocus saffron. See Crocus.] Of, pertaining to, or like, saffron; deep reddish yellow. [R.]

Crocetin

Cro"ce*tin (kr?"s?-t?n), n. (Chem.) A dyestuff, obtained from the Chinese croicin, which produces a brilliant yellow.

Croche

Croche (kr?ch), n. [OF. croche, equiv. to F. crochet, croc, hook. See Crotchet, Crook.] A little bud or knob at the top of a deer's antler.

Crochet

Cro*chet" (kr?-sh?"), n. [F. crochet small hook. See Croche.] A kind of knitting done by means of a hooked needle, with worsted, silk, or cotton; crochet work. Commonly used adjectively. Crochet hook, Crochet needle, a small hook, or a hooked needle (often of bone), used in crochet work.

Crochet

Cro*chet", v. t. & i. [imp. & p.p. Crocheted (sh?d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocheting (-sh?"?ng).] To knit with a crochet needle or hook; as, to rochett a shawl.

Crociary

Cro"ci*a*ry (kr?"sh?-?-r?), n. [See Crosier.] (Eccl.) One who carries the cross before an archbishop. [Obs.]

Crocidolite

Cro*cid"o*lite (kr?-s?d"?-l?t), n. [Gr. kroky`s nap on cloth + -lite.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in silky fibers of a lavender blue color. It is related to hornblende and is essentially a silicate of iron and soda; -- called also blue asbestus. A silicified form, in which the fibers penetrating quartz are changed to oxide of iron, is the yellow brown tiger-eye of the jewelers.

Crocin

Cro"cin (kr?"s?n), n. [Gr. (Chem.) (a) The coloring matter of Chinese yellow pods, the fruit of Gardenia grandiflora. Watts. (b) A red powder (called also polychroite), which is made from the saffron (Crocus sativus). See Polychroite.

Crock

Crock (kr?k), n. [Cf. W. croeg cover, Scot. crochit covered.] The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut; also, coloring matter which rubs off from cloth.

Crock

Crock, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Crocked (kr?kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crocking.] To soil by contact, as with soot, or with the coloring matter of badly dyed cloth.

Crock

Crock, v. i. To give off crock or smut.

Crock

Crock, n. A low stool. "I . . . seated her upon a little crock." Tatler.

Crock

Crock (kr?k), n. [AS. croc, croca, crog, croh; akin to D. kruik, G. krug, Icel. krukka, Dan. krukke, Sw. kruka; but cf. W. crwc bucket, pail, crochan pot, cregen earthen vessel, jar. Cf. Cruet.] Any piece of crockery, especially of coarse earthenware; an earthen pot or pitcher.
Like foolish flies about an honey crock. Spenser.

Crock

Crock, v. t. To lay up in a crock; as, to crock butter. Halliwell.

Crocker

Crock"er (-?r), n. A potter. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Crockery

Crock"er*y ( kr?k"?r-?), n. [From Crock an earthen vessel.] Earthenware; vessels formed of baked clay, especially the coarser kinds.

Crocket

Crock"et (kr?k"?t), n. [OF. croquet, F. crochet, dim. of croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crotchet.]

1. (Arch.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc.

2. A croche, or knob, on the top of a stag's antler.

The antlers and the crockets. W. Black.

Crocketed

Crock"et*ed, a. (Arch.) Ornamented with crockets.

Crocketing

Crock"et*ing, n. (Arch.) Ornamentation with crockets. Ruskin.

Crocky

Crock"y (-?), a. [From Crock soot.] Smutty.

Crocodile

Croc"o*dile (kr?k"?-d?l; 277), n. [L. crocodilus, Gr. crocodile. Cf. Cookatrice.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A large reptile of the genus Crocodilus, of several species. They grow to the length of sixteen or eighteen feet, and inhabit the large rivers of Africa, Asia, and America. The eggs, laid in the sand, are hatched by the sun's heat. The best known species is that of the Nile (C. vulgaris, or C. Niloticus). The Florida crocodile (C. Americanus) is much less common than the alligator and has longer jaws. The name is also sometimes applied to the species of other related genera, as the gavial and the alligator.

2. (Logic) A fallacious dilemma, mythically supposed to have been first used by a crocodile. Crocodile bird (Zo\'94l.), an African plover (Pluvianus \'91gypticus) which alights upon the crocodile and devours its insect parasites, even entering its open mouth (according to reliable writers) in pursuit of files, etc.; -- called also Nile bird. It is the trochilos of ancient writers. -- Crocodile tears, false or affected tears; hypocritical sorrow; -- derived from the fiction of old travelers, that crocodiles shed tears over their prey.

Crocodilia

Croc`o*dil"i*a (-d?l"?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. crocodilus crocodile.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of reptiles including the crocodiles, gavials, alligators, and many extinct kinds.

Crocodilian

Croc`o*dil"i*an (kr?k`?-d?l"?-a]/>n), a. (Zo\'94l.) Like, or pertaining to, the crocodile; characteristic of the crocodile. -- n. One of the Crocodilia.

Crocodility

Croc`o*dil"i*ty (-?-t?), n. (Logic) A caption or sophistical mode of arguing. [R.]

Crocoisite

Cro"cois*ite (kr?"kois-?t), n. [Cf. F. croco.] (Min.) Same as Crocoite.

Crocoite

Cro"co*ite (kr?"k?-?t), n. [Gr. (Min.) Lead chromate occuring in crystals of a bright hyacinth red color; -- called also red lead ore.

Croconate

Cro"con*ate (kr?"k?n-?t), n. (Chem.) A salt formed by the union of croconic acid with a base.

Croconic

Cro*con"ic (kr?-k?n"?k), a. [Gr.

1. Of, pertaining to, or resembling saffron; having the color of saffron; as, croconic acid.

2. Pertaining to, or derived from, croconic acid.


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Croconic acid (Chem.), a yellow crystalline substance, C5O3(OH)2, obtained from potassium carboxide, rhodizonic acid, and various phenol and quinone derivatives of benzene, and forming yellow or orange colored salts.

Crocose

Cro"cose (kr?"k?s), n. [Gr. (Chem.) A white crystalline sugar, metameric with glucose, obtained from the coloring matter of saffron. [Written also crokose.]

Crocus

Cro"cus (kr?"k?s), n. [L., saffron, fr. Gr. kark, Ar. kurkum, Skr. ku.]

1. (Bot.) A genus of iridaceous plants, with pretty blossoms rising separately from the bulb or corm. C. vernus is one of the earliest of spring-blooming flowers; C. sativus produces the saffron, and blossoms in the autumn.

2. (Chem.) A deep yellow powder; the oxide of some metal calcined to a red or deep yellow color; esp., the oxide of iron (Crocus of Mars or colcothar) thus produced from salts of irron, and used as a polishing powder. Crocus of Venus (Old Chem.), oxide of copper.

Cr\'d2sus

Cr\'d2"sus (kr?"s?s), n. [L., fr. G. A king of Lydia who flourished in the 6th century b. c., and was renowned for his vast wealth; hence, a common appellation for a very rich man; as, he is veritable Cr\'d2sus.

Croft

Croft (kr?ft; 115), n. [AS. croft; akin to D. kroft hillock; cf. Gael. croit hump, croft.] A small, inclosed field, adjoining a house; a small farm.
A few small crofts of stone-encumbered ground. Wordsworth.

Crofter

Croft"er (-?r), n. One who rents and tills a small farm or helding; as, the crofters of Scotland.

Crefting

Creft"ing, n.

1. Croftland. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2. (Textile Manuf.) Exposing linen to the sun, on the grass, in the process of bleaching.

Croftland

Croft"land (-l?nd), n. Land of superior quality, on which successive crops are raised. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Crois

Crois (krois). n. [OF.] See Cross, n. [Obs.]

Croisade kroi-sd, Croisado

Croi*sade" (kroi-s?d"), Croi*sa"do (-s?"d?), n. [F. criosade. See Crusade.] A holy war; a crusade. [Obs.] Bacon.

Croise

Croise (krois), n. [F. crois crusader, fr. OF. crois, F. croix, cross. See Cross.]

1. A pilgrim bearing or wearing a cross. [Obs.]

2. A crusader. [Obs.]

The conquesta of the croises extending over Palestine. Burke.

Croissante

Crois`san`te" (krw?`s?n`t?"), a. [F. croissant, adj. & n., crescent.] (Her.) Terminated with crescent; -- said of a cross the ends of which are so terminated.

Croker

Cro"ker (kr?"k?r), n. [Gr. A cultivator of saffron; a dealer in saffron. [Obs.] Holinshed.

Croma

Cro"ma (kr?"m?), n. [It.] (Mus.) A quaver. [Obs.]

Cromlech

Crom"lech (kr?m"l\'b5k), n. [W. cromlech; crom bending or bent, concave + llech a flat stone; akin to Ir. cromleac.] (Arch A monument of rough stones composed of one or more large ones supported in a horizontal position upon others. They are found chiefly in countris inhabited by the ancient Celts, and are of a period anterior to the introduction of Christianity into these countries.

Cromorna

Cro*mor"na (kr?-m?r"n?), n. [F. cromorne (cf. It. cromorno0, fr. G. krummhorn crooked horn, cornet, an organ pipe turned like a trumpet; krumm crooked + horn horn.] (Mus.) A certain reed stop in the organ, of a quality of tone resembling that of the oboe. [Corruptly written cromona.]

Crone

Crone (kr?n), n. [OD. kronie, karonie, an old sheep, OF. carogne, F. charogne, carrion (also F. carogne illnatured woman.). See Carrion, and Crony.]

1. An old ewe. [Obs.] Tusser.

2. An old woman; -- usually in contempt.

But still the crone was constant to her note. Dryden.

3. An old man; especially, a man who talks and acts like an old woman. [R.]

The old crone [a negro man] lived in a hovel, . . . which his master had given him. W. Irving.
A few old battered crones of office. Beaconsfield.

Cronel

Cro"nel (kr?"n?l), n. [Cf. Coronel spearhead, Crown.] The iron head of a tilting spear.

Cronet

Cro"net (kr?"n?t), n. [Cf. Coronet, Crownet.] The coronet of a horse.

Cronian

Cro"ni*an (kr?"n?-a]/>n), a. [Gr. Saturnian; -- applied to the North Polar Sea. [R.] Milton.

Cronstedtite

Cron"stedt*ite (kr?n"st?t-?t), n. (Min.) A mineral consisting principally of silicate of iron, and crystallizing in hexagonal prisms with perfect basal cleavage; -- so named from the Swedish mineralogist Cronstedt.

Crony

Cro"ny (kr?"n?), n.; pl. Cronies (-n. [Orig., an old woman. See Crone.]

1. A crone. [Obs.] "Marry not an old crony." Burton.

2. An intimate companion; a familiar frend. [Colloq.]

He soon found his former cronies, though all rather the worse for the wear and tear of time. W. Irving.

Croodle

Croo"dle (kr??"d'l), v. i. [Cf. Cruddle, Crudle.]

1. To cower or cuddle together, as from fear or cold; to lie close and snug together, as pigs in straw. [Prov. Eng.] Wright. Forby.

A dove to fly home her nest and croodle there. C. Kingsley.

2. To fawn or coax. [Obs.]

3. To coo. [Scot.]

Crook

Crook (kr??k), n. [OE. crok; akin to Icel. kr hook,bend, SW. krok, Dan. krog, OD. krooke; or cf. Gael. crecan crook, hook, W. crwca crooked. Cf. Crosier, Crotchet, Crutch, Encroach.]

1. A bend, turn, or curve; curvature; flexure.

Through lanes, and crooks, and darkness. Phaer.

2. Any implement having a bent or crooked end. Especially: (a) The staff used by a shepherd, the hook of which serves to hold a runaway sheep. (b) A bishop's staff of office. Cf. Pastoral stafu.

He left his crook, he left his flocks. Prior.

3. A pothook. "As black as the crook." Sir W. Scott.

4. An artifice; trick; tricky device; subterfuge.

For all yuor brags, hooks, and crooks. Cranmer.

5. (Mus.) A small tube, usually curved, applied to a trumpet, horn, etc., to change its pitch or key.

6. A person given to fraudulent practices; an accomplice of thieves, forgers, etc. [Cant, U.S.] By hook or by crook, in some way or other; by fair means or foul.

Crook

Crook (kr??k), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooked (kr??kt); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooking.] [OE. croken; cf. Sw. kr, Dan. kr. See Crook, n.]

1. To turn from a straight line; to bend; to curve.

Crook the pregnant hinges of the knee. Shak.

2. To turn from the path of rectitude; to pervert; to misapply; to twist. [Archaic]

There is no one thing that crooks youth more than such unlawfull games. Ascham.
What soever affairs pass such a man's hands, he crooketh them to his own ends. Bacon.

Crook

Crook, v. i. To bend; to curve; to wind; to have a curvature. " The port . . . crooketh like a bow." Phaer.
Their shoes and pattens are snouted, and piked more than a finger long, crooking upwards. Camden.

Crookback

Crook"back` (kr??k"b?k), n. A crooked back; one who has a crooked or deformed back; a hunchback.

Crookack

Crook"ack`, a. Hunched. Shak. `

Crookbill

Crook"bill` ( -b?l`), n. (Zo\'94l) A New Zealand plover (Anarhynchus frontalis), remarkable for having the end of the beak abruptly bent to the right.

Crooked

Crook"ed (kr??k"?d), a.

1. Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed. "Crooked paths." Locke.

he is deformed, crooked, old, and sere. Shak.

2. Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.

They are a perverse and crooked generation. Deut. xxxii. 5.

3. False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings. Crooked whisky, whisky on wich the paiment of duty has been fraudulently evaded. [Slang, U.S.] Barlett.

Crookedly

Crook"ed*ly, adv. In a curved or crooked manner; in a perverse or untoward manner.

Crookedness

Crook"ed*ness, n. The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

Crooken

Crook"en (kr??k"'n), v. t. To make crooked. [Obs.]

Crookes tube

Crookes" tube` (kr??ks" t?b`). (Phys.) A vacuum tube in which the exhaustion is carried to a very high degree, with the production of a distinct class of effects; -- so called from W. Crookes who introduced it.

Croon

Croon (kr??n), v. i. [OE. croinen, cf. D. kreunen to moan.

1. To make a continuous hollow moan, as cattle do when in pain. [Scot.] Jamieson.

2. To hum or sing in a low tone; to murmur softly.

Here an old grandmother was crooning over a sick child, and rocking it to and fro. Dickens.

Croon

Croon, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crooned (kr??nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crooning.]

1. To sing in a low tone, as if to one's self; to hum.

Hearing such stanzas crooned in her praise. C. Bront

2. To soothe by singing softly.

The fragment of the childish hymn with which he sung and crooned himself asleep. Dickens.

Croon

Croon, n.

1. A low, continued moan; a murmur.

2. A low singing; a plain, artless melody.

Crop

Crop (kr?p), n. [OE. crop, croppe, craw, top of a plant, harvest, AS. crop, cropp, craw, top, bunch, ear of corn; akin to D. krop craw, G. kropf, Icel. kroppr hump or bunch on the body, body; but cf. also W. cropa, croppa, crop or craw of a bird, Ir. & Gael. sgroban. Cf. Croup, Crupper, Croup.]

1. The pouchlike enlargement of the gullet of birds, serving as a receptacle for food; the craw.

2. The top, end, or highest part of anything, especially of a plant or tree. [Obs.] "Crop and root." Chaucer.

3. That which is cropped, cut, or gathered from a single felld, or of a single kind of grain or fruit, or in a single season; especially, the product of what is planted in the earth; fruit; harvest.

Lab'ring the soil, and reaping plenteous crop, Corn, wine, and oil. Milton.

4. Grain or other product of the field while standing.

5. Anything cut off or gathered.

Guiltless of steel, and from the razor free, It falls a plenteous crop reserved for thee. Dryden.

6. Hair cut close or short, or the act or style of so cutting; as, a convict's crop.

7. (Arch.) A projecting ornament in carved stone. Specifically, a finial. [Obs.]

8. (Mining.) (a) Tin ore prepared for smelting. (b) Outcrop of a vein or seam at the surface. Knight.

9. A riding whip with a loop instead of a lash. Neck and crop, altogether; roughly and at once. [Colloq.]

Crop

Crop, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cropped (kr?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cropping.]

1. To cut off the tops or tips of; to bite or pull off; to browse; to pluck; to mow; to reap.

I will crop off from the top of his young twigs a tender one. Ezek. xvii. 22.

2. Fig.: To cut off, as if in harvest.

Death . . . .crops the growing boys. Creech.

3. To cause to bear a crop; as, to crop a field.

Crop

Crop, v. i. To yield harvest. To crop out. (a) (Geol.) To appear above the surface, as a seam or vein, or inclined bed, as of coal. (b) To come to light; to be manifest; to appear; as, the peculiarities of an author crop out. -- To crop up, to sprout; to spring up. "Cares crop up in villas." Beaconsfield.

Crop-ear

Crop"-ear` (kr?p"?r`), n. A person or animal whose ears are cropped.

Crop-eared

Crop"-eared` (kr?p"?rd`), a. Having the ears cropped.

Cropful

Crop"ful (-f?l), a. Having a full crop or belly; satiated. Milton.

Cropper

Crop"per (kr?p"p?r), n.

1. One that crops.

2. A variety of pigeon with a large crop; a pouter.

3. (Mech.) A machine for cropping, as for shearing off bolts or rod iron, or for facing cloth.

4. A fall on one's head when riding at full speed, as in hunting; hence, a sudden failure or collapse. [Slang.]

Cropsick

Crop"sick` (kr?"s?k`), a. Sick from excess in eating or drinking. [Obs.] "Cropsick drunkards." Tate. -- Crop"sick`ness, n. [Obs.] Whitlock.

Crop-tailed

Crop"-tailed` (-t?ld`), a. Having the tail cropped.

Croquet

Cro*quet" (kr?-k?"), n. [From French; cf. Walloon croque blow, fillip. F. croquet a crisp biscuit, croquer to crunch, fr. croc a crackling sound, of imitative origin. Croquet then properly meant a smart tap on the ball.]

1. An open-air game in which two or more players endeavor to drive wooden balls, by means of mallets, through a series of hoops or arches set in the ground according to some pattern.

2. The act of croqueting.

Croquet

Cro*quet", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Croqueted (-k?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Croqueting (-k?"?ng).] In the game of croquet, to drive away an opponent's ball, after putting one's own in contact with it, by striking one's own ball with the mallet.

Cro-quette

Cro-quette" (kr?-k?t"), n. [F., fr. croquer to crunch.] (Cookery) A ball of minced meat, fowl, rice, or other ingredients, highly seasoned, and fried.

Crore

Crore (kr?r), n. [Hind. karor, Skr. koTi.] Ten millions; as, a crore of rupees (which is nearly $5,000,000). [East Indies] Malcolm.

Crosier

Cro"sier (kr?"zh?r), n. [OE. rocer, croser, croyser, fr. croce crosier, OF. croce, croche, F. crosse, fr. LL. crocea, crocia, from the same German or Celtic sourse as F. croc hook; akin to E. crook.] The pastoral staff of a bishop (also of an archbishop, being the symbol of his office as a shepherd of the flock of God. &hand; The true shape of the crosier was with a hooked or curved top; the archbishop's staff alone bore a cross instead of a crook, and was of exceptional, not of regular form. Skeat.

Crosiered

Cro"siered (-zh?rd), a. Bearing a crosier.

Croslet

Cros"let (kr?s"l?t; 115), n. See Crosslet.

Cross

Cross (kr?s; 115), n. [OE. crois, croys, cros; the former fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, fr. L. crux; the second is perh. directly fr. Prov. cros, crotz. fr. the same L. crux; cf. Icel. kross. Cf. Crucial, Crusade, Cruise, Crux.]

1. A gibbet, cosisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.

Nailed to the cross By his own nation. Milton.

2. The sign or mark of the cross, made with the finger, or in ink, etc., or actually represented in some material; the symbol of Christ's death; the ensign and chosen symbol of Christianity, of a Christian people, and of Christendom.

The custom of making the sign of the cross with the hand or finger, as a means of conferring blessing or preserving from evil, is very old. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
Before the cross has waned the crescent's ray. Sir W. Scott.
Tis where the cross is preached. Cowper.

3. Affiction regarded as a test of patience or virtue; trial; disappointment; opposition; misfortune.

Heaven prepares a good man with crosses. B. Jonson.

4. A piece of money stamped with the figure of a cross, also, that side of such a piece on which the cross is stamped; hence, money in general.

I should bear no cross if I did bear you; for I think you have no money in your purse. Shak.

5. An appendage or ornament or anything in the form of a cross; a badge or ornamental device of the general shape of a cross; hence, such an ornament, even when varying considerably from that form; thus, the Cross of the British Order of St. George and St. Michael consist of a central medallion with seven arms radiating from it.

6. (Arch.) A monument in the form of a cross, or surmounted bu a cross, set up in a public place; as, a market cross; a boundary cross; Charing Cross in London.

Dun-Edin's Cross, a pillared stone, Rose on a turret octagon. Sir W. Scott.

7. (Her.) A common heraldic bearing, of which there are many varieties. See the Illustration, above.

8. The crosslike mark or symbol used instead of a signature by those unable to write.

Five Kentish abbesses . . . .subscribed their names and crosses. Fuller.

9. Church lands. [Ireland] [Obs.] Sir J. Davies.

10. A line drawn across or through another line.

11. Hence: A mixing of breeds or stock, especially in cattle breeding; or the product of such intermixture; a hybrid of any kind.

Toning down the ancient Viking into a sort of a cross between Paul Jones and Jeremy Diddler. Lord Dufferin.

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12. (Surveying) An instrument for laying of offsets perpendicular to the main course.

13. (Mech.) A pipe-fitting with four branches the axes of which usually form's right angle. Cross and pile, a game with money, at which it is put to chance whether a coin shall fall with that side up which bears the cross, or the other, which is called pile, or reverse; the game called heads or tails. -- Cross bottony ∨ botton\'82. See under Bottony. -- Cross estoil\'82 (Her.). a cross, each of whose arms is pointed like the ray of a star; that is, a star having four long points only. -- Cross of Calvary. See Calvary, 3. -- Southern cross. (Astron.) See under Southern. -- To do a thing on the cross, to act dishonestly; -- opposed to acting on the square. [Slang] -- To take up the cross, to bear troubles and afflictions with patience from love to Christ.

Cross

Cross (kr?s), a.

1. Not parallel; lying or falling athwart; transverse; oblique; intersecting.

The cross refraction of the second prism. Sir I. Newton.

2. Not accordant with what is wished or expected; interrupting; adverse; contrary; thwarting; perverse. "A cross fortune." Jer. Taylor.

The cross and unlucky issue of my design. Glanvill.
The article of the resurrection seems to lie marvelously cross to the common experience of mankind. South.
We are both love's captives, but with fates so cross, One must be happy by the other's loss. Dryden.

3. Characterized by, or in a state of, peevishness, fretfullness, or ill humor; as, a cross man or woman.

He had received a cross answer from his mistress. Jer. Taylor.

4. Made in an opposite direction, or an inverse relation; mutually inverse; interchanged; as, cross interrogatories; cross marriages, as when a brother and sister marry persons standing in the same relation to each other. Cross action (Law), an action brought by a party who is sued against the person who has sued him, upon the same subject matter, as upon the same contract. Burrill. -- Cross aisle (Arch.), a transept; the lateral divisions of a cruciform church. -- Cross axie. (a) (Mach.) A shaft, windlass, or roller, worked by levers at opposite ends, as in the copperplate printing press. (b) A driving axle. with cranks set at an angle of 90° with each other. -- Cross bedding (Geol.), oblique lamination of horizontal beds, -- Cross bill. See in the Vocabulary. -- Cross bitt. Same as Crosspiece. -- Cross bond, a form of bricklaying, in which the joints of one stretcher course come midway between those of the stretcher courses above and below, a course of headers and stretchers intervening. See Bond, n., 8. -- Cross breed. See in the Vocabulary. -- Cross breeding. See under Breeding. -- Cross buttock, a particular throw in wrestling; hence, an unexpected defeat or repulse. Smollet. -- Cross country, across the country; not by the road. "The cross-country ride." Cowper. -- Cross fertilization, the fertilization of the female products of one physiological individual by the male products of another, -- as the fertilization of the ovules of one plant by pollen from another. See Fertilization. -- Cross file, a double convex file, used in dressing out the arms or crosses of fine wheells. -- Cross fire (Mil.), lines of fire, from two or more points or places, crossing each other. -- Cross forked. (Her.) See under Forked. -- Cross frog. See under Frog. -- Cross furrow, a furrow or trench cut across other furrows to receive the water running in them and conduct it to the side of the field. -- Cross handle, a handle attached transversely to the axis of a tool, as in the augur. Knight. -- Cross lode (Mining), a vein intersecting the true or principal lode. -- Cross purpose. See Cross-purpose, in the Vocabulary. -- Cross reference, a reference made from one part of a book or register to another part, where the same or an allied subject is treated of. -- Cross sea (Naut.), a chopping sea, in which the waves run in contrary directions. -- Cross stroke, a line or stroke across something, as across the letter t. -- Cross wind, a side wind; an unfavorable wind. -- Cross wires, fine wires made to traverse the field of view in a telescope, and moved by a screw with a graduated head, used for delicate astronomical observations; spider lines. Fixed cross wires are also used in microscopes, etc. Syn. -- Fretful; peevish. See Fretful.

Cross

Cross, prep. Athwart; across. [Archaic or Colloq.] A fox was taking a walk one night cross a village. L'Estrange. To go cross lots, to go across the fields; totake a short cut. [Colloq.]

Cross

Cross, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crossed (kr?st; 115); p. pr. & vb. n. Crossing.]

1. To put across or athwart; to cause to intersect; as, to cross the arms.

2. To lay or draw something, as a line, across; as, to cross the letter t.

3. To pass from one side to the other of; to pass or move over; to traverse; as, to cross a stream.

A hunted hare . . . crosses and confounds her former track. I. Watts.

4. To pass, as objects going in an opposite direction at the same time. "Your kind letter crossed mine." J. D. Forbes.

5. To run counter to; to thwart; to obstruct; to hinder; to clash or interfere with.

In each thing give him way; cross him in nothing. Shak.
An oyster may be crossed onlove. Sheridan.

6. To interfere and cut off; to debar. [Obs.]

To cross me from the golden time I look for. Shak.

7. To make the sign of the cross upon; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun; as, he crossed himself.

8. To cancel by marking crosses on or over, or drawing a line across; to erase; -- usually with out, off, or over; as, to cross out a name.

9. To cause to interbreed; -- said of different stoocks or races; to mix the breed of. To cross one's path, to oppose one's plans. Macualay.

Cross

Cross, v. i.

1. To lie or be athwart.

2. To move or pass from one side to the other, or from place to place; to make a transit; as, to cross from New York to Liverpool.

3. To be inconsistent. [Obs.]

Men's actions do not always cross with reason. Sir P. Sidney.

4. To interbreed, as races; to mix distinct breeds.

If two individuals of distinct races cross, a third is invariably produced different from either. Coleridge.

Cross-armed

Cross"-armed` (kr?s"?rmd), a. With arms crossed.

Cross-banded

Cross"-band`ed (-b?nd`?d), a. A term used when a narrow ribbon of veneer is inserted into the surfase of any piece of furniture, wainscoting, etc., so that the grain of it is contrary to the general surface.

Crossbar

Cross"bar` (-b?r`), n. A transverse bar or piece, as a bar across a door, or as the iron bar or stock which passes through the shank of an anchor to insure its turning fluke down. Russell. Crossbar shot, a projectile which folds into a sphere for loading, but on leaving the gun expands to a cross with a quarter ball at the end of each arm; -- used in naval actions for cutting the enemy's rigging.

Crossbarred

Cross"barred` (-b?rd`), a.

1. Secured by, or furnished with, crossbars. Milton.

2. Made or patterned in lines crossing each other; as, crossbarred muslin.

Crossbeak

Cross"beak` (-b?k`), n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as Crossbill.

Crossbeam

Cross"beam` (-b?m`). n.

1. (Arch.) A girder.

2. (Naut.) A beam laid across the bitts, to which the cable is fastened when riding at anchor.

Cross-bearer

Cross"-bear`er (-b?r`?r), n. (R.C.Ch.) A subdeacon who bears a cross before an archbishop or primate on solemn occasions.

Crossbill

Cross"bill` (-b?l`). (Law) A bill brought by a defendant, in an equity or chancery suit, against the plaintiff, respecting the matter in question in that suit. Bouvier. &hand; In criminal practice, cross bills of indictment for assault, in which the prosecutor in once case is the defendant in another, may be tried together.

Crossbill

Cross"bill`, n. (Zo\'94l.) A bird of the genus Loxia, allied to the finches. Their mandibles are strongly curved and cross each other; the crossbeak.

Cross-birth

Cross"-birth` (-b?rth`), n. (Med.) Any preternatural labor, in whiche the boly of the child lies across the pelvis of the mother, so that the shoulder, arm, or trunk is the part first presented at the mouth of the uterus.

Crossbite

Cross"bite` (-b?t`), n. A deeption; a cheat. [Obs.]

Crossbite

Cross"bite", b. t. To deceive; to trick; to gull. [Obs.]

Crossbones

Cross"bones` (-b?nz`), n. pl. A representation of two of the leg bones or arm bones of a skeleton, laid crosswise, often surmounted with a skull, and serving as a symbol of death.
Crossbones, scythes, hourglasses, and other lugubrios emblems of mortality. Hawthorne.

Crossbow

Cross"bow` (-b?`), n. (Archery) A weapon, used in discharging arrows, formed by placing a bow crosswise on a stock.

Crossbower

Cross"bow`er (-b?`?r), n. A crossbowman.[Obs.]

Crossbowman

Cross"bow`man (-man), n. One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.

Crossbred

Cross"bred` (-br?d`), a. (Stock Breeding) Produced by mixing distinct breeds; mongrel.

Crossbreed

Cross"breed` (-br?d`), n.

1. A breed or an animal produced from parents of different breeds; a new variety, as of plants, combining the qualites of two parent varieties or stocks.

2. Anything partaking of the natures of two different things; a hybrid.

Cross-bun

Cross"-bun` (-b?n`), n. A bun or cake marked with a cross, and intended to be eaten on Good Friday.

Cross-crosslet

Cross`-cross"let (-kr?s"l?t; 115), n. (Her.) A cross having the three upper ends crossed, so as to from three small crosses.

Crosscut

Cross"cut` (-k?t`), v. t. To cut across or through; to intersect.

Crosscut

Cross"cut`, n.

1. A short cut across; a path shorter than by the high road.

2. (Mining) A level driven across the course of a vein, or across the main workings, as from one gangway to another. Crosscut saw. (a) A saw, the teeth of which are so set as to adapt it for sawing wood crosswise of the grain rather than lengthwise. (b) A saw managed by two men, one at each end, for cutting large logs crosswise.

Cross-days

Cross"-days` (-d?z`), n. pl. (Eccl.) The three days preceding the Feast of the Ascension.

Crossette

Cros*sette" (kr?s-s?t`), n. [F., dim. of crosse. See Crosier.] (Arch.) (a) A return in one of the corners of the architrave of a door or window; -- called also ancon, ear, elbow. (b) The shoulder of a joggled keystone.

Cross-examination

Cross"-ex*am`i*na"tion (kr?s"?gz-?m`?-n?"sh?n; 115), n. (Low) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.

Cross-examine

Cross"-ex*am"ine (-?m"?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-examined (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-examining.] (Low) To examine or question, as a witness who has been called and examined by the opposite party. "The opportunity to cross-examine the witnesses." Kent.

Cross-examiner

Cross"-ex*am"in*er (-?r), n. One who cross-examines or conducts a crosse-examination.

Cross-eye

Cross"-eye` (-?`), n. See Strabismus.

Cross-eyed

Cross"-eyed` (-?d`), a. Affected with strabismus; squint-eyed; squinting.

Crossfish

Cross"fish` (-f?sh`), n. (Zo\'94l.) A starfish.

Crossflow

Cross"flow` (-fl?`), v. i. To flow across, or in a contrary direction. "His crossflowing course." Milton.

Cross-garnet

Cross"-gar`net (kr?s"g?r`n?t), n. A hinge having one strap perpendicular and the other strap horizontal giving it the form of an Egyptian or T cross.

Crossgrained

Cross"grained (-gr?nd`), a.

1. Having the grain or fibers run diagonally, or more or less transversely an irregularly, so as to interfere with splitting or planing.

If the stuff proves crossgrained, . . . then you must turn your stuff to plane it the contrary way. Moxon.

2. Perverse; untractable; contrary.

She was none of your crossgrained, termagant, scolding jades. Arbuthnot.

Crossnath

Cross"nath` (-h?ch`; 224), v. t. To shade by means of crosshatching.

Crosshatching

Cross"hatch`ing, n. In drawing and line engraving, shading with lines that cross one another at an angle.

Crosshead

Cross"head` (-h?d), n. (Mach.) A beam or bar across the head or end of a rod, etc., or a block attached to it and carrying a knuckle pin; as the solid crosspiece running between parallel slides, which receives motion from the piston of a steam engine and imparts it to the connecting rod, which is hinged to the crosshead.

Crossing

Cross"ing, n. [See Cross, v. t. ]

1. The act by which anything is crossed; as, the crossing of the ocean.

2. The act of making the sign of the cross. Bp. Hall.

3. The act of interbreeding; a mixing of breeds.

4. Intersection, as of two paths or roads.

5. A place where anything (as a stream) is crossed; a paved walk across a street.

6. Contradiction; thwarting; obstruction.

I do not bear these crossings. Shak.

Crossjack

Cross"jack` (kr?s"j?k` ∨ kr?"j?k`), n. (Naut.) The lowest square sail, or the lower yard of the mizzenmast.

CRosslegged

CRoss"legged` (-l?gd`), a. Having the legs crossed.

Crosslet

Cross"let (-lEt), n. [Dim. of cross.]

1. A small cross. Spenser.

2. [Cf. OF. croisel crucible, and E. Cresset.] A crucible. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Crosslet

Cross"let, a. (Her.) Crossed again; -- said of a cross the arms of which are crossed. SeeCross-crosslet.

Crossly

Cross"ly, adv. Athwart; adversely; unfortunately; peevishly; fretfully; with ill humor.

Crossness

Cross"ness, n. The quality or state of being cross; peevishness; fretfulness; ill humor.

Crossopterygian

Cros*sop`ter*yg"i*an (kr?s-s?p`t?r-?j?-a]/>n), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Crossopterygii. -- n. One of the Crossopterygii.

Crossopterygii

Cros*sop`te*ryg"i*i (kr?s-s?p`t?-r?j?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of ganoid fishes including among living species the bichir (Polypterus). See Brachioganoidei.

Crosspatch

Cross"patch` (-p?ch`; 224), n. An ill-natured person. [Colloq.] "Crosspatch, draw the latch." Mother Goose.

Cross-pawl

Cross"-pawl` (-p?l`), n. (Shipbuilding) Same as Cross-spale.

Crosspiece

Cross"piece` (kr?s"p?s`; 115), n.

1. A piece of any structure which is fitted or framed crosswise.

2. (Naut.) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

Cross-purpose

Cross"-pur`pose (-p?r`p?s), n.

1. A counter or opposing purpose; hence, that which is inconsistent or contradictory. Shaftesbury.

2. pl. A conversational game, in which questions and answers are made so as to involve ludicrous combinations of ideas. Pepys. To be at cross-purposes, to misunderstand or to act counter to one another without intending it; -- said of persons.

Cross-question

Cross"-ques`tion (-kw?s`ch?n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cross-questioned (-ch?nd), p. pr. & vb. n. Cross-questioning.] To cross-examine; to subject to close questioning.

Cross-reading

Cross"-read`ing (r?d`?ng), n. The reading of the lines of a newspaper directly across the page, instead of down the columns, thus producing a ludicrous combination of ideas.

Crossroad

Cross"road` (-r?d`), n. A road that crosses another; an obscure road intersecting or avoiding the main road.

Crossrow

Cross"row` (-r?`), n.

1. The alphabet; -- called also Christcross-row.

And from the crossrow plucks the letter G. Shak.

2. A row that crosses others.

Crossruff

Cross"ruff` (-r?f`), n. (Whist) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw.

Cross-spale -spl, Cross-spall

Cross"-spale` (-sp?l`), Cross"-spall` (-sp?l`), n. [See Spale & Spall.] (Shipbuilding) One of the temporary wooden braces, placed horizontally across a frame to hold it in position until the deck beams are in; a cross-pawl.

Cross-springer

Cross"-spring`er (-spr?ng`?r), n. (Arch.) One of the ribs in a groined arch, springing from the corners in a diagonal direction. [See Illustr. of Groined vault.]

Cross-staff

Cross"-staff` (-st?f`), n.

1. An instrument formerly used at sea for taking the altitudes of celestial bodies.

2. A surveyor's instrument for measuring offsets.

Cross-stitch

Cross"-stitch` (-st?ch`; 224), n. A form of stitch, where the stitches are diagonal and in pairs, the thread of one stitch crossing that of the other. "Tent and cross-stitch." Sir W. Scott. -- Cross"-stitch`, v. t. & i.

Cross-stone

Cross"-stone` (-st?n`), n. (Min.) See Harmotome, and Staurotide.

Cross-tail

Cross"-tail` (-t?l`), n. (Steam Engine) A bar connecting the ends of the side rods or levers of a backaction or side-lever engine.

Cross-tie

Cross"-tie` (-t?`), n. (Railroad) A sleeper supporting and connecting the rails, and holding them in place.
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Cross-tining

Cross"-tin`ing (kr?s"t?n`?ng), n. (Agric.) A mode of harrowing crosswise, or transversely to the ridges. Crabb.

Crosstrees

Cross"trees` (-tr?z`), n. pl. (Naut.) Pieces of timber at a masthead, to which are attached the upper shrouds. At the head of lower masts in large vessels, they support a semicircular platform called the "top."

Cross-vaulting

Cross"-vault`ing (-v?lt`?ng), n. (Arch.) Vaulting formed by the intersection of two or more simple vaults.

Crossway

Cross"way` (-w?`), n. See Crossroad.

Cross-week

Cross"-week` (-w?k`), n. Rogation week, when the cross was borne in processions.

Crosswise

Cross"wise` (-w?z`), adv. In the form of a cross; across; transversely. Longfellow.

Crosswort

Cross"wort` (-w?rt`), n. (Bot.) A name given to several inconspicuous plants having leaves in whorls of four, as species of Crucianella, Valantia, etc.

Crotalaria

Crot`a*la"ri*a (kr?t`?-l?"r?-? ∨ kr?`t?-l?"r?-A), n. [NL. See Crotalum.] (Bot.) A genus of leguminous plants; rattlebox. &hand; Crotalaria juncea furnishes the fiber called sunn or Bombay hemp.

Crotaline

Crot"a*line (kr?t"?-l?n ∨ kr?`t?-), a. [See Crotalus.] (Zo\'94l.) Resembling, or pertaining to, the Crotalidae, or Rattlesnake family.

Crotalo

Crot"a*lo (-l?), n. A Turkish musical instrument.

Crotalum

Crot"a*lum (-l?m), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Mus.) A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.

Crotalus

Crot"a*lus (-l?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of poisonous serpents, including the rattlesnakes.

Crotaphite

Crot"a*phite (kr?t"?-f?t), n. [Gr. (Anat.) The temple or temporal fossa. Also used adjectively.

Crotaphitic

Crot`a*phit"ic (kr?t`?-f?t"?k), n. (Anat.) Pertaining to the temple; temporal.

Crotch

Crotch (kr?ch; 224), n.; pl. Crotches (-. [Cf. Crotchet, Crutch.]

1. The angle formed by the parting of two legs or branches; a fork; the point where a trunk divides; as, the crotch of a tree.

2. (Naut.) A stanchion or post of wood or iron, with two arms for supporting a boom, spare yards, etc.; -- called also crane and crutch. Totten.

Crotched

Crotched (kr?cht), a.

1. Having a crotch; forked.

2. Cross; peevish. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Crotchet

Crotch"et (kr?ch"?t; 224), n. [F. crochet, prop., a little hook, a dim. from the same source as croc hook. See Crook, and cf. Crochet, Crocket, Crosier.]

1. A forked support; a crotch.

The crotchets of their cot in columns rise. Dryden.

2. (Mus.) A time note, with a stem, having one fourth the value of a semibreve, one half that of a minim, and twice that of a quaver; a quarter note.

3. (Fort.) An indentation in the glacis of the covered way, at a point where a traverse is placed.

4. (Mil.) The arrangement of a body of troops, either forward or rearward, so as to form a line nearly perpendicular to the general line of battle.

5. (Print.) A bracket. See Bracket.

6. (Med.) An instrument of a hooked form, used in certain cases in the extraction of a fetus. Dunglison.

7. A perverse fancy; a whim which takes possession of the mind; a conceit.

He ruined himself and all that trusted in him by crotchets that he could never explain to any rational man. De Quincey.

Crotchet

Crotch"et, v. i. To play music in measured time. [Obs.] Donne.

Crotcheted

Crotch"et*ed, a. Marked or measured by crotchets; having musical notation. Harmar (1587).

Crotchetiness

Crotch"et*i*ness (kr?ch"?t-?-n?s), n. The state or character of being crotchety, or whimsical.
This belief in rightness is a kind of conscientiousness, and when it degenerates it becomes crotchetiness. J. Grote.

Crotchety

Crotch"et*y (kr?ch"?t-?), a. Given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man.

Croton

Cro"ton (kr?"t?n), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A genus of euphorbiaceous plants belonging to tropical countries. Croton oil (Med.), a viscid, acrid, brownish yellow oil obtained from the seeds of Croton Tiglium, a small tree of the East Indies. It is a most powerful drastic cathartic, and is used externally as a pustulant.

Croton bug

Cro"ton bug` (b?g`). [From the Croton water of New York.] (Zo\'94l.) A small, active, winged species of cockroach (Ectobia Germanica), the water bug. It is common aboard ships, and in houses in cities, esp. in those with hot-water pipes.

Crotonic

Cro*ton"ic (kr?-t?n"?k), a. Of or pertaining to, or derived from, a plant of the genus Croton, or from croton oil. Crotonic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline organic acid, C3H5.CO2H, of the ethylene, or acrylic acid series. It was so named because formerly supposed to exist in croton oil. Also, any acid metameric with crotonic acid proper. &hand; The acid characteristic of croton oil is tiglic or tiglinic acid, a derivative of crotonic acid.

Crotonine

Cro"ton*ine (kr?"t?n-?n), n. (Chem.) A supposed alkaloid obtained from croton oil by boiling it with water and magnesia, since found to be merely a magnesia soap of the oil. Watts.

Crotonylene

Cro*ton"y*lene (kr?-t?n"?-l?n), n. [Crotonic + acet-ylene.] (Chem.) A colorless, volatile, pungent liquid, C4H6, produced artificially, and regarded as an unsaturated hydrocarbon of the acetylene series, and analogous to crotonic acid.

Crottles

Crot"tles (kr?t"t'lz), n. pl. [Gael. crotal.] A name given to various lichens gathered for dyeing. [Scot.]

Crouch

Crouch (krouch; 129), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crouched (kroucht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crouching.] [OE. cruchen, crouchen, crouken; cf. E. creep, G. krauchen, kriechen, or E. crook to bend, also crouch to cross.]

1. To bend down; to stoop low; to lie close to the ground with the logs bent, as an animal when waiting for prey, or in fear.

Now crouch like a cur. Beau. & Fl.

2. To bend servilely; to stoop meanly; to fawn; to cringe. "A crouching purpose." Wordsworth.

Must I stand and crouch Under your testy humor? Shak.

Crouch

Crouch, v. t. [OE. cruchen, crouchen, from cruche, crouche, cross. Cf. Crosier, Crook.]

1. To sign with the cross; to bless. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. To bend, or cause to bend, as in humility or fear.

She folded her arms across her chest, And crouched her head upon her breast. Colerige.

Crouched

Crouched (kroucht), a. Marked with the sign of the cross. [Obs.] Crouched friar. See Crutched friar, under Crutched.

Croud

Croud (kroud), n. (Mus.) See Crowd, a violin.

Crouke

Crouke (krouk), n. A crock; a jar. [Obs.] Chauser.

Croup

Croup (kr??p), n. [F. croupe hind quarters, croup, rump, of German or Icel. origin; cf. Icel. kryppa hump; akin to Icel. kroppr. Cf. Crop.] The hinder part or buttocks of certain quadrupeds, especially of a horse; hence, the place behind the saddle.
So light to the croup the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung. Sir W. Scott.

Croup

Croup (kr??p), n. [Scot. croup, cf. croup, crowp, to croak, to cry or speak with a hoarse voice; cf. also LG. kropp, G. kropf, the crop or craw of a bird, and tumor on the anterior part of the neck, a wen, etc. Cf. Crop.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the larynx or trachea, accompanied by a hoarse, ringing cough and stridulous, difficult breathing; esp., such an affection when associated with the development of a false membrane in the air passages (also called membranous croup). See False croup, under False, and Diphtheria.

Croupade

Crou*pade" (kr??-p?d"), n. [F., fr. croupe hind quarters.] (Man.) A leap in which the horse pulls up his hind legs toward his belly.

Croupal

Croup"al (kr??p"al), a. Croupy.

Crouper

Croup"er (kr??p"?r), n. See Crupper.

Croupier

Crou"pi*er (kr, n. [F.; prop., one who sits on the croup, and hence, in the second place; an assistant. See 1st Croup.]

1. One who presides at a gaming table and collects the stakes.

2. One who, at a public dinner party, sits at the lower end of the table as assistant chairman.

Croupous

Croup"ous (kr??p"?s), a. (Med.) Relating to or resembling croup; especially, attended with the formation of a deposit or membrance like that found in membranous croup; as, croupous laryngitis. Croupous pneumonia, pneumonia attended with deposition of fibrinous matter in the air vesicles of the lungs; ordinary acute pneumonia.

Croupy

Croup"y (kr??p"?), a. Of or pertaining to croup; resembling or indicating croup; as, a croupy cough.

Crouse

Crouse (kr??s), a. [Etymol. uncertain.] Brisk; lively; bold; self-complacent. [Scot.] Burns.

Croustade

Crou`stade" (kr??`st?d"), n. [F., fr. cro a crust, OF. crouste.] (Cookery) Bread baked in a mold, and scooped out, to serve minces upon. Bishop.

Crout

Crout (krout), n. [G. kraut.] See Sourkrout.

Crouton

Crou`ton" (kr??`t?n"), n. [F. cro, fr. cro a crust.] (Cookery) Bread cut in various forms, and fried lightly in butter or oil, to garnish hashes, etc.

Crow

Crow (kr?), v. i. [imp. Crew (kr or Crowed (kr; p. p. Crowed (Crown (kr?n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowing.] [AS. cr; akin to D. kraijen, G. kr, cf. Lith. groti to croak. &root;24. Cf. Crake.]

1. To make the shrill sound characteristic of a cock, either in joy, gayety, or defiance. "The cock had crown." Bayron.

The morning cock crew loud. Shak.

2. To shout in exultation or defiance; to brag.

3. To utter a sound expressive of joy or pleasure.

The sweetest little maid, That ever crowed for kisses. Tennyson.
To crow over, to exult over a vanquished antagonist.
Sennacherib crowing over poor Jerusalem. Bp. Hall.

Crow

Crow, n. [AS. cr a crow (in sense 1); akin to D. kraai, G. kr; cf. Icel. kr crow. So named from its cry, from AS. cr to crow. See Crow, v. i. ]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A bird, usually black, of the genus Corvus, having a strong conical beak, with projecting bristles. It has a harsh, croaking note. See Caw. &hand; The common crow of Europe, or carrion crow, is C. corone. The common American crow is C. Americanus. See Carrion crow, and Illustr., under Carrion.

2. A bar of iron with a beak, crook, or claw; a bar of iron used as a lever; a crowbar.

Get me an iron crow, and bring it straight Unto my cell. Shak.

3. The cry of the cock. See Crow, v. i., 1.

4. The mesentery of a beast; -- so called by butchers. Carrion crow. See under Carrion. -- Crow blackbird (Zo\'94l.), an American bird (Quiscalus quiscula); -- called also purple grackle. -- Crow pheasant (Zo\'94l.), an Indian cuckoo; the common coucal. It is believed by the natives to give omens. See Coucal. -- Crow shrike (Zo\'94l.), any bird of the genera Gymnorhina, Craticus, or Strepera, mostly from Australia. -- Red-legged crow. See Crough. -- As the crow flies, in a direct line. -- To pick a crow, To pluck a crow, to state and adjust a difference or grievance (with any one).

Crowbar

Crow"bar` (kr?"b?r), n. A bar of iron sharpened at one end, and used as a lever.

Crowberry

Crow`ber`ry (kr?"b?r`r?), n. (Bot.) A heathlike plant of the genus Empetrum, and its fruit, a black, scarcely edible berry; -- also called crakeberry.

Crowd

Crowd (kroud), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crowding.] [OE. crouden, cruden, AS. cr; cf. D. kruijen to push in a wheelbarrow.]

1. To push, to press, to shove. Chaucer.

2. To press or drive together; to mass together. "Crowd us and crush us." Shak.

3. To fill by pressing or thronging together; hence, to encumber by excess of numbers or quantity.

The balconies and verandas were crowded with spectators, anxious to behold their future sovereign. Prescott.

4. To press by solicitation; to urge; to dun; hence, to treat discourteously or unreasonably. [Colloq.] To crowd out, to press out; specifically, to prevent the publication of; as, the press of other matter crowded out the article. -- To crowd sail (Naut.), to carry an extraordinary amount of sail, with a view to accelerate the speed of a vessel; to carry a press of sail.

Crowd

Crowd, v. i.

1. To press together or collect in numbers; to swarm; to throng.

The whole company crowded about the fire. Addison.
Images came crowding on his mind faster than he could put them into words. Macaulay.

2. To urge or press forward; to force one's self; as, a man crowds into a room.

Crowd

Crowd, n. [AS. croda. See Crowd, v. t. ]

1. A number of things collected or closely pressed together; also, a number of things adjacent to each other.

A crowd of islands. Pope.

2. A number of persons congregated or collected into a close body without order; a throng.

The crowd of Vanity Fair. Macualay.
Crowds that stream from yawning doors. {\*\bkmkstart here}Tennyson.

3. The lower orders of people; the populace; the vulgar; the rabble; the mob.

To fool the crowd with glorious lies. Tennyson.
He went not with the crowd to see a shrine. Dryden.
Syn. -- Throng; multitude. See Throng.

Crowd

Crowd, n. [W. crwth; akin to Gael. cruit. Perh. named from its shape, and akin to Gr. curve. Cf. Rote.] An ancient instrument of music with six strings; a kind of violin, being the oldest known stringed instrument played with a bow. [Written also croud, crowth, cruth, and crwth.]
A lackey that . . . can warble upon a crowd a little. B. Jonson.

Crowd

Crowd, v. t. To play on a crowd; to fiddle. [Obs.] "Fiddlers, crowd on." Massinger.

Crowder

Crowd"er (kroud"?r), n. One who plays on a crowd; a fiddler. [Obs.] "Some blind crowder." Sir P. Sidney.

Crowder

Crowd"er, n. One who crowds or pushes.

Crowdy

Crow"dy (krou"d?), n. A thick gruel of oatmeal and milk or water; food of the porridge kind. [Scot.]

Crowflower

Crow"flow`er (kr?"flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A kind of campion; according to Gerarde, the Lychnis Flos-cuculi.

Crowfoot

Crow"foot` (kr?"f??t`), n.

1. (Bot.) The genus Ranunculus, of many species; some are common weeds, others are flowering plants of considerable beauty.

2. (Naut.) A number of small cords rove through a long block, or euphroe, to suspend an awning by.

3. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crow's-foot.]

4. (Well Boring) A tool with a side claw for recovering broken rods, etc. Raymond.

Crowkeeper

Crow"keep`er (-k?p`?r), n. A person employed to scare off crows; hence, a scarecrow. [Obs.]
Scaring the ladies like a crowkeeper. Shak.

Crown

Crown (kr?n), p. p. of Crow. [Obs.]

Crown

Crown (kroun), n. [OE. corone, coroun, crune, croun, OF. corone, corune, F. couronne, fr. L. corona crown, wreath; akin to Gr. curvus curved, E. curve, curb, Gael. cruinn round, W. crwn. Cf. Cornice, Corona, Coroner, Coronet.]

1. A wreath or garland, or any ornamental fillet encircling the head, especially as a reward of victory or mark of honorable distinction; hence, anything given on account of, or obtained by, faithful or successful effort; a reward. "An olive branch and laurel crown." Shak.

They do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptiblle. 1 Cor. ix. 25.
Be thou faithful unto death, and I will give thee a crown of life. Rev. ii. 10.

2. A royal headdress or cap of sovereignty, worn by emperors, kings, princes, etc. &hand; Nobles wear coronets; the triple crown of the pope is usually called a tiara. The crown of England is a circle of gold with crosses, fleurs-de-lis, and imperial arches, inclosing a crimson velvet cap, and ornamented with thousands of diamonds and precious stones.

3. The person entitled to wear a regal or imperial crown; the sovereign; -- with the definite article.

Parliament may be dissolved by the demise of the crown. Blackstone.
Large arrears of pay were due to the civil and military servants of the crown. Macaulay.

4. Imperial or regal power or dominion; sovereignty.

There is a power behind the crown greater than the crown itself. Junius.

5. Anything which imparts beauty, splendor, honor, dignity, or finish.

The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness. Prov. xvi. 31.
A virtuous woman is a crown to her husband. Prov. xvi. 4.

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6. Highest state; acme; consummation; perfection.

Mutual love, the crown of all our bliss. Milton.

7. The topmost part of anything; the summit.

The steepy crown of the bare mountains. Dryden.

8. The topmost part of the head (see Illust. of Bird.); that part of the head from which the hair descends toward the sides and back; also, the head or brain.

From toe to crown he'll fill our skin with pinches. Shak.
Twenty things which I set down: This done, I twenty more-had in my crown. Bunyan.

9. The part of a hat above the brim.

10. (Anat.) The part of a tooth which projects above the gum; also, the top or grinding surface of a tooth.

11. (Arch.) The vertex or top of an arch; -- applied generally to about one third of the curve, but in a pointed arch to the apex only.

12. (Bot.) Same as Corona.

13. (Naut.) (a) That part of an anchor where the arms are joined to the shank. (b) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line. (c) pl. The bights formed by the several turns of a cable. Totten.

14. The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.

15. The dome of a furnace.

16. (Geom.) The area inclosed between two concentric perimeters.

17. (Eccl.) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.

18. A size of writing paper. See under Paper.

19. A coin stamped with the image of a crown; hence,a denomination of money; as, the English crown, a silver coin of the value of five shillings sterling, or a little more than $1.20; the Danish or Norwegian crown, a money of account, etc., worth nearly twenty-seven cents.

20. An ornaments or decoration representing a crown; as, the paper is stamped with a crown. Crown of aberration (Astron.), a spurious circle around the true circle of the sun. -- Crown antler (Zo\'94l.), the topmost branch or tine of an antler; also, an antler having a cuplike top, with tines springing from the rim. -- Crown bar, one of the bars which support the crown sheet of steam-boiler furnace. -- Crown glass. See under Glass. -- Crown imperial. (Bot.) See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown jewels, the jewels appertaining to the sovereign while wearing the crown. [Eng.] "She pawned and set to sale the crown jewels." Milton. -- Crown land, land belonging to the crown, that is, to the sovereign. -- Crown law, the law which governs criminal prosecutions. [Eng.] -- Crown lawyer, one employed by the crown, as in criminal cases. [Eng.] -- Crown octavo. See under Paper. -- Crown office. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown paper. See under Paper. -- Crown piece. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown Prince, the heir apparent to a crown or throne. -- Crown saw. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown scab (Far.), a cancerous sore formed round the corners of a horse's hoof. -- Crown sheet, the flat plate which forms the top of the furnace or fire box of an internally fired steam boiler. -- Crown shell. (Zo\'94l.) See Acorn-shell. -- Crown side. See Crown office. -- Crown tax (Eccl. Hist.), a golden crown, or its value, which was required annually from the Jews by the king of Syria, in the time of the Maccabees. 1 Macc. x. 20. -- Crown wheel. See in the Vocabulary. -- Crown work. See in the Vocabulary. -- Pleas of the crown (Engl. law), criminal actions.

Crown

Crown (kroun), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crowned (kround); p. pr. & vb. n. Crowning.] [OE. coronen, corunen, crunien, crounien, OF. coroner, F. couronner, fr. L. coronare, fr. corona a crown. See Crown, n.]

1. To cover, decorate, or invest with a crown; hence, to invest with royal dignity and power.

Her who fairest does appear, Crown her queen of all the year. Dryden.
Crown him, and say, "Long live our emperor." Shak.

2. To bestow something upon as a mark of honor, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.

Thou . . . hast crowned him with glory and honor. Ps. viii. 5.

3. To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.

Amidst the grove that crowns yon tufted hill. Byron.
One day shall crown the alliance. Shak.
To crown the whole, came a proposition. Motley.

4. (Mech.) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, as the face of a machine pulley.

5. (Mil.) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach. To crown a knot (Naut.), to lay the ends of the strands over and under each other.

Crowned

Crowned (kround), p. p. & a.

1. Having or wearing a crown; surmounted, invested, or adorned, with a crown, wreath, garland, etc.; honored; rewarded; completed; consummated; perfected. "Crowned with one crest." Shak. "Crowned with conquest." Milton.

With surpassing glory crowned. Milton.

2. Great; excessive; supreme. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Crowner

Crown"er (kroun"?r), n.

1. One who, or that which, crowns. Beau. & FL.

2. [Cf. Coroner.] A coroner. [Prov. Eng. or Scot.]

Crownet

Crown"et (kroun"?t), n. [See Crown, Coronet.]

1. A coronet. [R.] P. Whitehead.

2. The ultimate end and result of an undertaking; a chief end. [Obs.]

O this false soul of Egypt! this grave charm . . . . Whose bosom was my crownet, my chief end. Shak.

Crown-imperial

Crown"-im*pe"ri*al (-?m-p?"r?-al), n. (Bot.) A spring-blooming plant (Fritillaria imperialis) of the Lily family, having at the top of the stalk a cluster of pendent bell-shaped flowers surmounted with a tuft of green leaves.

Crownless

Crown"less, a. Without a crown.

Crownlet

Crown"let (-l?t), n. A coronet. [Poetic] Sir W. Scott.

Crown office

Crown" of`fice (?f`f?s; 115). (Eng. Law) The criminal branch of the Court of King's or Queen's Bench, commonly called the crown side of the court, which takes cognizance of all criminal cases. Burrill.

Crownpiece

Crown"piece` (-p?s`), n. (a) A piece or part which passes over the head, as in a bridle. (b) A coin [In sense (b) properly crown piece.] See Crown, 19.

Crown-post

Crown"-post` (kroun"p?st`), n. Same as King-post.

Crown-saw

Crown"-saw` (-s?`), n. [From its supposed resemblance to a crown.] (Mech.) A saw in the form of a hollow cylinder, with teeth on the end or edge, and operated by a rotative motion. &hand; The trephine was the first of the class of crownsaws. Knight.

Crown side

Crown" side` (s?d`). See Crown office.

Crown wheel

Crown" wheel` (hw?l`). [Named from its resemblance to a crown.] (Mach.) A wheel with cogs or teeth set at right angles to its plane; -- called also a contrate wheel or face wheel.

Crownwork

Crown"work` (-w?rk`), n. (Fort.) A work consisting of two or more bastioned fronts, with their outworks, covering an enceinte, a bridgehead, etc., and connected by wings with the main work or the river bank.

Crow-quill

Crow"-quill` (kr?"kw?l`), n. A quill of the crow, or a very fine pen made from such a quill.

Crows

Crows (kr?z), n. pl.; sing. Crow. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians of the Dakota stock, living in Montana; -- also called Upsarokas.

Crow's-foot

Crow's"-foot` (kr?z"f??t`), n.; pl. Crow's-feet (-f.

1. pl. The wrinkles that appear, as the effect of age or dissipation, under and around the outer corners of the eyes. Tennyson.

2. (Mil.) A caltrop. [Written also crowfoot.]

3. (Arch.) Same as Bird's-mouth. [U.S.]

Crow-silk

Crow"-silk` (kr?"s?lk`), n. (Bot.) A filamentous fresh-water alga (Conferva rivularis of Linnaeus, Rhizoclonium rivulare of Kutzing).

Crow's-nest

Crow's-nest` (kr?z"n?st`), n. (Naut.) A box or perch near the top of a mast, esp. in whalers, to shelter the man on the lookout.

Crowstep

Crow"step` (kr?"st?p`), n. (Arch.) See Corriestep.

Crowstone

Crow"stone` (kr?"st?n`), n. (Arch.) The top stone of the gable end of a house. Halliwell.

Crowth

Crowth (krouth), n. An ancient musical instrument. See 4th Crowd.

Crowtoe

Crow"toe` (kr?"t?`), n. (Bot.)

1. The Lotus corniculatus. Dr. Prior.

2. An unidentified plant, probably the crowfoot. "The tufted crowtoe." Milton.

Crow-trodden

Crow"-trod`den (kr?"tr?d`d'n), a. Marked with crow's-feet, or wrinkles, about the eyes. [Poetic]
Do I look as if I were crow-trodden? Beau. & FL.

Croylstone

Croyl"stone` (kroil"st?n`), n. (Min.) Crystallized cawk, in which the crystals are small.

Croys

Croys (krois), n. See Cross, n. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Croze

Croze (kr?z), n. [Cf. Cross, and Crosier.] A cooper's tool for making the grooves for the heads of casks, etc.; also, the groove itself.

Crozier

Cro"zier (kr?"zh?r), n. See Crosier.

Croziered

Cro"ziered (-zh?rd), a. Crosiered.

Crucial

Cru"cial (kr?"shal), a. [F. crucial, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross, torture. See Cross.]

1. Having the form of a cross; appertaining to a cross; cruciform; intersecting; as, crucial ligaments; a crucial incision.

2. Severe; trying or searching, as if bringing to the cross; decisive; as, a crucial test.

Crucian carp

Cru"cian carp` (-shan k?rp`). [Cf. Sw. karussa, G. karausche, F. carousse, -assin, corassin, LL. coracinus, Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A kind of European carp (Carasius vulgaris), inferior to the common carp; -- called also German carp. &hand; The gibel or Prussian carp is now generally considered a variety of the crucian carp, or perhaps a hybrid between it and the common carp.

Cruciate

Cru"ci*ate (kr?"sh?-?t ∨ -sh?t; 106), a. [L. cruciatus, p. p. of cruciare to crucify, torture, fr. crux, crucis, a cross. See Cross.]

1. Tormented. [Obs.] Bale.

2. (Bot.) Having the leaves or petals arranged in the form of a cross; cruciform.

Cruciate

Cru"ci*ate (kr?"sh?-?t), v. t. To torture; to torment. [Obs.] See Excruciate. Bale.

Cruciation

Cru`ci*a"tion (kr?`sh?-?"sh?n), n. [LL. cruciatio.] The act of torturing; torture; torment. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Crucible

Cru"ci*ble (kr?"s?-b'l), n. [LL. crucubulum a hanging lamp, an earthen pot for melting metals (cf. OF. croisel, creuseul, sort of lamp, crucible, F. creuset crucible), prob. of German origin; cf. OHG. kr, LG. kr, hanging lamp, kroos, kruus, mug, jug, jar, D. kroes cup, crucible, Dan. kruus, Sw. krus, E. cruse. It was confused with derivatives of L. crux cross (cf. Crosslet), and crucibles were said to have been marked with a cross, to prevent the devil from marring the chemical operation. See Cruse, and cf. Cresset.]

1. A vessel or melting pot, composed of some very refractory substance, as clay, graphite, platinum, and used for melting and calcining substances which require a strong degree of heat, as metals, ores, etc.

2. A hollow place at the bottom of a furnace, to receive the melted metal.

3. A test of the most decisive kind; a severe trial; as, the crucible of affliction. Hessian crucible (Chem.), a cheap, brittle, and fragile, but very refractory crucible, composed of the finest fire clay and sand, and commonly used for a single heating; -- named from the place of manufacture.

Crucifer

Cru"ci*fer (-f?r), n. [See Cruciferous.] (Bot.) Any plant of the order Crucifer\'91.

Cruciferous

Cru*cif"er*ous (kr?-s?f"?r-?s), a. [L. crux, crucis, cross + -ferous: cf. F. crucif.]

1. Bearing a cross.

2. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants which have four petals arranged like the arms of a cross, as the mustard, radish, turnip, etc.

Crucifier

Cru"ci*fi`er (kr?"s?-f?`?r), n. One who crucifies; one who subjects himself or another to a painful trial.

Crucifix

Cru"ci*fix (kr?"s?-f?ks), n.; pl. Crucifixes (-. [F. crucifix or LL. crucifixum, fr. L. crux, crucis, cross + figere, fixum, to fix. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucify.]

1. A representation in art of the figure of Christ upon the cross; esp., the sculptured figure affixed to a real cross of wood, ivory, metal, or the like, used by the Roman Catholics in their devotions.

The cross, too, by degrees, become the crucifix. Milman.
And kissing oft her crucifix, Unto the block she drew. Warner.

2. The cross or religion of Christ. [R.] Jer. Taylor.

Crucifixion

Cru`ci*fix"ion (kr?`s?-f?k"sh?n), n.

1. The act of nailing or fastening a person to a cross, for the purpose of putting him to death; the use of the cross as a method of capital punishment.

2. The state of one who is nailed or fastened to a cross; death upon a cross.

3. Intense suffering or affliction; painful trial.

Do ye prove What crucifixions are in love? Herrick.

Cruciform

Cru"ci*form (kr?"s?-f?rm), a. [L. crux, crucis, cress + -form: cf. F. cruciforme.] Cross-shaped; (Bot.) having four parts arranged in the form of a cross.

Crucify

Cru"ci*fy (-f?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crucified (-f?d); p. pr. & vb.n. Crucifying.] [F. crucifier, fr. (assumed) LL. crucificare, for crucifigere, fr, L. crux, crucis, cross + figere to fix, the ending -figere being changed to -ficare, F. -fier (in compounds), as if fr. L. facere to do, make. See Cross, and Fix, and cf. Crucifix.]

1. To fasten to a cross; to put to death by nailing the hands and feet to a cross or gibbet.

They cried, saying, Crucify him, cricify him. Luke xxiii. 21.

2. To destroy the power or ruling influence of; to subdue completely; to mortify.

They that are Christ's have crucified the flesh, with the affections and lusts. Gal. v. 24.

3. To vex or torment. Beau. & FL.

Crucigerous

Cru*cig"er*ous (kr?-s?j"?r-?s), a. [L. crux, cricis, cross + -gerous.] Bearing the cross; marked with the figure of a cross. Sir. T. Browne.

Crud

Crud (kr?d), n. See Curd. [Obs.]

Cruddle

Crud"dle (-d'l), v. i. To curdle. [Obs.]
See how thy blood cruddles at this. Bea

Crude

Crude (kr?d), a. [Compar. Cruder (-?r); superl. Crudest.] [L. crudus raw; akin to cruor blood (which flows from a wound). See Raw, and cf. Cruel.]

1. In its natural state; not cooked or prepared by fire or heat; undressed; not altered, refined, or prepared for use by any artificial process; raw; as, crude flesh. "Common crude salt." Boyle.

Molding to its will each successive deposit of the crude materials. I. Taylor.

2. Unripe; not mature or perfect; immature.

I come to pluck your berries harsh and crude. Milton.

3. Not reduced to order or form;unfinished; not arranged or prepared; ill-considered; immature. "Crudeprojects." Macualay.

Crude, undigested masses of suggestion, furnishing rather raw materials for composition. De Quincey.
The originals of Nature in their crude Conception. Milton.

4. Undigested; unconcocted; not brought into a form to give nourishment. "Crude and inconcoct." Bacon.

5. Having, or displaying, superficial and undigested knowledge; without culture or profudity; as, a crude reasoner.

6. (Paint.) Harsh and offensive, as a color; tawdry or in bad taste, as a combination of colors, or any design or work of art.

Crudely

Crude"ly, adv. In a crude, immature manner.

Crudeness

Crude"ness, n. A crude, undigested, or unprepared state; rawness; unripeness; immatureness; unfitness for a destined use or purpose; as, the crudeness of iron ore; crudeness of theories or plans.

Crudity

Cru"di*ty (kr?"d?-t?), n.; pl. Crudities (-t. [L. cruditas, fr. crudus: cf. F. crudit. See Crude.]

1. The condition of being crude; rawness.

2. That which is in a crude or undigested state; hence, superficial, undigested views, not reduced to order or form. "Cridities in the stomach." Arbuthnot.

Crudle

Cru"dle (-d'l), v. i. See Cruddle.

Crudy

Crud"y (kr?d"?), a. [From Crud.] Coagulated. [Obs.]
His cruel wounds with crudy blood congealed. Spenser.

Crudy

Cru"dy (kr?"d?), a. [From Crude.] Characterized by crudeness; raw. [Obs.]
The foolish and dull and crudy vapors. Shak.

Cruel

Cru"el (kr?"?l), n. See Crewel.

Cruel

Cru"el (kr\'b5"?l), a. [F. cruel, fr. L. crudelis, fr. crudus. See Crude.]

1. Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.

Behold a people cometh from the north country; . . . they are cruel and have no mercy. Jer. vi. 22,23.

2. Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.

Cruel wars, wasting the earth. Milton.
Cursed be their anger, for it was fierce; and their wrath for it was cruel. Gen. xlix. 7.

3. Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

You have seen cruel proof of this man's strength. Shak.

Cruelly

Cru"el*ly, adv.

1. In a cruel manner.

2. Extremly; very. [Colloq.] Spectator.

Cruelness

Cru"el*ness, n.Cruelty. [Obs.] Spenser.

Cruels

Cru"els (kr?"?lz), n. pl. [Corrupt. fr. F. scrofula.] Glandular scrofulous swellings in the neck.

Cruelty

Cru"el*ty (-t?), n.; pl. Cruelties (-t. [OF. cruelt, F. cruaut, fr. L. crudelitas, fr. crudelis. See Cruel.]
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1. The attribute or quality of being cruel; a disposition to give unnecessary pain or suffering to others; inhumanity; barbarity.

Pierced through the heart with your stern cruelty. Shak.

2. A cruel and barbarous deed; inhuman treatment; the act of willfully causing unnecessary pain.

Cruelties worthy of the dungeons of the Inquisition.
Macualay.

Cruentate

Cru"en*tate (kr?"?n-t?t), a. [L. cruentatus, p. p. of cruentare to make bloody, fr. cruentus bloody, fr. cruor. See Crude.] Smeared with blood. [Obs.] Glanwill.

Cruentous

Cru*en"tous (kr?-?n"t?s), a. [L. cruentus.] Bloody; cruentate. [Obs.]

Cruet

Cru"et, n. [Anglo-French cruet, a dim. from OF. crue, cruie; of German or Celtic origin, and akin to E. crock an earthen vessel.]

1. A bottle or vessel; esp., aviai or small glass bottle for holding vinegar, oil, pepper, or the like, for the table; a caster. Swift.

2. (Eccl.) A vessel used to hold wine, oil, or water for the service of the altar. Cruet stand, a frame for holding cruets; a caster.

Cruise

Cruise (kr?s), n. See Cruse, a small bottle.

Cruise

Cruise (kr?z), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cruised (kr?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cruising.] [D. kruisen to move crosswise or in a zigzag, to cruise, fr. kruis cross, fr. OF. crois, croiz, F. croix, or directly fr. OF. croisier, F. croiser, to cross, cruise, fr. crois a cross. See Cross.]

1. To sail back and forth on the ocean; to sail, as for the potection of commerce, in search of an enemy, for plunder, or for pleasure. &hand; A ship cruises in any particular sea or ocean; as, in the Baltic or in the Atlantic. She cruises off any cape; as, off the Lizard; off Ushant. She cruises on a coast; as, on the coast of Africa. A priate cruises to seize vessels; a yacht cruises for the pleasure of the owner.

Ships of war were aent to cruise near the isle of Bute. Macualay.
'Mid sands, and rocks, and storms to cruise for pleasure. Young.

2. To wander hither and thither on land. [Colloq.]

Cruise

Cruise, n. A voyage made in various directions, as of an armed vessel, for the protection of other vessels, or in search of an enemy; a sailing to and fro, as for exploration or for pleasure.
He feigned a compliance with some of his men, who were bent upon going a cruise to Manilla. Dampier.

Cruiser

Cruis"er (kr?"z?r), n. One who, or a vessel that, cruises; -- usually an armed vessel.

Cruive

Cruive (kr?v), n. A kind of weir or dam for trapping salmon; also, a hovel. [Scot.]

Crull

Crull (kr?l), a. [SeeCurl.] Curly; curled. [Obs.]

Cruller

Crul"ler (kr?l"l?r), n. [Cf. Curl.] A kind of sweet cake cut in strips and curled or twisted, and fried crisp in boiling fat. [Also written kruller.]

Crumb

Crumb (kr?m), n. [AS. cruma, akin to D. kruim, G. krume; cf. G. krauen to scratch, claw.] [Written also crum.]

1. A small fragment or piece; especially, a small piece of bread or other food, broken or cut off.

Desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man's table. Luke xvi. 21.

2. Fig.: A little; a bit; as, a crumb of comfort.

3. The soft part of bread.

Dust unto dust, what must be, must; If you can't get crumb, you'd best eat crust. Old Song.
Crumb brush, a brush for sweeping crumbs from a table. -- To a crum, with great exactness; completely.

Crumb

Crumb, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbed (kr?md); p. pr. & vb.n. Crumbing (kr?m"?ng).] To break into crumbs or small pieces with the fingers; as, to crumb bread. [Written also crum.]

Crumbcloth

Crumb"cloth` (-kl, n. A cloth to be laid under a dining table to receive falling fragments, and keep the carpet or floor clean. [Written also crumcloth.]

Crumble

Crum"ble (kr?m"b'l), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crumbled (-b'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumbling (-bl?ng).] [Dim. of crumb, v. t., akin to D. krimelen G. kr.] To break into small pieces; to cause to fall in pieces.
He with his bare wand can unthread thy joints, And crumble all thy sinews. Milton.

Crumble

Crum"ble, v. i. To fall into small pieces; to break or part into small fragments; hence, to fall to decay or ruin; to become disintegrated; to perish.
If the stone is brittle, it will crumble and pass into the form of gravel. Arbuthnot.
The league deprived of its principal supports must soon crumble to pieces. Prescott.

Crumbly

Crum"bly (-bl?), a. EAsily crumbled; friable; brittle. "The crumbly soil." Hawthorne.

Crumenal

Cru"me*nal (kr?"m?-nal), n. [L. crumena purse.] A purse. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Crummable

Crum"ma*ble (kr?m"mA-b'l), a. Capable of being crumbed or broken into small pieces.

Crummy

Crum"my (kr?m"m?), a.

1. Full of crumb or crumbs.

2. Soft, as the crumb of bread is; not crusty.

Crump

Crump (kr?mp), a. [AS. crumb stooping, bent down; akin to OHG. chrumb, G. krumm, Dan. krum, D. krom, and E. cramp.]

1. Crooked; bent. [Obs.]

Crooked backs and crump shoulders. Jer. Taylor.

2. Hard or crusty; dry baked; as, a crump loaf. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hallivell.

Crumpet

Crump"et (kr?mp"?t), n. [Prob. from W. crempog, crammwgth, a pancake or fritter.] A kind of large. thin muffin or cake, light and spongy, and cooked on a griddle or spider.

Crumple

Crum"ple (kr?m"p'l), v. t. [imp & p. p. Crumpled (-p'ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Crumpling (-pl?ng).] [Dim. fr. crump, a.] To draw or press into wrinkles or folds to crush together; to rumple; as, to crumple paper.
They crumpled it into all shapes, and diligently scanned every wrinkle that could be made. Addison.

Crumple

Crum"ple, v. i. To contract irregularly; to show wrinkless after being crushed together; as, leaves crumple.

Crumpy

Crump"y (kr?mp"Y), a. Brittle; crisp. Wright.

Crunch

Crunch (kr?nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crunched (kr?ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crunching.] [Prob. of imitative origin; or cf. D. schransen to eat heartily, or E. scrunch.]

1. To chew with force and noise; to craunch.

And their white tusks crunched o'er the whiter skull. Byron.

2. To grind or press with violence and noise.

The ship crunched through the ice. Kane.

3. To emit a grinding or craunching noise.

The crunching and ratting of the loose stones. H. James.

Crunch

Crunch, v. t. To crush with the teeth; to chew with a grinding noise; to craunch; as, to crunch a biscuit.

Crunk krnk, Crunkle

Crunk (kr?nk), Crun"kle (kr?n"k'l), v. i. [Cf. Icel. kr to croak.] To cry like a crane. [Obs.] "The crane crunketh." Withals (1608).

Crunodal

Cru*no"dal (kr?-n?"dal), a. (Geom.) Possessing, or characterized by, a crunode; -- used of curves.

Crunode

Cru"node (kr?"n?d), n. [Prob. fr. L. crux a cross + E. node.] (Geom.) A point where one branch of a curve crosses another branch. See Double point, under Double, a.

Cruor

Cru"or (kr?"?r), n. [L., blood. See Crude.] The coloring matter of the blood; the clotted portion of coagulated blood, containing the coloring matter; gore.

Cruorin

Cru"o*rin (-?-r?n), n. (Physiol.) The coloring matter of the blood in the living animal; h\'91moglobin.

Crup

Crup (kr?p), a. [Cf. OHG. grop, G. grob, coarse.] Short; brittle; as, crup cake. Todd.

Crup

Crup (kr?p), n. See Croup, the rump of a horse.

Crupper

Crup"per (kr?p"p?r in U.S.; kr?p"?r in Eng.), n. [F. croupi, fr. croupe. See Croup the rump of a horse.] [Written also crouper.]

1. The buttocks or rump of a horse.

2. A leather loop, passing under a horse's tail, and buckled to the saddle to keep it from slipping forwards.

Crupper

Crup"per, v. t. To fit with a crupper; to place a crupper upon; as, to crupper a horse.

Crura

Cru"ra (kr?"r?), n. pl. (Anat.) See Crus.

Crural

Cru"ral (-ral), a. [L. cruralis, fr. crus, cruris, leg: cf. F. crural.] (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the thigh or leg, or to any of the parts called crura; as, the crural arteries; crural arch; crural canal; crural ring.

Crus

Crus (kr?s), n.; pl. Crura (kr. [L., the leg.] (Anat.) (a) That part of the hind limb between the femur, or thigh, and the ankle, or tarsus; the shank. (b) Often applied, especially in the plural, to parts which are supposed to resemble a pair of legs; as, the crura of the diaphragm, a pair of muscles attached to it; crura cerebri, two bundles of nerve fibers in the base of the brain, connecting the medulla and the forebrain.

Crusade

Cru*sade" (kr?-s?d"), n. [F. croisade, fr. Pr. crozada, or Sp cruzada, or It. crociata, from a verb signifying to take the cross, mark one's self with a cross, fr. L. crux cross; or possibly taken into English directly fr. Pr. Cf. Croisade, Crosado, and see Cross.]

1. Any one of the military expeditions undertaken by Christian powers, in the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries, for the recovery of the Holy Land from the Mohammedans.

2. Any enterprise undertaken with zeal and enthusiasm; as, a crusade against intemperance.

3. A Portuguese coin. See Crusado.

Crusade

Cru*sade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Crusaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusading.] To engage in a crusade; to attack in a zealous or hot-headed manner. "Cease crusading against sense." M. Green.

Crusader

Cru*sad"er (-s?"d?r), n. One engaged in a crusade; as, the crusaders of the Middle Ages.
Azure-eyed and golden-haired, Forth the young crusaders fared. Longfellow.

Crusading

Cru*sad"ing, a. Of or pertaining to a crusade; as, a crusading spirit.

Crusado

Cru*sa"do (-s?"d?), n. [Pg. cruzado, fr. cruz, fr. L. crux. See Crusade, 3.] An old Portuguese coin, worth about seventy cents. [Written also cruade.] Shak.

Cruse

Cruse (kr?s), n. [Akin to LG. kruus, kroos, mug, jug, jar, D. kroes, G. krause, Icel. krus, Sw. krus, Dan. kruus. Cf. Crucible, Cresset.]

1. A cup or dish.

Take with thee . . . a cruse of honey. 1 Kings xiv. 3.

2. A bottle for holding water, oil, honey, etc.

So David took . . . the cruse of water. 1 Sam. xxvi. 12.

Cruset

Cru"set (kr?"s?t), n. [Cf. F. creuset. See Cruse, Crucible.] A goldsmith's crucible or melting pot.

Crush

Crush (kr?sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crushed (kr?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crushing.] [OE. cruschen, crousshen, Of. cruisir, croissir, fr. LL. cruscire, prob. of Ger. origin, from a derivative of the word seen in Goth. kruistan to gnash; akin to Sw. krysta to squeeze, Dan. kryste, Icel. kreysta.]

1. To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass; as, to crush grapes.

Ye shall not offer unto the Lord that which is bruised, or crushed, or broken, or cut. Lev. xxii. 24.
The ass . . . thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the wall. Num. xxii. 25.

2. To reduce to fine particles by pounding or grinding; to comminute; as, to crush quartz.

3. To overwhelm by pressure or weight; to beat or force down, as by an incumbent weight.

To crush the pillars which the pile sustain. Dryden.
Truth, crushed to earth, shall rise again. Bryant.

4. To oppress or burden grievously.

Thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway. Deut. xxviii. 33.

5. To overcome completely; to subdue totally.

Speedily overtaking and crushing the rebels. Sir. W. Scott.
To crush a cup, to drink. [Obs.] -- To crush out. (a) To force out or separate by pressure, as juice from grapes. (b) To overcome or destroy completely; to suppress.

Crush

Crush (kr?sh), v. i. To be or become broken down or in, or pressed into a smaller compass, by external weight or force; as, an eggshell crushes easily.

Crush

Crush, n.

1. A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.

The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds. Addison.

2. Violent pressure, as of a crowd; a crowd which produced uncomfortable pressure; as, a crush at a peception. Crush hat, a hat which collapses, and can be carried under the arm, and when expanded is held in shape by springs; hence, any hat not injured by compressing. -- Crush room, a large room in a theater, opera house, etc., where the audience may promenade or converse during the intermissions; a foyer.

Politics leave very little time for the bow window at White's in the day, or for the crush room of the opera at night. Macualay.

Crusher

Crush"er (-?r), n. One who, or that which, crushes. Crusher gauge, an instrument for measuring the explosive force of gunpowder, etc., by its effect in compressing a piece of metal.

Crushing

Crush"ing, a. That crushes; overwhelming. "The blow must be quick and crushing." Macualay.

Crust

Crust (kr?st), n. [L. crusta: cf. OF. crouste, F. cro; prob. akin to Gr. crystal, from the same root as E. crude, raw. See Raw, and cf. Custard.]

1. The hard external coat or covering of anything; the hard exterior surface or outer shell; an incrustation; as, a crust of snow.

I have known the statute of an emperor quite hid under a crust of dross. Addison.
Below this icy crust of conformity, the waters of infidelity lay dark and deep as ever. Prescott.

2. (Cookery) (a) The hard exterior or surface of bread, in distinction from the soft part or crumb; or a piece of bread grown dry or hard. (b) The cover or case of a pie, in distinction from the soft contents. (c) The dough, or mass of doughy paste, cooked with a potpie; -- also called dumpling.

Th' impenetrable crust thy teeth defies. Dryden.
He that keeps nor crust nor crumb. Shak.
They . . . made the crust for the venison pasty. Macualay.

3. (Geol.) The exterior portion of the earth, formerly universally supposed to inclose a molten interior.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The shell of crabs, lobsters, etc.

5. (Med.) A hard mass, made up of dried secretions blood, or pus, occurring upon the surface of the body.

6. An incrustation on the interior of wine bottles, the result of the ripening of the wine; a deposit of tartar, etc. See Beeswing.

Crust

Crust, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Crusted; p. pr. & vb. n. Crusting.] [Cf. OF. crouster, L. crustare. See Crust, n. ] To cover with a crust; to cover or line with an incrustation; to incrust.
The whole body is crusted over with ice. Boyle.
And now their legs, and breast, and bodies stood Crusted with bark. Addison.
Very foul and crusted bottles. Swift.
Their minds are crusted over, like diamonds in the rock. Felton.

Crust

Crust, v. i. To gather or contract into a hard crust; to become incrusted.
The place that was burnt . . . crusted and healed. Temple.

Crusta

Crus"ta (kr?s"t?), n. [L., shell, crust, inlaid work.]

1. A crust or shell.

2. A gem engraved, or a plate embossed in low relief, for inlaying a vase or other object.

Crustacea

Crus*ta"ce*a (kr?s-t?"sh?-?), n. pl. [Neut. pl. of NL. crustaceus pert. to the crust or shell, from L. crusta the hard surfsce of a body, rind, shell.] (Zo\'94l.) One of the classes of the arthropods, including lobsters and crabs; -- so called from the crustlike shell with which they are covered. &hand; The body usually consists of an anterior part, made up of the head and thorax combined, called the cephalothorax, and of a posterior jointed part called the abdomen, postabdomen, and (improperly) tail. They breathe by means of gills variously attached to some of the limbs or to the sides the body, according to the group. They are divisible into two subclasses, Entomostraca and Malacostraca, each of which includes several orders.

Crustacean

Crus*ta"cean (kr?s-t?"shan; 97), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Crustacea; crustaceous. -- n. An animal belonging to the class Crustacea.

Crustaceological

Crus*ta`ce*o*log"ic*al (-sh?-?-l?j"?-kal), a. Pertaining to crustaceology.

Crustaceologist

Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gist (-?ll"?-j?st), n. One versed in crustaceology; a crustalogist.

Crustaceology

Crus*ta`ce*ol"o*gy (-j?), n. [Crustacea + -logy.] That branch of Zo\'94logy which treats of the Crustacea; malacostracology; carcinology.

Crustaceous

Crus*ta"ceous (kr?s-t?"sh?s; 97), a. [NL. crustaceous. See crustacea.]

1. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, crust or shell; having a crustlike shell.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the Crustacea; crustacean.

Crustaceousness

Crus*ta"ceous*ness, n. The state or quality of being crustaceous or having a crustlike shell.

Crustal

Crust"al (kr?st"al), a. Relating to a crust.

Crustalogical

Crus`ta*log"ic*al (kr?s`t?-l?j"?-kal), a. Pertaining to crustalogy.

Crustalogist

Crus*tal"o*gist (-t, n. One versed in crustalogy.
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Crustalogy

Crus*tal"o*gy (kr?s-t?l"?-j?), n. [L. crusta shell + -logy.] Crustaceology.

Crustated

Crus"ta*ted (kr?s"t?-t?d), a. [L. crustatus, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta. See Crust.] Covered with a crust; as, crustated basalt.

Crustation

Crus*ta"tion (kr?s-t?"sh?n), n. An adherent crust; an incrustation. Pepys.

Crusted

Crust"ed (kr?st"?d), a. Incrusted; covered with, or containing, crust; as, old, crusted port wine.

Crustific

Crus*tif`ic (kr?s-t?f"?k), a. [L. crusta crust + -facere to make.] Producing or forming a crust or skin. [R.]

Crustily

Crust"i*ly (kr?st"?-l\'b5), adv. In a crusty or surly manner; morosely.

Crustiness

Crust"i*ness (-?-n?s), n.

1. The state or quality of having crust or being like crust; hardness.

2. The quality of being crusty or surly.

Old Christy forgot his usual crustiness. W. Irving.

Crusty

Crust"y (-?), a.

1. Having the nature of crust; pertaining to a hard covering; as, a crusty coat; a crusty surface or substance.

2. [Possibly a corruption of cursty. Cf. Curst, Curstness.] Having a hard exterior, or a short, rough manner, though kind at heart; snappish; peevish; surly.

Thou crusty batch of nature, what's the news? Shak.

Crut

Crut (kr?t), n. [Cf. F. cro crust.] The rough, shaggy part of oak bark.

Crutch

Crutch (kr?ch; 224), n.; pl. Crutches (-. [OE. cruche, AS. crycc, cricc; akin to D. kruk, G. kr, Dan. krykke, Sw. krycka, and to E. crook. See Crook, and cf. Cricket a low stool.]

1. A staff with a crosspiece at the head, to be placed under the arm or shoulder, to support the lame or infirm in walking.

I'll lean upon one crutch, and fight with the other. Shak.
Rhyme is a crutch that lifts the weak alone. H. Smith.

2. A form of pommel for a woman's saddle, consisting of a forked rest to hold the leg of the rider.

3. (Naut.) (a) A knee, or piece of knee timber. (b) A forked stanchion or post; a crotch. See Crotch.

Crutch

Crutch, v. t. To support on crutches; to prop up. [R.]
Two fools that crutch their feeble sense on verse. Dryden.

Crutched

Crutched (kr?cht), a.

1. Supported upon crutches.

2. [See Crouch, v. t., and Crouched, a. ] Marked with the sign of the cross; crouched. Crutched friar (Eccl.), one of a religious order, so called because its members bore the sign of the cross on their staves and habits; -- called also crossed friar and crouched friar.

Cruth

Cruth (kr?th), n. [W. crwth.] (Mus.) See 4th Crowd.

Crux

Crux (kr?ks), n.; pl. E. Cruxes (-, L. Cruces (kr. [L., cross, torture, trouble.] Anything that is very puzzling or difficult to explain. Dr. Sheridan.
The perpetual crux of New Testament chronologists. Strauss.

Cruzado

Cru*za"do (kr?-z?"d?), n. A coin. See Crusado.

Crwth

Crwth (kr??th), n. [W.] (Mus) See 4th Crowd.

Cry

Cry (kr?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Cried (kr?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Crying.] [F. crier, cf. L. quiritare to raise a plaintive cry, scream, shriek, perh. fr. queri to complain; cf. Skr. cvas to pant, hiss, sigh. Cf. Quarrel a brawl, Querulous.]

1. To make a loud call or cry; to call or exclaim vehemently or earnestly; to shout; to vociferate; to proclaim; to pray; to implore.

And about the ninth hour, Jesus cried with a loud voice. Matt. xxvii. 46.
Clapping their hands, and crying with loud voice. Shak.
Hear the voice of my supplications when I cry unto thee. Ps. xxviii. 2.
The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the Lord. Is. xl. 3.
Some cried after him to return. Bunyan.

2. To utter lamentations; to lament audibly; to express pain, grief, or distress, by weeping and sobbing; to shed tears; to bawl, as a child.

Ye shall cry for sorrow of heart. Is. lxv. 14.
I could find it in my heart to disgrace my man's apparel and to cry like a woman. Shak.

3. To utter inarticulate sounds, as animals.

The young ravens which cry. Ps. cxlvii. 9.
In a cowslip's bell I lie There I couch when owls do cry. Shak.
To cry on ∨ upon, to call upon the name of; to beseech."No longer on Saint Denis will we cry." Shak. -- To cry out. (a) To exclaim; to vociferate; to scream; to clamor. (b) To complain loudly; to lament. -- To cry out against, to complain loudly of; to censure; to blame. -- To cry out on ∨ upon, to denounce; to censure. "Cries out upon abuses." Shak. -- To cry to, to call on in prayer; to implore. -- To cry you mercy, to beg your pardon. "I cry you mercy, madam; was it you?" Shak.

Cry

Cry, v. t.

1. To utter loudly; to call out; to shout; to sound abroad; to declare publicly.

All, all, cry shame against ye, yet I 'll speak. Shak.
The man . . . ran on,crying, Life! life! Eternal life! Bunyan.

2. To cause to do something, or bring to some state, by crying or weeping; as, to cry one's self to sleep.

3. To make oral and public proclamation of; to declare publicly; to notify or advertise by outcry, especially things lost or found, goods to be sold, ets.; as, to cry goods, etc.

Love is lost, and thus she cries him. Crashaw.

4. Hence, to publish the banns of, as for marriage.

I should not be surprised if they were cried in church next Sabbath. Judd.
To cry aim. See under Aim. -- To cry down, to decry; to depreciate; to dispraise; to condemn.
Men of dissolute lives cry down religion, because they would not be under the restraints of it. Tillotson.
-- To cry out, to proclaim; to shout."Your gesture cries it out." Shak. -- To cry quits, to propose, or declare, the abandonment of a contest. -- To cry up, to enhance the value or reputation of by public and noisy praise; to extol; to laud publicly or urgently.

Cry

Cry (kr?), n.; pl. Cries (kr. [F. cri, fr. crier to cry. See Cry, v. i. ]

1. A loud utterance; especially, the inarticulate sound produced by one of the lower animals; as, the cry of hounds; the cry of wolves. Milton.

2. Outcry; clamor; tumult; popular demand.

Again that cry was found to have been as unreasonable as ever. Macaulay.

3. Any expression of grief, distress, etc., accompanied with tears or sobs; a loud sound, uttered in lamentation.

There shall be a great cry throughout all the land. Ex. xi. 6.
An infant crying in the night, An infant crying for the light; And with no language but a cry. Tennyson.

4. Loud expression of triumph or wonder or of popular acclamation or favor. Swift.

The cry went once on thee. Shak.

5. Importunate supplication.

O, the most piteous cry of the poor souls. Shak.

6. Public advertisement by outcry; proclamation, as by hawkers of their wares.

The street cries of London. Mayhew.

7. Common report; fame.

The cry goes that you shall marry her. Shak.

8. A word or phrase caught up by a party or faction and repeated for effect; as, the party cry of the Tories.

All now depends upon a good cry. Beaconsfield.

9. A pack of hounds. Milton.

A cry more tunable Was never hollaed to, nor cheered with horn. Shak.

10. A pack or company of persons; -- in contempt.

Would not this . . . get me a fellowship in a cry of players? Shak.

11. The cracklling noise made by block tin when it is bent back and forth. A far cry, a long distance; -- in allusion to the sending of criers or messengers through the territory of a Scottish clan with an announcement or summons.

Cryal

Cry"al (kr?"al), n. [Cf. W. creyr, cryr, crychydd. Cf. Cruer a hawk.] The heron [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Cryer

Cry"er (-?r), n. [F. faucon gruyer a falcon trained to fly at the crane, fr. crye crane, fr. L. crus crane. Cf. Cryal.] The female of the hawk; a falcon-gentil.

Crying

Cry"ing, a. Calling for notice; compelling attention; notorious; heinous; as, a crying evil.
Too much fondness for meditative retirement is not the crying sin of our modern Christianity. I. Taylor.

Cryohydrate

Cry`o*hy"drate (kr?`?-h?"dr?t), n. [Gr. hydrate.] (Chem.) A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie.

Cryolite

Cry"o*lite (kr?"?-l?t), n. [Gr. -lite: cf. F. cryolithe.] (Min.) A fluoride of sodium and aluminum, found in Greenland, in white cleavable masses; -- used as a source of soda and alumina.

Cryophorus

Cry*oph"o*rus (kr?-?f"?-r?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Chem.) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary form consist of two glass bulbs, connected by a tube of the same material, and containing only a quantity of water and its vapor, devoid of air. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32° Fahr.

Crypt

Crypt (kr?pt), n. [L. crypta vault, crypt, Gr. Crot, Crotto.]

1. A vault wholly or partly under ground; especially, a vault under a church, whether used for burial purposes or for a subterranean chapel or oratory.

Priesthood works out its task age after age, . . . treasuring in convents and crypts the few fossils of antique learning. Motley.
My knees are bowed in crypt and shrine. Tennyson.

2. (Anat.) A simple gland, glandular cavity, or tube; a follicle; as, the cryps of Lieberk.

Cryptal

Crypt"al (-al), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to crypts.

Cryptic krptk, Cryptical

Cryp"tic (kr?p"t?k), Cryp"tic*al (-t?-kal), a. [L. crypticus, Gr. Hidden; secret; occult. "Her [nature's] more cryptic ways of working." Glanvill.

Cryptically

Cryp"tic*al*ly, adv. Secretly; occultly.

Cryptidine

Cryp"ti*dine (kr?p"t?-d?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden.] (Chem.) One of the quinoline bases, obtained from coal tar as an oily liquid, C11H11N; also, any one of several substances metameric with, and resembling, cryptidine proper.

Cryptobranchiata

Cryp`to*bran`chi*a"ta (kr?p`t?-bra?`k?-?"t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden + L. branchia a gill.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A division of the Amphibia; the Derotremata. (b) A group of nudibranch mollusks.

Cryptobranchiate

Cryp`to*bran"chi*ate (-br??"k?-?t), a. (Zo\'94l.) Having concealed or rudimentary gills.

Cryptocrystalline

Cryp`to*crys"tal*line (-kr?s"tal-l?n), a. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. crystalline.] (Geol.) Indistinctly crystalline; -- applied to rocks and minerals, whose state of aggregation is so fine that no distinct particles are visible, even under the microscope.

Cryptogam

Cryp"to*gam (kr?p"t?-g?m), n. [Cf. F. cryptogame. See Cryptogamia.] (Bot.) A plant belonging to the Cryptogamia. Henslow.

Cryptogamia

Cryp`to*ga"mi*a (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-?), n.; pl. Cryptogami\'91 (-. [NL., fr. Gr. krypto`s hidden, secret + ga`mos marriage.] (Bot.) The series or division of flowerless plants, or those never having true stamens and pistils, but propagated by spores of various kinds. &hand; The subdivisions have been variously arranged. The following arrangement recognizes four classes: -- I. Pteridophyta, or Vascular Acrogens. These include Ferns, Equiseta or Scouring rushes, Lycopodiace\'91 or Club mosses, Selaginelle\'91, and several other smaller orders. Here belonged also the extinct coal plants called Lepidodendron, Sigillaria, and Calamites. II. Bryophita, or Cellular Acrogens. These include Musci, or Mosses, Hepatic\'91, or Scale mosses and Liverworts, and possibly Charace\'91, the Stoneworts. III. Alg\'91, which are divided into Floride\'91, the Red Seaweeds, and the orders Dictyote\'91, O\'94spore\'91, Zo\'94spore\'91, Conjugat\'91, Diatomace\'91, and Cryptophyce\'91. IV. Fungi. The molds, mildews, mushrooms, puffballs, etc., which are variously grouped into several subclasses and many orders. The Lichenes or Lichens are now considered to be of a mixed nature, each plant partly a Fungus and partly an Alga.

Cryptogamian krpt-gm-a]/>n, Cryptogamic krpt-gmk, Cryptogamous

Cryp`to*ga"mi*an (kr?p`t?-g?"m?-a]/>n), Cryp`to*gam"ic (kr?p`t?-g?m"?k), Cryp*to"gam*ous (#) a. Of or pertaining to the series Cryptogamia, or to plants of that series.

Cryptogamist

Cryp*tog"a*mist (-m?st), n. One skilled in cryptogamic botany.

Cryptogram

Cryp"to*gram (kr?p"t?-gr?m), n. A cipher writing. Same as Cryptograph.

Cryptograph

Cryp"to*graph (-gr?f), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -graph: cf. F. cryptographe.] Cipher; something written in cipher. "Decipherers of cryptograph." J. Earle.

Cryptographal

Cryp*tog"ra*phal (kr?p-t?g"r?-fal), a. Pertaining to cryptography; cryptographical. Boyle.

Cryptographer

Cryp*tog"ra*pher (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?r), n. One who writes in cipher, or secret characters.

Cryptographic krpt-grfk, Cryptographical

Cryp`to*graph"ic (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?k), Cryp`to*graph"ic*al (kr?p`t?-gr?f"?-kal), a. Relating to cryptography; written in secret characters or in cipher, or with sympathetic ink.

Cryptographist

Cryp*tog"ra*phist (kr?p-t?g"r?-f?st), n. Same as Cryptographer.

Cryptography

Cryp*tog"ra*phy (-f?), n. [Cf. F. cryptographie.] The act or art of writing in secret characters; also, secret characters, or cipher.

Cryptologu

Cryp*tol"o*gu (kr?p-t?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + -logy.] Secret or enigmatical language. Johnson.

Cryptonym

Cryp"to*nym (kr?p"t?-n?m), n. [Gr. A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the initiated.

Cryptopine

Cryp"to*pine (kr?p"t?-p?n; 104), n. [Gr. krypto`s hidden + E. opium.] (Chem.) A colorless crystalline alkaloid obtained in small quantities from opium.

Crypturi

Cryp*tu"ri (kr?p-t?"r?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of flying, dromTinamou.

Crystal

Crys"tal (kr?s"tal), n. [OE. cristal, F. cristal, L. crystallum crystal, ice, fr. Gr. crystalla, fr. L. crystallum; prob. akin to E. crust. See Crust, Raw.]

1. (Chem. & Min.) The regular form which a substance tends to assume in solidifying, through the inherent power of cohesive attraction. It is bounded by plane surfaces, symmetrically arranged, and each species of crystal has fixed axial ratios. See Crystallization.

2. The material of quartz, in crystallization transparent or nearly so, and either colorless or slightly tinged with gray, or the like; -- called also rock crystal. Ornamental vessels are made of it. Cf. Smoky quartz, Pebble; also Brazilian pebble, under Brazilian.

3. A species of glass, more perfect in its composition and manufacture than common glass, and often cut into ornamental forms. See Flint glass.

4. The glass over the dial of a watch case.

5. Anything resembling crystal, as clear water, etc.

The blue crystal of the seas. Byron.
Blood crystal. See under Blood. -- Compound crystal. See under Compound. -- Iceland crystal, a transparent variety of calcite, or crystallized calcium carbonate, brought from Iceland, and used in certain optical instruments, as the polariscope. -- Rock crystal, ∨ Mountain crystal, any transparent crystal of quartz, particularly of limpid or colorless quartz.

Crystal

Crys"tal, a. Consisting of, or like, crystal; clear; transparent; lucid; pellucid; crystalline.
Through crystal walls each little mote will peep. Shak.
By crystal streams that murmur through the meads. Dryden.
The crystal pellets at the touch congeal, And from the ground rebounds the ratting hail. H. Brooks.

Crystallin

Crys"tal*lin (-l?n), n. (Physiol. Chem.) See Gobulin.

Crystalline

Crys"tal*line (kr?s"tal-l?n ∨ -l?n; 277), a. [L. crystallinus, from Gr. cristallin. See Crystal.]

1. Consisting, or made, of crystal.

Mount, eagle, to my palace crystalline. Shak.

2. Formed by crystallization; like crystal in texture.

Their crystalline structure. Whewell.

3. Imperfectly crystallized; as, granite is only crystalline, while quartz crystal is perfectlly crystallized.

4. Fig.: Resembling crystal; pure; transparent; pellucid. "The crystalline sky." Milton. Crystalline heavens, ∨ Crystalline spheres, in the Ptolemaic system of astronomy, two transparent spheres imagined to exist between the region of the fixed stars and the primum mobile (or outer circle of the heavens, which by its motion was supposed to carry round all those within it), in order to explain certain movements of the heavently bodies. -- Crystalline lens (Anat.), the capsular lenslike body in the eye, serving to focus the rays of light. It consists of rodlike cells derived from the external embryonic epithelium.

Crystalline

Crys"tal*line, n.

1. A crystalline substance.

2. See Aniline. [Obs.]

Crystallite

Crys"tal*lite (kr?s"tal-l?t), n. [See Crystal.] (Min.) A minute mineral form like those common in glassy volcanic rocks and some slags, not having a definite crystalline outline and not referable to any mineral species, but marking the first step in the crystallization process. According to their form crystallites are called trichites, belonites, globulites, etc.
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Crystallizable

Crys"tal*li`za*ble (kr?s"tal-l?`z?-b'l), a. Capable of being crystallized; that may be formed into crystals.

Crystallization

Crys`tal*li*za"tion (kr?s`tal-l?-z?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cristallization.]

1. (Chem. & Min.) The act or process by which a substance in solidifying assumes the form and sructure of a crystal, or becomes crystallized.

2. The body formed by crystallizing; as, silver on precipitation forms arborescent crystallizations. &hand; The systems of crystallization are the several classes to which the forms are mathematically referable. They are most simply described according to the relative lengths and inclinations of certain assumed lines called axes; but the real distinction is the degree of symmetry characterizing them. 1. The Isometric, ∨ Monometric, system has the axes all equal, as in the cube, octahedron, etc. 2. The Tetragonal, ∨ Dimetric, system has a varying vertical axis, while the lateral are equal, as in the right square prism. 3. The Orthorhombic, ∨ Trimetric, system has the three axes unequal, as in the rectangular and rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called, respectively, macrodiagonal and brachydiagonal. -- The preceding are erect forms, the axes intersecting at right angles. The following are oblique. 4. The Monoclinic system, having one of the intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhombic prism. In this system, the lateral axes are called respectively, clinodiagonal and orthodiagonal. 5. The Triclinic system, having all the three intersections oblique, as in the oblique rhomboidal prism. There is also: 6. The Hexagonal system (one division of which is called Rhombohedral), in which there are three equal lateral axes, and a vertical axis of variable length, as in the hexagonal prism and the rhombohedron. &hand; The Diclinic system, sometimes recognized, with two oblique intersections, is only a variety of the Triclinic.

Crystallize

Crys"tal*lize (kr?s"tal-l?z), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crystallized (-l?zd); p. pr. & vb. n. Crystallizing.] [Cf. F. cristalliser. See Crystal.] To cause to form crystals, or to assume the crystalline form.

Crystallize

Crys"tal*lize, v. i. To be converted into a crystal; to take on a crystalline form, through the action of crystallogenic or cohesive attraction.

Crystallogenic -l-jnk, Crystallogenical

Crys`tal*lo*gen"ic (-l?-j?n"?k), Crys`tal*lo*gen"ic*al (-?-kal), a. Pertaining to the production of crystals; crystal-producing; as, crystallogenic attraction.

Crystallogeny

Crys`tal*log"e*ny (kr?s`tal-l?j"?-n?), n. [Gr. The science which pertains to the production of crystals.

Crystallographer

Crys`tal*log"ra*pher (kr?s`tal-l?g"r?-f?r), n. One who describes crystals, or the manner of their formation; one versed in crystallography.

Crystallographic -l-grfk, Crystallographical

Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic (-l?-gr?f"?k), Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic*al (-?-kal), a. [Cf. F. crystallographique.] Pertaining to crystallography.

Crystallographically

Crys`tal*lo*graph"ic*al*ly, adv. In the manner of crystallography.

Crystallography

Crys`tal*log"ra*phy (kr?s`tal-l?g"r?-f?), n. [Gr. -graphy: cf. F. cristallographie. See Crystal.]

1. The doctrine or science of crystallization, teaching the system of forms among crystals, their structure, and their methods of formation.

2. A discourse or treatise on crystallization.

Crystalloid

Crys"tal*loid (kr?s"tal-loid), a. [Gr. -oid.] Crystal-like; transparent like crystal.

Crystalloid

Crys"tal*loid, n.

1. (Chem.) A body which, in solution, diffuses readily through animal membranes, and generally is capable of being crystallized; -- opposed to colloid.

2. (Bot.) One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also protein crystal.

Cristallology

Cris`tal*lol"o*gy (kr?s`tal-l?l"?-j?), n. [Gr. -logy.] The science of the crystalline structure of inorganic bodies.

Crystallomancy

Crys"tal*lo*man`cy (-l?-m?n`s?), n. [Gr. -mancy.] Divination by means of a crystal or other transparent body, especially a beryl.

Crystallometry

Crys`tal*lom"e*try (-l?m"?-tr?), n. [Gr. -metry.] The art of measuring crystals.

Crystallurgy

Crys"tal*lur`gy (-l?r`j?), n. [Gr. Crystallizaton.

Ctenocyst

Cte"no*cyst (t?"n?-s?st), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An organ of the Ctenophora, supposed to be sensory.

Ctenoid

Cte"noid (t?"noid ∨ t?n"oid), a. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale. (b) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei. -- n. A ctenoidean.

Ctenoidean

Cte*noid"e*an (t?-noid"?-a]/>n), a. (Zo\'94l.) Relating to the Ctenoidei. -- n. One of the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoidei

Cte*noid"e*i (-?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.

Ctenophora

Cte*noph"o*ra (t?-n?f"?-r?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A class of C\'d2lenterata, commonly ellipsoidal in shape, swimming by means of eight longitudinal rows of paddles. The separate paddles somewhat resemble combs.

Ctenophore

Cten"o*phore (t?n"?-f?r), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Ctenophora.

Ctenophoric tn-frk, Ctenophorous

Cten`o*phor"ic (t?n`?-f?r"?k), Cte*noph"o*rous (t?-n?f"?-r?s), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Ctenophora.

Ctenostomata

Cten`o*stom"a*ta (t?n`?-st?m"?-t?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A suborder of Bryozoa, usually having a circle of bristles below the tentacles.

Cub

Cub (k?b), n. [Cf. Ir. cuib cub, whelp, young dog, Ir. & Gael. cu dog; akin to E. hound.]

1. A young animal, esp. the young of the bear.

2. Jocosely or in contempt, a boy or girl, esp. an awkward, rude, illmannered boy.

O, thuo dissembling cub! what wilt thou be When time hath sowed a drizzle on thy case? Shak.

Cub

Cub, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Cubbed (kp. pr. & vb. n.
Cubbing.] To bring forth; -- said of animals, or in contempt, of persons. "Cubb'd in a cabin." Dryden.

Cub

Cub, n. [Cf. Cub a young animal.]

1. A stall for cattle. [Obs.]

I would rather have such . . . .in cubor kennel than in my closet or at my table. Landor.

2. A cupboard. [Obs.] Laud.

Cub

Cub, v. t. To shut up or confine. [Obs.] Burton.

Cuban

Cu"ban (k?"ban), a. Of or pertaining to Cuba or its inhabitants. -- n. A native or an inhabitant of Cuba.

Cubation

Cu*ba"tion (k?-b?"sh?n), n. [L. cubatio, fr. cubare to lie down.] The act of lying down; a reclining. [Obs.]

Cubatory

Cu"ba*to*ry (k?"b?-t?-r?), a. [L. cubator he who lies down, fr. cubare.] Lying down; recumbent. [R.]

Cubature

Cu"ba*ture (k?"b?-t?r; 135), n. [L. cubus cube: cf. F. cubature. See Cube.] The process of determining the solid or cubic contents of a body.

Cubbridge-head

Cub"bridge-head` (k?b"r?jj-h?d), n. (Naut.) A bulkhead on the forecastle and half deck of a ship.

Cubby kbb, Cubbyhole

Cub"by (k?b"b?), Cub"by*hole` (-h?l`), n. [See Cub a stall.] A snug or confined place.

Cubdrawn

Cub"*drawn` (k?b"dr?n`), a. Sucked by cubs. [R.]
This night, wherein the cub-drawn bear would couch. Shak.

Cube

Cube (k?b), n. [F. cube, L. cubus, fr. Gr.

1. (Geom.) A regular solid body, with six equal square sides.

2. (Math.) The product obtained by taking a number or quantity three times as a factor; as, 4x4=16, and 16x4=64, the cube of 4. Cube ore (Min.), pharmacosiderite. It commonly crystallizes in cubes of a green color. -- Cube root. (Math.), the number or quantity which, multiplied into itself, and then into the product, produces the given cube; thus, 3 is the cube root of 27, for 3x3x3 = 27. -- Cube spar (Min.), anhydrite; anhydrous calcium sulphate.

Cube

Cube, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cubed (k?bd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cubing.] To raise to the third power; to obtain the cube of.

Cubeb

Cu"beb (k?"b?b), n. [F. cub (cf. It. cubebe, Pr., Sp., Pg., & NL. cubeba), fr. Ar. kab.] The small, spicy berry of a species of pepper (Piper Cubeba; in med., Cubeba officinalis), native in Java and Borneo, but now cultivated in various tropical countries. The dried unripe fruit is much used in medicine as a stimulant and purgative.

Cubebic

Cu*beb"ic (k?-b?b"?k), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cubebs; as, cubebic acid (a soft olive-green resin extracted from cubebs).

Cubhood

Cub"hood (k?b"h??d), n. The state of being a cub. [Jocose] "From cubhood to old age." W. B. Dawkins.

Cubic kbk, Cubical

Cu"bic (k?"b?k), Cu"bic*al (-b?-kal), a. [L. cubicus, Gr. cubique. See Cube.]

1. Having the form or properties of a cube; contained, or capable of being contained, in a cube.

2. (Crystallog.) Isometric or monometric; as, cubic cleavage. See Crystallization. Cubic equation, an equation in which the highest power of the unknown quantity is a cube. -- Cubic foot, a volume equivalent to a cubical solid which measures a foot in each of its dimensions. -- Cubic number, a number produced by multiplying a number into itself, and that product again by the same number. See Cube. -- Cubical parabola (Geom.), two curves of the third degree, one plane, and one on space of three dimensions.

Cubic

Cu"bic, n. (Geom.) A curve of the third degree. Circular cubic. See under Circular.

Cubically

Cu"bic*al*ly, adv. In a cubical method.

Cubicalness

Cu"bic*al*ness, n. The quality of being cubical.

Cubicle

Cu"bi*cle (k?"b?-k'l), n. [L. cubiculum.] A loding room; esp., a sleeping place partitioned off from a large dormitory.

Cubicular

Cu*bic"u*lar (k?-??k"?-l?r), a. [L. cubicularis, fr. cubiculum a sleeping room, fr. cubare to lie down.] Belonging to a chamber or bedroom. [Obs.] Howell.

Cubiform

Cu"bi*form (k?"b?-f?rm), a. Of the form of a cube.

Cubile

Cu*bi"le (k?-b?"l?), n. [L., bed.] The lowest course of stones in a building.

Cubilose

Cu"bi*lose` (k?"b?-l?s`), n. [L. cubile bed, nest.] A mucilagenous secretion of certain birds found as the characteristic ingredient of edible bird's-nests.

Cubit

Cu"bit (k?"b?t), n. [L. cubitum, cubitus; elbow, ell, cubit, fr. (because the elbow serves focubare to lie down, recline; cf. Gr. Incumbent, Covey.]

1. (Anat.) The forearm; the ulna, a bone of the arm extending from elbow to wrist. [Obs.]

2. A measure of length, being the distance from the elbow to the extremity of the middle finger. &hand; The cubit varies in length in different countries, the Roman cubit being 17,47 inches, the Greek 18,20, the Hebrew somewhat longer, and the English 18 inches.

Cubital

Cu"bit*al (k?"b?t-a]/>l), a. [L. cubitalis.]

1. Of or pertaining to the cubit or ulna; as, the cubital nerve; the cubital artery; the cubital muscle.

2. Of the length of a cubit. Sir. T. Browne.

Cubital

Cu"bit*al, n. A sleeve covering the arm from the elbow to the hand. Crabb.

Cubited

Cu"bit*ed, a. Having the measure of a cubit.

Cubless

Cub"less (k?b"l?s), a. Having no cubs. Byron.

Cuboid

Cu"boid (k?"boid), a. [Cube + -oid: cf. Gr. (Anat.) Cube-shaped, or nearly so; as, the cuboid bone of the foot. -- n. (Anat.) The bone of the tarsus, which, in man and most mammals, supports the metatarsals of the fourth and fifth toes.

Cuboidal

Cu*boid"al (k?-boid"al), a. (Anat.) Cuboid.

Cubo-octahedral

Cu`bo-oc`ta*he"dral (k?`b?-?k`t?-h?dral), a. Presenting a combination of a cube and an octahedron.

Cubo-octahedron

Cu`bo-oc`ta*he"dron (-dr?n), n. (Crystallog.) A combination of a cube and octahedron, esp. one in which the octahedral faces meet at the middle of the cubic edges.

Cuca

Cu"ca (k??"k?), n. [Sp., fr. native name.] See Coca.

Cucking stool

Cuck"ing stool` (k. [Cf. AS. scealfingst\'d3l, a word of similar meaning, allied to scealfor a diver, mergus avis; or possibly from F. coquine a hussy, slut, jade, f. of coquin, OE. cokin, a rascal; or cf. Icel. k to dung, k dung, the name being given as to a disgracing or infamous punishment.] A kind of chair formerly used for punishing scolds, and also dishonest tradesmen, by fastening them in it, usually in front of their doors, to be pelted and hooted at by the mob, but sometimes to be taken to the water and ducked; -- called also a castigatory, a tumbrel, and a trebuchet; and often, but not so correctly, a ducking stool. Sir. W. Scott.

Cuckold

Cuck"old (k?k"?ld), n. [OE. kukeweld, cokewold, cokold, fr. OF. coucoul, cucuault, the last syllable being modified by the OE. suffix -wold (see Herald); cf. F. cocu a cuckold, formerly also, a cuckoo, and L. cuculus a cuckoo. The word alludes to the habit of the female cuckoo, who lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them.]

1. A man whose wife is unfaithful; the husband of an adulteress. Shak.

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A West Indian plectognath fish (Ostracion triqueter). (b) The cowfish.

Cuckold

Cuck"old, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuckolded;p. pr. & vb. n. Cuckolding.] To make a cuckold of, as a husband, by seducing his wife, or by her becoming an adulteress. Shak.

Cuckoldize

Cuck"old*ize (-?z), v. t. To cuckold. Dryden.

Cuckoldly

Cuck"old*ly, a. Having the qualities of a cuckold; mean-spirited; sneaking. Shak.

Cuckoldom

Cuck"ol*dom (-?l-d?m), n. The state of a cuckold; cuckolds, collectively. Addison.

Cuckoldry

Cuck"old*ry (-?ld-r?), n. The state of being a cuckold; the practice of making cuckolds.

Cuckold's knot

Cuck"old's knot` (k?k"?ldz n?t`). (Naut.) A hitch or knot, by which a rope is secured to a spar, the two parts of the rope being crossed and seized together; -- called also cuckold's neck. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Cuckoo

Cuck"oo (k??k"??), n. [OE. coccou, cukkow, F. coucou, prob. of imitative origin; cf. L. cuculus, Gr. k, G. kuckuk, D. koekoek.] (Zo\'94l.) A bird belonging to Cuculus, Coccyzus, and several allied genera, of many species. &hand; The European cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) builds no nest of its own, but lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, to be hatched by them. The American yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus Americanus) and the black-billed cuckoo (C. erythrophthalmus) build their own nests. Cuckoo bee (Zool.), a bee, parasitic in the larval stage in the nests of other bees, feeding either upon their food or larvae. They belong to the genera Nomada, Melecta, Epeolus, and others. -- Cuckoo clock, a clock so constructed that at the time for striking it gives forth sounds resembling the cry of the cuckoo. -- Cuckoo dove (Zo\'94l.), a long-tailed pigeon of the genus Macropygia. Many species inhabit the East Indies. -- Cuckoo fish (Zo\'94l.), the European red gurnard (Trigla cuculus). The name probably alludes to the sound that it utters. -- Cuckoo falcon (Zo\'94l.), any falcon of the genus Baza. The genus inhabits Africa and the East Indies. -- Cuckoo maid (Zo\'94l.), the wryneck; -- called also cuckoo mate. -- Cuckoo ray (Zo\'94l.), a British ray (Raia miraletus). -- Cuckoo spit, ∨ Cuckoo spittle. (a) A frothy secretion found upon plants, exuded by the larvae of certain insects, for concealment; -- called also toad spittle and frog spit. (b) (Zo\'94l.) A small hemipterous insect, the larva of which, living on grass and the leaves of plants, exudes this secretion. The insects belong to Aphrophora, Helochara, and allied genera. -- Ground cuckoo, the chaparral cock.
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Cuckoobud

Cuck"oo*bud" (k??k"??-b?d`), n. (Bot.) A species of Ranunculus (R. bulbosus); -- called also butterflower, buttercup, kingcup, goldcup. Shak.

Cuckooflower

Cuck"oo*flow`er (-flou`?r), n. (Bot.) A species of Cardamine (C. pratensis), or lady's smock. Its leaves are used in salads. Also, the ragged robin (Lychnis Flos-cuculi).

Cuckoopint

Cuck"oo*pint` (-p?nt`), n. (Bot.) A plant of the genus Arum (A. maculatum); the European wake-robin.

Cucquean

Cuc"quean` (k?k"kw?n`), n. [Cuckold + quean.] A woman whose husband is unfaithful to her. [Obs.]

Cucujo

Cu*cu"jo (k??-k??"h?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) The fire beetle of Mexico and the West Indies.

Cucullate kkl-lt ∨ k-kllt, Cucullated

Cu"cul*late (k?"k?l-l?t ∨ k?-k?l"l?t), Cu"cul*la`ted (-l?`t?d ∨ -l?-t?d), a. [LL. cullatus, fr. L. cucullus a cap, hood. See Cowl a hood.]

1. Hooded; cowled; covered, as with a hood. Sir T. Browne.

2. (Bot.) Having the edges toward the base rolled inward, as the leaf of the commonest American blue violet.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Having the prothorax elevated so as to form a sort of hood, receiving the head, as in certain insects. (b) Having a hoodlike crest on the head, as certain birds, mammals, and reptiles.

Cuculoid

Cu"cu*loid (k?k?-loid), a. [L.cuculus a cuckoo + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or belonging to the cuckoos (Cuculid\'91).

Cucumber

Cu"cum*ber (k?`k?m-b?r, formerly kou"k?m-b?r), n.[OE. cucumer, cocumber, cucumber, fr. L. cucmis, gen.cucumeris; cf. OF. cocombre,F. concombre.] (Bot.) A creeping plant, and its fruit, of several species of the genus Cucumis, esp. Cucumis sativus, the unripe fruit of which is eaten either fresh or picked. Also, similar plants or fruits of several other genera. See below. Bitter cucumber (Bot.), the Citrullus ∨ Cucumis Colocynthis. SeeColocynth. -- Cucumber beetle. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small, black flea-beetle (Crepidodera cucumeris), which destroys the leaves of cucumber, squash, and melon vines. (b) The squash beetle. -- Cucumber tree.(a) A large ornamental or shade tree of the genus Magnolia (M. acuminata), so called from a slight resemblance of its young fruit to a small cucumber. (b) An East Indian plant (Averrhoa Bilimbi) which produces the fruit known as bilimbi. -- Jamaica cucumber, Jerusalem cucumber, the prickly-fruited gherkin (Cucumis Anguria). -- Snake cucumber, a species (Cucumis flexuosus) remarkable for its long, curiously-shaped fruit. -- Squirting cucumber, a plant (Ecbalium Elaterium) whose small oval fruit separates from the footstalk when ripe and expels its seeds and juice with considerable force through the opening thus made. See Elaterium. -- Star cucumber,a climbing weed (Sicyos angulatus) with prickly fruit.

Cucumiform

Cu*cu"mi*form (k?-k?"m?-f?rm), a. [L. cucumis cucumber + -form.] Having the form of a cucumber; having the form of a cylinder tapered and rounded at the ends, and either straight or curved.

Cucumis

Cu"cu*mis (k?k?--m?s), n. [L., cucumber.] (Bot.) A genus of plants including the cucumber, melon, and same kinds of gourds.

Cucurbit Cucurbite

Cu*cur"bit Cu*cur"bite (k?-k?r"b?t), n. [L. cucurbita a gourd: cf. F. cucurbite. See Gourd.] (Chem.) A vessel of flask for distillation, used with, or forming part of, an alembic; a matrass; -- originally in the shape of a gourd, with a wide mouth. See Alembic.

Cucurbitaceous

Cu*cur`bi*ta"ceous (-b?-t?"sh?s), a. [Cf. F. cucurbitac.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a family of plants of which the cucumber, melon, and gourd are common examples.

Cucurbitive

Cu*cur"bi*tive (k?-k?r"b?-t?v), a. Having the shape of a gourd seed; -- said of certain small worms.

Cud

Cud (k?d), n [AS. cudu, cwudu,cwidu,cweodo, of uncertain origin; cf, G. k bait, Icel. kvi womb, Goth. qipus. Cf. Quid.]

1. That portion of food which is brought up into the mouth by ruminating animals from their first stomach, to be cheved a second time.

Whatsoever parteth the hoof, and is cloven-footed, and cheweth the cud, among the beasts, that shall ye eat. Levit. xi. 3

2. A portion of tobacco held in the mouth and chewed; a quid. [Low]

3. The first stomach of ruminating beasts. Crabb. To chew the cud, to ruminate; to meditate; used with of; as, to chew the cud of bitter memories.

Chewed the thrice turned cudof wrath. Tennyson.

Cudbear

Cud"bear` (k?d"b?r`), n [Also cudbeard, corrupted fr. the name of Dr. Cuthbert Gordon, a Scotchman, who first brought it into notice.]

1. A powder of a violet red color, difficult to moisten with water, used for making violet or purple dye. It is prepared from certain species of lichen, especially Lecanora tartarea. Ure.

2. (Bot.) A lichen (Lecanora tartarea), from which the powder is obtained.

Cudden

Cud"den (k?d"d'n), n. [For sense 1, cf. Scot.cuddy an ass; for sense 2, see 3d Cuddy.]

1. A clown; a low rustic; a dolt. [Obs.]

The slavering cudden, propped upon his staff. Dryden.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The coalfish. See 3d Cuddy.

Cuddle

Cud"dle (k?d"d'l), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Cuddled (-d'ld); p.pr. & vb. n. Cuddling (-dl?ng).] [Prob. for couthle, fr. couth known; cf. OE. kuppen to cuddle, or cu to make friends with. SeeCouth, Uncouth, Can.] To
She cuddles low beneath the brake; Nor would she stay, nor dares she fly. Prior.

Cuddle

Cud"dle, v. t. To embrace closely; to foundle. Forby.

Cuddle

Cud"dle, n. A close embrace.

Cuddy

Cud"dy (-d?), n. [See Cudden. ]

1. An ass; esp., one driven by a huckster or greengrocer. [Scot.]

2. Hence: A blockhead; a lout. Hood.

3. (Mech.) A lever mounted on a tripod for lifting stones, leveling up railroad ties, etc. Knight.

Cuddy

Cud"dy (k?d"d?), n. [Prob. a contraction fr. D. kajuit cabin: cf. F.cahute hut.] (Naut.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel.

Cuddy

Cud"dy, n. [Scot.; cf. Gael. cudaig, cudainn, or E.cuttlefish, or cod, codfish.] (Zo\'94l) The coalfish (Pollachius carbonarius). [Written also cudden.]

Cudgel

Cudg"el (k?j"?l), n. [OE. kuggel; cf. G. keule club (with a round end), kugel ball, or perh. W. cogyl cudgel, or D. cudse, kuds, cudgel.] A staff used in cudgel play, shorter than the quarterstaff, and wielded with one hand; hence, any heavy stick used as a weapon.
He getteth him a grievous crabtree cudgel and . . . falls to rating of them as if they were dogs. Bunyan.
Cudgel play, a fight or sportive contest with cudgels. -- To cross the cudgels, to forbear or give up the contest; -- a phrase borrowed from the practice of cudgel players, who lay one cudgel over another when the contest is ended. -- To take up cudgels for, to engage in a contest in behalf of (some one or something).

Cudgel

Cudg"el, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cudgeled or Cudgelled (-; p. pr. & vb. n. Cudgeling or cudgelling.] To beat with a cudgel.
An he here, I would cudgel him like a dog. Shak.
To cudgel one's brains, to exercise one's wits.

Cudgeler

Cudg"el*er (-?r), n. One who beats with a cudgel. [Written also cudgeller.]

Cudweed

Cud"weed` (k?d"w?d`), n [Apparently fr. cud. + weed, but perh. a corruption of cottonweed; or of cut weed, so called from its use as an application to cuts and chafings.] (Bot.) A small composite plant with cottony or silky stem and leaves, primarily a species of Gnaphalium, but the name is now given to many plants of different genera, as Filago, Antennaria, etc.; cottonweed.

Cue

Cue (k, n. [ OF. coue, coe, F. queue, fr. L. coda, cauda, tail. Cf. Caudal, Coward, Queue.]

1. The tail; the end of a thing; especially, a tail-like twist of hair worn at the back of the head; a queue.

2. The last words of a play actor's speech, serving as an intimation for the next succeeding player to speak; any word or words which serve to remind a player to speak or to do something; a catchword.

When my cue comes, call me, and I will answer. Shak.

3. A hint or intimation.

Give them [the servants] their cue to attend in two lines as he leaves the house. Swift.

4. The part one has to perform in, or as in, a play.

Were it my cueto fight, I should have known it Without a prompter. Shak.

5. Humor; temper of mind. [Colloq.] Dickens.

6. A straight tapering rod used to impel the balls in playing billiards.

Cue

Cue, v. t. To form into a cue; to braid; to twist.

Cue

Cue, n. [From q, an abbreviation for quadrans a farthing.] A small portion of bread or beer; the quantity bought with a farthing or half farthing. [Obs.] &hand; The term was formerly current in the English universities, the letter
q
being the mark in the buttery books to denote such a portion. Nares.
Hast thou worn Gowns in the university, tossed logic, Sucked philosophy, eat cues? Old Play.

Cuerpo

Cuer"po (kw?r"p?), n. [Sp. cuerpo, fr. L. corpus body. See Corpse.] The body. In cuerpo, without full dress, so that the shape of the Body is exposed; hence, naked or uncovered.
Exposed in cuerpo to their rage. Hudibras.

Cuff

Cuff (k?f), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cuffed (k; p. pr. & vb. n. Cuffing.] [Cf. Sw. kuffa to knock, push,kufva to check, subdue, and E. cow, v. t. ]

1. To strike; esp., to smite with the palm or flat of the hand; to slap.

I swear I'll cuff you, if you strike again. Shak.
They with their quills did all the hurt they could, And cuffed the tender chickens from their food. Dryden.

2. To buffet. "Cuffed by the gale." Tennyson.

Cuff

Cuff, v. i. To fight; to scuffle; to box.
While the peers cuff to make the rabble sport. Dryden.

Cuff

Cuff, n. A blow; esp.,, a blow with the open hand; a box; a slap.
Snatcheth his sword, and fiercely to him flies; Who well it wards, and quitten cuff with cuff. Spenser.
Many a bitter kick and cuff. Hudibras.

Cuff

Cuff, n. [Perh. from F. coiffe headdress, hood, or coif; as if the cuff were a cap for the hand. Cf. Coif.]

1. The fold at the end of a sleeve; the part of a sleeve turned back from the hand.

He would visit his mistress in a morning gown, band,short cuffs, and a peaked beard. Arbuthnot.

2. Any ornamental appendage at the wrist, whether attached to the sleeve of the garment or separate;especially, in modern times, such an appendage of starched linen, or a substitute for it of paper, or the like.

Cuffy

Cuf"fy (k, n. A name for a negro. [Slang]

Cufic

Cu"fic (k?`f?k), a. [So called from the town of Cufa, in the province of Bagdad.] Of or pertaining to the older characters of the Arabic language. [Written also Kufic.]

Cuinage

Cuin"age (kw?n`?j), n.[Corrupted fr. coinage.] The stamping of pigs of tin, by the proper officer, with the arms of the duchy of Cornwall.

Cuirass

Cui*rass" (kw?-r?s`, ∨ kw?`r?s; 277), n.; pl. Cuirasses(-. [ F.cuirasse, orig., a breascuir, cuirie influenced by It. corazza, or Sp. cora, fr. an assumed LL. coriacea, fr. L. coriacevs, adj., of leather, fr. corium leather, hide; akin to Gr. skora hide, Lith. skura hide, leather. Cf. Coriaceous.]

1. (a) A piece of defensive armor, covering the body from the neck to the girdle. (b) The breastplate taken by itself. &hand; The cuirass covered the body before and behind. It consisted of two parts, a breast- and backpiece of iron fastened together by means of straps and buckles or other like contrivances. It was originally, as the name imports, made of leather, but afterward of metal. Crose.

2. (Zo\'94l) An armor of bony plates, somewhat resembling a cuirass.

Cuirassed

Cui*rassed" (kw?-r?st` ∨ kw?`r?st), a.

1. Wearing a cuirass.

2. (Zo\'94l) Having a covering of bony plates, resembling a cuirass;- said of certain fishes.

Cuirassier

Cui`ras*sier" (kw?`r?s-s?r"), n. [F. cuirassier. See Curass.] A soldier armed with a cuirass. Milton.

Cuish

Cuish (kw?s), n. [F. cuisse thigh, fr. L. coxa hip: cf. F. cuissard, OF, cuissot, armor for the thigh, cuish. Cf. Hough.] Defensive armor for the thighs. [ Written also cuisse, and quish.]

Cuisine

Cui`sine" (kw?`z?n"), n. [F., fr. L. coquina kitchen, fr. coquere to cook. See Kitchen.]

1. The kitchen or cooking department.

2. Manner or style of cooking.

Culasse

Cu`lasse" (ku`l?s"), n. [F., fr. cul back.] The lower faceted portion of a brilliant-cut diamond.

Culdee

Cul*dee" (k, n. [ Prob. fr. Gael.cuilteach; cf. Ir. ceilede.] One of a class of anchorites who lived in various parts of Scotland, Ireland, and Wales.
The pure Culdees Were Albyn's earliest priests of God. Campbell.

Cul-de-sac

Cul`-de-sac" (ku`de-s?k" ∨ kul`de-s?k"), n.; pl. Culs-de-sac (ku`- or kulz`-). [ F., lit., bottom of a bag.]

1. A passage with only one outlet, as a street closed at one end; a blind alley; hence, a trap.

2. (Mil.) a position in which an army finds itself with no way of exit but to the front.

3. (Anat.) Any bag-shaped or tubular cavity, vessel, or organ, open only at one end.

Culerage

Cul"er*age (k?l"?r-?j), n. (Bot.) See Culrage.

Culex

Cu"lex (k?"l?ks), n. [L., a gnat.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of dipterous insects, including the gnat and mosquito.

Culiciform

Cu*lic"i*form (k?-l?s"i-f?rm). a. [L. culex a gnat + -form:cf. F. culiciforme.] (Zo\'94l.) Gnat-shaped.

Culinarily

Cu"li*na*ri*ly (k?`l?-n?-r?-l?), adv. In the manner of a kitchen; in connection with a kitchen or cooking.

Culinary

Cu"li*na*ry (k?"l?-n?-r?), a. [L. culinarius, fr. culina kitchen, perh. akin to carbo coal: cf. F. culinare.] Relating to the kitchen, or to the art of cookery; used in kitchens; as, a culinary vessel; the culinary art.

Cull

Cull (k?l), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Culled (k?ld); p. pr.& Culling.] [OE., OF. cuillir, coillir, F.cueillir, to gather, pluck, pick, fr. L. colligere. See Coil, v. t., and cf. Collect.] To separate, select, or pick out; to choose and gather or collect; as, to cuil flowers.
From his herd he culls, For slaughter, from the fairest of his bulls. Dryden.
Whitest honey in fairy gardens culled. Tennyson.

Cull

Cull, n. A cully; a dupe; a gull. See Gully.

Cullender

Cul"len*der (k?l"l?n-d?r), n. A strainer. See Colander.

Culler

Cull"er (k?l"?r), n. One who piks or chooses; esp., an inspector who select wares suitable for market.

Cullet

Cul"let (k?l"l?t), n. [From Cull, v. t. ] Broken glass for remelting.

Cullet

Cul"let, n. [A dim. from F. cul back.] A small central plane in the back of a cut gem. See Collet, 3 (b).

Cullibility

Cul`li*bil"i*ty (-l?-b?l"?-ty), n. [From cully to trick, cheat.] Gullibility. [R.] Swift.

Cullible

Cul"li*ble (k?l"l?-b'l), a. Easily deceived; gullible.

Culling

Cull"ing (k?l"?ng), n

1. The act of one who culls.

2. pl. Anything separated or selected from a mass.

Cullion

Cul"lion (k?l"y?n), n. [OF. couillon, coillon, F. co, a vile fellow, coward, dupe, from OF. couillon, coillon, testicle, fr. il the scrotum, fr. L. coleus a leather bag, the scrotum.] A mean wretch; a base fellow; a poltroon; a scullion. "Away, base cullions." Shak.

Cullionly

Cul"lion*ly, a. Mean; base. Shak.

Cullis

Cul"lis (k, n. [OF. cole\'8bs, F. coulis, fr. OF. & F. couler to strain, to flow, fr. L. colare to filter, strain; cf. LL. coladicium. Cf. Colander.] A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for invalids; also, a savory jelly. [Obs.]
When I am exellent at caudles And cullises . . . you shall be welcome to me. Beau. & Fl.

Cullis

Cul"lis, n.; pl. Cullises (-. [F.coulisse groove, fr. the same source as E. cullis broth.] (Arch.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.

Culls

Culls (k?lz), n. pl. [From Cull,, v. t.]

1. Refuse timber, from which the best part has been culled out.

2. Any refuse stuff, as rolls not properly baked.

Cully

Cul"ly (k?l"l?), n.; pl. Cullies (-l. [Abbrev. fr. cullion.] A person easily deceived, tricked, or imposed on; a mean dupe; a gull.
I have learned that . . . I am not the first cully whom she has passed upon for a countess. Addison.

Cully

Cul"ly, v. t. [See Cully,n., and cf. D. kullen to cheat, gull.] To trick, cheat, or impose on; to deceive. "Tricks to cully fools." Pomfret.

Cullyism

Cul"ly*ism (-?z'm), n. The state of being a cully.
Less frequent instances of eminent cullyism. Spectator.

Cul Cul (k?lm), n. [L. culmus stark, stem; akin to colasmus. SeeHalm.] (Bot.) The stalk or stem of grain and grasses (including the bamboo), jointed and usually hollow.

Culm

Culm, n. [Perh. from W. cwlm knot or tie, applied to this species of coal, which is much found in balls or knots in some parts of Wales: cf. OE. culme smoke, soot.] (Min.) (a) Mineral coal that is not bituminous; anthracite, especially when found in small masses. (b) The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. Raymond.

Culmen

Cul"men (k?l"m?n), n. [L., fr. cellere (in comp.) to impel; cf. celsus pushed upward, lofty.]

1. Top; summit; acme. R. North.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The dorsal ridge of a bird's bill.

Culmiferous

Cul*mif"er*ous (k?l-m?f"?r-?s), a. [L. culmus stalk or stem + -ferous: cf. F. culmif.] Having jointed stems or culms.
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Culmiferous

Cul*mif"er*ous (k?l-m?f"?r-?s), a.[2d culm + -ferous.] (Min.) Containing, or abounding in, culm or glance coal.

Culminal

Cul"mi*nal (k?l"m?-nal), a. Pertaining to a culmen.

Culminant

Cul"mi*nant (-nant), a. Being vertical, or at the highest point of altitude; hence, predominant. [R.]

Culminate

Cul"mi*nate (k?l"m?-n?t), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Culminated (-n?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Culminating (-n [L. cuimen top or ridge. See Column.]

1. To reach its highest point of altitude; to come to the meridian; to be vertical or directly overhead.

As when his beams at noon Culminate from the equator. Milton.

2. To reach the highest point, as of rank, size, power, numbers, etc.

The reptile race culminated in the secondary era. Dana.
The house of Burgundy was rapidly culminating. Motley.

Culminate

Cul"mi*nate (k?l"m?-n?t), a. Growing upward, as distinguished from a laterral growth; -- applied to the growth of corals. Dana.

Culmination

Cul"mi*na"tion (k?l`m?-n?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.culmination]

1. The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavently body; passage across the meridian; transit.

2. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

Culpa

Cul"pa (k?l"p?), n. [L.] (Law) Negligence or fault, as distinguishable from dolus (deceit, fraud), which implies intent, culpa being imputable to defect of intellect, dolus to defect of heart. Wharton.

Culpability

Cul`pa*bil"i*ty (k?l`p?-b?l`?-t?), n.; pl. Culpabilities (-t. [Cf. F. culpabilit\'82.] The state of being culpable.

Culpable

Cul"pa*ble (k?l"p?-b'l), a. [OE. culpable, coulpable, coupable, F. coupable, formerly also coupable, formerly also coulpable, culpable, fr. L. culpabilis, fr. culpare to blame, fr. culpa fault.]

1. Deserving censure; worthy of blame; faulty; immoral; criminal. State Trials (1413).

If he acts according to the best reason he hath, he is not culpable, though he be mistaken in his measures. Sharp.

2. Guilty; as, clpable of a crime. [Obs.] Spenser. -- Cul"pa*ble*ness, n. -- Cul"pa*bly, adv.

Culpatory

Cul"pa*to*ry (-t?-r?), a. Expressing blame; censuring; reprehensory; inculpating.
Adjectives . . . commonly used by Latian authors in a culpatory sense. Walpole.

Culpe

Culpe (k?lp), n. [F. coulpe, fr.L.culpa.] Blameworthiness. [Obs.]
Banished out of the realme . . . without culpe. E. Hall.

Culpon

Cul"pon (k?l"p?n), n. [See Coupon.] A shered; a fragment; a strip of wood. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Culprit

Cul"prit (k?l"pr?t), n. [Prob. corrupted for culpate, fr. Law Latin culpatus the accused, p. p. of L. culpare to blame. See Culpable.]

1. One accused of, or ar

An author is in the condition of a culprit; the public are his judges. Prior.

2. One quilty of a fault; a criminal.

Culrage

Cul"rage (k?l"r?j), n. [OE. culrage, culrache; prob. fr. F. cul the buttok + F. & E. rage; F. curage.] (Bot.) Smartweed (Polygonum Hydropiper).

Cult

Cult (k?lt) n .[F. culte, L. cultus care, culture, fr. colere to cultivate. Cf. Cultus.]

1. Attentive care; homage; worship.

Every one is convinced of the reality of a better self, and of. thecult or homage which is due to it. Shaftesbury.

2. A system of religious belief and worship.

That which was the religion of Moses is the ceremonial or cult of the religion of Christ. Coleridge.

Cultch

Cultch (k?lch;224), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] Empty oyster shells and other substances laid down on oyster grounds to furnish points for the attachment of the spawn of the oyster. [Also written cutch.]

Culter

Cul"ter (k?l"t?r), n. [L.] A colter. See Colter.

Cultirostral

Cul`ti*ros"tral (-t?-r?s"tral), a. [See Cultirostres.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a bill shaped like the colter of a plow, or like a knife, as the heron, stork, etc.

Cultirostres

Cul`ti*ros"tres (-tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. culter colter of a plow, knife + rostrum bill.] (Zo\'94l.) A tribe of wading birds including the stork, heron, crane, etc.

Cultivable

Cul"ti*va*ble (k?l"t?-v?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. cultivable.] Capable of being cultivated or tilled. Todd.

Cultivatable

Cul"ti*va`ta*ble (k?l"t?-v?`t?-b'l), a. Cultivable.

Cultivate

Cul"ti*vate (k?l"t?-v?t), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cultivated (-v?`t?d); p.pr. & vb. n. Cultivating (-v?`-t\'b5ng).] [LL. cultivatus, p.p. of cultivare to cultivate, fr. cultivus cultivated, fr. L. cultus, p.p. of colere to till, cultivate. Cf. Colony.]

1. To bestow attention, care, and labor upon, with a view to valuable returns; to till; to fertilize; as, to cultivate soil.

2. To direct special attention to; to devote time and thought to; to foster; to cherish.

Leisure . . . to cultivate general literature. Wordsworth.

3. To seek the society of; to court intimacy with.

I ever looked on Lord Keppel as one of the greatest and best men of his age; and I loved and cultivated him accordingly. Burke.

4. To improve by labor, care, or study; to impart culture to; to civilize; to refine.

To cultivate the wild, licentious savage. Addison.
The mind of man hath need to be prepared for piety and virtue; it must be cultivated to the end. Tillotson.

5. To raise or produce by tillage; to care for while growing; as, to cultivate corn or grass.

Cultivation

Cul`ti*va"tion (k?l`t?-v?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cultivation.]

1. The art or act of cultivating; improvement for agricultural purposes or by agricultural processes; tillage; production by tillage.

2. Bestowal of time or attention for self-improvement or for the benefit of others; fostering care.

3. The state of being cultivated; advancement in physical, intellectual, or moral condition; refinement; culture.

Italy . . . was but imperfectly reduced to cultivation before the irruption of the barbarians. Hallam.

Cultivator

Cul"ti*va`tor (k?l"t?-v?`t?r), n. [Cf. F. cultivateur.]

1. One who cultivates; as, a cultivator of the soil; a cultivator of literature. Whewell.

2. An agricultural implement used in the tillage of growing crops, to loosen the surface of the earth and kill the weeds; esp., a triangular frame set with small shares, drawn by a horse and by handles. &hand; In a broader signification it includes any complex implement for pulverizing or stirring the surface of the soil, as harrows, grubbers, horse hoes, etc.

Cultrate kltrt, Cultrated

Cul"trate (k?l"tr?t), Cul"tra*ted (-tr?-t?d), a. [L. cultratus knife-shaped, fromculter, cultri, knife.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Sharp-edged and pointed; shaped like a pruning knife, as the beak of certain birds.

Cultriform

Cul"tri*form (-tr?-f?rm), a. [L. culter, cultri, knife + -form.] (Bot. & Zo\'94l.) Shaped like a pruning knife; cultrate.

Cultrivorous

Cul*triv"o*rous (k?l-tr?b"?-r?s), a. [L. culter, cultri, knife + vorare to devour.] Devouring knives; swallowing, or pretending to swallow, knives; -- applied to persons who have swallowed, or have seemed to swallow, knives with impunity. Dunglison.

Culturable

Cul"tur*a*ble (k?l"t?r-?-b'l; 135), a. Capable of, or fit for, being cultivated; capable or becoming cultured. London Spectator.

Cultural

Cul"tur*al (k?l"t?r-a]/>l), a. Of or pertaining to culture.

Culture

Cul"ture (k?l"t?r; 135), n. [F. culture, L. cultura, fr. colere to till, cultivate; of uncertain origin. Cf. Colony.]

1. The act or practice of cultivating, or of preparing the earth for seed and raising crops by tillage; as, the culture of the soil.

2. The act of, or any labor or means employed for, training, disciplining, or refining the moral and intellectual nature of man; as. the culture of the mind.

If vain our toil We ought to blame theculture, not the soil. Pepe.

3. The state of being cultivated; result of cultivation; physical improvement; enlightenment and discipline acquired by mental and moral training; civilization; refinement in manners and taste.

What the Greeks expressed by their humanitas, we less happily try to express by the more artificial word culture. J. C. Shairp.
The list of all the items of the general life of a people represents that whole which we call its culture. Tylor.
Culture fluid, a fluid in which the germs of microscopic organisms are made to develop, either for purposes of study or as a means of modifying their virulence.

Culture

Cul"ture, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cultured (-t?rd; 135); p. pr. & vb. n. Culturing.] To cultivate; to educate.
They came . . . into places well inhabited and cultured. Usher.

Cultured

Cul"tured (k?l"t?rd), a.

1. Under culture; cultivated. "Cultured vales." Shenstone.

2. Characterized by mental and moral training; disciplined; refined; well-educated.

The sense of beauty in nature, even among cultured people, is less often met with than other mental endowments. I. Taylor.
The cunning hand and cultured brain. Whittier.

Cultureless

Cul"ture*less, a. Having no culture.

Culturist

Cul"tur*ist, n.

1. A cultivator.

2. One who is an advocate of culture.

The culturists, by which term I mean not those who esteem culture (as what intelligent man does notJ. C. Shairp

Cultus

Cul"tus (k?l"t?s), n. sing. & pl.; E. pl.Cultuses (-. [L., cultivation, culture. See Cult.] Established or accepted religious rites or usages of worship; state of religious development. Cf.Cult, 2.

Cultus cod

Cul"tus cod` (k?d`). [Chinook cultus of little worth.] (Zo\'94l.) See Cod, and Buffalo cod, under Buffalo.

Culver

Cul"ver (k?"v?r), n. [AS. culfre, perh. fr. L. columba.] A dove. "Culver in the falcon's fist." Spenser.

Culver

Cul"ver, n. [Abbrev. fr. Culverin.] A culverin.
Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. Sir W. Scott.

Culverhouse

Cul"ver*house` (-hous`), n. A dovecote.

Culverin

Cul"ver*in (k?l"v?r-?n), n.[F. coulevrine, prop. fem. of couleuvrin like a serpent, fr. couleuvre adder, fr. L. coluber, colubra.] A long cannon of the 16th century, usually an 18-pounder with serpent-shaped handles.
Trump, and drum, and roaring culverin. Mac

Culverkey

Cul"ver*key` (-k?`), n.

1. A bunch of the keys or samaras of the ash tree. Wright.

2. An English meadow plant, perhaps the columbine or the bluebell squill (Scilla nutans). [Obs.]

A girl cropping culverkeys and cowslips to make garlands. Walton.

Culvert

Cul"vert (k?l"v?rt), n. [Prob. from OF. coulouere, F. couloir, channel, gutter, gallery, fr. couler to flow. See Cullis.] A transverse drain or waterway of masonry under a road, railroad, canal, etc.; a small bridge.

Culvertail

Cul"ver*tail` (k?l"v?r-t?l`), n. (Carp.) Dovetail.

Culvertailed

Cul"ver*tailed` (-t?ld`), a. United or fastened by a dovetailed joint.

Cumacea

Cu*ma"ce*a (k?-m?"sh?-? or -s?-?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of marine Crustacea, mostly of small size.

Cumbent

Cum"bent (k?m"bent), a. [Cf. Recumbent, Covey.] Lying down; recumbent. J. Dyer.

Cumber

Cum"ber (k?m"b?r), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cumbered (-b?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Cumbering.] [OE. combren, cumbren,OF. combrer to hinder, from LL. cumbrus a heap, fr. L. cumulus; cf. Skr. to increase, grow strong. Cf. Cumulate.] To rest upon as a troublesome or useless weight or load; to be burdensome or oppressive to; to hinder or embarrass in attaining an object, to obstruct or occupy uselessly; to embarrass; to trouble.
Why asks he what avails him not in fight, And would but cumber and retard his flight? Dryden.
Martha was cumbered about much serving. Luke x. 40.
Cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground? Luke xiii. 7.
The multiplying variety of arguments, especially frivolous ones, . . . but cumbers the memory. Locke.

Cumber

Cum"ber (k?m"b?r), n. [Cf. encombre hindrance, impediment. See Cuber,v.] Trouble; embarrassment; distress. [Obs.] [Written also comber.]
A place of much distraction and cumber. Sir H. Wotton.
Sage counsel in cumber. Sir W. Scott.

Cumbersome

Cum"ber*some (k, a.

1. Burdensome or hindering, as a weight or drag; embarrassing; vexatious; cumbrous.

To perform a cumbersome obedience. Sir. P. Sidney.

2. Not easily managed; as, a cumbersome contrivance or machine.

He holds them in utter contempt, as lumbering, cumbersome, circuitous. I. Taylor.
-- Cum"ber*some*ly, adv. -- Cum"ber*some*ness,n.

Cumbrance

Cum"brance (k?m"brans), n. Encumbrance. [Obs.]
Extol not riches then, the toil of fools, The wise man's cumbrance, if not snare. Milton.

Cumbrian

Cum"bri*an (k?m"br?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cumberland, England, or to a system of rocks found there. Cumbrian system (Geol.), the slate or graywacke system of rocks, now included in the Cambrian or Silurian system; -- so called because most prominent at Cumberland.

Cumbrous

Cum"brous (k?m"br?s), a.

1. Rendering action or motion difficult or toilsome; serving to obstruct or hinder; burdensome; clogging.

He sunk beneath the cumbrous weight. Swift.
That cumbrousand unwieldy style which disfigures English composition so extensively. De Quincey.

2. Giving trouble; vexatious. [Obs.]

A clud of cumbrous gnats. Spenser.
-- Cum"brous*ly, adv. -- Cum"brous*ness, n.

Cumene

Cu"mene (k?"m?n), n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A colorless oily hydrocarbon, C6H5.C3H7, obtained by the distillation of cuminic acid; -- called also cumol.

Cumfrey

Cum"frey (k?m"fr?), n. (Bot.) See Comfrey.

Cumic

Cu"mic (k?"m?k), a. (Chem.) See Cuming.

Cumidine

Cu"mi*dine (k?"m?-d?n ∨ -d?n), n. [From Cumin.] (Chem.) A strong, liquid, organic base, C3H7.C6H4.NH2, homologous with aniline.

Cumin

Cum"in (k?m"?n), n. [OE.comin, AS. cymen, fr. L. cuminum, Gr.kamm, Heb. kamm; cf. OF. comin, F. cumin. Cf. Kummel.] (Bot.) A dwarf umbelliferous plant, somewhat resembling fennel (Cuminum Cyminum), cultivated for its seeds, which have a bitterish, warm taste, with an aromatic flavor, and are used like those of anise and caraway. [Written also cummin.]
Rank-smelling rue, and cumin good for eyes. Spenser.
Black cumin (Bot.), a plant (Nigella sativa) with pungent seeds, used by the Afghans, etc.

Cuminic

Cu*min"ic (k?-m?n"?k), a. Pertaining to, or derived from, cumin, or from oil of caraway; as, cuminic acid. Cuminic acid (Chem.), white crystalline substance, C3H7.C6H4.CO2H, obtained from oil of caraway.

Cuminil

Cu"mi*nil (k?"m?-n?l), n . A substance, analogous to benzil, obtained from oil of caraway.

Cuminol

Cu"mi*nol (-n?l), n. [Cuminic + L. oleum.] A liquid, C3H7.C6H4.CHO, obtained from oil of caraway; -- called also cuminic aldehyde.

Cummin

Cum"min (k?m"m?n), n. Same as Cumin.
Ye pay tithe of mint, and cummin. Matt. xxiii. 23.

Cumshaw

Cum"shaw (k?m"sha), n. [Chin. kom-tsie.] A present or bonus; -- originally applied to that paid on ships which entered the port of Canton. S. Wells Williams.

Cumshaw

Cum"shaw, v. t. To give or make a present to.

Cumu-cirro-stratus

Cu"mu-cir`ro-stra"tus (k?`m\'b5-s?r`r?-str?"t?s), n. (Meteor.) Nimbus, or rain cloud. See Nimbus, and Cloud.

Cumulate

Cu"mu*late (k?"m?-l?t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cumulated (-l?`t?d); p. pr. & vb. n. Cumulating (-l?`t?ng).] [L. cumulatus, p. p. of cumulare to heap up, fr. cumulus a heap. See Cumber.] To gather or throw into a heap; to heap together; to accumulate.
Shoals of shells, bedded and cumulated heap upon heap. Woodward.

Cumulation

Cu`mu*la"tion (k?`m?-l?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F. cumulation.] The act of heaping together; a heap. See Accumulation.

Cumulatist

Cu"mu*la*tist (k?"m?-l?-t?st), n. One who accumulates; one who collects. [R.]

Cumulative

Cu"mu*la*tive (k?"m?-l?-t?v), a. [Cf. F. cumulatif.]

1. Composed of parts in a heap; forming a mass; agregated. "As for knowledge which man receiveth by teaching, it is cumulative, njt original." Bacon

2. Augmenting, gaining, or giving force, by successive additions; as, a cumulative argument, i. e., one whose force increases as the statement proceeds.

The argument . . . is in very truth not logical and single, but moral and cumulative. Trench.

3. (Law) (a) Tending to prove the same point to which other evidence has been offered; -- said of evidence. (b) Given by same testator to the same legatee; -- said of a legacy. Bouvier. Wharton.


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Cumulative action (Med.), that action of certain drugs, by virtue of which they produce, when administered in small doses repeated at considerable intervals, the same effect as if given in a single large dose. -- Cumulative poison, a poison the action of which is cumulative. -- Cumulative vote ∨ system of voting (Politics), that system which allows to each voter as many votes as there are persons to be voted for, and permits him to accumulate these votes upon one person, or to distribute them among the candidates as he pleases.

Cumulose

Cu"mu*lose` (k?"m?-l?s`), a. [From Cumulus.] Full of heaps.

Cumulostratus

Cu"mu*lo*stra"tus (k?"m?-l?-str?"t?s), n. (Meteor.) A form of cloud. See Cloud.

Cumulus

Cu"mu*lus (k?"m?-l?s), n.; pl. Cumuli (-l. [L., a heap. See Cumber.] (Meteor.) One of the four principal forms of clouds. SeeCloud.

Cun

Cun (k?n), v. t. [See Cond.] To con (a ship). [Obs.]

Cun

Cun, v. t. [See 1st Con.] To know. See Con. [Obs.]

Cunabula

Cu*nab"u*la (k?-n?b"?-l?), n. pl. [L., a cradle, earliest abode, fr. cunae cradle.]

1. The earliest abode; original dwelling place; originals; as, the cunabula of the human race.

2. (Bibliography) The extant copies of the first or earliest printed books, or of such as were printed in the 15th century.

Cunctation

Cunc*ta"tion (k?nk-t?"sh?n), n. [L. cunctatio, fr. cunctari, p.p. cunctatus, to delay.] Delay; procrastination. [R.] Carlyle.

Cunctative

Cunc"ta*tive (k?nk"t?-t?v), a. Slow; tardy; dilatory; causing delay.

Cunotator

Cuno*ta"tor (k?nk-t?"t?r), n. [L., lit., a delayer; -- applied as a surname to Q. Fabius Maximus.] One who delays or lingers. [R.]

Cunctipotent

Cunc*tip"o*tent (k?nk-t?p"?-tent), a. [L. cunctipotens; cunctus all + potens powerful.] All-powerful; omnipotent. [R] "God cunctipotent." Neale (Trans. Rhythm of St. Bernard).

Cund

Cund (k\'b5nd), v. t. [See Cond.] To con (a ship). [Obs.]

Cundurango

Cun`du*ran"go (k?n`d?-r?n"g?), n. (Med.) The bark of a South American vine (Gonolobus Condurango) of the Milkweed family. It has been supposed, but erroneously, to be a cure for cancer. [Written also condurango.]

Cuneal

Cu"ne*al (k?"n?-a]/>l), [L. cuneus a wege. See Coin.] Relating to a wedge; wedge-shaped.

Cuneate kn-t, Cuneated

Cu"ne*ate (k?"n?-?t), Cu"ne*a`ted (-?`tEd), a. [L.cuneatus, fr. cuneus a wege SeeCoin.] Wedge-shaped; (Bot.), wedge-shaped, with the point at the base; as, a cuneate leaf.

Cuneatic

Cu`ne*at"ic (k?`n?-?t"?k), a. Cuneiform. "Cuneatic decipherment." Sayce.

Cuneiform k-n-frm, Cuniform

Cu*ne"i*form (k?-n?"?-f?rm), Cu"ni*form (k?"n?-f?rm), a. [L. cuneus a wedge + -form: cf. F. cunei-forme. See Coin.]

1. Wedge-shaped; as, a cuneiform bone; -- especially applied to the wedge-shaped or arrowheaded characters of ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. See Arrowheaded.

2. Pertaining to, or versed in, the ancient wedge-shaped characters, or the inscriptions in them. "A cuneiform scholar." Rawlinson.

Cuneiform, Cuniform

Cu*ne"i*form, Cu"ni*form, n.

1. The wedge-shaped characters used in ancient Persian and Assyrian inscriptions. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

2. (Anat.) (a) One of the three tarsal bones supporting the first, second third metatarsals. They are usually designated as external, middle, and internal, or ectocuniform, mesocuniform, and entocuniform, respectively. (b) One of the carpal bones usually articulating wich the ulna; -- called also pyramidal and ulnare.

Cunette

Cu*nette" (k?-n?t"), n. [F.] (Fort.) A drain trench, in a ditch or moat; -- called also cuvette.

Cunner

Cun"ner (k?n"n?r), n. [Cf. Conner.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small edible fish of the Atlantic coast (Ctenolabrus adspersus); -- called also chogset, burgall, blue perch, and bait stealer. [Written also conner.] (b) A small shellfish; the limpet or patella.

Cunning

Cun"ning (k?n"n?ng), a. [AS. cunnan to know, to be able. See 1st Con, Can.]

1. Knowing; skillfull; dexterous. "A cunning workman." Ex. xxxviii. 23.

"Tis beauty truly blent, whose red and white Nature's own sweet and cunning hand laid on. Shak.
Esau was a cunning hunter. Gen xxv. 27.

2. Wrought with, or exibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.

Over them Arachne high did lift
Her cunning web. Spenser.

3. Crafty; sly; artful; designid; deceitful.

They are resolved to be cunning; let others run the hazard of being sincere. South.

4. Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. [Colloq. U.S.] Barlett. Syn. -- Cunning, Artful, Sly, Wily, Crafty. These epithets agree in expressing an aptitude for attaining some end by peculiar and secret means. Cunning is usually low; as, a cunning trick. Artful is more ingenious and inventive; as, an artful device. Sly implies a turn for what is double or concealed; as, sly humor; a sly evasion. Crafty denotes a talent for dexterously deceiving; as, a crafty manager. Wily describes a talent for the use of stratagems; as, a wily politician. "Acunning man often shows his dexterity in simply concealing. An artful man goes further, and exerts his ingenuity in misleading. A crafty man mingles cunning with art, and so shapes his actions as to lull suspicions. The young may be cunning, but the experienced only can be crafty. Slyness is a vulgar kind of cunning; the sly man goes cautiously and silently to work. Wiliness is a species of cunning or craft applicable only to cases of attack and defence." Crabb.

Cunning

Cun"ning, n. [AS. cunnung trial, or Icel. kunnandi knowledge. See Cunning, a.]

1. Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. [Archaic]

Let my right hand forget her cunning. Ps. cxxxvii. 5.
A carpenter's desert Stands more in cunning than in power. Chapman.

2. The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Discourage cunning in a child; cunning is the ape of wisdom. Locke.
We take cunning for a sinister or crooked wisdom. Bacon.

Cunningly

Cun"ning*ly (k?n"n?ng-l?), adv. In a cunning manner; with cunning.

Cunningman

Cun"ning*man` (-m?n`), n. A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. [Obs.] Hudibras.

Cunningness

Cun"ning*ness, n. Quality of being cunning; craft.

Cup

Cup (k?p), n. [AS. cuppe, LL. cuppa cup; cf. L. cupa tub, cask; cf. also Gr. k pit, hollow, OSlav. kupa cup. Cf. Coop, Cupola, Cowl a water vessel, and Cob, Coif, Cop.]

1. A small vessel, used commonly to drink from; as, a tin cup, a silver cup, a wine cup; especially, in modern times, the pottery or porcelain vessel, commonly with a handle, used with a saucer in drinking tea, coffee, and the like.

2. The contents of such a vessel; a cupful.

Give me a cup of sack, boy. Shak.

3. pl. Repeated potations; social or exessive indulgence in intoxicating drinks; revelry.

Thence from cups to civil broils. Milton.

4. That which is to be received or indured; that which is allotted to one; a portion.

O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me. Matt. xxvi. 39.

5. Anything shaped like a cup; as, the cup of an acorn, or of a flower.

The cowslip's golden cup no more I see. Shenstone.

6. (Med.) A cupping glass or other vessel or instrument used to produce the vacuum in cupping. Cup and ball, a familiar toy of children, having a cup on the top of a piece of wood to which, a ball is attached by a cord; the ball, being thrown up, is to be caught in the cup; bilboquet. Milman.- Cup and can, familiar companions. -- Dry cup, Wet cup (Med.), a cup used for dry or wet cupping. See under Cupping. -- To be in one's cups, to be drunk.

Cup

Cup, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupped (k?pt); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupping.]

1. To supply with cups of wine. [R.]

Cup us, till the world go round. Shak.

2. (Surg.) To apply a cupping apparatus to; to subject to the operation of cupping. See Cupping.

3. (Mech.) To make concave or in the form of a cup; as, to cup the end of a screw.

Cupbearer

Cup"bear`er (-b?r`?r), n.

1. One whose office it is to fill and hand the cups at an enterainment.

2. (Antiq.) One of the attendants of a prince or noble, permanently charged with the performance of this office for his master. "I was the king's cupbearer." Neh. i. 11.

Cupboard

Cup"board (k?b"b?rd), n. [Cup + board.]

1. A board or shelf for cups and dishes. [Obs.] Bacon.

2. A small closet in a room, with shelves to receive cups, dishes, food, etc.; hence, any small closet. Cupboard love, interested love, or that which has an eye to the cupboard. "A cupboard love is seldom true." Poor Robin. [Colloq.] -- To cry cupboard, to call for food; to express hunger. [Colloq.] "My stomach cries cupboard." W. Irving.

Cupboard

Cup"board, v. t. To collect, as into a cupboard; to hoard. [R.] Shak.

Cupel

Cu"pel (k?"p?l), n. [LL. cupella cup (cf. L. cupella, small cask, dim. of cupa) : cf. F. coupelle. See Cup, and cf. Coblet.] A shallow porus cup, used in refining precious metals, commonly made of bone ashes (phosphate of lime). [Written also coppel.] Cupel dust, powder used in purifying metals.

Cupel

Cu*pel" (k?-p?l"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cupelled (-p?ld"); p. pr. & vb. n. Cupelling.] To refine by means of a cupel.

Cupellation

Cu`pel*la"tion (k?`p?l-l?"sh?n), n. [See Cupel.] The act or process of refining gold or silver, etc., in a cupel. &hand; The process consist in exposing the cupel containing the metal to be assayed or refined to a hot blast, by which the lead, copper, tin, etc., are oxidized, dissolved, and carried down into the porous cupel, leaving the unoxidizable precious metal. If lead is not already present in the alloy it must be added before cupellation.

Cupful

Cup"ful (k?p"f?l), n.; pl. Cupfuls (-f. As much as a cup will hold.

Cup-gall

Cup"-gall` (-g?l`), n. A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.

Cupid

Cu"pid (k?"p?d), n . [L.Cupido, fr. cupido desire, desire of love, fr. cupidus. See Cupidity.] (Rom. Myth.) The god of love, son of Venus; usually represented as a naked, winged boy with bow and arrow.
Pretty dimpled boys, like smiling cupids. Shak.

Cupidity

Cu*pid"i*ty (k?-p?d"?-t?), n. [F. cupidite, L. cupiditas, fr. cupidus longing, desiring, fr. cupere to long for, desire. See Covet.]

1. A passionate desire; love. [Obs.]

2. Eager or inordinate desire, especially for wealth; greed of gain; avarice; covetousness.

With the feelings of political distrust were mingled those of cupidity and envy, as the Spaniard saw the fairest provinces of the south still in the hands of the accursed race of Ishmael. Prescott.

Cup-moss

Cup"-moss` (k?p"m?s`; 115), n. (Bot.) A kind of lichen, of the genus Cladonia.

Cupola

Cu"po*la (k?"p?-l?), n.; pl. Cupolas (-l. [It. cupola, LL. cupula, cuppula (cf. L. cupula little tub). fr. cupa, cuppa, cup; cf. L. cupa tub. So called on account of its resemblance to a cup turned over. See Cup, and cf.Cupule.]

1. (Arch.) A roof having a rounded form, hemispherical or nearly so; also, a celing having the same form. When on a large scale it is usually called dome.

2. A small structure standing on the top of a dome; a lantern.

3. A furnace for melting iron or other metals in large quantity, -- used chiefly in foundries and steel works.

4. A revoling shot-proof turret for heavy ordnance.

5. (Anat.) The top of the spire of the cochlea of the ear.

Cupper

Cup"per (k?p"p?r), n. [Fropm cup.] One who performs the operation of cupping.

Cupping

Cup"ping (k?p"p?ng), n. (Med.) The operation of drawing blood to or from the surface of the person by forming a partial vacuum over the spot. Also, sometimes, a similar operation for drawing pus from an abscess. Cupping glass, a glass cup in which a partial vacuum is produced by heat, in the process of cupping. -- Dry cupping, the application of a cupping instrument without scarification, to draw blood to the surface, produce counter irritation, etc. -- Wet cupping, the operation of drawing blood by the application of a cupping instrument after scarification.

Cupreous

Cu"pre*ous (k?"pr?-?s), a. [L. cupreus, fr. cuprum.] Consisting of copper or resembling copper; coppery.

Cupric

Cu"pric (k?"pr?k), a [From Cuprum.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its lowest proportion.

Cupriferous

Cu*prif"er*ous (k?-pr?f"?r-?s), a. [Cuprum + -ferous.] Containing copper; as, cupriferous silver.

Cuprite

Cu"prite (k?"pr?t), n. (Min.) The red oxide of copper; red copper; an important ore of copper, occurring massive and in isometric crystals.

Cuproid

Cu"proid (k?"proid), n. [Cuprum + -oid.] (Crystalloq.) A solid related to a tetrahedron, and contained under twelve equal triangles.

Cup-rose

Cup"-rose (k?p"r?z), n. Red poppy. See Cop-rose.

Cuprous

Cu"prous (k?"pr?s), a. [From Cuprum.] (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, copper; containing copper; -- said of those compounds of copper in which this element is present in its highest proportion.

Cuprum

Cu"prum (k?"pr?m), n. [L.] (Chem.) Copper.

Cupulate

Cu"pu*late (k?"p?-l?t), a. Having or bearing cupeles; cupuliferous.

Cupule

Cu"pule (k?"p?l), n. [See Cupola.]

1. (Bot.) A cuplet or little cup, as the acorn; the husk or bur of the filbert, chestnut, etc.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A sucker or acetabulum.

Cupuliferous

Cu`pu*lif"er*ous (k?`p?-l?f"?r-?s), a. [Cupule + -ferous: cf. F. cupulif.] Of, pertaining to, or resembling, the family of plants ot which the oak and the chestnut are examples, -- trees bearing a smooth, solid nut inclosed in some kind of cup or bur; bearing, or furnished with, a cupule.

Cur

Cur (k?r), n. [OE. curre, kur; cf. dial. Sw. kurre dog, OD. korre watchdog, and Icel. kurra to murmur, grumble, Sw. kurra to rumble, croak, Dan. kurre to coo, whirr; prob. of imitative origin.]

1. A mongrel or inferior dog.

They . . . like to village curs, Bark when their fellows do. Shak.

2. A worthless, snarling fellow; -- used in contempt.

What would you have, you curs, That like nor peace nor war? Shak.

Curability

Cur`a*bil"i*ty (k?r`?-b?l"?-t?), n. The state of being curable; curableness.

Curable

Cur"a*ble (k?r"?-b'l), a. [Cf. F. curable. See Cure, v. t.] Capable of being cured; admitting remedy. "Curable diseases." Harvey. -- Cur"a*ble*ness, n. -- Cur`a*bly, adv.

Cura\'87ao, Cura\'87oa

Cu`ra*\'87ao", Cu`ra*\'87oa", (k??`r?-s?"), n. A liqueur, or cordial, flavored with orange peel, cinnamon, and mace; -- first made at the island of Cura\'87cao.

Curacy

Cu"ra*cy (k?"r?-s?), n.; pl. Curacies (-s. [See Cure, Curate.] The office or employment of a curate.

Curare Curari

Cu*ra"re Cu*ra"ri (k?-r?"r?), n. [Native name. Cf. Wourall.] A black resinoid extract prepared by the South American Indians from the bark of several species of Strychnos (S. toxifera, etc.). It sometimes has little effect when taken internally, but is quickly fatal when introduced into the blood, and used by the Indians as an arrow poison. [Written also urari, woorali, woorari, etc.]

Curarine

Cu"ra*rine (k?"r?-r?n ∨ k?-r?"r?n; 104), n. (Chem.) A deadly alkaloid extracted from the curare poison and from the Strychnos toxifera. It is obtained in crystalline colorless salts.

Curarize

Cu"ra*rize (-r?z), v. t. To poison with curare.

Curassow

Cu*ras"sow (k?-r?s"s?), n. [Native name in Brazil.] (Zool.) A large gallinaceous bird of the American genera Crax, Ourax, etc., of the family Cracid\'91. &hand; The crested curassow (Crax alector) is black, and about the size of a small hen-turkey, with an erectile crest of curled feathers. It ranges from Mexico to Brazil. The galeated curassow or cushew bird (Ourax Pauxi) is similar in size, and has a large, hollow, blue, pear-shaped protuberance on the head.

Curat

Cu"rat (k?"r?t), n. [SeeCuirass.] A cuirass or breastplate. [Obs.] Spenser.
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Curate

Cu"rate (k?"r?t), n. [LL. curatus, prop., one who is charged with the care (L. cura) of souls. See Cure, n., and cf. Cur] One who has the cure souls; originally, any clergyman, but now usually limited to one who assist a rector or vicar Hook.
All this the good old man performed alone, He spared no pains, for curate he had none. Dryden.

Curateship

Cu"rate*ship, n. A curacy.

Curation

Cu*ra"tion (k?-r?"sh?n), n. [Cf. OF.curacion.] Cure; healing. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Curative

Cur"a*tive (k?r"?-t?v), a. [Cf. F.curatif. See Cure, v. t.] Relating to, or employed in, the cure of diseases; tending to cure. Arbuthnot.

Curator

Cu*ra"tor (k?-r?"t?r). n. [L., fr. curare to take care of, fr. cura care.]

1. One who has the care and superintendence of anything, as of a museum; a custodian; a keeper.

2. One appointed to act as guardian of the estate of a person not legally competent to manage it, or of an absentee; a trustee; a guardian.

Curatorship

Cu*ra"tor*ship, n. The office of a curator.

Curatrix

Cu*ra"trix (-tr?ks), n. [L.]

1. A woman who cures.

2. A woman who is a guardian or custodian. Burrill.

Curb

Curb (k?rb), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curbed (k?rbd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curbing.] [F. courber to bend, curve, L.curvare, fr. curvus bent, curved; cf. Gr. Curve.]

1. To bend or curve [Obs.]

Crooked and curbed lines. Holland.

2. To guide and manage, or restrain, as with a curb; to bend to one's will; to subject; to subdue; to restrain; to confine; to keep in check.

Part wield their arms, part curb the foaming steed. Milton.
Where pinching want must curbthy warm desires. Prior.

3. To furnish wich a curb, as a well; also, to restrain by a curb, as a bank of earth.

Curb

Curb, v. i. To bend; to crouch; to cringe. [Obs.]
Virtue itself of vice must pardon beg, Yea, curb and woo for leave to do him good. Shak.

Curb

Curb, n.

1. That which curbs, restrains, or subdues; a check or hindbrance; esp., a chain or strap attached to the upper part of the branches of a bit, and capable of being drawn tightly against the lower jaw of the horse.

He that before ran in the pastures wild Felt the stiff curb control his angry jaws. Drayton.
By these men, religion,that should be The curb, is made the spur of tyranny. Denham.

2. (Arch.) An assemblage of three or more pieces of timber, or a metal member, forming a frame around an opening, and serving to maintain the integrity of that opening; also, a ring of stone serving a similar purpose, as at the eye of a dome.

3. A frame or wall round the mouth of a well; also, a frame within a well to prevent the earth caving in.

4. A curbstone.

5. (Far.) A swelling on the back part of the hind leg of a horse, just behind the lowest part of the hock joint, generally causing lameness. James Law. Curb bit, a stiff bit having branches by which a leverage is obtained upon the jaws of horse. Knight. -- Curb pins (Horology), the pins on the regulator which restrain the hairspring. -- Curb plate (Arch.), a plate serving the purpose of a curb. -- Deck curb. See under Deck.

Curbless

Curb"less, a. Having no curb or restraint.

Curb roof

Curb" roof` (r??f`). A roof having a double slope, or composed, on each side, of two parts which have unequal inclination; a gambrel roof.

Curbstone

Curb"stone` (k?rb"st?n`), n. A stone Curbstone broker.See under Broker.

Curch

Curch (k??rch), n. See Courche.

Curculio

Cur*cu"li*o (k?r-r?"l?-?), n.; pl. Curculios (-. [L., a grain weevil.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a large group of beetles (Rhynchophora) of many genera; -- called also weevils, snout beetles, billbeetles, and billbugs. Many of the species are very destructive, as the plum curculio, the corn, grain, and rice weevils, etc.

Curculionidous

Cur`cu*li*on"i*dous (k?r`-k?-l?-?n"?-d?s), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Curculionide\'91, or weevil tribe.

Curcuma

Cur"cu*ma (k?r"k?-m?), n. [Cf. F., It., & Sp. curcuma; all fr. Ar. kurkum. Cf. Turmeric.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the order Scitamine\'91, including the turmeric plant (Curcuma longa). Curcuma paper. (Chem.) See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.

Curcumin

Cur"cu*min (-m?n), n. (Chem.) The coloring principle of turmeric, or curcuma root, extracted as an orange yellow crystalline substance, C14H14O4, with a green fluorescence. &hand; It possesses acid properties and with alkalies forms brownish salts. This change in color from yellow to brown is the characteristic reaction of tumeric paper. See Turmeric paper, under Turmeric.

Curd

Curd (k?rd), n. [Of Celtic origin; cf. Gael. gruth, Ir, gruth, cruth, curd, cruthaim I milk.] [Sometimes written crud.]

1. The coagulated or thickened part of milk, as distingushed from the whey, or watery part. It is eaten as food, especially when made into cheese.

Curds and cream, the flower of country fare. Dryden.

2. The coagulated part of any liquid.

3. The edible flower head of certain brassicaceous plants, as the broccoli and cauliflower.

Broccoli should be cut while the curd, as the flowering mass is termed, is entire. R. Thompson.
Cauliflowers should be cut for use while the head, or curd, is still close and compact. F. Burr.

Curd

Curd (k?rd), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curded;p. pr. &\'b5 vb. n. Curding.] To cause to coagulate or thicken; to cause to congeal; to curdle.
Does it curd thy blood To say I am thy mother? Shak.

Curd

Curd, v. i. To become coagulated or thickened; to separate into curds and whey Shak.

Curdiness

Curd"i*ness (-?-n?s), n. The state of being curdy.

Curdle

Cur"dle (k?r"d'l), v. i. [From Curd.] [Sometimes written crudle and cruddle.]

1. To change into curd; to coagulate; as, rennet causes milk to curdle. Thomson.

2. To thicken; to congeal.

Then Mary could feel her heart's blood curdle cold. Southey.

Curdle

Cur"dle, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curdled (-d'ld); p.pr. & vb. n. Curdling (-dl?ng).]

1. To change into curd; to cause to coagulate. "To curdle whites of eggs" Boyle.

2. To congeal or thicken.

My chill blood is curdled in my veins. Dryden.

Curdless

Curd"less (k?rd"l?s), a. Destitute of curd.

Curdy

Curd"y (k?rd"?), a. Like curd; full of curd; coagulated. "A curdy mass." Arbuthnot.

Cure

Cure> (k, n. [OF, cure care, F., also, cure, healing, cure of souls, L. cura care, medical attendance, cure; perh. akin to cavere to pay heed, E. cution. Cure is not related to care.]

1. Care, heed, or attention. [Obs.]

Of study took he most cure and most heed. Chaucer.
Vicarages of greatcure, but small value. Fuller.

2. Spiritual charge; care of soul; the office of a parish priest or of a curate; hence, that which is committed to the charge of a parish priest or of a curate; a curacy; as, to resign a cure; to obtain a cure.

The appropriator was the incumbent parson, and had the cure of the souls of the parishioners. Spelman.

3. Medical or hygienic care; remedial treatment of disease; a method of medical treatment; as, to use the water cure.

4. Act of healing or state of being healed; restoration to health from disease, or to soundness after injury.

Past hope! pastcure! past help. Shak.
I do cures to-day and to-morrow. Luke xii. 32.

5. Means of the removal of disease or evil; that which heals; a remedy; a restorative.

Cold, hunger, prisons, ills without a cure. Dryden.
The proper cure of such prejudices. Bp. Hurd.

Cure

Cure, v. t. [imp.& p.p. Cured (k?rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curing.] [OF. curer to take care, to heal, F., only, to cleanse, L. curare to take care, to heal, fr. cura. See Cure,.]

1. To heal; to restore to health, soundness, or sanity; to make well; -- said of a patient.

The child was cured from that very hour. Matt. xvii. 18.

2. To subdue or remove by remedial means; to remedy; to remove; to heal; -- said of a malady.

To cure this deadly grief. Shak.
Then he called his twelve disciples together, and gave them power . . . to cure diseases. Luke ix. 1.

3. To set free from (something injurious or blameworthy), as from a bad habit.

I never knew any man cured of inattention. Swift.

4. To prepare for preservation or permanent keeping; to preserve, as by drying, salting, etc.; as, to cure beef or fish; to cure hay.

Cure

Cure, v. i.

1. To pay heed; to care; to give attention. [Obs.]

2. To restore health; to effect a cure.

Whose smile and frown, like to Achilles' spear, Is able with the change to kill and cure. Shak.

3. To become healed.

One desperate grief cures with another's languish. Shak.

Cur Cu`r (k?`r?"), n. [F., fr. LL. curatus. See Curate.] A curate; a pardon.

Cureall

Cure"*all` (k?r"?l`), n. A remedy for all diseases, o

Cureless

Cure"less, a. Incapable of cure; incurable.
With patience undergo A cureless ill, since fate will have it so. Dryden.

Curer

Cur"er (-?r), n.

1. One who cures; a healer; a physician.

2. One who prepares beef, fish, etc., for preservation by drying, salting, smoking, etc.

Curette

Cu*rette" (k?-r?t"), n.[F., fr. curer to cleanse.] (Med.) A scoop or ring with either a blunt or a cutting edge, for removing substances from the walls of a cavity, as from the eye, ear, or womb.

Curfew

Cur"few (k?r"f?), n. [OE. courfew, curfu, fr. OF. cuevrefu, covrefeu, F. couvre-feu; covrir to cover + feu fire, fr. L. focus fireplace, hearth. See Cover, and Focus.]

1. The ringing of an evening bell, originally a signal to the inhabitants to cover fires, extinguish lights, and retire to rest, -- instituted by William the Conqueror; also, the bell itself.

He begins at curfew, and walks till the first cock. Shak.
The village curfew, as it tolled profound. Campbell.

2. A utensil for covering the fire. [Obs.]

For pans, pots, curfews, counters and the like. Bacon.

Curia

Cu"ri*a (k?"r?-?), n.; pl. Curle (-. [L.]

1. (Rom. Antiq.) (a) One of the thirty parts into which the Roman people were divided by Romulus. (b) The place of assembly of one of these divisions. (c) The place where the meetings of the senate were held; the senate house.

2. (Middle Ages) The court of a sovereign or of a feudal lord; also; his residence or his household. Burrill.

3. (Law) Any court of justice.

4. The Roman See in its temporal aspects, including all the machinery of administration; -- called also curia Romana.

Curialism

Cu"ri*a*lism (k?"r?-?-l?z'm), n. The wiew or doctrins of the ultramontane party in the Latin Church. Gladstone.

Curialist

Cu"ri*a*list (k?"r?-?-l?st), n. One who belongs to the ultramontane party in the Latin Church. Shipley.

Curialistic

Cu`ri*a*lis"tic (-l?s"t?k), a. [L.curialis belonging to the imperial court, fr. curia, LL., also, counselors and retinue of a king.]

1. Pertaining to a court.

2. Relating or belonging to the ultramonate party in the Latin Church.

Curiality

Cu`ri*al"i*ty (-?l"?-t?), n. [Cf. LL. curialitas courtesy, fr. curialis.] The privileges, prerogatives, or retinue of a court. [Obs.] Bacon.

Curiet

Cu"ri*et (k?"r?-?t), n. A cuirass. [Obs.] Spenser.

Curing

Cur"ing (k?r"?ng), p. a. & vb. n. of Cure. Curing house, a building in which anything is cured; especially, in the West Indies, a building in which sugar is drained and dried.

Curio

Cu"ri*o (k?"r?-?), n.; pl.Curios (-. [Abbreviation of curiosity.] Any curiosity or article of virtu.<-- correct spelling! -->
The busy world, which does not hunt poets as collectors hunt for curios. F. Harrison.

Curiologic

Cu`ri*o*log"ic (-?-l?j"?k), a. [Gr. Cyriologic.] Pertaining to a rude kind of hieroglyphics, in which a thing is represented by its picture instead of by a symbol.

Curiosity

Cu`ri*os"i*ty (k?`r?-?s"?-t?), n.; pl. Curiosities (-t. [OE. curiouste, curiosite, OF. curioset\'82, curiosit\'82, F. curiosit, fr. L. curiositas, fr. curiosus. See Currious, and cf. Curio.]

1. The state or quality or being curious; nicety; accuracy; exactness; elaboration. [Obs.] Bacon.

When thou wast in thy gilt and thy perfume, they mocked thee for too much curiosity. Shak.
A screen accurately cut in tapiary work . . . with great curiosity. Evelin.

2. Disposition to inquire, investigate, or seek after knowledge; a desire to gratify the mind with new information or objects of interest; inquisitiveness. Milton.

3. That which is curious, or fitted to excite or reward attention.

We took a ramble together to see the curiosities of this great town. Addison.
There hath been practiced also a curiosity, to set a tree upon the north side of a wall, and, at a little hieght, to draw it through the wall, etc. Bacon.

Curioso

Cu`ri*o"so (k??`r?-?"z? ∨ k?`r?-?"s?), n.; pl. Curiosos (-zor
-s. [It. See Curious.] A virtuoso.

Curious

Cu"ri*ous (k?"r?-?s), a. [OF. curios, curius, F. curieux, L. curiosus careful, inquisitive, fr. cura care. See Cure.]

1. Difficult to please or satisfy; solicitous to be correct; careful; scrupulous; nice; exact. [Obs.]

Little curious in her clothes. Fuller.
How shall we, If he be curious, work upon his faith? Bean &

2. Exhibiting care or nicety; artfully constructed; elaborate; wrought with elegance or skill.

To devise curious works. Ex. xxxv. 32
His body couched in a curious bed. Shak.

3. Careful or anxious to learn; eager for knowledge; given to research or inquiry; habitually inquisitive; prying; -- sometimes with after or of.

It is a picurious after things that were elegant and beatiful should not have been as curious as to their origin, their uses, and their natural history. Woodward.

4. Exciting attention or inquiry; awakening surprise; inviting and rewarding inquisitiveness; not simple or plain; strange; rare. "Acurious tale" Shak.

A multitude of curious analogies. Mocaulay.
Many a quaint and curiousvolume of forgotten lore. E. A. Poe.
Abstruse investigations in recondite branches of learning or sciense often bring to light curious results. C. J. Smith.
Curious arts, magic. [Obs.]
Many . . . which used curious arts brought their books together, and burned them. Acts xix. 19.
Syn. -- Inquisitive; prying. See Inquisitive.

Curiously

Cu"ri*ous*ly, adv. In a curious manner.

Curiousness

Cu"ri*ous*ness, n.

1. Carefulness; painstaking. [Obs.]

My father's care With curiousness and cost did train me up. Massinger.

2. The state of being curious; exactness of workmanship; ingenuity of contrivance.

3. Inquisitiveness; curiosity.

Curl

Curl (k?rl), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Curled (k?rld); p. pr. & vb. n. Curling.] [Akin to D. krullen, Dan. kr, dial. Sw. krulla to curl, crisp; possibly akin to E. crook. Cf. Curl, n., Cruller.]

1. To twist or form into ringlets; to crisp, as the hair.

But curl their locks with bodkins and with braid. Cascoigne.

2. To twist or make onto coils, as a serpent's body.

Of his tortuous train, Curled many a wanton wreath in sight of Eve. Milton.

3. To deck with, or as with, curls; to ornament.

Thicker than the snaky locks That curledMeg\'91ra. Milton.
Curling with metaphors a plain intention. Herbert.

4. To raise in waves or undulations; to ripple.

Seas would be pools without the brushing air To curl the waves. Dryden.

5. (Hat Making) To shape (the brim) into a curve.

Curl

Curl, v. i.

1. To contract or bend into curis or ringlets, as hair; to grow in curls or spirals, as a vine; to be crinkled or contorted; to have a curly appearance; as, leaves lie curled on the ground.

Thou seest it [hair] will not curl by nature. Shak.

2. To move in curves, spirals, or undulations; to contract in curving outlines; to bend in a curved form; to make a curl or curls. "Cirling billows." Dryden.

Then round her slender waist he curled. Dryden.
Curling smokes from village tops are seen. Pope.
Gayly curl the waves before each dashing prow. Byron.
He smiled a king of sickly smile, and curled up on the floor. Bret Harte.
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3. To play at the game called curling. [Scot.]

Curl

Curl (k?rl), n. [Akin to D. krul, Dan. kr. See Curl, v. ]

1. A ringlet, especially of hair; anything of a spiral or winding form.

Under a coronet, his flowing hair In curls on either cheek played. Milton.

2. An undulating or waving line or streak in any substance, as wood, glass, etc.; flexure; sinuosity.

If the glass of the prisms . . . be without those numberless waves or curls which usually arise from the sand holes. Sir I. Newton.

3. A disease in potatoes, in which the leaves, at their first appearance, seem curled and shrunken. Blue curls. (Bot.) See under Blue.

Curled

Curled (l?rld), a. Having curls; curly; sinuous; wavy; as, curled maple (maple having fibers which take a sinnuous course). Curled hair (Com.), the hair of the manes and tails of horses, prepared for upholstery purposes. McElrath.

Curledness

Curl"ed*ness, n. State of being curled; curliness.

Curler

Curl"er (-?r), n.

1. One who, or that which, curls.

2. A player at the game called curling. Burns.

Curlew

Cur"lew (k?r"l?), n. [F. courlieu, corlieu, courlis; perh. of imitative origin, but cf. OF. corlieus courier; L. currere to run + levis light.] (Zo\'94l.) A wading bird of the genus Numenius, remarkable for its long, slender, curved bill. &hand; The common European curlew is N. arquatus. The long-billed (N. longirostris), the Hudsonian (N. Hudsonicus), and the Eskimo curlew (N. borealis, are American species. The name is said to imitate the note of the European species. Curlew Jack (Zo\'94l.) the whimbrel or lesser curlew. -- Curlew sandpiper (Zo\'94l.), a sandpiper (Tringa ferruginea, ∨ subarquata), common in Europe, rare in America, resembling a curlew in having a long, curved bill. See Illustation in Appendix.

Curliness

Curl"i*ness (k?rl"?-n?s), n. State of being curly.

Curling

Curl"ing, n.

1. The act or state of that which curls; as, the curling of smoke when it rises; the curling of a ringlet; also, the act or process of one who curls something, as hair, or the brim of hats.

2. A scottish game in which heavy weights of stone or iron are propelled by hand over the ice towards a mark.

Curling . . . is an amusement of the winter, and played on the ice, by sliding from one mark to another great stones of 40 to 70 pounds weight, of a hemispherical form, with an iron or wooden handle at top. The object of the player is to lay his stone as near to the mark as possible, to guard that of his partner, which has been well laid before, or to strike off that of his antagonist. Pennant (Tour in Scotland. 1772).
Curling irons, Curling tong, an instrument for curling the hair; -- commonly heated when used.

Curlingly

Curl"ing*ly, adv. With a curl, or curls.

Curly

Curl"y (k?rl"?), a. Curling or tending to curl; having curls; full of ripples; crinkled.

Curlycue

Curl"y*cue (k?rl"?-k?), n. [Cf. F. caracole.] Some thing curled or spiral,, as a flourish made with a pen on paper, or with skates on the ice; a trick; a frolicsome caper. [Sometimes written carlicue.] [ Colloq. U.S.] To cut a curlycue, to make a flourish; to cut a caper.
I gave a flourishing about the room and cut a curlycue with my right foot. McClintock.

Curmudgeon

Cur*mudg"eon (k?r-m?j"?n), n. [OE. cornmudgin, where -mudgin is prob. from OF. muchier, mucier, F. musser to hide; of uncertain origin; cf. OE. muchares skulking thieves, E. miche, micher.] An avaricious, grasping fellow; a miser; a niggard; a churl.
A gray-headed curmudgeon of a negro. W. Irving.

Curmudgeonly

Cur*mudg"eon*ly, a. Like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow.

Curmurring

Cur*mur"ring (k?r-m?r"r?ng), n. Murmuring; grumbling; -- sometimes applied to the rumbling produced by a slight attack of the gripes. [Scot.] Burns.

Curr

Curr (k?r), v. i. [Prob. imitative.] To coo. [Scot.]
The owlets hoot, the owlets curr. Wordsworth.

Currant

Cur"rant (k?r"rant), n. [F. corinthe (raisins de Corinthe raisins of Corinth) currant (in sense 1), from the city of Corinth in Greece, whence, probably, the small dried grape (1) was first imported, the Ribes fruit (2) receiving the name from its resemblance to that grape.]

1. A small kind of seedless raisin, imported from the Levant, chiefly from Zante and Cephalonia; -- used in cookery.

2. The acid fruit or berry of the Ribes rubrum or common red currant, or of its variety, the white currant.

3. (Bot.) A shrub or bush of several species of the genus Ribes (a genus also including the gooseberry); esp., the Ribes rubrum. Black currant,a shrub or bush (Ribes nigrum and R. floridum) and its black, strong-flavored, tonic fruit. -- Cherry currant, a variety of the red currant, having a strong, symmetrical bush and a very large berry. -- Currant borer (Zo\'94l.), the larva of an insect that bores into the pith and kills currant bushes; specif., the larvae of a small clearwing moth (\'92geria tipuliformis) and a longicorn beetle (Psenocerus supernotatus). -- Currant worm (Zo\'94l.), an insect larva which eats the leaves or fruit of the currant. The most injurious are the currant sawfly (Nematus ventricosus), introduced from Europe, and the spanworm (Eufitchia ribearia). The fruit worms are the larva of a fly (Epochra Canadensis), and a spanworm (Eupithecia). -- Flowering currant, Missouri currant, a species of Ribes (R. aureum), having showy yellow flowers.

Currency

Cur"ren*cy (k?r"r?n-c?), n.; pl. Currencies (-s. [Cf. LL. currentia a current, fr. L. currens, p. pr. of currere to run. See Current.]

1. A continued or uninterrupted course or flow like that of a sream; as, the currency of time. [Obs.] Ayliffe.

2. The state or quality of being current; general acceptance or reception; a passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulation; as, a report has had a long or general currency; the currency of bank notes.

3. That which is in circulation, or is given and taken as having or representing value; as, the currency of a country; a specie currency; esp., government or bank notes circulating as a substitute for metallic money.

4. Fluency; readiness of utterance. [Obs.]

5. Current value; general estimation; the rate at which anything is generally valued.

He . . . takes greatness of kingdoms according to their bulk and currency, and not after intrinsic value. Bacon.
The bare name of Englishman . . . too often gave a transient currency to the worthless and ungrateful. W. Irving.

Current

Cur"rent (k?r"rent), a. [OE. currant, OF. curant, corant, p. pr. of curre, corre, F. courre, courir, to run, from L. currere; perh. akin to E. horse. Cf. Course, Concur, Courant, Coranto.]

1. Running or moving rapidly. [Archaic]

Like the current fire, that renneth Upon a cord. Gower.
To chase a creature that was current then In these wild woods, the hart with golden horns. Tennyson.

2. Now passing, as time; as, the current month.

3. Passing from person to person, or from hand to hand; circulating through the community; generally received; common; as, a current coin; a current report; current history.

That there was current money in Abraham's time is past doubt. Arbuthnot.
Your fire-new stamp of honor is scarce current. Shak.
His current value, which is less or more as men have occasion for him. Grew.

4. Commonly estimated or acknowledged.

5. Fitted for general acceptance or circulation; authentic; passable.

O Buckingham, now do I play the touch To try if thou be current gold indeed. Shak.
Account current. See under Account. -- Current money, lawful money. Abbott.

Current

Cur"rent, n. [Cf. F. courant. See Current, a. ]

1. A flowing or passing; onward motion. Hence: A body of fluid moving continuously in a certain direction; a stream; esp., the swiftest part of it; as, a current of water or of air; that which resembles a stream in motion; as, a current of electricity.

Two such silver currents, when they join, Do glorify the banks that bound them in. Shak.
The surface of the ocean is furrowed by currents, whose direction . . . the navigator should know. Nichol.

2. General course; ordinary procedure; progressive and connected movement; as, the current of time, of events, of opinion, etc. Current meter, an instrument for measuring the velocity, force, etc., of currents. -- Current mill, a mill driven by a current wheel. -- Current wheel, a wheel dipping into the water and driven by the current of a stream or by the ebb and flow of the tide. Syn. -- Stream; course. See Stream.

Currently

Cur"rent*ly, adv. In a current manner; generally; commonly; as, it is currently believed.

Currentness

Cur"rent*ness, n.

1. The quality of being current; currency; circulation; general reception.

2. Easiness of pronunciation; fluency. [Obs.]

When currentness [combineth] with staidness, how can the language . . . sound other than most full of sweetness? Camden.

Curricle

Cur"ri*cle (k?r"r?-k'l), n. [L.curriculum a running, a race course, fr. currere to run. See Current, and cf. Curriculum.]

1. A small or short course.

Upon a curricle in this world depends a long course of the next. Sir T. Browne.

2. A two-wheeled chaise drawn by two horses abreast.

Curriculum

Cur*ric"u*lum (k?r-r?k"?-l?m), n.; pl. E. Curriculums (-lCurricula (-l. [L. See Curricle.]

1. A race course; a place for running.

2. A course; particularly, a specified fixed course of study, as in a university.

Currie

Cur"rie (k?r"r?), n. & v. See 2d & 3d Curry.

Curried

Cur"ried (-r, p.a. [See Curry, v. t., and Curry, n.]

1. Dressed by currying; cleaned; prepared.

2. Prepared with curry; as, curried rice, fowl, etc.

Currier

Cur"ri*er (k?"r?-?r), n. [From 1st Curry.] One who curries and dresses leather, after it is tanned.

Currish

Cur"rish (k?r"r?sh), a. [From Cur.] Having the qualities, or exhibiting the characteristics, of a cur; snarling; quarrelsome; snappish; churlish; hence, also malicious; malignant; brutal.
Thy currish spirit Governed a wolf. Shak.
Some currish plot, -- some trick. Lockhart.
-- Cur"rish*ly, adv. -- Cur"rish*ness, n.

Curry

Cur"ry (k?r"r?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curried (-r?d); p.pr. & vb. n. Currying.] [OE. curraien, curreien, OF. cunreer, correier, to prepare, arrange, furnish, curry (a horse), F. corroyer to curry (leather) (cf. OF. conrei, conroi, order, arrangement, LL. conredium); cor- (L.com-) + roi, rei, arrangement, order; prob. of German origin, and akin to E. ready. See Ready, Greith, and cf. Corody, Array.]

1. To dress or prepare for use by a process of scraping, cleansing, beating, smoothing, and coloring; -- said of leather.

2. To dress the hair or coat of (a horse, ox, or the like) with a currycomb and brush; to comb, as a horse, in order to make clean.

Your short horse is soon curried. Beau. & FL.

3. To beat or bruise; to drub; -- said of persons.

I have seen him curry a fellow's carcass handsomely. Beau. & FL.
To curry favor, to seek to gain favor by flattery or attentions. See Favor, n.

Curry

Cur"ry, n. [Tamil kari.] [Written also currie.]

1. (Cookery) A kind of sauce much used in India, containing garlic, pepper, ginger, and other strong spices.

2. A stew of fowl, fish, or game, cooked with curry. Curry powder (Cookery), a condiment used for making curry, formed of various materials, including strong spices, as pepper, ginger, garlic, coriander seed, etc.

Curry

Cur"ry (k?r"r?), v. t. To flavor or cook with curry.

Currycomb

Cur"ry*comb` (k?r"r?-k?m`), n. A kind of card or comb having rows of metallic teeth or serrated ridges, used in curryng a horse.

Currycomb

Cur"ry*comb`, v. t. To comb with a currycomb.

Curse

Curse (k?rs), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cursed (k?rst) or Curst; p. pr. & vb. n. Cursing.] [AS. cursian, corsian, perh. of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. korse to make the sign of the cross, Sw. korsa, fr. Dan. & Sw. kors cross, Icel kross, all these Scand. words coming fr. OF. crois, croiz, fr. L. crux cross. Cf. Cross.]

1. To call upon divine or supernatural power to send injury upon; to imprecate evil upon; to execrate.

Thou shalt not . . . curse the ruler of thy people. Ex. xxii. 28.
Ere sunset I'll make thee curse the deed. Shak.

2. To bring great evil upon; to be the cause of serious harm or unhappiness to; to furnish with that which will be a cause of deep trouble; to afflict or injure grievously; to harass or torment.

On impious realms and barbarous kings impose Thy plagues, and curse 'em with such sons as those. Pope.
To curse by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.

Curse

Curse, v. i. To utter imprecations or curses; to affirm or deny with imprecations; to swear.
Then began he to curse and to swear. Matt. xxi. 74.
His spirits hear me, And yet I need must curse. Shak.

Curse

Curse, n. [AS. curs. See Curse, v. t.]

1. An invocation of, or prayer for, harm or injury; malediction.

Lady, you know no rules of charity, Which renders good for bad, blessings for curses. Shak.

2. Evil pronounced or invoked upon another, solemnly, or in passion; subjection to, or sentence of, divine condemnation.

The priest shall write these curses in a book. Num. v. 23.
Curses, like chickens, come home to roost. Old Proverb.

3. The cause of great harm, evil, or misfortune; that which brings evil or severe affliction; torment.

The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance. Shak.
All that I eat, or drink, or shall beget, Is propagated curse. Milton.
The curse of Scotland (Card Playing), the nine of diamonds. -- Not worth a curse. See under Cress. Syn. -- Malediction; imprecation; execration. See Malediction.

Cursed

Curs"ed (k?rs"?d), a. Deserving a curse; execrable; hateful; detestable; abominable.
Let us fly this cursed place. Milton.
This cursed quarrel be no more renewed. Dryden.

Cursedly

Curs"ed*ly, adv. In a cursed manner; miserably; in a manner to be detested; enormously. [Low]

Cursedness

Curs"ed*ness, n.

1. The state of being under a curse or of being doomed to execration or to evil.

2. Wickedness; sin; cursing. Chaucer.

3. Shrewishness. "My wife's cursedness." Chaucer.

Curser

Curs"er (k?rs"?r), n. One who curses.

Curship

Cur"ship (k?r"sh?p), n. [Cur +-ship.] The state of being a cur; one who is currish. [Jocose]
How durst he, I say, oppose thy curship! Hudibras.

Cursitating

Cur"si*ta`ting (k?r"s?-t?`t?ng), a. [See Cursitor.] Moving about slightly. [R.] H. Bushnell.

Cursitor

Cur"si*tor (k?r"s?-t?r), n. [LL. cursitor, equiv. to L. cursor, fr. cursare to run hither and thither, fr. currere to run. See Current, and cf. Cursor.]

1. A courier or runner. [Obs.] "Cursitors to and fro." Holland.

2. (Eng.Law) An officer in the Court of Chancery, whose business is to make out original writs.

Cursive

Cur"sive (k?r"s?v), a. [LL. cursivus: cf. F. cursif See Cursitor.] Running; flowing. Cursive hand,a running handwriting.

Cursive

Cur"sive, n.

1. A character used in cursive writing.

2. A manuscript, especially of the New Testament, written in small, connected characters or in a running hand; -- opposed to uncial. Shipley.

Cursor

Cur"sor (k?r"s?r), n. [L., a runner. See Cursitor.] Any part of a mathematical instrument that moves or slides backward and forward upon another part.

Cursorary

Cur"so*ra*ry (-s?-r?-r?), a. Cursory; hasty. [Obs.]
With a cursorary eye o'erglanced the articles. Shak.

Cursores

Cur*so"res (k?r-s?"rEz), n. pl. [L. cursor, pl. cursores, a runner.] (Zo\'94l.) (a) An order of running birds including the ostrich, emu, and allies; the Ratita\'91. (b) A group of running spiders; the wolf spiders.

Cursorial

Cur*so"ri*al (k?r-s?"r?-al), a. (Zo\'94l.) (a) Adapted to running or walking, and not to prehension; as, the limbs of the horse are cursorial. See Illust. of Aves. (b) Of or pertaining to the Cursores.

Cursorily

Cur"so*ri*ly (k?r"s?-r?-l?), adv. In a running or hasty manner; carelessly.

Cursoriness

Cur"so*ri*ness, n. The quality of being cursory; superficial performance; as, cursoriness of view.

Cursory

Cur"so*ry (k?r"s?-r?), a. [L. cursorius, fr. cursor. See Cursor.]

1. Running about; not stationary. [Obs.]

2. Characterized by haste; hastily or superficially performed; slight; superficial; careless.

Events far too important to be treated in a cursory manner. Hallam.

Curst

Curst (k?rst), imp. & p.p. of Curse.

Curst

Curst, a. [SeeCurse.] Froward; malignant; mischievous; malicious; snarling. [Obs.]
Though his mind Be ne'er so curst, his tonque is kind. Crashaw.

Curstfully

Curst"ful*ly (-f?l-l?), adv. Peevishly; vexatiously; detestably. [Obs.] "Curstfully mad." Marston.
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Curtsness

Curts"ness (k?rst"n?s), n. Peevishness; malignity; frowardness; crabbedness; surliness. [Obs.] Shak.

Curt

Curt (k?rt), a. [L. curtus; cf. Skr. kart to cut. Cf. Curtail.] Characterized by exessive brevity; short; rudely concise; as, curt limits; a curt answer.
The curt, yet comprehensive reply. W. Irving.

Curtail

Cur*tail" (k?r-t?l"), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtailed (-t?ld"); p.pr. & vb.n. Curtailing.] [See Curtal.] To cut off the end or tail, or any part, of; to shorten; to abridge; to diminish; to reduce.
I, that am curtailed of this fair proportion. Shak.
Our incomes have been curtailed; his salary has been doubled. Macualay.

Curtail

Cur"tail (k?r"t?l), n. The scroll termination of any architectural member, as of a step, etc.

Curtail dog

Cur"tail dog` (d. A dog with a docked tail; formerly, the dog of a person not qualified to course, which, by the forest laws, must have its tail cut short, partly as a mark, and partly from a notion that the tail is necessary to a dog in running; hence, a dog not fit for sporting.
Hope is a curtail dog in some affairs. Shak.

Curtailer

Cur*tail"er (k?r-t?l"?r), n. One who curtails.

Curtailment

Cur*tail"ment (k?r-t?l"ment), n. The act or result of curtailing or cutting off. Bancroft.

Curtain

Cur"tain (k?r"t?n; 48), n. [OE.cortin, curtin,fr. OF. cortine, curtine, F. courtine, LL. cortina, curtian (in senses 1 and 2), also, small court, small inclosure surrounded by walls, from cortis court. See Court.]

1. A hanging screen intended to darken or conceal, and admitting of being drawn back or up, and reclosed at pleasure; esp., drapery of cloth or lace hanging round a bed or at a window; in theaters, and like places, a movable screen for concealing the stage.

2. (Fort.) That part of the rampart and parapet which is between two bastions or two gates. See Illustrations of Ravelin and Bastion.

3. (Arch.) That part of a wall of a building which is between two pavilions, towers, etc.

4. A flag; an ensign; -- in contempt. [Obs.] Shak. Behind the curtain, in concealment; in secret. -- Curtain lecture, a querulous lecture given by a wife to her husband within the bed curtains, or in bed. Jerrold.

A curtain lecture is worth all the sermons in the world for teaching the virtues of patience and long-suffering. W. Irving.
-- The curtain falls, the performance closes. -- The curtain rises, the performance begins. -- To draw the curtain, to close ot over an object, or to remove it; hence: (a) To hide or to disclose an object. (b) To commence or close a performance. -- To drop the curtain, to end the tale, or close the performance.

Curtain

Cur"tain, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curtained (-t?nd; 48); p. pr. & vb. n. Curtaining.] To inclose as with curtains; to furnish with curtains.
So when the sun in bed Curtained with cloudy red. Milton.

Curtal

Cur"tal (k?r"tal), a. [OF. courtault, F. courtaud, having a docked tail (cf. It. cortaldo), fr. court short, L. curtus. See Curt, and Curtail.] Curt; brief; laconic.
Essays and curtal aphorisms. Milton.
Curtal dog. See Curtail dog.

Curtal

Cur"tal, n. A horse with a docked tail; hence, anything cut short. [Obs] Nares.

Curtal axks, Curtle ax, Curtelasse

Cur"tal ax` (?ks`), Cur"tle ax`, Curte"lasse (k?rt"las). A corruption of Cutlass.

Curtal friar

Cur"tal fri`ar (fr?`?r). A friar who acted as porter at the gate of a monastery. Sir W. Scott.

Curtana

Cur*ta"na (k?r-t?"n?), n. The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor.

Curtate

Cur"tate (k?r"t?t), a. [L. curtatus, p.p. of curtare to shorten, fr. curtus. See Curt.] (Astron.) Shortened or reduced; -- said of the distance of a planet from the sun or earth, as measured in the plane of the ecliptic, or the distance from the sun or earth to that point where a perpendicular, let fall from the planet upon the plane of the ecliptic, meets the ecliptic. Curtate cycloid. (Math.) See Cycloid.

Curtation

Cur*ta"tion (k?r-t?"sh?n), n. (Astron.) The interval by which the curtate distance of a planet is less than the true distance.

Curtein

Cur*tein" (k?r-t?n"), n. Same as Curtana.

Curtes

Cur*tes" (k?r-t?s"), a. Courteous. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Curtesy

Cur"te*sy (k?r"t?-s?), n.; pl. Curtesies (-s. [Either fr. courlesy, the lands being held as it were by favor; or fr. court (LL. curtis), the husband being regarded as holding the lands as a vassal of the court. See Court, Courtesy.] (Law) the life estate which a husband has in the lands of his deceased wife, which by the common law takes effect where he has had issue by her, born alive, and capable of inheriting the lands. Mozley & W.

Curtilage

Cur"ti*lage (k, n. [OF. cortillage, curtillage, fr. cortil court, courtyard, LL. cortis court. See Court.] (Law) A yard, courtyard, or piece of ground, included within the fence surrounding a dwelling house. Burrill.

Curtly

Curt"ly (k?rt"l?), adv. In a curt manner.

Curtness

Curt"ness, n. The quality of bing curt.

Curtsy

Curt"sy (k?rt"s?), n. Same as Courtesy, an act of respect.

Curule

Cu"rule (k?"r?l), a. [L. curulis, fr. currus a charoit: cf. F. curule.]

1. Of or pertaining to a charoit.

2. (Rom. Antiq.) Of or pertaining to a kind of chair appropriated to Roman magistrates and dignitaries; pertaining to, having, or conferring, the right to sit in the curule chair; hence, official. &hand; The curule chair was usually shaped like a camp stool, and provided with curved legs. It was at first ornamented with ivory, and later sometimes made of ivory and inlaid with gold. Curule dignity right of sitting in the curule chair.

Cururo

Cu*ru"ro (k??-r??"r?), n. [Chilian name.] (Zo\'94l.) A Chilian burrowing rodent of the genus Spalacopus.

Curval krval, Curvant

Cur"val (k?r"val), Cur"vant (-vant), a. [L. curvans, p. pr. ] (Her.) Bowed; bent; curved.

Curvate krvt, Curvated

Cur"vate (k?r"v?t), Cur"va*ted (-v?-t?d), a. [L. curvatus p. p. of curvare to curve, fr. curvus. See Curve.] Bent in a regular form; curved.

Curvation

Cur*va"tion (k?r-v?"sh?n), n. [L. curvatio.] The act of bending or crooking.

Curvative

Cur"va*tive (k?r"v?-t?v), a. (Bot.) Having the margins only a little curved; -- said of leaves. Henslow.

Curvature

Cur"va*ture (k?r"v?-t?r; 135), n. [L. curvatura. See Curvate.]

1. The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direction; a bend; a curve. Cowper.

The elegant curvature of their fronds. Darwin.

2. (Math.) The amount of degree of bending of a mathematical curve, or the tendency at any point to depart from a tangent drawn to the curve at that point. Aberrancy of curvature (Geom.), the deviation of a curve from a curcular form. -Absolute curvature. See under Absolute. -- Angle of curvature (Geom.), one that expresses the amount of curvature of a curve. -- Chord of curvature. See under Chord. -- Circle of curvature. See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle. -- Curvature of the spine (Med.), an abnormal curving of the spine, especially in a lateral direction. -- Radius of curvature, the radius of the circle of curvature, or osculatory circle, at any point of a curve.

Curve

Curve (k?rv), a. [L. curvus bent, curved. See Cirb.] Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

Curve

Curve, n. [See Curve, a., Cirb.]

1. A bending without angles; that wcich is bent; a flexure; as, a curve in a railway or canal.

2. (Geom.) A line described according to some low, and having no finite portion of it a straight line. Axis of a curve. See under Axis. -- Curve of quickest descent. See Brachystochrone. -- Curve tracing (Math.), the process of determining the shape, location, singular points, and other perculiarities of a curve from its equation. -- Plane curve (Geom.), a curve such that when a plane passes through three points of the curve, it passes through all the other points of the curve. Any other curve is called a curve of double curvature, or a twisted curve.

Curve

Curve, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Curved (k?rvd); p. pr. & vb. n. Curving.] [L. curvare., fr. curvus. See Curve, a., Curb.] To bend; to crook; as, to curve a line; to curve a pipe; to cause to swerve from a straight course; as, to curve a ball in pitching it.

Curve

Curve, v. i. To bend or turn gradually from a given direction; as, the road curves to the right.

Curvedness

Curv"ed*ness (-?d-n?s), n. The state of being curved.

Curvet

Cur"vet (k?r"v?t ∨ k?r-v?t"; 277), n. [OE. corvet, It.corvetta: cf. F. courbette. See Curve, and cf. Corvetto.]

1. (Man.) A particular leap of a horse, when he raises both his fore legs at once, equally advanced, and, as his fore legs are falling, raises his hind legs, so that all his legs are in the air at once.

2. A prank; a frolic.

Curvet

Cur"vet, v. i. [imp. & p.p. Curveted or -vetted; p.pr. & vb. n. Curveting or -vetting.] [Cf. It. corvettare. See Curvet, n.]

1. To make a curvet; to leap; to bound. 'Oft and high he did curvet." Drayton.

2. To leap and frisk; to frolic. Shak.

Curvet

Cur"vet, v. t. To cause to curvet. Landor.

Curvicaudate

Cur`vi*cau"date (k?r`v?-k?"d?t), a. [L. curvus bent + E. caudate.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a curved or crooked tail.

Curvicostate

Cur`vi*cos"tate (k?r`v?-k?s"t?t), a. [L. curvus + E. costate.] (Bot.) Having bent ribs.

Curvidentate

Cur`vi*den"tate (k?r`v?-d?n"t?t), a. [L. curvus + E. dentate.] Having curved teeth.

Curviform

Cur"vi*form (k?r"v?-f?rm), a. [L. curvus + -form.] Having a curved form.

Curvilinead

Cur`vi*lin"e*ad (k?r`v?-l?n"?-?d), n. (Geom.) An instrument for drawing curved lines.

Curvilineal -al, Curvilinear

Cur`vi*lin"e*al (-al), Cur`vi*lin"e*ar (-?r), a. [L. curvus bent + E. lineal, linear.] Consisting of, or bounded by, curved lines; as, a curvilinear figure.

Curvilinearity

Cur`vi*lin`e*ar"i*ty (-?r"?-t?), n. The state of being curvilinear or of being bounded by curved lines.

Curvilinearly

Cur`vi*lin"e*ar*ly (-?r-l?), adv. In a curvilinear manner.

Curvinerved

Cur"vi*nerved` (-n?rvd`), a. [L. curvus bent + E. nerve. ] (Bot.) Having the ribs or the veins of the leaves curved; -- called also curvinervate and curve-veined.

Curvirostral

Cur`vi*ros"tral (-r?s"tral), a. [L. curvus + E. rostral.] (Zo\'94l.) Having a crooked beak, as the crossbill.

Curvirostres

Cur"vi*ros"tres (-r?s"tr?z), n. pl. [NL., fr. L. curvus curved + rostrum beak, rostrum.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of passerine birds, including the creepers and nuthatches.

Curviserial

Cur`vi*se"ri*al (-s?"r?-al), a. [L. curvus bent + E. serial.] (Bot.) Distributed in a curved line, as leaves along a stem.

Curvity

Cur"vi*ty (k?r"v?-y?), n. [L. curvitas, from curvus bent: cf. F. curvit\'82.] The state of being curved; a bending in a regular form; crookedness. Holder.

Curvograph

Cur"vo*graph (k?r"v?-gr?f), n. [L. curvus bent + -graph.] (Geom.) An arcograph.

Cushat

Cush"at (k??sh"?t), n. [AS. cusceote.] (Zo\'94l.) The ringdove or wood pigeon.
Scarce with cushat's homely song can vie. Sir W. Scott.

Cushewbird

Cush"ew*bird (k?sh"?-b?rd`), n. (Zo\'94l) The galeated curassow. See Curassow.

Cushion

Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), n. [OE. cuischun, quisshen, OF. coissin, cuissin, F. coussin, fr. (assumed) LL. culcitinum, dim. of L. culcita cushion, mattress, pillow. See Quilt, and cf. Counterpoint a coverlet.]

1. A case or bag stuffed with some soft and elastic material, and used to sit or recline upon; a soft pillow or pad.

Two cushions stuffed with straw, the seat to raise. Dryden.

2. Anything resembling a cushion in properties or use; as: (a) a pad on which gilders cut gold leaf; (b) a mass of steam in the end of the cylinder of a steam engine to receive the impact of the piston; (c) the elastic edge of a billiard table.

3. A riotous kind of dance, formerly common at weddings; -- called also cushion dance. Halliwell. Cushion capital.(Arch.) A capital so sculptured as to appear like a cushion pressed down by the weight of its entablature. (b) A name given to a form of capital, much used in the Romanesque style, modeled like a bowl, the upper part of which is cut away on four sides, leaving vertical faces. -- Cushion star (Zo\'94l.) a pentagonal starfish belonging to Goniaster, Astrogonium, and other allied genera; -- so called from its form.

Cushion

Cush"ion (k??sh"?n), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cushioned (-?nd); p. pr. & vb. Cushioning.]

1. To seat or place on, or as on a cushion.

Many who are cushioned on thrones would have remained in obscurity. Bolingbroke.

2. To furnish with cushions; as, to cushion a chaise.

3. To conceal or cover up, as under a cushion. Cushioned hammer, a dead-stroke hammer. See under Dead-stroke.

Cushionet

Cush"ion*et (k??sh"?n-?t), n. [OF. coissinet, F. coussinet. See Cushion, and cf. Coussinet.] A little cushion.

Cushionless

Cush"ion*less, a. Hot furnished with a cushion.
Rows of long, cushionless benches, supplying the place of pews. Hawthorne.

Cushiony

Cush"ion*y (-?), a. Like a cushion; soft; pliable.
A flat and cushiony noce. Dickens.

Cushite

Cush"ite (k?sh"?t), n. A descendant of Cush, the son of Ham and grandson of Noah.

Cusk

Cusk (k?sk), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large, edible, marine fish (Brosmius brosme), allied to the cod, common on the northern coasts of Europe and America; -- called also tusk and torsk.

Cuskin

Cus"kin (k?s"k?n), n. A kind of drinking cup. [Obs.]

Cusp

Cusp (k?sp), n. [L. cuspis, -idis, point, pointed end.]

1. (Arch.) A triangular protection from the intrados of an arch, or from an inner curve of tracery.

2. (Astrol.) The beginning or first entrance of any house in the calculations of nativities, etc.

3. (Astron) The point or horn of the crescent moon or other crescent-shaped luminary.

4. (Math.) A multiple point of a curve at which two or more branches of the curve have a common tangent.

5. (Anat.) A prominence or point, especially on the crown of a tooth.

6. (Bot.) A sharp and rigid point.

Cusp

Cusp, v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cusped (k?spt); p.pr. & vb. n. Cusping.] To furnish with a cusp or cusps.

Cuspated

Cus"pa*ted (k?s"p?-t?d), a. Ending in a point.

Cuspid

Cus"pid (k?s"p?d), n. [See Cusp.] (Anat.) One of the canine teeth; -- so called from having but one point or cusp on the crown. See Tooth.

Cuspidal

Cus"pi*dal (-p?-dal), a. [From L. cuspis, cuspidis. See Cusp.] Ending in a point.

Cuspidate

Cus"pi*date (-d?t), v. t. To make pointed or sharp.

Cuspidate ksp-dt, Cuspidated

Cus"pi*date (k?s"p?-d?t), Cus"pi*da`ted (-d?`t?d), a. [L. cuspidatus, p.p. of cuspidare to make pointed, fr. cuspis. See Cusp.] Having a sharp end, like the point of a spear; terminating in a hard point; as, a cuspidate leaf.

Cuspidor

Cus"pi*dor (-d?r), n. [Pg. cuspideria, fr. cuspir to spit.] Any ornamental vessel used as a spittoon; hence, to avoid the common term, a spittoon of any sort.

Cuspis

Cus"pis (k?s"p?s), n. [L.] A point; a sharp end.

Custard

Cus"tard (k?s"t?rd), n. [Prob. the same word as OE. crustade, crustate, a pie made with a crust, fr. L. crustatus covered with a crust, p. p. of crustare, fr. crusta crust; cf. OF. croustade pasty, It. crostata, or F. coutarde. See Crust, and cf. Crustated.] A mixture of milk and eggs, sweetened, and baked or boiled. Custard apple (Bot.), a low tree or shrub of tropical America, including several species of Anona (A. squamosa, reticulata, etc.), having a roundish or ovate fruit the size of a small orange, containing a soft, yellowish, edible pulp. -- Custard coffin, pastry, or crust, which covers or coffins a custard [Obs.] Shak.

Custode

Cus"tode (k?s"t?d), n. [F. or It. custode, fr. L. custos, -odis.] See Custodian.

Custodial

Cus*to"di*al (k?s-t?"d?-al), a. [Cf. F. custodial, fr. L. custodia. See Custody.] Relating to custody or guardianship.

Custodian

Cus*to"di*an (k?s-t?"d?-an), n. [From Custody.] One who has care or custody, as of some public building; a keeper or superintendent.

Custodianship

Cus*to"di*an*ship, n. Office or duty of a custodian.

Custodier

Cus*to"di*er (-?r), n. [Cf. LL. custodiarus.] A custodian. [Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Custody

Cus"to*dy (k?s"t?-d?), n. [L. custodia, fr. custos guard; prob. akin to Gr. hide. Seee Hide to cover.]

1. A keeping or guarding; care, watch, inspection, for keeping, preservation, or security.

A fleet of thirty ships for the custody of the narrow seas. Bacon.

2. Judicial or penal safe-keeping.

Jailer, take him to thy custody. Shak.

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3. State of being guarded and watched to prevent escape; restraint of liberty; confinement; imprisonment.

What pease will be given To us enslaved, but custody severe, And stripes and arbitrary punishment? Milton.

Custom

Cus"tom (k?s"t?m), n. [OF. custume, costume, Anglo-Norman coustome, F. coutume, fr. (assumed) LL. consuetumen custom, habit, fr. L. consuetudo, -dinis, fr. consuescere to accustom, verb inchoative fr. consuere to be accustomed; con- + suere to be accustomed, prosuus one's own; akin to E. so, adv. Cf. Consuetude, Costume.]

1. Frequent repetition of the same act; way of acting common to many; ordinary manner; habitual practice; usage; method of doing or living.

And teach customs which are not lawful. Acts xvi. 21.
Moved beyong his custom, Gama said. Tennyson.
A custom More honored in the breach than the observance. Shak.

2. Habitual buying of goods; practice of frequenting, as a shop, manufactory, etc., for making purchases or giving orders; business support.

Let him have your custom, but not your votes. Addison.

3. (Law) Long-established practice, considered as unwritten law, and resting for authority on long consent; usage. See Usage, and Prescription. &hand; Usage is a fact. Custom is a law. There can be no custom without usage, though there may be usage without custom. Wharton.

4. Familiar aquaintance; familiarity. [Obs.]

Age can not wither her, nor custom stale Her infinite variety. Shak.
Custom of merchants, a system or code of customs by which affairs of commerce are regulated. -- General customs, those which extend over a state or kingdom. -- Particular customs, those which are limited to a city or district; as, the customs of London. Syn. -- Practice; fashion. See Habit, and Usage.

Custom

Cus"tom, v. t. [Cf. OF. costumer. Cf. Accustom.]

1. To make familiar; to accustom. [Obs.] Gray.

2. To supply with customers. [Obs.] Bacon.

Custom

Cus"tom, v. i. To have a custom. [Obs.]
On a bridge he custometh to fight. Spenser.

Custom

Cus"tom, n. [OF. coustume, F. coutume, tax, i. e., the usual tax. See 1st Custom.] 1 the customary toll,tax, or tribute.
Render, therefore, to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom. Rom. xiii. 7.

2. pl. Duties or tolls imposed by law on commodities, imported or exported.

Custom

Cus"tom, v. t. To pay the customs of. [Obs.] Marlowe.

Customable

Cus"tom*a*ble (-?-b'l), a. [Cf. OF. coustumable.]

1. Customary. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

2. Subject to the payment of customs; dutiable.

Customableness

Cus"tom*a*ble*ness, n. Quality of being customable; conformity to custom. [Obs.]

Customably

Cus"tom*a*bly, adv. Usually. [Obs.] Milton.

Customarily

Cus"tom*a*ri*ly (-?-r?-l?), adv. In a customary manner; habitually.

Customariness

Cus"tom*a*ri*ness, n. Quality of being customary.

Customary

Cus"tom*a*ry (k?s"t?m-?-r?), a. [CF. OF. coustumier, F. coutumier. See Custom, and cf. Customer.]

1. Agreeing with, or established by, custom; established by common usage; conventional; habitual.

Even now I met him With customary compliment. Shak.
A formal customary attendance upon the offices. South.

2. (Law) Holding or held by custom; as, customary tenants; customary service or estate.

Customary

Cus"tom*a*ry, n. [OF. coustumier, F. coutumier.] A book containing laws and usages, or customs; as, the Customary of the Normans. Cowell.

Customer

Cus"tom*er (k?s"t?m-?r), n. [A doublet of customary, a.: cf. LL. custumarius toll gatherer. See Custom.]

1. One who collect customs; a toll gatherer. [Obs.]

The customers of the small or petty custom and of the subsidy do demand of them custom for kersey cloths. Hakluyt.

2. One who regularly or repeatedly makes purchases of a trader; a purchaser; a buyer.

He has got at last the character of a good customer; by this means he gets credit for something considerable, and then never pays for it. Goldsmith.

3. A person with whom a business house has dealings; as, the customers of a bank. J. A. H. Murray.

4. A peculiar person; -- in an indefinite sense; as, a queer customer; an ugly customer. [Colloq.] Dickens.

5. A lewd woman. [Obs.] Shak.

Customhouse

Cus"tom*house" (-hous`), n. The building where customs and duties are paid, and where vessels are entered or cleared. Customhouse broker, an agent who acts for merchants in the business of entering and clearing goods and vessels.

Custos

Cus"tos (k?s"t?s), n.; pl. Custodes (k. [L.] A keeper; a custodian; a superintendent. [Obs.] Custos rotulorum (r [LL., keeper of the rolls] (Eng. Law), the principal justice of the peace in a county, who is also keeper of the rolls and records of the sessions of the peace.

Custrel

Cus"trel (k?s"trel), n [OF. coustillier. See Coistril.] An armor-bearer to a knight. [Obs.]

Custrel

Cus"trel, n. See Costrel. [Obs.] Ainsworth.

Custumary

Cus"tu*ma*ry (-t?-m?-r?), a. See Customary. [Obs.]

Cut

Cut (k?t), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Cut; p.pr. & vb. n. Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten, curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece, Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]

1. To sparate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to divide.

You must cut this flesh from off his breast. Shak.
Before the whistling winds the vessels fly, With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. Pope.

2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering; to hew; to mow or reap.

Thy servants can skill to cut timer. 2. Chron. ii. 8

3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as, to cut the hair; to cut the nails.

4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.

5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing, etc.; to carve; to hew out.

Why should a man. whose blood is warm within, Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? Shak.
Loopholes cut through thickest shade. Milton.

6. To wound or hurt deeply the snsibilities of; to pierce; to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.

The man was cut to the heart. Addison.

7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right angles.

8. To refuse to recognize; to ignorre; as, to cut a person in the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]

9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a recitation. etc. [Colloq.]

An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the shop whenever he can do so with impunity. Thomas Hamilton.
To cut a caper. See under Caper. -- To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions, in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change the cards to be dealt. -- To cut a dash ∨ a figure, to make a display. [Colloq.] -- To cut down. (a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate. "Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia." Knolles. (b) To put down; to abash; to humble, [Obs] "So great is his natural eloquence, that he cuts doun the finest orator." Addison (c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down expenses. (d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a sloop. -- To cut the knot ∨ the Gordian knot, to dispose of a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary action, rather than by skill or patience. -- To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw lots. -- To cut off. (a) To sever; to separate.
I would to God, . . . The king had cut off my brother's. Shak.
(b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to destroy. "Irencut off
by martyrdom." Addison. (c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam engine. (d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat. (e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate. -- To cut out. (a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a piece from a board. (b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a garment. " A large forest cut out into walks." Addison. (c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place for himself." Addison. (d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to cut out a rival. [Colloq.] (e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common acknowledgments." Pope. (f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or from under the guns of an enemy. -- To cut to pieces. (a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces. (b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces. -- To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out passages, to adapt it for the stage. -- To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for transportation below the rates established between competing lines. -- To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus replied." Dryden. -- To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately. [Slang] -- To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce through the gum and appear. -- To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing. [Colloq.] -- To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion. -- To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor in trade. -- To cut up. (a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes. (b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This doctrine cuts up all government by the roots." Locke. (c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.] Thackeray.

Cut

Cut (k?t), v. i.

1. To do the work of an edged tool; to serve in dividing or gashing; as, a knife cuts well.

2. To admit of incision or severance; to yield to a cutting instrument.

Panels of white wood that cuts like cheese. Holmes.

3. To perform the operation of dividing, severing, incising, intersecting, etc.; to use a cutting instrument.

He saved the lives of thousands by manner of cutting for the stone. Pope.

4. To make a stroke with a whip.

5. To interfere, as a horse.

6. To move or make off quickly. [Colloq.]

7. To divide a pack of cards into two portion to decide the deal or trump, or to schange the order of the cards to be dealt. To cut across, to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field. -- To cut and run, to make off suddenly and quickly; -- from the cutting of a ship's cable, when there is not time to raise the anchor. [Colloq.] -- To cut in ∨ into, to interrupt; to jont an anything suddenly. -- To cut up. (a) To play pranks. [Colloq.] (b) To divide into portions well or ill; to have the property left at one's death turn out well or poorly when divided among heirs, legatees, etc. [Slang.] "When I die, may I cut up as well as Morgan Pendennis." Thackeray.

Cut

Cut, n.

1. An opening made with an edged instrument; a cleft; a gash; a slash; a wound made by cutting; as, a sword cut.

2. A stroke or blow or cutting motion with an edged instrument; a stroke or blow with a whip.

3. That which wounds the feelings, as a harsh remark or criticism, or a sarcasm; personal discourtesy, as neglecting to recognize an acquaintance when meeting him; a slight.

Rip called him by name, but the cur snarled, snapped his teeth, and passed on. This was an unkind cut indeed. W. Irving.

4. A notch, passage, or channel made by cutting or digging; a furrow; a groove; as, a cut for a railroad.

This great cut or ditch Secostris . . . purposed to have made a great deal wider and deeper. Knolles.

5. The surface left by a cut; as, a smooth or clear cut.

6. A portion severed or cut off; a division; as, a cut of beef; a cut of timber.

It should be understood, moreover, . . . that the group are not arbitrary cuts, but natural groups or types. Dana.

7. An engraved block or plate; the impression from such an engraving; as, a book illustrated with fine cuts.

8. (a) The act of dividing a pack cards. (b) The right to divide; as, whose cut is it?

9. Manner in which a thing is cut or formed; shape; style; fashion; as, the cut of a garment.

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut. Shak.

10. A common work horse; a gelding. [Obs.]

He'll buy me a cut, forth for to ride. Beau. & Fl.

11. The failure of a college officer or student to be present at any appointed exercise. [College Cant]

12. A skein of yarn. Wright. A cut in rates (Railroad), a reduction in fare, freight charges, etc., below the established rates. -- A short cut, a cross route which shortens the way and cuts off a circuitous passage. -- The cut of one's jib, the general appearance of a person. [Colloq.] -- To draw cuts, to draw lots, as of paper, etc., cut unequal lengths.

Now draweth cut . . . The which that hath the shortest shall begin. Chaucer.

Cut

Cut (k?t), a.

1. Gashed or divided, as by a cutting instrument.

2. Formed or shaped as by cuttting; carved.

3. Overcome by liquor; tipsy. [Slang] Cut and dried, prepered beforehand; not spontaneous. -- Cut glass, glass having a surface ground and polished in facets or figures. -- Cut nail, a nail cut by machinery from a rolled plate of iron, in distinction from a wrought nail. -- Cut stone, stone hewn or chiseled to shape after having been split from the quarry.

Cutaneous

Cu*ta"ne*ous (k?-t?"n?-?s), a. [Cf. F. cutan, fr. L. cutis skin. See Cuticle.] Of pertaining to the skin; existing on, or affecting, the skin; as, a cutaneous disease; cutaneous absorption; cutaneous respiration.

Cutaway

Cut"a*way` (k?t"?-w?`), a. Having a part cut off or away; having the corners rounded or cut away. Cutaway coat, a coat whose skirts are cut away in front so as not to meet at the bottom.

Cutch

Cutch (k?ch; 224), n. See Catechu.

Cutch

Cutch, n. (Zo\'94l.) See Cultch.

Cutchery

Cutch"er*y (k?ch"?r-?), n. [Hind. kachahri.] A hindoo hall of justice. Malcom.

Cute

Cute (k?t), a. [An abbrev. of acute.] Clever; sharp; shrewd; ingenious; cunning. [Colloq.]

Cuteness

Cute"ness, n. Acuteness; cunning. [Colloq.]

Cutgrass

Cut"grass` (k?t"gr?s`). A grass with leaves having edges furnished with very minute hooked prickles, which form a cutting edge; one or more species of Leersia.

Cuticle

Cu"ti*cle (k?"t?-k'l), n. [L. cuticula, dim. of cuttis skin; akin to E. hide skin of an animal.]

1. (Anat.) The scarfskin or epidermis. See Skin.

2. (Bot.) The outermost skin or pellicle of a plant, found especially in leaves and young stems.

3. A thin skin formed on the surface of a liquid.

Cuticular

Cu*tic"u*lar (k?-t?k"?-l?r), a. Pertaining to the cuticle, or external coat of the skin; epidermal.

Cutin

Cu"tin (k?"t?n), n. [L. cutis skin, outside.] (Bot.) The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.

Cutinization

Cu`tin*i*za"tion (k?`t?n-?-z?"sh?n), n. (Bot.) The conversion of cell walls into a material which repels water, as in cork.

Cutinize

Cu"tin*ize (k?"t?n-?z), v. t. & i. To change into cutin.

Cutis

Cu"tis (k?"t?s), n. [L. See Cuticle.] (Anat.) See Dermis.

Cutlass

Cut"lass (k?t"lass), n.; pl. Cutlasses (-Ez). [F. coutelas (cf. It. coltellaccio), augm. fr. L. cuttellus a smallknife, dim. of culter knife. See Colter, and cf. Curtal ax.] A short, heavy, curving sword, used in the navy. See Curtal ax. Cutlass fish, (Zo\'94l.), a peculiar, long, thin, marine fish (Trichirus lepturus) of the southern United States and West Indies; -- called also saber fish, silver eel, and, improperly, swordfish.

Cutler

Cut"ler (kUt"lEr), n. [OE. coteler, F. coutelier, LL. cultellarius, fr. L. cultellus. See Cutlass.] One who makes or deals in cutlery, or knives and other cutting instruments.

Cutlery

Cut"ler*y (k?t"l?r-?), n.

1. The business of a cutler.

2. Edged or cutting instruments, collectively.

Cutlet

Cut"let (k?t"l?t), n. [F. c, prop., little rib, dim. of c rib, fr. L. costa. See Coast.] A piece of meat, especially of veal or mutton, cut for broiling.

Cutling

Cut"ling (k?t"l?ng), n., [Cf. Cuttle a knife.] The art of making edged tools or cutlery. [Obs.] Milton.

Cut-off

Cut"-off` (k?t"?f`; 115), n.

1. That which cuts off or shortens, as a nearer passage or road.

2. (Mach.) (a) The valve gearing or mechanism by which steam is cut off from entering the cylinder of a steam engine after a definite point in a stroke, so as to allow the remainder of the stroke to be made by the expansive force of the steam already let in. See Expansion gear, under Expansion. (b) Any device for stopping or changing a current, as of grain or water in a spout.

Cutose

Cu"tose (k?"t?s), n. [L. cutis skin.] (Chem.) A variety of cellulose, occuring as a fine transparent membrane covering the aerial organs of plants, and forming an essential ingredient of cork; by oxidation it passes to suberic acid.
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Cut-out

Cut"-out` (k?t"out`), n. (a) (Telegraphy) A species of switch for changing the current from one circuit to another, or for shortening a circuit. (b) (Elec.) A divice for breaking or separating a portion of circuit.

Cutpurse

Cut"purse` (k?t"p?rs`), n. One who cuts purses for the sake of stealing them or their contents (an act common when men wore purses fastened by a string to their girdles); one who steals from the person; a pickpocket
To have an open ear, a quick eye, and a nimble hand, is necessary for a cutpurse. Shak.

Cutter

Cut"ter (k?t"t?r), n.

1. One who cuts; as, a stone cutter; a die cutter; esp., one who cuts out garments.

2. That which cuts; a machine or part of a machine, or a tool or instrument used for cutting, as that part of a mower which severs the stalk, or as a paper cutter.

3. A fore tooth; an incisor. Ray.

4. (Naut.) (a) A boat used by ships of war. (b) A fast sailing vessel with one mast, rigged in most essentials like a sloop. A cutter is narrower end deeper than a sloop of the same length, and depends for stability on a deep keel, often heavily weighted with lead. (c) A small armed vessel, usually a steamer, in the revenue marine service; -- also called revenue cutter.

5. A small, light one-horse sleigh.

6. An officer in the exchequer who notes by cutting on the tallies the sums paid.

7. A ruffian; a bravo; a destroyer. [Obs.]

8. A kind of soft yellow brick, used for facework; -- so called from the facility with which it can be cut. Cutter bar.(Mach.) (a) A bar which carries a cutter or cutting tool, as in a boring machine. (b) The bar to which the triangular knives of a harvester are attached. -- Cutter head (Mach.), a rotating head, which itself forms a cutter, or a rotating stock to which cutters may be attached, as in a planing or matching machine. Knight.

Cutthroat

Cut"throat` (k?t"thr?t`), n. One who cuts throats; a murderer; an assassin.

Cutthroat

Cut"throat`, a. Murderous; cruel; barbarous.

Cutting

Cut"ting (k?t"t?ng), n.

1. The act or process of making an incision, or of severing, felling, shaping, etc.

2. Something cut, cut off, or cut out, as a twig or

Cutting

Cut"ting, a.

1. Adapted to cut; as, a cutting tool.

2. Chilling; penetratinn; sharp; as, a cutting wind.

3. Severe; sarcastic; biting; as, a cutting reply.

Cuttingly

Cut"ting*ly, adv. In a cutting manner.

Cuttle

Cut"tle (k?t"t'l), n. [OF. cultel, coltel, coutel, fr. L. cultellus. See Cutlass.] A knife. [Obs.] Bale.

Cuttle ktt'l, Cuttlefish

Cut"tle (k?t"t'l), Cut"tle*fish` (-f?sh`), n. [OE. codule, AS. cudele; akin to G. kuttelfish; cf. G. k, D. keutel, dirt from the guts, G. kuttel bowels, entrails. AS. cwip womb, Gith. qipus belly, womb.]

1. (Zo\'94l.) A cephalopod of the genus Sepia, having an internal shell, large eyes, and ten arms furnished with denticulated suckers, by means of which it secures its prey. The name is sometimes applied to dibranchiate cephalopods generally. &hand; It has an ink bag, opening into the siphon, from which, when pursued, it throws out a dark liquid that clouds the water, enabling it to escape observation.

2. A foul-mouthed fellow. "An you play the saucy cuttle me." Shak.

Cuttle bone

Cut"tle bone` (b?n`). The shell or bone of cuttlefishes, used for various purposes, as for making polishing powder, etc.

Cuttoo plate

Cut*too" plate` (k?t-t??" pl?t`). A hood over the end of a wagon wheel hub to keep dirt away from the axle.

Cytty

Cyt"ty (k?t"t?), a. [Cf. Ir. & Gael. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. See Cut.] Short; as, a cutty knife; a cutty sark. [Scot.]

Cutty

Cut"ty (k?t"t?), n. [Scotch.]

1. A short spoon.

2. A short tobacco pipe. Ramsay.

3. A light or unchaste woman. Sir W. Scott.

Cuttystoo

Cut"ty*stoo` (-st??l`), n.

1. A low stool [Scot.]

2. A seat in old Scottish churches, where offenders were made to sit, for public rebuke by the minister.

Cutwal

Cut"wal (k?t"w?l), n. [Per. kotw.] The chief police officer of a large city. [East Indies]

Cutwater

Cut"wa`ter (k?t"wa`t?r), n. (Naut.)

1. The fore part of a ship's prow, which cuts the water.

2. A starling or other structure attached to the pier of a birdge, with an angle or edge directed up stream, in order better to resist the action of water, ice, etc.; the sharpened upper end of the pier itself.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A sea bird of the Atlantic (Rhynchops nigra); -- called also black skimmer, scissorsbill, and razorbill. See Skimmer.

Cutwork

Cut"work` (k?t"w?rk`), n. (Fine Arts) An ancient term for embroidery, esp. applied to the earliest form of lace, or to that early embroidery on linen and the like, from which the manufacture of lace was developed.

Cutworm

Cut"worm` (-w?rm`), n. (Zo\'94l.) A caterpillar which at night eats off young plants of cabbage, corn, etc., usually at the ground. Some kinds ascend fruit trees and eat off the flower buds. During the day, they conceal themselves in the earth. The common cutworms are the larv\'91 of various species of Agrotis and related genera of noctuid moths.

Cuvette

Cu*vette" (k?-w?t"), n. [F., dim. of cuve a tub.]

1. A pot, bucket, or basin, in which molten plate glass is carried from the melting pot to the casting table.

2. (Fort.) A cunette. <--

3. (Spectrometry) (Analytical chemistry) A small vessel with at least two flat and transparent sides, used to hold a liquid sample to be analysed in the light path of a spectrometer. The shape and materials vary; for ultraviolet spectrometry, quartz is typically used. For visible-light spectrometry, plastic cuvettes may be employed. Occasionally, small vessels used for other laboratory purposes are called cuvettes. cuvette holder, (Spectrometry) A small device used to hold one or more cuvettes[3], shaped specifically to fit in the sample chamber of a particular type of spectrometer, with openings to permit light to pass through the holder and the cuvettes, and designed so as to hold the cuvette accurately and reproducibly within the light path of the spectrometer. For cuvettes with a square horizontal cross-section, the compartments will have a corresponding square cross-section, usu. slightly larger than the cuvette. -->

Cyamelide

Cy*am"e*lide (s?-?m"?-l?d ∨ -l?d; 104), n. (Chem.) A white amorphous substance, regarded as a polymeric modification of isocyanic acid.

Cyamellone

Cy*am"el*lone (s?-?m"?l-l?n), n. (Chem) A complex derivative of cyanogen, regarded as an acid, and known chiefly in its salts; -- called also hydromellonic acid.

Cyanate

Cy"a*nate (s?"?-n?t), n. [Cf. F. cuanate. See Cyanic.] (Chem.) A salt of cyanic acid. Ammonium cyanate (Chem.), a remarkable white crystalline substance, NH4.O.CN, which passes, on standing, to the organic compound, urea, CO.(NH)2. <-- *note* error in urea formula is in the original -->

Cyanaurate

Cy`an*au"rate (s?`?n-?"r?t), n. See Aurocyanide.

Cyanean

Cy*a"ne*an (s?-?"n?-a]/>n), a. [Gr. kya`neos dark blue.] Having an azure color. Pennant.

Cyanic

Cy*an"ic (s?-?n"?k), a. [Gr. cyanique. Cf. Kyanite.]

1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen.

2. Of or pertaining to a blue color. Cyanic acid (Chem.), an acid, HOCN, derived from cyanogen, well known in its salts, but never isolated in the free state. -- Cyanic colors (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of blue; -- opposed to xanthic colors. A color of either series may pass into red or white, but not into the opposing color. Red and pure white are more common among flowers of cyanic tendency than in those of the other class.

Cyanide

Cy"a*nide (s?"?-n?d ∨ -n?d; 104), n. [Cf. F. cyanide. See Cyanic.] (Chem.) A compound formed by the union of cyanogen with an element or radical.

Cyanin

Cy"a*nin (s?"?-n?n), n. [See Cyanic.] (Chem.) The blue coloring matter of flowers; -- called also anthokyan and anthocyanin.

Cyanine

Cy"a*nine (s?"?-n?n ∨ -n?n; 104), n. (Chem.) One of a series of artificial blue or red dyes obtained from quinoline and lepidine and used in calico printing.

Cyanite

Cy"a*nite (-n?t), n. [See Cyanic.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in thin-bladed crystals and crystalline aggregates, of a sky-blue color. It is a silicate of aluminium. [Written also kyanite.]

Cyanogen

Cy*an"o*gen (s?-?n"?-j?n), n. [Gr. -gen: cf. F. cyanog\'8ane. So called because it produced blue dyes.] (Chem.) A colorless, inflammable, poisonous gas, C2N2, with a peach-blossom odor, so called from its tendency to form blue compounds; obtained by heating ammonium oxalate, mercuric cyanide, etc. It is obtained in combination, forming an alkaline cyanide when nitrogen or a nitrogenous compound is strongly ignited with carbon and soda or potash. It conducts itself like a member of the halogen group of elements, and shows a tendency to form complex compounds. The name is also applied to the univalent radical, CN (the half molecule of cyanogen proper), which was one of the first compound radicals recognized. &hand; Cyanogen is found in the commercial substances, potassium cyanide, or prussiate of potash, yellow prussiate of potash, Prussian blue, Turnbull's blue, prussic acid, etc.

Cyanometer

Cy`a*nom"e*ter (s?`?-n?m"?-t?r), n. [Gr. -meter: cf. F. cyanom\'8atre.] An instrument for measuring degress of blueness.

Cyanopathy

Cy`a*nop"a*thy (-n?p"?-th?), n. [Gr. (Med.) A disease in which the body is colored blue in its surface, arising usually from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood; blue jaundice.

Cyanophyll

Cy*an"o*phyll (s?-?n"?-f?l), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A blue coloring matter supposed by some to be one of the component parts ofchlorophyll.

Cyanosed

Cy"a*nosed (s?"?-n?st), a. [See Cyanic.] Rendered blue, as the surface of the body, from cyanosis or deficient a

Cyanosis

Cy`a*no"sis (s?`?-n?"s?s), n. [NL. See Cyanic.] (Med.) A condition in which, from insufficient aCyanopathy.

Cyanosite

Cy*an"o*site (s?-?n"?-s?t), n. [See Cyanic.] (Min.) Native sulphate of copper. Cf. Blue vitriol, under Blue.

Cyanotic

Cy`a*not"ic (s?`?-n?t"?k), a. (Med.) Relating to cyanosis; affected with cyanosis; as, a cyanotic patient; having the hue caused by cyanosis; as, a cyanitic skin.

Cyanotype

Cy*an"o*type (s?-?n"?-t?p), n. [Cyanide + -type.] A photographic picture obtained by the use of a cyanide.

Cyanurate

Cy"an"u*rate (s?-?n"?-r?t), n. (Chem.) A salt of cyanuric acid.

Cyanuret

Cy*an"u*ret (-r?t), n. (Chem.) A cyanide. [Obs.]

Cyanuric

Cy`a*nu"ric (s?`?-n?"r?k), a. [Cyanic + uric: Cf. F. cyanurique.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, cyanic and uric acids.

Cyanuric acid

Cyanuric acid (Chem.), an organic acid, C3O3N3H3, first obtained by heating uric acid or urea, and called pyrouric acid; afterwards obtained from isocyanic acid. It is a white crystalline substance, odorless and almost tasteless; -- called also tricarbimide.

Cyathiform

Cy*ath"i*form (s?-?th"?-f?rm), a. [L. cyathus a cup (Gr, ky`aqos) -form:cf. F. cyathiforme.] In the form of a cup, a little widened at the top.

Cyatholith

Cy*ath"olith (s?-?th"?-l?th), n. [Gr. ky`aqos a cup + -lith.] (Biol.) A kind of coccolith, which in shape resembles a minute cup widened at the top, and varies in size from

Cyathophylloid

Cy`a*tho*phyl"loid (s?`?-th?-f?l"loid), a. [NL. cyathophyllum, fr. Gr. ky`aqos a cup + fy`llon a leaf.] (Pale Like, or pertaining to, the family Cyathophyllid\'91.

Cyathophylloid

Cy`a*tho*phyl"loid, n. (Paleon.) A fossil coral of the family Cyathophyllid\'91; sometimes extended to fossil corals of other related families belonging to the group Rugosa; -- also called cup corals. Thay are found in paleozoic rocks.

Cycad

Cy"cad (s?"k?d), n. (Bot.) Any plant of the natural order Cycadece\'91, as the sago palm, etc.

Cycadaceous

Cyc`a*da"ceous (s?k`?-d?"sh?s ∨ s?`k?-), a. (Bot.) Pertaining to, or resembling, an order of plants like the palms, but having exogenous wood. The sago palm is an example.

Cycas

Cy"cas (s?"k?s), n. [Of uncertain origin. Linn\'91us derives it from one of the "obscure Greek words."] (Bot.) A genus of trees, intermediate in character between the palms and the pines. The pith of the trunk of some species furnishes a valuable kind of sago.

Cyclamen

Cyc"la*men (s?k"l?-m?n), n. [NL., fr. Gr. kykla`minos, kyklami`s.] (Bot.) A genus of plants of the Primrose family, having depressed rounded corms, and pretty nodding flowers with the petals so reflexed as to point upwards, whence it is called rabbit's ears. It is also called sow bread, because hogs are said to eat the corms.

Cyclamin

Cyc"la*min (-m?n), n. A white amorphous substance, regarded as a glucoside, extracted from the corm of Cyclamen Europ\'91um.

Cyclas

Cy"clas (s?"kl?s), n. [Cf.Ciclatoun.] A long gown or surcoat (cut off in front), worn in the Middle Ages. It was sometimes embroidered or interwoven with gold. Also, a rich stuff from which the gown was made.

Cycle

Cy"cle (s?"k'l), n. [F. ycle, LL. cyclus, fr. Gr. cakra wheel, circle. See Wheel.]

1. An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres. Milton.

2. An interval of time in which a certain succession of events or phenomena is completed, and then returns again and again, uniformly and continually in the same order; a periodical space of time marked by the recurrence of something peculiar; as, the cucle of the seasons, or of the year.

Wages . . . bear a full proportion . . . to the medium of provision during the last bad cycle of twenty years. Burke.

3. An age; a long period of time.

Better fifty years of Europe than a cycle of Cathay. Tennyson.

4. An orderly list for a given time; a calendar. [Obs.]

We . . . present our gardeners with a complete cycle of what is requisite to be done throughout every month of the year. Evelyn.

5. The circle of subjects connected with the exploits of the hero or heroes of some particular period which have severed as a popular theme for poetry, as the legend aof Arthur and the knights of the Round Table, and that of Charlemagne and his paladins.

6. (Bot.) One entire round in a circle or a spire; as, a cycle or set of leaves. Gray.

7. A bicycle or tricycle, or other light velocipede. Calippic cycle, a period of 76 years, or four Metonic cycles; -- so called from Calippus, who proposed it as an improvement on the Metonic cycle. -- Cycle of eclipses, a priod of about 6,586 days, the time of revolution of the moon's node; -- called Saros by the Chaldeans. -- Cycle of indiction, a period of 15 years, employed in Roman and ecclesiastical chronology, not founded on any astronomical period, but having reference to certain judicial acts which took place at stated epochs under the Greek emperors. -- Cycle of the moon, ∨ Metonic cycle, a period of 19 years, after the lapse of which the new and full moon returns to the same day of the year; -- so called from Meton, who first proposed it. -- Cycle of the sun, Solar cycle, a period of 28 years, at the end of which time the days of the month return to the same days of the week. The dominical or Sunday letter follows the same order; hence the solar cycle is also called the cycle of the Sunday letter. In the Gregorian calendar the solar cycle is in general interrupted at the end of the century.

Cycle

Cy"cle (s?"k'l), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Cycled. (-k'ld); p.pr. & vb. n. Cycling (-kl.]

1. To pass through a cycle of changes; to recur in cycles. Tennyson. Darwin.

2. To ride a bicycle, tricycle, or other form of cycle.

Cyclic sklk ∨ sklk, Cyclical

Cyc"lic (s?k"l?k ∨ s?"kl?k), Cyc"lic*al (s?k"l?-kal), a. [Cf. F. cycluque, Gr.Cycle.] Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time. Coleridge. Cyclic chorus, the chorus which performed the songs and dances of the dithyrambic odes at Athens, dancing round the altar of Bacchus in a circle. -- Cyclic poets, certain epic poets who followed Homer, and wrote merely on the Trojan war and its heroes; -- so called because keeping within the circle of a singe subject. Also, any series or coterie of poets writing on one subject. Milman.

Cyclide

Cy"clide (s?"kl?d), n. [Gr. (Geom.) A surface of the fourth degree, having certain special relations to spherical surfaces. The tore or anchor ring is one of the cyclides.

Cycling

Cy"cling (s?"kl?ng), n. The act, art, or practice, of riding a cycle, esp. a bicycle or tricycle.

Cyclist

Cy"clist (s?"kl?st), n. A cycler.

Cyclo-

Cy"clo- (s?"kl?-). [Gr. A combining form meaning circular, of a circle or wheel.

Cyclobranchiate

Cy`clo*bran"chi*ate (s?`kl?-br?n"k?-?t), a. [Cyclo- + branchiate.] (Zo\'94l) Having the gills around the margin of the body, as certain limpets.

Cycloganoid

Cy`clo*ga"noid (s?`kl?-g?"noid ∨ -g?n"oid), a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.

Cycloganoid

Cy`clo*ga"noid, n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cycloganoidei.

Cycloganoidei

Cy`clo*ga*noi"de*i (s?"kl?-g?-noi"d?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin (Amia calva) is a living example.

Cyclograph

Cy"clo*graph (s?"kl?-gr?f), n. [Cyclo- + -graph.] See Arcograph.

Cycloid

Cy"cloid (s?"kloid), n. [Cyclo- + -oid: cf. F. cyclo\'8bde.] (Geom.) A curve generated by a point in the plane of a circle when the circle is rolled along a straight line, keeping always in the same plane. &hand; The common cycloid is the curve described when the generating point (p) is on the circumference of the generating circle; the curtate cycloid, when that point lies without the circumference; the prolate or inflected cycloid, when the generating point (p) lies within that circumference.

Cycloid

Cy"cloid, a. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. Cycloid scale (Zo\'94l.), a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.

Cycloid

Cy"cloid, n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cycloidei.

Cycloidal

Cy*cloid"al (-al), a. Pertaining to, or resembling, a cycloid; as, the cycloidal space is the space contained between a cycloid and its base. Cycloidal engine. See Geometric lathe.

Cycloidei

Cy*cloi"de*i (s?-kloi"d?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) An order of fishes, formerly proposed by Agassiz, for those with thin, smooth scales, destitute of marginal spines, as the herring and salmon. The group is now regarded as artificial.

Cycloidian

Cy*cloid"i*an (s?-kloid"?-an), a. & n. (Zo\'94l.) Same as 2d and 3d Cycloid.

Cyclometer

Cy*clom"e*ter (s?-kl?m"?-t?r), n. [Cyclo- + -meter.] A contrivance for recording the revolutions of a wheel, as of a bicycle.

Cyclometry

Cy*clom"e*try (-tr?), n. [Cyclo- + -metry: cf. F. cyclom.] (Geom.) The art of measuring circles.

Cyclone

Cy"clone (s?"kl?n), n. [Gr. (Meteor.) A violent storm, often of vast extent, characterized by high winds rotating about a calm center of low atmospheric pressure. This center moves onward, often with a velocity of twenty or thirty miles an hour. &hand; The atmospheric disturbance usually accompanying a cyclone, marked by an onward moving area of high pressure, is called an anticyclone.

Cyclonic

Cy*clon"ic (s?-kl?n"?k), a. Pertaining to a cyclone.

Cyclop

Cy"clop (s?"kl?p), n. See Note under Cyclops, 1.

Cyclopean

Cy`clo*pe"an (s?`kl?-p?"an), a. [L. Cyclopeus, Gr. cyclopeen.] Pertaining to the Cyclops; characteristic of the Cyclops; huge; gigantic; vast and rough; massive; as, Cyclopean labors; Cyclopean architecture.

Cyclopedia Cyclop\'91dia

Cy`clo*pe"di*a Cy`clo*p\'91"di*a (s?`kl?-p?"d?-?), n. [NL., from Gr. ky`klos circle + paidei`a the bringing up of a child, education, erudition, fr. paidey`ein to bring up a child. See Cycle, and cf. Encyclopedia, Pedagogue.] The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge. Hence, a work containing, in alphabetical order, information in all departments of knowledge, or on a particular department or branch; as, a cyclopedia of the physical sciences, or of mechanics. See Encyclopedia.

Cyclopedic

Cy`clo*ped"ic (s?`kl?-p?d"?k ∨ -p?"d?k), a. Belonging to the circle of the sciences, or to a cyclopedia; of the nature of a cyclopedia; hence, of great range, extent, or amount; as, a man of cyclopedic knowledge.

Cyclopedist

Cy`clo*pe"dist (-p?"d?st), n. A maker of, or writer for, a cyclopedia.

Cyclopic

Cy*clop"ic (s?-kl?p"?k), a. [Gr. Pertaining to the Cyclops; Cyclopean.

Cyclops

Cy"clops (s?"kl?ps), n. sing. & pl. [L. Cyclops, Gr.

1. (Gr. Myth.) One of a race of giants, sons of Neptune and Amphitrite, having but one eye, and that in the middle of the forehead. They were fabled to inhabit Sicily, and to assist in the workshops of Vulcan, under Mt. Etna. &hand; Pope, in his translation of the "Odyssey," uniformly spells this word Cyclop, when used in the singular.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of minute Entomostraca, found both in fresh and salt water. See Copepoda.

3. A portable forge, used by tinkers, etc.

Cyclorama

Cy`clo*ra"ma (s?`kl?-r?"m? ∨ -r?"m?), n. [Cyclo- + Gr. A pictorial view which is extended circularly, so that the spectator is surrounded by the objects represented as by things in nature. The realistic effect is increased by putting, in the space between the spectator and the picture, things adapted to the scene represented, and in some places only parts of these objects, the completion of them being carried out pictorially.

Cycloscope

Cy"clo*scope (s?"kl?-sk?p), n. [Cyclo- + -scope.] A machine for measuring at any moment velocity of rotation, as of a wheel of a steam engine. Knight.

Cyclosis

Cy*clo"sis (s?-kl?"s?s), n. [NL., fr. Gr. Cyclone.] (Bot.) The circulation or movement of protoplasmic granules within a living vegetable cell.

Cyclostomata

Cy`clo*stom"a*ta (s?`kl?-st?m"?-t?),

Cyclostoma

Cy*clos"to*ma (s?-kl?s"t?-m?),, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A division of Bryozoa, in which the cells have circular apertures.

Cyclostome skl-stm, Cyclostomous

Cy"clo*stome (s?"kl?-st?m), Cy*clos"to*mous (s?-kl?s"t?-m?s), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Cyclostomi.

Cyclostomi

Cy*clos"to*mi (s?-kl?s"t?-m?), n. pl. [NL. See Cyclostomata.] (Zo\'94l.) A glass of fishes having a suckerlike mouth, without jaws, as the lamprey; the Marsipobranchii.

Cyclostylar

Cy`clo*sty"lar (s?`kl?-st?"?r), a. [Cyclo- + Gr. Relating to a structure composed of a circular range of columns, without a core or building within. Weale.

Cyclostyle

Cy"clo*style (s?"kl?-st?l), n. [Cyclo + style.] A contrivance for producing manifold copies of writing or drawing. The writing or drawing is done with a style carrying a small wheel at the end which makes minute punctures in the paper, thus converting it into a stencil. Copies are transferred with an inked roller.

Cyder

Cy"der (s?"d?r), n. See Cider. [Archaic]

Cydonin

Cy*do"nin (s?-d?"n?n), n. (Chem.) A peculiar mucilaginous substance extracted from the seeds of the quince (Cydonia vulgaris), and regarded as a variety of amylose.

Cygnet

Cyg"net (s?g"n?t), n. [Dim. of F. cygne swan, L. cycnus. cygnus, fr. Gr. cugne
seems to be an etymological spelling of OF. cisne, fr. LL. cecinus, cicinus, perh. ultimately also fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A young swan. Shak.

Cygnus

Cyg"nus (s?g"n?s), n. [L., a swan.] (Astron.) A constellation of the northern hemisphere east of, or following, Lyra; the Swan.

Cylinder

Cyl"in*der (s?l"?n-d?r), n. [F. cylindre, OF. cilindre, L. cylindrus, fr. Gr. Calender the machine.]

1. (Geom.) (a) A solid body which may be generated by the rotation of a parallelogram round one its sides; or a body of rollerlike form, of which the longitudinal section is oblong, and the cross section is circular. (b) The space inclosed by any cylindrical surface. The space may be limited or unlimited in length.

2. Any hollow body of cylindrical form, as: (a) The chamber of a steam engine in which the piston is moved by the force of steam. (b) The barrel of an air or other pump. (c) (Print.) The revolving platen or bed which produces the impression or carries the type in a cylinder press. (d) The bore of a gun; the turning chambered breech of a revolver.

3. The revolving square prism carryng the cards in a Jacquard loom. Cylinder axis. (Anat.) SeeAxis cylinder, under Axis. -- Cylinder engine (Paper Making), a machine in which a cylinder takes up the pulp and delivers it in a continuous sheet to the dryers. -- Cylinder escapement. See Escapement. -- Cylinder glass. See Glass. -- Cylinder mill. See Roller mill. -- Cylinder press. See Press.

Cylindraceous

Cyl`in*dra"ceous (-dr?"sh?s), a. [Cf. F. cylyndrac] Cylindrical, or approaching a cylindrical form.

Cylindric s-lndrk, Cylindrical

Cy*lin"dric (s?-l?n"dr?k), Cy*lin"dric*al (-dr?-kal), a. [Gr.cylindrique
.]
Having the form of a cylinder, or of a section of its convex surface; partaking of the properties of the cylinder. Cylindrical lens, a lens having one, or more than one, cylindrical surface. -- Cylindric, ∨ Cylindrical, surface (Geom.), a surface described by a straight line that moves according to any law, but so as to be constantly parallel to a given line. -- Cylindrical vault. (Arch.) See under Vault, n.

Cylindrically

Cy*lin"dric*al*ly (s?-l?n"dr?-kal-l?), adv. In the manner or shape of a cylinder; so as to be cylindrical.

Cylindricity

Cyl*`in*dric"i*ty (s?l`?n-dr?s"?-t?), n The quality or condition of being cylindrical.

Cylindriform

Cy*lin"dri*form (s?-l?n"dr?-f?rm), a. [L. cylindrus (Gr. -form: cf.F. cylindriforme.] Having the form of a cylinder.

Cylindroid

Cyl"in*droid (s?l"?n-droid), n. [Gr. -oid: cf. F. cylindro.]

1. A solid body resembling a right cylinder, but having the bases or ends elliptical.

2. (Geom.) A certain surface of the third degree, described by a moving straight line; -- used to illustrate the motions of a rigid body and also the forces acting on the body.

Cylindrometric

Cy*lin`dro*met"ric (s?-l?n`dr?-m?t"r?k), a. [Gr. Belonging to a scale used in measuring cylinders.

Cyma

Cy"ma (s?"m?) n. [NL., fr. Gr. Cyme]

1. (Arch.) A member or molding of the cornice, the profile of which is wavelike in form.

2. (Bot.) A cyme. See Cyme. Cyma recta, ∨ Cyma, a cyma, hollow in its upper part and swelling below. -- Cyma reversa, ∨ Ogee, a cyma swelling out on the upper part and hollow below.

Cymar

Cy*mar" (s?-m?r"), n. [F. simarre. See Chimere.] A sight covering; a scarf. See Simar.
Her body shaded with a light cymar. Dryden.

Cymatium

Cy*ma"ti*um (s?-m?"sh?-?m), n. [L., fr. Gr. (Arch.) A capping or crowning molding in classic architecture.

Cymbal

Cym"bal (s?m"bal). n. [OE. cimbale, simbale, OF. cimbale, F. cymbale, L. cymbalum, fr. Gr. kubha pot. Cf. Chime.]

1. A musical instrument used by the ancients. It is supposed to have been similar to the modern kettle drum, though perhaps smaller.

2. A musical instrument of brass, shaped like a circular dish or a flat plate, with a handle at the back; -- used in pairs to produce a sharp ringing sound by clashing them together. &hand; In orchestras, one cymbal is commonly attached to the bass drum, and the other heid in the drummer's left hand, while his right hand uses the drumstick.

3. A musical instrument used by gypsies and others, made of steel wire, in a triangular form, on which are movable rings.

Cymbalist

Cym"bal*ist, n. A performer upon cymbals.

Cymbiform

Cym"bi*form (s?m"b?-f?rm),, a. [L. cymba boat (Gr. -form: cf. F. cymbiforme.] Shaped like a boat; (Bot.) elongated and having the upper surface decidedly concave, as the glumes of many grasses.

Cymbium

Cym"bi*um (s?m"b?-?m), n. [L., a small cup, fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of marine univalve shells; the gondola.

Cyme

Cyme (s?m), n. [L. cyma the young sprount of a cabbage, fr. Gr. (Bot.) A flattish or convex flower cluster, of the centrifugal or determinate type, differing from a corymb chiefly in the order of the opening of the blossoms.

Cymene

Cy"mene (s?"m?n), n. (Chem.) A colorless, liquid, combustible hydrocarbon, CH3.C6H4.C3H7, of pleasant odor, obtained from oil of cumin, oil of caraway, carvacrol, camphor, etc.; -- called also paracymene, and formerly camphogen.

Cymenol

Cy"me*nol (s?"m?-n?l), n. (Chem.) See Carvacrol.

Cymidine

Cy"mi*dine ( s?"m?-d?n ∨ -d?n; 104), n. (Chem.) A liquid organic base, C10H13.NH2, derived from cymene.

Cymiferous

Cy*mif"er*ous (s?-m?f"?r-?s), a. [Cyme + -ferous.] Producing cymes.

Cymling, Cymbling

Cym"ling, Cymb"ling (s?m"l?ng), n. A scalloped or "pattypan" variety of summer squash.

Cymogene

Cy"mo*gene (s?"m?-j?n), n. (Chem.) A highly volatile liquid, condensed by cold and pressure from the first products of the distillation of petroleum; -- used for producing low temperatures.

Cymoid

Cy"moid (s?"moid), a. [Cyme + -oid.] (Bot.) Having the form of a cyme.

Cymophane

Cym"o*phane (s?m"?-f?n ∨ s?"m?-), n. [Gr.cymophane. So named in allusion to a peculiar opalescence often seen in it.] (Min.) See Chrysoberyl.

Cymophanous

Cy*moph"a*nous (s?-m?f"?-n?s ∨ s?-), a. Having a wavy, floating light; opalescent; chatoyant.

Cymose sms; 277, Cymous

Cy"mose (s?"m?s; 277), Cy"mous (s?"m?s), a. [L. cymosus full of shoots: cf. FF. cymeux. See Cyme.] (Bot.) Having the nature of a cyme, or derived from a cyme; bearing, or pertaining to, a cyme or cymes.

Cymric

Cym"ric (k?m"r?k), a. [W. Cymru Wales.] Welsh. -- n. The Welsh language. [Written also Kymric.]

Cymry

Cym"ry (-r?), n. [W., pl.] A collective term for the Welsh race; -- so called by themselves . [Written also Cymri, Cwmry, Kymry, etc.]

Cymule

Cy"mule (s?"m?l), n. [Cf. L. cymula a tender sprout, dim. of cyna. See Cyme.] (Bot.) A small cyme, or one of very few flowers.

Cynanche

Cy*nan"che (s?-n?n"k?), n. [L., fr. Gr. Quinsy.] (Med.) Any disease of the tonsils, throat, or windpipe, attended with inflammation, swelling, and difficulty of breathing and swallowing.

Cynanthropy

Cy*nan"thro*py (s?-n?n"thr?-p?), n. [Gr. cynanthropie.] (Med.) A kind of madness in which men fancy themselves changed into dogs, and imitate the voice and habits of that animal.

Cynarctomachy

Cyn`arc*tom"a*chy (s?n`?rk-t?m"?-k?). n. [Gr. Bear baiting with a dog. Hudibras.

Cynarrhodium

Cyn`ar*rho"di*um (s?n`?r-r?"d?-?m), n. [NL., from Gr. (Bot.) A fruit like that of the rose, consisting of a cup formed of the calyx tube and receptacle, and containing achenes.
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Cynegetics

Cyn`e*get"ics (s?n`?-j?t"?ks), n. [Gr. The art of hunting with dogs.

Cynic snk, Cynical

Cyn"ic (s?n"?k), Cyn"ic*al (-?-kal), a. [L. cynicus of the sect of Cynics, fr. Gr. Hound.]

1. Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious; currish.

I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received. Johnson.

2. Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle.

3. Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics; having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the doctrines of the cynics.

4. Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human nature. &hand; In prose, cynical is used rather than cynic, in the senses 1 and 4. Cynic spasm (Med.), a convulsive contraction of the muscles of one side of the face, producing a sort of grin, suggesting certain movements in the upper lip of a dog.

Cynic

Cyn"ic, n. (Gr. Philos)

1. One of a sect or school of philosophers founded by Antisthenes, and of whom Diogenes was a disciple. The first Cynics were noted for austere lives and their scorn for social customs and current philosophical opinions. Hence the term Cynic symbolized, in the popular judgment, moroseness, and contempt for the views of others.

2. One who holds views resembling those of the Cynics; a snarler; a misanthrope; particularly, a person who believes that human conduct is directed, either consciously or unconsciously, wholly by self-interest or self-indulgence, and that appearances to the contrary are superficial and untrustworthy.

He could obtain from one morose cynic, whose opinion it was impossible to despise, scarcely any not acidulated with scorn. Macaulay.

Cynically

Cyn"ic*al*ly (s?n"?-kal-l?), adv. In a cynical manner.

Cynicalness

Cyn"ic*al*ness, n. The quality of being cynical.

Cynicism

Cyn"i*cism (s?n"?-s?z'm), n. The doctrine of the Cynics; the quality of being cynical; the mental state, opnions, or conduct, of a cynic; morose and contemptuous views and opinions.

Cynoidea

Cy*noi"de*a (s?-noi"d?-a), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) A division of Carnivora, including the dogs, wolves, and foxes.

Cynorexia

Cyn`o*rex"i*a (s?n`?-r?ks"?-?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Med.) A voracious appetite, like that of a starved dog.

Cynosural

Cy`no*su"ral (s?`n?-sh?"ral ∨ s?n`?-), a. Of or pertaining to a cynosure.

Cynosure

Cy"no*sure (s?"n?-sh?r ∨ s?n"?-sh?r; 277), n. [L. Cynosura theconstellation Cynosure, Gr. Cynic.]

1. The constellation of the Lesser Bear, to which, as containing the polar star, the eyes of mariners and travelers were often directed.

2. That which serves to direct. Southey.

3. Anything to which attention is strongly turned; a center of attraction.

Where perhaps some beauty lies, The cynosure of neighboring eyes. Milton.

Cyon

Cy"on (s?"?n), n. See Cion, and Scion.

Cyperaceous

Cyp`er*a"ceous (s?p`?r-?"sh?s ∨ s?`p?r-), a. (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.

Cyperus

Cyp"e*rus (s?p"?-r?s), n. [NL., from Gr. (Bot.) A large genus of plants belonging to the Sedge family, and including the species called galingale, several bulrushes, and the Egyptian papyrus.

Cypher

Cy"pher (s?"f?r), n. & v. See Cipher.

Cyphonautes

Cyph`o*nau"tes (s?f`?-n?"t?z), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) The free-swimming, bivalve larva of certain Bryozoa.

Cyphonism

Cyph"o*nism (s?f`?-n?z'm ∨ s, n. [Gr. A punishment sometimes used by the ancients, consisting in the besmearing of the criminal with honey, and exposing him to insects. It is still in use among some Oriental nations.

Cypr\'91a

Cy*pr\'91"a (s?-pr?"?), n. [NL.; cf. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of mollusks, including the cowries. See Cowrie.

Cypres

Cy`pres" (s?`pr?" ∨ s?`pr?s"), n. [OF., nearly.] (Law) A rule for construing written instruments so as to conform as nearly to the intention of the parties as is consistent with law. Mozley & W.

Cypress

Cy"press (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cypresses (- [OE. cipres, cipresse, OF. cipres, F. cypr, L. cupressus, cyparissus (cf. the usual Lat. form cupressus), fr. Gr. g, Gen. vi. 14.] (Bot) A coniferous tree of the genus Cupressus. The species are mostly evergreen, and have wood remarkable for its durability. &hand; Among the trees called cypress are the common Oriental cypress, Cupressus sempervirens, the evergreen American cypress, C. thyoides (now called Chamaecyparis sphaeroidea), and the deciduous American cypress, Taxodium distichum. As having anciently been used at funerals, and to adorn tombs, the Oriental species is an emblem of mourning and sadness. Cypress vine (Bot.), a climbing plant with red or white flowers (Ipot\'d2a Quamoclit, formerly Quamoclit vulgaris).

Cyprian

Cyp"ri*an (s?p"r?-a]/>n), a. [L. Cyprius, fr. Cyprus, Gr.

1. Belonging to Cyprus.

2. Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.

Cyprian

Cyp"ri*an, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.

2. A lewd woman; a harlot.

Cyprine

Cyp"rine (s?p"r?n ∨ s?"pr?n), a. [Cf. Cypress.] Of or pertaining to the cypress.

Cyprine

Cyp"rine, a. [See Cyprinoid.] (Zo\'94l.) Cyprinoid.

Cyprinodont

Cy*prin"o*dont (s?-pr?n"?-d?nt), n. [Gr. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cyprinodontidae, a family of fishes including the killifishes or minnows. See Minnow.

Cyprinoid

Cyp"ri*noid (s?p"r?-noid), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Like the carp (Cyprinus). -- n. One of the Cyprinidae, or Carp family, as the goldfish, barbel, etc.

Cypriot

Cyp"ri*ot (s?p"r?-?t), n. [F. Cypriot, Chypriot.] A native or inhabitant of Cyprus.

Cypripedium

Cyp`ri*pe"di*um (s?p`r?-p?"d?-?m), n. [NL., fr. Cypris Venus + pes, pedis, foot.] (Bot.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

Cypris

Cy"pris (s?"pr?s), n.; pl. Cyprides (s. [L. Cypris, the Cyprian goddess Venus, Gr. Cyprian.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of small, bivalve, freshwater Crustacea, belonging to the Ostracoda; also, a member of this genus.

Cyprus

Cy"prus (s?"pr?s), n. [OE. cipres, cypirs; perh. so named as being first manufactured in Cyprus. Cf. Cipers.] A thin, transparent stuff, the same as, or corresponding to, crape. It was either white or black, the latter being most common, and used for mourning. [Obs.]
Lawn as white as driven snow, Cyprus black as e'er was crow. Shak.

Cypruslawn

Cy"prus*lawn` (-l?n`), n. Same as Cyprus. Milton.

Cypsela

Cyp"se*la (s?p"s?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A one-seeded, one-called, indehiscent fruit; an achene with the calyx tube adherent.

Cypseliform

Cyp*sel"i*form (s?p-s?l"?-f?rm), a. [L. cypselus a kind of swallow, Gr. -form.] (Zo\'94l.) Like or belonging to the swifts (Cypselid\'91.)

Cyrenaic

Cyr`e*na"ic (s?r`?-n?"?k ∨ s?`r?-), a. [L. Cyrenaicus, fr. Cyrene, in Libya.] Pertaining to Cyrenaica, an ancient country of northern Africa, and to Cyrene, its principal city; also, to a school of philosophy founded by Aristippus, a native of Cyrene. -- n. A native of Cyrenaica; also, a disciple of the school of Aristippus. See Cyrenian, n.

Cyrenian

Cy*re"ni*an (s?-r?"n?-a]/>n), a. Pertaining to Cyrene, in Africa; Cyrenaic.

Cyrenian

Cy*re"ni*an, n.

1. A native or inhabitant of Cyrene.

2. One of a school of philosophers, established at Cyrene by Aristippus, a disciple of Socrates. Their doctrines were nearly the same as those of the Epicureans.

Cyriologic

Cyr`i*o*log"ic (s?r`?-?-l?j"?k ∨ s?`r?-), a. [See Curiologic.] Relating to capital letters.

Cyrtostyle

Cyr"to*style (s?r"t?-st?l), n. [Gr. (Arch.) A circular projecting portion.

Cyst

Cyst (s?st), n. [Gr. Cyme.]

1. (Med.) (a) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavaties or in the substance of an organ. (b) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder. [Written also cystis.]

2. (Bot.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain alg\'91, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores. D. C. Eaton.

3. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exit in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc. (b) A form assumed by Protozoa inwhich they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.

Cysted

Cyst"ed (s?s"t?d), a. Inclosed in a cyst.

Cystic

Cyst"ic (s?s"t?k), a. [Cf. F. cystique.]

1. Having the form of, or living in, a cyst; as, the cystic entozoa.

2. Containing cysts; cystose; as, cystic sarcoma.

3. (Anat.) Pertaining to, or contained in, a cyst; esp., pertaining to, or contained in, either the urinary bladder or the gall bladder. Cystic duct, the duct from the gall bladder which unites with the hepatic to form the common bile duct. -- Cystic worm (Zo\'94l.), a larval tape worm, as the cysticercus and echinococcus.

Cysticerce sst-srs, Cysticercus

Cys"ti*cerce (s?s"t?-s?rs), Cys`ti*cer"cus (-s?r"k?s), n. [NL. cysticercus, fr. Gr. cysticerque.] (Zo\'94l.) The larval form of a tapeworm, having the head and neck of a tapeworm attached to a saclike body filled with fluid; -- called also bladder worm, hydatid, and measle (as, pork measle). &hand; These larvae live in the tissues of various living animals, and, when swallowed by a suitable carnivorous animal, develop into adult tapeworms in the intestine. See Measles, 4, Tapeworm.

Cysticule

Cys"ti*cule (s?s"t?-k?l), n. [Dim. of cyst.] (Anat.) An appendage of the vestibular ear sac of fishes. Owen.

Cystid

Cys"tid (s?s"t?d), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cystidea.

Cystidea

Cys*tid"e*a (s?s-t?d"?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Zo\'94l.) An order of Crinoidea, mostly fossils of the Paleozoic rocks. They were usually roundish or egg-shaped, and often unsymmetrical; some were sessile, others had short stems.

Cystidean

Cys*tid"e*an (-t?d"?-a]/>n), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of the Cystidea.

Cystine

Cyst"ine (s?s"t?n; 104), n. [See Cyst.] (Physiol. Chem.) A white crystalline substance, C3H7NSO2, containing sulphur, occuring as a constituent of certain rare urinary calculi, and occasionally found as a sediment in urine.<-- cysteine? -->

Cystis

Cys"tis (s?s"t?s), n. [NL.] A cyst. See Cyst.

Cystitis

Cys*ti"tis (s?s-t?"t?s), n. [Cyst + -itis: cf. F. cystite.] (Med.) Inflammation of the bladder.

Cystocarp

Cys"to*carp (s?s"t?-k?rp), n. [Gr. (Bot.) A minute vesicle in a red seaweed, which contains the reproductive spores.

Cystocele

Cys"to*cele (-s?l), n. [Gr. cystocele.] (Med.) Hernia in which the urinary bladder protrudes; vesical hernia.

Cystoid, Cystoidean

Cys"toid, Cys*toid"e*an, n. Same as Cystidean.

Cystoidea

Cys*toi"de*a (s?s-toi"d?-?), n. Same as Cystidea.

Cystolith

Cys"to*lith (s?s"t?-l?th), n. [Gr. -lith.]

1. (Bot.) A concretion of mineral matter within a leaf or other part of a plant.

2. (Med.) A urinary calculus.

Cystolithic

Cys`to*lith"ic (-l?th"?k), a. (Med.) Relating to stone in the bladder.

Cystoplast

Cys"to*plast (-pl?st), n. [Gr. (Biol.) A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.

Cystose

Cyst"ose (s?s"t?s), a. Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.

Cystotome

Cys"to*tome (s?s"t?-t?m), n. [Gr. cystotome.] (Surg.) A knife or instrument used in cystotomy.

Cystotomy

Cys*tot"o*my (s??s-t?t"?-m?), n. [Gr. cystotomie.] The act or practice of opening cysts; esp., the operation of cutting into the bladder, as for the extraction of a calculus.

Cytherean

Cyth`er*e"an (s?th`?r--?"an), a. [L. Cythereus, from Cythera, Gr. Cerigo, an island in the \'92gean Sea, celebrated for the worship of Venus.] Pertaining to the goddess Venus.

Cytoblast

Cy"to*blast (s?"t?-bl?st), n. [Gr. -blast.] (Biol.) The nucleus of a cell; the germinal or active spot of a cellule, through or in which cell development takes place.

Cytoblastema

Cy`to*blas*te"ma (-bl?s-t?"m?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) See Protoplasm.

Cytococcus

Cy`to*coc"cus (-k?k"k?s), n.; pl. Cytococci (-s. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell. H\'91ckel.

Cytode

Cy"tode (s?"t?d), n. [Gr. Cyst.] (Biol.) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present.

Cytogenesis

Cy`to*gen"e*sis (s?`t?-j?n"?-s?s), n. [Gr. genesis.] (Biol.) Development of cells in animal and vegetable organisms. See Gemmation, Budding, Karyokinesis; also Cell development, under Cell.

Cytogenic st-jnk, Cytogenetic

Cy`to*gen"ic (s?`t?-j?n"?k), Cy`to*ge*net"ic (-j?-n?t"?k), a. (Biol.) Of or pertaining to cytogenesis or cell development.

Cytogenous

Cy*tog"e*nous (s?-t?j"?-n?s), a. (Anat.) Producing cells; -- applied esp. to lymphatic, or adenoid, tissue.

Cytogeny

Cy*tog"e*ny (-n?), n . (Biol.) Cell production or development; cytogenesis.

Cytoid

Cy"toid (s?"toid), a. [Gr. -oid.] (Physiol.) Cell-like; -- applied to the corpuscles of lymph, blood, chyle, etc.

Cytoplasm

Cy"to*plasm (s?"t?-pl?z'm), n. [Gr. (Biol.) The substance of the body of a cell, as distinguished from the karyoplasma, or substance of the nucleus. -- Cy`to*plas"mic (-pl, a.

Cytula

Cyt"u*la (s?t"?-l?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Biol.) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, from the development of which the child or other organism is formed. H\'91ckel.

Czar

Czar (z\'84r), n. [Russ. tsare, fr. L. Caesar C\'91sar; cf. OPol. czar, Pol. car. ] A king; a chief; the title of the emperor of Russia. [Written also tzar<-- and tsar-->.]

Czarevna

Cza*rev"na (z?-r?v"n?), n. [Russ. tsarevna.] The title of the wife of the czarowitz.

Czarina

Cza*ri"na (z?-r?"n?), n. [Cf. G. Zarin, Czarin, fem., Russ. tsaitsa.] The title of the empress of Russia.

Czarinian

Cza*rin"i*an (z?-r?n"?-an), a. Of or pertaining to the czar or the czarina; czarish.

Czarish

Czar"ish (z?r"?sh), a. Of or pertaining to the czar.

Czarowitz

Czar"o*witz (z?r"?-w?ts ∨ t??r"?-v?ch), n.; pl. Czarowitzes (-. [Russ. tsar.] The title of the eldest son of the czar of Russia.

Czech

Czech (ch?k; 204), n.

1. One of the Czechs.

2. The language of the Czechs (often called Bohemian), the harshest and richest of the Slavic languages.

Czechic

Czech"ic (ch?k"?k), a. Of or pertaining to the Czechs. "One Czechic realm." The Nation.

Czechs

Czechs (ch?ks), n. pl.; sing. Czech. [Named after their chieftain, Czech.] (Ethnol.) The most westerly branch of the great Slavic family of nations, numbering now more than 6,000,000, and found principally in Bohemia and Moravia.
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D.

D

D (?)

1. The fourth letter of the English alphabet, and a vocal consonent. The English letter is from Latin, which is from Greek, which took it from Phoenician, the probable ultimate origin being Egyptian. It is related most nearly to t and th; as, Eng. deep, G. tief; Eng. daughter, G. tochter, Gr. duhitr. See Guide to Pronunciation, &root;178, 179, 229.

2. (Mus.) The nominal of the second tone in the model major scale (that in C), or of the fourth tone in the relative minor scale of C (that in A minor), or of the key tone in the relative minor of F.

3. As a numeral D stands for 500. in this use it is not the initial of any word, or even strictly a letter, but one half of the sign

Dab

Dab (?), n. [Perh. corrupted fr. adept.] A skillful hand; a dabster; an expert. [Colloq.]
One excels at a plan or the titlepage, another works away at the body of the book, and the therd is a dab at an index. Goldsmith.

Dab

Dab, n. [Perh. so named from its quickness in diving beneath the sand. Cf. Dabchick.] (Zo\'94l.) A name given to several species of Pleuronectes . TheAmerican rough dab is Hippoglossoides platessoides.

Dab

Dab (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Dabbed (?); p.pr.& vb.n. Dabbing.] [OE. dabben to strice; akin to OD. dabben to pinch, knead, fumble, dabble, and perh. to G. tappen to grope.]

1. To strike or touch gently, as with a soft or moist substance; to tap; hence, to besmear with a dabber.

A sore should . . . be wiped . . . only by dabbing it over with fine lint. S. Sharp.

2. To strike by a thrust; to hit with a sudden blow or thrust. "To dab him in the neck." Sir T. More.

Dab

Dab (?), n.

1. A gentle blow with the hand or some soft substance; a sudden blow or hit; a peck.

Astratch of her clame, a dab of her beack. Hawthorne.

2. A small mass of anything soft or moist.

Dabb

Dabb (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large, spine-tailed lizard (Uromastix spinipes), found in Egypt, Arabia, and Palestine; -- called also dhobb, and dhabb.

Dabber

Dab"ber (?), n. That with which one dabs; hence, a pad or other device used by printers, engravers, etc., as for dabbing type or engraved plates with ink.

Dabble

Dab"ble (?), v. t. [imp.&p.p Dabbled (?); p.pr.&vb.n. Dabbling (?).] [Freq. of dab: cf. OD. dabbelen.] To wet by little dips or strokes; to spatter; to sprinkle; to moisten; to wet. "Bright hair dabbled in blood." Shak.

Dable

Dab"le, v. i.

1. To play in water, as with the hands; to paddle or splash in mud or water.

Wher the duck dabbles Wordsworth.

2. To work in slight or superficial manner; to do in a small way; to tamper; to meddle. "Dabbling here and there with the text." Atterbury.

During the ferst year at Dumfries, Burns for the ferst time began to dabble in politics. J. C. Shairp.

Dabbler

Dab"bler (?), n.

1. One who dabbles.

2. One who dips slightly into anything; a superficial meddler. "our dabblers in politics." Swift.

Dabblingly

Dab"bling*ly (?), adv. In a dabbling manner.

Dabchick

Dab"chick` (?), n. [For dabchick. See Dap, Dip, cf. Dipchick.] (Zo\'94l.) A small water bird (Podilymbus podiceps), allied to the grebes, remarkable for its quickness in diving; -- called also dapchick, dobchick, dipchick, didapper, dobber, devil-diver, hell-diver, and pied-billed grebe.

Daboia

Da*boi"a (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A large and highly venomous Asiatic viper (Daboia xanthica).

Dabster

Dab"ster, n. [Cf. Dab an expert.] One who is skilled; a master of his business; a proficient; an adept. [Colloq.] &hand; Sometimes improperly used for dabbler; as, "I am but a dabster with gentle art."

Dacapo

Da`ca"po (?). [It., from [the] head or beginning.] (Mus.) From the beginning; a direction to return to, and end with, the first strain; -- indicated by the letters D. C. Also, the strain so repeated.

Dace

Dace (?), n. [Written also dare, dart, fr. F. dard dase, dart, of German origin. Dace is for an older darce, fr. an OF. nom. darz. See Dart a javelin.] (Zo\'94l.) A small European cyprinoid fish (Squalius leuciscus or Leuciscus vulgaris); -- called also dare. &hand; In America the name is given to several related fishes of the genera Squalius, Minnilus, etc. The black-nosed dace is Rhinichthys atronasus the horned dace is Semotilus corporalis. For red dace, see Redfin.

Dachshund

Dachs"hund` (?), n. [G., from dachs badger + hund dog.] (Zo\'94l.) One of a breed of small dogs with short crooked legs, and long body; -- called also badger dog. There are two kinds, the rough-haired and the smooth-haired.

Dacian

Da"cian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Dacia or the Dacians. -- n. A native of ancient Dacia.

Dacoity

Da*coit"y (?), n. The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.

Dacotahs

Da*co"tahs (?), n. pl.; sing. Dacotan (. (Ethnol.) Same as Dacotas. Longfellow.

Dactyl

Dac"tyl (?), n. [L. dactylus, Gr. Digit.]

1. (Pros.) A poetical foot of three sylables (\'f5 \'de \'de), one long followed by two short, or one accented followed by two unaccented; as, L. t\'89gm&icr;n&ecr;, E. mer"ciful; -- so called from the similarity of its arrangement to that of the joints of a finger. [Written also dactyle.]

2. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A finger or toe; a digit. (b) The claw or terminal joint of a leg of an insect or crustacean.

Dactylar

Dac"tyl*ar (?), a.

1. Pertaining to dactyl; dactylic.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Of or pertaining to a finger or toe, or to the claw of an insect crustacean.

Dactylet

Dac"tyl*et (?), n. [Dactyl + .] A dactyl. [Obs.]

Dactylic

Dac*tyl"ic (?), a. [L. dactylicus, Gr. , fr. .] Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses.

Dactylic

Dac*tyl"ic, n.

1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics.

2. pl. Dactylic meters.

Dac-tylioglyph

Dac-tyl"i*o*glyph (?), n. [Gr. an engraver of gems; finger ring (fr. finger) + to engrave.] (Fine Arts) (a) An engraver of gems for rings and other ornaments. (b) The inscription of the engraver's name on a finger ring or gem.

Dactylioglyphi

Dac*tyl`i*og"ly*phi (?), n. The art or process of gem engraving.

Dactyliography

Dac*tyl`i*og"ra*phy (?), n. [Gr. finger ring + .] (Fine Arts) (a) The art of writing or engraving upon gems. (b) In general, the literature or history of the art.

Dactyli ology

Dac*tyl`i* ol"o*gy (?), n. [Gr. finger ring + .] (Fine Arts) (a) That branch of arch\'91ology which has to do with gem engraving. (b) That branch of arch\'91ology which has to do with finger rings.

Dactyliomancy

Dac*tyl"i*o*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. dakty`lios + -mancy.] Divination by means of finger rings.

Dactylist

Dac"tyl*ist (?), n. A writer of dactylic verse.

Dactylitis

Dac`tyl*i"tis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. finger + -itis.] (Med.) An inflammatory affection of the fingers. Gross.

Dactylitis

Dac`tyl*i"tis (?), n. [Gr. finger + -logy.] The art of communicating ideas by certai movement and positions of the fingers; -- a method of conversing practiced by the deaf and dumb. &hand; There are two different manual alphabets, the onehand alphabet (which was perfected by Abb\'82 de l'Ep\'82e, who died in 1789), and the two alphabet. The latter was probably based on the manual alphabet published by George Dalgarus of Aberdeen, in 1680. See Illustration in Appendix.

Dactylomancy

Dac*tyl"o*man`cy (?), n. Dactylio mancy. [R.] Am. Cyc.

Dactylonomy

Dac`tyl*on"o*my (?), n. [Gr. finger + law, distribution.] The art of numbering or counting by the fingers.

Dactylopterous

Dac`tyl*op"ter*ous (?), a. [Gr. finger + wing, fin.] (Zo\'94l.) Having the inferior rays of the pectoral fins partially or entirely free, as in the gurnards.

Dactylotheca

Dac`ty*lo*the"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. finger, toe + case, box.] (Zo\'94l.) The scaly covering of the toes, as in birds.

Dactylozooid

Dac`tyl*o*zo"oid (?), n. [Gr. finger + E. zooid.] (Zo\'94l.) A kind of zooid of Siphonophora which has an elongated or even vermiform body, with one tentacle, but no mouth. See Siphonophora.

Dad

Dad (?), n. [Prob. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. daid, Gael. daidein, W. tad, OL. , , Skr. t\'beta.] Father; -- a word sometimes used by children.
I was never so bethumped withwords, Since I first called my brother's father dad. Shak.

Dadle

Dad"le (?), v. i. [imp. & p.p. Daddled (?), p.pr. & vb.n. Daddling.] [Prob. freq. of dade.] To toddle; to walk unsteadily, like a child or an old man; hence, to do anything slowly or feebly.

Daddock

Dad"dock (?), n. [Cf. Prov. E. dad a large piece.] The rotten body of a tree. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Daddy

Dad"dy (?), n. Diminutive of Dad. Dryden.

Daddy longlegs

Dad"dy long"legs` (?).

1. (Zo\'94l.) An arachnidan of the genus Phalangium, and allied genera, having a small body and four pairs of long legs; -- called also harvestman, carter, and grandfather longlegs.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A name applied to many species of dipterous insects of the genus Tipula, and allied genera, with slender bodies, and very long, slender legs; the crane fly; -- called also father longlegs.

Dade

Dade (?), v. t. [Of. uncertain origin. Cf. Dandle, Daddle.] To hold up by leading strings or by the hand, as a child while he toddles. [Obs.]
Little children when they learn to go By painful mothers daded to and fro. Drayton.

Dade

Dade, v. i. To walk unsteadily, as a child in leading strings, or just learning to walk; to move slowly. [Obs.]
No sooner taught to dade, but from their mother trip. Drayton.

Dado

Da"do (?), n.; pl. Dadoes (#). [It. dado die, cube, pedestal; of the same origin as E. die, n. See Die, n.] (Arch.) (a) That part of a pedestal included between the base and the cornice (or surbase); the die. See Illust. of Column. Hence: (b) In any wall, that part of the basement included between the base and the base course. See Base course, under Base. (c) In interior decoration, the lower part of the wall of an apartment when adorned with moldings, or otherwise specially decorated.

D\'91dal, D\'91dalian

D\'91"dal (?), D\'91*dal"ian (?), a. [L. daedalus cunningly wrought, fr. Gr. ; cf. to work cunningly. The word also alludes to the mythical D\'91dalus (Gr. , lit., the cunning worker).]

1. Cunningly or ingeniously formed or working; skillful; artistic; ingenious.

Our bodies decked in our d\'91dalian arms. Chapman.
The d\'91dal hand of Nature. J. Philips.
The doth the d\'91dal earth throw forth to thee, Out of her fruitful, abundant flowers. Spenser.

2. Crafty; deceitful. [R.] Keats.

D\'91dalous

D\'91d"a*lous (?), a. (Bot.) Having a variously cut or incised margin; -- said of leaves.

D\'91mon, n., D\'91monic

D\'91"mon (?), n., D\'91*mon"ic (, a.
See Demon, Demonic.

Daff

Daff (?), v. t. [Cf. Doff.] To cast aside; to put off; to doff. [Obs.]
Canst thou so daff me? Thou hast killed my child. Shak.

Daff

Daff, n. [See Daft.] A stupid, blockish fellow; a numskull. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Daff

Daff (?), v. i. To act foolishly; to be foolish or sportive; to toy. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Daff

Daff, v. t. To daunt. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Daffodil

Daf"fo*dil (?), n. [OE. affodylle, prop., the asphodel, fr. LL. affodillus (cf. D. affodille or OF. asphodile, aphodille, F. asphod\'8ale), L. asphodelus, fr. Gr. . The initial d in English is not satisfactorily explained. See Asphodel.] (Bot.) (a) A plant of the genus Asphodelus. (b) A plant of the genus Narcissus (N. Pseudo-narcissus). It has a bulbous root and beautiful flowers, usually of a yellow hue. Called also daffodilly, daffadilly, daffadowndilly, daffydowndilly, etc.
With damasc roses and daffadowndillies set. Spenser.
Strow me the ground with daffadowndillies, And cowslips, and kingcups, and loved lilies. Spenser.
A college gown That clad her like an April Daffodilly. Tennyson
And chance-sown daffodil. Whittier.

Daft

Daft (?), a. [OE. daft, deft, deft, stupid; prob. the same word as E. deft. See Deft.]

1. Stupid; folish; idiotic; also, delirious; insance; as, he has gone daft.

Let us think no more of this daft business Sir W. Scott.

2. Gay; playful; frolicsome. [Scot.] Jamieson.

Daftness

Daft"ness, n. The quality of being daft.

Dag

Dag (?), n. [Cf. F. dague, LL. daga, D. dagge (fr. French); all prob. fr. Celtic; Cf. Gael. dag a pistol, Armor. dag dagger, W. dager, dagr, Ir. daigear. Cf. Dagger.]

1. A dagger; a poniard. [Obs.] Johnson.

2. A large pistol formerly used. [Obs.]

The Spaniards discharged their dags, and hurt some. Foxe.
A sort of pistol, called dag, was used about the same time as hand guns and harquebuts. Grose.

3. (Zo\'94l.) The unbrunched antler of a young deer.

Dag

Dag, n. [Of Scand. origin; cf. Sw. dagg, Icel. d\'94gg. &root;71. See Dew.] A misty shower; dew. [Obs.]

Dag

Dag, n. [OE. dagge (cf. Dagger); or cf. AS. d\'beg what is dangling.] A loose end; a dangling shred.
Daglocks, clotted locks hanging in dags or jags at a sheep's tail. Wedgwood.

Dag

Dag, v. t. [1, from Dag dew. 2, from Dag a loose end.]

1. To daggle or bemire. [Prov. Eng.] Johnson.

2. To cut into jags or points; to slash; as, to dag a garment. [Obs.] Wright.

Dag

Dag, v. i. To be misty; to drizzle. [Prov. Eng.]

Dagger

Dag"ger (?), n. [Cf. OE. daggen to pierce, F. daguer. See Dag a dagger.]

1. A short weapon used for stabbing. This is the general term: cf. Poniard, Stiletto, Bowie knife, Dirk, Misericorde, Anlace.

2. (Print.) A mark of reference in the form of a dagger [†]. It is the second in order when more than one reference occurs on a page; -- called also obelisk. Dagger moth (Zo\'94l.), any moth of the genus Apatalea. The larv\'91 are often destructive to the foliage of fruit trees, etc. -- Dagger of lath, the wooden weapon given to the Vice in the old Moralities. Shak. -- Double dagger, a mark of reference [‡] which comes next in order after the dagger. -- To look, ∨ speak, daggers, to look or speak fiercely or reproachfully.

Dagger

Dag"ger, v. t. To pierce with a dagger; to stab. [Obs.]

Dagger

Dag"ger, n. [Perh. from diagonal.] A timber placed diagonally in a ship's frame. Knight.

Dagges

Dagges (?), n. pl. [OE. See Dag a loose end.] An ornamental cutting of the edges of garments, introduced about a. d. 1346, according to the Chronicles of St Albans. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Daggle

Dag"gle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daggled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Daggling (?).] [Freq. of dag, v. t., 1.] To trail, so as to wet or befoul; to make wet and limp; to moisten.
The warrior's very plume, I say, Was daggled by the dashing spray. Sir W. Scott.

Daggle

Dag"gle, v. i. To run, go, or trail one's self through water, mud, or slush; to draggle.
Nor, like a puppy [have I] daggled through the town. Pope.

Daggle-tail, Daggle-tailed

Dag"gle-tail` (?), Dag"gle-tailed` (?), a. Having the lower ends of garments defiled by trailing in mire or filth; draggle-tailed.

Daggle-tail

Dag"gle-tail` (?), n. A slovenly woman; a slattern; a draggle-tail.

Daglock

Dag"lock` (?), n. [Dag a loose and + lock.] A dirty or clotted lock of wool on a sheep; a taglock.

Dago

Da"go (?), n.; pl. Dagos (#). [Cf. Sp. Diego, E. James.] A nickname given to a person of Spanish (or, by extension, Portuguese or Italian) descent. [U. S.]

Dagoba

Da*go"ba (?), n. [Singhalese d\'begoba.] A dome-shaped structure built over relics of Buddha or some Buddhist saint. [East Indies]

Dagon

Da"gon (?), [Heb. D\'begon, fr. dag a fish: cf. Gr. .] The national god of the Philistines, represented with the face and hands and upper part of a man, and the tail of a fish. W. Smith.
This day a solemn feast the people hold To Dagon, their sea idol. Milton.
They brought it into the house of Dagon. 1 Sam. v. 2.

Dagon

Dag"on (?), n. [See Dag a loose end.] A slip or piece. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dagswain

Dag"swain` (?), n. [From Dag a loose end?] Acoarse woolen fabric made of daglocks, or the refuse of wool. "Under coverlets made of dagswain." Holinshed.

Dag-tailed

Dag"-tailed` (?), a. [Dag a loose end + tail.] Daggle-tailed; having the tail clogged with daglocks. "Dag-tailed sheep." Bp. Hall.

Daguerrean, Daguerreian

Da*guer"re*an (?), Da*guerre"i*an (?), a. Pertaining to Daguerre, or to his invention of the daguerreotype.

Daguerreotype

Da*guerre"o*type, n. [From Daguerre the inventor + -type.]

1. An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury.

2. The process of taking such pictures.

Daguerreotype

Da*guerre"o*type (?), v. t. [imp. & p.p. Daguerreotyped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Daguerreotyping (?).]

1. To produce or represent by the daguerreotype process, as a picture.

2. To impress with great distinctness; to imprint; to imitate exactly.

Daguerreotyper, Daguerreotypist

Da*guerre"o*ty`per (?), Da*guerre"o*ty`pist (?), n. One who takes daguerreotypes.

Daguerreotypy

Da*guerre"o*ty`py (?), n. The art or process of producing pictures by method of Daguerre.

Dahabeah

Da`ha*be"ah (?), n. [Ar.] A nile boat

Dahlia

Dah"lia (?), n.; pl. Dahlias (#). [Named after Andrew Dahl a Swedish botanist.] (Bot.) A genus of plants native to Mexico and Central America, of the order Composit\'91; also, any plant or flower of the genus. The numerous varieties of cultivated dahlias bear conspicuous flowers which differ in color.

Dahlin

Dah"lin (?), n. [From Dahlia.] (Chem.) A variety of starch extracted from the dahlia; -- called also inulin. See Inulin.

Dailiness

Dai"li*ness (?), n. Daily occurence. [R.]

Daily

Dai"ly (?), a. [AS. d\'91gl\'c6c; d\'91g day + -l\'c6c like. See Day.] Happening, or belonging to, each successive day; diurnal; as, daily labor; a daily bulletin.
Give us this day our daily bread. Matt. vi. 11.
Bunyan has told us . . . that in New England his dream was the daily subject of the conversation of thousands. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Daily, Diurnal. Daily is Anglo-Saxon, and diurnal is Latin. The former is used in reference to the ordinary concerns of life; as, daily wants, daily cares, daily employments. The latter is appropriated chiefly by astronomers to what belongs to the astronomical day; as, the diurnal revolution of the earth.
Man hath his daily work of body or mind Appointed, which declares his dignity, And the regard of Heaven on all his ways. Milton.
Half yet remains unsung, but narrower bound Within the visible diurnal sphere. Milton.

Daily

Dai"ly, n.; pl. Dailies (. A publication which appears regularly every day; as, the morning dailies.

Daily

Dai"ly, adv. Every day; day by day; as, a thing happens daily.

Daimio

Dai"mi*o (?), n.; pl. Daimios (#). [Jap., fr. Chin. tai ming great name.] The title of the feudal nobles of Japan.<-- usu. written daimyo -->
The daimios, or territorial nobles, resided in Yedo and were divided into four classes. Am. Cyc.

Daint

Daint (?), n. [See Dainty, n.] Something of exquisite taste; a dainty. [Obs.] -- a. Dainty. [Obs.]
To cherish him with diets daint. Spenser.

Daintify

Dain"ti*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daintified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Daintifying.] [Dainty + -fy.] To render dainty, delicate, or fastidious. "Daintified emotion." Sat. rev.

Daintily

Dain"ti*ly, adv. In a dainty manner; nicely; scrupulously; fastidiously; deliciously; prettily.

Daintiness

Dain"ti*ness, n. The quality of being dainty; nicety; niceness; elegance; delicacy; deliciousness; fastidiousness; squeamishness.
The daintiness and niceness of our captains Hakluyt.
More notorious for the daintiness of the provision . . . than for the massiveness of the dish. Hakewill.
The duke exeeded in the daintiness of his leg and foot, and the earl in the fine shape of his hands, Sir H. Wotton.

Daintrel

Dain"trel (?), n. [From daint or dainty; cf. OF. daintier.] Adelicacy. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Dainty

Dain"ty (?), n.; pl. Dainties (#). [OE. deinie, dainte, deintie, deyntee, OF. deinti\'82 delicacy, orig., dignity, honor, fr. L. dignitas, fr. dignus worthy. See Deign, and cf. Dignity.]

1. Value; estimation; the gratification or pleasure taken in anything. [Obs.]

I ne told no deyntee of her love. Chaucer.

2. That which is delicious or delicate; a delicacy.

That precious nectar may the taste renew Of Eden's dainties, by our parents lost. Beau. & Fl.

3. A term of fondness. [Poetic] B. Jonson. Syn. -- Dainty, Delicacy. These words are here compared as denoting articles of food. The term delicacy as applied to a nice article of any kind, and hence to articles of food which are particularly attractive. Dainty is stronger, and denotes some exquisite article of cookery. A hotel may be provided with all the delicacies of the season, and its table richly covered with dainties.

These delicacies I mean of taste, sight, smell, herbs, fruits, and flowers, Walks and the melody of birds. Milton.
[A table] furnished plenteously with bread, And dainties, remnants of the last regale. Cowper.

Dainty

Dain"ty, a. [Compar. Daintier (?); superl. Daintiest.]

1. Rare; valuable; costly. [Obs.]

Full many a deynt\'82 horse had he in stable. Chaucer.
&hand; Hence the proverb "dainty maketh dearth," i. e., rarity makes a thing dear or precious.

2. Delicious to the palate; toothsome.

Dainty bits Make rich the ribs. Shak.

3. Nice; delicate;elegant, in form, manner, or breeding; well-formed; neat; tender.

Those dainty limbs which nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy. Milton.
Iwould be the girdle. About her dainty, dainty waist. Tennyson.

4. Requirinig daintles. Hence; Overnice; hard to please; fastidious; sqrupulous; ceremonious.

Thew were a fine and Dainty people. Bacon.
And let us not be dainty of leave taking, But shift away. Shak.
To make dainty, to assume or affect delicacy or fastidiousness. [Obs.]
Ah ha, my mistresses! which of you all Will now deny to dance? She that makes dainty, She, I'll swear, hath corns. Shak.

Dairy

Dai"ry (?), n.;pl. Dairies (#). [OE. deierie, from deie, daie, maid; of Scand. origin; cf. Icel. deigja maid, dairymaid, Sw. deja, orig., a baking maid, fr. Icel. deig. Dough.]

1. The place, room, or house where milk is kept, and converted into butter or cheese.

What stores my dairies and my folds contain. Dryden.

2. That department of farming which is concerned in the production of milk, and its conversion into butter and cheese.

Grounds were turned much in England either to feeding or dairy; and this advanced the trade of English butter. Temple.

3. A dairy farm. [R.] &hand; Dairy is much used adjectively or in combination; as, dairy farm, dairy countries, dairy house or dairyhouse, dairyroom, dairywork, etc.

Dairying

Dai"ry*ing, n. The business of conducting a dairy.

Dairymaid

Dai"ry*maid` (?), n. A female servant whose business is the care of the dairy.

Dairyman

Dai"ry*man (?), n.; pl. Dairymen (. A man who keeps or takes care of a dairy.

Dairywoman

Dai"ry*wom`an (?), n.; pl. Dairywomen (. A woman who attends to a dairy.

Dais

Da"is (d&amac;"&icr;s), n. [OE. deis, des, table, dais, OF. deis table, F. dais a canopy, L. discus a quoit, a dish (from the shape), LL., table, fr. Gr. a quoit, a dish. See Dish.]

1. The high or principal table, at the end of a hall, at which the chief guests were seated; also, the chief seat at the high table. [Obs.]

2. A platform slightly raised above the floor of a hall or large room, giving distinction to the table and seats placed upon it for the chief guests.

3. A canopy over the seat of a person of dignity. [Obs.] Shiply.

Daisied

Dai"sied (?), a. Full of daisies; adorned with daisies. "The daisied green." Langhorne.
The grass all deep and daisied. G. Eliot.

Daisy

Dai"sy (?), n.; pl. Daisies (#). [OE. dayesye, AS. d\'91ges day's eye, daisy. See Day, and Eye.] (Bot.) (a) A genus of low herbs (Bellis), belonging to the family Composit\'91. The common English and classical daisy is B. prennis, which has a yellow disk and white or pinkish rays. (b) The whiteweed (Chrysanthemum Leucanthemum), the plant commonly called daisy in North America; -- called also oxeye daisy. See Whiteweed. &hand; The word daisy is also used for composite plants of other genera, as Erigeron, or fleabane. Michaelmas daisy (Bot.), any plant of the genus Aster, of which there are many species. -- Oxeye daisy (Bot.), the whiteweed. See Daisy (b).

Dak

Dak (?), n. [Hind. .] Post; mail; also, the mail or postal arrangements; -- spelt also dawk, and dauk. [India] Dak boat, a mail boat. Percy Smith. -- Dak bungalow, a traveler's rest-house at the and of a dak stage. -- To travel by dak, to travel by relays of palanquines or other carriage, as fast as the post along a road.

Daker, Dakir

Da"ker (?), Da"kir (?), n. [See Dicker.] (O. Eng. & Scots Law) A measure of certain commodities by number, usually ten or twelve, but sometimes twenty; as, a daker of hides consisted of ten skins; a daker of gloves of ten pairs. Burrill.

Daker hen

Da"ker hen` (?). [Perh. fr. W. crecial the daker hen; crec a sharp noise (creg harsh, hoarse, crechian to scream) + iar hen; or cf. D. duiken to dive, plunge.] (Zo\'94l.) The corncrake or land rail.

Dakoit, n., Dakoity

Da*koit", n., Da*koit"y, n.
See Dacoit, Dacoity.

Dakota group

Da*ko"ta group` (?). (Geol.) A subdivision at the base of the cretaceous formation in Western North America; -- so named from the region where the strata were first studied.

Dakotas

Da*ko"tas (?), n. pl.; sing. Dacota (. (Ethnol.) An extensive race or stock of Indians, including many tribes, mostly dwelling west of the Mississippi River; -- also, in part, called Sioux. [Written also Dacotahs.]

Dal

Dal (?), n. [Hind.] Split pulse, esp. of Cajanus Indicus. [East Indies]

Dale

Dale (?), n. [AS. d\'91l; akin to LG., D., Sw., Dan., OS., & Goth. dal, Icel. dalr, OHG. tal, G. thal, and perth. to Gr. a rotunda, Skr. dh\'bera depth. Cf. Dell.]

1. A low place between hills; a vle or valley.

Where mountaines rise, umbrageous dales descend. Thomson.

2. A trough or spout to carry off water, as from a pump. Knight.

Dalesman

Dales"man (?), n.; pl. Dalesmen (. One living in a dale; -- a term applied particularly to the inhabitants of the valleys in the north of England, Norway, etc. Macaulay.

Dalf

Dalf (?), imp. of Delve. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dalliance

Dal"li*ance (?), n. [From Dally.]

1. The act of dallying, trifling, or fondling; interchange of caresses; wanton play.

Look thou be true, do not give dalliance Too mnch the rein. Shak.
O, the dalliance and the wit, The flattery and the strifeTennyson.

2. Delay or procrastination. Shak.

3. Entertaining discourse. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dailer

Dai"l*er (?), n. One Who fondles; a trifler; as, dalliers with pleasant words. Asham.

Dallop

Dal"lop (?), n. [Etymol. unknown.] A tuft or clump. [Obs.] Tusser.

Dally

Dal"ly (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dallied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dallying.] [OE. , dailien; cf. Icel. pylja to talk, G. dallen, dalen, dahlen, to trifle, talk nonsense, OSw. tule a droll or funny man; or AS. dol foolish, E. dull.]

1. To waste time in effeminate or voluptuous pleasures, or in idleness; to fool away time; to delay unnecessarily; to tarry; to trifle.

We have trifled too long already; it is madness to dally any longer. Calamy.
We have put off God, and dallied with his grace. Barrow.

2. To interchange caresses, especially with one of the opposite sex; to use fondling; to wanton; to sport.

Not dallying with a brace of courtesans. Shak.
Our aerie . . . dallies with the wind. Shak.

Dally

Dal"ly, v. t. To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
Dallying off the time with often skirmishes. Knolles.

Dalmania

Dal*ma"ni*a (?), n. [From Dalman, the geologist.] (Paleon.) A genus of trilobites, of many species, common in the Upper Silurian and Devonian rocks.

Dalmanites

Dal`ma*ni"tes (?), n. Same as Dalmania.

Dalmatian

Dal*ma"tian (?), a. Of or pertaining to Dalmatia. Dalmatian dog (Zo\'94l.), a carriage dog, shaped like a pointer, and having black or bluish spots on a white ground; the coach dog.

Dalmatica, n., Dalmatic

Dal*mat"i*ca (?), n., Dal*mat"ic (, n.
[LL. dalmatica: cf. F. dalmatique.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) A vestment with wide sleeves, and with two stripes, worn at Mass by deacons, and by bishops at pontifical Mass; -- imitated from a dress originally worn in Dalmatia.

2. A robe worn on state ocasions, as by English kings at their coronation.

Dal segno

Dal` se"gno (?). [It., from the sign.] (Mus.) A direction to go back to the sign Segno.

Daltonian

Dal*to"ni*an (?), n. One afflicted with color blindness.

Daltonism

Dal"ton*ism (?), n. Inability to perceive or distinguish certain colors, esp. red; color blindness. It has various forms and degrees. So called from the chemist Dalton, who had this infirmity. Nichol.

Dam

Dam (?), n. [OE. dame mistress, lady; also, mother, dam. See Dame.]

1. A female parent; -- used of beasts, especially of quadrupeds; sometimes applied in contempt to a human mother.

Our sire and dam, now confined to horses, are a relic of this age (13th century) . . . .Dame is used of a hen; we now make a great difference between dame and dam. T. L. K. Oliphant.
The dam runs lowing up end down, Looking the way her harmless young one went. Shak.

2. A kind or crowned piece in the game of draughts.

Dam

Dam, n. [Akin to OLG., D., & Dan. dam, G. & Sw. damm, Icel. dammr, and AS. fordemman to stop up, Goth. Fa\'a3rdammjan.]

1. A barrier to prevent the flow of a liquid; esp., a bank of earth, or wall of any kind, as of masonry or wood, built across a water course, to confine and keep back flowing water.

2. (Metal.) A firebrick wall, or a stone, which forms the front of the hearth of a blast furnace. Dam plate (Blast Furnace), an iron plate in front of the dam, to strengthen it.

Dam

Dam, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dammed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Damming.]

1. To obstruct or restrain the flow of, by a dam; to confine by constructing a dam, as a stream of water; -- generally used with in or up.

I'll have the current in this place dammed up. Shak.
A weight of earth that dams in the water. Mortimer.

2. To shut up; to stop up; to close; to restrain.

The strait pass was dammed With dead men hurt behind, and cowards. Shak.
To dam out, to keep out by means of a dam.

Damage

Dam"age (?), n. [OF. damage, domage, F. dommage, fr. assumed LL. damnaticum, from L. damnum damage. See Damn.]

1. Injury or harm to person, property, or reputation; an inflicted loss of value; detriment; hurt; mischief.

He that sendeth a message by the hand of a fool cutteth off the feet and drinketh damage. Prov. xxvi. 6.
Great errors and absurdities many commit for want of a friend to tell them of them, to the great damage both of their fame and fortune. Bacon.

2. pl. (Law) The estimated reparation in money for detriment or injury sustained; a compensation, recompense, or satisfaction to one party, for a wrong or injury actually done to him by another. &hand; In common-law action, the jury are the proper judges of damages. Consequential damage. See under Consequential. -- Exemplary damages (Law), damages imposed by way of example to others. -- Nominal damages (Law), those given for a violation of a right where no actual loss has accrued. -- Vindictive damages, those given specially for the punishment of the wrongdoer. Syn. -- Mischief; injury; harm; hurt; detriment; evil; ill. See Mischief.

Damage

Dam"age, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damages (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Damaging (?).] [Cf. OF. damagier, domagier. See Damage, n.] To ocassion damage to the soudness, goodness, or value of; to hurt; to injure; to impair.
He . . . came up to the English admiral and gave him a broadside, with which he killed many of his men and damaged the ship. Clarendon.

Damage

Dam"age (?), v. i. To receive damage or harm; to be injured or impaired in soudness or value; as. some colors in damage in sunlight.

Damageable

Dam"age*a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. dammageable, for sense 2.]

1. Capable of being injured or impaired; liable to, or susceptible of, damage; as, a damageable cargo.

2. Hurtful; pernicious. [R.]

That it be not demageable unto your royal majesty. Hakluit.

Damage feasant

Dam"age fea`sant (?). [OF. damage + F. faisant doing, p. pr. See Feasible.] (Law) Doing injury; trespassing, as cattle. Blackstone.

Daman

Da"man (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A small herbivorous mammal of the genus Hyrax. The species found in Palestine and Syria is Hyrax Syriacus; that of Northern Africa is H. Brucei; -- called also ashkoko, dassy, and rock rabbit. See Cony, and Hyrax.

Damar

Dam"ar (?), n. See Dammar.

Damascene

Dam"as*cene (?), a. [L. Damascenus of Damascus, fr. Damascus the city, Gr. . See Damask, and cf. Damaskeen, Damaskin, Damson.] Of or relating to Damascus.

Damascene

Dam"as*cene (?), n. A kind of plume, now called damson. See Damson.

Damascene

Dam"as*cene (?), v. t. Same as Damask, or Damaskeen, v. t. "Damascened armor." Beaconsfield. "Cast and damascened steel." Ure.

Damascus

Da*mas"cus (?), n. [L.] A city of Syria. Damascus blade, a sword or scimiter, made chiefly at Damascus, having a variegated appearance of watering, and proverbial for excellence. -- Damascus iron, ∨ Damascus twist, metal formed of thin bars or wires of iron and steel elaborately twisted and welded together; used for making gun barrels, etc., of high quality, in which the surface, when polished and acted upon by acid, has a damasc appearance. -- Damascus steel. See Damask steel, under Damask, a.

Damask

Dam"ask (?), n. [From the city Damascus, L. Damascus, Gr. , Heb. Dammesq, Ar. Daemeshq; cf. Heb. d'meseq damask; cf. It. damasco, Sp. damasco, F. damas. Cf. Damascene, Damass\'90.]

1. Damask silk; silk woven with an elaborate pattern of flowers and the like. "A bed of ancient damask." W. Irving.

2. Linen so woven that a pattern in produced by the different directions of the thread, without contrast of color.

3. A heavy woolen or worsted stuff with a pattern woven in the same way as the linen damask; -- made for furniture covering and hangings.

4. Damask or Damascus steel; also, the peculiar markings or "water" of such steel.

5. A deep pink or rose color. Fairfax.

Damask

Dam"ask, a.

1. Pertaining to, or originating at, the city of Damascus; resembling the products or manufactures of Damascus.

2. Having the color of the damask rose.

But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek. Shak.
Damask color, a deep rose-color like that of the damask rose. -- Damask plum, a small dark-colored plum, generally called damson. -- Damask rose (Bot.), a large, pink, hardy, and very fragrant variety of rose (Rosa damascena) from Damascus. "Damask roses have not been known in England above one hundred years." Bacon. -- Damask steel, ∨ Damascus steel, steel of the kind originally made at Damascus, famous for its hardness, and its beautiful texture, ornamented with waving lines; especially, that which is inlaid with damaskeening; -- formerly much valued for sword blades, from its great flexibility and tenacity.

Damask

Dam"ask, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damasked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Damasking.] To decorate in a way peculiar to Damascus or attributed to Damascus; particularly: (a) with flowers and rich designs, as silk; (b) with inlaid lines of gold, etc., or with a peculiar marking or "water," as metal. See Damaskeen.
Mingled metal damasked o'er with gold. Dryde
On the soft, downy bank, damasked with flowers. Milton.

Damaskeen, Damasken

Dam"as*keen` (?), Dam"as*ken (?), v. t. [F. damaschinare. See Damascene, v.] To decorate, as iron, steel, etc., with a peculiar marking or "water" produced in the process of manufacture, or with designs produced by inlaying or incrusting with another metal, as silver or gold, or by etching, etc., to damask.
Damaskeening is is partly mosaic work, partly engraving, and partly carving. Ure.

Damaskin

Dam"as*kin (?), n. [Cf. F. damasquin, adj., It. damaschino, Sp. damasquino. See Damaskeen.] A sword of Damask steel.
No old Toledo blades or damaskins. Howell

Damass\'82

Da*mas*s\'82" (?), a. [F. damass\'82, fr. damas. See Damask.] Woven like damask. -- n. A damass\'82 fabric, esp. one of linen.

Damassin

Dam"as*sin (?), n. [F., fr. damas. See Damask.] A kind of modified damask or blocade.

Dam1bonite

Dam1bo*nite (?), n. [Cf. F. dambonite.] (Chem.) A white crystalline, sugary substance obtained from an African caotchouc.

Dambose

Dam"bose (?), n. (Chem.) A crystalline vari ety of fruit sugar obtained from dambonite.

Dame

Dame (?), n. [F. dame, LL. domna, fr. L. domina mistress, lady, fem. of dominus master, ruler, lord; akin to domare to tame, subdue. See Tame, and cf. Dam mother, Dan, Danger, Dangeon, Dungeon, Dominie, Don, n., Duenna.]

1. A mistress of a family, who is a lady; a womam in authority; especially, a lady.

Then shall these lords do vex me half so much, As that proud dame, the lord protector's wife. Shak.

2. The mistress of a family in common life, or the mistress of a common school; as, a dame's school.

In the dame's classes at the village school. Emerson.

3. A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman.

4. A mother; -- applied to human beings and quadrupeds. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Damewort

Dame"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A cruciferrous plant (Hesperis matronalis), remarkable for its fragrance, especially toward the close of the day; -- called also rocket and dame's violet. Loudon.

Damiana

Da`mi*a"na (?), n. [NL.; of uncertain origin.] (Med.) A Mexican drug, used as an aphrodisiac. &hand; There are several varieties derived from different plants, esp. from a species of Turnera and from Bigelovia veneta. Wood & Bache.

Damianist

Da"mi*an*ist (?), n. (Eccl. Hist.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity.

Dammar, Dammara

Dam"mar (?), Dam"ma*ra (?), n. [Jav. & Malay. damar.] An oleoresin used in making varnishes; dammar gum; dammara resin. It is obtained from certain resin trees indigenous to the East Indies, esp. Shorea robusta and the dammar pine. Dammar pine, (Bot.), a tree of the Moluccas (Agathis, ∨ Dammara, orientalis), yielding dammar.

Dammara

Dam"ma*ra, n. (Bot.) A large tree of the order Conifer\'91, indigenous to the East Indies and Australasia; -- called also Agathis. There are several species.

Damn

Damn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Damned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Damning (?).] [OE. damnen dap), OF. damner, dampner, F. damner, fr. L. damnare, damnatum, to condemn, fr. damnum damage, a fine, penalty. Cf. Condemn, Damage.]

1. To condemn; to declare guilty; to doom; to adjudge to punishment; to sentence; to censhure.

He shall not live; look, with a spot I damn him. Shak.

2. (Theol.) To doom to punishment in the future world; to consign to perdition; to curse.

3. To condemn as bad or displeasing, by open expression, as by denuciation, hissing, hooting, etc.

You are not so arrant a critic as to damn them [the works of modern poets] . . . without hearing. Pope.
Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering teach the rest to sneer. Pope.
&hand; Damn is sometimes used interjectionally, imperatively, and intensively.

Damn

Damn, v. i. To invoke damnation; to curse. 'While I inwardly damn." Goldsmith.

Damnability

Dam`na*bil"i*ty (?), n. The quality of being damnable; damnableness. Sir T. More.

Damnable

Dam"na*ble (?), a. [L. damnabilis, fr. damnare: cf. F. damnable. See Damn.]

1. Liable to damnation; deserving, or for which one deserves, to be damned; of a damning nature.

A creature unprepared unmeet for dealth, And to transport him in the mind hi is, Were damnable. Shak.

2. Odious; pernicious; detestable.

Begin, murderer; . . . leave thy damnable faces. Shak.

Damnableness

Dam"na*ble*ness, n. The state or quality of deserving damnation; execrableness.
The damnableness of this most execrable impiety. Prynne.

Damnably

Dam"na*bly, adv.

1. In a manner to incur sever

2. Odiously; detestably; excessively. [Low]

Damnation

Dam*na"tion (?), n. [F. damnation, L. damnatio, fr. damnare. See Damn.]

1. The state of being damned; condemnation; openly expressed disapprobation.

2. (Theol.) Condemnation to everlasting punishment in the future state, or the punishment itself.

How can ye escape the damnation of hell? Matt. xxiii. 33.
Wickedness is sin, and sin is damnation. Shak.

3. A sin daserving of everlasting punishment. [R.]

The deep damnation of his taking-off. Shak.

Dannatory

Dan"na*to*ry (?), a. [L. damnatorius, fr. damnator a condemner.] Doo "Damnatory invectives." Hallam.

Damned

Damned (?), a.

1. Sentenced to punishment in a future state; condemned; consigned to perdition.

2. Hateful; detestable; abominable.

But, O, what damned minutes tells he o'er Who doats, yet doubts, suspects, yet strongly loves. Shak.

Damnific

Dam*nif"ic (?), a. [L. damnificus; damnum damage, loss + facere to make. See Damn.] Procuring or causing loss; mischievous; injurious.

Damnification

Dam`ni*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. damnificatio.] That which causes damage or loss.

Damnify

Dam"ni*fy (?), v. t. [LL. damnificare, fr. L. damnificus: cf. OF. damnefier. See Damnific.] To cause loss or damage to; to injure; to imparir. [R.]
This work will ask as many more officials to make expurgations and expunctions, that the commonwealth of learning be not damnified. Milton.

Damning

Damn"ing (?), a. That damns; damnable; as, damning evidence of guilt.

Damningness

Damn"ing*ness, n. Tendency to bring damnation. "The damningness of them [sins]." Hammond.

damnum

dam"num (?), n. [L.] (law) Harm; detriment, either to character or property.
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Damosel, Damosella, Damoiselle

Dam"o*sel (?), Dam`o*sel"la (?), Da`moi`selle" (?), n. See Damsel. [Archaic]

Damourite

Dam"our*ite (?), n. [Ater the French chemist Damour.] (Min.) A kind of Muscovite, or potash mica, containing water.

Damp

Damp (?), n. [Akin to LG., D., & Dan. damp vapor, steam, fog, G. dampf, Icel. dampi, Sw. damb dust, and to MNG. dimpfen to smoke, imp. dampf.]

1. Moisture; humidity; fog; fogginess; vapor.

Night . . . with black air Accompanied, with damps and dreadful gloom. Milton.

2. Dejection; depression; cloud of the mind.

Even now, while thus I stand blest in thy presence, A secret damp of grief comes o'er my soul. Addison.
It must have thrown a damp over your autumn excursion. J. D. Forbes.

3. (Mining) A gaseous prodact, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints, etc. Choke damp, a damp consisting principally of carboniCarbonic acid, under Carbonic. -- Damp sheet, a curtain in a mine gallery to direct air currents and prevent accumulation of gas. -- Fire damp, a damp consisting chiefly of light carbureted hydrogen; -- so called from its tendence to explode when mixed with atmospheric air and brought into contact with flame.

Damp

Damp (?), a. [Compar. Damper (?); superl. Dampest.]

1. Being in a state between dry and wet; moderately wet; moist; humid.

O'erspread with a damp sweat and holy fear. Dryden.

2. Dejected; depressed; sunk. [R.]

All these and more came flocking, but with looks Downcast and damp. Milton.

Damp

Damp, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Damped (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Damping.] [OE. dampen to choke, suffocate. See Damp, n.]

1. To render damp; to moisten; to make humid, or moderately wet; to dampen; as, to damp cloth.

2. To put out, as fire; to depress or deject; to deaden; to cloud; to check or restrain, as action or vigor; to make dull; to weaken; to discourage. "To damp your tender hopes." Akenside.

Usury dulls and damps all industries, improvements, and new inventions, wherein money would be stirring if it were not for this slug. Bacon.
How many a day has been damped and darkened by an angry word! Sir J. Lubbock.
The failure of his enterprise damped the spirit of the soldiers. Macaulay.

Dampen

Damp"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dampened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dampening.]

1. To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

2. To depress; to check; to make dull; to lessen.

In a way that considerably dampened our enthusiasm. The Century.

Dampen

Damp"en, v. i. To become damp; to deaden. Byron.

Damper

Damp"er (?), n. That which damps or checks; as: (a) A valve or movable plate in the flue or other part of a stove, furnace, etc., used to check or regulate the draught of air. (b) A contrivance, as in a pianoforte, to deaden vibrations; or, as in other pieces of mechanism, to check some action at a particular time.
Nor did Sabrina's presence seem to act as any damper at the modest little festivities. W. Black.

Dampish

Damp"ish (?), a. Moderately damp or moist. -- Damp"ish*ly, adv. -- Damp"ish*ness, n.

Dampne

Damp"ne (?), v. t. To damn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dampness

Damp"ness, n. Moderate humidity; moisture; fogginess; moistness.

Damp off

Damp" off` (?). To decay and perish through excessive moisture.

Dampy

Damp"y (?), a.

1. Somewhat damp. [Obs.] Drayton.

2. Dejected; gloomy; sorrowful. [Obs.] "Dispel dampy throughts." Haywards.

Damsel

Dam"sel (?), n. [OE. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, fr. OF. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, F. demoiselle young lady; cf. OF. damoisel young nobleman, F. damoiseau; fr. LL. domicella, dominicella, fem., domicellus, dominicellus, masc., dim. fr. L. domina, dominus. See Dame, and cf. Demoiselle, Doncella.]

1. A young person, either male or female, of noble or gentle extraction; as, Damsel Pepin; Damsel Richard, Prince of Wales. [Obs.]

2. A young unmarried woman; a gerl; a maiden.

With her train of damsels she was gone, In shady walks the scorching heat to shum. Dryden.
Sometimes a troop of damsels glad, . . . Goes by to towered Cameleot. Tennyson.

3. (Milling) An attachment to a millstone spindle for shaking the hoppe

Damson

Dam"son (?), n. [OE. damasin the Damascus plum, fr. L. Damascenus. See Damascene.] A small oval plum of a blue color, the fruit of a variety of the Prunus domestica; -- called also damask plum.

Dan

Dan (?), n. [OE. dan, danz, OF. danz (prop. only nom.), dan, master, fr. L. dominus. See Dame.] A title of honor equivalent to master, or sir. [Obs.]
Old Dan Geoffry, in gently spright The pure wellhead of poetry did dwell. Spenser.
What time Dan Abraham left the Chaldee land. Thomson.

Dan

Dan, n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Mining) A small truck or sledge used in coal mines.

Danaide

Da"na*ide (?), n. [From the mythical Danaides, who were condemned to fill with water a vessel full of holes.] (Mach.) A water wheel having a vertical axis, and an inner and outer tapering shell, between which are vanes or floats attached usually to both shells, but sometimes only to one.

Danaite

Da"na*ite (?), n. [Named after J. Freeman Dana.] (Min.) A cobaltiferous variety of arsenopyrite.

Danalite

Da"na*lite (?), n. [Named after James Dwight Dana.] (Min.) A mineral occuring in octahedral crystals, also massive, of a reddish color. It is a silicate of iron, zinc manganese, and glicinum, containing sulphur.

Danburite

Dan"bu*rite (?), n. (Min.) A borosilicate of lime, first found at Danbury, Conn. It is near the topaz in form. Dana.

Dance

Dance (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Danced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dancing.] [F. danser, fr. OHG. dans to draw; akin to dinsan to draw, Goth. apinsan, and prob. from the same root (meaning to stretch) as E. thin. See Thin.]

1. To move with measured steps, or to a musical accompaniment; to go through, either alone or in company with others, with a regulated succession of movements, (commonly) to the sound of music; to trip or leap rhytmically.

Jack shall pipe and Gill shall dance. Wiher.
Good shepherd, what fair swain is this Which dances with your dauther? Shak.

2. To move nimbly or merrily; to express pleasure by motion; to caper; to frisk; to skip about.

Then, 'tis time to dance off. Thackeray.
More dances my rapt heart Than when I first my wedded mistress saw. Shak.
Shadows in the glassy waters dance. Byron.
Where rivulets dance their wayward round. Wordsworth.
To dance on a rope, ∨ To dance on nothing, to be hanged.

Dance

Dance (?), v. t. To cause to dance, or move nimbly or merrily about, or up and down; to dandle.
To dance our ringlets to the whistling wind. Shak.
Thy grandsire loved thee well; Many a time he danced thee on his knee. Shak.
To dance attendance, to come and go obsequiously; to be or remain in waiting, at the beck and call of another, with a view to please or gain favor.
A man of his place, and so near our favor, To dance attendance on their lordships' pleasure. Shak.

Dance

Dance, n. [F. danse, of German origin. See Dance, v. i.]

1. The leaping, tripping, or measured stepping of one who dances; an amusement, in which the movements of the persons are regulated by art, in figures and in accord with music.

2. (Mus.) A tune by which dancing is regulated, as the minuet, the waltz, the cotillon, etc. &hand; The word dance was used ironically, by the older writers, of many proceedings besides dancing.

Of remedies of love she knew parchance For of that art she couth the olde dance. Chaucer.
Dance of Death (Art), an allegorical representation of the power of death over all, -- the old, the young, the high, and the low, being led by a dancing skeleton. -- Morris dance. See Morris. -- To lead one a dance, to cause one to go through a series of movements or experiences as if guided by a partner in a dance not understood.

Dancer

Dan"cer (?), n. One who dances or who practices dancing. The merry dancers, beams of the northern lights when they rise and fall alternately without any considerable change of length. See Aurora borealis, under Aurora.

Danceress

Dan"cer*ess, n. A female dancer. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Dancett\'82

Dan`cet`t\'82" (?), a. [Cf. F. danch\'82 dancett\'82, dent tooth.] (Her.) Deeply indented; having large teeth; thus, a fess dancett\'82 has only three teeth in the whole width of the escutcheon.

Dancing

Dan"cing (?), p. a. & vb. n. from Dance. Dancing girl, one of the women in the East Indies whose profession is to dance in the temples, or for the amusement of spectators. There are various classes of dancing girls. -- Dancing master, a teacher of dancing. -- Dancing school, a school or place where dancing is taught.

Dancy

Dan"cy (?), a. (Her.) Same as Dancett\'82.

Dandelion

Dan"de*li`on (?), n. [F. dent de lion lion's tooth, fr. L. dens tooth + leo lion. See Tooth, n., and Lion.] (Bot.) A well-known plant of the genus Taraxacum (T. officinale, formerly called T. Dens-leonis and Leontodos Taraxacum) bearing large, yellow, compound flowers, and deeply notched leaves.

Dander

Dan"der (?), n. [Corrupted from dandruff.]

1. Dandruff or scurf on the head.

2. Anger or vexation; rage [Low] Halliwell.

Dander

Dan"der, v. i. [See Dandle.] To wander about; to saunter; to talk incoherently. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Dandi

Dan"di (?), n. [Hind. , fr. an oar.] A boatman; an oarsman. [India]

Dandie

Dan"die (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a breed of small terriers; -- called also Dandie Dinmont.

Dandified

Dan"di*fied (?), a. Made up like a dandy; having the dress or manners of a dandy; buckish.

Dandify

Dan"di*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dandifying.] [Dandy + -fy.] To cause to resemble a dandy; to make dandyish.

Dandiprat

Dan"di*prat (?), n. [Dandy + brat child.]

1. A little fellow; -- in sport or contempt. "A dandiprat hop-thumb." Stanyhurst.

2. A small coin.

Henry VII. stamped a small coin called dandiprats. Camden.

Dandle

Dan"dle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dandled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dandling (?).] [Cf. G. d\'84ndeln to trifly, dandle, OD. & Prov. G. danten, G. tand trifly, prattle; Scot. dandill, dander, to go about idly, to trifly.]

1. To move up and down on one's knee or in one's arms, in affectionate play, as an infant.

Ye shall be dandled . . . upon her knees. Is.

2. To treat with fondness, as if a child; to fondle; to toy with; to pet.

They have put me in a silk gown and gaudy fool's cap; I as ashamed to be dandled thus. Addison.
The book, thus dandled into popularity by bishops and good ladies, contained many pieces of nursery eloquence. Jeffrey.

3. To play with; to put off or delay by trifles; to wheedle. [Obs.]

Captains do so dandle their doings, and dally in the service, as it they would not have the enemy subdued. Spenser.

Dandler

Dan"dler (?), n. One who dandles or fondles.

Dandriff

Dan"driff (?), n. See Dandruff. Swift.

Dandruff

Dandruff (?), n. [Prob. from W. toncrust, peel, skin + AS. dr dirty, draffy, or W. drwg bad: cf. AS. tan a letter, an eruption. &root;240.] A scurf which forms on the head, and comes off in small or particles. [Written also dandriff.]

Dandy

Dan"dy (?), n.; pl. Dandies (#). [Cf. F. dandin, ninny, silly fellow, dandiner to waddle, to play the fool; prob. allied to E. dandle. Senses 2&3 are of uncertain etymol.]

1. One who affects special finery or gives undue attention to dress; a fop; a coxcomb.

2. (Naut.) (a) A sloop or cutter with a jigger on which a lugsail is set. (b) A small sail carried at or near the stern of small boats; -- called also jigger, and mizzen.

3. A dandy roller. See below. Dandy brush, a yard whalebone brush. -- Dandy fever. See Dengue. -- Dandy line, a kind of fishing line to which are attached several crosspieces of whalebone which carry a hook at each end. -- Dandy roller, a roller sieve used in machines for making paper, to press out water from the pulp, and set the paper.

Dandy-cock Dan"dy-cock` (, n. masc., Dan"dy-hen` (, n. fem. [See Dandy.] A bantam fowl.

Dandyish

Dan"dy*ish, a. Like a dandy.

Dandyism

Dan"dy*ism (?), n. The manners and dress of a dandy; foppishness. Byron.

Dandyise

Dan"dy*ise (?), v. t. & i. To make, or to act, like a dandy; to dandify.

Dandyling

Dan"dy*ling (?), n. [Dandy + .] A little or insignificant dandy; a contemptible fop.

Dane

Dane (?), n. [LL. Dani: cf. AS. Dene.] A native, or a naturalized inhabitant, of Denmark. Great Dane. (Zo\'94l.) See Danish dog, under Danish.

Danegeld, Danegelt

Dane"geld` (?), Dane"gelt` (?), n. [AS. danegeld. See Dane, and Geld, n.] (Eng. Hist.) An annual tax formerly laid on the English nation to buy off the ravages of Danish invaders, or to maintain forces to oppose them. It afterward became a permanent tax, raised by an assessment, at first of one shilling, afterward of two shillings, upon every hide of land throughout the realm. Wharton's Law Dict. Tomlins.

Danewort

Dane"wort` (?), n. (Bot.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.]

Dang

Dang (?), imp. of Ding. [Obs.]

Dang

Dang, v. t. [Cf. Ding.] To dash. [Obs.]
Till she, o'ercome with anguish, shame, and rage, Danged down to hell her loathsome carriage. Marlowe.

Danger

Dan"ger (?), n. [OE. danger, daunger, power, arrogance, refusal, difficulty, fr. OF. dagier, dongier (with same meaning), F. danger danger, fr. an assumed LL. dominiarium power, authority, from L. dominium power, property. See Dungeon, Domain, Dame.]

1. Authority; jurisdiction; control. [Obs.]

In dangerhad he . . . the young girls. Chaucer.

2. Power to harm; subjection or liability to penalty. [Obs.] See In one's danger, below.

You stand within his danger, do you not? Shak.
Covetousness of gains hath brought [them] in dangerof this statute. Robynson (More's Utopia).

3. Exposure to injury, loss, pain, or other evil; peril; risk; insecurity.

4. Difficulty; sparingness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

5. Coyness; disdainful behavior. [Obs.] Chaucer. In one's danger, in one's power; liable to a penalty to be inflicted by him. [Obs.] This sense is retained in the proverb, "Out of debt out of danger."

Those rich man in whose debt and danger they be not. Robynson (More's Utopia).
-- To do danger, to cause danger. [Obs.] Shak. Syn. -- Peril; hazard; risk; jeopardy. -- Danger, Peril, Hazard, Risk, Jeopardy. Danger is the generic term, and implies some contingent evil in prospect. Peril is instant or impending danger; as, in peril of one's life. Hazard arises from something fortuitous or beyond our control; as, the hazard of the seas. Risk is doubtful or uncertain danger, often incurred voluntarily; as, to risk an engagement. Jeopardy is extreme danger. Danger of a contagious disease; the perils of shipwreck; the hazards of speculation; the risk of daring enterprises; a life brought into jeopardy.

Danger

Dan"ger, v. t. To endanger. [Obs.] Shak.

Dangerful

Dan"ger*ful (?), a. Full of danger; dangerous. [Obs.] -- Dan"ger*ful*ly, adv. [Obs.] Udall.

Dangerless

Dan"ger*less, a. Free from danger. [R.]

Dangerous

Dan"ger*ous (?), a. [OE., haughty, difficult, dangerous, fr. OF. dangereus, F. dangereux. See Danger.]

1. Attended or beset with danger; full of risk; perilous; hazardous; unsafe.

Our troops set forth to-morrow; stay with us; The ways are dangerous. Shak.
It is dangerous to assert a negative. Macaulay.

2. Causing danger; ready to do harm or injury.

If they incline to think you dangerous To less than gods. Milton.

3. In a condition of danger, as from illness; threatened with death. [Colloq.] Forby. Bartlett.

4. Hard to suit; difficult to please. [Obs.]

My wages ben full strait, and eke full small; My lord to me is hard and dangerous. Chaucer.

5. Reserved; not affable. [Obs.] "Of his speech dangerous." Chaucer. -- Dan"ger*ous*ly, adv. -- Dan"ger*ous*ness, n.

Dangle

Dan"gle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dangled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dangling (?).] [Akin to Dan. dangle, dial. Sw. dangla, Dan. dingle, Sw. dingla, Icel. dingla; perh. from E. ding.] To hang loosely, or with a swinging or jerking motion.
he'd rather on a gibbet dangle Than miss his dear delight, to wrangle. Hudibras.
From her lifted hand Dangled a length of ribbon. Tennyson.
To dangle about ∨ after, to hang upon importunately; to court the favor of; to beset.
The Presbyterians, and other fanatics that dangle after them, are well inclined to pull down the present establishment. Swift.

Dangle

Dan"gle (?), v. t. To cause to dangle; to swing, as something suspended loosely; as, to dangle the feet.
And the bridegroom stood dangling his bonnet and plume. Sir W. Scott.

Dangleberry

Dan"gle*ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) A dark blue, edible berry with a white bloom, and its shrub (Gaylussacia frondosa) closely allied to the common huckleberry. The bush is also called blue tangle, and is found from New England to Kentucky, and southward.

Dangler

Dan"gler (?), n. One who dangles about or after others, especially after women; a trifler. " Danglers at toilets." Burke.

Daniel

Dan"i*el (?), n. A Hebrew prophet distinguished for sagacity and ripeness of judgment in youth; hence, a sagacious and upright judge.
A Daniel come to judgment. Shak.

Danish

Dan"ish (?), a. [See Dane.] Belonging to the Danes, or to their language or country. -- n. The language of the Danes. Danish dog (Zo\'94l.), one of a large and powerful breed of dogs reared in Denmark; -- called also great Dane. See Illustration in Appendix.

Danite

Dan"ite (?), n.

1. A descendant of Dan; an Israelite of the tribe of Dan. Judges xiii. 2.

2. [So called in remembrance of the prophecy in Gen. xlix. 17, "Dan shall be a serpent by the way," etc.] One of a secret association of Mormons, bound by an oath to obey the heads of the church in all things. [U. S.]

Dank

Dank (?), a. [Cf. dial, Sw. dank a moist place in a field, Icel. d\'94kk pit, pool; possibly akin to E. damp or to daggle dew.] Damp; moist; humid; wet.
Now that the fields are dank and ways are mire. Milton.
Cheerless watches on the cold, dank ground. Trench.

Dank

Dank, n. Moisture; humidity; water. [Obs.]

Dank

Dank, n. A small silver coin current in Persia.

Dankish

Dank"ish, a. Somewhat dank. -- Dank"ish*ness, n.
In a dark and dankish vault at home. Shak.

Dannebrog

Dan"ne*brog (?), n. The ancient battle standard of Denmark, bearing figures of cross and crown. Order of Dannebrog, an ancient Danish order of knighthood.

Danseuse

Dan`seuse" (?), n. [F., fr. danser to dance.] a professional female dancer; a woman who dances at a public exhibition as in a ballet.

Dansk

Dansk (?), a. [Dan.] Danish. [Obs.]

Dansker

Dansk"er (?), n. A Dane. [Obs.]
Inquire me first what Danskers are in Paris. Shak.

Dantean

Dan*te"an (?), a. Relatingto, emanating from or resembling, the poet Dante or his writings.

Dantesque

Dan*tesque" (?), a. [Cf. It. Dantesco.] Dantelike; Dantean. Earle.

Danubian

Da*nu"bi*an (?), a. Pertainingto, or bordering on, the river Danube.

Dap

Dap (?), v. i. [Cf. Dip.] (Angling) To drop the bait gently on the surface of the water.
To catch a club by dapping with a grasshoper. Walton.

Dapatical

Da*pat"ic*al (?), a. [L. dapaticus, fr. daps feast.] Sumptuous in cheer. [Obs.] Bailey.

Daphne

Daph"ne (?), n. [L., a laurel tree, from Gr. .]

1. (Bot.) A genus of diminutive Shrubs, mostly evergreen, and with fragrant blossoms.

2. (Myth.) A nymph of Diana, fabled to have been changed into a laurel tree.

Daphnetin

Daph"ne*tin (?), n. (Chem.) A colorless crystalline substance, C9H6O4, extracted from daphnin.

Daphnia

Daph"ni*a (?), n. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A genus of the genus Daphnia.

Daphnin

Daph"nin (?), n. [Cf. F. daphnine.] (Chem.) (a) A dark green bitter resin extracted from the mezereon (Daphne mezereum) and regarded as the essential principle of the plant. [R.] (b) A white, crystalline, bitter substance, regarded as a glucoside, and extracted from Daphne mezereum and D. alpina.

Daphnomancy

Daph"no*man`cy (?), n. [Gr. da`fnh the laurel + -mancy.] Divination by means of the laurel.

Dapifer

Dap"i*fer (?), n. [L., daps a feast + ferre to bear.] One who brings meat to the table; hence, in some countries, the official title of the grand master or steward of the king's or a nobleman's household.

Dapper

Dap"per (?), a. [OE. daper; prob. fr. D. dapper brave, valiant; akin to G. tapfer brave, OHG. taphar heavy, weighty, OSlav. dobr&ucr; good, Russ. dobrui. Cf. Deft.] Little and active; spruce; trim; smart; neat in dress or appearance; lively.
He wondered how so many provinces could be held in subjection by such a dapper little man. Milton.
The dapper ditties that I wont devise. Spenser.
Sharp-nosed, dapper steam yachts. Julian Hawthorne.

Dapperling

Dap"per*ling (?), n. A dwarf; a dandiprat. [r.]

Dapple

Dap"ple (?), n. [Cf. Icel. depill a spot, a dot, a dog with spots over the eyes, dapi a pool, and E. dimple.] One of the spots on a dappled animal.
He has . . . as many eyes on his body as my gray mare hath dapples. Sir P. Sidney.

Dapple, Dappled

Dap"ple (?), Dap"pled (?), a. Marked with spots of different shades of color; spotted; variegated; as, a dapple horse.
Some dapple mists still floated along the peaks. Sir W. Scott.
&hand; The word is used in composition to denote that some color is variegated or marked with spots; as, dapple-bay; dapple-gray.
His steed was all dapple-gray. Chaucer.
O, swiftly can speed my dapple-gray steed. Sir W. Scott.

Dapple

Dap"ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dappled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dappling.] To variegate with spots; to spot.
The gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak.
The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.

Darbies

Dar"bies (?), n. pl. Manacles; handcuffs. [Cant]
Jem Clink will fetch you the darbies. Sir W. Scott.
&hand; In "The Steel Glass" by Gascoigne, printed in 1576, occurs the line "To binde such babes in father Derbies bands."

Darby

Dar"by (?), n. A plasterer's float, having two handles; -- used in smoothing ceilings, etc.

Darbyite

Dar"by*ite (?), n. One of the Plymouth Brethren, or of a sect among them; -- so called from John N. Darby, one of the leaders of the Brethren.

Dardanian

Dar*da"ni*an (?), a. & n.[From L. Dardania, poetic name of Troy.] Trojan.

Dare

Dare (?), v. i. [imp. Durst (?) or Dared (; p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.] [OE. I dar, dear, I dare, imp. dorste, durste, AS. ic dear I dare, imp. dorste. inf. durran; akin to OS. gidar, gidorsta, gidurran, OHG. tar, torsta, turran, Goth. gadar, gada\'a3rsta, Gr. tharsei^n, tharrei^n, to be bold, tharsy`s bold, Skr. Dhrsh to be bold. &root;70.] To have adequate or sufficient courage for any purpose; to be bold or venturesome; not to be afraid; to venture.
I dare do all that may become a man; Who dares do more is none. Shak.
Why then did not the ministers use their new law? Bacause they durst not, because they could not. Macaulay.
Who dared to sully her sweet love with suspicion. Thackeray.
The tie of party was stronger than the tie of blood, because a partisan was more ready to dare without asking why. Jowett (Thu
&hand; The present tense, I dare, is really an old past tense, so that the third person is he dare, but the form he dares is now often used, and will probably displace the obsolescent he dare, through grammatically as incorrect as he shalls or he cans. Skeat.
The pore dar plede (the poor man dare plead). P. Plowman.
You know one dare not discover you. Dryden.
The fellow dares nopt deceide me. Shak.
Here boldly spread thy hands, no venom'd weed Dares blister them, no slimly snail dare creep. Beau. & Fl.
&hand; Formerly durst was also used as the present. Sometimes the old form dare is found for durst or dared.

Dare

Dare, v. y. [imp. & p. p. Dared; p. pr. & vb. n. Daring.]

1. To have courage for; to attempt courageously; to venture to do or to undertake.

What high concentration of steady feeling makes men dare every thing and do anything? Bagehot.
To wrest it from barbarism, to dare its solitudes. The Century.

2. To challenge; to provoke; to defy.

Time, I dare thee to discover Such a youth and such a lover. Dryden.

Dare

Dare, n.

1. The quality of daring; venturesomeness; boldness; dash. [R.]

It lends a luster . . . A large dare to our great enterprise. Shak.

2. Defiance; challenge.

Childish, unworthy dares Are not enought to part our powers. Chapman.
Sextus Pompeius Hath given the dare to C\'91sar. Shak.

Dare

Dare, v. i. [OE. darien, to lie hidden, be timid.] To lurk; to lie hid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dare

Dare, v. t. To terrify; to daunt. [Obs.]
For I have done those follies, those mad mischiefs, Would dare a woman. Beau. & Fl.
To dare larks, to catch them by producing terror through to use of mirrors, scarlet cloth, a hawk, etc., so that they lie still till a net is thrown over them. Nares.

Dare

Dare, n. [See Dace.] (Zo\'94l.) A small fish; the dace.

Dare-devil

Dare"-dev`il (?), n. A reckless fellow. Also used adjectively; as, dare-devil excitement.
A humorous dare-devil -- the very man To suit my prpose. Ld. Lytton.

Dare-deviltry

Dare"-dev`il*try (?), n; pl. Dare-deviltries (. Reckless mischief; the action of a dare-devil.

Dareful

Dare"ful (?), a. Full af daring or of defiance; adveturous. [R.] Shak.

Darer

Dar"er (?), n. One who dares or defies.

Darg, Dargue

Darg, Dargue (?), n. [Scot., contr. fr. day work.] A day's work; also, a fixed amount of work, whether more or less than that of a day. [Local, Eng. & Scott]

Daric

Dar"ic (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Antiq.) (a) A gold coin of ancient Persia, weighing usually a little more than 128 grains, and bearing on one side of the figure of an archer. (b) A silver coin of about 86 grains, having the figure of an archer, and hence, in modern times, called a daric.

2. Any very pure gold coin.

Daring

Dar"ing (?), n. Boldness; fearlessness; adventurousness; also, a daring act.

Daring

Dar"ing, a. Bold; fearless; adventurous; as, daring spirits. -- Dar"ing*ly, adv. -- Dar"ing*ness, n.

Dark

Dark (?), a. [OE. dark, derk, deork, AS. dearc, deorc; cf. Gael. & Ir. dorch, dorcha, dark, black, dusky.]

1. Destitute, or partially destitute, of light; not receiving, reflecting, or radiating light; wholly or partially black, or of some deep shade of color; not light-colored; as, a dark room; a dark day; dark cloth; dark paint; a dark complexion.

O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon, Irrecoverable dark, total eclipse Without all hope of day! milton.
In the dark and silent grave. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. Not clear to the understanding; not easily

The dark problems of existence. Shairp.
What may seem dark at the first, will afterward be found more plain. Hooker.
What's your dark meaning, mouse, of this light word? Shak.

3. Destitute of knowledge and culture; in moral or intellectual darkness; unrefined; ignorant.

The age wherin he lived was dark, but he Cobld not want light who taught the world oto see. Denhan.
The tenth century used to be reckoned by medi\'91val historians as the darkest part of this intellectual night. Hallam.

4. Evincing blaxk or foul traits of character; vile; wicked; atrocious; as, a dark villain; a dark deed.

Left him at large to his own dark designs. Milton.

5. Foreboding evil; gloomy; jealous; suspicious.

More dark and dark our woes. Shak.
A deep melancholy took possesion of him, and gave a dark tinge to all his views of human nature. Macaulay.
There is, in every true woman-s heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. W. Irving.

6. Deprived of sight; blind. [Obs.]

He was, I think, at this time quite dark, and so had been for some years. Evelyn.
&hand; Dark is sometimes used to qualify another adjective; as, dark blue, dark green, and sometimes it forms the first part of a compound; as, dark-haired, dark-eyed, dark-colored, dark-seated, dark-working. A dark horse, in racing or politics, a horse or a candidate whose chances of success are not known, and whose capabilities have not been made the subject of general comment or of wagers. [Colloq.] -- Dark house, Dark room, a house or room in which madmen were confined. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dark lantern. See Lantern. -- The Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle. -- The Dark and Bloody Ground, a phrase applied to the State of Kentucky, and said to be the significance of its name, in allusion to the frequent wars that were waged there between Indians. -- The dark day, a day (May 19, 1780) when a remarkable and unexplained darkness extended over all New England. -- To keep dark, to reveal nothing. [Low]

Dark

Dark (?), n.

1. Absence of light; darkness; obscurity; a place where there is little or no light.

Here stood he in the dark, his sharp sword out. Shak.

2. The condition of ignorance; gloom; secrecy.

Look, what you do, you do it still i' th' dark. Shak.
Till we perceive by our own understandings, we are as mucdark, and as void of knowledge, as before. Locke.

3. (Fine Arts) A dark shade or dark passage in a painting, engraving, or the like; as, the light and darks are well contrasted.

The lights may serve for a repose to the darks, and the darks to the lights. Dryden.

Dark

Dark, v. t. To darken to obscure. [Obs.] Milton.

Darken

Dark"en (?), v. t. [Imp. & p. p. Darkened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Darkening (?).] [AS. deorcian. See Dark, a.]

1. To make dark or black; to deprite of light; to obscure; as, a darkened room.

They [locusts] covered the face of the whole earth, so that the land was darkened. Ex. x. 15.
So spake the Sovran Voice; and clouds began To darken all the hill. Milton.

2. To render dim; to deprive of vision.

Let their eyes be darkened, that they may not see. Rom. xi. 10.

3. To cloud, obscure, or perplex; to render less clear or intelligible.

Such was his wisdom that his confidence did seldom darkenhis foresight. Bacon.
Who is this that darkeneth counsel by words without knowledge? Job. xxxviii. 2.

4. To cast a gloom upon.

With these forced thoughts, I prithee, darken not The mirth of the feast. Shak.

5. To make foul; to sully; to tarnish.

I must not think there are Evils enough to darken all his goodness. Shak.

Darken

Dark"en, v. i. To grow or darker.

Darkener

Dark"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, darkens.

Darkening

Dark"en*ing, n. Twilight; gloaming. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Wright.

Darkful

Dark"ful (?), a. Full of darkness. [Obs.]

Darkish

Dark"ish (?), a. Somewhat dark; dusky.

Darkle

Dar"kle (?), v. i. [Freq. of dark.] To grow dark; to show indistinctly. Thackeray.

Darkling

Dark"ling (?), adv. [Dark + the adverbial suffix -ling.] In the dark. [Poetic]
So, out went the candle, and we were left darkling. Shak.
As the wakeful bird Sings darkling. Milton.

Darkling

Dark"ling, p. pr. & a.

1. Becoming dark or gloomy; frowing.

His honest brows darkling as he looked towards me. Thackeray.

2. Dark; gloomy. "The darkling precipice." Moore.

Darkly

Dark"ly, adv.

1. With imperfect light, clearness, or knowledge; obscurely; dimly; blindly; uncertainly.

What fame to future times conveys but darkly down. Dryden.
so softly dark and darkly pure. Byron.

2. With a dark, gloomy, cruel, or menacing look.

Looking darkly at the clerguman. Hawthorne.

Darkness

Dark"ness, n.

1. The absence of light; blackness; obscurity; gloom.

And darkness was upon the face of the deep. Gen. i. 2.

2. A state of privacy; secrecy.

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light. Matt. x. 27.

3. A state of ignorance or error, especially on moral or religious subjects; hence, wickedness; impurity.

Men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. John. iii. 19.
Pursue these sons of darkness: drive them out From all heaven's bounds. Milton.

4. Want of clearness or perspicuity; obscurity; as, the darkness of a subject, or of a discussion.

5. A state of distress or trouble.

A day of clouds and of thick darkness. Joel. ii. 2.
Prince of darkness, the Devil; Satan. "In the power of the Prince of darkness." Locke. Syn. -- Darkness, Dimness, Obscurity, Gloom. Darkness arises from a total, and dimness from a partial, want of light. A thing is obscure when so overclouded or covered as not to be easily perceived. As tha shade or obscurity increases, it deepens into gloom. What is dark is hidden from view; what is obscure is difficult to perceive or penetrate; the eye becomes dim with age; an impending storm fills the atmosphere with gloom. When taken figuratively, these words have a like use; as, the darkness of ignorance; dimness of discernment; obscurity of reasoning; gloom of superstition.

Darksome

Dark"some (?), a. Dark; gloomy; obscure; shaded; cheerless. [Poetic]
He brought him through a darksome narrow pass To a broad gate, all built of beaten gold. Spenser.

Darky

Dark"y (?), n. A negro. [Sleng]

Darling

Dar"ling (?), n. [OE. derling, deorling, AS. de\'a2rling; de\'a2re dear + -ling. See Dear, and -ling.] One dearly beloved; a favorite.
And can do naught but wail her darling's loss. Shak.

Darling

Dar"ling, a. Dearly beloved; regarded with especial kindness and tenderness; favorite. "Some darling science." I. Watts. "Darling sin." Macaulay.

Darlingtonia

Dar`ling*to"ni*a (?), n. [NL. Named after Dr. William Darlington, a botanist of West Chester, Penn.] (Bot.) A genus of California pitcher plants consisting of a single species. The long tubular leaves are hooded at the top, and frequently contain many insects drowned in the secretion of the leaves.

Darn

Darn (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Darning.] [OE. derne, prob. of Celtic origin; cf. W. darnio to piece, break in pieces, W. & Arm. to E. tear. Cf. Tear, v. t.] To mend as a rent or hole, with interlacing stitches of yarn or thread by means of a needle; to sew together with yarn or thread.
He spent every day ten hours in his closet, in darning his stockins. Swift.
Darning last. See under Last. -- Darning needle. (a) A long, strong needle for mending holes or rents, especially in stockings. (b) (Zo\'94l.) Any species of dragon fly, having a long, cylindrical body, resembling a needle. These flies are harmless and without stings. [In this sense, usually written with a hyphen.] Called also devil's darning-needle.

Darn

Darn, n. A place mended by darning.

Darn

Darn, v. t. A colloquial euphemism for Damn.

Darnel

Dar"nel (?), n. [OE. darnel, dernel, of uncertain origin; cf. dial. F. darnelle, Sw. d\'86r-repe; perh. named from a supposed intoxicating quality of the plant, and akin to Sw. d\'86ra to infatuate, OD. door foolish, G. thor fool, and Ee. dizzy.] (Bot.) Any grass of the genus Lolium, esp. the Lolium temulentum (bearded darnel), the grains of which have been reputed poisonous. Other species, as Lolium perenne (rye grass or ray grass), and its variety L. Italicum (Italian rye grass), are highly esteemed for pasture and for making hay. &hand; Under darnel our early herbalists comprehended all kinds of cornfield weeds. Dr. Prior.

Darner

Darn"er (?), n. One who mends by darning.

Darnex, Darnic

Dar"nex (?), Dar"nic (?), n. Same as Dornick.

Daroo

Da*roo", n. (Bot.) The Egyptian sycamore (Ficus Sycamorus). See Sycamore.

Darr

Darr (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The European black tern.

Darraign, Darrain

Dar"raign, Dar"rain, (?), v. t. [OF. deraisnier to explain, defend, to maintain in legal action by proof and reasonings, LL. derationare; de- + rationare to discourse, contend in law, fr. L. ratio reason, in LL., legal cause. Cf. Arraign, and see Reason.]

1. To make ready to fight; to array. [Obs.]

Darrain your battle, for they are at hand. Shak.

2. To fight out; to contest; to decide by combat. [Obs.] "To darrain the battle." Chaucer .

Darrein

Dar"rein, a. [OF. darrein, darrain, fr. an assumed LL. deretranus; L. de + retro back, backward.] (Law) Last; as, darrein continuance, the last continuance.

Dart

Dart (?), n. [OF. dart, of German origin; cf. OHG. tart javelin, dart, AS. dara, daro, Sw. dart dagger, Icel. darra dart.]

1. A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; a short lance; a javelin; hence, any sharp-pointed missile weapon, as an arrow.

And he [Joab] took three darts in his hand, and thrust them through the heart of Absalom. 2 Sa. xviii. 14.

2. Anything resembling a dart; anything that pierces or wounds like a dart.

The artful inquiry, whose venomed dart Scarce wounds the hearing while it stabs the heart. Hannan More.

3. A spear set as a prize in running. [Obs.] Chaucer.

4. (Zo\'94l.) A fish; the dace. See Dace. Dart sac (Zo\'94l.), a sac connected with the reproductive organs of land snails, which contains a dart, or arrowlike structure.

Dart

Dart, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Darted; p. pr. & vb. n. Darting.]

1. To throw with a sudden effort or thrust, as a dart or other missile weapon; to hurl or launch.

2. To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams.

Or what ill eyes malignant glances dart? Pope.

Dart

Dart, v. i.

1. To fly or pass swiftly, as a dart.

2. To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket.

Dartars

Dar"tars (?), n. [F. dartre eruption, dandruff. A kind of scab or ulceration on the skin of lambs.

Darter

Dart"er (?), n.

1. One who darts, or who throw darts; that which darts.

2. (Zo\'94l.) The snakebird, a water bird of the genus Plotus; -- so called because it darts out its long, snakelike neck at its prey. See Snakebird.

3. (Zo\'94l.) A small fresh-water etheostomoid fish. The group includes numerous genera and species, all of them American. See Etheostomoid.

Dartingly

Dart"ing*ly (?), adv. Like a dart; rapidly.

Dartle

Dar"tle (?), v. t. & i. To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
My star that dartles the red and the blue. R. Browning.

Dartoic

Dar*to"ic (?), a. (Anat.) Of or pertaining to the dartos.

Dartoid

Dar"toid (?), a. [Dartos + -oid.] (Anat.) Like the dartos; dartoic; as, dartoid tissue.

Dartos

Dar"tos (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. flayed.] (Anat.) A thin layer of peculiar contractile tissue directly beneath the skin of the scrotum.

Dartrous

Dar"trous (?), a. [F. dartreux. See Dartars.] (Med.) Relating to, or partaking of the nature of, the disease called tetter; herpetic. Dartroud diathesis, A morbid condition of the system predisposing to the development of certain skin deseases, such as eczema, psoriasis, and pityriasis. Also called rheumic diathesis, and hipretism. Piffard.

Darwinian

Dar*win"i*an (?), a. [From the name of Charles Darwin, an English scientist.] Pertaining to Darwin; as, the Darwinian theory, a theory of the manner and cause of the supposed development of living things from certain original forms or elements. &hand; This theory was put forth by Darwin in 1859 in a work entitled "The Origin of species by Means of Natural Selection." The author argues that, in the struggle for existence, those plants and creatures best fitted to the requirements of the situation in which they are placed are the ones that will live; in other words, that Nature selects those which are survive. This is the theory of natural selection or the survival of the fillest. He also argues that natural selection is capable of modifying and producing organisms fit for their circumstances. See Development theory, under Development.

Darwinian

Dar*win"i*an, n. An advocate of Darwinism.

Darwinianism

Dar*win"i*an*ism (?), n. Darwinism.

Darwinism

Dar"win*ism (?), n. (Biol.) The theory or doctrines put forth by Darwin. See above. Huxley.

Dase

Dase (?), v. t. See Daze. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dasewe

Dase"we (?), v. i. [OE. dasewen, daswen; cf. AS. dysegian to be foolish.] To become dim-sighted; to become dazed or dazzled. [Obs.] Chauscer.

Dash

Dash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]

1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against.

If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. Bacon.

2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.

Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Ps. ii. 9.
A brave vessel, . . . Dashed all to pieces. Shak.
To perplex and dash Maturest counsels. Milton.

3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South.

Dash the proud gamesPope.

4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture.

I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. Addison.
The very source and fount of day Is dashed with wandering isles of night. Tennyson.

5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon.

6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word.

Dash

Dash, v. i. To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
[He] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden.
On each hand the gushing waters play, And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. Thomson.

Dash

Dash, n.

1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.

2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.

3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple.

Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly. Addison.

4. A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.

She takes upon her bravely at first dash. Shak.

5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.

6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low]

7. (Punctuation) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. John Wilson.

8. (Mus.) (a) The sign of staccato, a small mark [. (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.

9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race.

Dashboard

Dash"board` (?), n.

1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.

Dasher

Dash"er (?), n.

1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.

2. A dashboard or splashboard. [U. S.]

3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [Low]

Dashing

Dash"ing, a. Bold; spirited; showy.
The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.

Dashingly

Dash"ing*ly, adv. Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.]
A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.

Dashism

Dash"ism (?), n. The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.]
He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.

Dashpot

Dash"pot` (?), n. (Mach.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock. <-- letters refer to illustration --> &hand; It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid, in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked. A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.

Dashy

Dash"y (?), a. [From Dash.] Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy. [Colloq.]

Dastard

Das"tard (?), n. [Prob. from Icel. d\'91str exhausted. breathless, p. p. of d\'91sa to groan, lose one's breath; cf. dasask to become exhausted, and E. daze.] One who meanly shrinks from danger; an arrant coward; a poltroon.
You are all recreants and dashtards, and delight to live in slavery to the nobility. Shak.

Dastard

Das"tard, a. Meanly shrinking from danger; cowardly; dastardly. "Their dastard souls." Addison.

Dastard

Das"tard, v. t. To dastardize. [R.] Dryden.

Dastardize

Das"tard*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dastardized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dastardizing.] To make cowardly; to intimidate; to dispirit; as, to dastardize my courage. Dryden.

Dastardliness

Das"tard*li*ness (?), n. The quality of being dastardly; cowardice; base fear.

Dastardly

Das"tard*ly, a. Meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage.

Dastardness

Das"tard*ness, n. Dastardliness.

Dastardy

Das"tard*y (?), n. Base timidity; cowardliness.

Daswe

Das"we (?), v. i. See Dasewe [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dasymeter

Da*sym"e*ter (?), n. [Gr. rough, thick + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for testing the density of gases, consisting of a thin glass globe, which is weighed in the gas or gases, and then in an atmosphere of known density.

Dasyp\'91dal

Das`y*p\'91"dal (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Dasyp\'91dic.

Dasyp\'91des

Das`y*p\'91"des (?), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. hairy, shaggy + , , a child.] (Zo\'94l.) Those birds whose young are covered with down when hatched.

Dasyp\'91dic

Das`y*p\'91"dic (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to the Dasyp\'91des; ptilop\'91dic.

Dasyure

Das"y*ure (?), n. [Gr. thick, shaggy + tail: cf. F. dasyure.] (Zo\'94l.) A carnivorous marsupial quadruped of Australia, belonging to the genus Dasyurus. There are several species.

Dasyurine

Das`y*u"rine (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or like, the dasyures.

Data

Da"ta (?), n. pl. [L. pl. of datum.] See Datum.

Datable

Dat"a*ble (?), a. That may be dated; having a known or ascertainable date. "Datable almost to a year." The Century.

Dataria

Da*ta"ri*a (?), n. [LL., fr. L. datum given.] (R. C. Ch.) Formerly, a part of the Roman chancery; now, a separate office from which are sent graces or favors, cognizable in foro externo, such as appointments to benefices. The name is derived from the word datum, given or dated (with the indications of the time and place of granting the gift or favor).

Datary

Da"ta*ry (?), n. [LL. datarius. See Dataria.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) An officer in the pope's court, having charge of the Dataria.

2. The office or employment of a datary.

Date

Date, n.[F. datte, L. dactylus, fr. Gr. , prob. not the same word as finger, but of Semitic origin.] (Bot.) The fruit of the date palm; also, the date palm itself. &hand; This fruit is somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft pulp, sweet, esculent, and wholesome, and inclosing a hard kernel. Date palm, ∨ Date tree (Bot.), the genus of palms which bear dates, of which common species is Ph\'d2nix dactylifera. See Illust. -- Date plum (Bot.), the fruit of several species of Diospyros, including the American and Japanese persimmons, and the European lotus (D. Lotus). -- Date shell, ∨ Date fish (Zo\'94l.), a bivalve shell, or its inhabitant, of the genus Pholas, and allied genera. See Pholas.
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Date

Date (?), n. [F. date, LL. data, fr. L. datus given, p.p. of dare to give; akin to Gr. , OSlaw. dati, Skr. d\'be. Cf. Datum, Dose, Dato, Die.]

1. That addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (as day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, or executed, or made; as, the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin. etc.

And bonds without a date, they say, are void. Dryden.

2. The point of time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time; epoch; as, the date of a battle.

He at once, Down the long series of eventful time, So fixed the dates of being, so disposed To every living soul of every kind The field of motion, and the hour of rest. Akenside.

3. Assigned end; conclusion. [R.]

What Time would spare, from Steel receives its date. Pope.

4. Given or assigned length of life; dyration. [Obs.]

Good luck prolonged hath thy date. Spenser.
Through his life's whole date. Chapman.

To bear date, to have the date named on the face of it; -- said of a writing.

Date

Date, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dating.] [Cf. F. dater. See 2d Date.]

1. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution; as, to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter.

2. To note or fix the time of, as of an event; to give the date of; as, to date the building of the pyramids. &hand; We may say dated at or from a place.

The letter is dated at Philadephia. G. T. Curtis.
You will be suprised, I don't question, to find among your correspondencies in foreign parts, a letter dated from Blois. Addison.
In the countries of his jornal seems to have been written; parts of it are dated from them. M. Arnold.

Date

Date, v. i. To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned; -- with from.
The Batavian republic dates from the successes of the French arms. E. Everett.

Dateless

Date"less, a. Without date; having no fixed time.

Dater

Dat"er (?), n. One who dates.

Datiscin

Da*tis"cin (?), n. (Chem.) A white crystalline glucoside extracted from the bastard hemp (Datisca cannabina).

Dative

Da"tive (?), a. [L. dativus appropriate to giving, fr. dare to give. See 2d Date.]

1. (Gram.) Noting the case of a noun which expresses the remoter object, and is generally indicated in English by to or for with the objective.

2. (Law) (a) In one's gift; capable of being disposed of at will and pleasure, as an office. (b) Removable, as distinguished from perpetual; -- said of an officer. (c) Given by a magistrate, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law. Burril. Bouvier. Dative executor, one appointed by the judge of probate, his office answering to that of an administrator.

Dative

Da"tive, n. [L. dativus.] The dative case. See Dative, a.,

1.

Datively

Da"tive*ly, adv. As a gift. [R.]

Datolite

Dat"o*lite (?), n. [From. Gr. to divide + -lite; in allusion to the granular structure of a massive variety.] (Min.) A borosilicate of lime commonly occuring in glassy,, greenish crystals. [Written also datholite.]

Datum

Da"tum (?), n.; pl. Data (#). [L. See 2d Date.]

1. Something given or admitted; a fact or principle granted; that upon which an inference or an argument is based; -- used chiefly in the plural.

Any writer, therefore, who . . . furnishes us with data sufficient to determine the time in which he wrote. Priestley.

2. pl. (Math.) The quantities or relations which are assumed to be given in any problem. Datum line (Surv.), the horizontal or base line, from which the heights of points are reckoned or measured, as in the plan of a railway, etc.

Datura

Da*tu"ra (?), n. [NL.; cf. Skr. dhatt, Per. & Ar. tat, Tat.] (Bot.) A genus of solanaceous plants, with large funnel-shaped flowers and a four-celled, capsular fruit. &hand; The commonest species are the thorn apple (D. stramonium), with a prickly capsule (see Illust. of capsule), white flowers and green stem, and D. tatula, with a purplish tinge of the stem and flowers. Both are narcotic and dangerously poisonous.

Daturine

Da*tu"rine (?), n. [From Datura.] (Chem.) Atropine; -- called also daturia and daturina.

Daub

Daub (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daubed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Daubing.] [OE. dauben to smear, OF. dauber to plaster, fr. L. dealbare to whitewash, plaster; de- + albare to whiten, fr. albus white, perh. also confused with W. dwb plaster, dwbio to plaster, Ir. & OGael. dob plaster. See Alb, and cf. Dealbate.]

1. To smear with soft, adhesive matter, as pitch, slime, mud, etc.; to plaster; to bedaub; to besmear.

She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch. Ex. ii. 3.

2. To paint in a coarse or unskillful manner.

If a picture is daubed with many bright and glaring colors, the vulgar admire it is an excellent piece. I. Watts.
A lame, imperfect piece, rudely daubed over. Dryden.

3. To cover with a specious or deceitful exterior; to disguise; to conceal.

So smooth he daubed his vice with show of virtue. Shak.

4. To flatter excessively or glossy. [R.]

I can safely say, however, that, without any daubing at all, I am very sincerely your very affectionate, humble servant. Smollett.

5. To put on without taste; to deck gaudily. [R.]

Let him be daubed with lace. Dryden.

Daub

Daub (?), v. i. To smear; to play the flatterer.
His conscience . . . will not daub nor flatter. South.

Daub

Daub, n.

1. A viscous, sticky application; a spot smeared or dabed; a smear.

2. (Paint.) A picture coarsely executed.

Did you . . . take a look at the grand picture? . . . 'T is a melancholy daub, my lord. Sterne.

Dauber

Daub"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, daubs; especially, a coarse, unskillful painter.

2. (Copperplate Print.) A pad or ball of rags, covered over with canvas, for inking plates; a dabber.

3. A low and gross flattere.

4. (Zo\'94l.) The mud wasp; the mud dauber.

Daubery, ∨ Daubry

Daub"er*y (?), ∨ Daub"ry (?), n. A daubing; specious coloring; false pretenses.
She works by charms, by spells, by the figure, and such daubery as this is. Shak.

Daubing

Daub"ing, n.

1. The act of one who daubs; that which is daubed.

2. A rough coat of mortar put upon a wall to give it the appearance of stone; rough-cast.

3. In currying, a mixture of fish oil and tallow worked into leather; -- called also dubbing. Knight.

Daubreelite

Dau"bree*lite (?), n. [From Daubr\'82e, a French mineralogist.] (Min.) A sulphide of chromium observed in some meteoric irons.

Dauby

Daub"y (?), a. Smeary; viscous; glutinous; adhesive. "Dauby wax."

Daughter

Daugh"ter (?), n.; pl. Daughters (#); obs. pl. Daughtren (#). [OE. doughter, doghter, dohter, AS. dohtor, dohter; akin to OS. dohtar, D. dochter, G. tochter, Icel. d, Sw. dotter, Dan. dotter, datter, Goth. da\'a3htar,, OSlav. d, Russ. doche, Lith. dukt, Gr. , Zendughdhar, Skr. duhit; possibly originally, the milker, cf. Skr. duh to milk. &root;68, 245.]

1. The female offspring of the human species; a female child of any age; -- applied also to the lower animals.

2. A female descendant; a woman.

This woman, being a daughter of Abraham. Luke xiii. 16.
Dinah, the daughter of Leah, which she bare unto Jacob, went out to see the daughter of the land. Gen. xxxiv. 1.

3. A son's wife; a daughter-in-law.

And Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters. Ruth. i. 11.

4. A term of adress indicating parental interest.

Daughter, be of good comfort. Matt. ix. 22.
Daughter cell (Biol.), one of the cells formed by cell division. See Cell division, under Division.

Daughter-in-law

Daugh"ter-in-law` (?), n.; pl. Daughters-in-law. The wife of one's son.

Daughterliness

Daugh"ter*li*ness (?), n. The state of a daughter, or the conduct becoming a daughter.

Daughterly

Daugh"ter*ly, a. Becoming a daughter; filial.
Sir Thomas liked her natural and dear daughterly affection towards him. Cavendish.

Dauk

Dauk (?), v. t. See Dawk, v. t., to cut or gush.

Daun

Daun (?), n. A variant of Dan, a title of honor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Daunt

Daunt (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Daunted; p. pr. & vb. n. Daunting.] [OF. danter, F. dompter to tame, subdue, fr. L. domitare, v. intens. of domare to tame. See Tame.]

1. To overcome; to conquer. [Obs.]

2. To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Some presences daunt and discourage us. Glanvill.
Syn. -- To dismay; appall. See Dismay.

Daunter

Daunt"er (?), n. One who daunts.

Dauntless

Daunt"less, a. Incapable of being daunted; undaunted; bold; fearless; intrepid.
Dauntless he rose, and to the fight returned. Dryden.
-- Daunt"less*ly, adv. -- Daunt"less*ness, n.

Dauphin

Dau"phin (?), n. [F. dauphin, prop., a dolphin, from L. delphinus. See Dolphin. The name was given, for some reason unexplained, to Guigo, count of Vienne, in the 12th century, and was borne by succeeding counts of Vienne. In 1349, Dauphiny was bequeathed to Philippe de Valois, king of France, on condition that the heir of the crown should always hold the title of Dauphin de Viennois.] The title of the eldest son of the king of France, and heir to the crown. Since the revolution of 1830, the title has been discontinued.

Dauphiness, ∨ Dauphine

Dau"phin*ess (?), ∨ Dau"phine (?), n. The title of the wife of the dauphin.

Dauw

Dauw (?), n. [D.] (Zo\'94l.) The striped quagga, or Burchell's zebra, of South Africa (Asinus Burchellii); -- called also peechi, or peetsi.

Davenport

Dav"en*port (?), n. [From the name of the original maker. Encyc. Dict.] A kind of small writing table, generally somewhat ornamental, and forming a piece of furniture for the parlor or boudoir.
A much battered davenport in one of the windows, at which sat a lady writing. A. B. Edwards.

Davidic

Da*vid"ic (?), a. Of or pertaining to David, the king and psalmist of Israel, or to his family.

Davit

Dav"it (?), n. [Cf. F. davier forceps, davit, cooper's instrument, G. david davit; all probably from the proper name David.] (Naut.) (a) A spar formerly used on board of ships, as a crane to hoist the flukes of the anchor to the top of the bow, without injuring the sides of the ship; -- called also the fish davit. (b) pl. Curved arms of timber or iron, projecting over a ship's side of stern, having tackle to raise or lower a boat, swing it in on deck, rig it out for lowering, etc.; -- called also boat davits. Totten.

Davy Jones

Da"vy Jones" (?). The spirit of the sea; sea devil; -- a term used by sailors.
This same Davy Jones, according to the mythology of sailors, is the fiend that presides over all the evil spirits of the deep, and is seen in various shapes warning the devoted wretch of death and woe. Smollett.
Davy Jones's Locker, the ocean, or bottom of the ocean. -- Gone to Davy Jones's Locker, dead, and buried in the sea; thrown overboard.

Davy lamp

Da"vy lamp` (?). See Safety lamp, under Lamp.

Davyne

Da"vyne (?), n. [See Davyum.] (Min.) A variety of nephelite from Vesuvius.

Davyum

Da"vy*um (?), n. [Named after Sir Humphry Davy, the English chemist.] (Chem.) A rare metallic element found in platinum ore. It is a white malleable substance. Symbol Da. Atomic weight 154.<-- ? Europium is 152(the closest)? -->

Daw

Daw (?), n. [OE. dawe; akin to OHG. t\'beha, MHG. t\'behe, t\'behele, G. dohle. Cf. Caddow.] (Zo\'94l.) A European bird of the Crow family (Corvus monedula), often nesting in church towers and ruins; a jackdaw.
The loud daw, his throat displaying, draw The whole assembly of his fellow daws. Waller.
&hand; The daw was reckoned as a silly bird, and a daw meant a simpleton. See in Shakespeare: -- "Then thou dwellest with daws too." (Coriolanus iv. 5, 1. 47.) Skeat.

Daw

Daw, v. i. [OE. dawen. See Dawn.] To dawn. [Obs.] See Dawn.

Daw

Daw, v. t. [Contr. fr. Adaw.]

1. To rouse. [Obs.]

2. To daunt; to terrify. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Dawdle

Daw"dle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawdled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawdling (?).] [Cf. Daddle.] To waste time in trifling employment; to trifle; to saunter.
Come some evening and dawdle over a dish of tea with me. Johnson.
We . . . dawdle up and down Pall Mall. Thackeray.

Dawdle

Daw"dle, v. t. To waste by trifling; as, to dawdle away a whole morning.

Dawdle

Daw"dle, n. A dawdler. Colman & Carrick.

Dawdler

Daw"dler (?), n. One who wastes time in trifling employments; an idler; a trifler.

Dawe

Dawe (?), n. [See Day.] Day. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dawish

Daw"ish (?), a. Like a daw.

Dawk

Dawk (?), n. See Dak.

Dawk

Dawk, v. t. [Prov. E. dauk to cut or pierce with a jerk; cf. OE. dalk a dimple. Cf. Ir. tolch, tollachd, tolladh, a hole, crevice, toll to bore, pierce, W. tyllu.] To cut or mark with an incision; to gash. Moxon.

Dawk

Dawk, n. A hollow, crack, or cut, in timber. Moxon.

Dawn

Dawn (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dawned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dawning.] [OE. dawnen, dawen, dagen, daien, AS. dagian to become day, to dawn, fr. d\'91g day; akin to D. dagen, G. tagen, Icel. daga, Dan. dages, Sw. dagas. See Day.

1. To begin to grow light in the morning; to grow light; to break, or begin to appear; as, the day dawns; the morning dawns.

In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene . . . to see the sepulcher. Matt. xxviii. 1.

2. To began to give promise; to begin to appear or to expand. "In dawning youth." Dryden.

When life awakes, and dawns at every line. Pope.
Dawn on our darkness and lend us thine aid. Heber,

Dawn

Dawn, n.

1. The break of day; the first appeareance of light in the morning; show of approaching sunrise.

And oft at dawn, deep noon, or falling eve. Thomson.
No sun, no moon, no morn, no noon, No dawn, no dusk, no proper time of day. Hood.

2. First opening or expansion; first appearance; beginning; rise. "The dawn of time." Thomson.

These tender circumstances diffuse a dawn of serenity over the soul. Pope.

Dawsonite

Daw"son*ite (?), n. [Named after J. W. Dawson of Montreal.] (Min.) A hydrous carbonate of alumina and soda, occuring in white, bladed crustals.

Day

Day (?), n. [OE. day, dai,, dei, AS. d\'91g; akin to OS., D., Dan., & Sw. dag, G, tag, Icel. dagr, Goth. dags; cf. Skr. dah (for dhagh ?) to burn. \'fb69. Cf. Dawn.]

1. The time of light, or interval between one night and the next; the time between sunrise and sunset, or from dawn to darkness; hence, the light; sunshine.

2. The period of the earth's revolution on its axis. -- ordinarily divided into twenty-four hours. It is measured by the interval between two successive transits of a celestial body over the same meridian, and takes a specific name from that of the body. Thus, if this is the sun, the day (the interval between two successive transits of the sun's center over the same meridian) is called a solar day; if it is a star, a sidereal day; if it is the moon, a lunar day. See Civil day, Sidereal day, below.

3. Those hours, or the daily recurring period, allotted by usage or law for work.

4. A specified time or period; time, considered with reference to the existence or prominence of a person or thing; age; time.

A man who was great among the Hellenes of his day. Jowett (Thucyd. )
If my debtors do not keep their day, . . . I must with patience all the terms attend. Dryden.

5. (Preceded by the) Some day in particular, as some day of contest, some anniversary, etc.

The field of Agincourt, Fought on the day of Crispin Crispianus. Shak.
His name struck fear, his conduct won the day. Roscommon.
&hand; Day is much used in self-explaining compounds; as, daybreak, daylight, workday, etc.
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Anniversary day. See Anniversary, n. -- Astronomical day, a period equal to the mean solar day, but beginning at noon instead of at midnight, its twenty-four hours being numbered from 1 to 24; also, the sidereal day, as that most used by astronomers. -- Born days. See under Born. -- Canicular days. See Dog day. -- Civil day, the mean solar day, used in the ordinary reckoning of time, and among most modern nations beginning at mean midnight; its hours are usually numbered in two series, each from 1 to 12. This is the period recognized by courts as constituting a day. The Babylonians and Hindoos began their day at sunrise, the Athenians and Jews at sunset, the ancient Egyptians and Romans at midnight. -- Day blindness. (Med.) See Nyctalopia. -- Day by day, ∨ Day after day, daily; every day; continually; without intermission of a day. See under By. "Day by day we magnify thee." Book of Common Prayer. -- Days in bank (Eng. Law), certain stated days for the return of writs and the appearance of parties; -- so called because originally peculiar to the Court of Common Bench, or Bench (bank) as it was formerly termed. Burrill. -- Day in court, a day for the appearance of parties in a suit. -- Days of devotion (R. C. Ch.), certain festivals on which devotion leads the faithful to attend mass. Shipley. -- Days of grace. See Grace. -- Days of obligation (R. C. Ch.), festival days when it is obligatory on the faithful to attend Mass. Shipley. -- Day owl, (Zo\'94l.), an owl that flies by day. See Hawk owl. -- Day rule (Eng. Law), an order of court (now abolished) allowing a prisoner, under certain circumstances, to go beyond the prison limits for a single day. -- Day school, one which the pupils attend only in daytime, in distinction from a boarding school. -- Day sight. (Med.) See Hemeralopia. -- Day's work (Naut.), the account or reckoning of a ship's course for twenty-four hours, from noon to noon. -- From day to day, as time passes; in the course of time; as, he improves from day to day. -- Jewish day, the time between sunset and sunset. -- Mean solar day (Astron.), the mean or average of all the apparent solar days of the year. -- One day, One of these days, at an uncertain time, usually of the future, rarely of the past; sooner or later. "Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband." Shak. -- Only from day to day, without certainty of continuance; temporarily. Bacon. -- Sidereal day, the interval between two successive transits of the first point of Aries over the same meridian. The Sidereal day is 23 h. 56 m. 4.09 s. of mean solar time. -- To win the day, to gain the victory, to be successful. S. Butler. -- Week day, any day of the week except Sunday; a working day. -- Working day. (a) A day when work may be legally done, in distinction from Sundays and legal holidays. (b) The number of hours, determined by law or custom, during which a workman, hired at a stated price per day, must work to be entitled to a day's pay.

Dayaks

Day"aks (?), n. pl. (Ethnol.) See Dyaks.

Daybook

Day"book (?), n. A journal of accounts; a primary record book in which are recorded the debts and credits, or accounts of the day, in their order, and from which they are transferred to the journal.

Daybreak

Day"break` (?), n. The time of the first appearance of light in the morning.

Day-coal

Day"-coal` (?), n. (Mining) The upper stratum of coal, as nearest the light or surface.

Daydream

Day"dream` (?), n. A vain fancy speculation; a reverie; a castle in the air; unfounded hope.
Mrs. Lambert's little daydream was over. Thackeray.

Daydreamer

Day"dream`er (?), n. One given to draydreams.

Dayflower

Day"flow`er (?), n. (Bot.) A genus consisting mostly of tropical perennial herbs (Commelina), having ephemeral flowers.

Dayfly

Day"fly` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) A neuropterous insect of the genus Ephemera and related genera, of many species, and inhabiting fresh water in the larval state; the ephemeral fly; -- so called because it commonly lives but one day in the winged or adult state. See Ephemeral fly, under Ephemeral.<-- the Mayfly? = ephemerid of order ephemeroptera -->

Day-labor

Day"-la`bor (?), n. Labor hired or performed by the day. Milton.

Day-laborer

Day"-la`bor*er (?), n. One who works by the day; -- usually applied to a farm laborer, or to a workman who does not work at any particular trade. Goldsmith.

Daylight

Day"light` (?), n.

1. The light of day as opposed to the darkness of night; the light of the sun, as opposed to that of the moon or to artificial light.

2. pl. The eyes. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.

Day lily

Day" lil`y (?). (Bot.) (a) A genus of plants (Hemerocallis) closely resembling true lilies, but having tuberous rootstocks instead of bulbs. The common species have long narrow leaves and either yellow or tawny-orange flowers. (b) A genus of plants (Funkia) differing from the last in having ovate veiny leaves, and large white or blue flowers.

Daymaid

Day"maid` (?), n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]

Daymare

Day"mare` (?), n. [Day + mare incubus.] (Med.) A kind of incubus which occurs during wakefulness, attended by the peculiar pressure on the chest which characterizes nightmare. Dunglison.

Day-net

Day"-net` (?), n. A net for catching small birds.

Day-peep

Day"-peep` (?), n. The dawn. [Poetic] Milton.

Daysman

Days"man (?), n. [From day in the sense of day fixed for trial.] An umpire or arbiter; a mediator.
Neither is there any daysman betwixt us. Job ix. 33.

Dayspring

Day"spring (?), n. The beginning of the day, or first appearance of light; the dawn; hence, the beginning. Milton.
The tender mercy of our God; whereby the dayspring from on high hath visited us. Luke i. 78.

Day-star

Day"-star` (?), n.

1. The morning star; the star which ushers in the day.

A dark place, until the day dawn, and the day-star arise in your hearts. 2 Peter i. 19.

2. The sun, as the orb of day. [Poetic]

So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed, And yet anon repairs his drooping head, And tricks his beams, and with new-spangled ore Flames in the forehead of the morning sky. Milton.

Daytime

Day"time` (?), n. The time during which there is daylight, as distinguished from the night.

Daywoman

Day"wom`an (?), n. A dairymaid. [Obs.]

Daze

Daze (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazing.] [OE. dasen, prob. from Icel. dasask to become weary, a reflexive verb; cf. Sw. dasa to lie idle, and OD. daesen to be foolish, insane, daes, dwaes, D. dwaas, foolish, insane, AS. dw, dysig, stupid. Dizzy, Doze.] To stupefy with excess of light; with a blow, with cold, or with fear; to confuse; to benumb.
While flashing beams do daze his feeble eyen. Spenser.
Such souls, Whose sudden visitations daze the world. Sir H. Taylor.
He comes out of the room in a dazed state, that is an odd though a sufficient substitute for interest. Dickens.

Daze

Daze, n.

1. The state of being dazed; as, he was in a daze. [Colloq.]

2. (Mining) A glittering stone.

Dazzle

Daz"zle (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dazzled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dazzling (?).] [Freq. of daze.]

1. To overpower with light; to confuse the sight of by brilliance of light.

Those heavenly shapes Will dazzle now the earthly, with their blaze Insufferably bright. Milton.
An unreflected light did never yet Dazzle the vision feminine. Sir H. Taylor.

2. To bewilder or surprise with brilliancy or display of any kind. "Dazzled and drove back his enemies." Shak.

Dazzle

Daz"zle, v. i.

1. To be overpoweringly or intensely bright; to excite admiration by brilliancy.

Ah, friend! to dazzle, let the vain design. Pope.

2. To be overpowered by light; to be confused by excess of brightness.

An overlight maketh the eyes dazzle. Bacon.
I dare not trust these eyes; They dance in mists, and dazzle with surprise. Dryden.

Dazzle

Daz"zle, n. A light of dazzling brilliancy.

Dazzlement

Daz"zle*ment (?), n. Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light. Donne.

Dazzlingly

Daz"zling*ly (?), adv. In a dazzling manner.

De-

De- (?). A prefix from Latin de down, from, away; as in debark, decline, decease, deduct, decamp. In words from the French it is equivalent to Latin dis- apart, away; or sometimes to de. Cf. Dis-. It is negative and opposite in derange, deform, destroy, etc. It is intensive in deprave, despoil, declare, desolate, etc.

Deacon

Dea"con (?), n. [OE. diakne, deakne, deken, AS. diacon, deacon, L. diaconus, fr. Gr. dean.]

1. (Eccl.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and has duties as in the Presbyterian church.

2. The chairman of an incorporated company. [Scot.]

Deacon

Dea"con (?), v. t. To read aloud each line of (a psalm or hymn) before singing it, -- usually with off. [Colloq. New. Eng.] See Line, v. t. &hand; The expression is derived from a former custom in the Congregational churches of New England. It was part of the office of a deacon to read aloud the psalm given out, one line at a time, the congregation singing each line as soon as read; -- called, also, lining out the psalm.

Deaconess

Dea"con*ess (?), n. (Eccl.) A female deacon; as: (a) (Primitive Ch.) One of an order of women whose duties resembled those of deacons. (b) (Ch. of Eng. and Prot. Epis. Ch.) A woman set apart for church work by a bishop. (c) A woman chosen as a helper in church work, as among the Congregationalists.

Deaconhood

Dea"con*hood (?), n. The state of being a deacon; office of a deacon; deaconship.

Deaconry

Dea"con*ry (?), n. See Deaconship.

Deaconship

Dea"con*ship, n. The office or ministry of a deacon or deaconess.

Dead

Dead (?), a. [OE. ded, dead, deed, AS. de\'a0d; akin to OS. d, D. dood, G. todt, tot, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. d\'94d, Goth. daubs; prop. p. p. of an old verb meaning to die. See Die, and cf. Death.]

1. Deprived of life; -- opposed to alive and living; reduced to that state of a being in which the organs of motion and life have irrevocably ceased to perform their functions; as, a dead tree; a dead man. "The queen, my lord, is dead." Shak.

The crew, all except himself, were dead of hunger. Arbuthnot.
Seek him with candle, bring him dead or living. Shak.

2. Destitute of life; inanimate; as, dead matter.

3. Resembling death in appearance or quality; without show of life; deathlike; as, a dead sleep.

4. Still as death; motionless; inactive; useless; as, dead calm; a dead load or weight.

5. So constructed as not to transmit sound; soundless; as, a dead floor.

6. Unproductive; bringing no gain; unprofitable; as, dead capital; dead stock in trade.

7. Lacking spirit; dull; lusterless; cheerless; as, dead eye; dead fire; dead color, etc.

8. Monotonous or unvaried; as, a dead level or pain; a dead wall. "The ground is a dead flat." C. Reade.

9. Sure as death; unerring; fixed; complete; as, a dead shot; a dead certainty.

I had them a dead bargain. Goldsmith.

10. Bringing death; deadly. Shak.

11. Wanting in religious spirit and vitality; as, dead faith; dead works. "Dead in trespasses." Eph. ii. 1.

12. (Paint.) (a) Flat; without gloss; -- said of painting which has been applied purposely to have this effect. (b) Not brilliant; not rich; thus, brown is a dead color, as compared with crimson.

13. (Law) Cut off from the rights of a citizen; deprived of the power of enjoying the rights of property; as, one banished or becoming a monk is civilly dead.

14. (Mach.) Not imparting motion or power; as, the dead spindle of a lathe, etc. See Spindle. Dead ahead (Naut.), directly ahead; -- said of a ship or any object, esp. of the wind when blowing from that point toward which a vessel would go. -- Dead angle (Mil.), an angle or space which can not be seen or defended from behind the parapet. -- Dead block, either of two wooden or iron blocks intended to serve instead of buffers at the end of a freight car. -- Dead calm (Naut.), no wind at all. -- Dead center, ∨ Dead point (Mach.), either of two points in the orbit of a crank, at which the crank and connecting rod lie a straight line. It corresponds to the end of a stroke; as, A and B are dead centers of the crank mechanism in which the crank C drives, or is driven by, the lever L. -- Dead color (Paint.), a color which has no gloss upon it. -- Dead coloring (Oil paint.), the layer of colors, the preparation for what is to follow. In modern painting this is usually in monochrome. -- Dead door (Shipbuilding), a storm shutter fitted to the outside of the quarter-gallery door. -- Dead flat (Naut.), the widest or midship frame. -- Dead freight (Mar. Law), a sum of money paid by a person who charters a whole vessel but fails to make out a full cargo. The payment is made for the unoccupied capacity. Abbott. -- Dead ground (Mining), the portion of a vein in which there is no ore. -- Dead hand, a hand that can not alienate, as of a person civilly dead. "Serfs held in dead hand." Morley. See Mortmain. -- Dead head (Naut.), a rough block of wood used as an anchor buoy. -- Dead heat, a heat or course between two or more race horses, boats, etc., in which they come out exactly equal, so that neither wins. -- Dead horse, an expression applied to a debt for wages paid in advance. [Law] -- Dead language, a language which is no longer spoken or in common use by a people, and is known only in writings, as the Hebrew, Greek, and Latin. -- Dead letter. (a) A letter which, after lying for a certain fixed time uncalled for at the post office to which it was directed, is then sent to the general post office to be opened. (b) That which has lost its force or authority; as, the law has become a dead letter. -- Dead-letter office, a department of the general post office where dead letters are examined and disposed of. -- Dead level, a term applied to a flat country. -- Dead lift, a direct lift, without assistance from mechanical advantage, as from levers, pulleys, etc.; hence, an extreme emergency. "(As we say) at a dead lift." Robynson (More's Utopia). -- Dead line (Mil.), a line drawn within or around a military prison, to cross which involves for a prisoner the penalty of being instantly shot. -- Dead load (Civil Engin.), a constant, motionless load, as the weight of a structure, in distinction from a moving load, as a train of cars, or a variable pressure, as of wind. -- Dead march (Mus.), a piece of solemn music intended to be played as an accompaniment to a funeral procession. -- Dead nettle (Bot.), a harmless plant with leaves like a nettle (Lamium album). -- Dead oil (Chem.), the heavy oil obtained in the distillation of coal tar, and containing phenol, naphthalus, etc. -- Dead plate (Mach.), a solid covering over a part of a fire grate, to prevent the entrance of air through that part. -- Dead pledge, a mortgage. See Mortgage. -- Dead point. (Mach.) See Dead center. -- Dead reckoning (Naut.), the method of determining the place of a ship from a record kept of the courses sailed as given by compass, and the distance made on each course as found by log, with allowance for leeway, etc., without the aid of celestial observations. -- Dead rise, the transverse upward curvature of a vessel's floor. -- Dead rising, an elliptical line drawn on the sheer plan to determine the sweep of the floorheads throughout the ship's length. -- Dead-Sea apple. See under Apple. -- Dead set. See under Set. -- Dead shot. (a) An unerring marksman. (b) A shot certain to be made. -- Dead smooth, the finest cut made; -- said of files. -- Dead wall (Arch.), a blank wall unbroken by windows or other openings. -- Dead water (Naut.), the eddy water closing in under a ship's stern when sailing. -- Dead weight. (a) A heavy or oppressive burden. Dryden. (b) (Shipping) A ship's lading, when it consists of heavy goods; or, the heaviest part of a ship's cargo. (c) (Railroad) The weight of rolling stock, the live weight being the load. Knight. -- Dead wind (Naut.), a wind directly ahead, or opposed to the ship's course. -- To be dead, to die. [Obs.]

I deme thee, thou must algate be dead. Chaucer.
Syn. -- Inanimate; deceased; extinct. See Lifeless.

Dead

Dead (?), adv. To a degree resembling death; to the last degree; completely; wholly. [Colloq.]
I was tired of reading, and dead sleepy. Dickens.
Dead drunk, so drunk as to be unconscious.

Dead

Dead (?), n.

1. The most quiet or deathlike time; the period of profoundest repose, inertness, or gloom; as, the dead of winter.

When the drum beat at dead of night. Campbell.

2. One who is dead; -- commonly used collectively.

And Abraham stood up from before his dead. Gen. xxiii. 3.

Dead

Dead, v. t. To make dead; to deaden; to deprive of life, force, or vigor. [Obs.]
Heaven's stern decree, With many an ill, hath numbed and deaded me. Chapman.

Dead

Dead, v. i. To die; to lose life or force. [Obs.]
So iron, as soon as it is out of the fire, deadeth straightway. Bacon.

Dead beat

Dead` beat" (?). See Beat, n., 7. [Low, U.S.]

Deadbeat

Dead"beat` (?), a. (Physics) Making a beat without recoil; giving indications by a single beat or excursion; -- said of galvanometers and other instruments in which the needle or index moves to the extent of its deflection and stops with little or no further oscillation. Deadbeat escapement. See under Escapement.

Deadborn

Dead"born` (?), a. Stillborn. Pope.

Deaden

Dead"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deadened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deadening.] [From Dead; cf. AS. d to kill, put to death. See Dead, a.]

1. To make as dead; to impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation; to lessen the force or acuteness of; to blunt; as, to deaden the natural powers or feelings; to deaden a sound.


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As harper lays his open palm Upon his harp, to deaden its vibrations. Longfellow.

2. To lessen the velocity or momentum of; to retard; as, to deaden a ship's headway.

3. To make vapid or spiritless; as, to deaden wine.

4. To deprive of gloss or brilliancy; to obscure; as, to deaden gilding by a coat of size.

Deadener

Dead"en*er (?), n. One who, or that which, deadens or checks.

Dead-eye

Dead"-eye` (?), n. (Naut.) A round, flattish, wooden block, encircled by a rope, or an iron band, and pierced with three holes to receive the lanyard; -- used to extend the shrouds and stays, and for other purposes. Called also deadman's eye. Totten.

Deadhead

Dead"head` (?), n.

1. One who receives free tickets for theaters, public conveyances, etc. [Colloq. U. S.]

2. (Naut.) A buoy. See under Dead, a.

Deadhearted

Dead"*heart`ed (?), a. Having a dull, faint heart; spiritless; listless. -- Dead"*heart`ed*ness, n. Bp. Hall.

Deadhouse

Dead"house` (?), n. A morgue; a place for the temporary reception and exposure of dead bodies.

Deadish

Dead"ish, a. Somewhat dead, dull, or lifeless; deathlike.
The lips put on a deadish paleness. A. Stafford.

Deadlatch

Dead"latch` (?), n. A kind of latch whose bolt may be so locked by a detent that it can not be opened from the inside by the handle, or from the outside by the latch key. Knight.

Deadlight

Dead"light` (?), n. (Naut.) A strong shutter, made to fit open ports and keep out water in a storm.

Deadlihood

Dead"li*hood (?), n. State of the dead. [Obs.]

Deadliness

Dead"li*ness, n. The quality of being deadly.

Deadlock

Dead"lock` (?), n.

1. A lock which is not self-latching, but requires a key to throw the bolt forward.

2. A counteraction of things, which produces an entire stoppage; a complete obstruction of action.

Things are at a deadlock. London Times.
The Board is much more likely to be at a deadlock of two to two. The Century.

Deadly

Dead"ly (?), a.

1. Capable of causing death; mortal; fatal; destructive; certain or likely to cause death; as, a deadly blow or wound.

2. Aiming or willing to destroy; implacable; desperately hostile; flagitious; as, deadly enemies.

Thy assailant is quick, skillful, and deadly. Shak.

3. Subject to death; mortal. [Obs.]

The image of a deadly man. Wyclif (Rom. i. 23).
Deadly nightshade (Bot.), a poisonous plant; belladonna. See under Nightshade.

Deadly

Dead"ly, adv.

1. In a manner resembling, or as if produced by, death. "Deadly pale." Shak.

2. In a manner to occasion death; mortally.

The groanings of a deadly wounded man. Ezek. xxx. 24.

3. In an implacable manner; destructively.

4. Extremely. [Obs.] "Deadly weary." Orrery. "So deadly cunning a man." Arbuthnot.

Deadness

Dead"ness, n. The state of being destitute of life, vigor, spirit, activity, etc.; dullness; inertness; languor; coldness; vapidness; indifference; as, the deadness of a limb, a body, or a tree; the deadness of an eye; deadness of the affections; the deadness of beer or cider; deadness to the world, and the like.

Dead-pay

Dead"-pay` (?), n. Pay drawn for soldiers, or others, really dead, whose names are kept on the rolls.
O you commanders, That, like me, have no dead-pays. Massinger.

Dead-reckoning

Dead"-reck`on*ing (?), n. (Naut.) See under Dead, a.

Deads

Deads (?), n. pl. (Mining) The substances which inclose the ore on every side.

Dead-stroke

Dead"-stroke` (?), a. (Mech.) Making a stroke without recoil; deadbeat. Dead-stroke hammer (Mach.), a power hammer having a spring interposed between the driving mechanism and the hammer head, or helve, to lessen the recoil of the hammer and reduce the shock upon the mechanism.

Deadwood

Dead"wood` (?), n.

1. (Naut.) A mass of timbers built into the bow and stern of a vessel to give solidity.

2. Dead trees or branches; useless material. <-- unproductive workers! -->

Deadworks

Dead"works` (?), n. pl. (Naut.) The parts of a ship above the water when she is laden.

Deaf

Deaf (?; 277), a. [OE. def, deaf, deef, AS. de\'a0f; akin to D. doof, G. taub, Icel. daufr, Dan. d\'94v, Sw. d\'94f, Goth. daubs, and prob. to E. dumb (the original sense being, dull as applied to one of the senses), and perh. to Gr. toben to rage. Cf. Dumb.]

1. Wanting the sense of hearing, either wholly or in part; unable to perceive sounds; hard of hearing; as, a deaf man.

Come on my right hand, for this ear is deaf. Shak.

2. Unwilling to hear or listen; determinedly inattentive; regardless; not to be persuaded as to facts, argument, or exhortation; -- with to; as, deaf to reason.

O, that men's ears should be To counsel deaf, but not to flattery! Shak.

3. Deprived of the power of hearing; deafened.

Deaf with the noise, I took my hasty flight. Dryden.

4. Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened. [R.]

A deaf murmur through the squadron went. Dryden.

5. Decayed; tasteless; dead; as, a deaf nut; deaf corn. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

If the season be unkindly and intemperate, they [peppers] will catch a blast; and then the seeds will be deaf, void, light, and naught. Holland.
Deaf and dumb, without the sense of hearing or the faculty of speech. See Deaf-mute.

Deaf

Deaf (?; 277), v. t. To deafen. [Obs.] Dryden.

Deafen

Deaf"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deafened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deafening.] [From Deaf.]

1. To make deaf; to deprive of the power of hearing; to render incapable of perceiving sounds distinctly.

Deafened and stunned with their promiscuous cries. Addison.

2. (Arch.) To render impervious to sound, as a partition or floor, by filling the space within with mortar, by lining with paper, etc.

Deafening

Deaf"en*ing, n. The act or process of rendering impervious to sound, as a floor or wall; also, the material with which the spaces are filled in this process; pugging.

Deafly

Deaf"ly, adv. Without sense of sounds; obscurely.

Deafly

Deaf"ly, a. Lonely; solitary. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.

Deaf-mute

Deaf"-mute` (?), n. A person who is deaf and dumb; one who, through deprivation or defect of hearing, has either failed the acquire the power of speech, or has lost it. [See Illust. of Dactylology.]
Deaf-mutes are still so called, even when, by artificial methods, they have been taught to speak imperfectly.

Deaf-mutism

Deaf"-mut`ism (?), n. The condition of being a deaf-mute.

Deafness

Deaf"ness (?), n.

1. Incapacity of perceiving sounds; the state of the organs which prevents the impression which constitute hearing; want of the sense of hearing.

2. Unwillingness to hear; voluntary rejection of what is addressed to the understanding. Nervous deafness, a variety of deafness dependent upon morbid change in some portion of the nervous system, especially the auditory nerve.

Deal

Deal (?), n. [OE. del, deel, part, AS. d; akin to OS. d, D. & Dan. deel, G. theil, teil, Icel. deild, Sw. del, Goth. dails. Dole.]

1. A part or portion; a share; hence, an indefinite quantity, degree, or extent, degree, or extent; as, a deal of time and trouble; a deal of cold.

Three tenth deals [parts of an ephah] of flour. Num. xv. 9.
As an object of science it [the Celtic genius] may count for a good deal . . . as a spiritual power. M. Arnold.
She was resolved to be a good deal more circumspect. W. Black.
&hand; It was formerly limited by some, every, never a, a thousand, etc.; as, some deal; but these are now obsolete or vulgar. In general, we now qualify the word with great or good, and often use it adverbially, by being understood; as, a great deal of time and pains; a great (or good) deal better or worse; that is, better by a great deal, or by a great part or difference.

2. The process of dealing cards to the players; also, the portion disturbed.

The deal, the shuffle, and the cut. Swift.

3. Distribution; apportionment. [Colloq.]

4. An arrangement to attain a desired result by a combination of interested parties; -- applied to stock speculations and political bargains. [Slang]

5. [Prob. from D. deel a plank, threshing floor. See Thill.] The division of a piece of timber made by sawing; a board or plank; particularly, a board or plank of fir or pine above seven inches in width, and exceeding six feet in length. If narrower than this, it is called a batten; if shorter, a deal end. &hand; Whole deal is a general term for planking one and one half inches thick.

6. Wood of the pine or fir; as, a floor of deal. Deal tree, a fir tree. Dr. Prior.

Deal

Deal, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dealt (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dealing.] [OE. delen, AS. d, fr. d share; akin to OS. d, D. deelen, G. theilen, teilen, Icel. deila, Sw. dela, Dan. dele, Goth. dailjan. See Deal, n.]

1. To divide; to separate in portions; hence, to give in portions; to distribute; to bestow successively; -- sometimes with out.

Is not to deal thy bread to the hungry? Is. lviii. 7.
And Rome deals out her blessings and her gold. Tickell.
The nightly mallet deals resounding blows. Gay.
Hissing through the skies, the feathery deaths were dealt. Dryden.

2. Specifically: To distribute, as cards, to the players at the commencement of a game; as, to deal the cards; to deal one a jack.

Deal

Deal, v. i.

1. To make distribution; to share out in portions, as cards to the players.

2. To do a distributing or retailing business, as distinguished from that of a manufacturer or producer; to traffic; to trade; to do business; as, he deals in flour.

They buy and sell, they deal and traffic. South.
This is to drive to wholesale trade, when all other petty merchants deal but for parcels. Dr. H. More.

3. To act as an intermediary in business or any affairs; to manage; to make arrangements; -- followed by between or with.

Sometimes he that deals between man and man, raiseth his own credit with both, by pretending greater interest than he hath in either. Bacon.

4. To conduct one's self; to behave or act in any affair or towards any one; to treat.

If he will deal clearly and impartially, . . . he will acknowledge all this to be true. Tillotson.

5. To contend (with); to treat (with), by way of opposition, check, or correction; as, he has turbulent passions to deal with. To deal by, to treat, either well or ill; as, to deal well by servants. "Such an one deals not fairly by his own mind." Locke. -- To deal in. (a) To have to do with; to be engaged in; to practice; as, they deal in political matters. (b) To buy and sell; to furnish, as a retailer or wholesaler; as, they deal in fish. -- To deal with. (a) To treat in any manner; to use, whether well or ill; to have to do with; specifically, to trade with. "Dealing with witches." Shak. (b) To reprove solemnly; to expostulate with.

The deacons of his church, who, to use their own phrase, "dealt with him" on the sin of rejecting the aid which Providence so manifestly held out. Hawthorne.
Return . . . and I will deal well with thee. Gen. xxxii. 9.

Dealbate

De*al"bate (?), v. t. [L. dealbatus, p. p. of dealbare. See Daub.] To whiten. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Dealbation

De`al*ba"tion (?), n. [L. dealbatio: cf. F. d\'82albation.] Act of bleaching; a whitening. [Obs.]

Dealer

Deal"er (?), n.

1. One who deals; one who has to do, or has concern, with others; esp., a trader, a trafficker, a shopkeeper, a broker, or a merchant; as, a dealer in dry goods; a dealer in stocks; a retail dealer.

2. One who distributes cards to the players.

Dealfish

Deal"fish` (?), n. [From deal a long, narrow plank.] (Zo\'94l.) A long, thin fish of the arctic seas (Trachypterus arcticus).

Dealing

Deal"ing, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. Double dealing, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity. -- Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion.

Dealth

Dealth (?), n. Share dealt. [Obs.]

Deambulate

De*am"bu*late (?), v. i. [L. deambulare, deambulatum; de- + ambulare to walk.] To walk abroad. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Deambulation

De*am`bu*la"tion (?), n. [L. deambulatio.] A walking abroad; a promenading. [Obs.] Sir T. Elyot.

Deambulatory

De*am"bu*la*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. LL. deambulator a traveler.] Going about from place to place; wandering; of or pertaining to a deambulatory. [Obs.] "Deambulatory actors." Bp. Morton.

Deambulatory

De*am"bu*la*to*ry, n. [L. deambulatorium.] A covered place in which to walk; an ambulatory.

Dean

Dean (?), n. [OE. dene, deene, OF. deien, dien, F. doyen, eldest of a corporation, a dean, L. decanus the chief of ten, one set over ten persons, e. g., over soldiers or over monks, from decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Decemvir.]

1. A dignitary or presiding officer in certain ecclesiastical and lay bodies; esp., an ecclesiastical dignitary, subordinate to a bishop. Dean of cathedral church, the chief officer of a chapter; he is an ecclesiastical magistrate next in degree to bishop, and has immediate charge of the cathedral and its estates. -- Dean of peculiars, a dean holding a preferment which has some peculiarity relative to spiritual superiors and the jurisdiction exercised in it. [Eng.] -- Rural dean, one having, under the bishop, the especial care and inspection of the clergy within certain parishes or districts of the diocese.

2. The collegiate officer in the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, England, who, besides other duties, has regard to the moral condition of the college. Shipley.

3. The head or presiding officer in the faculty of some colleges or universities.

4. A registrar or secretary of the faculty in a department of a college, as in a medical, or theological, or scientific department. [U.S.]

5. The chief or senior of a company on occasion of ceremony; as, the dean of the diplomatic corps; -- so called by courtesy. Cardinal dean, the senior cardinal bishop of the college of cardinals at Rome. Shipley. -- Dean and chapter, the legal corporation and governing body of a cathedral. It consists of the dean, who is chief, and his canons or prebendaries. -- Dean of arches, the lay judge of the court of arches. -- Dean of faculty, the president of an incorporation or barristers; specifically, the president of the incorporation of advocates in Edinburgh. -- Dean of guild, a magistrate of Scotch burghs, formerly, and still, in some burghs, chosen by the Guildry, whose duty is to superintend the erection of new buildings and see that they conform to the law. -- Dean of a monastery, Monastic dean, a monastic superior over ten monks. -- Dean's stall. See Decanal stall, under Decanal.

Deanery

Dean"er*y (?), n.; pl. Deaneries (.

1. The office or the revenue of a dean. See the Note under Benefice, n., 3.

2. The residence of a dean. Shak.

3. The territorial jurisdiction of a dean.

Each archdeaconry is divided into rural deaneries, and each deanery is divided into parishes. Blackstone.

Deanship

Dean"ship, n. The office of a dean.
I dont't value your deanship a straw. Swift.

Dear

Dear (?), a. [Compar. Dearer (?); superl. Dearest (?).] [OE. dere, deore, AS. de\'a2re; akin to OS. diuri, D. duur, OHG. tiuri, G. theuer, teuer, Icel. d, Dan. & Sw. dyr. Cf. Darling, Dearth.]

1. Bearing a high price; high-priced; costly; expensive.

The cheapest of us is ten groats too dear. Shak.

2. Marked by scarcity or dearth, and exorbitance of price; as, a dear year.

3. Highly valued; greatly beloved; cherished; precious. "Hear me, dear lady." Shak.

Neither count I my life dear unto myself. Acts xx. 24.
And the last joy was dearer than the rest. Pope.
Dear as remember'd kisses after death. Tennyson.

4. Hence, close to the heart; heartfelt; present in mind; engaging the attention. (a) Of agreeable things and interests.

[I'll] leave you to attend him: some dear cause Will in concealment wrap me up awhile. Shak.
His dearest wish was to escape from the bustle and glitter of Whitehall. Macaulay.
(b) Of disagreeable things and antipathies.
In our dear peril. Shak.
Would I had met my dearest foe in heaven Or ever I had seen that day. Shak.

Dear

Dear, n. A dear one; lover; sweetheart.
That kiss I carried from thee, dear. Shak.

Dear

Dear, adv. Dearly; at a high price.
If thou attempt it, it will cost thee dear. Shak.

Dear

Dear, v. t. To endear. [Obs.] Shelton.

Dearborn

Dear"born (?), n. A four-wheeled carriage, with curtained sides.

Dear-bought

Dear"-bought` (?), a. Bought at a high price; as, dear-bought experience.
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Deare

Deare (?), variant of Dere, v. t. & n. [Obs.]

Dearie

Dear"ie (?), n. Same as Deary. Dickens.

Dearling

Dear"ling (?), n. A darling. [Obs.] Spenser.

Dear-loved

Dear"-loved` (?), a. Greatly beloved. Shak.

Dearly

Dear"ly, adv.

1. In a dear manner; with affection; heartily; earnestly; as, to love one dearly.

2. At a high rate or price; grievously.

He buys his mistress dearly with his throne. Dryden.

3. Exquisitely. [Obs.] Shak.

Dearn

Dearn (?), a. [AS. derne, dyrne, dierne, hidden, secret. Cf. Derne.] Secret; lonely; solitary; dreadful. [Obs.] Shak. -- Dearn"ly, adv. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dearn

Dearn, v. t. Same as Darn. [Obs.]

Dearness

Dear"ness (?), n.

1. The quality or state of being dear; costliness; excess of price.

The dearness of corn. Swift.

2. Fondness; preciousness; love; tenderness.

The dearness of friendship. Bacon.

Dearth

Dearth (?), n. [OE. derthe, fr. dere. See Dear.] Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine.
There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11.
He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak.
Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden.

Dearticulate

De`ar*tic"u*late (?), v. t. To disjoint.

Dearworth

Dear"worth` (?), a. [See Derworth.] Precious. [Obs.] Piers Plowman.

Deary

Dear"y (?), n. A dear; a darling. [Familiar]

Deas

De"as (?), n. See Dais. [Scot.]

Death

Death (?), n. [OE. deth, dea, AS. de\'a0; akin to OS. d, D. dood, G. tod, Icel. dau, Sw. & Dan. d\'94d, Goth. daupus; from a verb meaning to die. See Die, v. i., and cf. Dead.]

1. The cessation of all vital phenomena without capability of resuscitation, either in animals or plants. &hand; Local death is going on at times and in all parts of the living body, in which individual cells and elements are being cast off and replaced by new; a process essential to life. General death is of two kinds; death of the body as a whole (somatic or systemic death), and death of the tissues. By the former is implied the absolute cessation of the functions of the brain, the circulatory and the respiratory organs; by the latter the entire disappearance of the vital actions of the ultimate structural constituents of the body. When death takes place, the body as a whole dies first, the death of the tissues sometimes not occurring until after a considerable interval. Huxley.

2. Total privation or loss; extinction; cessation; as, the death of memory.

The death of a language can not be exactly compared with the death of a plant. J. Peile.

3. Manner of dying; act or state of passing from life.

A death that I abhor. Shak.
Let me die the death of the righteous. Num. xxiii. 10.

4. Cause of loss of life.

Swiftly flies the feathered death. Dryden.
He caught his death the last county sessions. Addison.

5. Personified: The destroyer of life, -- conventionally represented as a skeleton with a scythe.

Death! great proprietor of all. Young.
And I looked, and behold a pale horse; and his name that at on him was Death. Rev. vi. 8.

6. Danger of death. "In deaths oft." 2 Cor. xi. 23.

7. Murder; murderous character.

Not to suffer a man of death to live. Bacon.

8. (Theol.) Loss of spiritual life.

To be death. Rom. viii. 6.

9. Anything so dreadful as to be like death.

It was death to them to think of entertaining such doctrines. Atterbury.
And urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death. Judg. xvi. 16.
&hand; Death is much used adjectively and as the first part of a compound, meaning, in general, of or pertaining to death, causing or presaging death; as, deathbed or death bed; deathblow or death blow, etc. Black death. See Black death, in the Vocabulary. -- Civil death, the separation of a man from civil society, or the debarring him from the enjoyment of civil rights, as by banishment, attainder, abjuration of the realm, entering a monastery, etc. Blackstone. -- Death adder. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A kind of viper found in South Africa (Acanthophis tortor); -- so called from the virulence of its venom. (b) A venomous Australian snake of the family Elapid\'91, of several species, as the Hoplocephalus superbus and Acanthopis antarctica. -- Death bell, a bell that announces a death.
The death bell thrice was heard to ring. Mickle.
-- Death candle, a light like that of a candle, viewed by the superstitious as presaging death. -- Death damp, a cold sweat at the coming on of death. -- Death fire, a kind of ignis fatuus supposed to forebode death.
And round about in reel and rout, The death fires danced at night. Coleridge.
-- Death grapple, a grapple or struggle for life. -- Death in life, a condition but little removed from death; a living death. [Poetic] "Lay lingering out a five years' death in life." Tennyson. -- Death knell, a stroke or tolling of a bell, announcing a death. -- Death rate, the relation or ratio of the number of deaths to the population.
At all ages the death rate is higher in towns than in rural districts. Darwin.
-- Death rattle, a rattling or gurgling in the throat of a dying person. -- Death's door, the boundary of life; the partition dividing life from death. -- Death stroke, a stroke causing death. -- Death throe, the spasm of death. -- Death token, the signal of approaching death. -- Death warrant. (a) (Law) An order from the proper authority for the execution of a criminal. (b) That which puts an end to expectation, hope, or joy. -- Death wound. (a) A fatal wound or injury. (b) (Naut.) The springing of a fatal leak. -- Spiritual death (Scripture), the corruption and perversion of the soul by sin, with the loss of the favor of God. -- The gates of death, the grave.
Have the gates of death been opened unto thee? Job xxxviii. 17.
-- The second death, condemnation to eternal separation from God. Rev. ii. 11. -- To be the death of, to be the cause of death to; to make die. "It was one who should be the death of both his parents." Milton.
Syn. -- Death, Decrase, Departure, Release. Death applies to the termination of every form of existence, both animal and vegetable; the other words only to the human race. Decease is the term used in law for the removal of a human being out of life in the ordinary course of nature. Demise was formerly confined to decease of princes, but is now sometimes used of distinguished men in general; as, the demise of Mr. Pitt. Departure and release are peculiarly terms of Christian affection and hope. A violent death is not usually called a decease. Departure implies a friendly taking leave of life. Release implies a deliverance from a life of suffering or sorrow.

Deathbed

Death"bed (?), n. The bed in which a person dies; hence, the closing hours of life of one who dies by sickness or the like; the last sickness.
That often-quoted passage from Lord Hervey in which the Queen's deathbed is described. Thackeray.

Deathbird

Death"bird` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) Tengmalm's or Richardson's owl (Nyctale Tengmalmi); -- so called from a superstition of the North American Indians that its note presages death.

Deathblow

Death"blow` (?), n. A mortal or crushing blow; a stroke or event which kills or destroys.
The deathblow of my hope. Byron.

Deathful

Death"ful (?), a.

1. Full of death or slaughter; murderous; destructive; bloody.

These eyes behold The deathful scene. Pope.

2. Liable to undergo death; mortal.

The deathless gods and deathful earth. Chapman.

Deathfulness

Death"ful*ness, n. Appearance of death. Jer. Taylor.

Deathless

Death"less, a. Not subject to death, destruction, or extinction; immortal; undying; imperishable; as, deathless beings; deathless fame.

Deathlike

Death"like` (?), a.

1. Resembling death.

A deathlike slumber, and a dead repose. Pope.

2. Deadly. [Obs.] "Deathlike dragons." Shak.

Deathliness

Death"li*ness (?), n. The quality of being deathly; deadliness. Southey.

Deathly

Death"ly, a. Deadly; fatal; mortal; destructive.

Deathly

Death"ly, adv. Deadly; as, deathly pale or sick.

Death's-head

Death's"-head` (?), n. A naked human skull as the emblem of death; the head of the conventional personification of death.
I had rather be married to a death's-head with a bone in his mouth. Shak.
Death's-head moth (Zo\'94l.), a very large European moth (Acherontia atropos), so called from a figure resembling a human skull on the back of the thorax; -- called also death's-head sphinx.

Death's-herb

Death's"-herb` (?), n. The deadly nightshade (Atropa belladonna). Dr. Prior.

Deathsman

Deaths"man (?), n. An executioner; a headsman or hangman. [Obs.] Shak.

Deathward

Death"ward (?), adv. Toward death.

Deathwatch

Death"watch` (?; 224), n.

1. (Zo\'94l.) (a) A small beetle (Anobium tessellatum and other allied species). By forcibly striking its head against woodwork it makes a ticking sound, which is a call of the sexes to each other, but has been imagined by superstitious people to presage death. (b) A small wingless insect, of the family Psocid\'91, which makes a similar but fainter sound; -- called also deathtick.

She is always seeing apparitions and hearing deathwatches. Addison.
I did not hear the dog howl, mother, or the deathwatch beat. Tennyson.

2. The guard set over a criminal before his execution.

Deaurate

De*au"rate (?), a. [L. deauratus, p. p. of deaurare to gild; de- + aurum gold.] Gilded. [Obs.]

Deaurate

De*au"rate (?), v. t. To gild. [Obs.] Bailey.

Deauration

De`au*ra"tion (?), n. Act of gilding. [Obs.]

Deave

Deave (?), v. t. [See Deafen.] To stun or stupefy with noise; to deafen. [Scot.]

Debacchate

De*bac"chate (?), v. i. [L. debacchatus, p. p. of debacchari to rage; de- + bacchari to rage like a bacchant.] To rave as a bacchanal. [R.] Cockeram.

Debacchation

De`bac*cha"tion (?), n. [L. debacchatio.] Wild raving or debauchery. [R.] Prynne.

Debacle

De*ba"cle (?), n. [F. d\'82b\'83cle, fr. d\'82b\'83cler to unbar, break loose; pref. d\'82- (prob. = L. dis) + b\'83cler to bolt, fr. L. baculum a stick.] (Geol.) A breaking or bursting forth; a violent rush or flood of waters which breaks down opposing barriers, and hurls forward and disperses blocks of stone and other d\'82bris.

Debar

De*bar" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debarred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debarring.] [Pref. de- + bar.] To cut off from entrance, as if by a bar or barrier; to preclude; to hinder from approach, entry, or enjoyment; to shut out or exclude; to deny or refuse; -- with from, and sometimes with of.
Yet not so strictly hath our Lord imposed Labor, as to debar us when we need Refreshment. Milton.
Their wages were so low as to debar them, not only from the comforts but from the common decencies of civilized life. Buckle.

Debarb

De*barb" (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + L. barba beard.] To deprive of the beard. [Obs.] Bailey.

Debark

De"bark" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debarked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debarking.] [F. d\'82barquer; pref. d\'82- (L. dis-) + barque. See Bark the vessel, and cf. Disbark.] To go ashore from a ship or boat; to disembark; to put ashore.

Debarkation

De`bar*ka"tion (?), n. Disembarkation.
The debarkation, therefore, had to take place by small steamers. U. S. Grant.

Debarment

De*bar"ment (?), n. Hindrance from approach; exclusion.

Debarrass

De*bar"rass (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82barrasser. See Embarrass.] To disembarrass; to relieve. [R.]

Debase

De*base" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debasing.] [Pref. de- + base. See Base, a., and cf. Abase.] To reduce from a higher to a lower state or grade of worth, dignity, purity, station, etc.; to degrade; to lower; to deteriorate; to abase; as, to debase the character by crime; to debase the mind by frivolity; to debase style by vulgar words.
The coin which was adulterated and debased. Hale.
It is a kind of taking God's name in vain to debase religion with such frivolous disputes. Hooker.
And to debase the sons, exalts the sires. Pope.
Syn. -- To abase; degrade. See Abase.

Debased

De*based" (?), a. (Her.) Turned upside down from its proper position; inverted; reversed.

Debasement

De*base"ment (?), n. The act of debasing or the state of being debased. Milton.

Debaser

De*bas"er (?), n. One who, or that which, debases.

Debasingly

De*bas"ing*ly, adv. In a manner to debase.

Debatable

De*bat"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. OF. debatable. See Debate.] Liable to be debated; disputable; subject to controversy or contention; open to question or dispute; as, a debatable question. The Debatable Land ∨ Ground, a tract of land between the Esk and the Sark, claimed by both England and Scotland; the Batable Ground.

Debate

De*bate" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debating.] [OF. debatre, F. d\'82battre; L. de + batuere to beat. See Batter, v. t., and cf. Abate.]

1. To engage in combat for; to strive for.

Volunteers . . . thronged to serve under his banner, and the cause of religion was debated with the same ardor in Spain as on the plains of Palestine. Prescott.

2. To contend for in words or arguments; to strive to maintain by reasoning; to dispute; to contest; to discuss; to argue for and against.

A wise council . . . that did debate this business. Shak.
Debate thy cause with thy neighbor himself. Prov. xxv. 9.
Syn. -- To argue; discuss; dispute; controvert. See Argue, and Discuss.

Debate

De*bate", v. i.

1. To engage in strife or combat; to fight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Well could he tourney and in lists debate. Spenser.

2. To contend in words; to dispute; hence, to deliberate; to consider; to discuss or examine different arguments in the mind; -- often followed by on or upon.

He presents that great soul debating upon the subject of life and death with his intimate friends. Tatler.

Debate

De*bate", n. [F. d\'82bat, fr. d\'82battre. See Debate, v. t.]

1. A fight or fighting; contest; strife. [Archaic]

On the day of the Trinity next ensuing was a great debate . . . and in that murder there were slain . . . fourscore. R. of Gloucester.
But question fierce and proud reply Gave signal soon of dire debate. Sir W. Scott.

2. Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the debates in Parliament or in Congress.

Heard, noted, answer'd, as in full debate. Pope.

3. Subject of discussion. [R.]

Statutes and edicts concerning this debate. Milton.

Debateful

De*bate"ful (?), a. Full of contention; contentious; quarrelsome. [Obs.] Spenser.

Debatefully

De*bate"ful*ly, adv. With contention. [Obs.]

Debatement

De*bate"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. debatement a beating.] Controversy; deliberation; debate. [R.]
A serious question and debatement with myself. Milton.

Debater

De*bat"er (?), n. One who debates; one given to argument; a disputant; a controvertist.
Debate where leisure serves with dull debaters. Shak.

Debating

De*bat"ing, n. The act of discussing or arguing; discussion. Debating society ∨ club, a society or club for the purpose of debate and improvement in extemporaneous speaking.

Debatingly

De*bat"ing*ly, adv. In the manner of a debate.

Debauch

De*bauch" (?), v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Debauched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debauching.] [F. d\'82baucher, prob. originally, to entice away from the workshop; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + OF. bauche, bauge, hut, cf. F. bauge lair of a wild boar; prob. from G. or Icel., cf. Icel. b\'belkr. See Balk, n.] To lead away from purity or excellence; to corrupt in character or principles; to mar; to vitiate; to pollute; to seduce; as, to debauch one's self by intemperance; to debauch a woman; to debauch an army.
Learning not debauched by ambition. Burke.
A man must have got his conscience thoroughly debauched and hardened before he can arrive to the height of sin. South.
Her pride debauched her judgment and her eyes. Cowley.

Debauch

De*bauch", n. [Cf. F. d\'82bauche.]

1. Excess in eating or drinking; intemperance; drunkenness; lewdness; debauchery.

The first physicians by debauch were made. Dryden.

2. An act or occasion of debauchery.

Silenus, from his night's debauch, Fatigued and sick. Cowley.

Debauched

De*bauched" (?), a. Dissolute; dissipated. "A coarse and debauched look." Ld. Lytton.

Debauchedly

De*bauch"ed*ly (?), adv. In a profligate manner.

Debauchedness

De*bauch"ed*ness, n. The state of being debauched; intemperance. Bp. Hall.

Debauchee

Deb`au*chee" (?), n. [F. d\'82, n., properly p. p. of d\'82baucher. See Debauch, v. t.] One who is given to intemperance or bacchanalian excesses; a man habitually lewd; a libertine.

Debaucher

De*bauch"er (?), n. One who debauches or corrupts others; especially, a seducer to lewdness.
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Debauchery

De*bauch"er*y (?), n.; pl. Debaucheries (.

1. Corruption of fidelity; seduction from virtue, duty, or allegiance.

The republic of Paris will endeavor to complete the debauchery of the army. Burke.

2. Excessive indulgence of the appetites; especially, excessive indulgence of lust; intemperance; sensuality; habitual lewdness.

Oppose . . . debauchery by temperance. Sprat.

Debauchment

De*bauch"ment (?), n. The act of corrupting; the act of seducing from virtue or duty.

Debauchness

De*bauch"ness, n. Debauchedness. [Obs.]

Debeige

De*beige" (?), n. [F. de of + beige the natural color of wool.] A kind of woolen or mixed dress goods. [Written also debage.]

Debel

De*bel" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82beller. See Debellate.] To conquer. [Obs.] Milton.

Debellate

De*bel"late (?), v. t. [L. debellatus, p. p. of debellare to subdue; de- + bellum war.] To subdue; to conquer in war. [Obs.] Speed.

Debellation

Deb`el*la"tion (?), n. [LL. debellatio.] The act of conquering or subduing. [Obs.]

De bene esse

De be"ne es"se (?). [L.] (Law) Of well being; of formal sufficiency for the time; conditionally; provisionally. Abbott.

Debenture

De*ben"ture (?; 135), n. [L. debentur they are due, fr. debere to owe; cf. F. debentur. So called because these receipts began with the words Debentur mihi.]

1. A writing acknowledging a debt; a writing or certificate signed by a public officer, as evidence of a debt due to some person; the sum thus due.

2. A customhouse certificate entitling an exporter of imported goods to a drawback of duties paid on their importation. Burrill. It is applied in England to deeds of mortgage given by railway companies for borrowed money; also to municipal and other bonds and securities for money loaned.

Debentured

De*ben"tured (?; 135), a. Entitled to drawback or debenture; as, debentured goods.

Debile

Deb"ile (?), a. [L. debilis: cf. F. d\'82bile. See Debility.] Weak. [Obs.] Shak.

Debilitant

De*bil"i*tant (?), a. [L. debilitants, p. pr.] (Med.) Diminishing the energy of organs; reducing excitement; as, a debilitant drug.

Debilitate

De*bil"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debilitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Debilitating.] [L. debilitatus, p. p. of debilitare to debilitate, fr. debilis. See Debility.] To impair the strength of; to weaken; to enfeeble; as, to debilitate the body by intemperance.
Various ails debilitate the mind. Jenyns.
The debilitated frame of Mr. Bertram was exhausted by this last effort. Sir W. Scott.

Debilitation

De*bil`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. debilitatio: cf. F. d\'82bilitation.] The act or process of debilitating, or the condition of one who is debilitated; weakness.

Debility

De*bil"i*ty (?), n. [L. debilitas, fr. debilis weak, prob. fr. de- + habilis able: cf. F. d\'82bilit\'82. See Able, a.] The state of being weak; weakness; feebleness; languor.
The inconveniences of too strong a perspiration, which are debility, faintness, and sometimes sudden death. Arbuthnot.
Syn. -- Debility, Infirmity, Imbecility. An infirmity belongs, for the most part, to particular members, and is often temporary, as of the eyes, etc. Debility is more general, and while it lasts impairs the ordinary functions of nature. Imbecility attaches to the whole frame, and renders it more or less powerless. Debility may be constitutional or may be the result or superinduced causes; Imbecility is always constitutional; infirmity is accidental, and results from sickness or a decay of the frame. These words, in their figurative uses, have the same distinctions; we speak of infirmity of will, debility of body, and an Imbecility which affects the whole man; but Imbecility is often used with specific reference to feebleness of mind.

Debit

Deb"it (?), n. [L. debitum what is due, debt, from debere to owe: cf. F. d\'82bit. See Debt.] A debt; an entry on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; -- mostly used adjectively; as, the debit side of an account.

Debit

Deb"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Debited; p. pr. & vb. n. Debiting.]

1. To charge with debt; -- the opposite of, and correlative to, credit; as, to debit a purchaser for the goods sold.

2. (Bookkeeping) To enter on the debtor (Dr.) side of an account; as, to debit the amount of goods sold.

Debitor

Deb"it*or (?), n. [L. See Debtor.] A debtor. [Obs.] Shak.

Debituminization

De`bi*tu`mi*ni*za"tion (?), n. The act of depriving of bitumen.

Debituminize

De`bi*tu"mi*nize (?), v. t. To deprive of bitumen.

D\'82blai

D\'82`blai" (?), n. [F.] (Fort.) The cavity from which the earth for parapets, etc. (remblai), is taken.

Debonair

Deb`o*nair" (?), a. [OE. debonere, OF. de bon aire, debonaire, of good descent or lineage, excellent, debonair, F. d\'82bonnaire debonair; de of (L. de) + bon good (L. bonus) + aire. See Air, and Bounty, and cf. Bonair.] Characterized by courteousness, affability, or gentleness; of good appearance and manners; graceful; complaisant.
Was never prince so meek and debonair. Spenser.

Debonairity

Deb`o*nair"i*ty (?), n. [OF. debonairet\'82, F. d\'82bonnairet\'82.] Debonairness. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Debonairly

Deb`o*nair"ly, adv. Courteously; elegantly.

Debonairness

Deb`o*nair"ness, n. The quality of being debonair; good humor; gentleness; courtesy. Sterne.

Debosh

De*bosh" (?), v. t. [Old form of debauch.] To debauch. [Obs.] "A deboshed lady." Beau. & Fl.

Deboshment

De*bosh"ment (?), n. Debauchment. [Obs.]

Debouch

De*bouch" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Debouched (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Debouching.] [F. d\'82boucher; pref. d\'82- (L. dis- or de) + boucher to stop up, fr. bouche mouth, fr. L. bucca the cheek. Cf. Disembogue.] To march out from a wood, defile, or other confined spot, into open ground; to issue.
Battalions debouching on the plain. Prescott.

D\'82bouch\'82

D\'82`bou`ch\'82" (?), n. [F.] A place for exit; an outlet; hence, a market for goods.
The d\'82bouch\'82s were ordered widened to afford easy egress. The Century.

D\'82bouchure

D\'82`bou`chure" (?), n. [F.] The outward opening of a river, of a valley, or of a strait.

D\'82bris

D\'82`bris" (?), n. [F., fr. pref. d\'82- (L. dis) + briser to break, shatter; perh. of Celtic origin.]

1. (Geol.) Broken and detached fragments, taken collectively; especially, fragments detached from a rock or mountain, and piled up at the base.

2. Rubbish, especially such as results from the destruction of anything; remains; ruins.

Debruised

De*bruised" (?), a. [Cf. OF. debruisier to shatter, break. Cf. Bruise.] (Her.) Surmounted by an ordinary; as, a lion is debruised when a bend or other ordinary is placed over it, as in the cut.
The lion of England and the lilies of France without the baton sinister, under which, according to the laws of heraldry, they where debruised in token of his illegitimate birth. Macaulay.

Debt

Debt (?), n. [OE. dette, F. dette, LL. debita, fr. L. debitus owed, p. p. of debere to owe, prop., to have on loan; de- + habere to have. See Habit, and cf. Debit, Due.]

1. That which is due from one person to another, whether money, goods, or services; that which one person is bound to pay to another, or to perform for his benefit; thing owed; obligation; liability.

Your son, my lord, has paid a soldier's debt. Shak.
When you run in debt, you give to another power over your liberty. Franklin.

2. A duty neglected or violated; a fault; a sin; a trespass. "Forgive us our debts." Matt. vi. 12.

3. (Law) An action at law to recover a certain specified sum of money alleged to be due. Burrill. Bond debt, Book debt, etc. See under Bond, Book, etc. -- Debt of nature, death.

Debted

Debt"ed, p. a. Indebted; obliged to. [R.]
I stand debted to this gentleman. Shak.

Debtee

Debt*ee" (?), n. (Law) One to whom a debt is due; creditor; -- correlative to debtor. Blackstone.

Debtless

Debt"less (?), a. Free from debt. Chaucer.

Debtor

Debt"or (?), n. [OE. dettur, dettour, OF. detor, detur, detour, F. d\'82biteur, fr. L. debitor, fr. debere to owe. See Debt.] One who owes a debt; one who is indebted; -- correlative to creditor.
[I 'll] bring your latter hazard back again, And thankfully rest debtor for the first. Shak.
In Athens an insolvent debtor became slave to his creditor. Mitford.
Debtors for our lives to you. Tennyson.

Debulliate

De*bul"li*ate (?), v. i. [Pref. d\'82- + L. bullire to boil.] To boil over. [Obs.]

Debulition

Deb`u*li"tion (?), n. [See Debulliate.] A bubbling or boiling over. [Obs.] Bailey.

Deburse

De*burse" (?), v. t. & i. [Pref. de + L. bursa purse.] To disburse. [Obs.] Ludlow.

Debuscope

De"bu*scope (?), n. [From the inventor, Debus, a French optician + -scope.] (Opt.) A modification of the kaleidoscope; -- used to reflect images so as to form beautiful designs.

D\'82but

D\'82`but" (?), n. [F. d\'82but, prop., the first cast or throw at play, fr. but aim, mark. See Butt an end.] A beginning or first attempt; hence, a first appearance before the public, as of an actor or public speaker.

D\'82butant, n.; fem. D\'82butante

D\'82`bu`tant" (?), n.; fem. D\'82`bu`tante" (
. [F., p. pr. of d\'82buter to have the first throw, to make one's d\'82but. See D\'82but.] A person who makes his (or her) first appearance before the public.

Deca-

Dec"a- (?). [Cf. Ten.] A prefix, from Gr. de`ka, signifying ten; specifically (Metric System), a prefix signifying the weight or measure that is ten times the principal unit.

Decacerata

De*cac`e*ra"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. de`ka ten + ke`ras a horn.] (Zo\'94l.) The division of Cephalopoda which includes the squids, cuttlefishes, and others having ten arms or tentacles; -- called also Decapoda. [Written also Decacera.] See Dibranchiata.

Decachord, Decachordon

Dec"a*chord (?), Dec`a*chor"don (?), n. [Gr. deka`chordos tenstringed; de`ka ten + chordj` a string.]

1. An ancient Greek musical instrument of ten strings, resembling the harp.

2. Something consisting of ten parts. W. Watson.

Decucuminated

Dec`u*cu"mi*na`ted (?), a. [L. decacuminare to cut off the top. See Cacuminate.] Having the point or top cut off. [Obs.] Bailey.

Decad

Dec"ad (?), n. A decade.
Averill was a decad and a half his elder. Tennyson.

Decadal

Dec"a*dal (?), a. Pertaining to ten; consisting of tens.

Decade

Dec"ade (?), n. [F. d\'82cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. Ten.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also decad.]
During this notable decade of years. Gladstone.

Decadence, Decadency

De*ca"dence (?), De*ca"den*cy (?), n. [LL. decadentia; L. de- + cadere to fall: cf. F. d\'82cadence. See Decay.] A falling away; decay; deterioration; declension. "The old castle, where the family lived in their decadence.' Sir W. Scott.

Decadent

De*ca"dent (?), a. Decaying; deteriorating.

Decadist

Dec"a*dist (?), n. A writer of a book divided into decades; as, Livy was a decadist. [R.]

Decagon

Dec"a*gon (?), n. [Pref. deca- + Gr. d\'82cagone.] (Geom.) A plane figure having ten sides and ten angles; any figure having ten angles. A regular decagon is one that has all its sides and angles equal.

Decagonal

De*cag"o*nal (?), a. Pertaining to a decagon; having ten sides.

Decagram, Decagramme

Dec"a*gram, Dec"a*gramme (?), n. [F. d\'82cagramme; Gr. gramme. See Gram.] A weight of the metric system; ten grams, equal to about 154.32 grains avoirdupois.

Decagynia

Dec`a*gyn"i*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an order of plants characterized by having ten styles.

Decagynian, Deccagynous

Dec`a*gyn"i*an (?), Dec*cag"y*nous (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82cagyne.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decagynia; having ten styles.

Decahedral

Dec`a*he"dral (?), a. Having ten sides.

Decahedron

Dec`a*he"dron (?), n.; pl. E. Decahedrons (#), L. Decahedra (#). [Pref. deca- + Gr. 'e`dra a seat, a base, fr. 'e`zesthai to sit: cf. F. d\'82ca\'8adre.] (Geom.) A solid figure or body inclosed by ten plane surfaces. [Written also, less correctly, decaedron.]

Decalcification

De*cal`ci*fi*ca"tion (?), n. The removal of calcareous matter.

Decalcify

De*cal"ci*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decalcified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decalcifying.] To deprive of calcareous matter; thus, to decalcify bones is to remove the stony part, and leave only the gelatin.

Decalcomania, Decalcomanie

De*cal`co*ma"ni*a (?), De*cal`co*ma"nie (?), n. [F. d\'82calcomanie.] The art or process of transferring pictures and designs to china, glass, marble, etc., and permanently fixing them thereto.

Decaliter, Decalitre

Dec"a*li`ter, Dec"a*li`tre (?), n. [F. d\'82calitre; Gr. litre. See Liter.] A measure of capacity in the metric system; a cubic volume of ten liters, equal to about 610.24 cubic inches, that is, 2.642 wine gallons.

Decalog

Dec"a*log (?; 115), n. Decalogue.

Decalogist

De*cal"o*gist (?), n. One who explains the decalogue. J. Gregory.

Decalogue

Dec"a*logue (?; 115), n. [F. d\'82calogue, L. decalogus, fr. Gr. Ten.] The Ten Commandments or precepts given by God to Moses on Mount Sinai, and originally written on two tables of stone.

Decameron

De*cam"e*ron (?), n. [It. decamerone, fr. Gr. d\'82cam\'82ron.] A celebrated collection of tales, supposed to be related in ten days; -- written in the 14th century, by Boccaccio, an Italian.

Decameter, Decametre

Dec"a*me`ter, Dec"a*me`tre (?), n. [F. d\'82cam\'8atre; Gr. m\'8atre. See Meter.] A measure of length in the metric system; ten meters, equal to about 393.7 inches.

Decamp

De*camp" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decamped (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. Decamping.] [F. d\'82camper; pref. d\'82- (L. dis) + camp camp. See Camp.]

1. To break up a camp; to move away from a camping ground, usually by night or secretly. Macaulay.

2. Hence, to depart suddenly; to run away; -- generally used disparagingly.

The fathers were ordered to decamp, and the house was once again converted into a tavern. Goldsmith.

Decampment

De*camp"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82campement.] Departure from a camp; a marching off.

Decanal

Dec"a*nal (?; 277), a. [Cf. F. d\'82canal. See Dean.] Pertaining to a dean or deanery.
His rectorial as well as decanal residence. Churton.
Decanal side, the side of the choir on which the dean's tall is placed. -- Decanal stall, the stall allotted to the dean in the choir, on the right or south side of the chancel. Shipley.

Decandria

De*can"dri*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.) A Linn\'91an class of plants characterized by having ten stamens.

Decandrian, Decandrous

De*can"dri*an (?), De*can"drous (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82candre.] (Bot.) Belonging to the Decandria; having ten stamens.

Decane

Dec"ane (?), n. [See Deca-.] (Chem.) A liquid hydrocarbon, C10H22, of the paraffin series, including several isomeric modifications.

Decangular

Dec*an"gu*lar (?), a. [Pref. deca- + angular.] Having ten angles.

Decani

De*ca"ni (?), a. [L., lit., of the dean.] Used of the side of the choir on which the dean's stall is placed; decanal; -- correlative to cantoris; as, the decanal, or decani, side.

Decant

De*cant" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decanted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decanting.] [F. d\'82canter (cf. It. decantare), prop., to pour off from the edge of a vessel; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + OF. cant (It. canto) edge, border, end. See Cant an edge.] To pour off gently, as liquor, so as not to disturb the sediment; or to pour from one vessel into another; as, to decant wine.

Decantate

De*can"tate (?), v. t. To decant. [Obs.]

Decantation

De`can*ta"tion (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. d\'82cantation.] The act of pouring off a clear liquor gently from its lees or sediment, or from one vessel into another.

Decanter

De*cant"er (?), n.

1. A vessel used to decant liquors, or for receiving decanted liquors; a kind of glass bottle used for holding wine or other liquors, from which drinking glasses are filled.

2. One who decants liquors.

Decaphyllous

De*caph"yl*lous (?), a. [Pref. deca- + Gr. d\'82caphylle.] (Bot.) Having ten leaves.

Decapitate

De*cap"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decapitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decapitating.] [LL. decapitatus, p. p. of decapitare; L. de- + caput head. See Chief.]

1. To cut off the head of; to behead.

2. To remove summarily from office. [Colloq. U. S.]

Decapitation

De*cap`i*ta"tion (?), n. [LL. decapitatio: cf. F. d\'82capitation.] The act of beheading; beheading.

Decapod

Dec"a*pod (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82capode.] (Zo\'94l.) A crustacean with ten feet or legs, as a crab; one of the Decapoda. Also used adjectively.
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Decapoda

De*cap"o*da (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) The order of Crustacea which includes the shrimps, lobsters, crabs, etc. &hand; They have a carapace, covering and uniting the somites of the head and thorax and inclosing a gill chamber on each side, and usually have five (rarely six) pairs of legs. They are divided into two principal groups: Brachyura and Macrura. Some writers recognize a third (Anomura) intermediate between the others.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A division of the dibranchiate cephalopods including the cuttlefishes and squids. See Decacera.

Deccapodal, Deccapodous

Dec*cap"o*dal (?), Dec*cap"o*dous (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Belonging to the decapods; having ten feet; ten-footed.

Decarbonate

De*car"bon*ate (?), v. t. To deprive of carbonic acid.

Decarbonization

De*car`bon*i*za"tion (?), n. The action or process of depriving a substance of carbon.

Decarbonize

De*car"bon*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decarbonized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decarbonizing.] To deprive of carbon; as, to decarbonize steel; to decarbonize the blood. Decarbonized iron. See Malleable iron. -- Decarbonized steel, homogenous wrought iron made by a steel process, as that of Bessemer; ingot iron.

Decarbonizer

De*car"bon*i`zer (?), n. He who, or that which, decarbonizes a substance.

Decarburization

De*car`bu*ri*za"tion (?), n. The act, process, or result of decarburizing.

Decarbuize

De*car"bu*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of carbon; to remove the carbon from.

Decard

De*card" (?), v. t. To discard. [Obs.]
You have cast those by, decarded them. J. Fletcher.

Decardinalize

De*car"di*nal*ize (?), v. t. To depose from the rank of cardinal.

Decastere

Dec"a*stere (?), n. [L. d\'82cast\'8are; Gr. st\'8are a stere.] (Metric System) A measure of capacity, equal to ten steres, or ten cubic meters.

Decastich

Dec"a*stich (?), n. [Pref. deca- + Gr. A poem consisting of ten lines.

Decastyle

Dec"a*style (?), a. [Gr. (Arch.) Having ten columns in front; -- said of a portico, temple, etc. -- n. A portico having ten pillars or columns in front.

Decasyllabic

Dec`a*syl*lab"ic (?), a. [Pref. deca- + syllabic: cf. F. d\'82casyllabique, d\'82casyllable.] Having, or consisting of, ten syllables.

Decatoic

Dec`a*to"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, decane.

Decay

De*cay" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decaying.] [OF. decaeir, dechaer, decheoir, F. d\'82choir, to decline, fall, become less; L. de- + cadere to fall. See Chance.] To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay.
Ill fares the land, to hastening ills a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay. Goldsmith.

Decay

De*cay", v. t.

1. To cause to decay; to impair. [R.]

Infirmity, that decays the wise. Shak.

2. To destroy. [Obs.] Shak.

Decay

De*cay", n.

1. Gradual failure of health, strength, soundness, prosperity, or of any species of excellence or perfection; tendency toward dissolution or extinction; corruption; rottenness; decline; deterioration; as, the decay of the body; the decay of virtue; the decay of the Roman empire; a castle in decay.

Perhaps my God, though he be far before, May turn, and take me by the hand, and more - May strengthen my decays. Herbert.
His [Johnson's] failure was not to be ascribed to intellectual decay. Macaulay.
Which has caused the decay of the consonants to follow somewhat different laws. James Byrne.

2. Destruction; death. [Obs.] Spenser.

3. Cause of decay. [R.]

He that plots to be the only figure among ciphers, is the decay of the whole age. Bacon.
Syn. -- Decline; consumption. See Decline.

Decayed

De*cayed" (?), a. Fallen, as to physical or social condition; affected with decay; rotten; as, decayed vegetation or vegetables; a decayed fortune or gentleman. -- De*cay"ed*ness (#), n.

Decayer

De*cay"er (?), n. A causer of decay. [R.]

Decease

De*cease" (?), n. [OE. deses, deces, F. d\'82c\'8as, fr. L. decessus departure, death, fr. decedere to depart, die; de- + cedere to withdraw. See Cease, Cede.] Departure, especially departure from this life; death.
His decease, which he should accomplish at Jerusalem. Luke ix. 31.
And I, the whilst you mourn for his decease, Will with my mourning plaints your plaint increase. Spenser.
Syn. -- Death; departure; dissolution; demise; release. See Death.

Decease

De*cease", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deceased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deceasing.] To depart from this life; to die; to pass away.
She's dead, deceased, she's dead. Shak.
When our summers have deceased. Tennyson.
Inasmuch as he carries the malignity and the lie with him, he so far deceases from nature. Emerson.

Deceased

De*ceased" (?), a. Passed away; dead; gone. The deceased, the dead person.

Decede

De*cede" (?), v. i. [L. decedere. See Decease, n.] To withdraw. [Obs.] Fuller.

Decedent

De*ce"dent (?), a. [L. decedens, p. pr. of decedere.] Removing; departing. Ash.

Decedent

De*ce"dent, n. A deceased person. Bouvier.

Deceit

De*ceit" (?), n. [OF. deceit, des, decept (cf. deceite, de), fr. L. deceptus deception, fr. decipere. See Deceive.]

1. An attempt or disposition to deceive or lead into error; any declaration, artifice, or practice, which misleads another, or causes him to believe what is false; a contrivance to entrap; deception; a wily device; fraud.

Making the ephah small and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit. Amos viii. 5.
Friendly to man, far from deceit or guile. Milton.
Yet still we hug the dear deceit. N. Cotton.

2. (Law) Any trick, collusion, contrivance, false representation, or underhand practice, used to defraud another. When injury is thereby effected, an action of deceit, as it called, lies for compensation. Syn. -- Deception; fraud; imposition; duplicity; trickery; guile; falsifying; double-dealing; stratagem. See Deception.

Deceitful

De*ceit"ful (?), a. Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere.
Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.

Deceitfully

De*ceit"ful*ly, adv. With intent to deceive.

Deceitfulness

De*ceit"ful*ness, n.

1. The disposition to deceive; as, a man's deceitfulness may be habitual.

2. The quality of being deceitful; as, the deceitfulness of a man's practices.

3. Tendency to mislead or deceive. "The deceitfulness of riches." Matt. xiii. 22.

Deceitless

De*ceit"less, a. Free from deceit. Bp. Hall.

Deceivable

De*ceiv"a*ble (?), a. [F. d\'82cevable.]

1. Fitted to deceive; deceitful. [Obs.]

The fraud of deceivable traditions. Milton.

2. Subject to deceit; capable of being misled.

Blind, and thereby deceivable. Milton.

Deceivableness

De*ceiv"a*ble*ness, n.

1. Capability of deceiving.

With all deceivableness of unrighteousness. 2 Thess. ii. 10.

2. Liability to be deceived or misled; as, the deceivableness of a child.

Deceivably

De*ceiv"a*bly, adv. In a deceivable manner.

Deceive

De*ceive" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deceived (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deceiving.] [OE. deceveir, F. d\'82cevoir, fr. L. decipere to catch, insnare, deceive; de- + capere to take, catch. See Capable, and cf. Deceit, Deception.]

1. To lead into error; to cause to believe what is false, or disbelieve what is true; to impose upon; to mislead; to cheat; to disappoint; to delude; to insnare.

Evil men and seducers shall wax worse and worse, deceiving, and being deceived. 2 Tim. iii. 13.
Nimble jugglers that deceive the eye. Shak.
What can 'scape the eye Of God all-seeing, or deceive his heart? Milton.

2. To beguile; to amuse, so as to divert the attention; to while away; to take away as if by deception.

These occupations oftentimes deceived The listless hour. Wordsworth.

3. To deprive by fraud or stealth; to defraud. [Obs.]

Plant fruit trees in large borders, and set therein fine flowers, but thin and sparingly, lest they deceive the trees. Bacon.
Syn. -- Deceive, Delude, Mislead. Deceive is a general word applicable to any kind of misrepresentation affecting faith or life. To delude, primarily, is to make sport of, by deceiving, and is accomplished by playing upon one's imagination or credulity, as by exciting false hopes, causing him to undertake or expect what is impracticable, and making his failure ridiculous. It implies some infirmity of judgment in the victim, and intention to deceive in the deluder. But it is often used reflexively, indicating that a person's own weakness has made him the sport of others or of fortune; as, he deluded himself with a belief that luck would always favor him. To mislead is to lead, guide, or direct in a wrong way, either willfully or ignorantly.

Deceiver

De*ceiv"er (?), n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor.
The deceived and the deceiver are his. Job xii. 16.
Syn. -- Deceiver, Impostor. A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors.

December

De*cem"ber (?), n. [F. d\'82cembre, from L. December, fr. decem ten; this being the tenth month among the early Romans, who began the year in March. See Ten.]

1. The twelfth and last month of the year, containing thirty-one days. During this month occurs the winter solstice.

2. Fig.: With reference to the end of the year and to the winter season; as, the December of his life.

Decemdentate

De`cem*den"tate (?), a. [L. decem ten + E. dentate.] Having ten points or teeth.

Decemfid

De*cem"fid (?), a. [L. decem ten + root of findere to cleave.] (Bot.) Cleft into ten parts.

Decemlocular

De`cem*loc"u*lar (?), a. [L. decem ten + E. locular.] (Bot.) Having ten cells for seeds.

Decempedal

De*cem"pe*dal (?), a. [L. decem ten + E. pedal.]

1. Ten feet in length.

2. (Zo\'94l.) Having ten feet; decapodal. [R.] Bailey.

Decemvir

De*cem"vir (?), n.; pl. E. Decemvirs (#), L. Decemviri (#). [L., fr. decem ten + vir a man.]

1. One of a body of ten magistrates in ancient Rome. &hand; The title of decemvirs was given to various bodies of Roman magistrates. The most celebrated decemvirs framed "the laws of the Twelve Tables," about 450 B. C., and had absolute authority for three years.

2. A member of any body of ten men in authority.

Decemviral

De*cem"vi*ral (?), a. [L. decemviralis.] Pertaining to the decemvirs in Rome.

Decemvirate

De*cem"vi*rate (?), n. [L. decemviratus.]

1. The office or term of office of the decemvirs in Rome.

2. A body of ten men in authority.

Decemvirship

De*cem"vir*ship (?), n. The office of a decemvir. Holland.

Decence

De"cence (?), n. Decency. [Obs.] Dryden.

Decency

De"cen*cy (?), n.; pl. Decencies (#). [L. decentia, fr. decens: cf. F. d\'82cence. See Decent.]

1. The quality or state of being decent, suitable, or becoming, in words or behavior; propriety of form in social intercourse, in actions, or in discourse; proper formality; becoming ceremony; seemliness; hence, freedom from obscenity or indecorum; modesty.

Observances of time, place, and of decency in general. Burke.
Immodest words admit of no defense, For want of decency is want of sense. Roscommon.

2. That which is proper or becoming.

The external decencies of worship. Atterbury.
Those thousand decencies, that daily flow From all her words and actions. Milton.

Decene

De"cene (?), n. [L. decem ten.] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H20, of the ethylene series.

Decennary

De*cen"na*ry (?), n.; pl. Decennaries (#). [L. decennium a period of ten years; decem ten + annus a year.]

1. A period of ten years.

2. (O. Eng. Law) A tithing consisting of ten neighboring families. Burrill.

Decennial

De*cen"ni*al (?), a. [See Decennary.] Consisting of ten years; happening every ten years; as, a decennial period; decennial games. Hallam.

Decennial

De*cen"ni*al, n. A tenth year or tenth anniversary.

Decennium

De*cen"ni*um (?), n.; pl. Decenniums (#), L. Decennia (#). [L.] A period of ten years. "The present decennium." Hallam. "The last decennium of Chaucer's life." A. W. Ward.

Decennoval, Decennovary

De*cen"no*val (?), De*cen"no*va*ry (?), a. [L. decem ten + novem nine.] Pertaining to the number nineteen; of nineteen years. [R.] Holder.

Decent

De"cent (?), a. [L. decens, decentis, p. pr. of decere to be fitting or becoming; akin to decus glory, honor, ornament, Gr. d to grant, to give; and perh. akin to E. attire, tire: cf. F. d\'82cent. Cf. Decorate, Decorum, Deig.]

1. Suitable in words, behavior, dress, or ceremony; becoming; fit; decorous; proper; seemly; as, decent conduct; decent language. Shak.

Before his decent steps. Milton.

2. Free from immodesty or obscenity; modest.

3. Comely; shapely; well-formed. [Archaic]

A sable stole of cyprus lawn Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Milton.
By foreign hands thy decent limbs composed. Pope.

4. Moderate, but competent; sufficient; hence, respectable; fairly good; reasonably comfortable or satisfying; as, a decent fortune; a decent person.

A decent retreat in the mutability of human affairs. Burke.
-- De"cent*ly, adv. -- De"cent*ness, n.

Decentralization

De*cen`tral*i*za"tion (?), n. The action of decentralizing, or the state of being decentralized. "The decentralization of France." J. P. Peters.

Decentralize

De*cen"tral*ize (?), v. t. To prevent from centralizing; to cause to withdraw from the center or place of concentration; to divide and distribute (what has been united or concentrated); -- esp. said of authority, or the administration of public affairs.

Deceptible

De*cep"ti*ble (?), a. Capable of being deceived; deceivable. Sir T. Browne. -- De*cep`ti*bil"i*ty (, n.

Deception

De*cep"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82ception, L. deceptio, fr. decipere, deceptum. See Deceive.]

1. The act of deceiving or misleading. South.

2. The state of being deceived or misled.

There is one thing relating either to the action or enjoyments of man in which he is not liable to deception. South.

3. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.

There was of course room for vast deception. Motley.
Syn. -- Deception, Deceit, Fraud, Imposition. Deception usually refers to the act, and deceit to the habit of the mind; hence we speak of a person as skilled in deception and addicted to deceit. The practice of deceit springs altogether from design, and that of the worst kind; but a deception does not always imply aim and intention. It may be undesigned or accidental. An imposition is an act of deception practiced upon some one to his annoyance or injury; a fraud implies the use of stratagem, with a view to some unlawful gain or advantage.

Deceptious

De*cep"tious (?), a. [LL. deceptiosus.] Tending deceive; delusive. [R.]
As if those organs had deceptious functions. Shak.

Deceptive

De*cep"tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82ceptif. See Deceive.] Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
Language altogether deceptive, and hiding the deeper reality from our eyes. Trench.
Deceptive cadence (Mus.), a cadence on the subdominant, or in some foreign key, postponing the final close.

Deceptively

De*cep"tive*ly, adv. In a manner to deceive.

Deceptiveness

De*cep"tive*ness, n. The power or habit of deceiving; tendency or aptness to deceive.

Deceptivity

De`cep*tiv"i*ty (?), n. Deceptiveness; a deception; a sham. [R.] Carlyle.

Deceptory

De*cep"to*ry (?), a. [L. deceptorius, from decipere.] Deceptive. [R.]

Decern

De*cern" (?), v. t. [L. decernere. See Decree.]

1. To perceive, discern, or decide. [Obs.] Granmer.

2. (Scots Law) To decree; to adjudge.


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Decerniture

De*cern"i*ture (?; 135), n. (Scots Law) A decree or sentence of a court. Stormonth.

Decerp

De*cerp" (?), v. t. [L. decerpere; de- + carpere to pluck.] To pluck off; to crop; to gather. [Obs.]

Decerpt

De*cerpt" (?), a. [L. decerptus, p. p. of decerpere.] Plucked off or away. [Obs.]

Decerptible

De*cerp"ti*ble (?), a. That may be plucked off, cropped, or torn away. [Obs.] Bailey.

Decerption

De*cerp"tion (?), n.

1. The act of plucking off; a cropping.

2. That which is plucked off or rent away; a fragment; a piece. Glanvill.

Decertation

De`cer*ta"tion (?), n. [L. decertatio, fr. decertare, decertatum; de- + certare to contend.] Contest for mastery; contention; strife. [R.] Arnway.

Decession

De*ces"sion (?), n. [L. decessio, fr. decedere to depart. See Decease, n.] Departure; decrease; -- opposed to accesion. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.

Decharm

De*charm" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82charmer. See Charm.] To free from a charm; to disenchant.

Dechristianize

De*chris"tian*ize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dechristianized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dechristianizing.] To turn from, or divest of, Christianity.

Decidable

De*cid"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being decided; determinable.

Decide

De*cide" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decided; p. pr. & vb. n. Deciding.] [L. dec\'c6dere; de- + caedere to cut, cut off; prob. akin to E. shed, v.: cf. F. d\'82cider. Cf. Decision.]

1. To cut off; to separate. [Obs.]

Our seat denies us traffic here; The sea, too near, decides us from the rest. Fuller.

2. To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine; to settle.

So shall thy judgment be; thyself hast decided it. 1 Kings xx. 40.
The quarrel toucheth none but us alone; Betwixt ourselves let us decide it then. Shak.

Decide

De*cide", v. i. To determine; to form a definite opinion; to come to a conclusion; to give decision; as, the court decided in favor of the defendant.
Who shall decide, when doctors disagree? Pope.

Decided

De*cid"ed (?), a.

1. Free from ambiguity; unequivocal; unmistakable; unquestionable; clear; evident; as, a decided advantage. "A more decided taste for science." Prescott.

2. Free from doubt or wavering; determined; of fixed purpose; fully settled; positive; resolute; as, a decided opinion or purpose. Syn. -- Decided, Decisive. We call a thing decisive when it has the power or quality of deciding; as, a decisive battle; we speak of it as decided when it is so fully settled as to leave no room for doubt; as, a decided preference, a decided aversion. Hence, a decided victory is one about which there is no question; a decisive victory is one which ends the contest. Decisive is applied only to things; as, a decisive sentence, a decisive decree, a decisive judgment. Decided is applied equally to persons and things. Thus we speak of a man as decided in his whole of conduct; and as having a decided disgust, or a decided reluctance, to certain measures. "A politic caution, a guarded circumspection, were among the ruling principles of our forefathers in their most decided conduct." Burke. "The sentences of superior judges are final, decisive, and irrevocable. Blackstone.

Decidedly

De*cid"ed*ly, adv. In a decided manner; indisputably; clearly; thoroughly.

Decidement

De*cide"ment (?), n. Means of forming a decision. [Obs.] Beau. & Fl.

Decidence

Dec"i*dence (?), n. [L. decidens falling off.] A falling off. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Decider

De*cid"er (?), n. One who decides.

Decidua

De*cid"u*a (?; 135), n. [NL., fr. L. deciduus. See Deciduous.] (Anat.) The inner layer of the wall of the uterus, which envelops the embryo, forms a part of the placenta, and is discharged with it.

Deciduata

De*cid`u*a"ta (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) A group of Mammalia in which a decidua is thrown off with, or after, the fetus, as in the human species.

Deciduate

De*cid"u*ate (?; 135), a. (Anat.) Possessed of, or characterized by, a decidua.

Deciduity

Dec`i*du"i*ty (?), n. Deciduousness. [R.]

Deciduous

De*cid"u*ous (?; 135), a. [L. deciduus, fr. dec to fall off; de- + cadere to fall. See Chance.] (Biol.) Falling off, or subject to fall or be shed, at a certain season, or a certain stage or interval of growth, as leaves (except of evergreens) in autumn, or as parts of animals, such as hair, teeth, antlers, etc.; also, shedding leaves or parts at certain seasons, stages, or intervals; as, deciduous trees; the deciduous membrane.

Deciduousness

De*cid"u*ous*ness, n. The quality or state of being deciduous.

Decigram, Decigramme

Dec"i*gram, Dec"i*gramme (?), n. [F. d\'82cigramme; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + gramme.] A weight in the metric system; one tenth of a gram, equal to 1.5432 grains avoirdupois.

Decil, Decile

Dec"il, Dec"ile (?), n. [F. d\'82cil, fr. L. decem tendecile.] (Astrol.) An aspect or position of two planets, when they are distant from each other a tenth part of the zodiac, or 36°.

Deciliter, Decilitre

Dec"i*li`ter, Dec"i*li`tre (?), n. [F. d\'82cilitre; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (L. decimus) + litre. See Liter.] A measure of capacity or volume in the metric system; one tenth of a liter, equal to 6.1022 cubic inches, or 3.38 fluid ounces.

Decillion

De*cil"lion (?), n. [L. decem ten + the ending of million.] According to the English notation, a million involved to the tenth power, or a unit with sixty ciphers annexed; according to the French and American notation, a thousand involved to the eleventh power, or a unit with thirty-three ciphers annexed. [See the Note under Numeration.]

Decillionth

De*cil"lionth (?), a. Pertaining to a decillion, or to the quotient of unity divided by a decillion.

Decillionth

De*cil"lionth (?), n. (a) The quotient of unity divided by a decillion. (b) One of a decillion equal parts.

Decimal

Dec"i*mal (?), a. [F. d\'82cimal (cf. LL. decimalis), fr. L. decimus tenth, fr. decem ten. See Ten, and cf. Dime.] Of or pertaining to decimals; numbered or proceeding by tens; having a tenfold increase or decrease, each unit being ten times the unit next smaller; as, decimal notation; a decimal coinage. Decimal arithmetic, the common arithmetic, in which numeration proceeds by tens. -- Decimal fraction, a fraction in which the denominator is some power of 10, as -- Decimal point, a dot or full stop at the left of a decimal fraction. The figures at the left of the point represent units or whole numbers, as 1.05.

Decimal

Dec"i*mal, n. A number expressed in the scale of tens; specifically, and almost exclusively, used as synonymous with a decimal fraction. Circulating, ∨ Circulatory, decimal, a decimal fraction in which the same figure, or set of figures, is constantly repeated; as, 0.354354354; -- called also recurring decimal, repeating decimal, and repetend.

Decimalism

Dec"i*mal*ism (?), n. The system of a decimal currency, decimal weights, measures, etc.

Decimalize

Dec"i*mal*ize (?), v. t. To reduce to a decimal system; as, to decimalize the currency. -- Dec`i*mal*i*za"tion (#), n.

Decimally

Dec"i*mal*ly, adv. By tens; by means of decimals.

Decimate

Dec"i*mate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decimated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decimating (?).] [L. decimatus, p. p. of decimare to decimate (in senses 1 & 2), fr. decimus tenth. See Decimal.]

1. To take the tenth part of; to tithe. Johnson.

2. To select by lot and punish with death every tenth man of; as, to decimate a regiment as a punishment for mutiny. Macaulay.

3. To destroy a considerable part of; as, to decimate an army in battle; to decimate a people by disease.

Decimation

Dec`i*ma"tion (?), n. [L. decimatio: cf. F. d\'82cimation.]

1. A tithing. [Obs.] State Trials (1630).

2. A selection of every tenth person by lot, as for punishment. Shak.

3. The destruction of any large proportion, as of people by pestilence or war. Milman.

Decimator

Dec"i*ma`tor (?), n. [Cf. LL. decimator.] One who decimates. South.

D\'82cime

D\'82`cime" (?), n. [F.] A French coin, the tenth part of a franc, equal to about two cents.

Decimeter, Decimetre

Dec"i*me`ter, Dec"i*me`tre (?), n. [F. d\'82cim\'8atre; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + m\'8atre. See Meter.] A measure of length in the metric system; one tenth of a meter, equal to 3.937 inches.

Decimosexto

Dec`i*mo*sex"to (?), n. [Prop., in sixteenth; fr. L. decimus tenth + sextus sixth.] A book consisting of sheets, each of which is folded into sixteen leaves; hence, indicating, more or less definitely, a size of book; -- usually written 16mo or 16°.

Decimosexto

Dec`i*mo*sex"to, a. Having sixteen leaves to a sheet; as, a decimosexto form, book, leaf, size.

Decine

De"cine (?; 104), n. [From L. decem ten.] (Chem.) One of the higher hydrocarbons, C10H15, of the acetylene series; -- called also decenylene.

Decipher

De*ci"pher (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deciphered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deciphering.] [Pref. de- + cipher. Formed in imitation of F. d\'82chiffrer. See Cipher.]

1. To translate from secret characters or ciphers into intelligible terms; as, to decipher a letter written in secret characters.

2. To find out, so as to be able to make known the meaning of; to make out or read, as words badly written or partly obliterated; to detect; to reveal; to unfold.

3. To stamp; to detect; to discover. [R.]

You are both deciphered, . . . For villains. Shak.

Decipherable

De*ci"pher*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being deciphered; as, old writings not decipherable.

Decipherer

De*ci"pher*er (?), n. One who deciphers.

Decipheress

De*ci"pher*ess (?), n. A woman who deciphers.

Decipherment

De*ci"pher*ment (?), n. The act of deciphering.

Decipiency

De*cip"i*en*cy (?), n. [L. decipiens, p. pr. of decipere. See Deceive.] State of being deceived; hallucination. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Decipium

De*cip"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. L. decipere to deceive.] (Chem.) A supposed rare element, said to be associated with cerium, yttrium, etc., in the mineral samarskite, and more recently called samarium. Symbol Dp. See Samarium.

Decision

De*ci"sion (?), n. [L. decisio, fr. dec\'c6dere, decisum: cf. F. d\'82cision. See Decide.]

1. Cutting off; division; detachment of a part. [Obs.] Bp. Pearson.

2. The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion.

The decision of some dispute. Atterbury.

3. An account or report of a conclusion, especially of a legal adjudication or judicial determination of a question or cause; as, a decision of arbitrators; a decision of the Supreme Court.

4. The quality of being decided; prompt and fixed determination; unwavering firmness; as, to manifest great decision. Syn. -- Decision, Determination, Resolution. Each of these words has two meanings, one implying the act of deciding, determining, or resolving; and the other a habit of mind as to doing. It is in the last sense that the words are here compared. Decision is a cutting short. It implies that several courses of action have been presented to the mind, and that the choice is now finally made. It supposes, therefore, a union of promptitude and energy. Determination is the natural consequence of decision. It is the settling of a thing with a fixed purpose to adhere. Resolution is the necessary result in a mind which is characterized by firmness. It is a spirit which scatters (resolves) all doubt, and is ready to face danger or suffering in carrying out one's determinations. Martin Luther was equally distinguished for his prompt decision, his steadfast determination, and his inflexible resolution.

Decisive

De*ci*sive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82cisif. See Decision.]

1. Having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy; putting an end to contest or controversy; final; conclusive. "A decisive, irrevocable doom." Bates. "Decisive campaign." Macaulay. "Decisive proof." Hallam.

2. Marked by promptness and decision.

A noble instance of this attribute of the decisive character. J. Foster.
Syn. -- Decided; positive; conclusive. See Decided. -- De*ci"sive*ly, adv. -- De*ci"sive*ness, n.

Decisory

De*ci"so*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82cisoire. See Decision.] Able to decide or determine; having a tendency to decide. [R.]

Decistere

Dec"i*stere (?), n. [F. d\'82cist\'8are; pref. d\'82ci- tenth (fr. L. decimus) + st\'8are a stere.] (Metric System) The tenth part of the stere or cubic meter, equal to 3.531 cubic feet. See Stere.

Decitizenize

De*cit"i*zen*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of the rights of citizenship. [R.]
We have no law -- as the French have -- to decitizenize a citizen. Edw. Bates.

Decivilize

De*civ"i*lize (?), v. t. To reduce from civilization to a savage state. [R.] Blackwood's Mag.

Deck

Deck (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decked (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decking.] [D. dekken to cover; akin to E. thatch. See Thatch.]

1. To cover; to overspread.

To deck with clouds the uncolored sky. Milton.

2. To dress, as the person; to clothe; especially, to clothe with more than ordinary elegance; to array; to adorn; to embellish.

Deck thyself now with majesty and excellency. Job xl. 10.
And deck my body in gay ornaments. Shak.
The dew with spangles decked the ground. Dryden.

3. To furnish with a deck, as a vessel.

Deck

Deck, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.]

1. The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. &hand; The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. -- Boiler deck (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. -- Flush deck, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. -- Gun deck (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. -- Half-deck, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. -- Hurricane deck (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. -- Orlop deck, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. -- Poop deck, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. -- Quarter-deck, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. -- Spar deck. (a) Same as the upper deck. (b) Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck. -- Upper deck, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern.

2. (arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.

3. (Railroad) The roof of a passenger car.

4. A pack or set of playing cards.

The king was slyly fingered from the deck. Shak.

5. A heap or store. [Obs.]

Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck. Massinger.
Between decks. See under Between. -- Deck bridge (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders. -- Deck curb (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction. -- Deck floor (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony. -- Deck hand, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft. -- Deck molding (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof. -- Deck roof (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls. -- Deck transom (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed. -- To clear the decks (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action. -- To sweep the deck (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.

Deckel

Deck"el (?), n. (Paper Making) Same as Deckle.

Decker

Deck"er (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, decks or adorns; a coverer; as, a table decker.

2. A vessel which has a deck or decks; -- used esp. in composition; as, a single-decker; a three-decker.

Deckle

Dec"kle (?), n. [Cf. G. deckel cover, lid.] (Paper Making) A separate thin wooden frame used to form the border of a hand mold, or a curb of India rubber or other material which rests on, and forms the edge of, the mold in a paper machine and determines the width of the paper. [Spelt also deckel, and deckle.]

Declaim

De*claim" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declaimed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Declaiming.] [L. declamare; de- + clamare to cry out: cf. F. d\'82clamer. See Claim.]

1. To speak rhetorically; to make a formal speech or oration; to harangue; specifically, to recite a speech, poem, etc., in public as a rhetorical exercise; to practice public speaking; as, the students declaim twice a week.

2. To speak for rhetorical display; to speak pompously, noisily, or theatrically; to make an empty speech; to rehearse trite arguments in debate; to rant.

Grenville seized the opportunity to declaim on the repeal of the stamp act. Bancroft.

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Declaim

De*claim" (?), v. t.

1. To utter in public; to deliver in a rhetorical or set manner.

2. To defend by declamation; to advocate loudly. [Obs.] "Declaims his cause." South.

Declaimant

De*claim"ant (?), n. A declaimer. [R.]

Declaimer

De*claim"er (?), n. One who declaims; an haranguer.

Declamation

Dec`la*ma"tion (?), n. [L. declamatio, from declamare: cf. F. d\'82clamation. See Declaim.]

1. The act or art of declaiming; rhetorical delivery; haranguing; loud speaking in public; especially, the public recitation of speeches as an exercise in schools and colleges; as, the practice declamation by students.

The public listened with little emotion, but with much civility, to five acts of monotonous declamation. Macaulay.

2. A set or harangue; declamatory discourse.

3. Pretentious rhetorical display, with more sound than sense; as, mere declamation.

Declamator

Dec"la*ma`tor (?), n. [L.] A declaimer. [R.] Sir T. Elyot.

Declamatory

De*clam"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. declamatorius: cf. F. d\'82clamatoire.]

1. Pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme.

2. Characterized by rhetorical display; pretentiously rhetorical; without solid sense or argument; bombastic; noisy; as, a declamatory way or style.

Declarable

De*clar"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being declared. Sir T. Browne.

Declarant

De*clar"ant (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82clarant, p. pr. of d\'82clarer.] (Law) One who declares. Abbott.

Declaration

Dec`la*ra"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82claration, fr. L. declaratio, fr. declarare. See Declare.]

1. The act of declaring, or publicly announcing; explicit asserting; undisguised token of a ground or side taken on any subject; proclamation; exposition; as, the declaration of an opinion; a declaration of war, etc.

2. That which is declared or proclaimed; announcement; distinct statement; formal expression; avowal.

Declarations of mercy and love . . . in the Gospel. Tillotson.

3. The document or instrument containing such statement or proclamation; as, the Declaration of Independence (now preserved in Washington).

In 1776 the Americans laid before Europe that noble Declaration, which ought to be hung up in the nursery of every king, and blazoned on the porch of every royal palace. Buckle.

4. (Law) That part of the process in which the plaintiff sets forth in order and at large his cause of complaint; the narration of the plaintiff's case containing the count, or counts. See Count, n., 3. Declaration of Independence. (Amer. Hist.) See under Independence. -- Declaration of rights. (Eng. Hist) See Bill of rights, under Bill. -- Declaration of trust (Law), a paper subscribed by a grantee of property, acknowledging that he holds it in trust for the purposes and upon the terms set forth. Abbott.

Declarative

De*clar"a*tive (?), a. [L. declarativus, fr. declarare: cf. F. d\'82claratif.] Making declaration, proclamation, or publication; explanatory; assertive; declaratory. "Declarative laws." Baker.
The "vox populi," so declarative on the same side. Swift.

Declaratively

De*clar"a*tive*ly, adv. By distinct assertion; not impliedly; in the form of a declaration.
The priest shall expiate it, that is, declaratively. Bates.

Declarator

Dec"la*ra`tor (?), n. [L., an announcer.] (Scots Law) A form of action by which some right or interest is sought to be judicially declared.

Declaratorily

De*clar"a*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In a declaratory manner.

Declaratory

De*clar"a*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82claratoire.] Making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature. Declaratory act (Law), an act or statute which sets forth more clearly, and declares what is, the existing law.

Declare

De*clare" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Declared (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Declaring.] [F. d\'82clarer, from L. declarare; de + clarare to make clear, clarus, clear, bright. See Clear.]

1. To make clear; to free from obscurity. [Obs.] "To declare this a little." Boyle.

2. To make known by language; to communicate or manifest explicitly and plainly in any way; to exhibit; to publish; to proclaim; to announce.

This day I have begot whom I declare My only Son. Milton.
The heavens declare the glory of God. Ps. xix. 1.

3. To make declaration of; to assert; to affirm; to set forth; to avow; as, he declares the story to be false.

I the Lord . . . declare things that are right. Isa. xlv. 19.

4. (Com.) To make full statement of, as goods, etc., for the purpose of paying taxes, duties, etc. To declare off, to recede from an agreement, undertaking, contract, etc.; to renounce. -- To declare one's self, to avow one's opinion; to show openly what one thinks, or which side he espouses.

Declare

De*clare", v. i.

1. To make a declaration, or an open and explicit avowal; to proclaim one's self; -- often with for or against; as, victory declares against the allies.

Like fawning courtiers, for success they wait, And then come smiling, and declare for fate. Dryden.

2. (Law) To state the plaintiff's cause of action at law in a legal form; as, the plaintiff declares in trespass.

Declaredly

De*clar"ed*ly (?), adv. Avowedly; explicitly.

Declaredness

De*clar"ed*ness, n. The state of being declared.

Declarement

De*clare"ment (?), n. Declaration. [Obs.]

Declarer

De*clar"er (?), n. One who makes known or proclaims; that which exhibits. Udall.

Declension

De*clen"sion (?), n. [Apparently corrupted fr. F. d\'82clinaison, fr. L. declinatio, fr. declinare. See Decline, and cf. Declination.]

1. The act or the state of declining; declination; descent; slope.

The declension of the land from that place to the sea. T. Burnet.

2. A falling off towards a worse state; a downward tendency; deterioration; decay; as, the declension of virtue, of science, of a state, etc.

Seduced the pitch and height of all his thoughts To base declension. Shak.

3. Act of courteously refusing; act of declining; a declinature; refusal; as, the declension of a nomination.

4. (Gram.) (a) Inflection of nouns, adjectives, etc., according to the grammatical cases. (b) The form of the inflection of a word declined by cases; as, the first or the second declension of nouns, adjectives, etc. (c) Rehearsing a word as declined. &hand; The nominative was held to be the primary and original form, and was likened to a perpendicular line; the variations, or oblique cases, were regarded as fallings (hence called casus, cases, or fallings) from the nominative or perpendicular; and an enumerating of the various forms, being a sort of progressive descent from the noun's upright form, was called a declension. Harris. Declension of the needle, declination of the needle.

Declensional

De*clen"sion*al (?), a. Belonging to declension.
Declensional and syntactical forms. M. Arnold.

Declinable

De*clin"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82clinable. See Decline.] Capable of being declined; admitting of declension or inflection; as, declinable parts of speech.

Declinal

De*clin"al (?), a. Declining; sloping.

Declinate

Dec"li*nate (?), a. [L. declinatus, p. p. of declinare. See Decline.] Bent downward or aside; (Bot.) bending downward in a curve; declined.

Declination

Dec`li*na"tion (?), n. [L. declinatio a bending aside, an avoiding: cf. F. d\'82clination a decadence. See Declension.]

1. The act or state of bending downward; inclination; as, declination of the head.

2. The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay; decline. "The declination of monarchy." Bacon.

Summer . . . is not looked on as a time Of declination or decay. Waller.

3. The act of deviating or turning aside; oblique motion; obliquity; withdrawal.

The declination of atoms in their descent. Bentley.
Every declination and violation of the rules. South.

4. The act or state of declining or refusing; withdrawal; refusal; averseness.

The queen's declination from marriage. Stow.

5. (Astron.) The angular distance of any object from the celestial equator, either northward or southward.

6. (Dialing) The arc of the horizon, contained between the vertical plane and the prime vertical circle, if reckoned from the east or west, or between the meridian and the plane, reckoned from the north or south.

7. (Gram.) The act of inflecting a word; declension. See Decline, v. t., 4. Angle of declination, the angle made by a descending line, or plane, with a horizontal plane. -- Circle of declination, a circle parallel to the celestial equator. -- Declination compass (Physics), a compass arranged for finding the declination of the magnetic needle. -- Declination of the compass ∨ needle, the horizontal angle which the magnetic needle makes with the true north-and-south line.

Declinator

Dec"li*na`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82clinateur. See Decline.]

1. An instrument for taking the declination or angle which a plane makes with the horizontal plane.

2. A dissentient. [R.] Bp. Hacket.

Declinatory

De*clin"a*to*ry (?; 277), a. [LL. declinatorius, fr. L. declinare: cf. F. d\'82clinatoire.] Containing or involving a declination or refusal, as of submission to a charge or sentence. Blackstone. Declinatory plea (O. Eng. Law), the plea of sanctuary or of benefit of clergy, before trial or conviction; -- now abolished.

Declinature

De*clin"a*ture (?; 135), n. The act of declining or refusing; as, the declinature of an office.

Decline

De*cline" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Declined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Declining.] [OE. declinen to bend down, lower, sink, decline (a noun), F. d\'82cliner to decline, refuse, fr. L. declinare to turn aside, inflect (a part of speech), avoid; de- + clinare to incline; akin to E. lean. See Lean, v. i.]

1. To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. "With declining head." Shak.

He . . . would decline even to the lowest of his family. Lady Hutchinson.
Disdaining to decline, Slowly he falls, amidst triumphant cries. Byron.
The ground at length became broken and declined rapidly. Sir W. Scott.

2. To tend or draw towards a close, decay, or extinction; to tend to a less perfect state; to become diminished or impaired; to fail; to sink; to diminish; to lessen; as, the day declines; virtue declines; religion declines; business declines.

That empire must decline Whose chief support and sinews are of coin. Waller.
And presume to know . . . Who thrives, and who declines. Shak.

3. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw; as, a line that declines from straightness; conduct that declines from sound morals.

Yet do I not decline from thy testimonies. Ps. cxix. 157.

4. To turn away; to shun; to refuse; -- the opposite of accept or consent; as, he declined, upon principle.

Decline

De*cline", v. t.

1. To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.

In melancholy deep, with head declined. Thomson.
And now fair Phoebus gan decline in haste His weary wagon to the western vale. Spenser.

2. To cause to decrease or diminish. [Obs.] "You have declined his means." Beau. & Fl.

He knoweth his error, but will not seek to decline it. Burton.

3. To put or turn aside; to turn off or away from; to refuse to undertake or comply with; reject; to shun; to avoid; as, to decline an offer; to decline a contest; he declined any participation with them.

Could I Decline this dreadful hour? Massinger.

4. (Gram.) To inflect, or rehearse in order the changes of grammatical form of; as, to decline a noun or an adjective. &hand; Now restricted to such words as have case inflections; but formerly it was applied both to declension and conjugation.

After the first declining of a noun and a verb. Ascham.

5. To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun. [R.] Shak.

Decline

De*cline" (?), n. [F. d\'82clin. See Decline, v. i.]

1. A falling off; a tendency to a worse state; diminution or decay; deterioration; also, the period when a thing is tending toward extinction or a less perfect state; as, the decline of life; the decline of strength; the decline of virtue and religion.

Their fathers lived in the decline of literature. Swift.

2. (Med.) That period of a disorder or paroxysm when the symptoms begin to abate in violence; as, the decline of a fever.

3. A gradual sinking and wasting away of the physical faculties; any wasting disease, esp. pulmonary consumption; as, to die of a decline. Dunglison. Syn. -- Decline, Decay, Consumption. Decline marks the first stage in a downward progress; decay indicates the second stage, and denotes a tendency to ultimate destruction; consumption marks a steady decay from an internal exhaustion of strength. The health may experience a decline from various causes at any period of life; it is naturally subject to decay with the advance of old age; consumption may take place at almost any period of life, from disease which wears out the constitution. In popular language decline is often used as synonymous with consumption. By a gradual decline, states and communities lose their strength and vigor; by progressive decay, they are stripped of their honor, stability, and greatness; by a consumption of their resources and vital energy, they are led rapidly on to a completion of their existence.

Declined

De*clined" (?), a. Declinate.

Decliner

De*clin"er (?), n. He who declines or rejects.
A studious decliner of honors. Evelyn.

Declinometer

Dec`li*nom"e*ter (?), n. [Decline + -meter.] (Physics) An instrument for measuring the declination of the magnetic needle.

Declinous

De*clin"ous (?), a. Declinate.

Declivitous, Declivous

De*cliv"i*tous (?), De*cli"vous (?), a. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

Declivity

De*cliv"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Declivities (#). [L. declivitas, fr. declivis sloping, downhill; de + clivus a slope, a hill; akin to clinare to incline: cf. F. d\'82clivit\'82. See Decline.]

1. Deviation from a horizontal line; gradual descent of surface; inclination downward; slope; -- opposed to acclivity, or ascent; the same slope, considered as descending, being a declivity, which, considered as ascending, is an acclivity.

2. A descending surface; a sloping place.

Commodious declivities and channels for the passage of the waters. Derham.

Decoct

De*coct" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decocted; p. pr. & vb. n. Decocting.] [L. decoctus, p. p. of decoquere to boil down; de- + coquere to cook, boil. See Cook to decoct.]

1. To prepare by boiling; to digest in hot or boiling water; to extract the strength or flavor of by boiling; to make an infusion of.

2. To prepare by the heat of the stomach for assimilation; to digest; to concoct.

3. To warm, strengthen, or invigorate, as if by boiling. [R.] "Decoct their cold blood." Shak.

Decoctible

De*coct"i*ble (?), a. Capable of being boiled or digested.

Decoction

De*coc"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82coction, L. decoctio.]

1. The act or process of boiling anything in a watery fluid to extract its virtues.

In decoction . . . it either purgeth at the top or settleth at the bottom. Bacon.

2. An extract got from a body by boiling it in water.

If the plant be boiled in water, the strained liquor is called the decoction of the plant. Arbuthnot.
In pharmacy decoction is opposed to infusion, where there is merely steeping. Latham.

Decocture

De*coc"ture (?; 135), n. A decoction. [R.]

Decollate

De*col"late (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decollated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decollating.] [L. decollatus, p. p. of decollare to behead; de- + collum neck.] To sever from the neck; to behead; to decapitate.
The decollated head of St. John the Baptist. Burke.

Decollated

De*col"la*ted (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Decapitated; worn or cast off in the process of growth, as the apex of certain univalve shells.

Decollation

De`col*la"tion (?), n. [L. decollatio: cf. F. d\'82collation.]

1. The act of beheading or state of one beheaded; -- especially used of the execution of St. John the Baptist.

2. A painting representing the beheading of a saint or martyr, esp. of St. John the Baptist.

D\'82collet\'82

D\'82`col`le*t\'82" (?), a. [F., p. p. of d\'82colleter to bare the neck and shoulders; d\'82- + collet collar, fr. L. collum neck.] Leaving the neck and shoulders uncovered; cut low in the neck, or low-necked, as a dress.

Decolling

De*col"ling (?), n. Beheading. [R.]
By a speedy dethroning and decolling of the king. Parliamentary History (1648).

Decolor

De*col"or (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82colorer, L. decolorare. Cf. Discolor.] To deprive of color; to bleach.

Decolorant

De*col"or*ant (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82colorant, p. pr.] A substance which removes color, or bleaches.

Decolorate

De*col"or*ate (?), a. [L. decoloratus, p. p. of decolorare.] Deprived of color.

Decolorate

De*col"or*ate (?), v. t. To decolor.
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Decoloration

De*col`or*a"tion (?), n. [L. decoloratio: cf. F. d\'82coloration.] The removal or absence of color. Ferrand.

Decolorize

De*col"or*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of color; to whiten. Turner. -- De*col`or*i*za"tion (#), n.

Decomplex

De"com*plex` (?), a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + complex.] Repeatedly compound; made up of complex constituents.

Decomposable

De`com*pos"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being resolved into constituent elements.

Decompose

De`com*pose" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decomposed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decomposing.] [Cf. F. d\'82composer. Cf. Discompose.] To separate the constituent parts of; to resolve into original elements; to set free from previously existing forms of chemical combination; to bring to dissolution; to rot or decay.

Decompose

De`com*pose", v. i. To become resolved or returned from existing combinations; to undergo dissolution; to decay; to rot.

Decomposed

De`com*posed" (?), a. (Zo\'94l.) Separated or broken up; -- said of the crest of birds when the feathers are divergent.

Decomposite

De`com*pos"ite (?), a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + composite.]

1. Compounded more than once; compounded with things already composite.

2. (Bot.) See Decompound, a., 2.

Decomposite

De`com*pos"ite, n. Anything decompounded.
Decomposites of three metals or more. Bacon.

Decomposition

De*com`po*si"tion (?), n. [Pref. de- (in sense 3 intensive) + composition: cf. F. d\'82composition. Cf. Decomposition.]

1. The act or process of resolving the constituent parts of a compound body or substance into its elementary parts; separation into constituent part; analysis; the decay or dissolution consequent on the removal or alteration of some of the ingredients of a compound; disintegration; as, the decomposition of wood, rocks, etc.

2. The state of being reduced into original elements.

3. Repeated composition; a combination of compounds. [Obs.] Decomposition of forces. Same as Resolution of forces, under Resolution. -- Decomposition of light, the division of light into the prismatic colors.

Decompound

De`com*pound" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decompounded; p. pr. & vb. n. Decompounding.] [Pref. de- (intens. in sense 1) + compound, v. t.]

1. To compound or mix with that is already compound; to compound a second time.

2. To reduce to constituent parts; to decompose.

It divides and decompounds objects into . . . parts. Hazlitt.

Decompound

De`com*pound", a. [Pref. de- (intens.) + compound, a.]

1. Compound of what is already compounded; compounded a second time.

2. (Bot.) Several times compounded or divided, as a leaf or stem; decomposite.

Decompound

De`com*pound", n. A decomposite.

Decompoundable

De`com*pound"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being decompounded.

Deconcentrate

De`con*cen"trate (?), v. t. To withdraw from concentration; to decentralize. [R.]

Deconcentration

De*con`cen*tra"tion (?), n. Act of deconcentrating. [R.]

Deconcoct

De`con*coct" (?), v. t. To decompose. [R.] Fuller.

Deconsecrate

De*con"se*crate (?), v. t. To deprive of sacredness; to secularize. -- De*con`se*cra"tion (#), n.

Decorament

Dec"o*ra*ment (?), n. [L. decoramentum. See Decorate, v. t.] Ornament. [Obs.] Bailey.

Decorate

Dec"o*rate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decorating (?).] [L. decoratus, p. p. of decorare, fr. decus ornament; akin to decere to be becoming. See Decent.] To deck with that which is becoming, ornamental, or honorary; to adorn; to beautify; to embellish; as, to decorate the person; to decorate an edifice; to decorate a lawn with flowers; to decorate the mind with moral beauties; to decorate a hero with honors.
Her fat neck was ornamented with jewels, rich bracelets decorated her arms. Thackeray.
Syn. -- To adorn; embellish; ornament; beautify; grace. See Adorn. Decorated style (Arch.), a name given by some writers to the perfected English Gothic architecture; it may be considered as having flourished from about a. d. 1300 to a. d. 1375.

Decoration

Dec`o*ra"tion (?), n. [LL. decoratio: cf. F. d\'82coration.]

1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

2. That which adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment; ornament.

The hall was celebrated for . . . the richness of its decoration. Motley.

3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc. Decoration Day, a day, May 30, appointed for decorating with flowers the graves of the Union soldiers and sailors, who fell in the Civil War in the United States; Memorial Day. [U.S.]

Decorative

Dec"o*ra*tive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82coratif.] Suited to decorate or embellish; adorning. -- Dec"o*ra*tive*ness, n. Decorative art, fine art which has for its end ornamentation, rather than the representation of objects or events.

Decorator

Dec"o*ra`tor (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82corateur.] One who decorates, adorns, or embellishes; specifically, an artisan whose business is the decoration of houses, esp. their interior decoration.

Decore

De*core" (?), v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82corer. See Decorate.] To decorate; to beautify. [Obs.]
To decore and beautify the house of God. E. Hall.

Decorement

De*core"ment (?), n. Ornament. [Obs.]

Decorous

De*co"rous (?; 277), a. [L. dec, fr. decor comeliness, beauty; akin to decere. See Decent, and cf. Decorum.] Suitable to a character, or to the time, place, and occasion; marked with decorum; becoming; proper; seemly; befitting; as, a decorous speech; decorous behavior; a decorous dress for a judge.
A decorous pretext the war. Motley.
-- De*co"rous*ly, adv. -- De*co"rous*ness, n.

Decorticate

De*cor"ti*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decorticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decorticating.] [L. decorticatus, p. p. of decorticare to bark; de- + cortex bark.] To divest of the bark, husk, or exterior coating; to husk; to peel; to hull. "Great barley dried and decorticated." Arbuthnot.

Decortication

De*cor`ti*ca"tion (?), n. [L. decorticatio: cf. F. d\'82cortication.] The act of stripping off the bark, rind, hull, or outer coat.

Decorticator

De*cor"ti*ca`tor (?), n. A machine for decorticating wood, hulling grain, etc.; also, an instrument for removing surplus bark or moss from fruit trees.

Decorum

De*cor"um (?), n. [L. dec, fr. dec. See Decorous.] Propriety of manner or conduct; grace arising from suitableness of speech and behavior to one's own character, or to the place and occasion; decency of conduct; seemliness; that which is seemly or suitable.
Negligent of the duties and decorums of his station. Hallam.
If your master Would have a queen his beggar, you must tell him, That majesty, to keep decorum, must No less beg than a kingdom. Shak.
Syn. -- Decorum, Dignity. Decorum, in accordance with its etymology, is that which is becoming in outward act or appearance; as, the decorum of a public assembly. Dignity springs from an inward elevation of soul producing a corresponding effect on the manners; as, dignity of personal appearance.

Decoy

De*coy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decoyed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decoying.] [Pref. de- + coy; orig., to quiet, soothe, caress, entice. See Coy.] To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to decoy ducks into a net.
Did to a lonely cot his steps decoy. Thomson.
E'en while fashion's brightest arts decoy, The heart, distrusting, asks if this be joy. Goldsmith.
Syn. -- To entice; tempt; allure; lure. See Allure.

Decoy

De*coy", n.

1. Anything intended to lead into a snare; a lure that deceives and misleads into danger, or into the power of an enemy; a bait.

2. A fowl, or the likeness of one, used by sportsmen to entice other fowl into a net or within shot.

3. A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them.

4. A person employed by officers of justice, or parties exposed to injury, to induce a suspected person to commit an offense under circumstances that will lead to his detection.

Decoy-duck

De*coy"-duck` (?), n. A duck used to lure wild ducks into a decoy; hence, a person employed to lure others into danger. Beau. & Fl.

Decoyer

De*coy"er (?), n. One who decoys another.

Decoy-man

De*coy"-man` (?), n.; pl. Decoy-men (. A man employed in decoying wild fowl.

Decrease

De*crease" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Decreased (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decreasing.] [OE. decrecen, fr. OF. decreistre, F. d\'82cro\'8ctre, or from the OF. noun (see Decrease, n.), fr. L. decrescere to grow less; de + crescere to grow. See Crescent, and cf. Increase.] To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as, they days decrease in length from June to December.
He must increase, but I must decrease. John iii. 30.
Syn. -- To Decrease, Diminish. Things usually decrease or fall off by degrees, and from within, or through some cause which is imperceptible; as, the flood decreases; the cold decreases; their affection has decreased. Things commonly diminish by an influence from without, or one which is apparent; as, the army was diminished by disease; his property is diminishing through extravagance; their affection has diminished since their separation their separation. The turn of thought, however, is often such that these words may be interchanged.
The olive leaf, which certainly them told The flood decreased. Drayton.
Crete's ample fields diminish to our eye; Before the Boreal blasts the vessels fly. Pope.

Decrease

De*crease", v. t. To cause to grow less; to diminish gradually; as, extravagance decreases one's means.
That might decrease their present store. Prior.

Decrease

De*crease", n. [OE. decrees, OF. decreis, fr. decreistre. See Decrease, v.]

1. A becoming less; gradual diminution; decay; as, a decrease of revenue or of strength.

2. The wane of the moon. Bacon.

Decreaseless

De*crease"less, a. Suffering no decrease. [R.]
It [the river] flows and flows, and yet will flow, Volume decreaseless to the final hour. A. Seward.

Decreasing

De*creas"ing, a. Becoming less and less; diminishing. -- De*creas"ing*ly, adv. Decreasing series (Math.), a series in which each term is numerically smaller than the preceding term.

Decreation

De`cre*a"tion (?), n. Destruction; -- opposed to creation. [R.] Cudworth.

Decree

De*cree" (?), n. [OE. decre, F. d\'82cret, fr. L. decretum, neut. decretus, p. p. of decernere to decide; de- + cernere to decide. See Certain, and cf. Decreet, Decretal.]

1. An order from one having authority, deciding what is to be done by a subordinate; also, a determination by one having power, deciding what is to be done or to take place; edict, law; authoritative ru "The decrees of Venice." Sh

There went out a decree from C\'91sar Augustus that all the world should be taxed. Luke ii. 1.
Poor hand, why quiverest thou at this decree? Shak.

2. (Law) (a) A decision, order, or sentence, given in a cause by a court of equity or admiralty. (b) A determination or judgment of an umpire on a case submitted to him. Brande.

3. (Eccl.) An edict or law made by a council for regulating any business within their jurisdiction; as, the decrees of ecclesiastical councils. Syn. -- Law; regulation; edict; ordinance. See Law.

Decree

De*cree" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decreed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decreeing.]

1. To determine judicially by authority, or by decree; to constitute by edict; to appoint by decree or law; to determine; to order; to ordain; as, a court decrees a restoration of property.

Thou shalt also decree a thing, and it shall be established unto thee. Job xxii. 28.

2. To ordain by fate.

Decree

De*cree", v. i. To make decrees; -- used absolutely.
Father eternal! thine is to decree; Mine, both in heaven and earth to do thy will. Milton.

Decreeable

De*cree"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being decreed.

Decreer

De*cre"er (?), n. One who decrees. J. Goodwin.

Decreet

De*creet" (?), n. [Cf. Decree.] (Scots Law) The final judgment of the Court of Session, or of an inferior court, by which the question at issue is decided.

Decrement

Dec"re*ment (?), n. [L. decrementum, fr. decrescere. See Decrease.]

1. The state of becoming gradually less; decrease; diminution; waste; loss.

Twit me with the decrements of my pendants. Ford.
Rocks, mountains, and the other elevations of the earth suffer a continual decrement. Woodward.

2. The quantity lost by gradual diminution or waste; -- opposed to increment.

3. (Crystallog.) A name given by Ha\'81y to the successive diminution of the layers of molecules, applied to the faces of the primitive form, by which he supposed the secondary forms to be produced.

4. (Math.) The quantity by which a variable is diminished. Equal decrement of life. (a) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that of a given large number of persons, all being now of the same age, an equal number shall die each consecutive year. (b) The decrease of life in a group of persons in which the assumed law of mortality is such that the ratio of those dying in a year to those living through the year is constant, being independent of the age of the persons.

Decrepit

De*crep"it (?), a. [L. decrepitus, perhaps orig., noised out, noiseless, applied to old people, who creep about quietly; de- + crepare to make a noise, rattle: cf. F. d\'82cr\'82pit. See Crepitate.] Broken down with age; wasted and enfeebled by the infirmities of old age; feeble; worn out. "Beggary or decrepit age." Milton.
Already decrepit with premature old age. Motley.
&hand; Sometimes incorrectly written decrepid.

Decrepitate

De*crep"i*tate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decrepitated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decrepitating.] [Cf. F. d\'82cr\'82piter.] To roast or calcine so as to cause a crackling noise; as, to decrepitate salt.

Decrepitate

De*crep"i*tate, v. i. To crackle, as salt in roasting.

Decrepitation

De*crep`i*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82cr\'82pitation.] The act of decrepitating; a crackling noise, such as salt makes when roasting.

Decrepitness

De*crep"it*ness (?), n. Decrepitude. [R.] Barrow.

Decrepitude

De*crep"i*tude (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82cr\'82pitude.] The broken state produced by decay and the infirmities of age; infirm old age.

Decrescendo

De`cres*cen"do (?), a. & adv. [It.] (Mus.) With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.

Decrescent

De*cres"cent (?), a. [L. decrescens, p. pr. of decrescere. See Decrease.] Becoming less by gradual diminution; decreasing; as, a decrescent moon.

Decrescent

De*cres"cent, n. (Her.) A crescent with the horns directed towards the sinister. Cussans.

Decretal

De*cre"tal (?), a. [L. decretalis, fr. decretum. See Decree.] Appertaining to a decree; containing a decree; as, a decretal epistle. Ayliffe.

Decretal

De*cre"tal, n. [LL. decretale, neut. of L. decretalis. See Decretal, a.]

1. (R. C. Ch.) An authoritative order or decree; especially, a letter of the pope, determining some point or question in ecclesiastical law. The decretals form the second part of the canon law.

2. (Canon Law) The collection of ecclesiastical decrees and decisions made, by order of Gregory IX., in 1234, by St. Raymond of Pennafort.

Decrete

De*crete" (?), n. [L. decretum. See Decree.] A decree. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Decretion

De*cre"tion (?), n. [From L. decrescere, decretum. See Decrease.] A decrease. [Obs.] Pearson.

Decretist

De*cre"tist (?), n. [LL. decretista, fr. decretum: cf. F. d\'82cr\'82tiste. See Decree, n.] One who studies, or professes the knowledge of, the decretals.

Decretive

De*cre"tive (?), a. [From L. decretum. See Decree, n.] Having the force of a decree; determining.
The will of God is either decretive or perceptive. Bates.

Decretorial

Dec`re*to"ri*al (?), a. Decretory; authoritative. Sir T. Browne.

Decretorily

Dec"re*to*ri*ly (?), adv. In a decretory or definitive manner; by decree.

Decretory

Dec"re*to*ry (?), a. [L. decretorius, from decretum. See Decree.]

1. Established by a decree; definitive; settled.

The decretory rigors of a condemning sentence. South.

2. Serving to determine; critical. "The critical or decretory days." Sir T. Browne.


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Decrew

De*crew" (?), v. i. [F. d\'82crue, n., decrease, and d\'82cru, p. p. of d\'82cro\'8ctre. See Decrease, and cf. Accrue.] To decrease. [Obs.] Spenser.

Decrial

De*cri"al (?), n. [See Decry.] A crying down; a clamorous censure; condemnation by censure.

Decrier

De*cri"er (?), n. One who decries.

Decrown

De*crown" (?), v. t. To deprive of a crown; to discrown. [R.] Hakewill.

Decrustation

De`crus*ta"tion (?), n. [Cf. OF. d\'82crustation.] The removal of a crust.

Decry

De*cry" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decried (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decrying.] [F. d\'82crier, OF. descrier; pref. des- (L. dis-) + crier to cry. See Cry, and cf. Descry.] To cry down; to censure as faulty, mean, or worthless; to clamor against; to blame clamorously; to discredit; to disparage.
For small errors they whole plays decry. Dryden.
Measures which are extolled by one half of the kingdom are naturally decried by the other. Addison.
Syn. -- To Decry, Depreciate, Detract, Disparage. Decry and depreciate refer to the estimation of a thing, the former seeking to lower its value by clamorous censure, the latter by representing it as of little worth. Detract and disparage also refer to merit or value, which the former assails with caviling, insinuation, etc., while the latter willfully underrates and seeks to degrade it. Men decry their rivals and depreciate their measures. The envious detract from the merit of a good action, and disparage the motives of him who performs it.

Decubation

Dec`u*ba"tion (?), n. [From L. decubare; de- + cubare. See Decumbent.] Act of lying down; decumbence. [Obs.] Evelyn.

Decubitus

De*cu"bi*tus (?), n. [NL., fr. L. de- + cubare, to lie down: cf. F. d\'82cubitus.] (Med.) An attitude assumed in lying down; as, the dorsal decubitus.

Decuman

Dec"u*man (?), a. [L. decumanus of the tenth, and by metonymy, large, fr. decem ten.] Large; chief; -- applied to an extraordinary billow, supposed by some to be every tenth in order. [R.] Also used substantively. "Such decuman billows." Gauden. "The baffled decuman." Lowell.

Decumbence, Decumbency

De*cum"bence (?), De*cum"ben*cy (?), n. The act or posture of lying down.
The ancient manner of decumbency. Sir T. Browne.

Decumbent

De*cum"bent (?), a. [L. decumbens, -entis, p. pr. of decumbere; de- + cumbere (only in comp.), cubare to lie down.]

1. Lying down; prostrate; recumbent.

The decumbent portraiture of a woman. Ashmole.

2. (Bot.) Reclining on the ground, as if too weak to stand, and tending to rise at the summit or apex; as, a decumbent stem. Gray.

Decumbently

De*cum"bent*ly, adv. In a decumbent posture.

Decumbiture

De*cum"bi*ture (?; 135), n.

1. Confinement to a sick bed, or time of taking to one's bed from sickness. Boyle.

2. (Astrol.) Aspect of the heavens at the time of taking to one's sick bed, by which the prognostics of recovery or death were made.

Decuple

Dec"u*ple (?), a. [F. d\'82cuple, L. decuplus, fr. decem ten.] Tenfold. [R.]

Decuple

Dec"u*ple, n. A number ten times repeated. [R.]

Decuple

Dec"u*ple, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decupled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Decupling (?).] To make tenfold; to multiply by ten. [R.]

Decurion

De*cu"ri*on (?), n. [L. decurio, decurionis, fr. decuria a squad of ten, fr. decem ten.] (Rom. Antiq.) A head or chief over ten; especially, an officer who commanded a division of ten soldiers.

Decurionate

De*cu"ri*on*ate (?), n. [L. decurionatus, fr. decurio.] The office of a decurion.

Decurrence

De*cur"rence (?), n. The act of running down; a lapse. [R.] Gauden.

Decurrent

De*cur"rent (?), a. [L. decurrens, -entis, p. pr. of decurrere to run down; de- + currere to run: cf. F. d\'82current.] (Bot.) Extending downward; -- said of a leaf whose base extends downward and forms a wing along the stem. -- De*cur"rent*ly, adv.

Decursion

De*cur"sion (?), n. [L. decursio, fr. decurrere. See Decurrent.] A flowing; also, a hostile incursion. [Obs.] Sir M. Hale.

Decursive

De*cur"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82cursif. See Decurrent.] Running down; decurrent.

Decursively

De*cur"sive*ly, adv. In a decursive manner. Decursively pinnate (Bot.), having the leaflets decurrent, or running along the petiole; -- said of a leaf.

Decurt

De*curt" (?), v. t. [L. decurtare; de- + curtare.] To cut short; to curtail. [Obs.] Bale.

Decurtation

De`cur*ta"tion (?), n. [L. decurtatio.] Act of cutting short. [Obs.]

Decury

Dec"u*ry (?), n.; pl. Decuries (#). [L. decuria, fr. decem ten.] A set or squad of ten men under a decurion. Sir W. Raleigh.

Decussate

De*cus"sate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Decussated; p. pr. & vb. n. Decussating.] [L. decussatus, p. p. of decussare to cross like an X, fr. decussis (orig. equiv. to decem asses) the number ten, which the Romans represented by X.] To cross at an acute angle; to cut or divide in the form of X; to intersect; -- said of lines in geometrical figures, rays of light, nerves, etc.

Decussate, Decussated

De*cus"sate (?), De*cus"sa*ted (?), a.

1. Crossed; intersected.

2. (Bot.) Growing in pairs, each of which is at right angles to the next pair above or below; as, decussated leaves or branches.

3. (Rhet.) Consisting of two rising and two falling clauses, placed in alternate opposition to each other; as, a decussated period.

Decussately

De*cus"sate*ly (?), adv. In a decussate manner.

Decussation

De`cus*sa"tion (?), n. [L. decussatio.] Act of crossing at an acute angle, or state of being thus crossed; an intersection in the form of an X; as, the decussation of lines, nerves, etc.

Decussative

De*cus"sa*tive (?), a. Intersecting at acute angles. Sir T. Browne.

Decussatively

De*cus"sa*tive*ly, adv. Crosswise; in the form of an X. "Anointed decussatively." Sir T. Browne.

Decyl

De"cyl (?), n. [L. decem ten + -yl.] (Chem.) A hydrocarbon radical, C10H21, never existing alone, but regarded as the characteristic constituent of a number of compounds of the paraffin series.

Decylic

De*cyl"ic (?), a. (Chem.) Allied to, or containing, the radical decyl.

Dedalian

De*dal"ian (?), a. See D\'91dalian.

Dedalous

Ded"a*lous (?), a. See D\'91dalous.

Dedans

De*dans" (?), n. [F.] (Court Tennis) A division, at one end of a tennis court, for spectators.

Dede

Dede (?), a. Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dedecorate

De*dec"o*rate (?), v. t. [L. dedecoratus, p. p. of dedecorare to disgrace. See Decorate.] To bring to shame; to disgrace. [Obs.] Bailey.

Dedecoration

De*dec`o*ra"tion (?), n. [L. dedecoratio.] Disgrace; dishonor. [Obs.] Bailey.

Dedecorous

De*dec"o*rous (?), a. [L. dedecorus. See Decorous.] Disgraceful; unbecoming. [R.] Bailey.

Dedentition

De`den*ti"tion (?), n. The shedding of teeth. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Dedicate

Ded"i*cate (?), p. a. [L. dedicatus, p. p. of dedicare to affirm, to dedicate; de- + dicare to declare, dedicate; akin to dicere to say. See Diction.] Dedicated; set apart; devoted; consecrated. "Dedicate to nothing temporal." Shak. Syn. -- Devoted; consecrated; addicted.

Dedicate

Ded"i*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dedicated; p. pr. & vb. n. Dedicating.]

1. To set apart and consecrate, as to a divinity, or for sacred uses; to devote formally and solemnly; as, to dedicate vessels, treasures, a temple, or a church, to a religious use.

Vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, . . . which also king David did dedicate unto the Lord. 2 Sam. viii. 10, 11.
We have come to dedicate a portion of that field as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. . . . But in a larger sense we can not dedicate, we can not consecrate, we can not hallow this ground. A. Lincoln.

2. To devote, set apart, or give up, as one's self, to a duty or service.

The profession of a soldier, to which he had dedicated himself. Clarendon.

3. To inscribe or address, as to a patron.

He complied ten elegant books, and dedicated them to the Lord Burghley. Peacham.
Syn. -- See Addict.

Dedicatee

Ded`i*ca*tee" (?), n. One to whom a thing is dedicated; -- correlative to dedicator.

Dedication

Ded`i*ca"tion (?), n. [L. dedicatio.]

1. The act of setting apart or consecrating to a divine Being, or to a sacred use, often with religious solemnities; solemn appropriation; as, the dedication of Solomon's temple.

2. A devoting or setting aside for any particular purpose; as, a dedication of lands to public use.

3. An address to a patron or friend, prefixed to a book, testifying respect, and often recommending the work to his special protection and favor.

Dedicator

Ded"i*ca`tor (?), n. [L.: cf. F. d\'82dicateur.] One who dedicates; more especially, one who inscribes a book to the favor of a patron, or to one whom he desires to compliment.

Dedicatorial

Ded`i*ca*to"ri*al (?), a. Dedicatory.

Dedicatory

Ded"i*ca*to*ry (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82dicatoire.] Constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental. "An epistle dedicatory." Dryden.

Dedicatory

Ded"i*ca*to*ry, n. Dedication. [R.] Milton.

Dedimus

Ded"i*mus (?), n. [L. dedimus we have given, fr. dare to give. So called because the writ began, Dedimus potestatem, etc.] (Law) A writ to commission private persons to do some act in place of a judge, as to examine a witness, etc. Bouvier.

Dedition

De*di"tion (?), n. [L. deditio, fr. dedere to give away, surrender; de- + dare to give.] The act of yielding; surrender. [R.] Sir M. Hale.

Dedolent

Ded"o*lent (?), a. [L. dedolens, p. pr. of dedolere to give over grieving; de- + dolere to grieve.] Feeling no compunction; apathetic. [R.] Hallywell.

Deduce

De*duce" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deduced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deducing.] [L. deducere; de- + ducere to lead, draw. See Duke, and cf. Deduct.]

1. To lead forth. [A Latinism]

He should hither deduce a colony. Selden.

2. To take away; to deduct; to subtract; as, to deduce a part from the whole. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

3. To derive or draw; to derive by logical process; to obtain or arrive at as the result of reasoning; to gather, as a truth or opinion, from what precedes or from premises; to infer; -- with from or out of.

O goddess, say, shall I deduce my rhymes From the dire nation in its early times? Pope.
Reasoning is nothing but the faculty of deducing unknown truths from principles already known. Locke.
See what regard will be paid to the pedigree which deduces your descent from kings and conquerors. Sir W. Scott.

Deducement

De*duce"ment (?), n. Inference; deduction; thing deduced. [R.] Dryden.

Deducibility

De*du`ci*bil"i*ty (?), n. Deducibleness.

Deducible

De*du"ci*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of being deduced or inferred; derivable by reasoning, as a result or consequence.

All properties of a triangle depend on, and are deducible from, the complex idea of three lines including a space. Locke.

2. Capable of being brought down. [Obs.]

As if God [were] deducible to human imbecility. State Trials (1649).

Deducibleness

De*du"ci*ble*ness, n. The quality of being deducible; deducibility.

Deducibly

De*du"ci*bly (?), adv. By deduction.

Deducive

De*du"cive (?), a. That deduces; inferential.

Deduct

De*duct" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deducted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deducting.] [L. deductus, p. p. of deducere to deduct. See Deduce.]

1. To lead forth or out. [Obs.]

A people deducted out of the city of Philippos. Udall.

2. To take away, separate, or remove, in numbering, estimating, or calculating; to subtract; -- often with from or out of.

Deduct what is but vanity, or dress. Pope.
Two and a half per cent should be deducted out of the pay of the foreign troops. Bp. Burnet.
We deduct from the computation of our years that part of our time which is spent in . . . infancy. Norris.

3. To reduce; to diminish. [Obs.] "Do not deduct it to days." Massinger.

Deductible

De*duct"i*ble (?), a.

1. Capable of being deducted, taken away, or withdrawn.

Not one found honestly deductible From any use that pleased him. Mrs. Browning.

2. Deducible; consequential.

Deduction

De*duc"tion (?), n. [L. deductio: cf. F. d\'82duction.]

1. Act or process of deducing or inferring.

The deduction of one language from another. Johnson.
This process, by which from two statements we deduce a third, is called deduction. J. R. Seely.

2. Act of deducting or taking away; subtraction; as, the deduction of the subtrahend from the minuend.

3. That which is deduced or drawn from premises by a process of reasoning; an inference; a conclusion.

Make fair deductions; see to what they mount. Pope.

4. That which is deducted; the part taken away; abatement; as, a deduction from the yearly rent. Syn. -- See Induction.

Deductive

De*duct"ive (?), a. [Cf. L. deductivus derivative.] Of or pertaining to deduction; capable of being deduced from premises; deducible.
All knowledge of causes is deductive. Glanvill.
Notions and ideas . . . used in a deductive process. Whewell.

Deductively

De*duct"ive*ly, adv. By deduction; by way of inference; by consequence. Sir T. Browne.

Deductor

De*duc"tor (?), n. [L., a guide. See Deduce.] (Zo\'94l.) The pilot whale or blackfish.

Deduit

De*duit" (?), n. [F. d\'82duit. Cf. Deduct.] Delight; pleasure. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deduplication

De*du`pli*ca"tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + duplication.] (Biol.) The division of that which is morphologically one organ into two or more, as the division of an organ of a plant into a pair or cluster.

Deed

Deed (?), a. Dead. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deed

Deed, n. [AS. d; akin to OS. d\'bed, D. & Dan. daad, G. thai, Sw. d\'86d, Goth. d; fr. the root of do. See Do, v. t.]

1. That which is done or effected by a responsible agent; an act; an action; a thing done; -- a word of extensive application, including, whatever is done, good or bad, great or small.

And Joseph said to them, What deed is this which ye have done? Gen. xliv. 15.
We receive the due reward of our deeds. Luke xxiii. 41.
Would serve his kind in deed and word. Tennyson.

2. Illustrious act; achievement; exploit. "Knightly deeds." Spenser.

Whose deeds some nobler poem shall adorn. Dryden.

3. Power of action; agency; efficiency. [Obs.]

To be, both will and deed, created free. Milton.

4. Fact; reality; -- whence we have indeed.

5. (Law) A sealed instrument in writing, on paper or parchment, duly executed and delivered, containing some transfer, bargain, or contract. &hand; The term is generally applied to conveyances of real estate, and it is the prevailing doctrine that a deed must be signed as well as sealed, though at common law signing was formerly not necessary. Blank deed, a printed form containing the customary legal phraseology, with blank spaces for writing in names, dates, boundaries, etc.

6. Performance; -- followed by of. [Obs.] Shak. In deed, in fact; in truth; verily. See Indeed.

Deed

Deed, v. t. To convey or transfer by deed; as, he deeded all his estate to his eldest son. [Colloq. U. S.]

Deedful

Deed"ful (?), a. Full of deeds or exploits; active; stirring. [R.] "A deedful life." Tennyson.

Deedless

Deed"less, a. Not performing, or not having performed, deeds or exploits; inactive.
Deedless in his tongue. Shak.

Deed poll

Deed" poll` (?). (Law) A deed of one part, or executed by only one party, and distinguished from an indenture by having the edge of the parchment or paper cut even, or polled as it was anciently termed, instead of being indented. Burrill.

Deedy

Deed"y (?), a. Industrious; active. [R.] Cowper.

Deem

Deem (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deemed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deeming.] [OE. demen to judge, condemn, AS. d, fr. d doom; akin to OFries. d, OS. ad, D. doemen, OHG. tuommen, Icel. d\'91ma, Sw. d\'94mma, Dan. d\'94mme, Goth. d. See Doom, n., and cf. Doom, v.]

1. To decide; to judge; to sentence; to condemn. [Obs.]

Claudius . . . Was demed for to hang upon a tree. Chaucer.

2. To account; to esteem; to think; to judge; to hold in opinion; to regard.

For never can I deem him less him less than god. Dryden.

Deem

Deem, v. i.

1. To be of opinion; to think; to estimate; to opine; to suppose.

And deemest thou as those who pore, With aged eyes, short way before? Emerson.

2. To pass judgment. [Obs.] Spenser.

Deem

Deem, n. Opinion; judgment. [Obs.] Shak.
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Deemster

Deem"ster (?), n. [Deem + -ster; i. e., doomster. Cf. Dempster.] A judge in the Isle of Man who decides controversies without process. Cowell.

Deep

Deep (?), a. [Compar. Deeper (?); superl. Deepest (?).] [OE. dep, deop, AS. de\'a2p; akin to D. diep, G. tief, Icel. dj, Sw. diup, Dan. dyb, Goth. diups; fr. the root of E. dip, dive. See Dip, Dive.]

1. Extending far below the surface; of great perpendicular dimension (measured from the surface downward, and distinguished from high, which is measured upward); far to the bottom; having a certain depth; as, a deep sea.

The water where the brook is deep. Shak.

2. Extending far back from the front or outer part; of great horizontal dimension (measured backward from the front or nearer part, mouth, etc.); as, a deep cave or recess or wound; a gallery ten seats deep; a company of soldiers six files deep.

Shadowing squadrons deep. Milton.
Safely in harbor Is the king's ship in the deep nook. Shak.

3. Low in situation; lying far below the general surface; as, a deep valley.

4. Hard to penetrate or comprehend; profound; -- opposed to shallow or superficial; intricate; mysterious; not obvious; obscure; as, a deep subject or plot.

Speculations high or deep. Milton.
A question deep almost as the mystery of life. De Quincey.
O Lord, . . . thy thought are very deep. Ps. xcii. 5.

5. Of penetrating or far-reaching intellect; not superficial; thoroughly skilled; sagacious; cunning.

Deep clerks she dumbs. Shak.

6. Profound; thorough; complete; unmixed; intense; heavy; heartfelt; as, deep distress; deep melancholy; deep horror. "Deep despair." Milton. "Deep silence." Milton. "Deep sleep." Gen. ii. 21. "Deeper darkness." >Hoole. "Their deep poverty." 2 Cor. viii. 2.

An attitude of deep respect. Motley.

7. Strongly colored; dark; intense; not light or thin; as, deep blue or crimson.

8. Of low tone; full-toned; not high or sharp; grave; heavy. "The deep thunder." Byron.

The bass of heaven's deep organ. Milton.

9. Muddy; boggy; sandy; -- said of roads. Chaucer.

The ways in that vale were very deep. Clarendon.
A deep line of operations (Military), a long line. -- Deep mourning (Costume), mourning complete and strongly marked, the garments being not only all black, but also composed of lusterless materials and of such fashion as is identified with mourning garments.

Deep

Deep, adv. To a great depth; with depth; far down; profoundly; deeply.
Deep-versed in books, and shallow in himself. Milton.
Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring. Pope.
&hand; Deep, in its usual adverbial senses, is often prefixed to an adjective; as, deep-chested, deep-cut, deep-seated, deep-toned, deep-voiced, "deep-uddered kine."

Deep

Deep, n.

1. That which is deep, especially deep water, as the sea or ocean; an abyss; a great depth.

Courage from the deeps of knowledge springs. Cowley.
The hollow deep of hell resounded. Milton.
Blue Neptune storms, the bellowing deeps resound. Pope.

2. That which is profound, not easily fathomed, or incomprehensible; a moral or spiritual depth or abyss.

Thy judgments are a great. Ps. xxxvi. 6.
Deep of night, the most quiet or profound part of night; dead of night.
The deep of night is crept upon our talk. Shak.

Deepen

Deep"en (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deepened (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deepening.]

1. To make deep or deeper; to increase the depth of; to sink lower; as, to deepen a well or a channel.

It would . . . deepen the bed of the Tiber. Addison.

2. To make darker or more intense; to darken; as, the event deepened the prevailing gloom.

You must deepen your colors. Peacham.

3. To make more poignant or affecting; to increase in degree; as, to deepen grief or sorrow.

4. To make more grave or low in tone; as, to deepen the tones of an organ.

Deepens the murmur of the falling floods. Pope.

Deepen

Deep"en, v. i. To become deeper; as, the water deepens at every cast of the lead; the plot deepens.
His blood-red tresses deepening in the sun. Byron.

Deep-fet

Deep"-fet` (?), a. Deeply fetched or drawn. [Obs.] "Deep-fet groans." Shak.

Deep-laid

Deep"-laid` (?), a. Laid deeply; formed with cunning and sagacity; as, deep-laid plans.

Deeply

Deep"ly, adv.

1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply.

2. Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics.

He had deeply offended both his nobles and people. Bacon.
He sighed deeply in his spirit. Mark viii. 12.

3. Very; with a tendency to darkness of color.

The deeply red juice of buckthorn berries. Boyle.

4. Gravely; with low or deep tone; as, a deeply toned instrument.

5. With profound skill; with art or intricacy; as, a deeply laid plot or intrigue.

Deep-mouthed

Deep"-mouthed` (?), a. Having a loud and sonorous voice. "Deep-mouthed dogs." Dryden.

Deepness

Deep"ness, n.

1. The state or quality of being deep, profound, mysterious, secretive, etc.; depth; profundity; -- opposed to shallowness.

Because they had no deepness of earth. Matt. xiii. 5.

2. Craft; insidiousness. [R.] J. Gregory.

Deep-read

Deep"-read` (?), a. Profoundly book-learned. "Great writers and deep-read men." L'Estrange.

Deep-sea

Deep"-sea` (?), a. Of or pertaining to the deeper parts of the sea; as, a deep-sea line (i. e., a line to take soundings at a great depth); deep-sea lead; deep-sea soundings, explorations, etc.

Deep-waisted

Deep"-waist`ed (?), a. (Naut.) Having a deep waist, as when, in a ship, the poop and forecastle are much elevated above the deck.

Deer

Deer (?), n. sing. & pl. [OE. der, door, animal, wild animal, AS. de\'a2r; akin to D. dier, OFries. diar, G. thier, tier, Icel. d, Dan. dyr, Sw. djur, Goth. dius; of unknown origin.

1. Any animal; especially, a wild animal. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Mice and rats, and such small deer. Shak.
The camel, that great deer. Lindisfarne MS.

2. (Zo\'94l.) A ruminant of the genus Cervus, of many species, and of related genera of the family Cervid\'91. The males, and in some species the females, have solid antlers, often much branched, which are shed annually. Their flesh, for which they are hunted, is called venison. &hand; The deer hunted in England is Cervus elaphus, called also stag or red deer; the fallow deer is C. dama; the common American deer is C. Virginianus; the blacktailed deer of Western North America is C. Columbianus; and the mule deer of the same region is C. macrotis. See Axis, Fallow deer, Mule deer, Reindeer. &hand; Deer is much used adjectively, or as the first part of a compound; as, deerkiller, deerslayer, deerslaying, deer hunting, deer stealing, deerlike, etc. Deer mouse (Zo\'94l.), the white-footed mouse (Hesperomys leucopus) of America. -- Small deer, petty game, not worth pursuing; -- used metaphorically. (See citation from Shakespeare under the first definition, above.) "Minor critics . . . can find leisure for the chase of such small deer." G. P. Marsh.

Deerberry

Deer"ber`ry (?), n. (Bot.) A shrub of the blueberry group (Vaccinium stamineum); also, its bitter, greenish white berry; -- called also squaw huckleberry.

Deergrass

Deer"grass` (?), n. (Bot.) An American genus (Rhexia) of perennial herbs, with opposite leaves, and showy flowers (usually bright purple), with four petals and eight stamens, -- the only genus of the order Melastomace\'91 inhabiting a temperate clime.

Deerhound

Deer"hound` (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) One of a large and fleet breed of hounds used in hunting deer; a staghound.

Deerlet

Deer"let (?), n. [Deer + -let.] (Zo\'94l.) A chevrotain. See Kanchil, and Napu.

Deer-neck

Deer"-neck` (?), n. A deerlike, or thin, ill-formed neck, as of a horse.

Deerskin

Deer"skin` (?), n. The skin of a deer, or the leather which is made from it. Hakluyt. Longfellow.

Deerstalker

Deer"stalk`er (?), n. One who practices deerstalking.

Deerstalking

Deer"stalk`ing, n. The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.

Deer's-tongue

Deer's"-tongue` (?), n. (Bot.) A plant (Liatris odoratissima) whose fleshy leaves give out a fragrance compared to vanilla. Wood.

Dees

Dees (?), n. pl. Dice. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Dees

Dees, n. A dais. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deesis

De*e"sis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. (Rhet.) An invocation of, or address to, the Supreme Being.

Deess

De"ess (?), n. [F. d\'82esse, fem. of dieu god.] A goddess. [Obs.] Croft.

Deev

Deev (?), n. (Hind. & Pers. Myth.) See Dev.

Deface

De*face" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defaced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Defacing.] [OE. defacen to disfigure, efface, OF. desfacier; L. dis- + facies face. See Face, and cf. Efface.]

1. To destroy or mar the face or external appearance of; to disfigure; to injure, spoil, or mar, by effacing or obliterating important features or portions of; as, to deface a monument; to deface an edifice; to deface writing; to deface a note, deed, or bond; to deface a record. "This high face defaced." Emerson.

So by false learning is good sense defaced. Pope.

2. [Cf. F. d\'82faire.] To destroy; to make null. [Obs.]

[Profane scoffing] doth . . . deface the reverence of religion. Bacon.
For all his power was utterly defaste [defaced]. Spenser.
Syn. -- See Efface.

Defacement

De*face"ment (?), n.

1. The act of defacing, or the condition of being defaced; injury to the surface or exterior; obliteration.

2. That which mars or disfigures. Bacon.

Defacer

De*fa"cer (?), n. One who, or that which, defaces or disfigures.

De facto

De` fac"to (?). [L.] Actually; in fact; in reality; as, a king de facto, -- distinguished from a king de jure, or by right.

Defail

De*fail" (?), v. t. [F. d\'82faillir to fail; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + faillir. See Fail, and cf. Default.] To cause fail. [Obs.]

Defailance

De*fail"ance (?), n. [F. d\'82faillance.] Failure; miscarriage. [Obs.]
Possibility of defailance in degree or continuance. Comber.

Defailure

De*fail"ure (?), n. Failure. [Obs.] Barrow.

Defalcate

De*fal"cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defalcated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defalcating.] [LL. defalcatus, p. p. of defalcare to deduct, orig., to cut off with a sickle; L. de- + falx, a sickle. See Falchion.] To cut off; to take away or deduct a part of; -- used chiefly of money, accounts, rents, income, etc.
To show what may be practicably and safely defalcated from the [the estimates]. Burke.

Defalcate

De*fal"cate, v. i. To commit defalcation; to embezzle money held in trust. "Some partner defalcating, or the like." Carlyle.

Defalcation

De`fal*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. defalcatio: cf. F. d\'82falcation.]

1. A lopping off; a diminution; abatement; deficit. Specifically: Reduction of a claim by deducting a counterclaim; set-off. Abbott.

2. That which is lopped off, diminished, or abated.

3. An abstraction of money, etc., by an officer or agent

Defalcator

Def"al*ca`tor (?), n. A defaulter or embezzler. [Modern]

Defalk

De*falk" (?), v. t. [F. d\'82falquer. See Defalcate.] To lop off; to bate. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Defamation

Def`a*ma"tion (?), n. [OE. diffamacioun, F. diffamation. See Defame.] Act of injuring another's reputation by any slanderous communication, written or oral; the wrong of maliciously injuring the good name of another; slander; detraction; calumny; aspersion. &hand; In modern usage, written defamation bears the title of libel, and oral defamation that of slander. Burrill.

Defamatory

De*fam"a*to*ry (?), a. Containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings.

Defame

De*fame" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defamed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Defaming.] [OE. defamen, diffamen, from F. diffamer, or OF. perh. defamer, fr. L. diffamare (cf. defamatus infamous); dis- (in this word confused with de) + fama a report. See Fame.]

1. To harm or destroy the good fame or reputation of; to disgrace; especially, to speak evil of maliciously; to dishonor by slanderous reports; to calumniate; to asperse.

2. To render infamous; to bring into disrepute.

My guilt thy growing virtues did defame; My blackness blotted thy unblemish'd name. Dryden.

3. To charge; to accuse. [R.]

Rebecca is . . . defamed of sorcery practiced on the person of a noble knight. Sir W. Scott.
Syn. -- To asperse; slander; calumniate; vilify. See Asperse.

Defame

De*fame", n. Dishonor. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Defamer

De*fam"er (?), n. One who defames; a slanderer; a detractor; a calumniator.

Defamingly

De*fam"ing*ly, adv. In a defamatory manner.

Defamous

Def"a*mous (?), a. Defamatory. [Obs.]

Defatigable

De*fat"i*ga*ble (?), a. [See Defatigate.] Capable of being wearied or tired out. [R.] Glanvill.

Defatigate

De*fat"i*gate (?), v. t. [L. defatigatus, p. p. of defatigare; de- + fatigare to weary. See Fatigue.] To weary or tire out; to fatigue. [R.] Sir T. Herbert.

Defatigation

De*fat`i*ga"tion (?), n. [L. defatigatio.] Weariness; fatigue. [R.] Bacon.

Default

De*fault" (?), n. [OE. defaute, OF. defaute, defalte, fem., F. d\'82faut, masc., LL. defalta, fr. a verb meaning, to be deficient, to want, fail, fr. L. de- + fallere to deceive. See Fault.]

1. A failing or failure; omission of that which ought to be done; neglect to do whaas, this evil has happened through the governor's default.

2. Fault; offense; ill deed; wrong act; failure in virtue or wisdom.

And pardon craved for his so rash default. Spenser.
Regardless of our merit or default. Pope.

3. (Law) A neglect of, or failure to take, some step necessary to secure the benefit of law, as a failure to appear in court at a day assigned, especially of the defendant in a suit when called to make answer; also of jurors, witnesses, etc. In default of, in case of failure or lack of.

Cooks could make artificial birds and fishes in default of the real ones. Arbuthnot.
-- To suffer a default (Law), to permit an action to be called without appearing to answer.

Default

De*fault", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Defaulted; p. pr. & vb. n. Defaulting.]

1. To fail in duty; to offend.

That he gainst courtesy so foully did default. Spenser.

2. To fail in fulfilling a contract, agreement, or duty.

3. To fail to appear in court; to let a case go by default.

Default

De*fault", v. t.

1. To fail to perform or pay; to be guilty of neglect of; to omit; as, to default a dividend.

What they have defaulted towards him as no king. Milton.

2. (Law) To call a defendant or other party whose duty it is to be present in court, and make entry of his default, if he fails to appear; to enter a default against.

3. To leave out of account; to omit. [Obs.]

Defaulting unnecessary and partial discourses. Hales.

Defaulter

De*fault"er (?), n.

1. One who makes default; one who fails to appear in court when court when called.

2. One who fails to perform a duty; a delinquent; particularly, one who fails to account for public money intrusted to his care; a peculator; a defalcator.

Defeasance

De*fea"sance (?), n. [OF. defesance, fr. defesant, F. d\'82faisant, p. pr. of defaire, F. d\'82faire, to undo. See Defeat.]

1. A defeat; an overthrow. [Obs.]

After his foes' defeasance. Spenser.

2. A rendering null or void.

3. (Law) A condition, relating to a deed, which being performed, the deed is defeated or rendered void; or a collateral deed, made at the same time with a feoffment, or other conveyance, containing conditions, on the performance of which the estate then created may be defeated.


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&hand; Mortgages were usually made in this manner in former times, but the modern practice is to include the conveyance and the defeasance in the same deed.

Defeasanced

De*fea"sanced (?), a. (Law) Liable to defeasance; capable of being made void or forfeited.

Defeasible

De*fea"si*ble (?), a. [See Defeasance.] Capable of being annulled or made void; as, a defeasible title. -- De*fea"si*ble*ness, n.

Defeat

De*feat" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defeated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defeating.] [From F. d\'82fait, OF. desfait, p. p. ofe d\'82faire, OF. desfaire, to undo; L. dis- + facere to do. See Feat, Fact, and cf. Disfashion.]

1. To undo; to disfigure; to destroy. [Obs.]

His unkindness may defeat my life. Shak.

2. To render null and void, as a title; to frustrate, as hope; to deprive, as of an estate.

He finds himself naturally to dread a superior Being that can defeat all his designs, and disappoint all his hopes. Tillotson.
The escheators . . . defeated the right heir of his succession. Hallam.
In one instance he defeated his own purpose. A. W. Ward.

3. To overcome or vanquish, as an army; to check, disperse, or ruin by victory; to overthrow.

4. To resist with success; as, to defeat an assault.

Sharp reasons to defeat the law. Shak.
Syn. -- To baffle; disappoint; frustrate.

Defeat

De*feat", n. [Cf. F. d\'82faite, fr. d\'82faire. See Defeat, v.]

1. An undoing or annulling; destruction. [Obs.]

Upon whose property and most dear life A damned defeat was made. Shak.

2. Frustration by rendering null and void, or by prevention of success; as, the defeat of a plan or design.

3. An overthrow, as of an army in battle; loss of a battle; repulse suffered; discomfiture; -- opposed to victory.

Defeature

De*fea"ture (?; 135), n. [OF. desfaiture a killing, disguising, prop., an undoing. See Defeat, and cf. Disfeature.]

1. Overthrow; defeat. [Obs.] "Nothing but loss in their defeature." Beau. & Fl.

2. Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] "Strange defeatures in my face." Shak.

Defeatured

De*fea"tured (?; 135), p. p. Changed in features; deformed. [R.]
Features when defeatured in the . . . way I have described. De Quincey.

Defecate

Def"e*cate (?), a. [L. defaecatus, p. p. of defaecare to defecate; de- + faex, faecis, dregs, less.] Freed from anything that can pollute, as dregs, lees, etc.; refined; purified.
Till the soul be defecate from the dregs of sense. Bates.

Defecate

Def"e*cate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defecated; p. pr. & vb. n. Defecating.]

1. To clear from impurities, as lees, dregs, etc.; to clarify; to purify; to refine.

To defecate the dark and muddy oil of amber. Boyle.

2. To free from extraneous or polluting matter; to clear; to purify, as from that which materializes.

We defecate the notion from materiality. Glanvill.
Defecated from all the impurities of sense. Bp. Warburton.

Defecate

Def"e*cate (?), v. i.

1. To become clear, pure, or free. Goldsmith.

2. To void excrement.

Defecation

Def`e*ca"tion (?), n. [L. defaecatio: cf. F. d\'82f\'82cation.]

1. The act of separating from impurities, as lees or dregs; purification.

2. (Physiol.) The act or process of voiding excrement.

Defecator

Def"e*ca`tor (?), n. That which cleanses or purifies; esp., an apparatus for removing the feculencies of juices and sirups. Knight.

Defect

De*fect" (?), n. [L. defectus, fr. deficere, defectum, to desert, fail, be wanting; de- + facere to make, do. See Fact, Feat, and cf. Deficit.]

1. Want or absence of something necessary for completeness or perfection; deficiency; -- opposed to superfluity.

Errors have been corrected, and defects supplied. Davies.

2. Failing; fault; imperfection, whether physical or moral; blemish; as, a defect in the ear or eye; a defect in timber or iron; a defect of memory or judgment.

Trust not yourself; but, your defects to know, Make use of every friend -- any every foe. Pope.
Among boys little tenderness is shown to personal defects. Macaulay.
Syn. -- Deficiency; imperfection; blemish. See Fault.

Defect

De*fect", v. i. To fail; to become deficient. [Obs.] "Defected honor." Warner. <-- 2. Abandon one country or faction, and join another. -->

Defect

De*fect", v. t. To injure; to damage. "None can my life defect." [R.] Troubles of Q. Elizabeth (1639).

Defectibility

De*fect`i*bil"i*ty (?), n. Deficiency; imperfection. [R.] Ld. Digby. Jer. Taylor.

Defectible

De*fect"i*ble (?), a. Liable to defect; imperfect. [R.] "A defectible understanding." Jer. Taylor.

Defection

De*fec"tion (?), n. [L. defectio: cf. F. d\'82fection. See Defect.] Act of abandoning a person or cause to which one is bound by allegiance or duty, or to which one has attached himself; desertion; failure in duty; a falling away; apostasy; backsliding. "Defection and falling away from God." Sir W. Raleigh.
The general defection of the whole realm. Sir J. Davies.

Defectionist

De*fec"tion*ist, n. One who advocates or encourages defection.

Defectious

De*fec"tious (?), a. Having defects; imperfect. [Obs.] "Some one defectious piece." Sir P. Sidney.

Defective

De*fect"ive (?), a. [L. defectivus: cf. F. d\'82fectif. See Defect.]

1. Wanting in something; incomplete; lacking a part; deficient; imperfect; faulty; -- applied either to natural or moral qualities; as, a defective limb; defective timber; a defective copy or account; a defective character; defective rules.

2. (Gram.) Lacking some of the usual forms of declension or conjugation; as, a defective noun or verb. -- De*fect"ive*ly, adv. -- De*fect"ive*ness, n.

Defectuosity

De*fec`tu*os"i*ty (?; 135), n. [Cf. F. d\'82fectuosit\'82.] Great imperfection. [Obs.] W. Montagu.

Defectuous

De*fec"tu*ous (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82fectueux.] Full of defects; imperfect. [Obs.] Barrow.

Defedation

Def`e*da"tion (?), n. [L. defoedare, defoedatum, to defile; de- + foedare to foul, foedus foul.] The act of making foul; pollution. [Obs.]

Defence

De*fence" (?), n. & v. t. See Defense.

Defend

De*fend" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defended; p. pr. & vb. n. Defending.] [F. d\'82fendre, L. defendere; de- + fendere (only in comp.) to strike; perh. akin to Gr. dint
. Cf. Dint, Defense, Fend.]

1. To ward or fend off; to drive back or away; to repel. [A Latinism & Obs.]

Th' other strove for to defend The force of Vulcan with his might and main. Spenser.

2. To prohibit; to forbid. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Which God defend that I should wring from him. Shak.

3. To repel danger or harm from; to protect; to secure against; attack; to maintain against force or argument; to uphold; to guard; as, to defend a town; to defend a cause; to defend character; to defend the absent; -- sometimes followed by from or against; as, to defend one's self from, or against, one's enemies.

The lord mayor craves aid . . . to defend the city. Shak.
God defend the right! Shak.
A village near it was defended by the river. Clarendon.

4. (Law.) To deny the right of the plaintiff in regard to (the suit, or the wrong charged); to oppose or resist, as a claim at law; to contest, as a suit. Burrill. Syn. -- To Defend, Protect. To defend is literally to ward off; to protect is to cover so as to secure against approaching danger. We defend those who are attacked; we protect those who are liable to injury or invasion. A fortress is defended by its guns, and protected by its wall.

As birds flying, so will the Lord of hosts defend Jerusalem; defending also he will deliver it. Is. xxxi. 5.
Leave not the faithful side That gave thee being, still shades thee and protects. Milton.

Defendable

De*fend"a*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82fendable.] Capable of being defended; defensible. [R.]

Defendant

De*fend"ant (?), a. [F. d\'82fendant, p. pr. of d\'82fendre. See Defend.]

1. Serving, or suitable, for defense; defensive. [Obs.]

With men of courage and with means defendant. Shak.

2. Making defense.

Defendant

De*fend"ant, n.

1. One who defends; a defender.

The rampiers and ditches which the defendants had cast up. Spotswood.

2. (Law) A person required to make answer in an action or suit; -- opposed to plaintiff. Abbott. &hand; The term is applied to any party of whom a demand is made in court, whether the party denies and defends the claim, or admits it, and suffers a default; also to a party charged with a criminal offense.

Defendee

De`fen*dee" (?), n. One who is defended. [R. & Ludicrous]

Defender

De*fend"er (?), n. [Cf. Fender.] One who defends; one who maintains, supports, protects, or vindicates; a champion; an advocate; a vindicator.
Provinces . . . left without their ancient and puissant defenders. Motley.

Defendress

De*fend"ress (?), n. A female defender. [R.]
Defendress of the faith. Stow.

Defensative

De*fen"sa*tive (?), n. [L. defensare, defensatum, to defend diligently, intens. of defendere. See Defend.] That which serves to protect or defend.

Defense, Defence

De*fense", De*fence" (?), n. [F. d\'82fense, OF. defense, fem., defens, masc., fr. L. defensa (cf. Fence.]

1. The act of defending, or the state of being defended; protection, as from violence or danger.

In cases of defense 't is best to weigh The enemy more mighty than he seems. Shak.

2. That which defends or protects; anything employed to oppose attack, ward off violence or danger, or maintain security; a guard; a protection.

War would arise in defense of the right. Tennyson.
God, the widow's champion and defense. Shak.

3. Protecting plea; vindication; justification.

Men, brethren, and fathers, hear ye my defense. Acts xxii. 1.

4. (Law) The defendant's answer or plea; an opposing or denial of the truth or validity of the plaintiff's or prosecutor's case; the method of proceeding adopted by the defendant to protect himself against the plaintiff's action.

5. Act or skill in making defense; defensive plan or policy; practice in self defense, as in fencing, boxing, etc.

A man of great defense. Spenser.
By how much defense is better than no skill. Shak.

6. Prohibition; a prohibitory ordinance. [Obs.]

Severe defenses . . . against wearing any linen under a certain breadth. Sir W. Temple.

Defense

De*fense", v. t. To furnish with defenses; to fortify. [Obs.] [Written also defence.]
Better manned and more strongly defensed. Hales.

Defenseless

De*fense"less, a. Destitute of defense; unprepared to resist attack; unable to oppose; unprotected. -- De*fense"less*ly, adv. -- De*fense"less*ness, n.

Defenser

De*fens"er (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82fenseur, L. defensor. Cf. Defensor.] Defender. [Obs.] Foxe.

Defensibility

De*fen`si*bil"i*ty (?), n. Capability of being defended.

Defensible

De*fen"si*ble (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82fensable, LL. defensabilis, defensibilis. See Defense, and cf. Defendable.]

1. Capable of being defended; as, a defensible city, or a defensible cause.

2. Capable of offering defense. [Obs.] Shak.

Defensibleness

De*fen"si*ble*ness (?), n. Capability of being defended; defensibility. Priestley.

Defensive

De*fen"sive (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82fensif.]

1. Serving to defend or protect; proper for defense; opposed to offensive; as, defensive armor.

A moat defensive to a house. Shak.

2. Carried on by resisting attack or aggression; -- opposed to offensive; as, defensive war.

3. In a state or posture of defense. Milton.

Defensive

De*fen"sive, n. That which defends; a safeguard.
Wars preventive, upon just fears, are true defensive. Bacon.
To be on the defensive, To stand on the defensive, to be or stand in a state or posture of defense or resistance, in opposition to aggression or attack.

Defensively

De*fen"sive*ly, adv. On the defensive.

Defensor

De*fen"sor (?), n. [L. See Defenser.]

1. A defender. Fabyan.

2. (Law) A defender or an advocate in court; a guardian or protector.

3. (Eccl.) The patron of a church; an officer having charge of the temporal affairs of a church.

Defensory

De*fen"so*ry (?), a. [L. defensorius.] Tending to defend; defensive; as, defensory preparations.

Defer

De*fer" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deferred (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deferring.] [OE. differren, F. diff\'82rer, fr. L. differre to delay, bear different ways; dis- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Differ, Defer to offer.] To put off; to postpone to a future time; to delay the execution of; to delay; to withhold.
Defer the spoil of the city until night. Shak.
God . . . will not long defer To vindicate the glory of his name. Milton.

Defer

De*fer", v. i. To put off; to delay to act; to wait.
Pius was able to defer and temporize at leisure. J. A. Symonds.

Defer

De*fer", v. t. [F. d\'82f\'82rer to pay deference, to yield, to bring before a judge, fr. L. deferre to bring down; de- + ferre to bear. See Bear to support, and cf. Defer to delay, Delate.]

1. To render or offer. [Obs.]

Worship deferred to the Virgin. Brevint.

2. To lay before; to submit in a respectful manner; to refer; -- with to.

Hereupon the commissioners . . . deferred the matter to the Earl of Northumberland. Bacon.

Defer

De*fer", v. i. To yield deference to the wishes of another; to submit to the opinion of another, or to authority; -- with to.
The house, deferring to legal right, acquiesced. Bancroft.

Deference

Def"er*ence (?), n. [F. d\'82f\'82rence. See 3d Defer.] A yielding of judgment or preference from respect to the wishes or opinion of another; submission in opinion; regard; respect; complaisance.
Deference to the authority of thoughtful and sagacious men. Whewell.
Deference is the most complicate, the most indirect, and the most elegant of all compliments. Shenstone.
Syn. -- Deference, Reverence, Respect. Deference marks an inclination to yield one's opinion, and to acquiesce in the sentiments of another in preference to one's own. Respect marks the estimation that we have for another, which makes us look to him as worthy of high confidence for the qualities of his mind and heart. Reverence denotes a mingling of fear with a high degree of respect and esteem. Age, rank, dignity, and personal merit call for deference; respect should be paid to the wise and good; reverence is due to God, to the authors of our being, and to the sanctity of the laws.

Deferent

Def"er*ent (?), a. [L. deferens, p. pr. of deferre. See 3d Defer.] Serving to carry; bearing. [R.] "Bodies deferent." Bacon.

Deferent

Def"er*ent, n.

1. That which carries or conveys.

Though air be the most favorable deferent of sounds. Bacon.

2. (Ptolemaic Astron.) An imaginary circle surrounding the earth, in whose periphery either the heavenly body or the center of the heavenly body's epicycle was supposed to be carried round.

Deferential

Def`er*en"tial (?), a. [See Deference.] Expressing deference; accustomed to defer.

Deferentially

Def`er*en"tial*ly, adv. With deference.

Deferment

De*fer"ment (?), n. [See 1st Defer.] The act of delaying; postponement. [R.]
My grief, joined with the instant business, Begs a deferment. Suckling.

Deferrer

De*fer"rer (?), n. One who defers or puts off.

Defervescence, Defervescency

De`fer*ves"cence (?), De`fer*ves"cency (?), n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.]

1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness.

A defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor.

2. (Med.) The subsidence of a febrile process; as, the stage of defervescence in pneumonia.

Defeudalize

De*feu"dal*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of the feudal character or form.

Defiance

De*fi"ance (?), n. [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. d\'82fier. See Defy.]

1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.

A war without a just defiance made. Dryden.
Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. Tennyson.

2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.

He breathed defiance to my ears. Shak.

3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs.] "Defiance to thy kindness." Ford. To bid defiance, To set at defiance, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously. Locke.

Defiant

De*fi"ant (?), a. [Cf. F. d\'82fiant, p. pr. of d\'82fier. See Defy.] Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or act.
In attitude stern and defiant. Longfellow.
-- De*fi"ant*ly, adv. -- De*fi"ant*ness, n.
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Defiatory

De*fi"a*to*ry (?), a. [See Defy.] Bidding or manifesting defiance. [Obs.] Shelford.

Defibrinate

De*fi"bri*nate (?), v. t. To deprive of fibrin, as fresh blood or lymph by stirring with twigs.

Defibrination

De*fi`bri*na"tion (?), n. The act or process of depriving of fibrin.

Defibrinize

De*fi"bri*nize (?), v. t. To defibrinate.

Deficience

De*fi"cience (?), n. Same as Deficiency.
Thou in thyself art perfect, and in thee Is no deficience found. Milton.

Deficiency

De*fi"cien*cy (?), n.; pl. Deficiencies (#). [See Deficient.] The state of being deficient; inadequacy; want; failure; imperfection; shortcoming; defect. "A deficiencyof blood." Arbuthnot.
[Marlborough] was so miserably ignorant, that his deficiencies made him the ridicule of his contemporaries. Buckle.
Deficiency of a curve (Geom.), the amount by which the number of double points on a curve is short of the maximum for curves of the same degree.

Deficient

De*fi"cient (?), a. [L. deficiens, -entis, p. pr. of deficere to be wanting. See Defect.] Wanting, to make up completeness; wanting, as regards a requirement; not sufficient; inadequate; defective; imperfect; incomplete; lacking; as, deficient parts; deficient estate; deficient strength; deficient in judgment.
The style was indeed deficient in ease and variety. Macaulay.
Deficient number. (Arith.) See under Abundant. -- De*fi"cient-ly, adv.

Deficit

Def"i*cit (?), n. [Lit., it is wanting, 3d person pres. indic. of L. deficere, cf. F. d\'82ficit. See Defect.] Deficiency in amount or quality; a falling short; lack; as, a deficit in taxes, revenue, etc. Addison.

Defier

De*fi"er (?), n. [See Defy.] One who dares and defies; a contemner; as, a defier of the laws.

Defiguration

De*fig`u*ra"tion (?), n. Disfiguration; mutilation. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Defigure

De*fig"ure (?), v. t. [Pref. de- (intens.) + figure.] To delineate. [Obs.]
These two stones as they are here defigured. Weever.

Defilade

De`fi*lade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defiladed; p. pr. & vb. n. Defilading.] [Cf. F. d\'82filer to defile, and d\'82filade act of defiling. See 1st Defile.] (Mil.) To raise, as a rampart, so as to shelter interior works commanded from some higher point.

Defilading

De`fi*lad"ing, n. (Mil.) The art or act of determining the directions and heights of the lines of rampart with reference to the protection of the interior from exposure to an enemy's fire from any point within range, or from any works which may be erected. Farrow.

Defile

De*file" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Defiled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Defiling.] [F. d\'82filer; pref. d\'82-, for des- (L. dis-) + file a row or line. See File a row.] To march off in a line, file by file; to file off.

Defile

De*file", v. t. (Mil.) Same as Defilade.

Defile

De*file" (?; 277), n. [Cf. F. d\'82fil\'82, fr. d\'82filer to defile.]

1. Any narrow passage or gorge in which troops can march only in a file, or with a narrow front; a long, narrow pass between hills, rocks, etc.

2. (Mil.) The act of defilading a fortress, or of raising the exterior works in order to protect the interior. See Defilade.

Defile

De*file" (?), v. t. [OE. defoulen, -foilen, to tread down, OF. defouler; de- + fouler to trample (see Full, v. t.), and OE. defoulen to foul (influenced in form by the older verb defoilen). See File to defile, Foul, Defoul.]

1. To make foul or impure; to make filthy; to dirty; to befoul; to pollute.

They that touch pitch will be defiled. Shak.

2. To soil or sully; to tarnish, as reputation; to taint.

He is . . . among the greatest prelates of this age, however his character may be defiled by . . . dirty hands. Swift.

3. To injure in purity of character; to corrupt.

Defile not yourselves with the idols of Egypt. Ezek. xx. 7.

4. To corrupt the chastity of; to debauch; to violate.

The husband murder'd and the wife defiled. Prior.

5. To make ceremonially unclean; to pollute.

That which dieth of itself, or is torn with beasts, he shall not eat to defile therewith. Lev. xxii. 8.

Defilement

De*file"ment (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82filement. See Defile] (Mil.) The protection of the interior walls of a fortification from an enfilading fire, as by covering them, or by a high parapet on the exposed side.

Defilement

De*file"ment, n. [From 3d Defile.] The act of defiling, or state of being defiled, whether physically or morally; pollution; foulness; dirtiness; uncleanness.
Defilements of the flesh. Hopkins.
The chaste can not rake into such filth without danger of defilement. Addison.

Defiler

De*fil"er (?), n. One who defiles; one who corrupts or violates; that which pollutes.

Defiliation

De*fil`i*a"tion (?), n. [L. de- + filius son.] Abstraction of a child from its parents. Lamb.

Definable

De*fin"a*ble (?), a. [From Define.] Capable of being defined, limited, or explained; determinable; describable by definition; ascertainable; as, definable limits; definable distinctions or regulations; definable words. -- De*fin"a*bly, adv.

Define

De*fine" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defined (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Defining.] [OE. definer, usually, to end, to finish, F. d\'82finir to define, L. definire to limit, define; de- + finire to limit, end, finis boundary, limit, end. See Final, Finish.]

1. To fix the bounds of; to bring to a termination; to end. "To define controversies." Barrow.

2. To determine or clearly exhibit the boundaries of; to mark the limits of; as, to define the extent of a kingdom or country.

3. To determine with precision; to mark out with distinctness; to ascertain or exhibit clearly; as, the defining power of an optical instrument.

Rings . . . very distinct and well defined. Sir I. Newton.

4. To determine the precise signification of; to fix the meaning of; to describe accurately; to explain; to expound or interpret; as, to define a word, a phrase, or a scientific term.

They define virtue to be life ordered according to nature. Robynson (More's Utopia).

Define

De*fine" (?), v. i. To determine; to decide. [Obs.]

Definement

De*fine"ment (?), n. The act of defining; definition; description. [Obs.] Shak.

Definer

De*fin"er (?), n. One who defines or explains.

Definite

Def"i*nite (?), a. [L. definitis, p. p. of definire: cf. F. d\'82fini. See Define.]

1. Having certain or distinct; determinate in extent or greatness; limited; fixed; as, definite dimensions; a definite measure; a definite period or interval.

Elements combine in definite proportions. Whewell.

2. Having certain limits in signification; determinate; certain; precise; fixed; exact; clear; as, a definite word, term, or expression.

3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] Shak.

4. Serving to define or restrict; limiting; determining; as, the definite article. Definite article (Gram.), the article the, which is used to designate a particular person or thing, or a particular class of persons or things; -- also called a definitive. See Definitive, n. -- Definite inflorescence. (Bot.) See Determinate inflorescence, under Determinate. -- Law of definite proportions (Chem.), the essential law of chemical combination that every definite compound always contains the same elements in the same proportions by weight; and, if two or more elements form more than one compound with each other, the relative proportions of each are fixed. Compare Law of multiple proportions, under Multiple.

Definite

Def"i*nite, n. A thing defined or determined. [Obs.]

Definitely

Def"i*nite*ly, adv. In a definite manner; with precision; precisely; determinately.

Definiteness

Def"i*nite*ness, n. The state of being definite; determinateness; precision; certainty.

Definition

Def`i*ni"tion (?), n. [L. definitio: cf. F. d\'82finition.]

1. The act of defining; determination of the limits; as, the telescope accurate in definition.

2. Act of ascertaining and explaining the signification; a description of a thing by its properties; an explanation of the meaning of a word or term; as, the definition of "circle;" the definition of "wit;" an exact definition; a loose definition.

Definition being nothing but making another understand by words what the term defined stands for. Locke.

3. Description; sort. [R.] "A new creature of another definition." Jer. Taylor.

4. (Logic) An exact enunciation of the constituents which make up the logical essence.

5. (Opt.) Distinctness or clearness, as of an image formed by an optical instrument; precision in detail. Syn. -- Definition, Explanation, Description. A definition is designed to settle a thing in its compass and extent; an explanation is intended to remove some obscurity or misunderstanding, and is therefore more extended and minute; a description enters into striking particulars with a view to interest or impress by graphic effect. It is not therefore true, though often said, that description is only an extended definition. "Logicians distinguish definitions into essential and accidental. An essential definition states what are regarded as the constituent parts of the essence of that which is to be defined; and an accidental definition lays down what are regarded as circumstances belonging to it, viz., properties or accidents, such as causes, effects, etc." Whately.

Definitional

Def`i*ni"tion*al (?), a. Relating to definition; of the nature of a definition; employed in defining.

Definitive

De*fin"i*tive (?), a. [L. definitivus: cf. F. d\'82finitif.]

1. Determinate; positive; final; conclusive; unconditional; express.

A strict and definitive truth. Sir T. Browne.
Some definitive . . . scheme of reconciliation. Prescott.

2. Limiting; determining; as, a definitive word.

3. Determined; resolved. [Obs.] Shak.

Definitive

De*fin"i*tive, n. (Gram.) A word used to define or limit the extent of the signification of a common noun, such as the definite article, and some pronouns. &hand; Definitives . . . are commonly called by grammarians articles. . . . They are of two kinds, either those properly and strictly so called, or else pronominal articles, such as this, that, any, other, some, all, no, none, etc. Harris (Hermes).

Definitively

De*fin"i*tive*ly, adv. In a definitive manner.

Definitiveness

De*fin"i*tive*ness, n. The quality of being definitive.

Definitude

De*fin"i*tude (?), n. Definiteness. [R.]
Definitude . . . is a knowledge of minute differences. Sir W. Hamilton.

Defix

De*fix" (?), v. t. [L. defixus, p. p. of defigere to fix; de- + figere to fix.] To fix; to fasten; to establish. [Obs.] "To defix their princely seat . . . in that extreme province." Hakluyt.

Deflagrability

Def`la*gra*bil"i*ty (?), n. (Chem.) The state or quality of being deflagrable.
The ready deflagrability . . . of saltpeter. Boyle.

Deflagrable

De*fla"gra*ble (?; 277), a. [See Deflagrate.] (Chem.) Burning with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; hence, slightly explosive; liable to snap and crackle when heated, as salt.

Deflagrate

Def"la*grate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating.] [L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.] (Chem.) To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.

Deflagrate

Def"la*grate, v. t. (Chem.) To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.

Deflagration

Def`la*gra"tion (?), n. [L. deflagratio: cf. F. d\'82flagration.]

1. A burning up; conflagration. "Innumerable deluges and deflagrations." Bp. Pearson.

2. (Chem.) The act or process of deflagrating.

Deflagrator

Def"la*gra`tor (?), n. (Chem.) A form of the voltaic battery having large plates, used for producing rapid and powerful combustion.

Deflate

De*flate" (?), v. t. [Pref. de- down + L. flare, flatus to blow.] To reduce from an inflated condition.

Deflect

De*flect" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deflected; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflecting.] [L. deflectere; de- + flectere to bend or turn. See Flexible.] To cause to turn aside; to bend; as, rays of light are often deflected.
Sitting with their knees deflected under them. Lord (1630).

Deflect

De*flect", v. i. To turn aside; to deviate from a right or a horizontal line, or from a proper position, course or direction; to swerve.
At some part of the Azores, the needle deflecteth not, but lieth in the true meridian. Sir T. Browne.
To deflect from the line of truth and reason. Warburton.

Deflectable

De*flect"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being deflected.

Deflected

De*flect"ed, a.

1. Turned aside; deviating from a direct line or course.

2. Bent downward; deflexed.

Deflection

De*flec"tion (?), n. [L. deflexio, fr. deflectere: cf. F. d\'82flexion.]

1. The act of turning aside, or state of being turned aside; a turning from a right line or proper course; a bending, esp. downward; deviation.

The other leads to the same point, through certain deflections. Lowth.

2. (Gunnery) The deviation of a shot or ball from its true course.

3. (Opt.) A deviation of the rays of light toward the surface of an opaque body; inflection; diffraction.

4. (Engin.) The bending which a beam or girder undergoes from its own weight or by reason of a load.

Deflectionization

De*flec`tion*i*za"tion (?), n. The act of freeing from inflections. Earle.

Deflectionize

De*flec"tion*ize (?), v. t. To free from inflections.
Deflectionized languages are said to be analytic. Earle.

Deflective

De*flect"ive (?), a. Causing deflection. Deflective forces, forces that cause a body to deviate from its course.

Deflector

De*flect"or (?), n. (Mech.) That which deflects, as a diaphragm in a furnace, or a come in a lamp (to deflect and mingle air and gases and help combustion).

Deflexed

De*flexed" (?), a. Bent abruptly downward.

Deflexion

De*flex"ion (?), n. See Deflection.

Deflexure

De*flex"ure (?), n. [From L. deflectere, deflexum. See Deflect.] A bending or turning aside; deflection. Bailey.

Deflorate

De*flo"rate (?), a. [LL. defloratus, p. p. of deflorare. See Deflour.] (Bot.) Past the flowering state; having shed its pollen. Gray.

Defloration

Def`lo*ra"tion (?), n. [LL. defloratio: cf. F. d\'82floration.]

1. The act of deflouring; as, the defloration if a virgin. Johnson.

2. That which is chosen as the flower or choicest part; careful culling or selection. [R.]

The laws of Normandy are, in a great measure, the defloration of the English laws. Sir M. Hale.

Deflour

De*flour" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defloured (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deflouring.] [F. d\'82florer, LL. deflorare; L. de- + flos, floris, flower. See Flower, and cf. Deflorate.]

1. To deprive of flowers.

2. To take away the prime beauty and grace of; to rob of the choicest ornament.

He died innocent and before the sweetness of his soul was defloured and ravished from him. Jer. Taylor.

3. To deprive of virginity, as a woman; to violate; to ravish; also, to seduce.

Deflourer

De*flour"er (?), n. One who deflours; a ravisher.

Deflow

De*flow" (?), v. i. [Pref. de- + flow: cf. L. defluere.] To flow down. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.

Deflower

De*flow"er (?), v. t. [Pref. de- + flower.] Same as Deflour.
An earthquake . . . deflowering the gardens. W. Montagu.
If a man had deflowered a virgin. Milton.

Deflowerer

De*flow"er*er (?), n. See Deflourer. Milton.

Defluous

Def"lu*ous (?), a. [L. defluus, fr. defluere to flow down; de- + fluere to flow.] Flowing down; falling off. [Obs.] Bailey.

Deflux

De*flux" (?), n. [L. defluxus, fr. defluere, defluxum.] Downward flow. [Obs.] Bacon.

Defluxion

De*flux"ion (?), n. [L. defluxio.] (Med.) A discharge or flowing of humors or fluid matter, as from the nose in catarrh; -- sometimes used synonymously with inflammation. Dunglison.

Defly

Def"ly (?), adv. Deftly. [Obs.] Spenser.

Def\'d2dation

Def`\'d2*da"tion (?), n. Defedation. [Obs.]

Defoliate, Defoliated

De*fo"li*ate (?), De*fo"li*a`ted (?). a. Deprived of leaves, as by their natural fall.

Defoliation

De*fo`li*a"tion (?), n. [LL. defoliare, defoliatum, to shed leaves; L. de- + folium leaf: cf. F. d\'82foliation.] The separation of ripened leaves from a branch or stem; the falling or shedding of the leaves.

Deforce

De*force" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deforced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deforcing.] [OF. deforcier; de- or des- (L. de or dis-) + forcier, F. forcer. See Force, v.] (Law) (a) To keep from the rightful owner; to withhold wrongfully the possession of, as of lands or a freehold. (b) (Scots Law) To resist the execution of the law; to oppose by force, as an officer in the execution of his duty. Burrill.

Deforcement

De*force"ment (?), n. [OF.] (Law) (a) A keeping out by force or wrong; a wrongful withholding, as of lands or tenements, to which another has a right. (b) (Scots Law) Resistance to an officer in the execution of law. Burrill.

Deforceor

De*force"or (?), n. Same as Deforciant. [Obs.]

Deforciant

De*for"ciant (?), n. [OF. deforciant, p. pr. of deforcier. See Deforce.] (Eng. Law) (a) One who keeps out of possession the rightful owner of an estate. (b) One against whom a fictitious action of fine was brought. [Obs.] Burrill.

Deforciation

De*for`ci*a"tion (?), n. (Law) Same as Deforcement, n.
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Deforest

De*for"est (?), v. t. To clear of forests; to dis U. S. Agric. Reports.

Deform

De*form" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deformed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deforming.] [L. deformare; de- + formare to form, shape, fr. forma: cf. F. d\'82former. See Form.]

1. To spoil the form of; to mar in form; to misshape; to disfigure.

Deformed, unfinished, sent before my time Into this breathing world. Shak.

2. To render displeasing; to deprive of comeliness, grace, or perfection; to dishonor.

Above those passions that this world deform. Thomson.

Deform

De*form", a. [L. deformis; de- + forma form: cf. OF. deforme, F. difforme. Cf. Difform.] Deformed; misshapen; shapeless; horrid. [Obs.]
Sight so deform what heart of rock could long Dry-eyed behold? Milton.

Deformation

Def`or*ma"tion (?), n. [L. deformatio: cf. F. d\'82formation.]

1. The act of deforming, or state of anything deformed. Bp. Hall.

2. Transformation; change of shape.

Deformed

De*formed" (?), a. Unnatural or distorted in form; having a deformity; misshapen; disfigured; as, a deformed person; a deformed head. -- De*form"ed*ly (#), adv. -- De*form"ed*ness, n.

Deformer

De*form"er (?), n. One who deforms.

Deformity

De*form"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Deformities (#). [L. deformitas, fr. deformis: cf. OF. deformet\'82, deformit\'82, F. difformit\'82. See Deform, v. & a., and cf. Disformity.]

1. The state of being deformed; want of proper form or symmetry; any unnatural form or shape; distortion; irregularity of shape or features; ugliness.

To make an envious mountain on my back, Where sits deformity to mock my body. Shak.

2. Anything that destroys beauty, grace, or propriety; irregularity; absurdity; gross deviation from other or the established laws of propriety; as, deformity in an edifice; deformity of character.

Confounded, that her Maker's eyes Should look so near upon her foul deformities. Milton.

Deforser

De*fors"er (?), n. [From Deforce.] [Written also deforsor.] A deforciant. [Obs.] Blount.

Defoul

De*foul" (?), v. t. [See Defile, v. t.]

1. To tread down. [Obs.] Wyclif.

2. To make foul; to defile. [Obs.] Wyclif.

Defraud

De*fraud" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrauded; p. pr. & vb. n. Defrauding.] [L. defraudare; de- + fraudare to cheat, fr. fraus, fraudis, fraud: cf. OF. defrauder. See Fraud.] To deprive of some right, interest, or property, by a deceitful device; to withhold from wrongfully; to injure by embezzlement; to cheat; to overreach; as, to defraud a servant, or a creditor, or the state; -- with of before the thing taken or withheld.
We have defrauded no man. 2 Cor. vii. 2.
Churches seem injured and defrauded of their rights. Hooker.

Defraudation

De`frau*da"tion (?), n. [L. defraudatio: cf. F. d\'82fraudation.] The act of defrauding; a taking by fraud. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Defrauder

De*fraud"er (?), n. One who defrauds; a cheat; an embezzler; a peculator.

Defraudment

De*fraud"ment (?), n. [Cf. OF. defraudement.] Privation by fraud; defrauding. [Obs.] Milton.

Defray

De*fray" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defrayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Defraying.] [F. d\'82frayer; pref. d\'82- (L. de or dis-) + frais expense, fr. LL. fredum, fridum, expense, fine by which an offender obtained peace from his sovereign, or more likely, atoned for an offense against the public peace, fr. OHG. fridu peace, G. friede. See Affray.]

1. To pay or discharge; to serve in payment of; to provide for, as a charge, debt, expenses, costs, etc.

For the discharge of his expenses, and defraying his cost, he allowed him . . . four times as much. Usher.

2. To avert or appease, as by paying off; to satisfy; as, to defray wrath. [Obs.] Spenser.

Defrayal

De*fray"al (?), n. The act of defraying; payment; as, the defrayal of necessary costs.

Defrayer

De*fray"er (?), n. One who pays off expenses.

Defrayment

De*fray"ment (?), n. Payment of charges.

Deft

Deft (?), a. [OE. daft, deft, becoming, mild, gentle, stupid (cf. OE. daffe, deffe, fool, coward), AS. d\'91ft (in derivatives only) mild, gentle, fitting, seasonable; akin to dafen, gedafen, becoming, fit, Goth. gadaban to be fit. Cf. Daft, Daff, Dapper.] Apt; fit; dexterous; clever; handy; spruce; neat. [Archaic or Poetic] "The deftest way." Shak. "Deftest feats." Gay.
The limping god, do deft at his new ministry. Dryden.
Let me be deft and debonair. Byron.

Deftly

Deft"ly, adv. [Cf. Defly.] Aptly; fitly; dexterously; neatly. "Deftly dancing." Drayton.
Thyself and office deftly show. Shak.

Deftness

Deft"ness, n. The quality of being deft. Drayton.

Defunct

De*funct" (?). a. [L. defunctus, p. p. of defungi to acquit one's self of, to perform, finish, depart, die; de + fungi to perform, discharge: cf. F. d\'82funt. See Function.] Having finished the course of life; dead; deceased. "Defunct organs." Shak.
The boar, defunct, lay tripped up, near. Byron.

Defunct

De*funct", n. A dead person; one deceased.

Defunction

De*func"tion (?), n. [L. defunctio performance, death.] Death. [Obs.]
After defunction of King Pharamond. Shak.

Defunctive

De*func"tive (?), a. Funereal. [Obs.] "Defunctive music." Shak.

Defuse

De*fuse" (?), v. t. [Cf. Diffuse.] To disorder; to make shapeless. [Obs.] Shak.

Defy

De*fy" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Defied (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Defying.] [F. d\'82fier, OF. deffier, desfier, LL. disfidare to disown faith or fidelity, to dissolve the bond of allegiance, as between the vassal and his lord; hence, to challenge, defy; fr. L. dis- + fides faith. See Faith, and cf. Diffident, Affiance.]

1. To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. [Obs.]

I defy the surety and the bond. Chaucer.
For thee I have defied my constant mistress. Beau. & Fl.

2. To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.

I once again Defy thee to the trial of mortal fight. Milton.
I defy the enemies of our constitution to show the contrary. Burke.

Defy

De*fy" (?), n. A challenge. [Obs.] Dryden.

Degarnish

De*gar"nish (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degarnished (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Degarnishing.] [F. d\'82garnir; pref. d\'82-, des- (L. dis-) + garnir to furnish. See Garnish, and cf. Disgarnish.]

1. To strip or deprive of entirely, as of furniture, ornaments, etc.; to disgarnish; as, to degarnish a house, etc. [R.]

2. To deprive of a garrison, or of troops necessary for defense; as, to degarnish a city or fort. [R.] Washington.

Degarnishment

De*gar"nish*ment (?), n. The act of depriving, as of furniture, apparatus, or a garrison. [R.]

Degender, Degener

De*gen"der (?), De*gen"er (?), v. i. [See Degenerate.] To degenerate. [Obs.] "Degendering to hate." Spenser.
He degenereth into beastliness. Joye.

Degeneracy

De*gen"er*a*cy (?), n. [From Degenerate, a.]

1. The act of becoming degenerate; a growing worse.

Willful degeneracy from goodness. Tillotson.

2. The state of having become degenerate; decline in good qualities; deterioration; meanness.

Degeneracy of spirit in a state of slavery. Addison.
To recover mankind out of their universal corruption and degeneracy. S. Clarke.

Degenerate

De*gen"er*ate (?), a. [L. degeneratus, p. p. of degenerare to degenerate, cause to degenerate, fr. degener base, degenerate, that departs from its race or kind; de- + genus race, kind. See Kin relationship.] Having become worse than one's kind, or one's former state; having declined in worth; having lost in goodness; deteriorated; degraded; unworthy; base; low.
Faint-hearted and degenerate king. Shak.
A degenerate and degraded state. Milton.
Degenerate from their ancient blood. Swift.
These degenerate days. Pope.
I had planted thee a noble vine . . . : how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? Jer. ii. 21.

Degenerate

De*gen"er*ate (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Degenerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Degenerating.]

1. To be or grow worse than one's kind, or than one was originally; hence, to be inferior; to grow poorer, meaner, or more vicious; to decline in good qualities; to deteriorate.

When wit transgresseth decency, it degenerates into insolence and impiety. Tillotson.

2. (Biol.) To fall off from the normal quality or the healthy structure of its kind; to become of a lower type.

Degenerately

De*gen"er*ate*ly (?), adv. In a degenerate manner; unworthily.

Degenerateness

De*gen"er*ate*ness, n. Degeneracy.

Degeneration

De*gen`er*a"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82g\'82n\'82ration.]

1. The act or state of growing worse, or the state of having become worse; decline; degradation; debasement; degeneracy; deterioration.

Our degeneration and apostasy. Bates.

2. (Physiol.) That condition of a tissue or an organ in which its vitality has become either diminished or perverted; a substitution of a lower for a higher form of structure; as, fatty degeneration of the liver.

3. (Biol.) A gradual deterioration, from natural causes, of any class of animals or plants or any particular or organs; hereditary degradation of type.

4. The thing degenerated. [R.]

Cockle, aracus, . . . and other degenerations. Sir T. Browne.
Amyloid degeneration, Caseous degeneration, etc. See under Amyloid, Caseous, etc.

Degenerationist

De*gen`er*a"tion*ist, n. (Biol.) A believer in the theory of degeneration, or hereditary degradation of type; as, the degenerationists hold that savagery is the result of degeneration from a superior state.

Degenerative

De*gen"er*a*tive (?), a. Undergoing or producing degeneration; tending to degenerate.

Degenerous

De*gen"er*ous (?), a. [L. degener. See Degenerate.] Degenerate; base. [Obs.] "Degenerous passions." Dryden. "Degenerous practices." South.

Degenerously

De*gen"er*ous*ly, adv. Basely. [Obs.]

Deglazing

De*glaz"ing (?), n. The process of giving a dull or ground surface to glass by acid or by mechanical means. Knight.

Degloried

De*glo"ried (?), a. Deprived of glory; dishonored. [Obs.] "With thorns degloried." G. Fletcher.

Deglutinate

De*glu"ti*nate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deglutinated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deglutinating.] [L. deglutinatus, p. p. of deglutinare to deglutinate; de- + glutinare to glue, gluten glue.] To loosen or separate by dissolving the glue which unties; to unglue.

Deglutination

De*glu`ti*na"tion (?), n. The act of ungluing.

Deglutition

Deg`lu*ti"tion (?), n. [L. deglutire to swallow down; de- + glutire to swallow: cf. F. d\'82glutition. See Glut.] The act or process of swallowing food; the power of swallowing.
The muscles employed in the act of deglutition. Paley.

Deglutitious

Deg`lu*ti"tious (?), a. Pertaining to deglutition. [R.]

Deglutitory

De*glu"ti*to*ry (?), a. Serving for, or aiding in, deglutition.

Degradation

Deg`ra*da"tion (?), n. [LL. degradatio, from degradare: cf. F. d\'82gradation. See Degrade.]

1. The act of reducing in rank, character, or reputation, or of abasing; a lowering from one's standing or rank in office or society; diminution; as, the degradation of a peer, a knight, a general, or a bishop.

He saw many removes and degradations in all the other offices of which he had been possessed. Clarendon.

2. The state of being reduced in rank, character, or reputation; baseness; moral, physical, or intellectual degeneracy; disgrace; abasement; debasement.

The . . . degradation of a needy man of letters. Macaulay.
Deplorable is the degradation of our nature. South.
Moments there frequently must be, when a sidegradation of his state. Blair.

3. Diminution or reduction of strength, efficacy, or value; degeneration; deterioration.

The development and degradation of the alphabetic forms can be traced. I. Taylor (The Alphabet).

4. (Geol.) A gradual wearing down or wasting, as of rocks and banks, by the action of water, fro

5. (Biol.) The state or condition of a species or group which exhibits degraded forms; degeneration.

The degradation of the species man is observed in some of its varieties. Dana.

6. (Physiol.) Arrest of development, or degeneration of any organ, or of the body as a whole. Degradation of energy, ∨ Dissipation of energy (Physics), the transformation of energy into some form in which it is less available for doing work. Syn. -- Abasement; debasement; reduction; decline.

Degrade

De*grade" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Degraded; p. pr. & vb. n. Degrading.] [F. d\'82grader, LL. degradare, fr. L. de- + gradus step, degree. See Grade, and cf. Degree.]

1. To reduce from a higher to a lower rank or degree; to lower in rank' to deprive of office or dignity; to strip of honors; as, to degrade a nobleman, or a general officer.

Prynne was sentenced by the Star Chamber Court to be degraded from the bar. Palfrey.

2. To reduce in estimation, character, or reputation; to lessen the value of; to lower the physical, moral, or intellectual character of; to debase; to bring shame or contempt upon; to disgrace; as, vice degrades a man.

O miserable mankind, to what fall Degraded, to what wretched state reserved! Milton.
He pride . . . struggled hard against this degrading passion. Macaulay.

3. (Geol.) To reduce in altitude or magnitude, as hills and mountains; to wear down. Syn. -- To abase; demean; lower; reduce. See Abase.

Degrade

De*grade", v. i. (Biol.) To degenerate; to pass from a higher to a lower type of structure; as, a family of plants or animals degrades through this or that genus or group of genera.

Degraded

De*grad"ed (?), a.

1. Reduced in rank, character, or reputation; debased; sunken; low; base.

The Netherlands . . . were reduced practically to a very degraded condition. Motley.

2. (Biol.) Having the typical characters or organs in a partially developed condition, or lacking certain parts.

Some families of plants are degraded dicotyledons. Dana.

3. [Cf. F. degr\'82 step.] (Her.) Having steps; -- said of a cross each of whose extremities finishes in steps growing larger as they leave the center; -- termed also on degrees.

Degradement

De*grade"ment (?), n. Deprivation of rank or office; degradation. [R.] Milton.

Degradingly

De*grad"ing*ly, adv. In a degrading manner.

Degravation

Deg`ra*va"tion (?), n. [L. degravare, degravatum, to make heavy. See Grave, a.] The act of making heavy. [Obs.] Bailey.

Degree

De*gree" (?), n. [F. degr\'82, OF. degret, fr. LL. degradare. See Degrade.]

1. A step, stair, or staircase. [Obs.]

By ladders, or else by degree. Rom. of R.

2. One of a series of progressive steps upward or downward, in quality, rank, acquirement, and the like; a stage in progression; grade; gradation; as, degrees of vice and virtue; to advance by slow degrees; degree of comparison.

3. The point or step of progression to which a person has arrived; rank or station in life; position. "A dame of high degree." Dryden. "A knight is your degree." Shak. "Lord or lady of high degree." Lowell.

4. Measure of advancement; quality; extent; as, tastes differ in kind as well as in degree.

The degree of excellence which proclaims genius, is different in different times and different places. Sir. J. Reynolds.

5. Grade or rank to which scholars are admitted by a college or university, in recognition of their attainments; as, the degree of bachelor of arts, master, doctor, etc. &hand; In the United States diplomas are usually given as the evidence of a degree conferred. In the humanities the first degree is that of bachelor of arts (B. A. or A. B.); the second that of master of arts (M. A. or A. M.). The degree of bachelor (of arts, science, divinity, law, etc.) is conferred upon those who complete a prescribed course of undergraduate study. The first degree in medicine is that of doctor of medicine (M. D.). The degrees of master and doctor are sometimes conferred, in course, upon those who have completed certain prescribed postgraduate studies, as doctor of philosophy (Ph. D.); but more frequently the degree of doctor is conferred as a complimentary recognition of eminent services in science or letters, or for public services or distinction (as doctor of laws (LL. D.) or doctor of divinity (D. D.), when they are called honorary degrees. <-- by 1960 the Ph. D. was more common than the honorary degree. -->

The youth attained his bachelor's degree, and left the university. Macaulay.

5. (Genealogy) A certain distance or remove in the line of descent, determining the proximity of blood; one remove in the chain of relationship; as, a relation in the third or fourth degree.

In the 11th century an opinion began to gain ground in Italy, that third cousins might marry, being in the seventh degree according to the civil law. Hallam.

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7. (Arith.) Three figures taken together in numeration; thus, 140 is one degree, 222,140 two degrees.

8. (Algebra) State as indicated by sum of exponents; more particularly, the degree of a term is indicated by the sum of the exponents of its literal factors; thus, a2b2c is a term of the sixth degree. The degree of a power, or radical, is denoted by its index, that of an equation by the greatest sum of the exponents of the unknown quantities in any term; thus, ax4 + bx2 = c, and mx2y2 + nyx = p, are both equations of the fourth degree.

9. (Trig.) A 360th part of the circumference of a circle, which part is taken as the principal unit of measure for arcs and angles. The degree is divided into 60 minutes and the minute into 60 seconds.

10. A division, space, or interval, marked on a mathematical or other instrument, as on a thermometer.

11. (Mus.) A line or space of the staff. &hand; The short lines and their spaces are added degrees. Accumulation of degrees. (Eng. Univ.) See under Accumulation. -- By degrees, step by step; by little and little; by moderate advances. "I 'll leave by degrees." Shak. -- Degree of a curve ∨ surface (Geom.), the number which expresses the degree of the equation of the curve or surface in rectilinear co\'94rdinates. A straight line will, in general, meet the curve or surface in a number of points equal to the degree of the curve or surface and no more. -- Degree of latitude (Geog.), on the earth, the distance on a meridian between two parallels of latitude whose latitudes differ from each other by one degree. This distance is not the same on different parts of a meridian, on account of the flattened figure of the earth, being 68.702 statute miles at the equator, and 69.396 at the poles. -- Degree of longitude, the distance on a parallel of latitude between two meridians that make an angle of one degree with each other at the poles -- a distance which varies as the cosine of the latitude, being at the equator 69.16 statute miles. -- To a degree, to an extreme; exceedingly; as, mendacious to a degree.

It has been said that Scotsmen . . . are . . . grave to a degree on occasions when races more favored by nature are gladsome to excess. Prof. Wilson.

Degu

De"gu (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) A small South American rodent (Octodon Cumingii), of the family Octodontid\'91.

Degust

De*gust" (?), v. t. [L. degustare: cf. F. d\'82guster. See Gust to taste.] To taste. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Degustation

Deg`us*ta"tion (?), n. [L. degustatio: cf. F. d\'82gustation.] (Physiol.) Tasting; the appreciation of sapid qualities by the taste organs. Bp. Hall.

Dehisce

De*hisce" (?), v. i. [L. dehiscere; de- + hiscere to gape.] To gape; to open by dehiscence.

Dehiscence

De*his"cence (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82hiscence.]

1. The act of gaping.

2. (Biol.) A gaping or bursting open along a definite line of attachment or suture, without tearing, as in the opening of pods, or the bursting of capsules at maturity so as to emit seeds, etc.; also, the bursting open of follicles, as in the ovaries of animals, for the expulsion of their contents.

Dehiscent

De*his"cent (?), a. [L. dehiscens, -entis, p. pr. Cf. F. d\'82hiscent.] Characterized by dehiscence; opening in some definite way, as the capsule of a plant.

Dehonestate

De`ho*nes"tate (?), v. t. [L. dehonestatus, p. p. of dehonestare to dishonor; de- + honestare to make honorable. Cf. Dishonest, and see Honest.] To disparage. [Obs.]

Dehonestation

De*hon`es*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dehonestatio.] A dishonoring; disgracing. [Obs.] Gauden.

Dehorn

De*horn" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dehorned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Dehorning.] To deprive of horns; to prevent the growth or the horns of (cattle) by burning their ends soon after they start. See Dishorn. "Dehorning cattle." Farm Journal (1886).

Dehors

De*hors" (?), prep. [F., outside.] (Law) Out of; without; foreign to; out of the agreement, record, will, or other instrument.

Dehors

De*hors", n. (Mil.) All sorts of outworks in general, at a distance from the main works; any advanced works for protection or cover. Farrow.

Dehort

De*hort" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dehorted; p. pr. & vb. n. Dehorting.] [L. dehortari; de- + hortari to urge, exhort.] To urge to abstain or refrain; to dissuade. [Obs.]
The apostles vehemently dehort us from unbelief. Bp. Ward.
"Exhort" remains, but dehort, a word whose place neither "dissuade" nor any other exactly supplies, has escaped us. Trench.

Dehortation

De`hor*ta"tion (?), n. [L. dehortatio.] Dissuasion; advice against something. [R.]

Dehortative

De*hort"a*tive (?), a. Dissuasive. [R.]

Dehortatory

De*hort"a*to*ry (?), a. [L. dehortatorius.] Fitted or designed to dehort or dissuade. Bp. Hall.

Dehorter

De*hort"er (?), n. A dissuader; an adviser to the contrary. [Obs.]

Dehumanize

De*hu"man*ize (?), v. t. To divest of human qualities, such as pity, tenderness, etc.; as, dehumanizing influences.

Dehusk

De*husk" (?), v. t. To remove the husk from. [Obs.] "Wheat dehusked upon the floor." Drant.

Dehydrate

De*hy"drate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of water; to render free from water; as, to dehydrate alcohol.

Dehydration

De`hy*dra"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

Dehydrogenate

De*hy"dro*gen*ate (?), v. t. (Chem.) To deprive of, or free from, hydrogen.

Dehydrogenation

De*hy`dro*gen*a"tion (?), n. (Chem.) The act or process or freeing from hydrogen; also, the condition resulting from the removal of hydrogen.

Deicide

De"i*cide (?), n. [L. deicida a deicide (in sense 2); deus god + c\'91dere to cut, kill: cf. F. d\'82icide.]

1. The act of killing a being of a divine nature; particularly, the putting to death of Jesus Christ. [R.]

Earth profaned, yet blessed, with deicide. Prior.

2. One concerned in putting Christ to death.

Deictic

Deic"tic (?), a. [Gr. (Logic) Direct; proving directly; -- applied to reasoning, and opposed to elenchtic or refutative.

Deictically

Deic"tic*al*ly (?), adv. In a manner to show or point out; directly; absolutely; definitely.
When Christ spake it deictically. Hammond.

Deific, Deifical

De*if"ic (?), De*if"ic*al (?), a. [L. deificus; deus god + facere to make: cf. F. d\'82ifigue.] Making divine; producing a likeness to God; god-making. "A deifical communion." Homilies.

Deification

De`i*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [LL. deificare to deify: cf. F. d\'82ification. See Deify.] The act of deifying; exaltation to divine honors; apotheosis; excessive praise.

Deified

De"i*fied (?), a. Honored or worshiped as a deity; treated with supreme regard; godlike.

Deifier

De"i*fi`er (?), n. One who deifies.

Deiform

De"i*form (?), a. [L. deus a god + -form.]

1. Godlike, or of a godlike form. Dr. H. More.

2. Conformable to the will of God. [R.] Bp. Burnet.

Deiformity

De`i*for"mi*ty (?), n. Likeness to deity. [Obs.]

Deify

De"i*fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deified (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deifying.] [F. d\'82ifier, LL. deificare, fr. L. deificus. See Deific, Deity, -fy.]

1. To make a god of; to exalt to the rank of a deity; to enroll among the deities; to apotheosize; as, Julius C\'91sar was deified.

2. To praise or revere as a deity; to treat as an object of supreme regard; as, to deify money.

He did again to extol and deify the pope. Bacon.

3. To render godlike.

By our own spirits are we deified. Wordsworth.

Deign

Deign (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deigned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deigning.] [OE. deinen, deignen, OF. degner, deigner, daigner, F. daigner, fr. L. dignari to deem worthy, deign, fr. dignus worthy; akin to decere to be fitting. See Decent, and cf. Dainty, Dignity, Condign, Disdain.]

1. To esteem worthy; to consider worth notice; -- opposed to disdain. [Obs.]

I fear my Julia would not deign my lines. Shak.

2. To condescend to give or bestow; to stoop to furnish; to vouchsafe; to allow; to grant.

Nor would we deign him burial of his men. Shak.

Deign

Deign, v. i. To think worthy; to vouchsafe; to condescend; -- followed by an infinitive.
O deign to visit our forsaken seats. Pope.
Yet not Lord Cranstone deigned she greet. Sir W. Scott.
Round turned he, as not deigning Those craven ranks to see. Macaulay.
In early English deign was often used impersonally.
Him deyneth not to set his foot to ground. Chaucer.

Deignous

Deign"ous (?), a. [For disdeignous, OF. desdeignos, desdaigneus, F. d\'82daigneux. See Disdain.] Haughty; disdainful. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deil

Deil (?), n. Devil; -- spelt also deel. [Scot.] Deil's buckie. See under Buckie.

Deinoceras

Dei*noc"e*ras (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinoceras.

Deinornis

Dei*nor"nis (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinornis.

Deinosaur

Dei"no*saur (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinosaur.

Deinotherium

Dei`no*the"ri*um (?), n. [NL.] (Paleon.) See Dinotherium.

Deintegrate

De*in"te*grate (?), v. t. [L. deintegrare to impair; de- + integrare to make whole.] To disintegrate. [Obs.]

Deinteous, Deintevous

Dein"te*ous (?), Dein"te*vous (?), a. Rare; excellent; costly. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deiparous

De*ip"a*rous (?), a. [L. deus a god + parere to bring forth.] Bearing or bringing forth a god; -- said of the Virgin Mary. [Obs.] Bailey.

Deipnosophist

Deip*nos"o*phist (?), n. [Gr. One of an ancient sect of philosophers, who cultivated learned conversation at meals.

Deis

De"is (?), n. See Dais.

Deism

De"ism (?), n. [L. deus god: cf. F. d\'82isme. See Deity.] The doctrine or creed of a deist; the belief or system of those who acknowledge the existence of one God, but deny revelation. &hand; Deism is the belief in natural religion only, or those truths, in doctrine and practice, which man is to discover by the light of reason, independent of any revelation from God. Hence, deism implies infidelity, or a disbelief in the divine origin of the Scriptures.

Deist

De"ist (?), n. [L. deus god: cf. F. d\'82iste. See Deity.] One who believes in the existence of a God, but denies revealed religion; a freethinker. &hand; A deist, as denying a revelation, is opposed to a Christian; as, opposed to the denier of a God, whether atheist or patheist, a deist is generally denominated theist. Latham. Syn. -- See Infidel.

Deistic, Deistical

De*is"tic (?), De*is"tic*al (?), a. Pertaining to, savoring of, or consisting in, deism; as, a deistic writer; a deistical book.
The deistical or antichristian scheme. I. Watts.

Deistically

De*is"tic*al*ly, adv. After the manner of deists.

Deisticalness

De*is"tic*al*ness, n. State of being deistical.

Deitate

De"i*tate (?), a. Deified. [Obs.] Granmer.

Deity

De"i*ty (?), n.; pl. Deities (#). [OE. deite, F. d\'82it\'82, fr. L. deitas, fr. deus a god; akin to divus divine, Jupiter, gen. Jovis, Jupiter, dies day, Gr. d divine, as a noun, god, daiva divine, dy sky, day, hence, the sky personified as a god, and to the first syllable of E. Tuesday, Gael. & Ir. dia God, W. duw. Cf. Divine, Journey, Journal, Tuesday.]

1. The collection of attributes which make up the nature of a god; divinity; godhead; as, the deity of the Supreme Being is seen in his works.

They declared with emphasis the perfect deity and the perfect manhood of Christ. Milman.

2. A god or goddess; a heathen god.

To worship calves, the deities
Of Egypt. Milton.
The Deity, God, the Supreme Being.
This great poet and philosopher [Simonides], the more he contemplated the nature of the Deity, found that he waded but the more out of his depth. Addison.

Deject

De*ject" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dejected; p. pr. & vb. n. Dejecting.] [L. dejectus, p. p. of dejicere to throw down; de- + jacere to throw. See Jet a shooting forth.]

1. To cast down. [Obs. or Archaic]

Christ dejected himself even unto the hells. Udall.
Sometimes she dejects her eyes in a seeming civility; and many mistake in her a cunning for a modest look. Fuller.

2. To cast down the spirits of; to dispirit; to discourage; to dishearten.

Nor think, to die dejects my lofty mind. Pope.

Deject

De*ject", a. [L. dejectus, p. p.] Dejected. [Obs.]

Dejecta

De*jec"ta (?), n. pl. [NL., neut. pl. from L. dejectus, p. p.] Excrements; as, the dejecta of the sick.

Dejected

De*ject"ed, a. Cast down; afflicted; low-spirited; sad; as, a dejected look or countenance. -- De*ject"ed*ly, adv. -- De*ject"ed*ness, n.

Dejecter

De*ject"er (?), n. One who casts down, or dejects.

Dejection

De*jec"tion (?), n. [L. dejectio a casting down: cf. F. d\'82jection.]

1. A casting down; depression. [Obs. or Archaic] Hallywell.

2. The act of humbling or abasing one's self.

Adoration implies submission and dejection. Bp. Pearson.

3. Lowness of spirits occasioned by grief or misfortune; mental depression; melancholy.

What besides, Of sorrow, and dejection, and despair, Our frailty can sustain, thy tidings bring. Milton.

4. A low condition; weakness; inability. [R.]

A dejection of appetite. Arbuthnot.

5. (Physiol.) (a) The discharge of excrement. (b) F\'91ces; excrement. Ray.

Dejectly

De*ject"ly (?), adv. Dejectedly. [Obs.]

Dejectory

De*jec"to*ry (?), a. [L. dejector a dejecter.]

1. Having power, or tending, to cast down.

2. Promoting evacuations by stool. Ferrand.

Dejecture

De*jec"ture (?; 135), n. That which is voided; excrements. Arbuthnot.

Dejerate

Dej"er*ate (?), v. i. [L. dejeratus, p. p. of dejerare to swear; de- + jurare to swear.] To swear solemnly; to take an oath. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Dejeration

Dej`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. dejeratio.] The act of swearing solemnly. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

D\'82jeun\'82

D\'82`jeu`n\'82" (?), n. [F.] A d\'82jeuner.
Take a d\'82jeun\'82 of muskadel and eggs. B. Jonson.

D\'82jeuner

D\'82`jeu`ner" (?), n. [F. d\'82jeuner breakfast, as a verb, to breakfast. Cf. Dinner.] A breakfast; sometimes, also, a lunch or collation.

De jure

De` ju"re (?). [L.] By right; of right; by law; -- often opposed to be facto.

Deka-

Dek"a- (?). (Metric System) A prefix signifying ten. See Deca-.

Dekagram

Dek"a*gram (?), n. Same as Decagram.

Dekaliter

Dek"a*li`ter (?), n. Same as Decaliter.

Dekameter

Dek"a*me`ter (?), n. Same as Decameter.

Dekastere

Dek"a*stere` (?), n. Same as Decastere.

Dekle

De"kle (?), n. (Paper Making) See Deckle.

Del

Del (?), n. [See Deal, n.] Share; portion; part. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Delaceration

De*lac`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. delacerare, delaceratum, to tear in pieces. See Lacerate.] A tearing in pieces. [Obs.] Bailey.

Delacrymation

De*lac`ry*ma"tion (?), n. [L. delacrimatio, fr. delacrimare to weep. See Lachrymation.] An involuntary discharge of watery humors from the eyes; wateriness of the eyes. [Obs.] Bailey.

Delactation

De`lac*ta"tion (?), n. [Pref. de- + L. lactare to suck milk, from lac milk.] The act of weaning. [Obs.] Bailey.

Delaine

De*laine" (?), n. [See Muslin delaine, under Muslin.] A kind of fabric for women's dresses.

Delamination

De*lam`i*na"tion (?), n. (Biol.) Formation and separation of lamin\'91 or layers; one of the methods by which the various blastodermic layers of the ovum are differentiated. &hand; This process consists of a concentric splitting of the cells of the blastosphere into an outer layer (epiblast) and an inner layer (hypoblast). By the perforation of the resultant two-walled vesicle, a gastrula results similar to that formed by the process of invagination.

Delapsation

De`lap*sa"tion (?), n. See Delapsion. Ray.

Delapse

De*lapse" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Delapsed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delapsing.] [L. delapsus, p. p. of delabi to fall down; de- + labi to fall or side.] To pass down by inheritance; to lapse. [Obs.]
Which Anne derived alone the right, before all other, Of the delapsed crown from Philip. Drayton.

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Delapsion

De*lap"sion (?), n. A falling down, or out of place; prolapsion.

Delassation

De`las*sa"tion (?), n. [L. delassare, delassatum, to tire out; de- + lassare to tire.] Fatigue.
Able to continue without delassation. Ray.

Delate

De*late" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delating.] [L. delatus, used as p. p. of deferre. See Tolerate, and cf. 3d Defer, Delay, v.] [Obs. or Archaic]

1. To carry; to convey.

Try exactly the time wherein sound is delated. Bacon.

2. To carry abroad; to spread; to make public.

When the crime is delated or notorious. Jer. Taylor.

3. To carry or bring against, as a charge; to inform against; to accuse; to denounce.

As men were delated, they were marked down for such a fine. Bp. Burnet.

4. To carry on; to conduct. Warner.

Delate

De*late", v. i. To dilate. [Obs.] Goodwin.

Delation

De*la"tion (?), n. [L. delatio accusation: cf. F. d\'82lation.]

1. Conveyance. [Obs. or Archaic]

In delation of sounds, the inclosure of them preserveth them. Bacon.

2. (Law) Accusation by an informer. Milman.

Delator

De*la"tor (?), n. [L.] An accuser; an informer. [R.] Howell.

Delaware

Del"a*ware (?), n. (Bot.) An American grape, with compact bunches of small, amber-colored berries, sweet and of a good flavor.

Delawares

Del"a*wares (?), n. pl.; sing. Delaware. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting the valley of the Delaware River, but now mostly located in the Indian Territory.

Delay

De*lay" (?), n.; pl. Delays (#). [F. d\'82lai, fr. OF. deleer to delay, or fr. L. dilatum, which, though really from a different root, is used in Latin only as a p. p. neut. of differre to carry apart, defer, delay. See Tolerate, and cf. Differ, Delay, v.] A putting off or deferring; procrastination; lingering inactivity; stop; detention; hindrance.
Without any delay, on the morrow I sat on the judgment seat. Acts xxv. 17.
The government ought to be settled without the delay of a day. Macaulay.

Delay

De*lay", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delayed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delaying.] [OF. deleer, delaier, fr. the noun d\'82lai, or directly fr. L. dilatare to enlarge, dilate, in LL., to put off. See Delay, n., and cf. Delate, 1st Defer, Dilate.]

1. To put off; to defer; to procrastinate; to prolong the time of or before.

My lord delayeth his coming. Matt. xxiv. 48.

2. To retard; to stop, detain, or hinder, for a time; to retard the motion, or time of arrival, of; as, the mail is delayed by a heavy fall of snow.

Thyrsis! whose artful strains have oft delayed The huddling brook to hear his madrigal. Milton.

3. To allay; to temper. [Obs.]

The watery showers delay the raging wind. Surrey.

Delay

De*lay", v. i. To move slowly; to stop for a time; to linger; to tarry.
There seem to be certain bounds to the quickness and slowness of the succession of those ideas, . . . beyond which they can neither delay nor hasten. Locke.

Delayer

De*lay"er (?), n. One who delays; one who lingers.

Delayingly

De*lay"ing*ly, adv. By delays. [R.] Tennyson.

Delayment

De*lay"ment (?), n. Hindrance. [Obs.] Gower.

Del credere

Del` cred"er*e (?). [It., of belief or trust.] (Mercantile Law) An agreement by which an agent or factor, in consideration of an additional premium or commission (called a del credere commission), engages, when he sells goods on credit, to insure, warrant, or guarantee to his principal the solvency of the purchaser, the engagement of the factor being to pay the debt himself if it is not punctually discharged by the buyer when it becomes due.

Dele

De"le (?), imperative sing. of L. delere to destroy. [Cf. Delete.] (Print.) Erase; remove; -- a direction to cancel something which has been put in type; usually expressed by a peculiar form of d, thus: &dele;.

Dele

De"le, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deled (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deleing.] [From the preceding word.] (Print.) To erase; to cancel; to delete; to mark for omission.

Dele

Dele (?), v. t. [See Deal.] To deal; to divide; to distribute. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Deleble

Del"e*ble (?; 277), a. [L. delebilis. See 1st Dele.] Capable of being blotted out or erased. "An impression easily deleble." Fuller.

Delectable

De*lec"ta*ble (?), a. [OF. delitable, OF. delitable, F. d\'82lectable, fr. L. delectabilis, fr. delectare to delight. See Delight.] Highly pleasing; delightful.
Delectable both to behold and taste. Milton.
-- De*lec"ta*ble*ness, n. -- De*lec"ta*bly, adv.

Delectate

De*lec"tate (?), v. t. [L. delectatus, p. p. of delectare. See Delight.] To delight; to charm. [R.]

Delectation

De`lec*ta"tion (?), n. [L. delectatio: cf. F. d\'82lectation.] Great pleasure; delight.

Delectus

De*lec"tus (?), n. [L., selection, from deligere, delectum, to select.] A name given to an elementary book for learners of Latin or Greek. G. Eliot.

Delegacy

Del`e*ga*cy (?), n. [From Delegate, a.]

1. The act of delegating, or state of being delegated; deputed power. [Obs.]

By way of delegacy or grand commission. Sir W. Raleigh.

2. A body of delegates or commissioners; a delegation. [Obs.] Burton.

Delegate

Del"e*gate (?), n. [L. delegatus, p. p. of delegare to send, delegate; de- + legare to send with a commission, to depute. See Legate.]

1. Any one sent and empowered to act for another; one deputed to represent; a chosen deputy; a representative; a commissioner; a vicar.

2. (a) One elected by the people of a territory to represent them in Congress, where he has the right of debating, but not of voting. (b) One sent by any constituency to act as its representative in a convention; as, a delegate to a convention for nominating officers, or for forming or altering a constitution. [U.S.] Court of delegates, formerly, the great court of appeal from the archbishops' courts and also from the court of admiralty. It is now abolished, and the privy council is the immediate court of appeal in such cases. [Eng.]

Delegate

Del"e*gate (?), a. [L. delegatus, p. p.] Sent to act for a represent another; deputed; as, a delegate judge. "Delegate power." Strype.

Delegate

Del"e*gate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delegated (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delegating (?).]

1. To send as one's representative; to empower as an ambassador; to send with power to transact business; to commission; to depute; to authorize.

2. To intrust to the care or management of another; to transfer; to assign; to commit.

The delegated administration of the law. Locke.
Delegated executive power. Bancroft.
The power exercised by the legislature is the people's power, delegated by the people to the legislative. J. B. Finch.

Delegation

Del`e*ga"tion (?), n. [L. delegatio: cf. F. d\'82l\'82gation.]

1. The act of delegating, or investing with authority to act for another; the appointment of a delegate or delegates.

2. One or more persons appointed or chosen, and commissioned to represent others, as in a convention, in Congress, etc.; the collective body of delegates; as, the delegation from Massachusetts; a deputation.

3. (Rom. Law) A kind of novation by which a debtor, to be liberated from his creditor, gives him a third person, who becomes obliged in his stead to the creditor, or to the person appointed by him. Pothier.

Delegatory

Del"e*ga*to*ry (?), a. [L. delegatorius pert. to an assignment.] Holding a delegated position. Nash.

Delenda

De*len"da (?), n. pl. [L., fr. delere to destroy.] Things to be erased or blotted out.

Delenifical

Del`e*nif"ic*al (?), a. [L. delenificus; delenire to soothe + facere to make. See Lenient.] Assuaging pain. [Obs.] Bailey.

Delete

De*lete" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deleted; p. pr. & vb. n. Deleting.] [L. deletus, p. p. of delere to destroy. Cf. 1st Dele.] To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.
I have, therefore, . . . inserted eleven stanzas which do not appear in Sir Walter Scott's version, and have deleted eight. Aytoun.

Deleterious

Del`e*te"ri*ous (?), a. [LL. deleterius noxious, Gr. delere to destroy.] Hurtful; noxious; destructive; pernicious; as, a deleterious plant or quality; a deleterious example. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ly, adv. -- Del`e*te"ri*ous*ness, n.

Deletery

Del"e*ter*y (?), a. [LL. deleterius: cf. F. d\'82l\'82t\'8are.] Destructive; poisonous. [Obs.] "Deletery medicines." Hudibras.

Deletery

Del"e*ter*y, n. That which destroys. [Obs.]
They [the Scriptures] are the only deletery of heresies. Jer. Taylor.

Deletion

De*le"tion (?), n. [L. deletio, fr. delere. See Delete.] Act of deleting, blotting out, or erasing; destruction. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor.
A total deletion of every person of the opposing party. Sir M. Hale.

Deletitious

Del`e*ti"tious (?), a. [L. deleticius.] Of such a nature that anything may be erased from it; -- said of paper.

Deletive

Del"e*tive (?), a. Adapted to destroy or obliterate. [R.] Evelyn.

Deletory

Del"e*to*ry (?), n. [See Delete.] That which blots out. [Obs.] "A deletory of sin." Jer. Taylor.

Delf

Delf (?), n. [AS. delf a delving, digging. See Delve.] A mine; a quarry; a pit dug; a ditch. [Written also delft, and delve.] [Obs.]
The delfts would be so flown with waters, that no gins or machines could . . . keep them dry. Ray.

Delf

Delf, n. Same as Delftware.

Delft

Delft (?), n. Same as Delftware.

Delftware

Delft"ware` (?), n. (a) Pottery made at the city of Delft in Holland; hence: (b) Earthenware made in imitation of the above; any glazed earthenware made for table use, and the like.

Delibate

Del"i*bate (?), v. t. [L. delibatus, p. p. of delibare to taste; de- + libare to taste.] To taste; to take a sip of; to dabble in. [Obs.]

Delibation

Del`i*ba"tion (?), n. [L. delibatio: cf. F. d\'82libation.] Act of tasting; a slight trial. [Obs.] Berkeley.

Deliber

Del"i*ber (?), v. t. & i. To deliberate. [Obs.]

Deliberate

De*lib"er*ate (?), a. [L. deliberatus, p. p. of deliberare to deliberate; de- + librare to weigh. See Librate.]

1. Weighing facts and arguments with a view a choice or decision; carefully considering the probable consequences of a step; circumspect; slow in determining; -- applied to persons; as, a deliberate judge or counselor. "These deliberate fools." Shak.

2. Formed with deliberation; well-advised; carefully considered; not sudden or rash; as, a deliberate opinion; a deliberate measure or result.

Settled visage and deliberate word. Shak.

3. Not hasty or sudden; slow. Hooker.

His enunciation was so deliberate. W. Wirt.

Deliberate

De*lib"er*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deliberated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deliberating.] To weigh in the mind; to consider the reasons for and against; to consider maturely; to reflect upon; to ponder; as, to deliberate a question.

Deliberate

De*lib"er*ate, v. i. To take counsel with one's self; to weigh the arguments for and against a proposed course of action; to reflect; to consider; to hesitate in deciding; -- sometimes with on, upon, concerning.
The woman the deliberation is lost. Addison.

Deliberately

De*lib"er*ate*ly (?), adv. With careful consideration, or deliberation; circumspectly; warily; not hastily or rashly; slowly; as, a purpose deliberately formed.

Deliberateness

De*lib"er*ate*ness, n. The quality of being deliberate; calm consideration; circumspection.

Deliberation

De*lib`er*a"tion (?), n. [L. deliberatio: cf. F. d\'82lib\'82ration.]

1. The act of deliberating, or of weighing and examining the reasons for and against a choice or measure; careful consideration; mature reflection.

Choosing the fairest way with a calm deliberation. W. Montagu.

2. Careful discussion and examination of the reasons for and against a measure; as, the deliberations of a legislative body or council.

Deliberative

De*lib"er*a*tive (?), a. [L. deliberativus: cf. F. d\'82lib\'82ratif.] Pertaining to deliberation; proceeding or acting by deliberation, or by discussion and examination; deliberating; as, a deliberative body.
A consummate work of deliberative wisdom. Bancroft.
The court of jurisdiction is to be distinguished from the deliberative body, the advisers of the crown. Hallam.

Deliberative

De*lib"er*a*tive, n.

1. A discourse in which a question is discussed, or weighed and examined. Bacon.

2. A kind of rhetoric employed in proving a thing and convincing others of its truth, in order to persuade them to adopt it.

Deliberatively

De*lib"er*a*tive*ly, adv. In a deliberative manner; circumspectly; considerately.

Deliberator

De*lib"er*a`tor (?), n. One who deliberates.

Delibrate

Del"i*brate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delibrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delibrating.] [L. delibratus, p. p. of delibrare to delibrate; de from + liber bark.] To strip off the bark; to peel. [Obs.] Ash.

Delibration

Del`i*bra"tion (?), n. The act of stripping off the bark. [Obs.] Ash.

Delicacy

Del"i*ca*cy (?), n.; pl. Delicacies (#). [From Delicate, a.]

1. The state or condition of being delicate; agreeableness to the senses; delightfulness; as, delicacy of flavor, of odor, and the like.

What choice to choose for delicacy best. Milton.

2. Nicety or fineness of form, texture, or constitution; softness; elegance; smoothness; tenderness; and hence, frailty or weakness; as, the delicacy of a fiber or a thread; delicacy of a hand or of the human form; delicacy of the skin; delicacy of frame.

3. Nice propriety of manners or conduct; susceptibility or tenderness of feeling; refinement; fastidiousness; and hence, in an exaggerated sense, effeminacy; as, great delicacy of behavior; delicacy in doing a kindness; delicacy of character that unfits for earnest action.

You know your mother's delicacy in this point. Cowper.

4. Addiction to pleasure; luxury; daintiness; indulgence; luxurious or voluptuous treatment.

And to those dainty limbs which Nature lent For gentle usage and soft delicacy? Milton.

5. Nice and refined perception and discrimination; critical niceness; fastidious accuracy.

That Augustan delicacy of taste which is the boast of the great public schools of England. Macaulay.

6. The state of being affected by slight causes; sensitiveness; as, the delicacy of a chemist's balance.

7. That which is alluring, delicate, or refined; a luxury or pleasure; something pleasant to the senses, especially to the sense of taste; a dainty; as, delicacies of the table.

The merchants of the earth are waxed rich through the abundance of her delicacies. Rev. xviii. 3.

8. Pleasure; gratification; delight. [Obs.]

He Rome brent for his delicacie. Chaucer.
Syn. -- See Dainty.

Delicate

Del"i*cate (?), a. [L. delicatus pleasing the senses, voluptuous, soft and tender; akin to deliciae delight: cf. F. d\'82licat. See Delight.]

1. Addicted to pleasure; luxurious; voluptuous; alluring. [R.]

Dives, for his delicate life, to the devil went. Piers Plowman.
Haarlem is a very delicate town. Evelyn.

2. Pleasing to the senses; refinedly; hence, adapted to please a nice or cultivated taste; nice; fine; elegant; as, a delicate dish; delicate flavor.

3. Slight and shapely; lovely; graceful; as, "a delicate creature." Shak.

4. Fine or slender; minute; not coarse; -- said of a thread, or the like; as, delicate cotton.

5. Slight or smooth; light and yielding; -- said of texture; as, delicate lace or silk.

6. Soft and fair; -- said of the skin or a surface; as, a delicate cheek; a delicate complexion.

7. Light, or softly tinted; -- said of a color; as; as, a delicate blue.

8. Refined; gentle; scrupulous not to trespass or offend; considerate; -- said of manners, conduct, or feelings; as, delicate behavior; delicate attentions; delicate thoughtfulness.

9. Tender; not able to endure hardship; feeble; frail; effeminate; -- said of constitution, health, etc.; as, a delicate child; delicate health.

A delicate and tender prince. Shak.

10. Requiring careful handling; not to be rudely or hastily dealt with; nice; critical; as, a delicate subject or question.

There are some things too delicate and too sacred to be handled rudely without injury to truth. F. W. Robertson.

11. Of exacting tastes and habits; dainty; fastidious.

12. Nicely discriminating or perceptive; refinedly critical; sensitive; exquisite; as, a delicate taste; a delicate ear for music.

13. Affected by slight causes; showing slight changes; as, a delicate thermometer.

Delicate

Del"i*cate, n.

1. A choice dainty; a delicacy. [R.]

With abstinence all delicates he sees. Dryden.

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2. A delicate, luxurious, or effeminate person.

All the vessels, then, which our delicates have, -- those I mean that would seem to be more fine in their houses than their neighbors, -- are only of the Corinth metal. Holland.

Delicately

Del"i*cate*ly (?), adv. In a delicate manner.

Delicateness

Del"i*cate*ness, n. The quality of being delicate.

Delices

Del"i*ces (?), n. pl. [F. d\'82lices, fr. L. deliciae.] Delicacies; delights. [Obs.] "Dainty delices." Spenser.

Deliciate

De*li"ci*ate (?), v. t. To delight one's self; to indulge in feasting; to revel. [Obs.]

Delicious

De*li"cious (?), a. [OF. delicieus, F. d\'82licieux, L. deliciosus, fr. deliciae delight, fr. delicere to allure. See Delight.]

1. Affording exquisite pleasure; delightful; most sweet or grateful to the senses, especially to the taste; charming.

Some delicious landscape. Coleridge.
One draught of spring's delicious air. Keble.
Were not his words delicious? Tennyson.

2. Addicted to pleasure; seeking enjoyment; luxurious; effeminate. [Obs.]

Others, lastly, of a more delicious and airy spirit, retire themselves to the enjoyments of ease and luxury. Milton.
Syn. -- Delicious, Delightful. Delicious refers to the pleasure derived from certain of the senses, particularly the taste and smell; as, delicious food; a delicious fragrance. Delightful may also refer to most of the senses (as, delightful music; a delightful prospect; delightful sensations), but has a higher application to matters of taste, feeling, and sentiment; as, a delightful abode, conversation, employment; delightful scenes, etc.
Like the rich fruit he sings, delicious in decay. Smith.
No spring, nor summer, on the mountain seen, Smiles with gay fruits or with delightful green. Addison.

Deliciously

De*li"cious*ly, adv. Delightfully; as, to feed deliciously; to be deliciously entertained.

Deliciousness

De*li"cious*ness, n.

1. The quality of being delicious; as, the deliciousness of a repast.

2. Luxury. "To drive away all superfluity and deliciousness." Sir T. North.

Delict

De*lict" (?), n. [L. delictum fault.] (Law) An offense or transgression against law; (Scots Law) an offense of a lesser degree; a misdemeanor.
Every regulation of the civil code necessarily implies a delict in the event of its violation. Jeffrey.

Deligate

Del"i*gate (?), v. t. [L. deligatus, p. p. of deligare to bind up; de- + ligare to bind.] (Surg.) To bind up; to bandage.

Deligation

Del`i*ga"tion (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82ligation.] (Surg.) A binding up; a bandaging. Wiseman.

Delight

De*light" (?), n. [OE. delit, OF. delit, deleit, fr. delitier, to delight. See Delight, v. t.]

1. A high degree of gratification of mind; a high-wrought state of pleasurable feeling; lively pleasure; extreme satisfaction; joy.

Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not. Shak.
A fool hath no delight in understanding. Prov. xviii. 2.

2. That which gives great pleasure or delight.

Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight. Milton.

3. Licentious pleasure; lust. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Delight

De*light", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Delighting.] [OE. deliten, OF. delitier, deleitier, F. d\'82lecter, fr. L. delectare to entice away, to delight (sc. by attracting or alluring), intens. of delicere to allure, delight; de- + lacere to entice, allure; cf. laqueus a snare. Cf. Delectate, Delicate, Delicious, Dilettante, Elicit, Lace.] To give delight to; to affect with great pleasure; to please highly; as, a beautiful landscape delights the eye; harmony delights the ear.
Inventions to delight the taste. Shak.
Delight our souls with talk of knightly deeds. Tennyson.

Delight

De*light", v. i. To have or take great delight or pleasure; to be greatly pleased or rejoiced; -- followed by an infinitive, or by in.
Love delights in praises. Shak.
I delight to do thy will, O my God. Ps. xl. 8.

Delightable

De*light"a*ble (?), a. [See Delectable.] Capable of delighting; delightful. [Obs.]
Many a spice delightable. Rom. of R.

Delighted

De*light"ed, a. Endowed with delight.
If virtue no delighted beauty lack. Shak.
Syn. -- Glad; pleased; gratified. See Glad.

Delightedly

De*light"ed*ly, adv. With delight; gladly.

Delighter

De*light"er (?), n. One who gives or takes delight.

Delightful

De*light"ful (?), a. Highly pleasing; affording great pleasure and satisfaction. "Delightful bowers." Spenser. "Delightful fruit." Milton. Syn. -- Delicious; charming. See Delicious. -- De*light"ful*ly, adv. -- De*light"ful*ness, n.

Delighting

De*light"ing, a. Giving delight; gladdening. -- De*light"ing*ly, adv
. Jer. Taylor.

Delightless

De*light"less, a. Void of delight. Thomson.

Delightous

De*light"ous (?) a. [OF. delitos.] Delightful. [Obs.] Rom. of R.

Delightsome

De*light"some (?), a. Very pleasing; delightful. "Delightsome vigor." Grew.
Ye shall be a delightsome land, . . . saith the Lord. Mal. iii. 12.
-- De*light"some*ly, adv. -- De*light"some*ness, n.

Delilah

De*li"lah (?), n. The mistress of Samson, who betrayed him (Judges xvi.); hence, a harlot; a temptress.
Other Delilahs on a smaller scale Burns met with during his Dumfries sojourn. J. C. Shairp.

Delimit

De*lim"it (?), v. t. [L. delimitare: cf. F. d\'82limitier.] To fix the limits of; to demarcate; to bound.

Delimitation

De*lim`i*ta"tion (?), n. [L. delimitatio: cf. F. d\'82limitation.] The act or process of fixing limits or boundaries; limitation. Gladstone.

Deline

De*line" (?), v. t.

1. To delineate. [Obs.]

2. To mark out. [Obs.] R. North.

Delineable

De*lin"e*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or liable to be, delineated. Feltham.

Delineament

De*lin"e*a*ment (?), [See Delineate.] Delineation; sketch. Dr. H. More.

Delineate

De*lin"e*ate (?), a. [L. delineatus, p. p. of delineare to delineate; de- + lineare to draw, fr. linea line. See Line.] Delineated; portrayed. [R.]

Delineate

De*lin"e*ate (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delineated; p. pr. & vb. n. Delineating.]

1. To indicate by lines drawn in the form or figure of; to represent by sketch, design, or diagram; to sketch out; to portray; to picture; in drawing and engraving, to represent in lines, as with the pen, pencil, or graver; hence, to represent with accuracy and minuteness. See Delineation.

Adventurous to delineate nature's form. Akenside.

2. To portray to the mind or understanding by words; to set forth; to describe.

Customs or habits delineated with great accuracy. Walpole.

Delineation

De*lin`e*a"tion (?), n. [L. delineatio: cf. F. d\'82lin\'82ation.]

1. The act of representing, portraying, or describing, as by lines, diagrams, sketches, etc.; drawing an outline; as, the delineation of a scene or face; in drawing and engraving, representation by means of lines, as distinguished from representation by means of tints shades; accurate and minute representation, as distinguished from art that is careless of details, or subordinates them excessively.

2. A delineated picture; representation; sketch; description in words.

Their softest delineations of female beauty. W. Irving.
Syn. -- Sketch; portrait; outline. See Sketch.

Delineator

De*lin"e*a`tor (?), n.

1. One who, or that which, delineates; a sketcher.

2. (Surv.) A perambulator which records distances and delineates a profile, as of a road.

Delineatory

De*lin"e*a*to*ry (?), a. That delineates; descriptive; drawing the outline; delineating.

Delineature

De*lin"e*a*ture (?; 135), n. Delineation. [Obs.]

Delinition

Del`i*ni"tion (?), n. [L. delinere to smear. See Liniment.] A smearing. [Obs.] Dr. H. More.

Delinquency

De*lin"quen*cy (?), n.; pl. Delinquencies (#). [L. delinquentia, fr. delinquens.] Failure or omission of duty; a fault; a misdeed; an offense; a misdemeanor; a crime.
The delinquencies of the little commonwealth would be represented in the most glaring colors. Motley.

Delinquent

De*lin"quent (?) a. [L. delinquens, -entis, p. pr. of delinquere to fail, be wanting in one's duty, do wrong; de- + linquere to leave. See Loan, n.] Failing in duty; offending by neglect of duty.

Delinquent

De*lin"quent, n. One who fails or neglects to perform his duty; an offender or transgressor; one who commits a fault or a crime; a culprit.
A delinquent ought to be cited in the place or jurisdiction where the delinquency was committed. Ayliffe.

Delinquently

De*lin"quent*ly, adv. So as to fail in duty.

Deliquate

Del"i*quate (?), v. i. [L. deliquatus, p. p. of deliquare to clear off, de- + liquare to make liquid, melt, dissolve.] To melt or be dissolved; to deliquesce. [Obs.] Boyle.

Deliquate

Del"i*quate, v. t. To cause to melt away; to dissolve; to consume; to waste. [Obs.]
Dilapidating, or rather deliquating, his bishopric. Fuller.

Deliquation

Del`i*qua"tion (?), n. A melting. [Obs.]

Deliquesce

Del`i*quesce" (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deliquesced (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deliquescing.] [L. deliquescere to melt, dissolve; de- + liquescere to become fluid, melt, fr. liquere to be fluid. See Liquid.] (Chem.) To dissolve gradually and become liquid by attracting and absorbing moisture from the air, as certain salts, acids, and alkalies.
In very moist air crystals of strontites deliquesce. Black.

Deliquescence

Del`i*ques"cence (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82liquescence.] The act of deliquescing or liquefying; process by which anything deliquesces; tendency to melt.

Deliquescent

Del`i*ques"cent (?), a. [L. deliquescens, -entis, p. pr. of deliquescere: cf. F. d\'82liquescent.]

1. Dissolving; liquefying by contact with the air; capable of attracting moisture from the atmosphere and becoming liquid; as, deliquescent salts.

2. (Bot.) Branching so that the stem is lost in branches, as in most deciduous trees. Gray.

Deliquiate

De*liq"ui*ate (?), v. i. [L. deliquia a flowing off, a gutter, deliquium a flowing down, fr. deliquare. See Deliquate.] To melt and become liquid by absorbing water from the air; to deliquesce. Fourcroy.

Deliquiation

De*liq`ui*a"tion (?), n. The act of deliquating.

Deliquium

De*liq"ui*um (?), n. [L. See Deliquiate.]

1. (Chem.) A melting or dissolution in the air, or in a moist place; a liquid condition; as, a salt falls into a deliquium. [R.]

2. A sinking away; a swooning. [Obs.] Bacon.

3. A melting or maudlin mood. Carlyle.

Deliracy

De*lir"a*cy (?), n. [See Delirate.] Delirium. [Obs.]

Delirament

De*lir"a*ment (?), n. [L. deliramentum, fr. delirare. See Delirium.] A wandering of the mind; a crazy fancy. [Obs.] Heywood.

Delirancy

De*lir"an*cy (?), n. Delirium. [Obs.] Gauden.

Delirant

De*lir"ant (?), a. [L. delirans, -antis, p. pr. of delirare. See Delirium.] Delirious. [Obs.] Owen.

Delirate

De*lir"ate (?), v. t. & i. [L. deliratus, p. p. of delirare. See Delirium.] To madden; to rave. [Obs.]
An infatuating and delirating spirit in it. Holland.

Deliration

Del`i*ra"tion (?), n. [L. deliratio.] Aberration of mind; delirium. J. Motley.
Deliration or alienation of the understanding. Mede.

Deliriant

De*lir"i*ant (?), n. [See Delirium.] (Med.) A poison which occasions a persistent delirium, or mental aberration (as belladonna).

Delirifacient

De*lir`i*fa"cient (?), a. [Delirium + L. faciens, -entis, p. pr. of facere to make.] (Med.) Producing, or tending to produce, delirium. -- n. Any substance which tends to cause delirium.

Delirious

De*lir"i*ous (?), a. [From Delirium.] Having a delirium; wandering in mind; light-headed; insane; raving; wild; as, a delirious patient; delirious fancies. -- De*lir"i*ous*ly, adv. -- De*lir"i*ous*ness, n.

Delirium

De*lir"i*um (?), n. [L., fr. delirare to rave, to wander in mind, prop., to go out of the furrow in plowing; de- + lira furrow, track; perh. akin to G. geleise track, rut, and E. last to endure.]

1. (Med.) A state in which the thoughts, expressions, and actions are wild, irregular, and incoherent; mental aberration; a roving or wandering of the mind, -- usually dependent on a fever or some other disease, and so distinguished from mania, or madness.

2. Strong excitement; wild enthusiasm; madness.

The popular delirium [of the French Revolution] at first caught his enthusiastic mind. W. Irving.
The delirium of the preceding session (of Parliament). Motley.
Delirium tremens (. [L., trembling delirium] (Med.), a violent delirium induced by the excessive and prolonged use of intoxicating liquors. -- Traumatic delirium (Med.), a variety of delirium following injury. Syn. -- Insanity; frenzy; madness; derangement; aberration; mania; lunacy; fury. See Insanity.

Delit

De*lit" (?), n. Delight. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Delitable

De*lit"a*ble (?), a. Delightful; delectable. [Obs.]

Delitescence

Del`i*tes"cence (?), n. [See Delitescent.]

1. Concealment; seclusion; retirement.

The delitescence of mental activities. Sir W. Hamilton.

2. (Med.) The sudden disappearance of inflammation.

Delitescency

Del`i*tes"cen*cy (?), n. Concealment; seclusion.
The mental organization of the novelist must be characterized, to speak craniologically, by an extraordinary development of the passion for delitescency. Sir W. Scott.

Delitescent

Del`i*tes"cent (?), a. [L. delitescens, -entis, p. pr. of delitescere to lie hid.] Lying hid; concealed.

Delitigate

De*lit"i*gate (?), v. i. [L. delitigare to rail. See Litigate.] To chide; to rail heartily. [Obs.]

Delitigation

De*lit`i*ga"tion (?), n. Chiding; brawl. [Obs.]

Deliver

De*liv"er (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delivered (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delivering.] [F. d\'82livrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See Liberate.]

1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; -- often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death.

He that taketh warning shall deliver his soul. Ezek. xxxiii. 5.
Promise was that I Should Israel from Philistian yoke deliver. Milton.

2. To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; -- often with up or over, to or into.

Thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand. Gen. xl. 13.
The constables have delivered her over. Shak.
The exalted mind All sense of woe delivers to the wind. Pope.

3. To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart.

Till he these words to him deliver might. Spenser.
Whereof the former delivers the precepts of the art, and the latter the perfection. Bacon.

4. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball.

Shaking his head and delivering some show of tears. Sidney.
An uninstructed bowler . . . thinks to attain the jack by delivering his bowl straightforward. Sir W. Scott.

5. To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; -- often with of.

She was delivered safe and soon. Gower.
Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones. Peacham.

6. To discover; to show. [Poetic]

I 'll deliver Myself your loyal servant. Shak.

7. To deliberate. [Obs.] Chaucer.

8. To admit; to allow to pass. [Obs.] Bacon. Syn. -- To Deliver, Give Forth, Discharge, Liberate, Pronounce, Utter. Deliver denotes, literally, to set free. Hence the term is extensively applied to cases where a thing is made to pass from a confined state to one of greater freedom or openness. Hence it may, in certain connections, be used as synonymous with any or all of the above-mentioned words, as will be seen from the following examples: One who delivers a package gives it forth; one who delivers a cargo discharges it; one who delivers a captive liberates him; one who delivers a message or a discourse utters or pronounces it; when soldiers deliver their fire, they set it free or give it forth.

Deliver

De*liv"er, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See Deliver, v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.]
Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer.

Deliverable

De*liv"er*a*ble (?), a. Capable of being, or about to be, delivered; necessary to be delivered. Hale.

Deliverance

De*liv"er*ance (?), n. [F. d\'82livrance, fr. d\'82livrer.]

1. The act of delivering or freeing from restraint, captivity, peril, and the like; rescue; as, the deliverance of a captive.

He hath sent me to heal the broken-hearted, to preach deliverance to the captives. Luke iv. 18.
One death or one deliverance we will share. Dryden.

2. Act of bringing forth children. [Archaic] Shak.

3. Act of speaking; utterance. [Archaic] Shak. &hand; In this and in the preceding sense delivery is the word more commonly used.

4. The state of being delivered, or freed from restraint.

I do desire deliverance from these officers. Shak.

5. Anything delivered or communicated; esp., an opinion or decision expressed publicly. [Scot.]

6. (Metaph.) Any fact or truth which is decisively attested or intuitively known as a psychological or philosophical datum; as, the deliverance of consciousness.

Deliverer

De*liv"er*er (?), n.

1. One who delivers or rescues; a preserver.

2. One who relates or communicates.


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Deliveress

De*liv"er*ess (?), n. A female de [R.] Evelyn.

Deliverly

De*liv"er*ly, adv. Actively; quickly; nimbly. [Obs.]
Swim with your bodies, And carry it sweetly and deliverly. Beau. & Fl.

Deliverness

De*liv"er*ness, n. Nimbleness; agility. [Obs.]

Delivery

De*liv"er*y, n.; pl. Deliveries (.

1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

2. The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.

6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

Dell

Dell (?), n. [AS. del, akin to E. dale; cf. D. delle, del, low ground. See Dale.]

1. A small, retired valley; a ravine.

In dells and dales, concealed from human sight. Tickell.

2. A young woman; a wench. [Obs.]

Sweet doxies and dells. B. Jonson.

Della Crusca

Del"la Crus"ca (?). A shortened form of Academia della Crusca, an academy in Florescence, Italy, founded in the 16th century, especially for conversing the purity of the Italian language. &hand; The Accademia della Crusca (literally, academy of the bran or chaff) was so called in allusion to its chief object of bolting or purifying the national language.

Dellacruscan

Del`la*crus"can (?), a. Of or pertaining to the Accademia della Crusca in Florence. The Dellacruscan School, a name given in satire to a class of affected English writers, most of whom lived in Florence, about a. d. 1785.

Deloo

De"loo (?), n. (Zo\'94l.) The duykerbok.

Deloul

De*loul" (?), n. [Prob. of Arabic or Bedouin origin.] (Zo\'94l.) A special breed of the dromedary used for rapid traveling; the swift camel; -- called also herire, and maharik.

Delph

Delph (?), n. Delftware.
Five nothings in five plates of delph. Swift.

Delph

Delph, n. (Hydraul. Engin.) The drain on the land side of a sea embankment. Knight.

Delphian

Del"phi*an (?), a. Delphic.

Delphic

Del"phic (?), a. [L. Delphicus, fr. Gr. Delphi, a town of Phocis, in Greece, now Kastri.] (Gr. Antiq.)

1. Of or relating to Delphi, or to the famous oracle of that place.

2. Ambiguous; mysterious. "If he is silent or delphic." New York Times.

Delphin, Delphine

Del"phin, Del"phine (?), a. [See Dauphin.] Pertaining to the dauphin of France; as, the Delphin classics, an edition of the Latin classics, prepared in the reign of Louis XIV., for the use of the dauphin (in usum Delphini).

Delphin

Del"phin, n. [L. delphinus a dolphin.] (Chem.) A fatty substance contained in the oil of the dolphin and the porpoise; -- called also phocenin.

Delphine

Del"phine (?), a. [L. delphinus a dolphin, Gr. Pertaining to the dolphin, a genus of fishes.

Delphinic

Del*phin"ic (?), a. [See Delphin, n.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the dolphin; phocenic. Delphinic acid. (Chem.) See Valeric acid, under Valeric. [Obs.]

Delphinic

Del*phin"ic, a. [From NL. Delphinium, the name of the genus.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or derived from, the larkspur; specifically, relating to the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria).

Delphinine

Del"phi*nine (?; 104), n. [Cf. F. delphinine.] (Chem.) A poisonous alkaloid extracted from the stavesacre (Delphinium staphisagria), as a colorless amorphous powder.

Delphinoid

Del"phi*noid (?), a. [L. delphinus a dolphin + -oid.] (Zo\'94l.) Pertaining to, or resembling, the dolphin.

Delphinoidea

Del`phi*noi"de*a (?), n. pl. [NL.] (Zo\'94l.) The division of Cetacea which comprises the dolphins, porpoises, and related forms.

Delphinus

Del*phi"nus (?), n. [L., a dolphin, fr. Gr.

1. (Zo\'94l.) A genus of Cetacea, including the dolphin. See Dolphin,

1.

2. (Astron.) The Dolphin, a constellation near the equator and east of Aquila.

Delta

Del"ta (?), n.; pl. Deltas (#). [Gr. Delta of the Nile.] A tract of land shaped like the letter delta (as, the delta of the Ganges, of the Nile, or of the Mississippi.

Deltafication

Del`ta*fi*ca"tion (?), n. [Delta + L. facere to make.] The formation of a delta or of deltas. [R.]

Deltaic

Del*ta"ic (?), a. Relating to, or like, a delta.

Delthyris

Del*thy"ris (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`lta the name of the letter thy`ra door.] (Zo\'94l.) A name formerly given to certain Silurian brachiopod shells of the genus Spirifer. Delthyris limestone (Geol.), one of the divisions of the Upper Silurian rocks in New York.

Deltic

Del"tic (?), a. Deltaic.

Deltidium

Del*tid"i*um (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. de`lta, the letter (Zo\'94l.) The triangular space under the beak of many brachiopod shells.

Deltohedron

Del`to*he"dron (?), n. [Gr. de`lta, the letter 'e`dra seat, base.] (Crystallog.) A solid bounded by twelve quadrilateral faces. It is a hemihedral form of the isometric system, allied to the tetrahedron.

Deltoid

Del"toid (?), a. [Gr. deltoeidh`s delta-shaped; de`lta the name of the letter ei^dos form: cf. F. delto\'8bde. See Delta.] Shaped like the Greek Deltoid leaf (Bot.), a leaf in the form of a triangle with the stem inserted at the middle of the base. -- Deltoid muscle (Anat.), a triangular muscle in the shoulder which serves to move the arm directly upward.

Deludable

De*lud"a*ble (?), a. Capable of being deluded; liable to be imposed on gullible. Sir T. Browne.

Delude

De*lude" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluded; p. pr. & vb. n. Deluding.] [L. deludere, delusum; de- + ludere to play, make sport of, mock. See Ludicrous.]

1. To lead from truth or into error; to mislead the mind or judgment of to beguile; to impose on; to dupe; to make a fool of.

To delude the nation by an airy phantom. Burke.

2. To frustrate or disappoint.

It deludes thy search. Dryden.
Syn. -- To mislead; deceive; beguile; cajole; cheat; dupe. See Deceive.

Deluder

De*lud"er (?), n. One who deludes; a deceiver; an impostor.

Deluge

Del"uge (?), n. [F. d\'82luge, L. diluvium, fr. diluere wash away; di- = dis- + luere, equiv. to lavare to wash. See Lave, and cf. Diluvium.]

1. A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.).

2. Fig.: Anything which overwhelms, or causes great destruction. "The deluge of summer." Lowell.

A fiery deluge fed With ever-burning sulphur unconsumed. Milton.
As I grub up some quaint old fragment of a [London] street, or a house, or a shop, or tomb or burial ground, which has still survived in the deluge. F. Harrison.
After me the deluge. (Apr\'82s moi le d\'82luge.) Madame de Pompadour.

Deluge

Del"uge, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Deluged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Deluging.]

1. To overflow with water; to inundate; to overwhelm.

The deluged earth would useless grow. Blackmore.

2. To overwhelm, as with a deluge; to cover; to overspread; to overpower; to submerge; to destroy; as, the northern nations deluged the Roman empire with their armies; the land is deluged with woe.

At length corruption, like a general fldeluge all. Pope.

Delundung

De*lun"dung (?), n. [Native name.] (Zo\'94l.) An East Indian carnivorous mammal (Prionodon gracilis), resembling the civets, but without scent pouches. It is handsomely spotted.

Delusion

De*lu"sion (?) n. [L. delusio, fr. deludere. See Delude.]

1. The act of deluding; deception; a misleading of the mind. Pope.

2. The state of being deluded or misled.

3. That which is falsely or delusively believed or propagated; false belief; error in belief.

And fondly mourned the dear delusion gone. Prior.
Syn. -- Delusion, Illusion. These words both imply some deception practiced upon the mind. Delusion is deception from want of knowledge; illusion is deception from morbid imagination. An illusion is a false show, a mere cheat on the fancy or senses. It is, in other words, some idea or image presented to the bodily or mental vision which does not exist in reality. A delusion is a false judgment, usually affecting the real concerns of life. Or, in other words, it is an erroneous view of something which exists indeed, but has by no means the qualities or attributes ascribed to it. Thus we speak of the illusions of fancy, the illusions of hope, illusive prospects, illusive appearances, etc. In like manner, we speak of the delusions of stockjobbing, the delusions of honorable men, delusive appearances in trade, of being deluded by a seeming excellence. "A fanatic, either religious or political, is the subject of strong delusions; while the term illusion is applied solely to the visions of an uncontrolled imagination, the chimerical ideas of one blinded by hope, passion, or credulity, or lastly, to spectral and other ocular deceptions, to which the word delusion is never applied." Whately.

Delusional

De*lu"sion*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to delusions; as, delusional monomania.

Delusive

De*lu"sive (?), a. [See Delude.] Apt or fitted to delude; tending to mislead the mind; deceptive; beguiling; delusory; as, delusive arts; a delusive dream.
Delusive and unsubstantial ideas. Whewell.
-- De*lu"sive*ly, adv. -- De*lu"sive*ness, n.

Delusory

De*lu"so*ry (?) a. Delusive; fallacious. Glanvill.

Delve

Delve (?) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Delved (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Delving.] [AS. delfan to dig; akin to OS. bidelban to bury, D. delven to dig, MHG. telben, and possibly to E. dale. Cf. Delf a mine.]

1. To dig; to open (the ground) as with a spade.

Delve of convenient depth your thrashing flooDryden.

2. To dig into; to penetrate; to trace out; to fathom.

I can not delve him to the root. Shak.

Delve

Delve, v. i. To dig or labor with a spade, or as with a spade; to labor as a drudge.
Delve may I not: I shame to beg. Wyclif (Luke xvi. 3).

Delve

Delve, n. [See Delve, v. t., and cf. Delf a mine.] A place dug; a pit; a ditch; a den; a cave.
Which to that shady delve him brought at last
The very tigers from their delves Look out. Moore.

Delver

Delv"er (?), n. One who digs, as with a spade.

Demagnetize

De*mag"net*ize (?), v. t.

1. To deprive of magnetic properties. See Magnetize.

If the bar be rapidly magnetized and demagnetized. A. Cyc.

2. To free from mesmeric influence; to demesmerize. -- De*mag`net*i*za"tion, n. -- De*mag"net*i`zer (#), n.

Demagog

Dem"a*gog (?; 115), n. Demagogue.

Demagogic, Demagogical

Dem`a*gog"ic (?), Dem`a*gog"ic*al (?), a. [Gr. d\'82magogique.] Relating to, or like, a demagogue; factious.

Demagogism

Dem"a*gog*ism (?; 115), n. The practices of a demagogue.

Demagogue

Dem"a*gogue (?; 115), n. [Gr. act: cf. F. d\'82magogue.] A leader of the rabble; one who attempts to control the multitude by specious or deceitful arts; an unprincipled and factious mob orator or political leader.

Demagogy

Dem"a*gog`y (?), n. [Cf. F. d\'82magogie, Gr. Demagogism.

Demain

De*main" (?), n. [See Demesne.]

1. Rule; management. [Obs.] Chaucer.

2. (Law) See Demesne.

Demand

De*mand" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demanded; p. pr. & vb. n. Demanding.] [F. demander, LL. demandare to demand, summon, send word, fr. L. demandare to give in charge, intrust; de- + mandare to commit to one's charge, commission, order, command. Cf. Mandate, Commend.]

1. To ask or call for with authority; to claim or seek from, as by authority or right; to claim, as something due; to call for urgently or peremptorily; as, to demand a debt; to demand obedience.

This, in our foresaid holy father's name, Pope Innocent, I do demand of thee. Shak.

2. To inquire authoritatively or earnestly; to ask, esp. in a peremptory manner; to question.

I did demand what news from Shrewsbury. Shak.

3. To require as necessary or useful; to be in urgent need of; hence, to call for; as, the case demands care.

4. (Law) To call into court; to summon. Burrill.

Demand

De*mand", v. i. To make a demand; to inquire.
The soldiers likewise demanded of him, saying, And what shall we do? Luke iii. 14.

Demand

De*mand", n. [F. demande, fr. demander. See Demand, v. t.]

1. The act of demanding; an asking with authority; a peremptory urging of a claim; a claiming or challenging as due; requisition; as, the demand of a creditor; a note payable on demand.

The demand [is] by the word of the holy ones. Dan. iv. 17.
He that has confidence to turn his wishes into demands will be but a little way from thinking he ought to obtain them. Locke.

2. Earnest inquiry; question; query. Shak.

3. A diligent seeking or search; manifested want; desire to posses; request; as, a demand for certain goods; a person's company is in great demand.

In 1678 came forth a second edition [Pilgrim's Progress] with additions; and the demand became immense. Macaulay.

4. That which one demands or has a right to demand; thing claimed as due; claim; as, demands on an estate.

5. (Law) (a) The asking or seeking for what is due or claimed as due. (b) The right or title in virtue of which anything may be claimed; as, to hold a demand against a person. (c) A thing or amount claimed to be due.

Demandable

De*mand"a*ble (?), a. That may be demanded or claimed. "All sums demandable." Bacon.

Demandant

De*mand"ant (?) n. [F. demandant, p. pr. of demander.] One who demands; the plaintiff in a real action; any plaintiff.

Demander

De*mand"er (?), n. One who demands.

Demandress

De*mand"ress (?), n. A woman who demands.

Demantoid

De*man"toid (?), n. [G. demant diamond + -oid.] (Min.) A yellow-green, transparent variety of garnet found in the Urals. It is valued as a gem because of its brilliancy of luster, whence the name.

Demarcate

De*mar"cate (?), v. t. [See Demarcation.] To mark by bounds; to set the limits of; to separate; to discriminate. Wilkinson.

Demarcation

De`mar*ca"tion (?), n. [F. d\'82marcation; pref. d\'82- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See Mark.] The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction.
The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. Burke.

Demarch

De*march" (?), n. [F. d\'82marche. See March, n.] March; walk; gait. [Obs.]

Demarch

De*march (?), n. [Gr. A chief or ruler of a deme or district in Greece.

Demarkation

De`mar*ka"tion, n. Same as Demarcation.

Dematerialize

De`ma*te"ri*al*ize (?), v. t. To deprive of material or physical qualities or characteristics.
Dematerializing matter by stripping if of everything which . . . has distinguished matter. Milman.

Deme

Deme (?), n. [Gr.

1. (Gr. Antiq.) A territorial subdivision of Attica (also of modern Greece), corresponding to a township. Jowett (Thucyd).

2. (Biol.) An undifferentiated aggregate of cells or plastids.

Demean

De*mean" (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demeaned (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demeaning.] [OF. demener to conduct, guide, manage, F. se d\'82mener to struggled\'82- (L. de) + mener to lead, drive, carry on, conduct, fr. L. minare to drive animals by threatening cries, fr. minari to threaten. See Menace.]

1. To manage; to conduct; to treat.

[Our] clergy have with violence demeaned the matter. Milton.

2. To conduct; to behave; to comport; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

They have demeaned themselves Like men born to renown by life or death. Shak.
They answered . . . that they should demean themselves according to their instructions. Clarendon.

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3. To debase; to lower; to degrade; -- followed by the reflexive pronoun.

Her son would demean himself by a marriage with an artist's daughter. Thackeray.
&hand; This sense is probably due to a false etymology which regarded the word as connected with the adjective mean.

Demean

De*mean" (?), n. [OF. demene. See Demean, v. t.]

1. Management; treatment. [Obs.]

Vile demean and usage bad. Spenser.

2. Behavior; conduct; bearing; demeanor. [Obs.]

With grave demean and solemn vanity. West.

Demean

De*mean", n. [See Demesne.]

1. Demesne. [Obs.]

2. pl. Resources; means. [Obs.]

You know How narrow our demeans are. Massinger.

Demeanance

De*mean"ance (?), n. Demeanor. [Obs.] Skelton.

Demeanor

De*mean"or (?), n. [Written also demeanour.] [For demeanure, fr. demean. See Demean, v. t.]

1. Management; treatment; conduct. [Obs.]

God commits the managing so great a trust . . . wholly to the demeanor of every grown man. Milton.

2. Behavior; deportment; carriage; bearing; mien.

His demeanor was singularly pleasing. Macaulay.
The men, as usual, liked her artless kindness and simple refined demeanor. Thackeray.

Demeanure

De*mean"ure (?), n. Behavior. [Obs.] Spenser.

Demency

De"men*cy (?), n. [L. dementia, fr. demens mad. See Dement.] Dementia; loss of mental powers. See Insanity.

Dement

De*ment" (?), v. t. [L. dementare, fr. demens, -mentis, out of one's mind, mad; de + mens mind. See Mental, and cf. Dementate.] To deprive of reason; to make mad. [R.] Bale.

Dement

De*ment", a. [L. demens, -mentis.] Demented; dementate. [R.] J. H. Newman.

Dementate

De*men"tate (?), a. [L. dementatus, p. p. See Dement, v. t.] Deprived of reason.
Arise, thou dementate sinner! Hammond.

Dementate

De*men"tate (?) v. t. To deprive of reason; to dement. [R.] Burton.

Dementation

De`men*ta"tion (?), n. The act of depriving of reason; madness. Whitlock.

Demented

De*ment"ed (?), a. [From Dement.] Insane; mad; of unsound mind. -- De*ment"ed*ness, n.

Dementia

De*men"ti*a (?), n. [L., fr. demens. See Dement.] Insanity; madness; esp. that form which consists in weakness or total loss of thought and reason; mental imbecility; idiocy.

Demephitize

De*meph"i*tize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Demephitized (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Demephitizing.] [Cf. F. m\'82phitiser to infect with mephitis.] To purify from mephitic. -- De*meph`i*ti*za"tion, n.

Demerge

De*merge" (?), v. t. [L. demergere.] To plunge down into; to sink; to immerse. [Obs.]
The water in which it was demerged. Boyle.

Demerit

De*mer"it (?), n. [F. d\'82m\'82rite demerit (in sense 2), OF. demerite demerit (in sense 1), fr. L. demerere to deserve well, LL., to deserve well or ill; de- + merere to deserve. See De-, and Merit.]

1. That which one merits or deserves, either of good or ill; desert. [Obs.]

By many benefits and demerits whereby they obliged their adherents, [they] acquired this reputation. Holland.

2. That which deserves blame; ill desert; a fault; a vice; misconduct; -- the opposite of merit.

They see no merit or demerit in any man or any action. Burke.
Secure, unless forfeited by any demerit or offense. Sir W. Temple.

3. The state of one who deserves ill.

Demerit

De*mer"it, v. t. [Cf. F. d\'82m\'82riter to deserve ill. See Demerit, n.]

1. To deserve; -- said in reference to both praise and blame. [Obs.]

If I have demerited any love or thanks. Udall.
Executed as a traitor . . . as he well demerited. State Trials (1645).

2. To depreciate or cry down. [R.] Bp. Woolton.

Demerit

De*mer"it, v. i. To deserve praise or blame.

Demerse

De*merse" (?), v. t. [L. demersus, p. p. of demergere. See Merge.] To immerse. [Obs.] Boyle.

Demersed

De*mersed" (?), a. (Bot.) Situated or growing under water, as leaves; submersed.

Demersion

De*mer"sion (?) n. [L. demersio.]

1. The act of plunging into a fluid; a drowning.

2. The state of being overwhelmed in water, or as if in water. Ray.

Demesmerize

De*mes"mer*ize (?), v. t. To relieve from mesmeric influence. See Mesmerize.

Demesne

De*mesne" (?), n. [OE. demeine, demain, rule, demesne, OF. demeine, demaine, demeigne, domaine, power, F. domaine domain, fr. L. dominium property, right of ownership, fr. dominus master, proprietor, owner. See Dame, and cf. DEmain, Domain, Danger, Dungeon.] (Law) A lord's chief manor place, with that part of the lands belonging thereto which has not been granted out in tenancy; a house, and the land adjoining, kept for the proprietor's own use. [Written also demain.] Wharton's Law Dict. Burrill. Ancient demesne. (Eng. Law) See under Ancient.

Demesnial

De*mesn"i*al (?), a. Of or pertaining to a demesne; of the nature of a demesne.

Demi-

Dem"i- (?). [F. demi-, fr. L. dimidius half; di- = dis- + medius middle. See Medium, and cf. Demy, Dimidiate.] A prefix, signifying half.

Demi

De*mi" (?), n. See Demy, n.

Demibastion

Dem"i*bas"tion (?; 106), n. [Cf. F. demi-bastion.] (Fort.) A half bastion, or that part of a bastion consisting of one face and one flank.

Demibrigade

Dem"i*bri*gade" (?), n. [Cf. F. demi-brigade.] A half brigade.

Demicadence

Dem"i*ca`dence (?) n. (Mus.) An imperfect or half cadence, falling on the dominant instead of on the key note.

Demicannon

Dem"i*can"non (?), n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from thirty to thirty-six pounds. Shak.

Demicircle

Dem"i*cir`cle (?), n. [Cf. F. demi-cercle.] An instrument for measuring angles, in surveying, etc. It resembles

Demiculverin

Dem"i*cul"ver*in (?), n. (Mil. Antiq.) A kind of ordnance, carrying a ball weighing from nine to thirteen pounds.

Demideify

Dem"i*de"i*fy (?) v. t. To deify in part. Cowper.

Demidevil

Dem"i*dev`il (?), n. A half devil. Shak.

Demigod

Dem"i*god (?), n. A half god, or an inferior deity; a fabulous hero, the offspring of a deity and a mortal.

Demigoddess

Dem"i*god`dess (?), n. A female demigod.

Demigorge

Dem"i*gorge` (?), n. [Cf. F. demi-gorge.] (Fort.) Half the gorge, or entrance into a bastion, taken from the angle of the flank to the center of the bastion.

Demigrate

Dem"i*grate (?), v. i. [L. demigrare, demigratum, to emigrate. See De-, and Migrate.] To emigrate. [Obs.] Cockeram.

Demigration

Dem`i*gra"tion (?) n. [L. demigratio.] Emigration. [Obs.] Bp. Hall.

Demigroat

Dem"i*groat` (?), n. A half groat.

Demi-isand

Dem"i-is`and (?), n. Peninsula. [Obs.] Knolles.

Demijohn

Dem"i*john (?), n. [F. dame-jeanne, i. e., Lady Jane, a corruption of Ar. damaj\'bena, damj\'bena, prob. fr. Damaghan a town in the Persian province of Khorassan, one famous for its glass works.] A glass vessel or bottle with a large body and small neck, inclosed in wickerwork.

Demilance

Dem"i*lance` (?), n. A light lance; a short spear; a half pike; also, a demilancer.

They shall hear no cant fromF. W. Robertson